Radiohead Hits Rewind
Thom Yorke isn’t happy about it, but this month his band’s former label is going to release a retrospective package in several formats called Radiohead: The Best Of. “It’s like when you move house: you don’t want to peer through the window and see what they’ve done with the wallpaper because it will only upset you,” Yorke said. But it’s not all bad news. The release gives us an opportunity to look back at some of the band’s video highpoints from the past 15 years.
“Creep” (1993)
Directed by Brett Turnbull
Radiohead’s first shot was a marvel on an otherwise generic album but offered a taste of things to come with the static-charged guitar riffs in the middle, Yorke’s otherworldly falsetto at the end, and the song’s blatant grousing about anything and everything throughout. This video, though, is pretty much generic too.
Directed by Brett Turnbull
Radiohead’s first shot was a marvel on an otherwise generic album but offered a taste of things to come with the static-charged guitar riffs in the middle, Yorke’s otherworldly falsetto at the end, and the song’s blatant grousing about anything and everything throughout. This video, though, is pretty much generic too.
“Fake Plastic Trees” (1995)
Directed by Jake Scott
Possibly the prettiest four-minutes the group willingly committed to tape, this song from The Bends came with a hyper vivid video of little baby Thom getting pushed around in a supermarket shopping cart while throwing a bunch of hissy fits. It should have been the trailer for Meeting People Is Easy.
Directed by Jake Scott
Possibly the prettiest four-minutes the group willingly committed to tape, this song from The Bends came with a hyper vivid video of little baby Thom getting pushed around in a supermarket shopping cart while throwing a bunch of hissy fits. It should have been the trailer for Meeting People Is Easy.
“Karma Police” (1997)
Directed by Jonathan Glazer
The great leap forward, this fairly straightforward single was plucked form the otherwise disorienting and claustrophobic classic, OK Computer. “This is what you get when you mess with us,” Yorke sang. The video portrays him in a car about to run over some poor old geezer on a dark country road until–spoiler alert!–the Karma Police step in.
Directed by Jonathan Glazer
The great leap forward, this fairly straightforward single was plucked form the otherwise disorienting and claustrophobic classic, OK Computer. “This is what you get when you mess with us,” Yorke sang. The video portrays him in a car about to run over some poor old geezer on a dark country road until–spoiler alert!–the Karma Police step in.
“Pyramid Song” (2001)
Directed by Shynola
Now things start to get really weird. The band disappears completely from this stark piano ballad–at least for the first few minutes–along with its video that just features a formless figure swimming in the most cluttered ocean ever. They should really call one of those home makeover shows for that.
Directed by Shynola
Now things start to get really weird. The band disappears completely from this stark piano ballad–at least for the first few minutes–along with its video that just features a formless figure swimming in the most cluttered ocean ever. They should really call one of those home makeover shows for that.
“There There” (2003)
Directed by Chris Hopewell
Stop-motion Thom wanders through a dense forest looking a lot like a hobbit and happening upon all sorts of weird little critter happenings. What’s really odd is how the surreal images fit so well with the propulsive, menacing grooves of this Hail To The Thief standout–especially if you’re wasted.
Directed by Chris Hopewell
Stop-motion Thom wanders through a dense forest looking a lot like a hobbit and happening upon all sorts of weird little critter happenings. What’s really odd is how the surreal images fit so well with the propulsive, menacing grooves of this Hail To The Thief standout–especially if you’re wasted.
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posted on Jun 5 at 10:48 am
Very nice. The world is a better place thanks to Radiohead..
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