STEPHENIE SATURDAY: STEPHENIE'S PLAYLISTS - 'CREEP'

It’s time for another edition of Stephenie Saturday and this week we’re back with the “Stephenie’s Playlists” feature! For this week’s playlist highlight, TA Staffer Rebecca brings us a video for the song “Creep” by Radiohead, which Stephenie Meyer put on her Twilight playlist. In addition to the video, Rebecca gives us a little background information on the band, their music, and how they fit into the Twilight universe. As always with Stephenie Saturday, we’ve added some questions for consideration for you to think about and respond to. (Warning: the song contains some mature language)

Questions:

- Do you like this song? Do you think it fits Twilight?
- Why do you think Stephenie included “Creep” to her playlist?
- Are you a fan of Radiohead? If so, were you a fan before Stephenie included them on her playlist for Twilight, or did you become one after?
- What is your favourite Radiohead song?

About Radiohead:

Radiohead was formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, UK in 1985. At this time they were under the name “On A Friday”, the name referring to the band’s usual rehearsal day in the school’s music room. The five members met while attending Abingdon School, a boys-only public school in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Jonny Greenwood originally joined as a keyboard player but he soon became the lead guitarist.

In 1987 the members left Abingdon School and moved onto University, but they still continued to rehearse at weekends and holidays. In 1991 all the members except Jonny Greenwood had completed University they reformed “On A Friday” they began recording demos and doing live gigs around Oxford. Oxfordshire at that time had a active Indie scene and “On A Friday” were never seen as fitting this trend, commenting that they had missed it by the time they returned from university.
In late 1991 Radiohead was signed a six-album contract with EMI representative. Also “On A Friday” changed their name to “Radiohead at the request of EMI.

In 1992 the band released their first single “Creep” but it wasn’t successful until a year later in 1993 when they released their first album Pablo Honey. Radiohead’s popularity rose in the United Kingdom with the release of their second album, The Bends (1995).

Radiohead began their first United States tour in early 1993, the music video for “Creep” was in heavy rotation on MTV. The song rose to number two on the US modern rock chart and then to number seven in the UK singles chart when re-released there later that year.

The song “15 Steps” by Radiohead from the album ‘In Rainbows’ (20087) appears in the Twilght (2009) movie but not on the Official Soundtrack. The song appears at the end of the movie as Victoria walks now the stairs at Prom and goes into the movie’s credits.

Radiohead have an impressive number of awards under their belt. Having won 13 awards and being nominated a whopping 38 times. Some of these awards include three Grammy’s, and nine MTV Video Music Awards.

Band Members Include:

- Thom Yorke - Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, beats
- Jonny Greenwood - Lead guitar, keyboard, other instruments
- Ed O’Brien - Guitar, backing vocals
- Colin Greenwood - Bass guitar, synthesizers
- Phil Selway - Drums, percussion

Albums Include

- Pablo Honey (1993)
- The Bends (1995)
- OK Computer (1997)
- Kid A (2000)
- Amnesiac (2001)
- Hail to the Thief (2003)
- In Rainbows (2007)

Official Radiohead Website:

- http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/