Anyone Can Play Guitar

I don't want to be Jim Morrison. I think Thom is being sarcastic, like in 'The Bends'...they asked if he really wished it was the 60's, and he told them he didn't at all, said it was a joke. Jim Morrison was a vapid poet who was made into an idol because of good looks and poetry that was mostly LSD induced...and it wasn't good at all.

i kind of get the vibe that this song isn't in seriousness. i kind of get the vibe he's saying that it's sickening how many people think their god's solitary gift to music, while playing stairway to heaven on their guitars devoid of any talent. in addition to which, he's also mocking the rockstar dream. "grow my hair.. i wanna be jim morrisson." he's pretty much making fun of people who try way too hard and still completely fucking suck.

ah, here we go:

this is from dazedkid- "I don't want to be Jim Morrison. I think Thom is being sarcastic, like in 'The Bends'...they asked if he really wished it was the 60's, and he told them he didn't at all, said it was a joke. Jim Morrison was a vapid poet who was made into an idol because of good looks and poetry that was mostly LSD induced...and it wasn't good at all."

yes, thank you. i agree.

Ahh right i love this song!!! Meaning wise i'm not sure if people know about this but before jim morrison was in the doors there was a band called Rick and the Ravens there was 6 of them and one night one member left. They had a gig due that night and was told they could only play if they had six people! So they called on jim (who can't play the guitar) to stand around and pretend to play so they could do the gig! So thats my view where this song came from!!! Interpret this story however you wish but keep loving radiohead!!!

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the line, "destiny protect me from the world" is really clever. it would be easy to claim that nothing you can do is wrong cos its destined to happen, and therefore feel that your actions have no consequences that you are really responsble for. the line implies that this would be wrong, because it would be shielding yourself from real life.

In this song frontman Thom Yorke heaps scorn on desperate wannabes who seek validation via rock stardom. According to Q magazine April 2008 everyone in the studio, from band to catering staff was roped in to play guitar. The track was then cut up and added to the arrangement. Yorke got the idea for the famous line "I wanna be Jim Morrison" after seeing Oliver Stone\'s movie The Doors. The line is meant to convey Yorke\'s dissatisfaction with the mythical status Morrison is given. This was made clear in the band\'s appearance at the MTV Beach House, where they played this song, and Yorke sang, "Maybe if I grow my hair I can become Jim Morrison," before shouting "Fat! Ugly! Dead!" The band\'s lead guitarist Jonny Greenwood played guitar with a paintbrush on this song. Jonny Greenwood has said "I never listened to guitar playing in any band, ever, I still don\'t, really. Worshiping guitarists is all buying guitar magazines. Anybody can play guitar, but writing songs is a far harder challenge. I\'d rather idolize someone like Elvis Costello than I would Steve Vai."

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This song's great I love it.... Here we are, with our running and confusion And I don't see no confusion anywhere :(

hell yea lucyinthesky...that was my thought too. I disagree with all of you people who are talking about playing guitar. Destiny... destiny protect me from the world Destiny... hold my hand, protect me from the world

I see that as him saying everyone has a set destiny and he is relying on his to protect him from things such as being killed or something like that, like saying he can do whatever he wants cuz he knows what is in store for him so he is immune. also he talks about being in a band and like maybe how thats what keeps him whole and maybe thats protecting him from everything and is his destiny and how in a world of confusion his band keeps him sane but that doesnt change the fact that he is still in the world so he is still confused.