Where I End And You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In)
Studio version w/ lyrics -
Earls Court '03 -
From the Basement '07 -
Thom Yorke is so meta he wrote a song relating to everyone his inability to relate to anyone, and then he threatens to eat them, the filthy liars. I could care less if the song had lyrics because its deeper meaning is about Colin and Phil, but ultimately I can't deny that I relate to Thom's apparent feelings of disappointment and mistrust. His performance here is intense and the raunchy guitarwork shows off his punkier side, but the rest of the band groove into a much grander funky territory. The turbulent nature of the rhythm gives the song an constant urgency, combined with the dreamy ondes/guitar and gratifying yet downward spiraling bassline they evoke some powerful imagery that matches almost any the boys have summoned on past records. After Yorke's personal bubble is burst and the house falls into the sea, the group takes a turn for the huh? as Colin goes for an even more up-pumping bassline and Thom goes for even darker lyrics about cannibalism. Definitely a classic Radiohead moment, filled to the brim with glory on all fronts, and like all great Radiohead moments, they end it not bar too late. They play more conservative as they get older with them, the good bits.
Live, the Earls' court performance is phenomenal. A faster tempo is nothing new but this one burns like I've never heard before, the distortion is up way loud too. The whole concert was great but this stands out as the definitive version of one of the best songs on that album, in my eyes. The From the Basement version is killer too, I think I can see Thom miscue a chord change but it's not really audible, Phil's purple shirt is fantastic as always and Ed makes that one note + effect thing look like the sexiest job ever. It's a real shame they didn't play this song once during their 2012 tour of the states. Do they not care for it anymore, after only 9 years? Perhaps Thom isn't angry enough to sing that last bit honestly anymore...
9.5/10
Pyramid Song
Where I End And You Begin
Everything In Its Right Place
A Wolf At The Door
Little By Little
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