“It is the dark tunnel without the light at the end. It represents all tragic emotion that is so hurtful that the sound of that melody is its only definition…….. Our fans are braver than I to let that song penetrate them, or maybe they don’t realise what they’re listening to. They don’t realise that ‘Street Spirit’ is about staring the fucking devil right in the eyes, and knowing, no matter what the hell you do, he’ll get the last laugh.” - Thom on Street Spirit (Fade Out)
OK COMPUTERISED — How Radiohead reinvented themselves with the radical electronica of 2000’s Kid A and 2001’s Amnesiac: Devon Powers reviews Kid AforPop Matters and Andrew Smith interviews the bandforThe Observer. Plus Chris Ingham applauds AmnesiacinMOJO and Simon Reynolds talks to Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood about life after OK Computer in The Wire… and don’t miss our Radiohead “compendium” Present Tense, choc-full of great interviews & reviews.
