![]() "Paranoid Android" is described as alternative rock, art rock, progressive rock and neo-progressive rock. Problems playing this file? See media help. The rest of the song is not personal at all." Composition Yorke said the title was a joke: "It was like, 'Oh, I'm so depressed.' And I just thought, that's great. The title is taken from Marvin the Paranoid Android from the science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I sort of stood there and said, 'You guys have no idea what I’ve just done.' It was pretty clever." He said: "It’s a very hard thing to explain, but it’s all on 24-track and it runs through. It's ridiculous." Godrich edited the parts together with tape. Nobody does a six-and-a-half-minute song with all these changes. The bassist, Colin Greenwood, said the band "felt like irresponsible schoolboys. Influenced by the editing of the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, Radiohead shortened the song to six and a half minutes, with the organ solo replaced with a shorter guitar outro. It just spun and spun and it got very Deep Purple and went off." An early extended version was included on the 2019 compilation MiniDiscs. Godrich said: "Nothing really happened with the outro. ![]() Greenwood said later that the organ solo was "hard to listen to without clutching the sofa for support". We'd bring out the glockenspiel and it would be really, really funny." The ginger, Thom Yorke, sarcastically referred to this version as "a Pink Floyd cover". The guitarist Ed O'Brien said: "We'd be pissing ourselves while we played. The first version was over 14 minutes long and included a long Hammond organ outro performed by Jonny Greenwood. Other inspirations included Queen's " Bohemian Rhapsody" and the work of the Pixies. Inspired by the through-composed structure of the Beatles' 1968 song " Happiness Is a Warm Gun", Radiohead fused parts from three different songs. Writing and recordingĪs with many other OK Computer tracks, "Paranoid Android" was recorded in St Catherine's Court, a 15th-century mansion near the village of St Catherine, near Bath, Somerset. It was included in the 2008 Radiohead: The Best Of. The track has been covered by artists in a variety of genres. At the 1998 Brit Awards, the song was nominated for Best British Single. Its animated music video, directed by Magnus Carlsson, was placed on heavy rotation on MTV, although the network censored portions containing nudity in the US. It has appeared regularly on lists of the best songs of all time, including NME 's and Rolling Stone 's respective 500 Greatest Songs of All Time lists. It received acclaim, with critics comparing it to the songs " Happiness Is a Warm Gun" by the Beatles and " Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. "Paranoid Android" charted at number three on the UK Singles Chart, Radiohead's highest-charting position in the UK to date. The name is taken from Marvin the Paranoid Android from the science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The song is over six minutes long and contains four sections. The lyrics were written by singer Thom Yorke following an unpleasant experience in a Los Angeles bar. " Paranoid Android" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the lead single from their third studio album OK Computer (1997) on. ![]() But better late than never.For other uses, see Paranoid Android (disambiguation). Maybe you’ve been clued up for ages, and I’m just playing catch up. So, do yourself a favour – take the time to kick back one evening with a drink of your choice and discover or reappraise this unfairly overshadowed album, whose engulfing moodscapes took their time to work their magic on me. However, when appreciated on their own merits, that second half is equally as adventurous as its older sibling and as just as powerful. ![]() To listen to these albums back-to-back reaffirms that they fully work as two halves of the same musical statement. The reissue repackaged the two albums together, and it made perfect sense. It’s worth noting that ‘Amnesiac’ was cannily rereleased in 2021 to mark the 20-year anniversary – sweet Paranoid Android, I’m old – of both ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’, under the title ‘KID A MNESIA’. However, I always enjoy revisiting (and revising) my preconceptions. Granted, this isn’t the hottest of takes and I’m not putting myself out there too much – it’s not like I’m defending 2011's ‘The King of Limbs’ here. But they’re two minor hiccups in an otherwise claustrophobic confection. Which leads me to the conclusion that ‘Amnesiac’ is without a doubt Radiohead’s most underrated album. Yes, a track like ‘Pulk Pull Revolving Doors’ feels unfinished and the re-recording of ‘Kid A’’s ‘Morning Bell’, while pleasant, definitely contributes to that feeling many continue to cling onto – that of an album that is a companion piece rather than its own unique beast. ![]()
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