This Is The Reason Thom Yorke Cried When Fake Plastic Trees Replayed For The First Time

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JAKARTA - Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke admitted that he cried when he first heard the song Fake Plastic Trees replayed for him.

In a quote from Jason Thomas Gordon's upcoming book, The Singer's Talk (via Rolling Stone), Yorke explains when the band recorded their important album in 1995, The Bends.

He said how Jeff Buckley directly helped him accept and felt comfortable with his voice which at that time was said to be similar to Neil Young's vocals.

"While we were working on our second album, I went to meet Jeff▁gagasan before he died. And it reminds me of the vulnerable part of me that I chose to hide," Yorke said.

"I remember myself recording Fake Plastic Trees. Then, when we got together to listen to it, the others said, 'We're going to put this song (on the album)' and I said, 'No, no, we can't use it, this song is too vulnerable. It's too much for me.'

When asked if he really cried when he first heard the song replayed and why, this is Yorke said.

"Yes, of course. Because when you record, you experience a series of feelings, but one thing you really don't realize is yourself. You don't realize your own identity, so it's like meditation," Yorke said.

Even when you play, if you show something well, you have more feelings than that. You don't even realize your own vulnerability, you go somewhere, and then come back again. It's like seeing yourself in the mirror for the first time, and finding yourself unconscious."