Radiohead Pays Tribute to World War I Veteran Harry Patch

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[nickcarraway]

Rock group Radiohead has surprised their fans by recording a musical tribute to First World War veteran Harry Patch after he died at the age of 111. Dailymail.co.uk reports that Patch served in the trenches in 1917 and fought in the tragic battle of Passchendaele where more than 70,000 British soldiers died. He died July 25.

The song is available to download and all the profits go to the Royal British Legion.

“Recently the last remaining UK veteran of the First World War Harry Patch died at the age of 111. I had heard a very emotional interview with him a few years ago on the ‘Today’ programme on Radio 4. The way he talked about war had a profound effect on me. It became the inspiration for a song that we happened to record a few weeks before his death,” lead singer Thom Yorke wrote on the band’s website.

“It would be very easy for our generation to forget the true horror of war, without the likes of Harry to remind us. I hope we do not forget. As Harry himself said, ‘Irrespective of the uniforms we wore, we were all victims’,” he added.

[Prodigal Son]

What’s sublime? These are the names of the songs on the album.

2 + 2 = 5 is the song Hail to the Thief starts with.

Go to Sleep is another song on the album.

I figured you must know the album because it has you stirred up.

[Yardstick]

You know their song ‘How to Disappear Completely’- it’s a bit morose and sad and it’s not my first choice when I put on some Radiohead but it’s too beautiful to ignore.

That's exactly the song this one reminded me of, and I agree it's too beautiful to ignore. There's that moment about four minutes into How to Disappear, right after the discordant section, where it resolves into a beautiful crescendo with the strings -- oh man, it's goosebump city.

Another nice strings + melancholy song is Portishead's Roads.

[NoDRodee]

I not bi into radiohead but like creep

[Prodigal Son]

Creep is where a lot of big Radiohead fans start ;-)

Have you heard Street Spirit? From their 2nd album- The Bends. Beautiful and not... Complicated. Just really lovely arpeggio on the guitar, otherworldly vocals. Really cool song. That whole album is a great IMO. It's just a thought.

[SunkenCiv]

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[NoDRodee]

Thanks, I’ll check it out.
Turned on to Creep in RockBand but never really checked out Radiohead’s other stuff but I will.

I like wide range of rock music Pearl Jam, Collective Soul, Cake, Skynyrd, Allman Bros, Offspring(Clean stuff)
, Killers
I just don’t like the metal and glam rock stuff, not sure where Radiohead fits in.