So what's the big deal about "Fake Plastic Trees"?

[Piku]

Hi.

I know that a lot of people like this song in particular by Radiohead.

I don't really get what's so great about it though. It just doesn't sound that interesting to me. It sounds kind of generic to me, unlike stuff that I've heard from their 2 most recent albums (not including Amnesiac).

Can anyone tell me what it is that they like about this song?

well if a song doesnt reach you it doesnt reach you but if you call it generic one more time i'm going to reach you (mwhahaha)

i think the song musically just really is beautiful and powerful. but to me the song is about a relationship that seems fake. like it used to be real and now everything has just faded, became kind of plastic. but it sounds like even though its fake he doesnt want to leave, like it used to be the real thing maybe it can be that way again.

we all hear songs differently but that's what fake plastic trees is to me

[ConfusionToTheEnemy]

This is my favourite song by any band... I guess it could be perceived as quite a generic indie rock number, but the emotion behind it, in the lyrics and in the music is so raw, so pure, it's just compelling. The way it goes from acoustic strumming to big Greenwood guitar mash is amazing - especially live.

So yeah. I adore this song.

Confusion.

[Hyperboy]

heheh Piku, if i didn't know better i'd think you were looking for trouble !!

[Piku]

Are you guys gonna swarm me?


Hehe, seriously though, I just wanted to hear what the song meant to some people and what they thought was special about it. Perhaps I should look closer at the lyrics.

[black annis]

i've never seen it as generic...it's a very beautiful song, but radiohead have many other brilliant songs that are just as beautiful.so, i'm not about to put it on a pedastal or anything but it is really, really lovely.

um...yeah.

[dreamqueen]

Personally, I love this song. To me it is about an illusion (sp?). Trying to find the real among the fake, maybe? I don't usually try to hard to interpret songs, just to enjoy them. Guess I didn't really help.

[Tainted_Star]

I've never seen a shopping trolley look so becoming

I like the irony of the 'fake plastic' most people would conclude if something is made from plastic that it's fake.. but to be made from fake plastic.........

anyone it is by no means a favourite of mine on the bends but it doesn't fall short of anything either

[jezebel36]

Um...
I love this song. Have you seen the video for it? That helped my understand it a lot.
Basically, Thom rolls around in a shopping cart through a gigantic store filled with clear, but different colored jars, aisles and aisles of them. He sees a lot of weird people who aren't very concerned with each other, but only with the jars. I guess my own interpretation is based a lot on the video and how Thom sometimes says "This is a song about going shopping". A song written for the world of mass marketing and mass consumption.- according to Greenplastic website.


ok, I'm done
jeni

[josephinesgirl]

I personally like the floaty dream like quality of this song..... just a really great lil diddy.