“They didn’t like the position they were in within the music industry,” said Wilkinson. “I think they’re a bit like the Beatles in that way,” said James Doheny, author of “ Radiohead: The Stories Behind Every Song.” “Ultimately, history is the judge, and the fact that we’re still talking about ‘OK Computer’ 25 years later is because it’s a great piece of music.”Īfter Radiohead experienced success with its 1992 debut single “Creep” and then its second album, 1995’s “The Bends,” the band was looking to break out from the Britpop brigade that was dominating UK music at the time. The cover of Radiohead’s 1997 alt-rock classic “OK Computer.” Not only is it right up there with Nirvana’s “Nevermind” as one of the very best LPs of the ’90s, it is recognized as of the greatest albums of all time, inspiring a generation of Radiohead wannabes such as Coldplay. Twenty-five years later, “OK Computer” - with a futuristic vision that was, in fact, way ahead of its time - stands as the crowning achievement in Radiohead’s considerable catalog. So maybe the true hero of ‘OK Computer’ is actually Jane Seymour for letting them do that.” “She was away in the US, the house is empty, and they moved in. “Think of Jane Seymour, a very prim and proper actress, for some reason letting a rock band into her house to run wild,” said Apple Music Radio host Matt Wilkinson, who celebrates the silver anniversary of “OK Computer” on a special episode of “Essentials Radio” available this weekend. The magic of making “OK Computer” happened at Seymour’s lavish mansion in Bath, England, which Radiohead rented from the former Bond girl. When Radiohead was making “OK Computer” - its classic album released 25 years ago, on there was, of course, lead singer Thom Yorke fronting the band and longtime producer Nigel Godrich behind the boards.īut in the creation of what is considered their undisputed masterpiece, the English alt-rockers had a surprising secret weapon: British actress Jane Seymour. Radiohead’s online ‘public library’ is a disorderly mess Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead release unseen footage for quarantined fansġ0 albums to crank up while coronavirus has you stuck at home That's right.Watch Radiohead’s Thom Yorke sing new song, live from his basement I can't remember what else is supposed to go here. To see the pictures from today's hilarious News From Small Town Canada, visit Send us a picture of your bike in its natural habitat and we will be-rate it! Email us at best3outof3 at gmail dot com. If you enjoyed this then please check out the Two Crazy Scoops podcast! They are doing great work over there. Today we review Radiohead's "OK Computer", we Be-Rate Aaron's e-bike, and we finally understand the true meaning of friendship - it has something to do with spicy jam. As fun as that sounds, we decided instead to combine forces and make one united episode together where we are all on the same page, mostly, sort-of. In this special crossover episode with fellow podcasters, Two Crazy Scoops (), we originally thought we would just play one episode of Best 3 Out of 3 in your right ear, and play one episode of Two Crazy Scoops in your left ear.
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