Ok Com­puter (1997)

Noth­ing seems more musi­cally impres­sive, to me, than com­pli­cated rhythms. I always had the most fun in band with songs that had mul­ti­ple key sig­na­tures. “1−2−3−4−1−2−3−1−2−3−4…” This song has a melody like that. It reminds me of the stars sparkling, how ran­dom it can seem. I started con­cep­tu­al­iz­ing a music video for this song a long time ago. It was 3d. A lit­tle girl is left at a dock, I think. I might still have my sketches some­where. There’s also this moment at the cli­max where Thom is singing two parts at the same time that gives me chills almost every time.

Notable lyric: You know, you know where you are with / you know where you are with / floor col­laps­ing, falling / bounc­ing back and one day / (I’m gonna grow wings)

lis­ten here