![]() ![]() ![]() “Fake Plastic Trees” is, on its surface, a song about the difficulty of forging an authentic human connection in a world of artifice. As lead singer Thom Yorke told Blender magazine in 2003, “Fake Plastic Trees” was a combination of a “joke that wasn’t really a joke, a very lonely, drunken evening, and, well, a breakdown of sorts.” The recording was at a standstill until Yorke, inspired by seeing Jeff Buckley perform, laid down a stunningly powerful vocal. It took a torturous recording session to bring the song to life. The song, which was chosen for the first US single, proved that this band were far more than one-hit wonders. How did Radiohead go from that “Creep” band to the group often hailed as the saviors of rock and roll? If you’re looking for one key song, it just might be “Fake Plastic Trees,” a majestic, yearning ballad found on their second LP, 1995’s The Bends. ![]()
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