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“Paranoid Android” is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, and was the lead single from the band’s third album, OK Computer (1997). Its release marked the start of Radiohead’s reputation as art rock innovators, and the album subsequently received huge acclaim. The song’s structure, though unique among Radiohead material, was also responsible for most of the comparisons with 1970s progressive rock that the band subsequently earned.
This song was inspired by some events that Thom Yorke witnessed at and after a star studded awards show. The lyrics “kicking, screaming, Gucci little piggy” are one of the more obvious references.
Singer Thom Yorke often refers to it as a “joke” song, though not derisively; the band continues to play it live at nearly every concert, usually toward the end of the set. The song’s title refers to the depressed robot Marvin the Paranoid Android from Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Paranoid Android was recorded in actress Jane Seymour’s fifteenth-century mansion, a house that Yorke was convinced was haunted. Bassist Colin Greenwood said “On ‘Paranoid Android’ what we were into was the idea of a DJ Shadow meets The Beatles thing.” Thom Yorke also compared the song to The Beatles’ work, saying “it really started out as three separate songs and we didn’t know what to do with them. Then we thought of ‘Happiness Is a Warm Gun’ — which was obviously three different bits that John Lennon put together — and said ‘Why don’t we try that?’”
This song was inspired by some events that Thom Yorke witnessed at and after a star studded awards show. The lyrics “kicking, screaming, Gucci little piggy” are one of the more obvious references.
Singer Thom Yorke often refers to it as a “joke” song, though not derisively; the band continues to play it live at nearly every concert, usually toward the end of the set. The song’s title refers to the depressed robot Marvin the Paranoid Android from Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Paranoid Android was recorded in actress Jane Seymour’s fifteenth-century mansion, a house that Yorke was convinced was haunted. Bassist Colin Greenwood said “On ‘Paranoid Android’ what we were into was the idea of a DJ Shadow meets The Beatles thing.” Thom Yorke also compared the song to The Beatles’ work, saying “it really started out as three separate songs and we didn’t know what to do with them. Then we thought of ‘Happiness Is a Warm Gun’ — which was obviously three different bits that John Lennon put together — and said ‘Why don’t we try that?’”
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uninamer999 wrote:
brillant
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BrestFF75 wrote:
My favorite Radiohead's song, and Jigsaw is right behind him ;D
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Ronald_O wrote:
VIDEO SUCKS, SONG ROCKS
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KRASH2099 wrote:
amazing song
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ste_simpson wrote:
Untouchable
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Norwegian__Wood wrote:
that video is just horrible.
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MindlessMarty wrote:
I think creep is their magnum opus commercially...Paranoid android is not that mainstream,but it's a great fucking song!Definitely,my radiohead favorite
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thoth-44 wrote:
...It's their magnum opus.The crowning achievement in the career of a cult-iconic band that will still write masterpieces,...just none this defining of the occasional prodigious pinnacle they staked a flag upon.
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sonniiaaa wrote:
one of THE BEST songs out there!!!! i love this song sooo much!
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Marjo47 wrote:
Why is it this its still to me one of the best songs I have ever heard? and I have heard many.
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devasthead wrote:
http://www.brainthesizeofaplanet.net/ LOL
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scottie301 wrote:
musiklubber don't let anyone bust on you. everyone had to discover these guys at some point. take a look at ok computer first, then look at the Bends and go up from there. AMAZING live.
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larukuxever wrote:
desde la primera vez k escucvhe Paranoid Android me gusto muxo pero es la primera vez k veo el video si k es muy interesante
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traubster wrote:
When I am king, you will be fast against the wall...
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Fran_kun66 wrote:
Well, i think Paranoid Android is the best song of Radiohead O_o
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doomedsphere wrote:
He Knew.
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derriskharlan wrote:
amazingest song ever
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ReproRocks wrote:
great song
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LukeLovesPlaceb wrote:
musiklubber, really sad. And I agree, epic Song !
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td_metal wrote:
megan, lastfm is made for people like that, to discover new music, altough Radiohead are quite popular and this song is pretty Epic, still your bound to find people who dont know it, and musiklubber, no they are nothing like Queen lol
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