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level to apple card owners. Subject eligible at ease savings accounts by goldman sachs bank, you, as a member of the icy terms, apply this absurd. His brow you buy amazon. I love the holidays, I'll, never forget when I was a kid my dad his brothers and sisters that all get together that gives name just make fond of each other crack jokes and was the best, and I was like some damned be funny enough to crack some of those jobs and guess what the day happened it. Suddenly I was there, a crack in the jokes the great thing about amazon is, I was so much choice and fast delivery. It's easy big new memories of IRAN that aren't just tighter passing gifts around this holiday however, you share joy, making happened with amazon shop gifts at amazon today last summer dissect, we discussed in rainbow seventh track, reckoner a song dedicated to all human beings and described by Tom as the centrepiece of the over the course of the song we experienced and evolution of sorts as the narrator face The idea of the reckoner came to accept death and celebrated.

connection among all of us in this life and perhaps hereafter We also observed how these sentiments marked a definitive change in tone and theme for the first half of the album, which reflected tom's view there are two sides of rainbows, a more aggressive, panicked beside one anymore, accepting com centre, mental and elated side too, as we continue exploration of been rainbows. This division will become even clearer. What the alps. Next, on the subject ever episode today, house of cards the and and and the house of cards dates back to at least spring two thousand and five as it was during this.

Tom performed an early acoustic version of the song at trade justice vigil in london. This early version, underwear Typical radiohead process of trying out a number of different arrangements when pitchfork noted, Calling greenwood that house of cards sounds extremely effortless like an AL green song. Collen responded by saying quote: it's funny say that, because we had different version, bit. There is one where johnny had this base rift that made it sound more. Like our young but then fill and Tom reworked it and came up with this amazing rhythm, this new,

The current speaks of centres on the interplay between Tom's guitar and fills drums with first listen to the drums alone it's very minimal and what makes us port somewhat unique is a lack of snare, drum typical, Snare job which sounds like this is played on beats two and four. Here's how the drumbeat would sound like with the snare drum hits it's pretty clear. The snare hits were omitted to maintain the song's intimacy, as it's tone is pretty harsh and commanding, but what's cool is how the absence of the snare is made up for with Tom's guitar part which feature percussive strikes on beats two and four

the saddest created by quoting quote meeting the qatar strings so that, when their strummed no notes are played just the sound of the guitar pick raking across the strings, but listen to the full guitar part. every how those muted progressive rakes effectively replaced the snare drum almost becoming a part of the drums themselves, this interplay between I'm scared, tar and fills drums of the amazing rhythm con spoke of. It also be remiss of failing to mention Tom's, beautiful guitar tone throughout the song produced by his vintage nineteen. Sixty four gibson s g, a joint songs weird fishes in reckoner that also feature similar warm round rich clean guitar tones tones according to Tom. The ban spent consider The amount of time really perfecting somewhat oddly, it's just tom and phil

Similarly, tar and minimal drums that play together during the majority of the verses. This keeps the dynamic floor of the song very low oh, so that when they do want to intensify in volume, they dont have to crank things up to the max. Rather the small additions will make a substantial difference preserving the crucial into c of the song was still creating a peace that has dynamic range like we talked about on nude this hammock mastery is really a hallmark of radio, hides mature work and is only made. possible because of the EU. Less self sacrifice each member of the band of seemingly committed to their all in service of the song of the art itself. Even when that mean some of them must remain absent or have a minimal presence for big stretches of the song, which is certainly the case here on house of cards as call an egg and johnny pick their spots with supreme care. Indeed, as well here. point out later, these members mostly join in on the song when there's a cord change away from the primary f major at nine tom place throughout much of the verse. But that's not to say their presence is in felt throughout the verses

as calling and johnny, both tinkering around with obscure sounds made by playing their guitar and unconventional ways. For example, you'll hear echoing echoey plaques that acts it beats two and four we talked about earlier We also hear a similar technique in which johnny quickly rakes across his media qatar strings producing another progressive effect For me, one of the reasons house of cards is so replaceable is the fact that you can listen only to the background of the song and almost always find some new little obscure sound. You never copy for now. The first time tat interest, a song with beautiful wordless falsetto vocals, is about twenty seconds in where he's briefly joined by calling on base for a few measures, as we listen pay attention to the heavy reverb on his voice, the effect that makes it sound disk.

