(2008/06/xx) RTE, Dave Fanning, Thom & Ed

Radiohead interview. TRANSCRIPTION: citizeninsane.eu/t2008-06Eleve...

[@JohnMichaelBurns]

That rarest of beasts: an interviewer who has actually done some background research.

[@Labyrinth1010]

Amazing.

[@insanegaming3908]

Dave Fanning is the finest music journalist we have here in Ireland. He and his daughter had been following Billie Eilish for years around Europe before she got famous. He knows music.

[@Teeheehee093]

Of course, he's Irish, we're a great bunch of lads

[@officialpierluk]

Zane Lowe is another rare curious interested interviewer annd chats so naturally with the artists it's like two good old friends chatting together

[@Gunz_o]

Dave Fanning doesn't research. He just knows everything.

[@callumalston5755]

Ed is so polite and thom is so sarcy haha

[@alexlips776]

In rainbows Thom is my favorite Thom

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

they really have gone into decline since in rainbows, and I loved the electronic stuff of kid a/amnesiac..but the new electronic stuff sounds fuckin cheap.

[@Ruben-00]

+Octavian Caesar Hourigan I disagree, it's personal taste

[@surroundgatari]

+Paranoid Android Nah, that guy has "shit taste"

[@pacopicopideralamuneca6128]

Octavian Caesar Hibernicus than A Moon Shaped Pool came out another masterpiece

[@sonovabeach2165]

@@surroundgatari no, its personal taste.

[@MadflowsA]

Damn this interviewer knows his Radiohead. So refreshing to see in an interviewer

[@correo1389]

Thom has mastered the blinking shrug

[@rickenbacker40011]

18:16 Can I still be a good dad and put the hours in in the studio, something has to give Based on the album that came out "I sold my kids" - ed obrien

[@thbltmusic]

rickenbacker40011 we love Ed

[@slinkymalinki7844]

Honestly, this is why I love Radiohead. Watching Thom and Ed sit there, describing the difficulties they had making In Rainbows, the schtick they got for going in an experimental direction and putting In Rainbows out as a "pay what you want" record. It really humanizes them and shows you how they love music and the art of it.

[@Hellstrike]

My favorite Radiohead interview. The juxtaposition of Ed and Thom bouncing off each other so well and the interviewer not only asking interesting questions but talking to the band like a fan, like one of us would, if we got to talk to the band ourselves. They seem open, comfortable, and equally matched.

[@AlencastroPedro]

4:34 in 1996, after pinkpop festival, Ed said the same thing: "It's about the spirit of the thing", "It's about to do good music, to please ourselves..." I love to see that his principles didn't change, but I love even more how their musicality changed from that time, how they evoluted...

[@_-_-_-Prof.BoskoBiathi-_-_-_]

For me is incredible how much thom developed his piano playing and how much the piano take place in their music

[@exiot]

Such a great interview - why can't more Irish presenters have the love of music that Dave Fanning has?

[@connorsarsfield3774]

great interviewer

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

Connor Sarsfield Fanning always gets great stuff out of Radiohead, you can tell they genuinely like him.

[@zaxapitsa]

there's "tough sometimes" and then there's "two and a half years of tough" lol. Fanning got them to talk about the dark years way more than usual. Great job.

[@karinawarfel8513]

3:52 Thom’s sippin’ that tea

[@rachelvillarim3279]

I know

[@rinnin]

#TinyCup

[@mrcela0150]

I live so happy knowing that this band will be the defining band of this generation. Like the Beatles, like Pink Floyd their music doesn’t age. When they break up or stop making music it will be a very sad day for the music industry.

[@brightoneasterling9304]

16:03 warms my heart

[@ajw3833]

Ed O'Brian, invariably known by bandmates and friends as Radio Ed

[@tedgallegos6512]

Love the Geogaddi profile pic. That's my all time favorite record

[@Rookums]

That face Thom makes after saying "Truly political... truly democratic...:

[@SoftTangerineDreams]

*sips tea*

[@catalina5711]

we should talk more about ed´s unbelievable hotness

[@darrenlockenheart]

Radiohead’s hottest member tbh

[@user-ot8ii3zp3s]

I think Thom is incredibly hot! I just love listening to him …

[@alexcraig8543]

That was a fantastic interview. Two fascinating characters who I have great respect and admiration for, along with their quieter compatriots.

[@stephencole4498]

Refreshing the interviewer knows his stuff and has relevant questions.

[@sebo9872]

Sometimes I really miss Thom with short hair

[@humanbeing4841]

He's turned into a woke hipster slicker.

[@nish454]

21:10 little did they know they opend a virtual world indeed. What a good prediction my lord.

[@mjharrin01]

Great interview! Thanks

[@philfenner]

Brilliant interview, best one;)

[@cheeezon]

Probably my favourite Radiohead interview, thank you!

[@Labyrinth1010]

Solid interview! He really did his research. Well done.

[@IanVaughnB]

Thom: “We saw a cliff and we wanted to jump off of it” Is this the origin story for “Codex”??

[@ajw3833]

I like this interviewer

[@reydiyohed]

yeah! great interview!

[@nickolasecker9596]

I personally believe that Radiohead are the most important band of the 21st century, they have consistently pushed artistic boundaries in both a musical and commercial respect. In Rainbows is an absolute masterpiece and is only rivaled by OK Computer in my opinion, with Kid A and The Bends being the other indisputable classics.

