Radiohead are an English alternative rock band from Oxfordshire. The band is composed of Thom Yorke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, electronics), Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, other instruments), Ed O’Brien (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Greenwood (bass guitar, synthesisers) and Phil Selway (drums, percussion).
Creep
Thom Yorke wrote the song while studying at Exeter University. According to him, it tells the tale of an inebriated man who tries to get the attention of a woman he is attracted to by following her around. In the end, he lacks the self-confidence to face her and feels he subconsciously is her.
When asked about “Creep” in 1993, Yorke said, “I have a real problem being a man in the ’90s… Any man with any sensitivity or conscience toward the opposite sex would have a problem. To actually assert yourself in a masculine way without looking like you’re in a hard-rock band is a very difficult thing to do… It comes back to the music we write, which is not effeminate, but it’s not brutal in its arrogance. It is one of the things I’m always trying: To assert a sexual persona and on the other hand trying desperately to negate it.”
This concert was “Live at the Astoria” performed on May 27, 1994.
http://djallyn.org/media/radiohead-creep.flvWhen you were here before,
Couldn’t look you in the eye
You’re just like an angel,
Your skin makes me cryYou float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You’re so very specialBut I’m a creep,
I’m a weirdo
What the hell am I doin’ here?
I don’t belong hereI don’t care if it hurts,
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soulI want you to notice
when I’m not around
You’re so very special
I wish I was specialBut I’m a creep
I’m a weirdo
What the hell am I doin’ here?
I don’t belong here, ohhhh, ohhhhShe’s running out the door
She’s running out
She run run run run…
run…Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You’re so very special
I wish I was specialBut I’m a creep,
I’m a weirdo
What the hell am I doin’ here?
I don’t belong hereI don’t belong here…
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