Thom Yorke posts iTunes celebrity playlist

Posted on January 23rd, 2007.

Apple’s iTunes posted Thom Yorke’s Celebrity Playlist today, which is available at the US iTunes store.

dear iTunes listener…
this is just some stuff that really floats my boats at the moment. the
list is meant to be played from start to finish in the order you see
it with a slight crossfade set in the preferences of 4 seconds like an
old mix tape.
err…maybe. XX love thom

For Thom’s comments on the tracks, please check the iTunes store. [thanks evan] Here’s the tracklisting:

Horse and I - Bat for Lashes
Silikon (Featuring Sasha Perera) - Modeselektor & Sasha Perera
Raid - Madvillain & Medaphoar
I’ve Hardly Been - Stephen Malkmus
Scorn - Surgeon
No Hope Before Destruction - The Dears
Skuff’d - Boxcutter
Closer - Quasimoto & Madvillain
Drum Gets a Glimpse - Liars
What It Look Like - Spank Rock

Speaking of playlists, Mark wrote along with the Late Junction show on Jonny Greenwood last night. Here’s the playlist:

[1] 2BS / Charles Mingus
[2] Moon Trills (From BodySong) / Jonny Greenwood
[3] Regard Du Pere (By Messiaen) / Steven Osborne
[5] The Eraser / Thom Yorke
[6] Exit Music (For A Film) / Cinematic Orchestra
[7] Knives Out / Brad Mehldau Trio
[8] Blue Nile / Alice Coltrane
[9] Looking Back / Paul Lansky
* [10] Song Of Cherubim / Penderecki
* [11] Stabat Mater (Sung By Tapiola Chamber Choir /
Penderecki
* [12] Oraison / Messiaen
* [13] Prelude For Solo Clarinet In B Flat / Penderecki
(Alexander Romansky - Clarinet)
[14] Myself When I Am Real / Charles Mingus

* Not 100% sure about these. [thanks Mark]

Thom’s comments on the tracks:

“Horse and I” (Track 1): “natasha khan of bat for lashes ain’t scared. i love the harpsichord and the sexual ghost voices and bowed saws. this song seems to come from the world of grimm’s fairytales, and i feel like a wolf.”

“Silikon (Featuring Sasha Perera)” (Track 2): “Hello Mom! break this. into your drink. then stir it. drink down in one go. then go out. for conspicuous consumers everywhere. ’should a known he’d leave you for that little hooker heather.’ oh yeah. Modeselektor are genius. no-one has ever cut up a voice like this.”

“Raid” (Track 3): “i’d play this on the radio and get your moving your ass in a traffic jam 1st thing in the morning . . . if i was a dj, which i’m not. some people know how to sample. some people know how to rap. but then there’s those who show you how it’s really done . . . like these guys. produced by quasimoto.”

“I’ve Hardly Been” (Track 4): “genius non-generic nutville not rock music. should have been a hit. i guess this compilation is POP music - at least it is to me . . . with the best guitar solo that never happened . . . ”

“Scorn” (Track 5): “this is like the storms that await us in our future. i found Surgeon after OK Computer, it is the true sound of post-rave darkness. this is an early one from my favorite bits of vinyl, Basictonalvocabulary.”

“No Hope Before Destruction” (Track 6): “i heard this a while ago and it has stuck in my head ever since. the way the voice comes in and your speakers freak out. and what he’s saying. it sounds all soppy, oh but then all hell breaks loose. i don’t know much else by them.”

“Skuff’d” (Track 7): “i love this record because of the lizard bass sound. i don’t know nothing about it. turn the drum machine on.”

“Closer” (Track 8): “quasimoto and madvillain have done some amazing records. madvillain has the best rhymes . . . nursery rhymes mixed with stream of consciousness and venim and straight observation that read like poems. and quasimoto’s way of constructing tracks is like nothing else.”

“Drum Gets a Glimpse” (Track 9): “more terror from the subconscious. i love LIARS. they make records that are as good as my favorite records. records that make you think what the f- is this? and then you fall head over heels for it. this and Spank Rock’s YoYoYoYoYoYo are my fav records last year.”

“What It Look Like” (Track 10): “when this record came out last year, it cut through all the sh*t for me. it was like a slap ’round the face. the computers speaking over their reference points and pointing to something brand new. turn it up. night night.”