"Paranoid Android" by Radiohead; cover and performance by the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. Recorded live in concert at the Fox Theater in Spokane, WA (May 3, 2009).

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This was the premiere of our arrangement for two pianos. In creating our cover of "Paranoid Android," we drew inspiration from the song's epic scope, the lyrics' strikingly evocative images, and Thom Yorke's emotive singing. Our treatment of the musical material, however, is far from literal; the arrangement takes on a life of its own as it strays from the original's structure and elaborates frenetically on melodic motives. As a tribute to Radiohead's iconoclastic spirit, we have put our own Anderson & Roe stamp on the song.


Original Song Lyrics:

Please could you stop the noise, I'm trying to get some rest
From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
What's that...? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)
What's that...? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)

When I am king, you will be first against the wall
With your opinion which is of no consequence at all
What's that...? (I may be paranoid, but no android)
What's that...? (I may be paranoid, but no android)

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking and squealing gucci little piggy
You don't remember
You don't remember
Why don't you remember my name?
Off with his head, man
Off with his head, man
Why don't you remember my name?
I guess he does....

Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height... height...
Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height... height...
Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me

That's it, sir
You're leaving
The crackle of pigskin
The dust and the screaming
The yuppies networking
The panic, the vomit
The panic, the vomit
God loves his children, God loves his children, yeah!
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