The Voice of The Teen Experience

Radiohead. Some would claim that they are the greatest band ever, and some would claim they are the true voice of teens everywhere. Either way you want to look at them, they were of large impact towards their listeners, rock music, and music as a whole. Radiohead is an alternative rock band from the United Kingdom and slowly rose to be a huge influence with cult fans. The band still has a large fan base today and have been highly regarded as a great band.

Radiohead has many great songs, and amongst these include their debut hit, "Creep." I first heard this song from my boyfriend as he is bigger Radiohead creep than I am. This song has many different aspects that I enjoy. It has a very steady, yet progressive sound. It starts smooth, goes into a grunge sounding distortion, and back to steady sound. True angst and sweet depression has a flowing distortion as it comes from Johnny Greenwood's guitar. It's sad sound really gets me at my core, and it does well what it's meant to do. Get you to think, and to put yourself in the shoes of feeling out of place.

The song is about feeling out of place, like you aren't as good as those around you. The major chorus goes, "I wish I was special, you're so f***ing special." It's not only that Johnny Greenwood sang these words, it's how he sang them. With an urge, as if he longed so desperately to be like this other person who was seen as perfect. The song then goes into, "But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here." These lyrics right here as the very pinnacle of the entire teenage, and life experience. The feeling of being out of place, like you are lesser than the people who the world wants you to see as pretty and so perfect. The song is written with such a sarcastic anger, and it should be. The world wants you to aspire to be "perfect" when in fact we already are. The song is relatable, as so many have felt this cold feeling of being out of place and how wrong it is to feel that way. Overall, this song is great simply because it speaks out against the feeling of despair that we are all so prone to. Its great in this message, in its musicality, and well just being Radiohead.