The main keyboard part is most likely is often attributed to a Prophet 5, however itВ has been pointed out to me by Reddit user iscreamuscreamweallВ that the main synths is actually a rare Crumar DP-80. Yorke revealed in an interview that while promoting OK Computer, he was told he frequently exhibited a sour-faced look. The line, вЂњYesterday I woke up sucking a lemonвЂќ, apparently refers to the face one makes in reaction to a lemonвЂ™s sourness. WikipediaВ has this to say about the chorusвЂ™s bleak lyrics: The time signature is a little harder to follow here as thereвЂ™s a bar of five, a bar of four, a bar of six then a bar of four again the best solution is to follow the melody (which is a static C note вЂњYesterday I woke up sucking a lemonвЂ¦вЂќ).

The bridge employs the same chords as the intro, just in a different order: Dbв€†7, C then Eb6. The verse also contains the same chords as the intro with an added F chord in its 2nd inversion (C F A). Interestingly these are the same chords (albeit in a different key) as Pyramid Song from Amnesiac, released a year later. HereвЂ™s the piano roll with the left-hand highlighted in red: IвЂ™ve notated all the right-hand parts one octave higher than they sound, for ease of reading. IвЂ™ve contextualised each example with a kick drum вЂ“ a simple blip from LogicвЂ™s UltrabeatВ to help count along. You can think of it as 10/4 if that helps you count, but either is perfectly acceptable. What Yorke originally intended is a mystery as the percussion that kicks in later is a solitary kick drum on each quarter beat, not giving anything about the meter away. The time signature flits between 6/4 and 4/4. With the high C note that gives usВ C, Dbв€†7 and Eb6В (if youвЂ™re unfamiliar with chord naming conventions, have a read of this). The triads are C major (C E G), Db major (Db F Ab) and Eb major (Eb G Bb).

This is called an inverted pedal, where thereвЂ™s a note that drones throughout and itвЂ™s in the bass or lowest voice. The intro is comprised of three chords, each chord is a simple major triad with a high C note on the top. The whole song is really just three chords, with a fourth thrown in briefly during the verse, so itвЂ™s a nice, easy piece to get your fingers around. I totally lost interest in playing guitarвЂ¦ it just didnвЂ™t do it for me any moreвЂ¦ I started playing the piano, IвЂ™m a terrible piano player so that was kind of goodвЂ¦ everything was a noveltyвЂ¦ I wrote a lot of stuff on pianoвЂ¦ the less you know about an instrument the more you get excited about it. He citesВ losing interest in guitar music as a major influence for this album, and heвЂ™s fairly disparaging about his keyboard abilities too, saying:

Thom Yorke composed the song originally on the piano before taking it to the studio. The opener is Everything in its Right Place, which has been covered by Alarm Will Sound, Robert GlasperВ and Brad Mehldau, remixed by Gigamesh, TensnakeВ and Paul OakenfoldВ and sampled by Marcel FenglerВ and SBTRKT. With less of an obvious rock influence than OK ComputerВ but not quite as far-out and experimental as Amnesiac, it regularly tops music publicationsвЂ™ вЂbest ofвЂ™ lists. Released in 2000, and sandwiched between OK ComputerВ and Amnesiac, itвЂ™s probably fair to say itВ had a little influence from both of these albums. RadioheadвЂ™s Kid AВ saw a change in direction for the Oxford five-piece.

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