Echo, we almost cavernous topics are worthless, melody and high falsetto. Interestingly, the river, but his voice was created from a recording producer, Nigel god, ridge, made at total farmhouse the run down. Haunted mentioned, the band stayed out for a few weeks or recording the album calling greenwood said quote: Nigel recorded the smudges and fingerprints of those rooms and put them back into the sound later like the river on the house of cards. Vocal, his computer is like a rattle bag. He can pick out any sound, irrespective of where he recorded it

map and onto a track we recorded somewhere else, amazing tops opening lyric is perhaps one of the most memorable and all of radio heads catalogue, I dont want to be your friend. I just want to be your lover. Its brevity cut right to the heart of attraction and desire about this line. Guitars at o commented quote one of the things I love about. Tom's lyrics on in rainbows, is there a timeless. I dont want to be your friend I just want to be. Your lover could be taken from us

by sam cook, Stevie, wonder or prince these words hit the nail on the head and something very intimate, unquote, This opening line also sets off the socks narrative, which will see explores either in extramarital fair, a casual sexual relationship or even a swing. Our party discussing the sun with rolling stone tom who was married at the time, made clear that the sun was not based on his personal life and so for that reason, we're going to interpret tops first person perspective in the song as a character he's using to explore themes of passion and desire. The following couplet offers more contacts, no matter how it ends. matter how it starts the seems to imply an abandonment of the normal anxiety and fear around the possible consequences of acting spontaneously of giving in to your primal desire. Things could be starting fast, as it may sleep with each other soon, after meaning things could and badly their partners could find out their marriage could, in their feelings, could get her or any number of potential consequences.

A sexual relationship, but there's that voice in one's head, the one driven by primal desire that tells you it could all be worth it if, just for I Tom sings the refrain forget about your house of cards and I'll do mine. He then repeats it almost as if is now being set by the other person, each of them formerly committing to the same philosophy of it and precaution, drawing from the elaborate structures that can be made from stacks of playing cards, the idiom house of cards is used to describe it plans

sure or institution that has an unstable or flimsy foundation and is in constant danger of collapse within the context of the song. So far, it feels like house of cards is being used to refer to the constraints of the lives we build for ourselves. Our jobs are relationships, are children or any other responsibilities were obligated to on a daily basis? We hard to build and maintain these pillars and our lives, understanding their importance to our practical survival and our emotional well being, but with responsibility almost always come soccer, vice and maintaining your house of cards requires us to reject certain temptations or pleasures or experiences almost daily. We do so because we intuitively understand the fragility of the structures we build. One decision and the entire house could crumble at the same time, if you're not careful such soccer, Ices can result in a monotonous routine where he experienced very little pleasure or excitement where he sat

If I so much to support your house of cards that you become numb or repressed or generally unhappy a theme we heard explored in faust, arp, the idea of forgetting about your house of cards thus feels like a momentary rejection of these responsibilities in order to not only experience unadulterated, passion or pleasure, but also their freedom and making this decision as a reminder of your autonomy and, of course, through the adrenaline rush, comes with risking at all, and this house, of course continues. We get our first real, sustained cord change from the verses emphasis on F major at nine, over which tom sings and fall off the table gets. left under the seems to continue the imagery of the house of cards which have seen, lee collapse by the decision to pursue this affair after falling off the table. They are swept under

an allusion to the idiom swept under the rug used to mean hiding or ignoring a problem. This continues the forget about your house of cards, mentality indulging for the moment and letting the chips fall where they may ignoring the consequences of this decision in order to fully immersed yourself in the moment to extract all possible pleasure from the experience as this on continues. Does an extended instrumental passage such the cases? A lead melody played by johnny is one of the more unique sounds in the song as it's produced through a technique dubbed by radiohead fans as his coin trick. Let's first hear it in action, then I'll tell you how it's

