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The obscure lyrics of this song deserve pondering. The version available on the Paranoid Android CD1 and the US Airbag EP is considered the original, and the remix is available on the No Surprises/Running From Demons EP. The latter has clearer production values and a slightly louder guitar at the beginning; Jonny plays a different ending on the guitar. Both versions open with both Phil and Ed on drums. “Pearly*” made it onto the band’s live set on the latter half of the OK Computer tour.
The lyrics to “Pearly*” to this day remain a mystery and a huge controversy in the Radiohead community. Ask any fan and they’ll give a different version.
The lyrics to “Pearly*” to this day remain a mystery and a huge controversy in the Radiohead community. Ask any fan and they’ll give a different version.
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Airbag / How Am I Driving?
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Lost Treasures 1993-1997 (disc 2)
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Shouts
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maestrosync wrote:
THAAAAAAT'S WHEEEEEEERE SHEEE GOOOOT HEEE-EEEE-EEEER
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jrouby wrote:
I've just found an other treasure...
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CosmicGrrl wrote:
my (latest) favorite RH song ;)
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BornCrying wrote:
such poignant lyrics
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CosmicGrrl wrote:
Love this* [2]
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inphinyte wrote:
Favourite Radiohead song. I loved the comment that the * "...shows its pearlyness. ;) "
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SpaceLlama wrote:
I can't believe I've never heard this before...Wow.
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alvareo wrote:
Radiohead and their song names...
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jacko251 wrote:
rawk
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Trilogy wrote:
iTunes/CDDB still tags this incorrectly as "Pearly" though it is with * on CD casing as it should be... :(
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UnraveledStar wrote:
Love this*
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LiveFeedback wrote:
it's so pearly and shiny that it has a little 'ping' of light shining off of it; that's what the * is. Pearly*
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Kordian459 wrote:
Really good*
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YellowEagle wrote:
one of the best b-sides <3
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Duecex2 wrote:
sounds like this song would be a bond theme. the man with the pearly teeth.
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IdleThoughts wrote:
* shows you have tagged this correctly. Pearly = : ( Pearly* = A gold star for you!
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agrandemartasan wrote:
* ?
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Lewishalo wrote:
It shows its pearlyness. ;)
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altairas_eye wrote:
Love the song. What does the * do?
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motionpicture wrote:
OWWWW DYEEEEOOOOO GETTCHHHOOOOOOOR TEEEEEFFF SOOOOO PUURRRLLAAAAYYYYYYYYYY
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BoyWhoSings, robothouse, l1r and 1 other person loved Radiohead – Pearly*. October 2009
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CosmicGrrl tagged Pearly* with ‘cooler than cool lol’. October 2009
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