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Posted in music on August 5, 2009
Radiohead - Harry Patch (In Memory Of) (new charity song)
Thom and Jonny and Drew in Ondes (posted by Radiohead July 21, 2009)
"i am the only one that got throughYou can download the song HERE. In related news, Thom Yorke recently performed at the Latitude Festival. Videos from that below...
the others died where ever they fell
it was an ambush
they came up from all sides
give your leaders each a gun and then let them fight it out themselves
i've seen devils coming up from the ground
i've seen hell upon this earth
the next will be chemical but they will never learn"
[get a new Radiohead song - posted August 5, 2009]
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Posted on August 5, 2009 10:57 AM
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Comments (5)
Recently the last remaining UK veteran of the 1st world war Harry Patch died at the age of 111.
I had heard a very emotional interview with him a few years ago on the Today program on Radio4.
The way he talked about war had a profound effect on me.
It became the inspiration for a song that we happened to record a few weeks before his death.
It was done live in an abbey. The strings were arranged by Jonny.
I very much hope the song does justice to his memory as the last survivor.
It would be very easy for our generation to forget the true horror of war, without the likes of Harry to remind us.
I hope we do not forget.
As Harry himself said
"Irrespective of the uniforms we wore, we were all victims".
This morning the Today program played the song for the first time and now it is available to download from our website.
Please click here to download.
The proceeds of this song will go to the British Legion.
To peace and understanding.
Thom
www.radiohead.com/deadairspace (if you go here, you can see the pics of Thom/Jonny w/ an orchestra at an Abbey).
Posted by Jonny Greenwood is the man | August 5, 2009 11:12 AM
it's beautiful
Posted by Anonymous | August 5, 2009 11:16 AM
at first i read it as "Harry Partch."
which would have been cooler.
Posted by Anonymous | August 5, 2009 11:28 AM
Meh.
Posted by Anonymous | August 5, 2009 3:28 PM
3:28 = cunt
Posted by Anonymous | August 5, 2009 9:49 PM