Radiohead Song Quotes

Every one of Joel's important songs--including the happy ones--are ultimately about loneliness. And it's not 'clever lonely' (like Morrissey) or 'interesting lonely' (like Radiohead); it's 'lonely lonely,' like the way it feels when you're being hugged by someone and it somehow makes you sadder.

You float like a feather," sings Radiohead, "In a beautiful world." I've listened several times to the Radiohead songs, because it was nice of Raymond to say he heard a bit of them in what I sang. I'm not sure I hear it myself, but I am pleased and touched. Sometimes that's what you need, just a quick casual word of knowledgeable encouragement. Radiohead reminds me a little of the songs in Garden State soundtrack. Now, that's a soundtrack. They were all songs that Zach Braff liked, so he put them in his movie. And there's that beautiful moment near the beginning where Natalie Portman hands him the headphones and she watches him listen to the song and she smiles her huge, innocent Natalie Portman smile.

Songs meant for nighttime driving only: “We Looked Like Giants” (Death Cab for Cutie) “Just Like Honey” (the Jesus and Mary Chain) “Runaway” (the National) “Who Says” (John Mayer) “I Will Be There When You Die” (My Morning Jacket) “Everything in Its Right Place” (Radiohead) “No One’s Gonna Love You” (Band of Horses) “Hammers and Strings” (Jack’s Mannequin)

Wood Music: A Playlist Foals, ‘Birch Tree’, 2015 Arnold Bax, November Woods, 1917 The Beatles, ‘Norwegian Wood’, 1965 Igor Stravinsky, ‘Berceuse’, from The Firebird, 1910 A Woodland Reading List William Boyce and David Garrick, ‘Heart of Oak’, 1760 George Butterworth, The Banks of Green Willow, 1913 ——, ‘Loveliest of Trees’, from ‘A Shropshire Lad’, 1911 Editors, ‘I Want a Forest’, 2009 Edward Elgar, String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83, 1919 ——, Quintet in A minor, Op., 84, 1918 ——, Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, 1919 ——, Owls: An Epitaph, Op. 27, 1907 Keane, ‘Somewhere Only We Know’, 2004 Lindisfarne, Dingly Dell, 1972 Oasis, ‘Songbird’, 2002 Pink Floyd, ‘Careful with That Axe, Eugene’, 1969 Camille Saint-Saëns, ‘Le Coucou au Fond des Bois’ (‘The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Wood’), 1886 Pablo Casals, ‘El Cant dels Ocells’ (‘Song of the Birds’), 1961 Antonín Dvořák, Waldesruhe (‘Silent Woods’) for cello and orchestra, Op. 68, no. 5, 1894 Edvard Grieg, Lyric Pieces, Op. 43, no. 4, ‘Little Bird’, 1886 Franz Liszt, Legende S.175 no. 1, St Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds, 1863 Monty Python, ‘The Lumberjack Song’, 1975 Van Morrison, ‘Redwood Tree’, 1972 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ‘Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja’ (‘The Bird- catcher, that’s me’), from Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), 1791 George Perlman, ‘A Birdling Sings’, from ‘Ghetto Sketches’, 1931 Pulp, ‘The Trees’, 2001 Radiohead, King of Limbs, 2011 Robert Schumann, ‘Jäger auf der Lauer’ (‘Hunters on the Lookout’), from Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), Op. 82, no. 2, 1850–51 ——, ‘Freundliche Landschaft’ (‘Friendly Landscape’), from Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), Op. 82, no. 5, 1850–51 Jean Sibelius, ‘The Aspen’, no. 3, ‘The Birch’, no. 4, ‘The Spruce’, no. 5, from Op. 75, ‘The Trees’, 1914–19 Trad., ‘The Trees They Do Grow High’ ——, ‘The Willow Tree’ The Verve, ‘Sonnet’, from Urban Hymns, 1997 Paul Weller, ‘Wild Wood’, 1993