A band I like.

I’m going to write about a band that I really like, and I think that everybody should listen to some day in their lives. This band is Radiohead, my first time listening to them was on the radio, it was the song “Creep”, probably the most famous and recognized song of this band. Today, it’s like a hymn for those who are socially rejected or lonely. At first, I like the intensity of the interpretation of the song, even though it’s kind of depressing, and then I decided to look for more of this band work.

Reading about them I found that the most difficult song for them to play, specially the vocalist, is “Street Spirit”, he said that this song is so mentally exhausting that he cannot sing it in concerts. The content of this song talks about disappointment, but not just about a subject like love, or the way that society it’s managed, it’s the disappointment of all, the life itself, so this song makes the vocalist, Thom Yorke, feel so depressed that he couldn’t continue. What I mean by that, is that this song puts him in a continuous reflection state.

Personally, one of the songs I like the most of this band is called “No Surprises”. It talks about the numb state that routine puts in everybody, so it really makes me think respecting the way we live now, why we have to compete to achieve things, or the fact that today the most important thing to live is money, so you become some kind of robot in order to get it. It makes me want to wake up, face the system and actually be happy, real happy.

It’s a wonderful band, really existential, sensible and thoughtful.  

In this links, “Street Spirit” and “No Surprises”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrTB-iiecqk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg