I had no idea what some of the lyrics were and I thought it was saying....thoughts of passion her hands are touching me....but i got that bit wrong.anyway I love the song even though i had no real thoughts on it's lyrics or what they meant and sometimes i think that's the way it should be with music afterall it's only sound and it's there to pleasure our ears so I just let it do it's thing sometimes without always having to analyse it's meaning.
And not real sure about all this devil stuff you guys....I don't believe in god or...
I had no idea what some of the lyrics were and I thought it was saying....thoughts of passion her hands are touching me....but i got that bit wrong.anyway I love the song even though i had no real thoughts on it's lyrics or what they meant and sometimes i think that's the way it should be with music afterall it's only sound and it's there to pleasure our ears so I just let it do it's thing sometimes without always having to analyse it's meaning.
And not real sure about all this devil stuff you guys....I don't believe in god or the devil they are just concepts 'invented' by the founders of our religious institutions.Unfortunately though for some reason most of humanity seems to have bought the story no questions asked....anyway radiohead rock and so does the song.
don't know whether Yorke literally believes in the devil (aka Satan, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Baphomet...whatever). he DID make a remark about religious belief but it mighta been tongue-in-cheek.
don't know whether Yorke literally believes in the devil (aka Satan, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Baphomet...whatever). he DID make a remark about religious belief but it mighta been tongue-in-cheek.
specifically: on a radiohead message board, Yorke was asked whether he knew Beck. The response:
specifically: on a radiohead message board, Yorke was asked whether he knew Beck. The response:
"yes through Nigel ~Godrich. but we [Godrich and Yorke] hold up our hands and say NO! when Mr Scientoligy wanders in, strictly C of E as we are.."
"yes through Nigel ~Godrich. but we [Godrich and Yorke] hold up our hands and say NO! when Mr Scientoligy wanders in, strictly C of E as we are.."
Thom might have meant it more as a cultural thing--or a statement in no uncertain terms that cults and scams hold no interest for him--as opposed to,...
Thom might have meant it more as a cultural thing--or a statement in no uncertain terms that cults and scams hold no interest for him--as opposed to, say, being someone who actually considers himself Anglican in the church-attending sense. (really it's difficult to imagine Thom Yorke being able to sit down in a pew without serious chaos ensuing, due to his extraordinarily high-level celebrity status.)
conversely Beck is extremely tight-lipped about his spiritual side. many folks will be familiar with the NYT's piece & its reference to Beck hiding behind an "unwavering gaze" when the topic was raised). previously he'd emphasized the more Judaic aspects of his family background: prob. anticipating how being tagged a second-generation CoS'er (which he IS) could adversely affect his career. in another interview, he said he wouldn't discuss religion except with someone close enough to have earned his trust.
Yorke is privacy-minded, yes. they both wanna be known for their music not for a public persona. similarities end there.
this song seems evocative of some sort of emotional crisis, complete with what might be considered intrusive thoughts or hallucinations. ("I had a nightmare, complete with barking dogs and Coke machines," as a song goes--by a muso, prickly without question & usually-privately bipolar--I'll leave that one alone, OK. if you know, then you know.)
such a level of intensity as "Street Spirit" suggests: it might be typical merely of Thom's manner of expressing himself, rather than reflecting anything he might have struggled with in "reality." Or, that his creativity is a method of remaining grounded, such that he'd never wind up venturing helplessly into such hostile realms of inner space, so to speak. reluctant to use phrases such as "personal demons" as again this can be misinterpreted; some folks will take it much too literally.
too bad the final lines are not present in these lyrics, here:
This is the best song of radiohead,it has everything, the nusic is incredible, and the lirycs are just poetry.
I had no idea what some of the lyrics were and I thought it was saying....thoughts of passion her hands are touching me....but i got that bit wrong.anyway I love the song even though i had no real thoughts on it's lyrics or what they meant and sometimes i think that's the way it should be with music afterall it's only sound and it's there to pleasure our ears so I just let it do it's thing sometimes without always having to analyse it's meaning. And not real sure about all this devil stuff you guys....I don't believe in god or...
I had no idea what some of the lyrics were and I thought it was saying....thoughts of passion her hands are touching me....but i got that bit wrong.anyway I love the song even though i had no real thoughts on it's lyrics or what they meant and sometimes i think that's the way it should be with music afterall it's only sound and it's there to pleasure our ears so I just let it do it's thing sometimes without always having to analyse it's meaning. And not real sure about all this devil stuff you guys....I don't believe in god or the devil they are just concepts 'invented' by the founders of our religious institutions.Unfortunately though for some reason most of humanity seems to have bought the story no questions asked....anyway radiohead rock and so does the song.
don't know whether Yorke literally believes in the devil (aka Satan, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Baphomet...whatever). he DID make a remark about religious belief but it mighta been tongue-in-cheek.
don't know whether Yorke literally believes in the devil (aka Satan, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Baphomet...whatever). he DID make a remark about religious belief but it mighta been tongue-in-cheek.
specifically: on a radiohead message board, Yorke was asked whether he knew Beck. The response:
specifically: on a radiohead message board, Yorke was asked whether he knew Beck. The response:
"yes through Nigel ~Godrich. but we [Godrich and Yorke] hold up our hands and say NO! when Mr Scientoligy wanders in, strictly C of E as we are.."
"yes through Nigel ~Godrich. but we [Godrich and Yorke] hold up our hands and say NO! when Mr Scientoligy wanders in, strictly C of E as we are.."
Thom might have meant it more as a cultural thing--or a statement in no uncertain terms that cults and scams hold no interest for him--as opposed to,...
Thom might have meant it more as a cultural thing--or a statement in no uncertain terms that cults and scams hold no interest for him--as opposed to, say, being someone who actually considers himself Anglican in the church-attending sense. (really it's difficult to imagine Thom Yorke being able to sit down in a pew without serious chaos ensuing, due to his extraordinarily high-level celebrity status.)
conversely Beck is extremely tight-lipped about his spiritual side. many folks will be familiar with the NYT's piece & its reference to Beck hiding behind an "unwavering gaze" when the topic was raised). previously he'd emphasized the more Judaic aspects of his family background: prob. anticipating how being tagged a second-generation CoS'er (which he IS) could adversely affect his career. in another interview, he said he wouldn't discuss religion except with someone close enough to have earned his trust.
Yorke is privacy-minded, yes. they both wanna be known for their music not for a public persona. similarities end there.
this song seems evocative of some sort of emotional crisis, complete with what might be considered intrusive thoughts or hallucinations. ("I had a nightmare, complete with barking dogs and Coke machines," as a song goes--by a muso, prickly without question & usually-privately bipolar--I'll leave that one alone, OK. if you know, then you know.)
such a level of intensity as "Street Spirit" suggests: it might be typical merely of Thom's manner of expressing himself, rather than reflecting anything he might have struggled with in "reality." Or, that his creativity is a method of remaining grounded, such that he'd never wind up venturing helplessly into such hostile realms of inner space, so to speak. reluctant to use phrases such as "personal demons" as again this can be misinterpreted; some folks will take it much too literally.
too bad the final lines are not present in these lyrics, here:
immerse yourself in love immerse yourself in love