Hard to top a Depression All-Star Performance like Thom Yorke’s 1998-2001 run - ThreadSky

edsbs.bsky.social • 51 days ago

Hard to top a Depression All-Star Performance like Thom Yorke’s 1998-2001 run

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keegsdotcom.bsky.social•51 days ago

He wrote “flies buzzing around my head / vultures circling the dead” and called it “Optimistic”

otisface.bsky.social•51 days ago

Spotify hit me with "How to Disappear Completely"out of nowhere yesterday. Great song, ruined my morning.

lukeknox.bsky.social•51 days ago

Thom Yorke tries to alienate everyone with a Sad Boy electronic record, Rolling Stone still names it album of the decade:

politicsdownsouth.bsky.social•51 days ago

I remember they were on TRL in 97 or 98, and anxiously awaiting that and celebrity death match. Looking back now, probably good reason for them to put those near the end of the show in favor of less weird stuff.

tarheeldead.bsky.social•51 days ago

Does the Space Ghost ep appearance mark the end of this run?

edsbs.bsky.social•51 days ago

Yes

michaelt2300.bsky.social•51 days ago

“Like spinning plates” sounds like an anxiety attack

denvercrank.bsky.social•51 days ago

he can do all he wants with the smile but we all know which hat he's wearing when he gets into The Hall.

zthompsco.bsky.social•51 days ago

Did you ever watch the documentary from that period? They certainly didn’t seem to like being famous. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeting_People_Is_Easy

madmaxbroncotansky.bsky.social•51 days ago

Yup.

dougbonham.blog•51 days ago

“Creep” being like LeBron dragging that 2007 Cavs team to get shredded by the Spurs? I see the vision.

notscrod.bsky.social•51 days ago

"Creep" is more like a Lebron high school game being broadcast on ESPN.

johnnysparkles.bsky.social•51 days ago

I imagine Nick Drake would have given him a run for his money, but he was probably too much of a recluse to compete in a depressathon.

edsbs.bsky.social•51 days ago

Mumbling at a grand piano he couldn’t play while walking around Cornwall in the rain without a jacket, legendary depresso performance, Bron game 6 shit

ddubs.bsky.social•51 days ago

That man is just trying to figure out where you parked the car

nczeitgeist.bsky.social•51 days ago

Meeting People is Easy should be categorized in the DSM.

healdthyself.bsky.social•51 days ago

90s Trent Reznor had a good wallow back then as well.

jyoungva.bsky.social•51 days ago

All of that culminating to a guest appearance on South Park calling Scott Tenorman a crybaby after he just found out Cartman fed him his parents in a chili cook-off. Magical.

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