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What makes "My Iron Lung" especially important is the context behind the song itself. Radiohead wrote it partly out of frustration with the massive success of "Creep." "Creep" made them famous, but they also felt trapped by it, like audiences and labels youtu.be/sdtKjByGGHM?si=E3LL… 👇
only wanted that one sound from them. The "iron lung" became a metaphor for something that keeps you alive while also imprisoning you.
The 2 Meter Session performance captures that tension perfectly. Thom Yorke's vocals are way more raw and anxious than on the studio version, 👇
and Jonny Greenwood's guitar noise feels harsher and less polished. You can hear Radiohead leaning into dynamics, very quiet verses exploding into chaotic choruses, which became a defining trait of their later music.