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Track: Like Spinning Plates - 'Why Us?' Version
Artist: Radiohead
Album: KID A MNESIA

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Name: Radiohead
Spotify Genres: art rock, alternative rock
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Electronic and alternative rock (modern rock) band from Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom). The name Radiohead comes from the [a=Talking Heads] song, "Radio Head", from the "[url=http://www.discogs.com/Talking-Heads-True-Stories/master/39386]True Stories[/url]" album. Formed by school friends in 1985, Radiohead did not release their first single until 1992's "[Link]". The cathartic "[url=http://www.discogs.com/Radiohead-Creep/master/21481]Creep[/url]", from the debut album "[url=http://www.discogs.com/Radiohead-Pablo-Honey/master/13344]Pablo Honey[/url]" (1993), became a worldwide hit as grunge music dominated radio airwaves. Radiohead were initially branded as a one-hit wonder abroad, but caught on at home in the UK with their second album, "[url=http://www.discogs.com/Radiohead-The-Bends/master/17008]The Bends[/url]" (1995), earning fans with their dense guitar atmospheres and front man [a=Thom Yorke]'s expressive singing. The album featured the hits "[url=http://www.discogs.com/Radiohead-High-Dry-Planet-Telex/release/199387]High & Dry[/url]", "[Link]" and "[url=http://www.discogs.com/Radiohead-Fake-Plastic-Trees/master/21526]Fake Plastic Trees[/url]". The band's third album, "[url=http://www.discogs.com/Radiohead-OK-Computer/master/21491]OK Computer[/url]" (1997), propelled them to greater attention. Popular both for its expansive sound and themes of modern alienation, the album has been acclaimed by critics as a landmark record of the 1990s, some critics go as far to consider it one of the best of all time. "[url=http://www.discogs.com/Radiohead-Kid-A/master/21501]Kid A[/url]" (2000) marked further evolution, containing influences from experimental electronic music. "[url=http://www.discogs.com/Radiohead-Hail-To-The-Thief/master/16962]Hail To The Thief[/url]" (2003) was seen as a conventional return to the guitar and piano-led rock sound. After fulfilling their contract with EMI, Radiohead released "[url=http://www.discogs.com/Radiohead-In-Rainbows/master/21520]In Rainbows[/url]" (2007) famously via a pay-what-you-want model. Their latest album, "[url=https://www.discogs.com/Radiohead-A-Moon-Shaped-Pool/master/998252]A Moon Shaped Pool[/url]", was released in May 2016. Radiohead's original influences were cited as alternative rock and post-punk bands like [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Smiths,+The]The Smiths[/url], [a=Pixies], [a=Magazine], [a=Joy Division] and [a=Siouxsie & The Banshees], who Thom Yorke claims inspired him to become a performer, and [a=R.E.M.] (with lead singer of the band, Thom Yorke, referring to himself as an 'R.E.M. groupie'). Band members: Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, laptop (1985–present) Colin Greenwood – bass guitar (1985–present) Ed O'Brien – guitar, effects, backing vocals (1985–1990, 1990–present) Philip Selway – drums, percussion (1985–present) Jonny Greenwood – guitar, keyboards, ondes Martenot, glockenspiel, laptop, orchestral arrangements (1988–present) Current live members: Clive Deamer – drums, percussion (2011–present) Former members: Rasmus "Raz" Peterson – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (1985–1989) Liz Cotton – alto saxophone (1988–1989) Charlotte Cotton – alto saxophone (1988–1989) Nigel Powell – drums (1990) Previous names: On a Friday (1985–1990, 1990–1991) Shindig (1990)

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Release: Radiohead - Kid A Mnesia
Year: 2021
Genres: Electronic, Rock
Styles: Alternative Rock, IDM, Experimental, Art Rock

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LYRICS

Why us?
Why not someone else?
Why us?
The cameras are turnin' off our lights
So run away
And this just feels like
Spinning plates
Our bodies floating down the muddy river

While you make pretty speeches
I'm being cut to shreds
You feed me to the lions
A delicate balance

When this just feels like
Spinning plates
I'm living in Cloud Cuckoo Land
When this just feels like
Spinning plates
Our bodies floating down the muddy river

(Why us?)