Here’s a part of an essay on Radiohead’s ‘How to disappear completely’:
Within the first couple bars of “How to Disappear Completely,” I knew I was in deep shit. The strumming of the D and F-sharp-minor chords was gentle and distant and sad. The bass line was brooding and stubborn, complementing the denial in Thom Yorke’s refrain: “I’m not here. This isn’t happening.” There was also a mournful effect that sounded like the grieving of a lone humpback whale—an obvious simile at the time because a few weeks before, my girl and I had camped on the deserted southern tip of her island and watched a humpback surface just off the edge of the reef. Ugh.
[read it in full, thanks Trevor]
Radiohead news on this day..
- Radiohead play surprise show at Glastonbury Festival – Live Report – 2011
- Radiohead Live in London – Night 1 [live report] – 2008
- Radiohead From The Basement on iTunes – 2008
- Bono: ‘In Rainbows’ release was courageous – 2008
- Editors on Radiohead – 2007
- Radiohead in Berkeley – Night 2 Live Report – 2006
- Radiohead news: cleaning out the mailbox – 2006
- Radiohead nominated for TEC Awards – 2004
- Enter the Loophole – 2003
- Hurricane Festival setlist – 2003
