Radiohead: Songs That Could Be Movies
From Pablo Honey to The King Of Limbs...
By Sam AshurstFeb 18th 2011Morning Mr Magpie
From: The King Of Limbs
The Song:
Download The King Of Limbs here.
The Movie Version:
Mary Magpie is married to Martin Magpie - an corrupt banker whose financial dealings exploit the poor and reward the rich.
Mary has a luxurious life, with plenty of distractions to stop her from considering the implications of her husband's actions.
But a series of events directly linked to the government's austerity cuts effect her sanity.
Her mother dies of a heart attack after she's sacked from her beloved librarian job, her father is stabbed in a mugging and left to die after short-staffed ambulance drivers fail to reach him in time, and when Mary goes to spread their ashes on their favourite National Trust beauty spot she finds it's been turned into an office block.
Devastated, she decides to go on a rampage of revenge, ending with a confrontation with her husband over breakfast.
It's Kill Bill meets Falling Down, essentially.
Key Quote:
Mary: "You stole it all, give it back."
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BazVanderClap
Feb 18th 2011, 19:06
Sorry to be the resident Radiohead pedant... actually, I'm not that sorry, but anyway, the opening dedication to pyramid Song should read "There was nothing to fear, nothing to doubt". 'Cos it's, y'know, the lyrics. I know Thom mumbles, but... The King of Limbs is ace though.
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Hadouken76
Feb 19th 2011, 0:45
Slightly off topic... I never listend to Radiohead but I think most of Iron Maidens songs would make great movies
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Hadouken76
Feb 19th 2011, 0:45
Slightly off topic... I never listend to Radiohead but I think most of Iron Maidens songs would make great movies
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