and the alright, so instead of a guitar pick johnny here vigorously rubs a serrated coin like a quarter or british ted pets directly on his guitar string above the fretboard, where you usually place. your fingers doing this produces the desired pitch, but with a unique metallic, almost bode sound

johnny uses coin trick as far back as the band appearing on the internet. Kind of high and dry johnny, also employment. Technique on the song exit music from ok computer, rather than laid discernible note. Johnny glides a coin across the strings rapidly to create an abstracts whirling, The sure,

now midway through johnny's coin, lead with your house of cards chorus or the closest thing has to one while just one word, repeated twice. The word itself will not only apply to the affair theme we ve been discussing, but it also force us together. you're, a totally new interpretation of the house of cards idiom. That's right after the break apple card. As the credit card created by apple, you earn three percent. The cash back up front when you use it to buy a new iphone fifteen airports or any products that apple and you can autumn. grow your daily cash at four point: one: five percent annual percentage yield when you open a high yield savings account apply for apple guard. In the up on iphone apple card suffrage, accredit approval savings, unable to apple Cardona. Subject: eligibility savings accounts by goldman sachs. Thank you. As a member of the icy terms apply this absurd his brow,

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the fairly brand dotcom slash the ringer and use the code ringer a check out for twenty percent off your welcome back to dissect before the break. We approached of cards to word chorus? It's here. The song momentarily shifts to a G minor cord and con ed and any joined the mix with subtle additions to the songs. Romantic sounds cape before addressing the lark, we should first observe how this quota quote course is made possible by the restraint call an added johnny showed throughout most of the verse, because I fear that con enters with a basis and ran and ran,

So here, alongside Johnny's coin trick, ed playing a guitar lake hmm these only difference feel substantially more impact both because of the verses, instrumental restraint, increase the dynamics without disturbing the intimacy at the core of this romantic arrangement over this tom sings denial denial on the surface. This extends this weeping under the rug and ignoring your house of cards. Analogies as denial is too vince yourself of something untrue, like the housework collapse, like the thing swept under the rug, won't come back to haunt you on one hand: could be encouraging this person to deny the existence of the house of cards, if only temporarily. On the other hand, tom as a myriad or could be exposing the truth beneath his previous statement or acknowledging that living in denial is required to participate in such indulgence because, whilst possible to live in denial temporarily,

the truth, a reality of, what's being denied, will ultimately surface sooner or later, bringing with it a day of reckoning now the context of the song. To this point, the repeated denial denial became extremely important to tom in relation to his decades long activism. Regarding climate change, when a journalist propose It's an interpretation of weird fishes being about the deadly effects of global warming. Tom pointed to this moment of house of cards as being the only time he was consciously aware of any political meaning in his lyrics on in rainbows quote the entire time I was busy writing I wanted to get away from these things. I was worried about those politik themes entering my work, but it was just there whether I wanted it or not to me important line on this record is the word denial and house of cards, because that's what it all comes from denial and every possible meaning it was the only time I was aware of that. Unquote,

We also spoke about this line before performing the song live on Conan o Brien. Instead of flying from the uk to perform and embassies new york studio, they take their performance from their own stew. oh in london, Tom began by knowing how doing this saved the equivalent of driving a car for a whole year and carbon emissions and then brought up the denial chorus. The course of the song is denial, denial dedicated to that they walked away from the kyoto agreement and what was his name again? I want him. three anyway, it's a little hard to make out, but Tom said dedicated to that twat that walked away from the kyoto agreement he's referring to the kyoto protocol. Ninety nine b, seven international treaty that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions president bill Clinton signed the protocol and ninety ninety eight, but it was never ratified by the Senate