[@MrSoBitchy]

What a great interview

[@Raydarr8]

ed looks a bit like hugh laurie

[@conorosullivan3031]

Dave Fanning is a great interviewer ..I've never seen Thom and Ed open up enjoy an interview as much

[@controloz3310]

This is a great interview

[@radioheadtv3131]

Love the interviewer's accent. Irish I think. Thom is always drinking either tea or water

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

Radiohead Obsession Dave Fanning is Irish, and here in Ireland, if you had the most obscure musical reference from a b-side from the 60s,Fanning would know the answer,he has an encyclopedic knowledge of music.

[@weirdgetsaround]

@@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447 he has been likened to an Irish John peel, which is cool but also fitting I think

[@rachelvillarim3279]

Something about watching Thom calmy drinking some coffee ☕️ made me super happy.

[@kaorimg1230]

It’ll be tea

[@zaxapitsa]

oh come on, HTTT isn't long, it's a fun mess, kind of their "white album"! Every good band needs one of those.

[@BT405]

Funny thing with even the white album is that Paul likes how it turned out while George Martin thinks it should have been cut in half, heavily edited, and made "properly" into a great record using the best songs from the sessions. Disagreements all around

[@SoftTangerineDreams]

@@BT405 I personally love the White Album. I think it was a playful record with a lot of memorable songs and although it was mostly jibberish, it remains one of my favorite Beatle records due to how catchy the songs are (my comment here has nothing to do with Radiohead, I just really wanted to Express my love for the White Album...)

[@alexcraig8543]

Yeah, I'm genuinely puzzled by their opinion of that one. I find Hail to the Thief brilliant tip to tail.

[@pablodmdp]

Ed ♥️

[@vincevirtua]

In Rainbows remains my favourite.

[@alankeaney2911]

An intelligent conversation, How refreshing.

[@borntogojackmoralee1272]

Feels like their actually having an actual conversation with then interviewer for once, haha!

[@vilee6024]

18:00 like an old couple😂😂

[@antiochiaadtaurum3786]

We're only making songs for Nigel

[@One2three4abc]

Coldplay is a "good band". Justin Beiber is a "good" teen pop star. Radiohead has changed and impacted music, more than any band in the last 20 years. Their musicianship and songwriting are on a level that will last for the ages.

[@priscillasalzberg5349]

From video to video I always see how much importance Thom has to Ed.

[@btoum__roumada]

3:42 :D👍

[@ginnashupper725]

But I love(d) Hail To The Thief Ed, regardless of whether you think it was not edited well!❤

[@mikesweetwater3209]

I don’t understand the whole editing thing? What do they mean it wasn’t Edited well?

[@Christian-97]

@@mikesweetwater3209 Probably the tracklisting? Either that or the production. Or probably both.

[@rubenmaximo2344]

I love English wit haha making things a lot more enjoyable although this interview is already great

[@tonyhall3365]

Around the 9:50 mark Dave tries to answer his own question

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

Let me Eat cake he's always doing that.

[@hylasgeist1568]

Thoms favourite one is The Gloaming! the one that most fans hate, but I love! so validation for me! HAHAHAHA

[@sophiaaberin4913]

Tom yorke is my ultimate crush since creep came out

[@cormee]

Dave the Rave 👍

[@qbrosious7634]

One of the most U.K videos I've ever seen

[@joegamba4]

i always wondered this too....my bet would be on supercollider

[@AzimuthTao]

I wasn't sure if I liked this interviewer at first because he seemed a bit overbearing and too anxious to give his personal opinions. I still think that's pretty accurate but he was able to get Thom and especially Ed, to really open up and give some detailed, honest answers so...kudos, Dave.

[@jemmace2586]

After hearing Thom mention the 'target market' comment after OK computer... I thought of, Coldplay, embrace etc. I'm pretty sure there's a record company/corporate brief handed out to the varying labels, to Push bands to play a sound and in a certain way for the same target market reasons. Yes the 60's and 70's are long gone now, along with the artist's in their droves whom wish to put pay to the bad shit in the world and moreover, the bad people overseeing it. It'd be good if there were more band's and live music independently doing their own thing. Instead of the aforementioned yes people of white picket fence land.

[@3three3three3three]

what did that mid-70's dance track end up becoming?

[@Obscure128]

My guess is that it wasn’t Harry Partch or These Are My Twisted Words 🤔😂

[@bendonohoe]

I like his enthusiasm but he said that the music is "very up" on hail to the thief. I'm really not sure how anybody who's ever listened to that album could hold that opinion. It's the opposite of "up"

[@patrykpedzich7641]

down is the new up after all.

[@weirdgetsaround]

as Jim Morrison once sang: I've been down so very Damn long that it looks like up to me" that's a pretty good summation of affairs I think

[@FerghalSexton]

As much as you hate Fanning, he did an awesome job here.. he didn't even mention U2!

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

I agree, but look at other interviews he does with Radiohead, they genuinely seem to like him,he gets great stuff out of them,I always liked dave fanning.

[@tomjones572]

+Fergal Sexton He did.

[@jamiecal11]

yeah, I don't get your comment either, he's always been a good interviewer.

[@patrickcrawford6392]

This interview was from 2009 I believe

[@gpeddino]

I've always wondered what's the "mid-70s track" Thom mentions at the end. Lotus Flower, perhaps?

[@buckleygeneration]

Guilherme Eddino I'd guess at Separator. But it also might be a song that never worked out.

[@JohnMichaelBurns]

The idea of using sampling and turntables and stuff for King of Limbs hadn't really been discovered by the band at the time of this interview, so that "mid 70s track" probably has no relation to anything on King of Limbs.

[@ZachGWatterson]

12:37 Thank me later

[@adityasrinivasulu]

what's the Big Arse-kuh campaign?

[@anthonycarlos2095]

3:35 They were talking about Graduation I bet

[@josephguzman4737]

23:29 😂😂😂

[@vilennon24]

presenters? how about people in general.