"Radiohead’s OK Computer would become such a resounding popular and critical success that it would essentially destroy an important subgenre — the Britpop of Oasis, Blur, and Suede — with the force of its implication: Three-minute songs about drunken nights or critiques of the English suburbs now seemed unspeakably tiny, and American grunge sounded noisy and antique."

"OK Computer was the last gasp of the rock monoculture: an incontestable, unrepeatable, and critically consecrated masterpiece of a genre that was too big to fail, yet too limp to preside over a new century. Picking up grunge’s challenge to macho rock orthodoxy, the bookish Oxford five-piece parlayed corporate resistance and righteous angst into an infernal assessment of mainstream conformism, petit bourgeois inertia, and cartoonish celebrity culture. But where grunge despaired at the gravity of it all, and Britpop buried its head in hedonism, Radiohead made a crucial distinction: Seeing the inferno of modern life in all its grotesque glory was not a curse to endure or escape, but a superpower to wield."

"From roughly 1995 to about 2002, there was arguably no hotter band on the planet than Radiohead. It got to the point that fans worldwide could not wait to hear what was next from Thom Yorke and Co. Radiohead went from a true rock outfit to excelling within the alternative and art rock scenes while also not being afraid to throw in some electronica. There is not a better run of albums with , , , and in alternative rock history. Even today, Radiohead still has a major influence on the music scene."

"Hey, it's me, I just got off the train A frightening place, the faces are concrete grey And I'm wondering, should I turn around? Buy another ticket?"

"Slice, slice, slice you up. I'm a monster, hahah, eat you like a cannibal, spit you all like animal."

"Haters make me famous!"

"I rip it up to shreds and let it go"

"Make a whole new religion A falling star that you cannot live without And I'll feed your obsession There'll be nothing but this thing that you'll never doubt"

"I'm only happy when it rains I'm only happy when it's complicated And though I know you can't appreciate it I'm only happy when it rains"

"You know I love it when the news is bad And why it feels so good to feel so sad I'm only happy when it rains"

"Pour your misery down on me"

"I'm only happy when it rains I feel good when things are going wrong I only listen to the sad, sad songs I'm only happy when it rains"

"I only smile in the dark My only comfort is the night gone black I didn't accidentally tell you that I'm only happy when it rains"

"I'm riding high upon a deep depression I'm only happy when it rains"

"I wish I could fly As angels can fly"

"You say that you'll be there to catch me Or will you only try to trap me These are the rules I make Our chains were meant to break You'll never change me"

"I came around to tear your little world apart"

"You pretend you're high You pretend you're bored You pretend you're anything Just to be adored"

"Don't believe in fear Don't believe in faith Don't believe in anything That you can't break"

"A million lies to sell yourself Is all you ever had"

"Don't believe in love Don't believe in hate Don't believe in anything That you can't waste"

"Bury me above the clouds"

"Crashing silent broken down Falling into night"

"And I am cool Cool as the deep blue ocean"

"I will cry for you I will cry for you I will wash away your pain with all my tears And drown your fear"

"When I grow up I'll be stable When I grow up I'll turn the tables"

"I want to break your heart and give you mine"

"If I am silent then I am not real"

"Oh what a crazy time I've been a fool On a wild ride to oblivion I lost my mind"

"Come on, baby, be my bad boyfriend"

"Love's an elusive charm and it can be painful"

"You can keep it pure on the inside"

"You've got soul inside your shattered heart"

"A revolution Is the solution"

"I don't feel guilty no matter what they're telling me I won't feel dirty and buy into their misery I won't be shamed 'cause I believe that love is free It fuels the heart And sex is not my enemy"

"Love promises nothing and then your love dies"

"Let's take a torch To the past and the future"

"I stand still, stepping on the shady streets And I watched that man to a stranger. You think you only know me when you turn on the light, Now the room is lit red danger.Complicating, circulating, New life, new life. Operating, generating, New life, new life."

"Way up here with the Northern lights, Beyond you and me. I dreamt of us in another life, One we've never reached.You know we're sinking, We could fade away. I'm not going down, Not today. The air is so cold here, Too cold to see. We have to take cover. Cover me."

"You've been kept down, You've been pushed 'round. You've been lied to, You've been fed truths. Who's making your decisions? You or your religion? Your government, your countries? You patriotic junkies.Where's the revolution? Come on, people You're letting me down."

"We are not there yet, We have not evolved. We have no respect, We have lost control. We're going backwards, Ignoring the realities. Going backwards, Are you counting all the casualties?"

"I'm coming for you When the sun goes down. I'm coming for you When there's no one around."

"You should be higher. I'll take you higher. So don't be afraid, You'll just have to pray. Your lies are more attractive Than the truth. Love is all I want. Your lies are written down In your book. Love is all I want."

"Sometimes I slide away, Silently. I slowly lose myself, Over and over. Take comfort in my skin, Endlessly. Surrender to my will, Forever and ever.I dissolve in trust, I will sing with joy, I will end up dust. I'm in heaven."

"I'm leaving bitterness behind, This time I'm cleaning out my mind. There is no space for the regrets I will remember to forget."

"There's a fragile tension That's keeping us going. It may not last forever, But oh well it's blowing.There's something magical in the air, Something so tragic we had to care."

"There's something wrong with me chemically, Something wrong with me inherently. The wrong mix in the wrong genes, I reached the wrong ends by the wrong means. It was the wrong plan in the wrong hands, With the wrong theory for the wrong man. The wrong eyes on the wrong prize, The wrong questions with the wrong replies."

"And words can leave you broken inside. You'll have to decide, I'm hanging on to my pride.We are here, we can love. We share something. I'm sure that you mean the world to me When you get what you need. There's no way of knowing What you'll have is another hole to feed."

"Pain and misery always hit the spot, Knowing you can't lose what you haven't got."

"Precious and fragile things Need special handling. My God, what have we done to you? We always tried to share The tenderest of care, Now look what we have put you through.Things get damaged, things get broken. I thought we'd manage. But words left unspoken left us so brittle, There was so little left to give."