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    Thom Yorke has made his fame as the front man of Radiohead, one of the most critically well-received bands of the past few decades. But Thom Yorke has had an interesting life - one that includes many other creative ventures aside from the band he became famous with. Find out more about the iconic singer in the first half of this list below. Number Fifteen: He Has Very Eclectic Taste in Music. This should not be surprising to anyone who is familiar with the range of his music. But his taste ranges from alternative rock to all types of electronic music. For example, recently he has stated that he was listening to music by composer Ennio Morricone as well as the late footwork pioneer DJ Rashad. Number Fourteen: His Father Was an Amateur Boxer. Boxing is one of the most popular sports in the United Kingdom, and Thom Yorke's father is one of many fighters to have fought in the country. He wanted his son to follow in his footsteps, but Thom wasn't cut out for it (and we're all the…

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    is less important than hers in way. She says, "I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say”. This is a sort of discrimination that we see today in our world, and people find your words meaningless at times if you can’t project your words the way you intend to. On the flip side, Rodriquez goes on to say, “It was unsettling to hear my parents struggle with English. Hearing them, I’d grow nervous, my clutching trust in their protection and…

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    it. The Party’s grip on all the classes below it is so unyielding if it claims that two plus two make five, then the statement is rendered into existence as the absolute truth. In the first two verses, Radiohead illustrates what the middle class looks like from an outside perspective, exposing their constantly desire to, “Stay at home forever / Where two and two always makes up five.” This line can open up a new perspective through which a Prole would realise their preference for flight over…

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    Earth Oddity In Radiohead’s song “Subterranean Homesick Alien”, Thom Yorke expresses his feelings of isolation from a uniform human society. This song chronicles a man’s plea to be taken from his rigid community to a more accepting one. Through tone and imagery, his dissatisfaction with the unaccepting monotony of his community becomes apparent. Yorke’s diction contributes to the wistful and melancholy tone of the song. Phrases such as “I keep forgetting”, “Never believe me”, and “shut me…

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    If an artist wants to keep their fame in today’s society, they need to be able to rapidly adapt to the advances in technology, even if those advancements are causing these artists to lose their money. While this trend of streaming and file sharing is mainly causing a loss of money for the music industry there are still some benefits. For example, one of the biggest benefits is easier distribution. Before streaming was a common thing in society, distributing music was extrememly expensive as…

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    do business. If you're going to do an ad-supported free service, why would anybody pay for the premium service?” Swift herself expressed similar sentiments in an interview with Yahoo when she told them, “I'm not willing to contribute my life's work to an experiment that I don't feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music. And I just don't agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free.” Prior to this week, Taylor Swift…

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    When Did Radiohead Break

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    the struggle of becoming a popular artist in the music industry has gotten more and more competitive. Artists would struggle to find something that made them stand out from the rest, and eventually give up on trying to be illustrious, conforming to the basic chord structures and rhythms of every other popular tune. However, for twenty seven years, the expressionistic band Radiohead has constantly risen above the musical standards, ignoring everything about classical music theory and the common…

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    away from sharing their liberally aligned political views. Potentially the group’s most notorious outspoken incident came during a 2003 MTV interview, in which frontman Thom Yorke stated “the people in charge, globally, are maniacs,” when discussing the budding Iraq war. Shortly after, Yorke publicly clashed with British prime minister Tony Blair, demanding he be thrown out of office for his inadequacies in dealing with the war in Iraq, as well as his failure to acknowledge the growing threat of…

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