and then in march, two thousand one president george w bush, the twat tom, was alluding to formally announced that the? U s had no plans to adhere to the kyoto protocol, citing unrealistic goals, sound science and potentially damaging effects to the? U s economy. Kyoto is in many ways on realistic. Many countries cannot meet their kyoto targets. The targets themselves were arbitrary and not based upon science. For america. Complying with those mandates would have a negative economic impact with lay offs of war. Curse and price increases for consumers, and when you evaluate all these flaws, most reasonable people will understand that does not sound public policy, Many saw bushes decision as yet another example of the west prioritizing business at the expense of the environment, in other words being in denial or denying the reality of climate change here,

seemingly making that connection in conversation with brine draper quote, I focus on the most eminent ecological. You know there are so many scenarios on the horizon at the moment that will result in mass suffering, and that to me is what everybody should be thinking about. That's what I spend most of my time. Thinking about it when take that much for people to tee their heads and see that we have just been looking the wrong way that our priorities are wrong for the most part in the west, we worship a certain type of economics which is like worshipping a false god. It's like the incas, sacrificing children to try to get a mortal life. Politicians are willing to sacrifice the well being of the people in their country in order to fit into this economic strait jacket which actually doesn't benefit anyone. It's a theory about economics which will collapse, and the sooner people realise that the quicker you'll be able to understand how it should be engaging with the world around us. Hopefully they will realize it before collapses. To me, it's like spinning eight, I'm not sure how long we can keep this trick going unquote,

tom here, is essentially describing a house of cards and unsustained economic doctrine that will eventually collapse. That is always surviving. Today by denying the reality and imminent danger of climate change to morrow, thus weakening how Tom viewed denial denial as a potent critique of the twice in power tom begins. First to see the infrastructure will collapse from voltage. Spikes infrastructure here continues. The house motif while collapse, form acknowledges the eminent destruction and hair in the central house of cards. Metaphor given thompson:

Regarding one reading of denial, denial design seems to clearly make the climate change thread more transparent One of the dangers of global warming is the perfect storm of increase temperatures more electricity consumption, an aging power infrastructure. Indeed, experts agree that the current power grid and the united states is ill equipped to handle the effects of cod the change, including the extreme weather events that come with it. In the last decade, power outages have increased, sixty four percent compared to the previous decade and that members only expected to go up the seems to be what's implied in Tom's from bolted. Spikes, which refers to quick searches and electrical circuits that could damage or toy equipment and shut down power supply. Now single, every other line of the song follows the relationship sexual theme. We should also sid or how this lie. My continued that motif and to me it's pretty clear in this reading that thomas created a discreet sexual, any window with vaulted spikes referring to orgasms an infrastructure,

collapsing being the previously established house of cards, a marriage, a relationship or whatever life, they might have built that this sexual affair and dangerous directly after thompson, bought it. Spikes there's an urban legend that Johnnie green with dog could be heard. Barking in the background, this room we started after the ban posted a photo of johnny's dog in the studio wearing headphones while being held up to a microphone which set off fans to scour. For sound. That could possibly be the dock. However, there is no dog at this moment. Rather, what we hear is at o Brien quickly and aggressively running his hand across his strings and down the front board of his guitar a number of times, combined with the effects applied to his guitar and feedback from johnny's guitar, It seems the moment overall is an imaginative attempt to emulate bolted spikes, or at least the feeling,

the next, in the verses, throw your keys in the bull kiss, your husband good night on one and this seems to portray the woman in this scenario coming home. Presumably after the affair with the husband confirming the adultery motif, we ve suspected throughout there's a routine implied here, throwing the keys in the bull kissing good night. She has entered her house of cards. This is what would collapse at the affair works whilst, on the other hand, this is also a reference to what are known as key parties. These are swinger part,

in which married couples would gather and the husbands would put their car keys in a bowl to be selected at random by the wives determining who they would sleep with that night. In his interview with rolling stone, Tom confirmed this reference and after making clear it's not something he actually participates in. He said quote that key party stuff was a big thing here in the seventies and eighties, and it always fascinated me unquote. In reading the woman kissing her husband, Goodnight insinuate such is now leaving the party with another person to sleep with this arranged. Add another dimension to the song. To this point, as we assume this sexual openness is consensual, agreed upon by both the husband and wife. This then renders the subsequent refrained forget about your house of cards and I'll do mine a little differently this time around now, as it applies to this your party, it would seem. The husband and wife have mutually agreed to forget about the house of cards they have constructed together in order to both enjoy a sexual experience outside of this house.

