Radiohead - No Surprises Please (early)

An early version of No Surprises.

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• no
• surprises
• early
• radiohead
• rare
• song
• live
• thom
• yorke
• jonny
• greenwood
• Phil
• Ed

[trickyjgc]

he was sick of his clock stopping wind it up, that girls stayed sleeping next to him watch stops, the batteries run down he started his broken sentence, "no alarms..." the watch stops, the batteries run down, he started his broken sentence,no alarms and no surprises he was sick of her excuses to not take off her dress when bleedin' in the bathroom he was sick of his clock stopping, wind it up no alarms an no surprises no alarms an no surprises no alarms an no surprises, please

[Cricriiii]

this high pitched voice in this song is very poignant. I mean i fucking love the official version which is around octave lover (don't want to check the key out), but this creates another emotion. in addition of the complete tiredness of life and no chance of relief at all of the official one, this adds something like fascination for the guy depicted in the song, painful fascination, it is making something beautiful out of something tragic.

i fucking love thom's high pitches, so fragile.

[musicmailman]

I think it is about a guy with a girlfiend who is cutting herself, he knows about it and it is wearing him out,that's why she doesn't want to take of her dress in the bathroom, and he is hurt that she won't tell him whats wrong, he just wants a normal relationship, without the 'alarms and surprises of her habit'

[pitchthewoo]

thank god they changed these lyrics. for both the integrity of the song and the flow of ok computer.

[captainreagar]

Lol, love the inappropriate "Woohoo!" when he finishes

[arashrahnama]

I think the guy is committing a suicide, because he's involved in a destructive relationship with his girl. The line about her girlfriend not taking her dress off, maybe means that her girlfriend does not want to have sex with him, and uses her period as an excuse everytime!

[kiekoesj]

@kiekoesj Third and last thought, maybe it is wordplay, maybe he sings 'sexcuses'

[kiekoesj]

@mackles Second thought: He might be saying 'HERS excuses' , somekind of colloquial idiom or maybe it is possible to put in an extra 'S' to bind the her'R' with the 'E'xcuses purely as a soundrule, without implications for the grammar..

[kiekoesj]

@mackles Yes, I hear him say 'his' excuses too. And if he means indeed 'his' that means that the 'he' actually does NOT want to touch her while she's bleeding.

[1005MYBABY]

reminds me of Revolutionary Road

[mackles]

@trickyjgc doesn't he say 'sick of HIS excuses?'