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Radiohead
Shepherds
Bush Empire, London, UK
Live on MTV - 25th May 2003
(ProShot DVD)
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Recorded
from a Sky Digital TV Broadcast Live on MTV, filmed at Shepherds
Bush Empire, London.
The picture is out of focus on purpose for most of the time,
a strange style of filming this show!
Track Details:
1. There There
2. 2+2=5
3. National Anthem
4. Idioteque
5. Go To Sleep
6. Sit Down Stand Up
7. Karma Police
8. Paranoid Android
9. Everything in its Right Place
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It's
Thom Yorke's worst nightmare. Large strobing epileptic lasers;
surveillance cameras homing in on him like a hundred barrel
shotgun - all on the payroll of MTV. 'I fucking hate TV gigs!'
he's quick to declare.
Dressed in a faintly striped white shirt, with light stubble;
Thom shadow-boxes like Ian Brown during 'Go To Sleep', occasionally
dancing in his own inimitable 'five-year-old-having-a-tantrum'
manner. He's upbeat and confident, and full of his own typically
self-effacing humour.
He finds time to make some pretty bold statements though.
'The Gloaming' is apparently about 'the rise of the far right
in Europe and America'. 'Those loonies, you gotta lock 'em
in the cupboard' Thom follows up. Similarly, 'Like Spinning
Plates' is dedicated to 'everyone who decided to go to war,
despite the fact that it was illegal and weapons of mass destruction
didn't exist.'
The benefits of it being filmed for TV are pretty obvious.
We get a rich digest of their finest songs, including 'Talk
Show Host', (a b-side on 'Street Spirit'). Thom's voice is
of angelic divinity throughout. Not more so than on 'Sail
To The Moon'; a cosmic funeral ballad of quite exquisite proportions.
Alongside album opener '2+2=5'; up there with 'Paranoid Android',
'Where I End And You Begin' (with its delectable, descending
bass groove which sounds like it belongs on Kid A), is the
best new song they play.
Extract of review by Andrew Future (www.virtualfestivals.com) |
Lineage: Sky Digital Master recording > DVD-RW >
TMPGEnc > DVD-R
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