Barry Philips Discos

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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
33-Radiohead-Creep.
1993-Number 7 single.
Best Bit-At 2.45.I remember making my regular weekly trip to the record shop and seeing a box full of approximately 200 copies of this song on 7 inch clear vinyl in a flashy picture sleeve. No one had heard of Radiohead back then, but it looked so attractive I bought a copy for 50 pence.The current going rate for a copy in mint condition starts at £50. Needless to say I wore my copy out many years ago.
Radiohead were formed in Abingdon-on-Thames, England in 1985 by Thom Yorke (vocals,) the brothers Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar) and Colin Greenwood ( bass,) Ed O’Brien (guitar) and Philip Selway (drums.) They took their name from the Talking Heads song ‘Radio Head.’
Thom Yorke, this songs writer had written much of the track back in 1987, he had based the melody on the 1972 song ‘The Air That I Breathe’ written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazelwood, who Radiohead agreed to share songwriting royalties with (see also best songs 369.)
On the Album version Thom Yorke sings ‘You’re so f…ing special, for the radio version he recorded ‘You’re so very special.’ Yorke has said he regrets changing the line for radio saying it disturbed the sentiment of the song, he said, ‘the song lost it’s anger as a result’. As for the songs meaning Yorke also said, ‘It’s about being in love with someone but not feeling good enough.’ He describes the feeling as, ‘There’s the beautiful people and then there’s the rest of us.’
‘But I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo, what the hell am I doing here.’
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