New Thom Yorke - "The Present Tense" (Live At Latitude)
Over the weekend we alerted you to Thom Yorke's 12-song set at the Suffolk-based Latitude festival, mentioning that he played Eraser and Radiohead songs along with the newbie, "The Present Tense." We have some video of the performance: Thom -- a singing head emerging from behind a bunch of equipment -- jokingly introduced the spare, downcast, and somehow familiar track as "a new song, so you know, go for a piss." As expected, more than a few people held their bladders and stuck around to hear it out.
(via atease).
Thom Yorke - "The Present Tense" (Live 7/19/09) (MP3)
So, that's the second peep from Yorke in a week. If you missed his stab at Miracle Legion's "All For The Best," don't.
Posted at 9:46 AM by brandon in MP3, Video
Tags: Latitude | Radiohead | Thom Yorke
guitar reminds me a lot of his black swan song
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What I don't get is the timing of chord C against chord D in the symposium song that starts off at four minutes and ten seconds into the album. is it me or does that remind you of a hippopoatomas dancing in the wind?
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makes it a dominant 7th chord with the 7th on the bottom.
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I wouldn't say a hippo, but rather a gentle minx rubbing against a bushy beard.
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You are comparing the amazing work of Thom Yorke to a minx rubbing on a beard and a hippo dancing in the wind? The man is a genius. Give him some credit and at least compare him to a lovely little swan gently flapping its wings amongst the summer breeze as fish swim below its feet. The sweet sweet wing flapping of a swan.
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Love that guitar line.
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...Elvis should have done "Homesick Alien" on his Hawaii special...
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I love Thom Yorke, but I'm worried for him. Like how he's going to do music for the Twilight sequel.
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He was also supposed to "do the soundtrack" for the latest Terminator movie and for Choke (the most recent Palahniuk film) as well as a ton of other shit that never materialized because people who make movies like to talk out of their asses. Unless this is confirmed by someone from Radiohead (which hasn't happened, in case you were wondering) I'm not holding my breath for Thom's shiny new vampire love song.
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I was there! It was an excellent set, Thom clearly in a good mood (jokes, even) and playing some fine reconfigured versions of The Eraser songs (I haven't checked YouTube but Harrowdown Hill was a particular standout) and the odd Radiohead song, including Follow Me Around and True Love Waits.
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this video of it is much better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmbg3Z0x6jQ
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What a beautiful tune. Hope he'll record it this way and not opt in for full on electronics.
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