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According to singer Thom Yorke, the song was recorded as the band had just been to see Jeff Buckley play a set at The Garage in London and when they got back into the studio, Yorke recorded the vocals in one take and broke down in tears at the end. The song’s lyrics are about Canary Wharf in London and about the world of mass marketing and mass consumption. One source of frustration for the band at the time was their US record label, Capitol, who wanted a strong track for American radio to follow the success of their previous hit single, “Creep”. Surprised that the slow paced “Fake Plastic Trees” was seen as a potential single to follow up “Creep” , Yorke ultimately realized the label had remixed the track without his approval: “Last night I was called by the American record company insisting, well almost insisting, that we used a Bob Clearmountain mix of it. I said ‘No way’. All the ghost-like keyboards sounds and weird strings were completely gutted out of his mix, like he’d gone in with a razor blade and chopped it all up. It was horrible.”

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nkafke

It wears me out...

Wednesday afternoon
Sensibafflor

she lives with a broken man

Wednesday afternoon
UncommonBoy

Breathtaking one from ,,The Bends" :)

last week
bellaNY77

best song!!

11 days ago
CyEstefania

This is song is...

last month
Dedran

My absolute favorite thing about this track is how on the surface, it sounds like a typical slow rock ballad that wouldn't be out of place on the radio, but then it gets even slower, the drums stop altogether, and there's this super subtle layer of ambience that comes in. It teeters the line between something more obvious like the Beatles or U2, and on the other hand, pure, melancholy, atmospheric Brian Eno. Why can't more music do this?

last month
MuriloFontes

best song for all time! +1

last month
callmemc

just featured radiohead on my new blog coachellafestival.tumblr.com. every day for 99 days I feature one artist that is a part of the coachella 2012 lineup, creating an information center where you can access basic artist information, third party reviews, music videos, and song downloads conveniently in one place. enjoy!

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babygoddess_

I just wish it was longer. I guess repeat will have to suffice.

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yammi_50

Fake Plastic World.

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TrowaBarton888

My favorite song of all time. Just perfect in every way.

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taisocardoso

bruna surfistinha

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wi-lll

Legendery song.

last month
CyEstefania

my song <3

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Pezrawr

Just wonderful

last month
Harry_01

Love that song...

December 2011
AmandaLchemisst

if i could be, who you wanted, all the time.

December 2011
LaisFariasm

crying out loud.

December 2011
spirituoso

best song for all time!

December 2011
rainzmuzik

♥

December 2011