Songs like "All I Need" are about obsession, aren’t they? Thom: That’s why it’s called In Rainbows. That obsession thing, thinking beyond where you are at the time. It’s a phrase I had for a while. It kept coming up in my notebooks. And I don’t know why, because it’s kind of naff. But it seemed to work – it’s one of those weird things. It stuck and I don’t know why.”
----NME (8 December 2007)
John: And it’s great the way it could’ve [undecipherable] to the end. What else can you tell us about “All I Need”? Thom: Well, we actually used that version that someone recorded off the Chicago sort of phone as one of the reference points. [laughs] What else can I say about it? It was originally done—it was a sort of a beat sequence thing that Colin and I did very rapidly and then got out, and I found again. It was actually written extremely quickly. I got to rehearsal one day early, which is very unusual. I had twenty minutes to meself and wrote the words then… and then… I mean, that was it. It’s sort of, really… It’s extremely full-on. [laughs] That bit in the middle is extremely full-on.
John: Is it about obsession? Is it about… something like that? Thom: Oh, John! That’s up to you!
John: Well, it’s sort of a personal interpretation. Thom: Yes, I… Yes. Someone said it’s about music business, which I really think is stretching it possibly a little. John and Ed: [laugh]
John: What do you think, Ed? Ed: It’s definitely about the music industry. That’s for sure. Thom: Right. Ed: Right. Spot on. Thom: Yeah [undecipherable]
3 comments:
so
breathtaking.
and so where i am right now.
truly art and awe in one's ear.
bliss/bless us all.
It left me with tears...
So utterly beautiful.
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