Radiohead are without doubt, the kings of bringing out albums without giving anyone any prior notice, making fools giddy to lap up cod-experimental rubbish. If Thom Yorke farted in a cup, it’s guaranteed that fans would snap-up overpriced limited edition copies on ten inch hemp vinyl.
People dreaming of Yorke releasing solo material that sounds like The Bends and OK Computer might as well leave now.
Thom Yorke is acting like a baby again, digging his heels into the ground and trying to convince people that he can produce electronica that he's heard on labels like Warp, Planet Mu and JBO. During a guest slot on the Mary Anne Hobbs show on XFM, he dropped a new track called?The Twist? as part of his ?Money Back Mix.? And regrettably, you can hear it over the jump.
Over the course of Radiohead?s existence, lovers of the band have always defended the lyrics of Thom Yorke.
And because Radiohead fans bruise easier than peaches, a flash of anger erupts as they furiously argue about each and every one of their interpretations of meaning to Thom?s deep and spiritual lyrics, maaaaan.
Good in practice, but with so few decent lyrics, it’s impossible not to loathe these little gloop brained cretins.
With ‘The Twist’, it seems like Thom Yorke ripped up a dictionary, stuck the pages to a wall, threw a dart and ended up hitting a word, passing it off as a lyric. Experimental songwriting maybe, but the repetitive cut up use of “twist” doesn't do wonders for the argument that electronic music is a few notes repeated for seven minutes with the occasional shift in pitch and melody.
It’s like the woeful ‘Fitter Happier’ all over again.
But hold everything! If you happen to be frothing at the mouth and about to accuse us of being anti-Radiohead, you should be aware that as the song morphs into something half decent around the 2.45 mark as warm sounding glitch and techno take over.
Alas, it’s not the work of Thom Yorke. Unfortunately for him, it's a remix of a track by Modeselektor. A band that creates music that Yorke can only dream of making.
We've decided to showcase to you that songs with Twist in the title aren’t all awful. So with a bit of love and a nervous hug, we present to you via the wonders of Spotify, an hour long mixed bag of musical treats entitled:
Songs With Twist In The Title That Are Better Then What Thom Yorke Made
Who knows what musical style Thom Yorke will attempt next? Perhaps he’ll rub various parts of his body against a microphone and call in “Wonk Step.”
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charles says
Biased much? can’t believe i wasted my time on this shit. First world problems, you mediocre journalist
Razecah says
you act like children writing such articles
Sam says
People are making such a mess of this thing. It is not a SONG, it is an excerpt of music he did for Rag & Bone NY runway show. And it was part of a mix. Nothing more than that. Yorke’s last real solo (electronic) song was Hearing Damage and it was pretty good. His two songs with Modeselektor for their new album are kick ass as well.
Dane says
Loved Modeselektor and thom yorkes last collaboration, white flash, not really a fan of this one though…
Todd says
I’m a huge Radiohead fan. This song is fine, whatever. It’s not amazing. But holy crap, someone has an irrational hatred of Radiohead. Just calm down buddy. Thom performs some remix on the radio and you use it as an opportunity to vent all that rage you have against him.
I like how you wrote ” If you happen to be frothing at the mouth and about to accuse us of being anti-Radiohead…” It rather seems like you guys are frothing at the mouth here!
Me says
How about “These Are My Twisted Words”
Flea says
This article smells of poop.