THIS IS WHAT YOU GET CHENEY SCHOOL STUDENT PROJECT
Daisy Barnardo, Finn Stewart, Mac Palazon, and Isla Scott
We decided that we wanted to collaborate in order to produce a small collection of Radiohead-inspired songs, taking inspiration from each album in their own right, to create a song of our own. Our process was by no means a normal process, being interrupted by both writer's block and what food we should order each night.
Circle time was the one thing that got us through it, where we listened to entire Radiohead albums and recognised the unique elements and sounds that they used. Some general ideas and themes we found were (in our own words):
- Crunchy drums
- Random sound effects
- Whiny vocals
Throughout production, each of us would chip in with ideas that we’d experiment with (or shut down immediately), which often meant asking each other, beforehand, if we were ready about 8 different times. Only then we would actually do the thing.
Then, in between takes it would be more of silly banter, “Would You Rather?”s and throwing kitchen roll at each other in the studio. (side note from Mac: I’m surprised we actually got anything done) (side note from Finn: I'm surprised I was able to use drum sticks as chopsticks).
Evidently, we followed through to produce our own collection of songs. We hope that you find some of the Radiohead charm in at least parts of our collection. And, as stupid as it sounds we found that maybe the “real” Radiohead was the friends we made along the way.
https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/2138483334&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true
Isaac Lacy
This song, inspired by Radiohead, captures the feeling of missed opportunities.
It uses production techniques such as panning, as well as unusual sounds, like eerie synths and distorted vocals, in an attempt to mirror Radiohead's sound.
It takes inspiration from many Radiohead songs; to name a few, Motion Picture Soundtrack and Paranoid Android.
https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/2138478240&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true
Nathaniel Robinson Villain
Obviously made on a deadline and inspired by a mediocre playlist, the artist gracelessly steals the techniques of other artists - however the thief lacks any sense of compositional harmony and takes from too many works to maintain a style.
What the hell are those weird fish things in the middle?
It just doesn't make any sense.
Completely isolated from anything else in there.
They look like they were eaten by the painting.
Olive Kidman
Dear Reader,
I'm Writing to show you a poem and video I have made for you and all of my friends. The poem is inspired by the lyrics "you’re my centre when i spin away" from Radiohead's song, 'Videotape'. When I first heard these lyrics, without the rest of the song in mind, I thought about how much all of my friends mean to me, how we lean on each other and learn together. I wanted to capture this. I first thought of doing a painting of an image I saw in my head when I heard these lyrics, however, the more I thought about it the image started to come to life and move into a video and words started to form and it really captured what I wanted to say. I hope this reminds you of how important friendship is, how they are each special and that you are loved.
I hope you enjoy it,
Yours sincerely,
Olive Kidman
https://www.youtube.com/embed/2-fjWXY3Js8?si=pZjtdxqGiDiNOD5C
Oscar Carnwath-Smith
A word cloud data art representing Radiohead’s sophomore album “The Bends”.
Each word’s size is reflective of the number of times the lyrics appears across the total 12 tracks in the album.
The words vary across many themes from alienation to disillusionment with modern life, showing the depth and power of Yorke’s lyricism.
Rachel Robinson
Each of these 4 poems is inspired by different Radiohead lyrics, with the overarching theme of waiting for a love to be returned (as with ‘True Love Waits’).
"Bloom?" is inspired by "Lotus Flower" from King of Limbs. It relates to the willingness to change for others, as portrayed in the song.
"Ok Human" is inspired by "Fitter Happier" and the album "Ok Computer" as a whole. I tried to write from the perspective of a robot, perplexed and sort of sympathetic towards humanity.
"Flock to you" is influenced by "you float like a feather" as well as the song "Daydreaming".
"Cursive" was a response to the line "stop sending letters" from "Motion Picture Soundtrack".
Read Rachel's collection of poems: Lollipops and Crisps (PDF Download)
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Shay McCraw
A short instrumental piece inspired by Radiohead’s guitar work on the album “In Rainbows”, particularly “Bodysnatchers”, “Jigsaw Falling into Place” and “Weird Fishes”.
https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/2138475759&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true
