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A minute-long bootleg was circulated before a full bootleg appeared in June 2018. [79] 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]
[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 ...
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]
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]
Radiohead recorded "Knives Out" during the sessions for their albums Kid A and Amnesiac, which were recorded simultaneously in 1999 and 2000. [3] Although the albums moved away from Radiohead's earlier guitar-led sound, the singer, Thom Yorke, said "Knives Out" was "no departure at all" and "survived because it was too good to miss". [4]
In July, R.E.M. chose Radiohead as the opening act for the European leg of its Monster tour, a decision made because the members of R.E.M. were fans of The Bends but had never heard Radiohead live. R.E.M. was an early and lasting influence on Radiohead, and during the tour the two bands shared admiration. [44]
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. [8]
"These Are My Twisted Words" is composed in a 5 4 time signature. [9] It opens with a motorik beat from the drummer, Philip Selway, before Yorke's vocal enters. [10] [11] Daniel Kreps of Rolling Stone noted a krautrock influence and likened the song to the In Rainbows track "Weird Fishes / Arpeggi". [4]