Running it as if it were a double-secret stealth operation, members of the hot rock band Radiohead filmed their new video on a closed sound stage at the media-oriented G-STAR School near West Palm last weekend.
Known for lacing their Brit brand of rock with electronic sounds and playing concerts against a backdrop of cutting-edge lighting, Radiohead shot the video with something other than a camera, maybe for the first time ever.
"They used 3-D lasers," says the school's production coordinator, Ashleigh Cromer. Actually, there were 64 of them, feeding data into a computer that reconstructs images.
For the House of Cards video, the boys starred in a party scene (with milk in glasses) that also featured Pirates of the Caribbean beauty Lauren Maher as frontman Thom Yorke's love interest.
The band's tour started Tuesday night at the Cruzan.
If you get a chance, check out this great interviewThe Word did with the band. Here's a snippet:
What do people most often get wrong about Radiohead?
Thom Yorke: We play up to the tortuous thing a bit too much. It's not quite like that in the band. But also, this idea that there's some sort of masterplan, that we've got some sort of clue what we're doing... We haven't.
Ed O'Brien: I used to think that maybe people didn't know that there's actually a great sense of humour in the band. But maybe the webcasts and a few of the things we did last year show that we're not entirely super-serious all the time. You can't do what we do without humour. It's a lot easier to be melancholic in music. We struggle with songs of joy. That's the tough part.
Phil Selway: People have got a pretty accurate take on us, I think. It can be uncomfortable because some of those takes are less than flattering, but they're probably valid. You know, po-faced and over-serious... fair point, really. People are starting to pick up on the more playful side of Radiohead, which we hope has come to the fore in the past few years but, you know, no smoke without fire.
Jonny Greenwood: That we're grumpy. People confuse the work with the people who make it. We're not necessarily like our songs. Also I think they misunderstand Thom, and how really tiresomely energetic and enthusiastic he can be. Even when the rest of us are flagging, he's the one with the energy and the excitement who's saying, "Come on, this sounds amazing, what you're doing is great." That's really good for us and I don't think anyone knows it.
Radiohead played to a packed crowed last night in Tampa, Florida. Here's the setlist:
01 All I Need
02 There There
03 Lucky
04 Bangers + Mash
05 15 Step
06 Nude
07 Pyramid Song
08 Optimistic
09 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
10 National Anthem
11 Idioteque
12 You And Whose Army?
13 Reckoner
14 Everything In Its Right Place
15 Airbag
16 Bodysnatchers
17 Videotape
18 The Gloaming
19 The Tourist
20 Just
21 Faust Arp
22 Exit Music (For A Film)
Radiohead has been named as one of the most influential people in Time magazine's annual Top 100 list. Warner Music Group's Edgar Bronfman, Jr penned the article, which appears after the Steve Jobs one. Amusing, huh?
Bronfman writes:
"When the British rock band Radiohead announced that In Rainbows would be made available online directly to consumers at whatever price they wanted to pay, many said it signaled the end of the world's major music labels. As the CEO of one of them, I may surprise you by saying that in some ways, they were right. The traditional record-label business model—the one based on controlling access and distribution—is dead."
In case you weren't aware, Radiohead started their North American tour last night at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida. Here's the setlist:
01 All I Need
02 Bodysnatchers
03 There There
04 Reckoner
05 The Gloaming
06 Morning Bell
07 Nude
08 How To Disappear Completely
09 15 Step
10 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
11 Idioteque
12 Bullet Proof... I Wish I Was
13 Where I End And You Begin
14 Airbag
15 Everything In Its Right Place
16 The National Anthem
17 Videotape
18 Optimistic
19 Just
20 Faust Arp
21 Exit Music (For A Film)
22 Bangers + Mash
23 House Of Cards
24 Street Spirit (Fade Out)
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