thom yorke harrowdown hill cpm remix mp3 free download Get free Thom Yorke remix, remember 'dark days of Bush' Looks like 5 November 2008 was a busy day for Radiohead. It was (and is every year, presumably) guitarist Jonny Greenwood's birthday, bonfire night in the UK and "the dawn of a new era in politics in the USA." Thom Yorke is so pleased with Barack Obama's victory he's giving away a remix of Harrowdown Hill. The track, released as a single and as part of Thom's solo album The Eraser, was apparently remixed and "finished ages ago." You can download it from Radiohead's official site, where you'll also find this - almost capital-letter-free - note: " did i fall or was i pushed? in celebration of nov 5th jonnys burthday amid bonfire and fireworks in the UK and the dawn of a new era in politics in the USA i humbly donate a remix of harrowdown hill that was finished ages ago during the band webcasts, a small reminder of the dark days of Bush's. x" How could we forget? Good old Thom. While the world is looking forward to the positives, how about a wake-up-call to remind us all of past mistakes, cold nights and "dark days." Nice remix, though… Thom Yorke – “Harrowdown Hill [extended mix]” Of all the angry songs Thom Yorke has written throughout his illustrious and enigmatic Radiohead songwriting career, it was a solo recording from 2006’s The Eraser , “Harrowdown Hill” is the one that he described as, “ It’s the most angry song I’ve ever written in my life; I’m not gonna get into the background to it, the way I see it… And it’s not for me or for any of us to dig any of this up. So it’s a bit of an uncomfortable thing .” The uncomfortable aspect of this mysterious Eraser cut is Thom Yorke’s take on the baffling suicide of UK’s former Weapons Inspector and Government Scientist Dr. David Kelly who had been linked to the missing weapons of mass destruction leading up to the Iraq War after 9/11. “ I’ve been feeling really uncomfortable about that song lately, because it was a personal tragedy, and Dr. Kelly has a family who are still grieving. But I also felt that not to write it would perhaps have been worse .” Yorke said, right after the release of The Eraser in 2006, admitting he was reluctant to comment on the song trying to be sensitive to Kelly’s family. But Yorke did manage to say this about Dr. Kelly’s death to the UK’s Globe and Mail , “ The government and the Ministry of Defense were implicated in his death. They were directly responsible for outing him and that put him in a position of unbearable pressure that he couldn’t deal with, and they knew they were doing it and what it would do to him .” By channeling the frustrations of this [alleged] injustice creatively, Thom Yorke recorded one of the most infamously dynamic electronic protest songs ever. Think Dylan’s “Hurricane” with a more sinister backbeat. But unlike Dylan’s classic, Yorke has masked the lyrics purposely wanting you to investigate further the mystery behind Thom’s ambiguous symbols. If you think about it, “Harrowdown Hill” is a 21st Century tribute Thom created by trying to keep them legacy of Dr. David Kelly alive in song. If it wasn’t for “Harrowdown” how many people outside of the UK would ever know the tragic death of Dr. David Kelly. “Harrowdown Hill” is definitely a thinking person’s protest song, it does has a killer beat that you can dance to it, but it’s the memory of Dr. David Kelly’s death haunts you after the beats have subsided the true mystery begins. This extended mix of “Harrowdown Hill” slowly unravels like a futuristic mystery slowly introducing colorful beats like characters from Thom’s rhythmic pallet coming alive on Yorke’s electronic sound canvas. I love the pulsating bass sound that was definite precursor to Yorke inviting Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers to join Atoms for Peace to help Thom bring songs like “Harrowdown Hill” to life on stage around the globe. Discover one beat at a time, why Thom Yorke calls “Harrowdown Hill,” “ the angriest song I’ve ever written in my life .” And after its rhythms have subsided, uncover the conspiracy inside Thom Yorke’s “Harrowdown Hill.” The Eraser ’s most dynamic track leaves behind the true lingering mystery of Dr. David Kelly’s death. Dr. Kelly’s legacy deserves a protest song this enigmatically eternal as in techno/tribute/tragedy that is “Harrowdown Hill.” Lyrics Harrowdown Hill. Don't walk the plank like I did You will be dispensed with When you've become Inconvenient Up on Harrowdown hill Near where you used to go to school That's where I, that's where I'm lying down Did I fall or was I pushed? Did I fall or was I pushed? Then where's the blood? Then where's the blood? But I'm coming home, I'm coming home To make it all right So dry your eyes We think the same things at the same time We just can't do anything about it We think the same things at the same time We just can't do anything about it So don't ask me ask the ministry So don't ask me ask the ministry We think the same things at the same time There are so many of us Oh you can't count We think the same things at the same time There are so many of us Oh you can't count Can you see me when I'm running Can you see me when I'm running Away from them Away from them I can't take the pressure No one cares if you live or die They just want me gone They want me gone But I'm coming home, I'm coming home To make it all right So dry your eyes We think the same things at the same time We just can't do anything about it We think the same things at the same time There are too many of us so you can't There are too many of us so you can't count! It was me written to the background Harrowdown Hill It was me written to the background Harrowdown Hill It was a slippery slippery slippery slope It was a slippery slippery slippery slope I feel me slipping in and out of consciousness I feel me slipping in and out of consciousness I feel me. Thom Yorke Harrowdown Hill. During a conversation with David Broucher, a British ambassador, David Kelly, a British scientist and biological weapons expert, was asked what would happen if Iraq were invaded. Kelly responded “I will probably be found dead in the woods.” Harrowdown Hill was released as the second single off of Thom Yorke’s debut album, The Eraser in August 2006. The Harrowdown Hill single contained two B-Sides in the form of The Drunkk Machine and Jetstream . All three songs, like the rest of Thom Yorke’s solo songs, are heavily electronic. This sound sees Yorke’s voice weave in and out of Lap Top created beats with synth chords and bass riffs filling in the holes. Unlike Yorke’s previous band, Radiohead, the electronics aren’t very smooth and could hardly be called pretty. Deliberate glitches and frantic drum beats keep it this way. David Kelly is blamed for The 45 minute claim scandal, the Blair government claimed that Kelly talked with a journalist, the BBC's Andrew Gilligan, about the British government's dossier on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq, and inadvertently caused a major political scandal. Kelly insists he isn’t Gilligan’s only source. The EP’s last track, Jetstream is easily its darkest. The beat is very minimalistic; it begins with nothing more than a lot of low clicking played at breakneck speed. After a short amount of time, a sort a beat box sounding noise comes in, taking the role of snare drum. Adding to the sort of dark, simple feel is the main source of melody, a very low, very dreary synthesizer progression. Other than an occasional muffled bass arpeggio and some strange electronic sound effects, this is what supports Yorke’s shady mumbling of lyrics. Oddly enough, Yorke is lyrically at the worst I’ve heard him since Radiohead’s Pablo Honey on this song. His usual creepy one liners are replaced with almost-lame lyrics like you're beautiful/until I get close/you have the eyes of a mountain goat . Vocally, Yorke isn’t up to par as well. Not so much singing as he is talking in an abnormal voice, Thom’s vocals on Jetstream aren't even close to his Radiohead vocals, or even the vocals to the rest of the EP. A peculiarly unsatisfying song. It reminds you why B-Sides are kept off of the album. David Kelly leaves his home for a walk. Like usual. This particular walk took him to wooded area known as Harrowdown Hill . The next morning he is found dead of an apparent “suicide”. His ulnar artery had been cut and he had a taken a large amount of pills prior to death. Iraq had been invaded only a few months earlier. The Drunkk Machine begins with dank sound effects and a dreary synth arpeggio.