No band of the 1990s has garnered as much critical and commercial success as Radiohead. Back to Save the Universe is the first book to look at the creation of that music song by song, tracking Radiohead from their Brit-pop beginnings with Pablo Honey and the unexpected success of the hit single "Creep" up through the electro-improv experimentations of Kid A and Amnesiac. Back to Save the Universe discovers the sources of singer Thom Yorke's soaring laments for the postmodern condition, and deconstructs the studio process from which Radiohead's adventurous soundscapes have emerged. Although still early in their career, Radiohead has had a startling impact on contemporary popular music, creating some of the most adventurous sounds to find a home on Top 40 radio. With a complete discography that includes remixes and single-only tracks as well as 100 color and black-and-white photographs, Back to Save the Universe is essential reading to understand where these intrepid artists are headed in the new millennium. "They have intensity, intelligence, a personality in sound ... this band is taken as seriously as any since the Beatles."—The New Yorker
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Doheny's book is more about his personal interpretations of the songs than stories surrounding the creative and recording process (a problem because, after all, the book is subtitled 'the stories behind every song'). This wouldn't be so bad, but the author's take on the albums consists mostly the kind of pedestrian "rock expert" pretentiousness you can find for free on a million music web sites. ("OK Computer" is the first 'genuine song cycle' since "Dark Side of the Moon." YAWN.)Some of the information is interesting, but some of it is just plain wrong, e.g. "Exit Music (for a film)" in fact is NOT heard on the "Romeo + Juliet" soundtrack. Perhaps worst of all, Doheny makes enemies of "Spinal Tap" fans everywhere by claiming that "Nigel Smalls" called "the key of B minor" the saddest of all keys. That statement alone is grounds for a refund.
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Good book but don't expect too muchband insight on song meanings. Mostly speculation by the author.
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With EMI anxious to recoup some money on its investment, the band's first mission was to go back into Courtyard Studios to record the Drill EP with Chris Hufford at the helm. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
karma police, knives out, spinning plates, morning bell, iron lung, nice dream, young band Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pablo Honey, Thom Yorke, Paranoid Android, Planet Telex, Pyramid Song, Fitter Happier, High And Dry, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Fake Plastic Trees, The National Anthem, The Tourist, The Wire, Exit Music, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Street Spirit, Pink Floyd, Mac Randall, Phil Selway, Jonny Greenwood, Bitches Brew, John Leckie, Prove Yourself, Brian May, Crushd Tin Box, Day In The Life New!
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With EMI anxious to recoup some money on its investment, the band's first mission was to go back into Courtyard Studios to record the Drill EP with Chris Hufford at the helm. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
karma police, knives out, spinning plates, morning bell, iron lung, nice dream, young band Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pablo Honey, Thom Yorke, Paranoid Android, Planet Telex, Pyramid Song, Fitter Happier, High And Dry, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Fake Plastic Trees, The National Anthem, The Tourist, The Wire, Exit Music, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Street Spirit, Pink Floyd, Mac Randall, Phil Selway, Jonny Greenwood, Bitches Brew, John Leckie, Prove Yourself, Brian May, Crushd Tin Box, Day In The Life New!
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- Age of Extremes by Eric Hobsbawm on page 74
- Criminal Justice by Barbara Parker on page 134
- Exit Music: The Radiohead Story by Mac Randall in Front Matter
- The Rite of Spring (Dover Miniature Music Scores) by Igor Stravinsky on page 48
- Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare on page 139
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