After this repetition of the house of cards refrained the song returned soothing. Where's denial, denial only now a new drawn out boca melody is introduced. Filling the space between the repeated denials what's being said here is your

years should be burning. The phrase sunk here, your ear should be burnt is a slight variation on the common idiom. Your ears must be burning, which is to someone who is being talked about, for example, to people I came out sally when Sally walks into the room, and they say to her. Your ears must be burning. We were just talking about you The phrase seems to be you self referential here like home is saying this to the woman saying the song is about you, your ears. Be burning because I'm sing about you right now. There's also the possibility that Tom in point this phrase,

civically for the word burning and the waves commonly used when describing passion as in burning with desire, manually burning also goes quite nicely with the previous voltage spikes and the idea of a house catching fire, a variation of the collapsing house of cards. The overlapping denials in this context feel like a plea to the woman to stop living in denial to submit to what she knows is true between him to stop denying this burning. desire lyrically. This is where the song leaves us with Tom's character with We are willing this attraction to consummate. In this way, we observe how Tom is once again iterating on the outlaws theme of in rainbows wish beyond where he is trying to grab something just out of reach. Now his house of cards approaches its conclusion. It continues to play the musical. Backdrop of the course only now Tom sores into a gorgeous wordless high falsetto melody, similar to what he began in the beginning, bringing the song full circle

followed by the ban. Returning to the central guitar part that began the song with johnny extending his coin boat trick to create a wash about atmosphere Meanwhile, the rest of the group remains locked into the tracks, hypnotic groove, that they clearly love so much as a dozen change throughout the entire five and a half.

When a trap conclusions at five in half, minutes house of cards as one of the longest songs and radio heads entire catalogue. Yet, unlike the lengthy,

multiparty, sweet paranoid android with its numerous key tempo and meter changes or sprawling national anthem with its climactic corns samples and countless instrumental oddities house of cards as well the band simplest songs to date, indeed, it would seem that, aside from its slower tempo, the songs, length be attributed to its mood as the ban seduces us. to an incredibly warm idyllic atmosphere, almost as if we are one tom's character is pursuing. We are then privileged inhabit this beautiful world for five and a half minutes encouraged we are to forget about our own house of cards and lose ourselves in this momentary musical escape. Indeed, guitar at o brien talked about house of cards, the simplicity, noting that the law of the song were so moving that there was a conscious effort made to ensure they remained in the forefront quote when the big things was, the lyrics personally being the main thing I realised on the record about music is that accessibility is really about eighty percent buckles. What the guy singing about in your moving people and twenty percent

Music in the background, is literally the backdrop to it. These removing me when we are working on them and when I was playing the rough demos on the way home from the studio, unquote as we, noted so many times this season house of cards example of radiohead? Finding the perfect arrangement for this specific individual song for houses, that arrangement was one that allowed the lyrics to take centre stage with the music coming a modest but meticulously crafted backdrop that faithfully enhances the themes and emotional residents of the text. The overall effect like reckoner before it other clear example of what Tom described as the elation in the second half the explorers themes of sex seduction, sin and desire and, while Tom told rolling stone, it was not based on his personal life or just that the song very much feels like a fantasy, created by a middle aged man with small children whose been with the same woman since college, which Tom was at the time of writing it, and perhaps it was a fake to see acted out and song rather than reality, a creative,

momentary escape into a carefree world or were not bound by the rigour of responsibility and commitments were uncovered from daily sacrifices and exhausting demands required to preserve our house of cards, because that does I'm kind of nice once in awhile. Doesn't it in writing continues so too to the themes of sexual seduction and desire in the alps next track jigsaw falling into place a song about a drunken night out at the bar, a song examined no by no line by line next time, and I said

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