Songwriting
The constant presence of plastic and fakeness is overwhelming in these lyrics. It's like being in a Target, Ikea, or Home Depot, with glaring fluorescent lights everywhere and aisles upon aisles of...
Music
Just as the right song can make any movie scene memorable, so too can the right accompanying music skyrocket a set of lyrics to immortality, and that's just what Radiohead accomplishes with "Fake P...
Setting
According to Thom Yorke, "Fake Plastic Trees" was inspired by the redevelopment of Canary Wharf in the East End of London. Hailing from Oxford, home of that famous and ancient university where grea...
Calling Card
Radiohead. Oh, man, where do we begin? Along with The Beatles and Pink Floyd, they are among the most influential bands to ever emerge from the United Kingdom. But they are also one of the most inf...