Radiohead have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. They are one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the last few decades.
'Idioteque' was written after Johnny Greenwood handed Thom Yorke a fifty-minute digital audio tape he'd recorded. Yorke thought most of tape was unusable, but there was a forty-second clip that struck him as genius. He took this clip and used it to form the backbone of 'Idioteque.' The lyrics for the track, which were written by Yorke, are opaque and heavily contested, but many believe they speak to an impending apocalypse. The samples in the background of the song were made by minimalist composers Paul Lansky and Arthur Kreiger.
Who's in bunker, who's in bunker? Women and children first Women and children first Women and children I'll laugh until my head comes off I swallow till I burst Until I burst Until I.. Who's in bunker, who's in bunker I've seen too much I haven't seen enough You haven't seen enough I'll laugh until my head comes off Women and children first And children first And children.. Here I'm allowed, everything all of the time Here I'm allowed, everything all of the time Ice age coming, ice age coming Let me hear both sides Let me hear both sides Let me hear both.. Ice age coming, ice age coming Throw me in the fire Throw me in the fire Throw me in the.. We're not scaremongering This is really happening, happening We're not scaremongering This is really happening, happening Mobiles working Mobiles chirping Take the money and run Take the money and run Take the money.. Here I'm allowed, everything all of the time Background: The first of the children