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Her green plastic watering can
For a fake Chinese rubber plant in fake plastic earth
That she bought from a rubber man
In a town full of rubber plans to get rid of itself
It wears her out, it wears her out
It wears her out, it wears her out
She lives with a broken man
A cracked polystyrene man who just crumbles and burns
He used to do surgery
For girls in the eighties but gravity always wins
And it wears him out, it wears him out
It wears him out, it wears
She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing, my fake plastic love
But I can't help the feeling
I could blow through the ceiling if I just turn and run
And it wears me out, it wears me out
It wears me out, it wears me out
And if I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted all the time, all the time
| winotron (Phoenix, AZ) | Posted: May 07, 2013 - 13:28 MassivRuss wrote: Wow. A 4 rating!  My vote for RadioHead's best song! Yorke's voice isn't a complete disaster, and the composition and arrangement actually add up to a pop song. Is this one so-so song the origin of all RH's acclaim from critics and Gen-Y sadcore fanboys? So a song can't be good unless it's a traditionally-arranged pop song? Your music collection must be quite boring. |
| hamer12string (Orlando, FL) | Posted: May 07, 2013 - 13:28 Really really like this. Really. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 05:44 I have a real problem with people who don't like Radiohead... |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 29, 2013 - 19:34 On_The_Beach wrote: Raised from the dead I see, Rom, er, I mean Lazarus.  Indeed... life is grand... hope you are having a marvelous day... love this emotive song... |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 22:18 Lazarus wrote: This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter evening... Raised from the dead I see, Rom, er, I mean Lazarus. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 17:24 This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter evening... |
| Proclivities (Paris of the Piedmont) | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 05:49 SchoepTone wrote: When it comes to Radiohead, the most important question we can ask is: Which do you prefer, OK Computer or The Bends? The rest of their work doesn't stack up to either of those classics. Perhaps that's the most important question you can ask. |
| Sasha2001 (The business end of Bloomberg's education machine.) | Posted: Dec 19, 2012 - 15:49 This song freezes me in my tracks and forces me to emote every time. Which wouldnt be so bad if I wasn't standing in a TSA line right now. |
| fridgerat (Cape Town, South Africa) | Posted: Dec 19, 2012 - 15:44 Thank you for that... Such a wonderful, beautiful piece of music, intrinsically tied to a very specific time of my life. Thank you.. |
| MassivRuss (Massachusetts) | Posted: Dec 03, 2012 - 08:41 Wow. A 4 rating! My vote for RadioHead's best song! Yorke's voice isn't a complete disaster, and the composition and arrangement actually add up to a pop song. Is this one so-so song the origin of all RH's acclaim from critics and Gen-Y sadcore fanboys? |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Dec 03, 2012 - 08:38 SchoepTone wrote: When it comes to Radiohead, the most important question we can ask is: Which do you prefer, OK Computer or The Bends? The rest of their work doesn't stack up to either of those classics. huh? "Earth to SchoepTone,,, Earth to SchoepTone" In Rainbows? A Kid? Hail to the Theives? Pablo Honey? Amnesiac? Take your pick |
| Catecaneverall (Germany, Leipzig) | Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 00:27 'if I could be who you wanted all the time' - breaks my heart (in a good way) |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 22, 2012 - 11:49 This song puts a spring in my step this first day of autumn... |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Sep 16, 2012 - 09:00 Atmospheric and reflective. I'm enjoying so much from this album. |
| SchoepTone (Duke City) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 13:18 When it comes to Radiohead, the most important question we can ask is: Which do you prefer, OK Computer or The Bends? The rest of their work doesn't stack up to either of those classics. |
| rlr511 (Philadelphia) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 13:16 was listening to to King of Limbs yesterday. Such a stark contrast!!!!! amazing band. simply amazing |
| leafmold | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 13:13 always loved this song. |
| SweTex (Swede living in Texas) | Posted: Aug 15, 2012 - 21:48 lemmoth wrote: Wow.. Where ya been... Anyways welcome to the blown away by this masterpiece club......  |
