September 23, 2019

Eight discs Thom Yorke would bring to a desert island

Radiohead frontman was the latest guest at BBC Radio 4’s 'Desert Island Discs' where he chose eight musical recordings, a book, and a luxury item that he would take with him to a desert island, Consequence of Sound reports. So, he's survival essentials are: Talking Heads’ 'Born Under Punches', Neil Young’s 'After The Goldrush', R.E.M.’s 'Talk About The Passion', Nina Simone’s 'Lilac Wine', Scott Walker’s 'It’s Raining Today', Squarepusher/AFX’s 'Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid', Labeque Sisters’ '5. Le jardin féerique', and Sidney Bechet’s 'Blue Horizon' (if it's deserted how would he play these!?!). Yorke picked 'Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind' by Shunryu Suzuki as his desert island book, and a portable audio recorder as his luxury item. Listen to his explanations at BBC.