Thom Yorke VS Grade Five Children
It’s impossible to have an original opinion on Radiohead these days. Too much exposure, even your grandmother doesn’t mind crooning along to Creep (although she hates the newer stuff). So what’s the solution? Get a bunch of untarnished minds in the same room (namely Grade Five children of Roosevelt Elementary in San Leandro) whose soft little skulls haven’t quite appeared over the trenchs yet and play them a bunch of Radiohead songs spanning the band’s entire career (sorry grandma).
Then tell them to do a bunch of drawings while they listen, reflecting their humble opinion of Thom Yorke’s (so called) genius. This is exactly what online San Francisco paper East Bay Express did. The results are illuminating and hilarious. Including one self portrait of a child whose speech bubble reads “Mommy please come help.” Priceless! Obviously he’s not quite part of Radiohead’s target market just yet. Or is he? Check it out at Radio Rorschach.
