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When Thom Yorke and his girlfriend got into a car accident in 1987, he became afraid of cars. He wasn’t injured, but his girlfriend suffered from whiplash. He later wrote the songs Airbag, 
Killer Cars, Stupid Car and Drunkk machine because of this incident.
Originally called “An Airbag Saved My Life”, after a headline that Thom Yorke saw in an AA manual and was immediately drawn to, and also as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to Indeep’s 1983 disco hit ‘Last Night a DJ Saved My Life’.
According to Thom, the song itself is about the feeling you get when you realise that you’ve just missed having a serious accident, and the feeling of elation that follows. The song is one of Thom’s favourites off OK Computer. The song takes inspiration from DJ Shadow’s use of cut up drum beats to create the unique drum sound.
Killer Cars, Stupid Car and Drunkk machine because of this incident.Originally called “An Airbag Saved My Life”, after a headline that Thom Yorke saw in an AA manual and was immediately drawn to, and also as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to Indeep’s 1983 disco hit ‘Last Night a DJ Saved My Life’.
According to Thom, the song itself is about the feeling you get when you realise that you’ve just missed having a serious accident, and the feeling of elation that follows. The song is one of Thom’s favourites off OK Computer. The song takes inspiration from DJ Shadow’s use of cut up drum beats to create the unique drum sound.
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Norwegian__Wood wrote:
in an interstellar burst i'm back to save the universe! love it.
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CourtneyS311 wrote:
everytime I hear the first 25 - 30 seconds of this song I can't help but feel like everything is right with the world.
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borujoa wrote:
there is no airbag which can absorb a shock of listening this intro
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suaveslav wrote:
Empty_Skies is somewhat wrong. You don't have to be wearing trousers or really anything at all for this song.
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winduptoy101 wrote:
r.i.p.danny.x
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Writtenjustice wrote:
That opening is so heavy...
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MaximSagan wrote:
When this came on random I thought it was Black Sabbath.
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Elbecita wrote:
My favorite RH song
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potro1 wrote:
every time I listen to them I can't believe how great they are...
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derriskharlan wrote:
This is amazing
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shedonist wrote:
Love this!
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nixus6 wrote:
I might like this more than Paranoid Android, not sure though.
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ilikehcharcoal wrote:
just got into radiohead, i really like them(:
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den24pop wrote:
love
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Great song
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Sunshine9908 wrote:
sex.
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bernardo79 wrote:
... an airbag save my life.....
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Shaunography wrote:
vein666: I would, if Dream Theater were even slightly close to being as good as Radiohead. Which they aren't. So I won't.
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Empty_Skies wrote:
No, we jizz in our pants because this song warrants trouser jizz.
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