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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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oOMyxomatosisOo wrote:
one of the best songs... really
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gualpina wrote:
cool
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Lovestruck92 wrote:
Amazing :)
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BianquitaLinda wrote:
Profound.
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Xalopalyps wrote:
Great, great song!
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MarcKass wrote:
She looks like the real thing She tastes like the real thing...
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DenMarcellus wrote:
can't find the right words.....beautiful....damn.....
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kida08 wrote:
Terrible to think that the fake plastic world has only grown more powerful since this album released instead of the real love winning.
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MortallatroM wrote:
Touching
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ladeda234 wrote:
But gravity always wins..............
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kEvanson wrote:
i first saw this on beavis and butthead and even they liked it. it is a masterpiece
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stonerrose wrote:
i love driving around to this song. makes me tear up and get goosebumps every time
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SPLewis wrote:
Anyone who listens to this song and still doesn't know why Radiohead is so amazing is an idiot.
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filamentnovice wrote:
So sad...
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whimspin wrote:
One of those rare songs that can overwhelm...
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rociotorre wrote:
GRAANNNNNNNNNNNDESSSSSSSSS
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Tea-3 wrote:
If I could be who you wanted.All the time, all the time... Perfection.
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yelliholm wrote:
Pure Radiohead.Wonderfull.
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elliedimmesdale wrote:
understated and pure lovely song. One of the first I heard from Radiohead.
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olivermann wrote:
Wow! Never heard this song before. But I love it already!
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