Song · OK Computer era (1996–98)
Lull
Two and a half minutes on the back of “Karma Police”.
1997
the b-side
It came out on the “Karma Police” single in August 1997, and turned up again 20 years later on OKNOTOK. It is short and simple, a shimmering guitar figure that slowly gathers, with Jonny Greenwood on xylophone over it. It has been called brighter and poppier than anything on OK Computer itself.
The words are an apology. The singer has snapped and lost control, and he is sorry.
aug 1997
soundchecks only
The 2003 version of this site knew that the band had soundchecked it on some of the American dates in August 1997.
the video
The B-side, as released.· Legendas Urbanaswatch on youtube →
the record(2)
on stage(1)
Tabs (1)
sources3
- Wikipedia, “Karma Police”, for the single's B-sides.
- The site's own catalogue note, based on Treble, for the comparison with the album.
- The 2003 treefingers.com lyric page (
_legacy/lyrics/songs/lull.txt), for the xylophone, the apology and the 1997 soundchecks.