https://nitter.net/LadPsycho/status/1745855459654074869#m

Really ironic that Yorke and Jonny Greenwood are Zionists since OK Computer was influenced by writers like Chomsky.

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Right wing bands like Radiohead have never been my cup of tea.

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I definitely feel vindicated

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What is that? Like some old timey Gen-X band?

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jonny greenwood was caught liking terf tweets a few years back fuck em

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We’re reaching levels of cancel culture that shouldn’t even be possible

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OK Computer was influenced by writers like Chomsky.

Can you elaborate lol

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The album’s lyrics, written by Yorke, are more abstract compared to his personal, emotional lyrics for The Bends. Critic Alex Ross said the lyrics “seemed a mixture of overheard conversations, techno-speak, and fragments of a harsh diary” with “images of riot police at political rallies, anguished lives in tidy suburbs, yuppies freaking out, sympathetic aliens gliding overhead.” Recurring themes include transport, technology, insanity, death, modern British life, globalisation and anti-capitalism. Yorke said: “On this album, the outside world became all there was … I’m just taking Polaroids of things around me moving too fast.” He told Q: “It was like there’s a secret camera in a room and it’s watching the character who walks in—a different character for each song. The camera’s not quite me. It’s neutral, emotionless. But not emotionless at all. In fact, the very opposite.” Yorke also drew inspiration from books, including Noam Chomsky’s political writing, Eric Hobsbawm’s The Age of Extremes, Will Hutton’s The State We’re In, Jonathan Coe’s What a Carve Up! and Philip K. Dick’s VALIS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Computer#Music_and_lyrics

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Well I should have checked that, thanks. I guess the question is can Thom Yorke elaborate on “political writing”.

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What pretentious drivel

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This is why I exclusively write lyrics when I’m too drunk to know what the fuck I’m doing.

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[makes a fart noise with his butt]

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Once again, I am vindicated in my choice to not listen

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I feel vindicated in choosing to never read Chomsky

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if you want to chase that feeling these articles will enhance the high

https://redsails.org/on-chomsky/
https://dashthered.medium.com/the-anti-chomskÿng-66dcd8224729

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A long slog, but a well sourced and fantastic read.

I went to college in the early 90s and thought Chomsky was full if it back then. Glad to see others on the left voicing the same views.

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Parenti 5 lyfe

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