OK Computer 이후 최고의 앨범으로 평가 받는 라디오헤드의 7번째 정규앨범 [In Rainbows]가 발매된다. 서정적인 가사와 특유의 몽환적이고 관념적인 사운드의 결합으로 매혹적이고 동시에 자극적인 라디오헤드의 마스터피스가 될 이번앨범은 음악계 유수의 평론가들과 팬들로부터 극찬을 얻고있다. 라이브 공연에서 연주되어 열렬한 지지를 받았던 곡들이 대거 포함되어있는데 헤비한 리듬과 미니멀한 드러밍이 매력적인 “15 Steps”, Paranoid Android 를 연상시키는 “Faust ARP”, 2006년 투어에서 처음 선보이고 뜨거운 반응을 얻으며 결국 이번 앨범의 싱글로 결정된 “Jigsaw Falling into Place” 와 또 하나의 베스트 트랙으로 손꼽히는 “Videotape”까지 단 한 곡도 놓칠 수 없음이 자명하다. 거장다운 스포트라이트를 한 몸에 받으며 다시금 전세계 음악계 이슈의 중심에 서 있는 라디오헤드의 In Rainbows는 2007년 당신이 들어야 하는 단 한 장의 록 음반이 될 것이다. (AMG 4.5/5, Rolling Stones 4.5/5, TIME Magazine 4/5) .... ....
How come I end up where I started How come I end up where I went wrong Won't take my eyes off the ball again You reel me out when and cut the string
How come I end up where I started How come I end up where I went wrong Won't take my eyes off the ball again You streel me out when and you cut the string
You used to be alright What happened Did the cat get your tongue Did your string come undone One by one One by one comes to us all It's as soft as your pillow
You used to be alright What happened Etcetera Etcetera Fetch for whatever Fifteen steps Then a sheer drop
How come i end up where i started How can i end up where i belong Won't take my eyes off the ball again You reel me out when and you cut the string
I do not Understand What it is I've done wrong Full of holes Check for pulse Blink your eyes One for yes Two for no I have no idea what I am talking about I'm trapped in this body and can't get out Ooooohhhh Make a sound Move back home Pale imitation With the edges Sawn off I have no idea what you are talking about I'm trapped in this body and can't get out Ooooohhhh Has the light gone out for you? Because the light's gone for me It is the 21st century It is the 21st century You can fight it like a dog And they brought me to my knees They got scared and they put me in They got scared and they put me in All the lies run around my face All the lies run around my face And for anybody else to see And for anybody else to see I'm alive... oh no no no no no no no no no no no no ma ma. (X3) I've seen it coming. (X4)
Don't get any big ideas They're not going to happen You paint yourself white And fill in the noise But they'll be something missing And now that you've found it- its gone and now that you feel it- you don't You've gone off the rails So don't get any big ideas, They're not going to happen You'll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking
In the deepest ocean The bottom of the sea Your eyes They turn me Why should I stay here? Why should I stay? I'd be crazy not to follow Follow where you lead Your eyes They turn me Turn me on to phantoms I follow to the edge of the earth And fall off Everybody leaves If they get the chance And this is my chance I get eaten by the worms Weird fishes Picked over by the worms Weird fishes Weird fishes Weird fishes I'll hit the bottom Hit the bottom and escape Escape I'll hit the bottom Hit the bottom and escape Escape
I’m the next act Waiting in the wings I’m an animal Trapped in your hot car I am all the days that you choose to ignore You are all I need You’re all I need I’m in the middle of your picture Lying in the reeds I am a moth Who justs wants to share your light I’m just an insect Trying to get out of the dark I wanna stick with you, because there are no others You are all I need You’re all I need I’m in the middle of your picture Lying in the reeds It’s all wrong It’s all right It’s all wrong It’s all right It’s all wrong It’s all right It’s all wrong It’s all right It’s all wrong It’s all right
One, two, three, four. Wakey, wakey, rise and shine It's on again, off again, on again Watch me fall like Dominoes in pretty patterns Fingers in the blackbird pie I'm tingling, tingling, tingling It's what you feel now What you ought to, what you ought to Reasonable and sensible Dead from the neck up Because I'm stuffed, stuffed, stuffed We thought you had it in you But not, but not, but not For no real reason. Squeeze the tubes and empty bottles out Take a bow, take a bow, take a bow It's what you feel now What you ought to, what you ought to An elephant that's in the room is Tumbling, tumbling, tumbling In duplicate, and duplicate, And plastic bags, and duplicate and triplicate Dead from the neck up I guess I'm stuffed, stuffed, stuffed. We thought you had it in you But not, but not, but not. Exactly where do you get off? Is enough, is enough. I love you but enough is enough, enough And now stop - there's no real reason. You've got a head full of feathers. You got melted to butter.
