Radiohead themes (my take on them)
by Nonlinear314 on July 12, 2006The themes in a lot of Thom's lyrics seem to be expanding with each album since OK computer.
OK computer has a lot to do with the human condition in modern society: depression, suicide, alienation, paranoia, idolatry/materialism, etc. Songs like electioneering hints at the themes that Thom expands on in later albums. Politcal corruption, fat cat cronyism, and globalism (the IMF).
Kid A/Amnesiac were strongly influenced by NO LOGO, and convery a general hopelessness for the future of man and the planet because of the corruption of our corporate and politcal leaders and their failure to do anything outside of their own self interest. As well as the usual radiohead stuff: denial, paranoia, apathy, etc.
The snow covered mountains on the cover of Kid A are computer generated and have obvious rendering errors to show us that this is the case. The rendering errors are there to tell us this is a future where technology has gone wrong, the smiling bear icons represent genetically modified teddy bears gone bad. The snow comes from a scenario global warming researches have come up with that states if the cold water from the ice caps is released it can screw up currents (the conveyor belt theory) and trigger a massive ice age within a couple of seasons that will basically end civilization as we know it.
HTTT expands on the theme of corruption in business and politics and people's unwillingness to pay attention or wake up to the reality of it.
The new album has a lot of lyrics that relate to globalist agendas mentioned in NO LOGO, police state, the general apathy of the population, and other issues relating to globalism. There are references to occult symbolism in the new lyrics, namely the pyramid in bodysnatchers and the owl in open pick. Both of these sybmols are big in the occult, especially the global elite on this planet and their pagan druid worship and secret idolatory.
Thom seems to be well informed when it comes to the new world order agenda, and it comes out in his lyrics. Closed circuit TV, komatose from drugs, jigsaw falling into place, etc. There are too many references to the globalist agenda and its culture to list, and I don't think it is coincidence.
A lot of songs have a generally pessimistic view of the future and society's failure to address, choosing to pretend they don't exist instead. There is a reason why they wanted Radiohead to do the score for A Scanner Darkly and Black Swan is on the soundtrack.
Think of these themes when you listen to Radiohead and most of the songs just make sense.
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