RADIOHEAD FAQ
(HTML Version)
By S.L.O.
Source : http://www.radioheadfaq.co.uk/
Credits : T A L K - I N - M A T H S - + / - x - A Radiohead FAQ
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. About this FAQ.
1.2. History of the FAQ.
1.3. Revision History.
1.4. Credits.
1.5. Contacting the Editor.
1.6. Questions Still Needing an Answer.
2. THE BAND.
2.1. Who are Radiohead?
2.2. History.
2.2.1. Where did Radiohead go to school? Where did they meet?
2.2.2. 'On a Friday'.
2.2.3. Where does the band get its name?
2.2.4. Radiohead's climb to fame.
2.2.5. The Future.
2.3. Touring.
2.4. Background.
2.4.1. Are Radiohead a 'Britpop' band?
2.4.2. What's the connection with The Unbelievable Truth?
2.4.3. What is the deal with Thom's 'Presse Ne Pas Avaler' shirt?
2.4.4. What's the deal with Colin's trousers?
2.4.5. What's wrong with Thom's eye?
2.4.6. Why all the songs about cars?
2.4.7. What's that thing on Jonny's arm?
3. THE RECORDS.
3.1. Brief Discography.
3.1.1. Singles.
3.1.2. Albums.
3.1.3. Videography.
3.1.4. Bootlegs.
3.1.5. Unreleased material.
3.1.6. Things to come (The Next Album).
3.2. Artwork.
3.2.1. Who's responsible for the Pablo Honey cover art?
3.2.2. What's all that stuff on The Bends album cover?
3.2.3. What does the Esperanto on the Paranoid Android single covers and on their official site mean?
3.2.4. What is(n't) the significance of the number on the Airbag EP cover?
3.2.5. What's the deal with 'You' being listed on the sleeve of this live EP I have, but it plays '[Nice Dream]'?
3.2.6. What's the deal with 'The Bends' being listed on the sleeve of this live EP I have, but it plays 'Planet Telex'?
3.3. Buying and Collecting.
3.3.1. I'm looking to buy a copy of the Drill EP....
3.3.2. Where can I buy radiohead stuff online?
3.3.3. What's the Help album?
3.3.4. Was Let Down ever released as a single? What about a video?
3.3.5. Was Lucky ever released as a single?
3.3.6. What's so special about the Japanese releases?
3.4. The Videos.
3.4.1. Why is the 'Live At The Astoria' video so expensive?
3.4.2. I just heard that Radiohead are going to make a video for every track on OK Computer, even Fitter Happier!
3.4.3. Radiohead videos? 7 Commercials? Eh?
3.4.4. What's all this about a new video? Meeting People Is Easy?
4. THE MUSIC.
4.1. What are the lyrics for.... ?
4.1.1. ...the chorus of 'Creep'?
4.1.2. ...Ed's background vocal at the end of 'Blow Out'?
4.1.3. ...that weird part in 'My Iron Lung'?
4.1.4. ...that loud bit in 'The Trickster' that nobody can understand?
4.1.5. ...that bit at the end of 'The Bends' that's clearly misprinted on the lyric sheet?
4.1.6. ...background lyrics at the end of 'Bulletproof'?
4.2. Samples, background voices and computer-generated speech.
4.2.1. What is the voice in Paranoid Android saying during 'What's That?'
4.2.2. What is the voice saying in the background of 'Fitter Happier'?
4.2.3. Whose is the voice in 'Fitter, Happier'?
4.2.4. Whose mad laugh is at the end of India Rubber?
4.3. What are all these strange words in their songs?
4.3.1. Ansaphone?
4.3.2. And what's a Belisha Beacon, then?
4.3.3. The bends?
4.3.4. Climbing up the walls?
4.3.5. Cotton wool?
4.3.7. How to disappear completely and never be found.
4.3.8. Iron lung?
4.3.9. Lurgee?
4.3.10. Maquiladora?
4.3.11. Pablo Honey?
4.3.12. Paranoid android?
4.3.13. Ripcord?
4.3.14. Telex?
4.3.15. IMF (in Electioneering)
4.3.16. Where/what is Palo Alto?
4.4. What is the meaning of the songs on OK Computer?
4.4.1. Airbag.
4.4.2. Paranoid Android.
4.4.3. Subterranean Homesick Alien.
4.4.4. Exit Music (For A Film).
4.4.5. Let Down.
4.4.6. Karma Police.
4.4.7. Fitter Happier.
4.4.8. Electioneering.
4.4.9. Climbing Up The Walls.
4.4.10. No Surprises.
4.4.11. Lucky.
4.4.12. The Tourist.
4.5. Remixes and Alternative Versions.
4.5.1. What's all this about a remix album?
4.5.2. What alternative versions are there of Radiohead songs and who mixed/arranged them?
4.5.3. Why does my copy of Pablo Honey have an extra recording of 'Creep'? What's the clean version of 'Creep'?
4.6. Collaborations.
4.6.1. Sparklehorse, 'Wish You Were Here'.
4.6.2. Drugstore, 'El President'.
4.6.3. What is UNKLE?
4.6.4. Velvet Goldmine soundtrack.
4.6.5. R.E.M., Tibetan Freedom Concert.
4.6.6. Martin Phipps, 'Eureka Street'.
4.6.7. Björk, 'I've Seen It All".
4.6.8. PJ Harvey, 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea'.
4.6.9. Unbelievable Truth, 'Sharing'.
4.6.10. Headless Chickens, 'I Don't Want To Go To Woodstock'.
4.7. Music Videos.
4.7.1. In the video for 'Just', what does the man say in the part without subtitles?
4.7.2. Who directed the videos for the Pablo Honey singles?
4.7.3. Tell me more about the Gorky's Zygotic Mynci video. I am intrigued.
4.7.4. Who produced the videos of the Pablo Honey releases 'Stop Whispering' and 'Creep'?
4.7.5. What is the song the band are seen working on at the end of the 'Meeting People Is Easy' video? What are the words printed on the cover?
