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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]
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]
Manson initially approached Jonathan Glazer to direct the video for the track, but rejected his concept for it; Glazer later used his concept for the video for Radiohead's "Karma Police" (1997). The music video for "Long Hard Road Out of Hell" was directed by Matthew Rolston. It depicts Manson in a dress and a group of models who initially ...
It was included on Radiohead: The Best Of (2008). The music video, directed by Jonathan Glazer, sees the singer, Thom Yorke, in the back of a car pursuing a man. Rolling Stone placed "Karma Police" at number 279 in its rankings of the 500 greatest songs of all time in both 2021 and 2024. [3] [4]
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 ...
Song based on a real-life drunk driving crash [9] and the impact of a subsequent organ donation. "Lights on the Hill" Slim Dusty: 1973: The song describes a trucker driving at night with a heavy load being blinded by lights on the hill, hitting a pole, falling of the edge of a road and realising his impending death. "Limousine" Brand New: 2005
The night before a performance in Denver, Colorado, Radiohead's tour van was stolen, and with it their musical equipment. Yorke and Jonny Greenwood performed a stripped-down acoustic set with rented instruments and several shows were cancelled. [40] [nb 1] Their first live video, Live at the Astoria, was released in 1995. [41]
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]