Its pop power derives from a stark sonic contrast that’s at the heart of many of Radiohead’s best songs: the aural clash of Thom Yorke’s brittle, ethereal voice against an instrumental wash of noisy menace: “I’m a creep / I’m a weirdo / What the hell am I doing here? / I don’t belong here.” The song’s popularity typecast the band in ways that they struggled to break free from, much as “Smells Like Teen Spirit” had done to Nirvana earlier, and for almost seven years, Radiohead refused to play “Creep” at their shows. “Creep” was an infectious anthemic ballad of self-loathing with a sing-along chorus. The band’s single “Creep,” from their 1993 début, “Pablo Honey,” spent half the year on the British charts, peaking at No. There is a chaotic and frenzied piece that ensues with a heavy thrashing of drums and symbols and noisy guitaring before a heavenly orchestral segment kicks in that elevates the listener to a different space entirely.When Radiohead released their third album, “OK Computer,” on May 21, 1997, they were a band that a typical indie-rock fan would know-but maybe not well. It opens with a beautiful acoustic guitar segment and Yorke's falsetto vocal, 'Please could you stop the noise I’m trying to get some rest from all the unborn chicken voices in my head' The song then leads the listener into a dreamy state with luscious keyboards and warm lead-guitaring layering the sound. The robot's brilliant observation: “Here I am with a brain the size of a planet and they ask me to pick up a piece of paper.” The song has many parts. Marvin is a robot who is always depressed because the infinite possibilities within his mind are wasted on repetitive, trivial activities. The song is said to be about a character called Marvin the Paranoid Android in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

If introducing one to this album, the go-to song that seems to explain the whole record in one go is 'Paranoid Android'. Every track has something interesting to say. OK Computer is like a book full of melancholic and bitter-sweet emotions, that if tapped into correctly, produce an out-of-body experience that both uplifts and soothes the soul.

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