A Sense of Doubt blog post #3551 - "This isn't Happening" - "How to Disappear Completely" - Radiohead
I gave some friends of mine a mixed CD years ago, and they found great meaning in this song in 2003 when the U.S. invaded Iraq.
Seemed meaningful again in 2016, but it seems even more meaningful now.
So, just that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Disappear_Completely
"How to Disappear Completely" is an acoustic-driven ballad backed by "forlorn" strings and "compelling" guitar effects,[59][4] with elements of orchestral and ambient music.[60][61][33] Several writers described it as a ballad;[62][63][64][65] others classified it as post-rock.[62][66] Ryan Pinkard of Tidal Magazine described it as a "majestic" pop ballad.[67] Jazz Monroe of The Guardian categorised the song as avant-garde balladry, calling it a "masterpiece" that "orchestrates a stage-fright reverie with fragments of Robert Wyatt and Penderecki".[68] Stephen Dalton of Uncut called it a "sumptuous" orchestral ballad.[69] Steve Lowe of Q called it a "ghostly waltz-time" folk song with influences from the Smiths' album Meat Is Murder (1985).[70]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Disappear_Completely
One of the earliest songs written for Kid A (2000),[3] "How to Disappear Completely" was written primarily by the Radiohead singer, Thom Yorke,[4][5][c] during the tour for their third album, OK Computer (1997).[3][8][9] Yorke began writing it in Toronto, Canada, in June 1997.[10] Later that month, Radiohead performed their then-biggest-ever show at the RDS Arena in Dublin, Ireland.[11][12] The performance was held in windy and rainy conditions.[13] The song was inspired by a dream Yorke had on the night of this show,[14] in which he was running naked down Dublin's River Liffey and being pursued by a tidal wave.[15]
According to the guitarist Ed O'Brien, "How to Disappear Completely" was inspired by the RDS performance and the stress the band members, especially Yorke, experienced on tour.[16] Yorke's experience performing with Radiohead at the 1997 Glastonbury Festival, a week after the RDS performance,[16] was another inspiration.[9] After technical problems, Yorke almost abandoned the show, but continued after urging from O'Brien.[17] Yorke recalled: "I just needed a break. And in fact I didn't get one for another year and a bit, by which point I was pretty much catatonic."[17]
In an interview with Terry David Mulligan in Canada in July 1997, Yorke said he had written a song the previous month with the chorus: "I'm not here / This isn't happening".[19] The chorus came from advice given to Yorke by his friend, the R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, on how to deal with tour stress by repeating the phrase "I'm not here, this isn't happening" to himself.[3][5][9][18] In turn, "How to Disappear Completely" inspired Stipe to write the song "Disappear" from the R.E.M. album, Reveal (2001).[14] When Stipe called Yorke to apologize for stealing the concept, Yorke told him Stipe had inspired "How to Disappear Completely".[20]
In late August 1997, Yorke performed an early acoustic version during a soundcheck in New York;[21] footage from this performance features in the 1998 documentary Meeting People Is Easy.[8] Radiohead performed further versions during the OK Computer tour in 1998.[22][23][24] The versions were purported to be between seven and ten minutes in length;[10][25] the final studio version lasts six minutes.[26] Melody Maker likened one version in a 1998 review to Radiohead covering Unbelievable Truth,[27] an acoustic band led by Yorke's younger brother, Andy.[28]
Yorke initially introduced "How to Disappear Completely" "for the benefit of the bootleggers".[29] He cited "Once in a Lifetime" (1980) by Talking Heads as a reference for writing the song.[16] It had the working titles "This Is Not Happening" and "How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found".[10][30] The latter title is taken from that of Doug Richmond's 1985 book,[31] which explains how to erase personal identity and assume a new one,[32] with a focus on taking a French leave.[33] According to some accounts, the song was dedicated to the Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards,[34][35] who disappeared in February 1995 and was declared dead in November 2008.[36]
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- Days ago: MOM = 3415 days ago & DAD = 071 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
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