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Palo Alto (3:43)

Cover of OK Computer (Collector's Edition)

From OK Computer (Collector's Edition) and 11 other releases

A Radiohead B-Side that appeared on “Airbag/How Am I Driving?” and “Lost Treasures”. The song was originally titled “OK Computer”, and is named after the computer-driven city of Palo Alto, California, United States, out of which companies such as Facebook, VMware and Hewlett-Packard operate.
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In a city of the future
It is difficult to concentrate
Meet the boss, meet the wife
Everybody's happy

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  • crawlpalmetto

    Oddly mixed, but then the band are pretty odd. Such a great song.

    24 Jun 2012 Reply

  • rogueofmv

    Thom sounds like Billy Corgan on this one.

    17 May 2012 Reply

  • prime1128

    I'm from California, I've been to Palo Alto. Lots of fucking white people.

    19 Apr 2012 Reply

  • Bodysnatcher94

    Another OK Computer dig at the modern Capitalistic lifestyle.

    23 Feb 2012 Reply

  • Oppressotron

    Here at my desk, scrolling down the code... coffee... break time... Gotta get up to stretch... ok more code. Yep, sounds like my normal day.

    6 Feb 2012 Reply

  • cthomas2

    this song fucking rocks.

    19 Aug 2011 Reply

  • XKiwi

    Thanks for asking, thanks for asking.

    13 Mar 2011 Reply

  • jakobdorof

    yeah, weird mixing but cool track

    23 Aug 2010 Reply

  • Furbybrain

    imokhowareyouthanksforaskingthanksforaskingimokhowareyouihopeyoureoktoo

    14 Aug 2010 Reply

  • JoelTheCat

    Been awhile! Thanks for the listen, last.fm radio.

    12 Aug 2010 Reply

  • venenumest

    very r.e.m.-esque

    9 Apr 2010 Reply

  • venenumest

    i hope you're ok too.

    9 Apr 2010 Reply

  • Bub_Clifton

    I remember hearing this in "Meeting People Is Easy" and being like "what album is this song on?".

    31 Jan 2010 Reply

  • NotLiving

    ouch, loud

    18 Dec 2009 Reply

  • JackBz

    This song is so THICK. I love it. It really beats the shit out of my ears.

    13 Nov 2009 Reply

  • fakeplastic03

    probably one of my favorite rh b-sides

    25 Aug 2009 Reply

  • RIPELIVEJAM

    this song is mixed waaaay too loud.

    7 Aug 2009 Reply

  • nottooamused

    it's incredible how it fits with the (lack of) life in a computer-driven company 'of the future' like Palo Alto used to have

    28 May 2009 Reply

  • 4our5ive6ix

    a lot of what i love about Radiohead is in this song..my fave era..great production..dynamics..love the filtered guitars..Ed is still underrated. and to have this as just a b-side too..you can never say Radiohead is underrated either! there's some extra stuff going on in the Meeting People Is Easy version during the into..great footage too. nails it.

    5 May 2009 Reply

  • BWalshy

    and for anyone wondering. palo alto is in california right south of San Fransisco. its all beautiful there. when you vist there you might understand why thom wrote lyrics like he did for this. such a cool place :)

    6 Apr 2009 Reply
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