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"Paranoid Android" by Radiohead

Strong Songs

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What's Happening in the Interlude?

Hear how tom yorke's voice is sort of beautifully threading over his brake, and the way that his vocal melody is moving while the rest of the song is moving down. All three guitars are actually playing the same line; they've got an open e ringing out on top. In the middle there is this sort of robot voice, which is fitting for a song called peranoid android. I always find myself calling it the speak in spell voice, because it sounds a l like a speaking spell that i had growing up.

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