Thom Yorke dedicates “Creep” to its producers in Boston

Thom Yorke dedicated “Creep” to Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade, who produced Pablo Honey at Boston's Fort Apache studio, when Radiohead played a sold-out Harborlights Pavilion on Saturday 23 August. I hardly remember doing it¹, he admitted. Yorke, Ed O'Brien and Jonny Greenwood all strapped on guitars for it. Matt Ashare, reviewing the show for the Boston Phoenix, points out that the band often leave the song out now, and found this one special.

Teenage Fanclub and the Dandy Warhols opened for a crowd of 5,000. Radiohead's two hours came almost entirely from OK Computer and The Bends, starting with “Lucky” and taking in “Exit Music (For a Film)”, “Karma Police” and “Climbing Up the Walls” on a stage full of fog, lit dark blue and green. Greenwood spent about half the night at the keyboards.

Ashare misses the fun of the younger band of the Pablo Honey tour, but rates this one big and impressive. He regrets that they left out “Anyone Can Play Guitar”.