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About This Track
This song was first played at the Gorge in George, WA on June 23, 2001.
For instance, Reckoner keeps reminding of a line from the opening of Book II from Goethe’s Faust, “Life is not light but the refracted color.” The meaning is that life is not pure but mixed, like rainbows. Radiohead’s album title, “In Rainbows,” and this song from which it comes, suggest there are deals made, and reckonings to be made by the life we live and these deals mean we live multiple lives, not a singular or pure one. Thus, as the song, Reckoner, says, “Because we separate like/ripples on a blank shore.” That is to say, we fragment and in the fragmentation make and are “in rainbows.” We are clothed and bathed in the colors of life. This is the exit door from the moral dilemmas that would condemn us to hell for the choices we make, the inflexible codes that demand we live an impossibly pure life. It is redemption and is similar to the redemption of Faust at the end of the story, at least in Goethe’s version. Interestingly, the song preceding this one is currently called “Faust Arp.” This further lead to think it was intended. And Mephistopheles, shows up in, “Videotape,” which interestingly enough is a song about a kind of redemption. The album has the vague structure, of the Faust story.
For instance, Reckoner keeps reminding of a line from the opening of Book II from Goethe’s Faust, “Life is not light but the refracted color.” The meaning is that life is not pure but mixed, like rainbows. Radiohead’s album title, “In Rainbows,” and this song from which it comes, suggest there are deals made, and reckonings to be made by the life we live and these deals mean we live multiple lives, not a singular or pure one. Thus, as the song, Reckoner, says, “Because we separate like/ripples on a blank shore.” That is to say, we fragment and in the fragmentation make and are “in rainbows.” We are clothed and bathed in the colors of life. This is the exit door from the moral dilemmas that would condemn us to hell for the choices we make, the inflexible codes that demand we live an impossibly pure life. It is redemption and is similar to the redemption of Faust at the end of the story, at least in Goethe’s version. Interestingly, the song preceding this one is currently called “Faust Arp.” This further lead to think it was intended. And Mephistopheles, shows up in, “Videotape,” which interestingly enough is a song about a kind of redemption. The album has the vague structure, of the Faust story.
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Shouts
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timmerd wrote:
awesome piece of drumming
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cookiellala wrote:
allah mısın şarkı.
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Restoranchik wrote:
art
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YoBroDudeMan wrote:
amazing song, I wish the last 30 seconds could go on forever in my life.
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nicolasbj wrote:
epic drumming
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callmemc wrote:
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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fuzbox wrote:
walked to class in the rain and snow to this track
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Burninatelol wrote:
krautrock?
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ReptiliaHead wrote:
My favorite Radiohead song!
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Trapped-x wrote:
lol
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edefakiel wrote:
I miss you, babe.
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dannyboy182 wrote:
Fuck yeah
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ViniciusStilt wrote:
Mystic. A instant classic.
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invertedfennel wrote:
Last 20 seconds of fadeout with violins is so gravely beautiful and lonely.
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leofaig wrote:
better than sex
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xLiax wrote:
their best.
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RaizaPaac wrote:
wow
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norco77 wrote:
under appreciated
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S4EEDR3ZA wrote:
tnx god they've turned first version into this masterpiece .
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cytopyge wrote:
the song of my life.
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