Like spinning plates
"Like Spinning Plates" is a song written by the British rock band Radiohead, featured on the 2001 album Amnesiac.
The song was first recorded after a failed attempt to record "I Will", a track released on their later album Hail to the Thief. Lead singer Yorke then played the song in reverse, from which "Like Spinning Plates" spawned. The studio-recorded Amnesiac version featured backwards singing over a pulsing electronic backdrop. The vocals on this song are also a combination of words sung backwards and then played forwards again,giving the song a spooky feel and vocals sung forwards. There are videos on "Youtube" of the two songs played together and in reverse.
The song also appears on live album I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings, drastically altered for live performance. The live version is a haunting piano ballad accompanied by sparse bass notes and a string synth. This recording also marks the first time "Like Spinning Plates" was performed live, at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio in August 2001.
The song was first recorded after a failed attempt to record "I Will", a track released on their later album Hail to the Thief. Lead singer Yorke then played the song in reverse, from which "Like Spinning Plates" spawned. The studio-recorded Amnesiac version featured backwards singing over a pulsing electronic backdrop. The vocals on this song are also a combination of words sung backwards and then played forwards again,giving the song a spooky feel and vocals sung forwards. There are videos on "Youtube" of the two songs played together and in reverse.
The song also appears on live album I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings, drastically altered for live performance. The live version is a haunting piano ballad accompanied by sparse bass notes and a string synth. This recording also marks the first time "Like Spinning Plates" was performed live, at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio in August 2001.
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