Reckoner Can you take it with you Disavow your pleasure You were not to blame for Bittersweet distractors Dare not speak his name Did I cater to all you All your needs? Because we separate it ripples our reflections Because we separate it ripples our reflections Reckoner Did I cater to all you All your needs?
I don't want to be your friend I just want to be your lover No matter how it ends No matter how it starts Forget about your house of cards And I'll do mine Forget about your house of cards And I'll do mine Fall off the table, Get swept under Denial, denial The infrastructure will collapse Voltage spikes Throw your keys in the bowl Kiss your husband goodnight Forget about your house of cards And I'll do mine Forget about your house of cards And I'll do mine Fall off the table, And get swept under Denial, denial Denial, denial Your ears should be burning Denial, denial Your ears should be burning Denial, denial
Just as you take my hand Just as you write my number down Just as the drinks arrive Just as they play your favourite song As the magic disappears No longer wound up like a spring Before you've had too much Come back and focus again The walls abandon shape You've got a cheshire cat grin All blurring into one This place is on a mission Before the night owl Before the animal noises Closed circuit cameras Before you're comatose Before you run away from me Before you're lost between the notes The beat goes round and round The beat goes round and round I never really got there I just pretended that I had What's the point of instruments Words are a sawed off shotgun Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Before you run away from me Before you're lost between the notes Just as you take the mic Just as you dance, dance, dance Jigsaws falling into place There is nothing to explain Regard each other as you pass She looks back, you look back Not just once Not just twice Wish away the nightmare Wish away the nightmare You've got a light you can feel it on your back You've got a light you can feel it on your back Jigsaws falling into place
When i'm at the pearly gates This'll be on my videotape My videotape Mephistopheles is just beneath And he's reaching up to grab me This is one for the good days And i have it all here In red, blue, green In red, blue, green You are my center when I spin away Out of control on videotape On videotape On videotape On videotape On videotape This is my way of saying goodbye Because i can't do it face to face I'm talking to you Before... No matter what happens now I won't be afraid Because i know today has been The most perfect day i've ever seen
전작 [Hail to the Thief](2003) 이후 4년 만에 발표되는 라디오헤드(Radiohead)의 신작 [In Rainbows]는 발표 방식에서부터 화제를 몰고 왔다. 음원을 웹사이트에 사전 공개하고 팬들에게 가격을 매기게 한 파격적인 방식은 매우 영리하면서도 절묘하다. 모두들 회피, 혹은 묵인하거나, 대안 없이 분노해왔던 공짜 음원 문제에 대한 발상의 전환도 그렇거니와, 음악적 참신성의 한계가 예견되는 상황에서 형식적 실험으로 시선을 분산시킨 톰 요크(Thom Yorke)의 전략가적 판단도 감탄을 불러일으키는 부분이다(이에 대해서는 아래에 링크된 글을 통해 보다 자세히 살펴볼 수 있다).
1990년대 초반 실험적이지도, 극단적이지도 않은 비교적 평범한 브릿 팝을 들고 등장했던 밴드는 결성...