I have to say — there’s something strangely haunting about this cover of “Idioteque” using just the soundfont from Super Mario 64. Those marimbas…
Posts tagged as “Radiohead”
A crackpot theory about the song “Creep”
Alright, hear me out: Radiohead’s “Creep” is about gender dysphoria.
This is a crackpot theory, of course — none of the members of the band have ever even suggested that
they might be transgendered, and if they did Jonny might have something to say about it.
But it just makes sliiightly too much sense.
The chorus is about ostracisation from society, and the feeling that one doesn’t belong in spaces of one’s gender (take the whole bathroom debacle). There are more thematic hints in the first two stanzas — “You’re just like an angel / Your skin makes me cry” — but the real smoking gun is the third verse:
I don’t care if it hurts
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
Do I even need to spell it out? “Creep” is the trans anthem of the 1990s and noöne will ever convince me otherwise.
Can you guess the Radiohead song from under a second of audio?
Best i could do was 8 out of 15, only one better than the gentleman in the video.
You could make a good webpage out of quizzes like these — i don’t know if i’d be willing to risk the copyright claims, but if anyone else wants a go at it, you’re very welcome to the idea.