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April 29, 2015 12:45 PM   Subscribe

 
Best. Oral. History. Ever.

I've happily read dozens of these things; this is the first where it seemed like anyone was having fun with it.

Every judge who heard the album loved it. I got thank-you letters from them saying that OK Computer made them believe that sex was possible again in England.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 1:12 PM on April 29, 2015 [1 favorite]


Initially I didn't realize this was a Clickhole link, and although I was laughing by the end of the first couple of sentences, it wasn't until they mentioned the half-hour standing ovation during the State of the Union address that I checked the URL.

I'm just so de-sensitized to hyperbole, I suppose. This is wonderful.
posted by kilozerocharliealphawhiskey at 1:18 PM on April 29, 2015


I got half way through this article before I noticed it was from ClickHole. Thom and Jonny don't seem like the types to poke this much fun at themselves.
posted by KGMoney at 1:19 PM on April 29, 2015


This would be better if it wasn't pretend.
posted by Sys Rq at 1:22 PM on April 29, 2015 [2 favorites]


Thom Yorke: I was going door-to-door telling people that “Creep” is a bad song

Oh thaaaaaat's what that was about
posted by clockzero at 1:26 PM on April 29, 2015 [3 favorites]




Thom Yorke: From the beginning, my goal was to make an album that would get us all sent to jail for the rest of our lives.

*cackles loudly*
posted by jokeefe at 1:35 PM on April 29, 2015 [1 favorite]


it wasn't until they mentioned the half-hour standing ovation during the State of the Union address that I checked the URL.

So you were perfectly happy to accept that Thom was doing a solo tour where the only thing he said on stage was that 'Creep is a bad song'. This is interesting, and awesome.

I remember being a little too excited about the Hitchhiker's Guide references.
posted by jimmythefish at 1:44 PM on April 29, 2015 [5 favorites]


I find Clickhole funnier in theory than in practice.
posted by Joey Michaels at 1:48 PM on April 29, 2015 [1 favorite]


Creep is a great song.
posted by echocollate at 1:55 PM on April 29, 2015


Why are written articles called "Oral History?"
posted by hellphish at 2:57 PM on April 29, 2015


To distinguish it from history obtained from books; oral history is transcribed speech.

I've happily read dozens of these things; this is the first where it seemed like anyone was having fun with it.

Just to be clear, everyone knows that the band Radiohead aren't actually being quoted here? It's all pretend.
posted by Sebmojo at 3:03 PM on April 29, 2015


I just realized that my brother is the only person I know who has been waited on by both Pete Buck and Thom Yorke, when they worked as record store clerks. Maybe the only person, ever.

Just thought I'd leave that here!
posted by thelonius at 3:25 PM on April 29, 2015 [2 favorites]


Thom Yorke likes to get mildly drunk and banter in an Oxford pub with very drunken and elderly dons.

They like it too.

This is true.
posted by Devonian at 3:56 PM on April 29, 2015


Which pub, out of curiosity?
posted by Grangousier at 4:08 PM on April 29, 2015


I want some Jelly Tots.

(I love Radiohead and 'Creep' is a very fair song.)
posted by turbid dahlia at 4:08 PM on April 29, 2015


Every band needs a Colin to keep the rest of them grounded by making them take a step back and draw a picture of a computer playing a guitar before they rush into things.
posted by jason_steakums at 4:16 PM on April 29, 2015 [6 favorites]


It's all pretend.

Oh. Sigh. I thought it was pretty funny. Does this mean that 'Meeting People Is Easy' is all pretend? Because I thought that was pretty funny too.
posted by ovvl at 4:33 PM on April 29, 2015


And now, there are so very many computers playing guitar. And bass. With tank treads.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 5:09 PM on April 29, 2015 [2 favorites]


Ok... Here is the thing? How can you "read" Oral Histories?????
posted by mrgroweler at 7:19 PM on April 29, 2015


I enjoyed how ridiculous that was. It really gets at the sense of self-flagellation that I associate with the band for having made Creep.
posted by onlyconnect at 8:02 PM on April 29, 2015


Click hole click hole click hole click hole click hole.

ROCK STAR!

Click hole click hole click hole.

(chorus)
posted by clvrmnky at 8:29 PM on April 29, 2015


This thread is terrible and hilarious.
posted by KChasm at 10:41 PM on April 29, 2015 [1 favorite]


Seriously though, "Stuck Together Pieces" is about gum
posted by secretseasons at 4:29 AM on April 30, 2015


Creep was the only song of theirs I liked. The rest was boring as hell.
posted by jonmc at 6:10 AM on April 30, 2015


Colin Greenwood: There’s one show from that tour that comes to mind. We were in the middle of an encore of “No Surprises” and Thom went into the audience. Thom drifts into the middle of this crowd of 10,000 or so people, and he just starts burrowing into the ground. Like, really tunneling. And as the song goes on he’s getting deeper, and people are following him down there. Eventually, the whole audience had followed him down into that bottomless hole, and we were all alone onstage. Three days later, Thom emerged alone from the tunnel cradling a dove, nobody else with him. Actually, no one from that audience was ever seen again. That was an amazing show.
posted by shakespeherian at 6:54 AM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]


Grangouster: The Rose and Crown, North Parade. Viz. "Thom Yorke worked on many of the songs for the In Rainbows album in his local Oxford pub, the Rose and Crown. He explained in an article in the New York Times December 9, 2007: "I sit there, on the way in, because it's a really nice little table. And then I get out my scraps of paper and I line them up. I need to put them into my book because they're just scraps of paper, and I'm going to lose them unless I do it. So am I writing here? Probably. I don't know yet. I'm just collating information. This is a nice, relaxing thing to do, and it also keeps your mind tuned in to the whole thing. And you see things you didn't know.""
posted by Devonian at 9:39 AM on April 30, 2015


Even less funny than the Mad Men one.
posted by moorooka at 2:25 PM on April 30, 2015


I was at that concert. After Thom finished digging his hole, he gave us all free Thom's Computers. Now I have free screensavers.

Creep is a bad song. Sent from my Thom's Computer.
posted by bakery at 5:10 AM on May 5, 2015


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