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Originally Posted by MEAD
And on the song Arpeggi, again Thom has a vague way of writing that lends itself ot many interpertations. This song is no expection, I feel like many of Thom's songs that are thought to be critical of politics or religion or society are really deeply personal and are abotu things impossible for us to know about him, this song is jsut that for me. It connects to me on a personal level. But I am a sucker for lushly orchestrated pop songs and thom could almost say anything on top of those wonderful notes and Id love it.
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Well, to analyze in a fashion closest to literary criticism and what criticism attempts to do, one distances themselves from the idea that the narrator and the writer are one and the same. It's like a triangle--you are at one point, the writer (in this case lyricist) at another and the narrator of the song/story/whathaveyou at the third. It's all relative to point of view. So Thom Yorke may not be the narrator of the songs...he may be. But in the interest of criticism and analysis (which I agree is hard to do with Radiohead) we should not make any assumption that he is.
Anyways...I love talking criticism...and to see it applied to Radiohead was amazing.