| BCarn (Victoria, B.C.) | Posted: Jul 30, 2012 - 15:32 It only took me a decade to really appreciate this great band. Lesson learned. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 19:28 This song is GREAT! Let's party! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 28, 2012 - 07:46 magnificent... |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 14:16 djengs wrote: First time to hear this- blown away. Wow.. Where ya been... Anyways welcome to the blown away by this masterpiece club...... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 14:12 beautiful song... |
| emmo_radio | Posted: Apr 17, 2012 - 13:38 Always gives me chills. Pure disillusionment with a beautiful wrapper. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 17, 2012 - 13:32 absolutely brilliant... love it... |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Apr 11, 2012 - 07:26 This is great stuff. And I never NEVER want to hear anybody compare them to Bread again. |
| ShoePuke | Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 21:03 I don't get to listen as much as I'd like, and in my limited listening sessions (about an hour yesterday, and another hour or so today), this has played twice... I like it, but doesn't seem good enough to get that kinda play frequency imho. |
| luca77 (Melbourne,Australia) | Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 20:59 Was just about to step out the door...but can't leave during this song... |
| appy_monkey (between here and there) | Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 08:48 but gravity always wins |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 08:46 This song is soooo emotive it puts a spring in my step this spring morning... |
| djengs | Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 21:28 First time to hear this- blown away. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 21:24 marvelous... love it... |
| Roguewarer (Southfield, MI) | Posted: Mar 10, 2012 - 15:37 Not like so much of their other tunes. I usually like Radiohead, but THIS one, I REALLY like. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Mar 10, 2012 - 15:36 trissi wrote: yes! The bread of the 90's. They're my bread. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 10, 2012 - 15:36 jhorton wrote: Yes, but do the rest of the people in your hotel room also get hard nipples? I just asked and they all say yes... this song is soooo emotive it puts a spring in my step this winter day... love it... |
| jhorton | Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 16:15 romeotuma wrote: This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it... Yes, but do the rest of the people in your hotel room also get hard nipples? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 11:24 This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it... |
| hencini | Posted: Jan 20, 2012 - 22:45 "And if I could be......who you wanted..." This one takes me to the rooftop of a castle-shaped hostel on the Italian Riviera, ca. 1996. Good times. |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 08:20 Ridiculously beautiful and powerful tune! Any questions Radiohead is a pioneering band and one of the best alive today?! Also, I believe Romeotuna enjoys this tune as well - if I'm not mistaken!?! |
| dyharenas (Cerro Apoquindo) | Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 08:20 Jelani wrote: I think I'll do the same. Actually, I think I'm just going to print the comment and pin it to my wall. Look at it when I'm feeling deviant. See...I'm here again. |
| wrangler (swamps of jersey) | Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 08:18 thanks RP for the widespread panic > jayhawks > radiohead trifecta. and happy friday y'all  |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 08:18 madly love this song... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 14:00 This song always grabs my heart... love it... |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 14:00 Not in a heartbreaking mood, so ... is a fake plastic tree a real-life tree? Like, a plastic tree is plastic, but a FAKE plastic tree might be a real tree ... Never mind. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 11:24 Everybody in my hotel room loves this powerfully emotive song... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 10, 2011 - 21:04 shakitten wrote: I love this song. Makes my heart break in a painfully beautiful way... I agree... this song is soooo good... love it... |
| shakitten | Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 09:51 I love this song. Makes my heart break in a painfully beautiful way... |
| araja (Oz) | Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 09:50 Thanks RP. I needed this right now. |
| patrick30 (Austria) | Posted: Oct 10, 2011 - 07:50 flapser wrote: One word: Godlike! Best band in the world A very good band indeed, but did you hear their last album? that's nothing godlike... |
| jules44 (Sunny North Carolina) | Posted: Oct 10, 2011 - 07:49 amazing voice  |