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True Love Waits Edit: according to the article :)

by sampl 10y ago

zzalpha 10y ago
How on earth is Street Spirit not even on the list? Yorke himself had called it "our purest, saddest song.", and went on to say: I can’t believe we have fans that can deal emotionally with that song. That’s why I’m convinced that they don’t know what it’s about. It’s why we play it towards the end of our sets. It drains me, and it shakes me, and hurts like hell every time I play it, looking out at thousands of people cheering and smiling, oblivious to the tragedy of its meaning, like when you’re going to have your dog put down and it’s wagging its tail on the way there. That’s what they all look like, and it breaks my heart. I wish that song hadn’t picked us as its catalysts, and so I don’t claim it. It asks too much. I didn’t write that song. True Love Waits is a sweet, quiet, sad little song about yearning and the fear of loss. Street Spirit is pure dark tragedy.
- genericpseudo 10y ago
  Apparently the second happiest song on OK Computer is "Fitter Happier". (A pig / in a cage / on antibiotics.) So much of Radiohead's bleakness is in their use of irony.
  - 3chelon 10y ago
    Q.E.D.
  - marchenko 10y ago
    Irony and taunting really confounds sentiment analysis. I mean, street spirit ends in "immerse your soul in love" repeated 2X but is still incredibly bleak.
- grahamburger 10y ago
  If, like me, you read that quote and wondered what exactly the song is about, then here is another fragment of the quote that might help: They don't realize that 'Street Spirit' is about staring the fucking devil right in the eyes... and knowing, no matter what the hell you do, he'll get the last laugh...and it's real...and true. The devil really will get the last laugh in all cases without exception, and if I let myself think about that to long, I'd crack. (http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/581/ http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/581/)
- beaner 10y ago
  It is for Thom Yorke, that doesn't mean it should be for everyone else as well.
- empath75 10y ago
  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQCYM_cX_pE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQCYM_cX_pE And remixed into a poppy trance record in 2000
- 3chelon 10y ago
  It is also one of their most beautiful.
xellisx 10y ago
Creep is the most depressing song for me (as a teen from the 90's).

True Love Waits Edit: according to the article :)

by sampl 10y ago

True Love Waits Edit: according to the article :)

How on earth is Street Spirit not even on the list? Yorke himself had called it "our purest, saddest song.", and went on to say: I can’t believe we have fans that can deal emotionally with that song. That’s why I’m convinced that they don’t know what it’s about. It’s why we play it towards the end of our sets. It drains me, and it shakes me, and hurts like hell every time I play it, looking out at thousands of people cheering and smiling, oblivious to the tragedy of its meaning, like when you’re going to have your dog put down and it’s wagging its tail on the way there. That’s what they all look like, and it breaks my heart. I wish that song hadn’t picked us as its catalysts, and so I don’t claim it. It asks too much. I didn’t write that song. True Love Waits is a sweet, quiet, sad little song about yearning and the fear of loss. Street Spirit is pure dark tragedy.

genericpseudo 10y ago
Apparently the second happiest song on OK Computer is "Fitter Happier". (A pig / in a cage / on antibiotics.) So much of Radiohead's bleakness is in their use of irony.
- 3chelon 10y ago
  Q.E.D.
- marchenko 10y ago
  Irony and taunting really confounds sentiment analysis. I mean, street spirit ends in "immerse your soul in love" repeated 2X but is still incredibly bleak.
grahamburger 10y ago
If, like me, you read that quote and wondered what exactly the song is about, then here is another fragment of the quote that might help: They don't realize that 'Street Spirit' is about staring the fucking devil right in the eyes... and knowing, no matter what the hell you do, he'll get the last laugh...and it's real...and true. The devil really will get the last laugh in all cases without exception, and if I let myself think about that to long, I'd crack. (http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/581/ http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/581/)
beaner 10y ago
It is for Thom Yorke, that doesn't mean it should be for everyone else as well.
empath75 10y ago
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQCYM_cX_pE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQCYM_cX_pE And remixed into a poppy trance record in 2000
3chelon 10y ago
It is also one of their most beautiful.

xellisx 10y ago

Creep is the most depressing song for me (as a teen from the 90's).