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According to Consequence of Sound, the song "sounds like nothing else Radiohead has ever written", with country and folk elements. [80] "Cut a Hole" Radiohead debuted "Cut a Hole" on the King of Limbs tour in 2012. [81] The song builds gradually to a climax, with "menacing" lyrics about a "long-distance connection". [81]
Radiohead hoped to tour the US using a custom-built tent as they had for the Kid A tour in Europe, but met opposition from Clear Channel Entertainment and Ticketmaster, which Yorke said had a monopoly on American live music. Radiohead considered abandoning touring in the US, but felt this would have been a defeat. [7]
[1] [3] Kid A followed in October 2000, topping the charts in the UK and becoming first number-one Radiohead album on the US Billboard 200. [3] [5] Amnesiac was released in May 2001, topping the UK charts and producing the singles "Pyramid Song" and "Knives Out". Hail to the Thief was released in June 2003, ending Radiohead's contract with EMI ...
A gateway to sci-fi landscapes, hook-filled grunge, and even the occasional dance beat. Radiohead in 10 Songs Consequence Staff
Later that month, Radiohead performed their then-biggest-ever show at the RDS Arena in Dublin, Ireland. [11] [12] The performance was held in windy and rainy conditions. [13] The song was inspired by a dream Yorke had on the night of this show, [14] in which he was running naked down Dublin's River Liffey and being pursued by a tidal wave. [15]
Abingdon School, where the band formed. The members of Radiohead met while attending Abingdon School, a private school for boys in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. [2] The guitarist and singer Thom Yorke and the bassist Colin Greenwood were in the same year; the guitarist Ed O'Brien was one year above, and the drummer Philip Selway was in the year above O'Brien. [3]
REM – “Shiny Happy People” (1991) Included on REM’s classic album Out of Time and the band’s first top 10 hit in the UK, this upbeat single was also considered as a potential theme song ...
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