The song that nearly broke the band apart, Creep was released twice
as a single in the UK and was a pretty major hit, but not as much as
in America, where Radiohead were known for "that Creep song".
As the band toured America, people would turn up just to hear Creep
and leave. No-one paid any attention to "Pablo Honey" as a
cd, or any of the new songs from "The Bends." Very soon every
college student was singing it, and it graced every karaoke machine
and jukebox in the country. You used to hear this song on the radio
all of the time, and this song is still being played frequently.
One noticeable part of this song is actually the approach of the chorus
with a very sporadic buzzing electric guitar that stings in out of nowhere.
That was actually a mistake in the original recording of the song, but
Thom Yorke liked it so much that they all decided to keep it.
Oh, and lets not forget how the original went. Those "F-words"
in the song had to be changed for radio airplay, so you will
hear two different versions of this song almost everywhere you
go. Neat huh? See, you can make mistakes and you can benefit
from them no matter how big or small. The song just wouldn't
sound the same without that overdriven guitar popping in a bit
too soon. It definitely eludes to the chorus in a very ingenious
way.
