Song · Pablo Honey era (1992–93)
Stupid Car
One of the oldest songs they released, about a crash Thom Yorke survived, and the first of many songs of his about cars.
Drill (EP)album- 1992released
- 2:26length
may 1992
the drill ep
Drill was the first thing Parlophone put out by this band, and only two of its four tracks were newly recorded: “Prove Yourself” and this one, cut at Courtyard in Oxfordshire with Chris Hufford producing.
Fan archives trace the words to a road accident Yorke survived in 1987. Whether or not that is exactly right, it begins a preoccupation that runs through “Killer Cars”, “Airbag”, “Stupid Car” itself and half of OK Computer: the car as the ordinary machine most likely to kill you.
It never appeared on a studio album. A hazy reworking, the “Tinnitus mix”, went onto the Volume compilation series.
on stage
Live at Signal 1 Radio February 11, 1993.· kc93watch on youtube →
Tabs (1)
sources2
- Wikipedia, “Drill (EP)”, for the recording.
- The site's own catalogue note, based on Citizen Insane and fan archives.