Palo Alto - Radiohead

This is "Palo Alto" from the Airbag/How Am I Driving EP.

In a city of the future,
it is hard to concentrate.
Meet the boss, meet the wife,
everybody's happy,
everyone is made for life.

In a city of the future,
it is difficult to find a space.
I'm too busy to see you,
you're too busy to wait.

Well I'm ok, how are you?
Thanks for asking
Thanks for asking.
Well I'm ok, how are you?
We hope that you are ok too.

Everyone of those days,
when the sky is californian blue.
A beautiful bombshell,
I throw myself into my world
Two day, I've been waiting for so long.

Well I'm ok, how are you?
Thanks for asking
Thanks for asking.
Well I'm ok, how are you?
We hope that you are ok too.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Palo
• Alto
• Radiohead

[the1337k1ng]

The first sentence of the description is incorrect; it is Palo Alto (title says it too)

On-topic: Amazing song, my favourite B-side

[Juni44ever]

Thanks for pointing me to that. It's a common typo of mine ^^'

[WickedLiquid]

This mini album is amazing. Radiohead could've just as easily used most of these songs on the album after OK Computer. But they wanted to reinvent themselves and had the balls to release Kid A. And it paid off!

[cokursh]

i like the little scratches in between chords

[Borntraceur]

I would not like to show any sort of opposing opinion to Radiohead with this but, I was told on a Muse vid that the song Futurism sounds a lot like this and then linked to this to compare. In my opinion, they're completely different, there's one line that could be interpreted with the same meaning as one on Futurism but that's it. Just wanted to say that.

[LuiDogg88]

no me gusta. it's not written by radiohead, and it shows.

[Nahuvideo]

In first stages this theme was called "OK Computer"...

[FacultyBob]

perfectly fits this EP

[SHFFLC]

@MrColdheadRadioplay

Having all the Radiohead LPs gives you access to like half their music. Read the description, this is from the Airbag EP.

[MrColdheadRadioplay]

What is this album?? and I thought that I have all their albums :(

Whats the name of this album plz?

[b3ttyHen94]

If Radiohead toured and based their setlists solely on b-sides I would be completely fine with it. This song is one of the reasons why, I don't think I can say that about any other band.

[giliam415]

@TheCagedTiger Sure, but this EP still symbolically signifies a changing musical direction, it isn't Kid A, but it's moving toward it.

And anyway, Palo Alto isn't really like Kid A at all, I never said it was. But Meeting in the Aisle, A Reminder and Melatonin definitely are.

[TheCagedTiger]

@giliam415

It's guitar rock... and there aren't any  lyrics drawn from hats in this song...

[giliam415]

@WickedLiquid This EP could be looked at as a stylistic bridge between OK Computer and Kid A. It features more abstract lyric and some electronic music; the two most distinctive features of Kid A when compared to the rest of their albums.

This EP for me is a sign of things that were to come, some songs such as Palo Alto are still keeping with the prog-punk vibe that was the Bends-OK Computer, while those such as Meeting in the Aisle are serious foreshadows. Signs of the changing style.