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| Who was the last member to enter the band (as the keyboardist)? | Radiohead: You Might Be Wrong (adnjb) |
Jonny Greenwood. Thank god.
| Who programmed 'Meeting in the Aisle'? | Radiohead B-sides (ImNoAndroid) |
Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker. 'Meeting in the Aisle' was used as an entrance song for many of the band's '98 concerts, replacing 'Fitter, Happier'.
| Who does Thom Yorke want to emulate in Pablo Honey's "Anyone Can Play Guitar"? | What Radiohead Lyrics (timcord) |
Jim Morrison. Jim Morrison was a huge influence on Thom Yorke in his early days of guitar playing.
| Which unreleased song has the following line: 'youll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking'?
| Radiohead Questions (decampos) |
Big ideas (don't get any) or 'Nude'. Great track. I wished they'd release it. Bits of the song feature in the 'Meeting People Is Easy' videotape.
| Which type of guitar does Jonny usually play? | Radiohead Questions (decampos) |
a Fender Telecaster. He sometimes playes a Fender Starcaster. Thom used to always use guitars.
| Which techno band did Thom Yorke once play guitar for? | Radiohead (ImNoAndroid) |
Flickernoise. Thom played for Flickernoise when he studied Fine Art and Literature at Exeter.
| Which song was originally known as 'OK Computer'? | Radiohead: You Might Be Wrong (adnjb) |
Palo Alto. The track was originally supposed to appear on the 'OK Computer' album.
| Which song did Thom write in response to 'Creep' making the charts? | Radiohead: You Might Be Wrong (adnjb) |
| Which song did Thom record while lying on the ground drunk? | Radiohead: You Might Be Wrong (adnjb) |
| Which Radiohead artist-in-residence did most of the artwork for "In Rainbows?" | Radiohead: "In Rainbows" (snert68) |
Stanley Donwood. Stanley has done the artwork for pretty much every Radiohead-related release, including the E.P.s and singles. His prints run about $300-$400 and are sold in editions of 150.
| Which lyric is from the song "Killer Cars"? | Radiohead B-sides (ImNoAndroid) |
"They won't ever take me alive.". "Killer Cars" has appeared in three forms. The first was the live acoustic version from the 1993 Chicago Metro show, which appears on the "Creep" reissue 12" and the Japanese CD "Itch". The second version appears as a B-side to the "High and Dry/Planet Telex" CD2. Last is the "Mogadon" version, which is much mellower than the previous two.
| Which computers logo appears on a few of Thom Yorkes guitars? | Radiohead Questions (decampos) |
Apple's. When I saw them live, Thom had two telecasters with apple stickers. I once saw him on the 'Jools Holland' program playing a brown accoustic guitar with an upside-down one on it.
| Which B-side, relesed in 1994-1995, did John Leckie not help produce? | Radiohead B-sides (ImNoAndroid) |
You Never Wash Up After Yourself. Instead of John Leckie, who produced many of the band's 94-95 releases, 'You Never Wash Up After Yourself' was done with Jim Warren at the band's makeshift fruitfarm studio.
| Which artist or band does Radiohead collaborate with to produce the cover of Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here' ? | Radiohead: You Might Be Wrong (adnjb) |
Sparklehorse. Thom actually does back-up vocals over the telephone in this song.
| Which 'Pablo Honey' song features the lyric, 'Here we are with our running and confusion, and I don't see no confusion anywhere' ? | Radiohead: You Might Be Wrong (adnjb) |
Anyone Can Play Guitar. Sorry...that one's a bit tricky.
| Which 'Amnesiac' song, according to Thom Yorke, is supposed to give you the feeling of being stuck in traffic? | Radiohead: You Might Be Wrong (adnjb) |
Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box. Thom mentioned this during multiple US tour events.
| Where did Radiohead get their name? | Radiohead: You Might Be Wrong (adnjb) |
From a Talking Heads song. The name of the Pixies song was 'Radio head.'
| What was the song 'Fog' originally known as?
| Radiohead Questions (decampos) |
Alligators in New York Sewers. They played this song on the road in sketch form before they recorded and renamed it. A more recent live version has popped up on an import disc where it's listed as 'Fog (again)' but it's the original (and preferred) piano ballad arrangement.
| What was the original name of the song 'Planet Telex'? | Radiohead (ImNoAndroid) |
Planet Xerox. Thom recorded 'Planet Telex' while lying on the floor drunk.
| What was the original name of the song "Subterranean Homesick Alien"? | Radiohead (ImNoAndroid) |
Uptight. 'Subterranean Homesick Alien' was based on some real events. The first was a question he had to write an essay on at Abigdon school: 'If you were an alien from another planet arriving on Earth, how would you describe what you saw?' The second event was when Thom was driving down a country road and hit a bird. At the moment he stepped out of his car, he began thinking about alien abduction.
| What was Radiohead's original band name? | Radiohead: You Might Be Wrong (adnjb) |
| What unrelesed (as of 2002) song are these lyrics from? "Your voice is rattling/rapping on my windowsill." | Radiohead B-sides (ImNoAndroid) |
Scatterbrain. 'Scatterbrain' premiered in Lisbon, Portugal on July 22, 2002.
| What type of car does Thom Yorke drive? | Radiohead: You Might Be Wrong (adnjb) |
Fiat Punto. To see a picture of this vehicle, go to: www.fiatpunto.de.
| What strange topic does Radiohead sing about in "Knives Out"? | What Radiohead Lyrics (timcord) |
Cannibalism. Though never stating why Radiohead wrote a song about cannibalism, drummer Phil Selway said that "Knives Out" was undeniably about cannibalism in a 2001 web release of the song.
| What song is this lyric from? 'Go up to the mic, go and get some rest.' | Radiohead B-sides (ImNoAndroid) |
Worrywort. 'Worrywort' was only released on the 'Knives Out' single.
| What major record label agreed to release "In Rainbows" in stores following the Oct. 1st announcement? | Radiohead: "In Rainbows" (snert68) |
Parlophone. Parlophone announced they would release the album in brick-and-mortar stores in early 2008.
| What key is Creep in? | Radiohead Questions (decampos) |
G. The chord progression throughout is: G, B, C, Cm looped. Ed plays the clean parts during the verses with his Rickenbacker (through a Mesa Boogie amp with plenty of chorus). Jonny comes in just before the choruses with that famous 'chainsaw' effect before going mental with loads of distortion belting out of his small Fender tranny amp. In the video Thom is also playing guitar but performing live he's hands free so he can concentrate more on the whimpering and drooling.
| What is, according to Thom, the new song 'We Suck Young Blood' about? | Radiohead B-sides (ImNoAndroid) |
Hollywood. 'We Suck Young Blood' was first mentioned by Colin in an interview with rolling stone in August, 2001. At that time, the song was called 'Bring on the New Blood.'
| What is the name of Thom Yorke's girlfriend and child, respectively? | Radiohead: You Might Be Wrong (adnjb) |
| What is the name of the first song Thom ever wrote? | Radiohead (ImNoAndroid) |
Mushroom Cloud. Thom wrote 'Mushroom Cloud' when he was 11 years old. He also sometimes played in a school punk band called TNT with Collin Greenwood.
| What is the correct lyric of the last line in "Like Spinning Plates"? | What Radiohead Lyrics (timcord) |
My body's floating down the muddy river. Radiohead's producer, Nigel Godrich, made singer Thom Yorke learn the lines to "Like Spinning Plates" backwards and then played them forward for an eerie result. In addition, "Like Spinning PLates" is actually "I Will" played backwards.
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