4.8. What covers have Radiohead done?
4.8.1. Carly Simon, 'Nobody Does It Better',
4.8.2. Glen Campbell, 'Rhinestone Cowboy'
4.8.3. Oasis., 'Wonderwall',.
4.8.4. The Beatles, 'Tomorrow Never Knows'.
4.8.5. Tim Buckley, 'Sing A Song For You'.
4.8.6. Blondie, 'Union City Blue'.
4.8.7. Belly, 'Untogether'.
4.8.8. R.E.M., 'So. Central Rain'.
4.8.9. Elvis Costello, 'Wear it Proudly'.
4.8.10. Can, 'The Thief'.
4.8.11. Magazine, 'Shot By Both Sides'.
4.8.12. Neil Young, 'Cinnamon Girl'.
4.8.13. Neil Young, 'On The Beach'.
4.8.14. Felix Bernard & Dick Smith, "Winter Wonderland".
4.9. What artists (to use the term loosely) have covered Radiohead?
4.9.1. Frank Bennett, 'Creep'.
4.9.2. The Brit Pops Orchestra, 'Creep'.
4.9.3. Chino XL, 'Kreep'.
4.9.4. J Church, 'Creep'.
4.9.5. The Heartworms, 'Creep'.
4.9.6. Chrissie Hynde, 'Creep'.
4.9.7. Last Chance Lottery, 'Creep'.
4.9.8. Mark Owen, 'Creep'.
4.9.9. Tears for Fears, 'Creep'.
4.9.10. Z|ri West, 'Creep'.
4.9.11. Anthrax, 'The Bends'
4.9.12. Drugstore, 'Black Star'.
4.9.13. Marillion, 'Fake Plastic Trees'.
4.9.14. Alanis Morissette, 'Fake Plastic Trees'.
4.9.15. Raine (from Our Lady Peace), 'Fake Plastic Trees'.
4.9.16. Duncan Sheik, 'Fake Plastic Trees'.
4.9.17. Geoff Parnell, 'High and Dry'.
4.9.18. Holly Palmer, 'High and Dry'.
4.9.19. Brian Kennedy, 'Street Spirit'.
4.9.20. Sarah Slean, 'Climbing up the Walls'.
4.9.21. Brad Mehldau, 'Exit Music (for a film)'.
4.9.22. Hazeldine, 'Lucky'.
4.9.23. David Anderson, 'High & Dry' and 'Fake Plastic Trees'.
4.9.24. Pepper Acton, 'Creep'
4.9.25. Show Of Hands, 'Fake Plastic Trees' and 'Lucky'.
4.9.26. Holy Roman Empire, 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)'
4.9.27. Voodoo, 'Paranoid Android'.
4.9.28. Sentenced, 'Creep'.
4.9.29. Gina Jeffries, 'Creep'.
4.9.30. Shirehorses, 'No Big Sizes'.
4.9.31. 'Plastic Mutations: Electronic Tribute To Radiohead'.
4.9.32. 'Strung Out On Ok Computer'.
4.9.33. 'Anyone Can Play Radiohead '.
4.9.34. Ari Hest, 'No Surprises'.
4.9.35. Eddie Vedder, 'Creep'.
4.9.36. Darkness, 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)'.
4.9.37. Damien Rice, 'Creep'.
4.9.38. Moby, 'Creep'.
4.9.39. Jamie Cullum, 'High And Dry’.
4.10. Miscellaneous.
4.10.1. Who is the female singer on How Can You Be Sure?
4.10.2. What's the meaning behind Airbag?
4.10.3. Is 'Paranoid Android' a reference to Douglas Adams
4.10.4. Does the Daewoo advert sound like 'No Surprises'?
4.10.5. Is 'Subterranean Homesick Alien' a cover of Bob Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'?
4.10.6. What's the relationship between 'Subterranean Homesick Alien' and Roger McGuinn's 'Mr Spaceman'?
4.10.7. What is the "sexiest song ever"?
4.10.8. What is the "second sexiest song ever"?
5. THE MERCHANDISE.
5.1. Does Radiohead have an official fan club? W.A.S.T.E?
5.2. Are there any Radiohead TAB books available?
5.2.1. Official album tabs.
5.2.2. 'Best of Radiohead'.
5.2.3. 'Make Music with Radiohead'.
5.3. What other books are available?
5.3.1. Green Plastic Watering Can.
5.3.2. Coming Up For Air.
5.3.3. Radiohead.
5.3.4. From A Great Height.
5.3.5. Hysterical & Useless.
5.3.6. Standing on the Edge.
5.3.7. Exit Music: The Radiohead Story
5.3.8. Karma Police (The Stories Behind Every Song).
5.3.9. Back to Save the Universe: The Stories Behind Every Song.
5.3.10. Radiohead: A Visual Documentary
5.3.11. Radiohead: In Their Own Words.
6. THE INTERNET.
6.1. Radiohead sites on the World Wide Web.
6.1.1. Official sites.
6.1.2. Links to other good sites.
6.1.3. Where can I get Radiohead .MP3s?
6.1.3b. I've found an MP3 of a song credited to Radiohead on a Napster, AudioGalaxy (etc.), is it genuine?
6.1.4. Where can I buy radiohead stuff online?
6.2. Radiohead discussion groups.
6.2.1. Radiohead Announce/Regular Mailing list.
6.2.2. Usenet.
6.2.3. What's the deal with this IRC conference?
6.3. Do the band use the Internet/computers?