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Este es otro tema nuevo, pero que no se va a incluir en el nuevo cd ya qeu ya ha sido lanzado al mercado en formato digital, pongo aquì la nota asi no creamos tantos threads nuevos:
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Nuevo tema de RADIOHEAD
Este miércoles 5 de agosto, Radiohead ha puesto a la venta a través de w.a.s.t.e., su propia tienda online, el tema “Harry Patch (In Memory Of)”, dedicado al último veterano inglés sobreviviente de la primera guerra mundial, quien murió el 25 de julio a la edad de 111 años. Thom se sintió conmovido al ver una entrevista que Patch dio hace un par de años y se vio inspirado a hacer este tema.
El tema, cuya venta se ha hecho de forma exclusiva a través de internet, fue grabado en los últimos meses, mientras la banda trabajaba en su nuevo álbum en Oxfordshire, junto a su productor Nigel Godrich.
El precio de venta de “Harry Patch (In Memory Of)” es de 1 libra esterlina (aproximadamente 1,7 US $). Todos los ingresos de la venta estarán destinados a la Royal British Legion, organismo que trabaja en pro de los veteranos de guerra y miembros activos del ejército inglés.
Letra:
I am the only one that got through
The others died where ever they fell
It was an ambush
They came up from all sides
Give your leaders each a gun and then let them fight it out themselves
I’ve seen devils coming up from the ground
I’ve seen hell upon this earth
The next will be chemical but they will never learn
Dichos de Thom Yorke al respecto:
Recently the last remaining UK veteran of the 1st world war Harry Patch died at the age of 111.
I had heard a very emotional interview with him a few years ago on the Today program on Radio4.
The way he talked about war had a profound effect on me.
It became the inspiration for a song that we happened to record a few weeks before his death.
It was done live in an abbey. The strings were arranged by Jonny.
I very much hope the song does justice to his memory as the last survivor.
It would be very easy for our generation to forget the true horror of war, without the likes of Harry to remind us.
I hope we do not forget.
As Harry himself said
“Irrespective of the uniforms we wore, we were all victims”.