We are different people - you get a different take on the band whoever you speak to. Somehow, at the end of it, it goes through the filtering process and out comes the Radiohead thing.
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It's funny how a song can start in your mind, and then when it goes through all the filters, it ends up in a totally different spot.
A lot of times you'll hear bands and it's a different sound coming out than what's on stage. Because you can clean it up through a PA and make it sound completely different than what they really sound like.
You have 'listeners' ears' when you're just starting out, and your 'listeners' ears' tell you what will work. You lose those ears later, when you break songs down into production elements too much.
So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention.
When I hear other artists talk, they talk about 'How come radio's not playing my song?' Well, you have to look at it under a microscope and know that each station is just trying to do what's right for their market, and it's scary for a radio station to add a song that they don't know how well it's gonna do for them.
It's very difficult sometimes having bands, you know, when all the members aren't on the same page.
It's like, how do you continue to make records that are representative of who you are that your fans will recognize as your band, while still trying to push things forward and present new sounds for people.
When it comes down to the music, it's just you and the microphone. It's not you and the record execs.
It's tough hearing your voice on the radio, on a chorus, and knowing that people think it's another artist.
With our website we didn't want people to come to our site and find out about Radiohead. We wanted them to come to our site and find out about what Radiohead are finding out about.