Go Radiohead Decal!

Well, I audited this Radiohead decal course last semester, and I'm doing it again this semester. You can never get enough Radiohead.

But the people this semester are far more interesting. Last semester, the class constantly seemed like a crickets exhibit. This time, people talk and discuss and actually offer a lot of insight and trivia. Hell, even I was moved enough to offer some thoughts. And that doesn't happen much.

Everyone asks, what does that man say at the end of the Just video? Some of my favorites are "There's a really cool sound underground" or "I've never seen the city from this angle". But why do we insist on knowing? Once something is spoken -- once it is put into words -- once it is mortalized -- it becomes weak, debatable. It becomes just another claim, just another assertion, and invites arguments and other opinions. It loses a lot of power. And obviously, there's nothing Radiohead can put into the mouth of that man that would justify everyone lying down; yet by not doing exactly that, Radiohead hints at a deeper something that we're all missing. And that's powerful.

Similar with other things. For example, Radiohead songs like Pyramid Song, How To Disappear, etc., all move me deeply. But if someone asks me why, I wouldn't be able to say. I know why; I feel why. But I also know that once I say it out loud, it's going to sound cheesy, silly and melodramatic, and all the power will be gone.

"You've gotta feel."