Radiohead – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com Sight through thought Thu, 21 Jul 2022 21:11:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://bensonium.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NewEYEIcon-100x100.png Radiohead – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com 32 32 Day 418: High and Dry, Radiohead https://bensonium.com/song/high-and-dry-radiohead/ https://bensonium.com/song/high-and-dry-radiohead/#respond Tue, 11 May 2021 23:00:24 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?post_type=cid&p=3170 Time for another song from Radiohead. This is the third time I have cited them in Covid Island Discs. This is one of those mellow songs I guess you would listen to over a bottle of red wine after you have just broken up with the love of your life.

]]> https://bensonium.com/song/high-and-dry-radiohead/feed/ 0 Day 272: No Surprises, Radiohead https://bensonium.com/song/no-surprises-radiohead/ https://bensonium.com/song/no-surprises-radiohead/#respond Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?p=2309 There is something very sad and true about this song. Perhaps it is just me, but there are lyrics in this song that I have related to at different times in my life. Probably the lines that I most relate to at this present time are:

Bruises that won’t heal
You look so tired, unhappy
Bring down the government
They don’t, they don’t speak for us

A very dark song by Radiohead which let’s face it, along with the video, is full of suicidal images.

]]> https://bensonium.com/song/no-surprises-radiohead/feed/ 0 Day 182: Creep, Radiohead https://bensonium.com/song/creep-radiohead/ https://bensonium.com/song/creep-radiohead/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:00:00 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?p=1542 A dark song from Radiohead. To me the meaning of this song is ambiguous. I guess the simple interpretation is that he thinks he is a creep as he looks upon the woman he loves who he knows he is totally unworthy of.

Yet another interpretation is one of deep sarcasm where he is processing how a woman has made him feel in terms of the way she has treated him and he is taking on that persona. An interesting song either way although a strong language warning for those who are sensitive to swearing.

Another very clever thing about this song is the musical progression. The music in the verses is very smooth but at the point in the chorus where Thomas sings “I’m a creep” a very dissonant out of time guitar chord is struck which really matches the dystopian meaning of the words that are being sung at that point. Such a very creative use of rock music matching it to the overall theme of the song.

]]> https://bensonium.com/song/creep-radiohead/feed/ 0 Day 52 (album cover 7 of 10): Karma Police, Radiohead https://bensonium.com/song/day-52-album-cover-7-of-10-karma-police-radiohead/ https://bensonium.com/song/day-52-album-cover-7-of-10-karma-police-radiohead/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2020 20:07:13 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?p=395 Album cover to OK Computer

“Karma Police, arrest this man he talks too much..“

For you Séan Ó Cuinn

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