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G-------7-9h--7p---
D----------------9-
A-7--(7)-----------
E------------------
() - Ghost note
p - Pull
h - Hold note
That's all of it, trough the entire song...
Amazing bassline... really simple... have fun!!!
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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steve Wanna Be |
#1 by steve bassmasta at Jun 28, 2006 at 2:31 PM EST |
| SnapHappyActivist, that was more or less how I interpreted the song, though more like a sub-schizophrenia than two relatively voluntary minds. Your suggestion would have made a brilliant video *sigh*. Second_Guesser - I had never thought of it like that! And yet it makes so much sense! 'The pointless snide remarks of hammerheaded sharks' - did anyone interpret this as labelling the other person/subconscious as a hypocrite? (Or maybe I need to take my medication again) | |
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Albert Wanna Be |
#2 by Albert Piccolomini at Jul 24, 2006 at 2:39 AM EST |
| ok, has anyone taken into account the title of the album when considering this song? 'Hail to the Thief' was (i thought, a pretty well known) reference to the "stolen" election by George W. Bush in 2001. not all of radiohead's songs (especially recently) are a continuation of the angst ridden, inner turmoil ilk of bends/ok days. the last two albums have seen a strong political preoccupation. Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box from Amnesiac and its reference to Tony Blair (radiohead seemed to have bought into the optimism that characterised his election campaign) is an example of the political scepticism that has been cropping up a lot lately. Hail to the Thief seems to take this preoccupation and express it more overtly, the title suggests this as do the orwellian references in 2 + 2 = 5. A Drunken Punch Up at a Wedding just screams out "Fuck George Bush and fuck this war" to me. Of course if you happen to be a radiohead fan and a Bush supporter (god forbid) i don't expect you'll buy that. | |
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Spitzer Average |
#3 by Spitzer at Aug 18, 2006 at 4:49 AM EST |
| No, I'm not. | |
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GaRy Average |
#4 by GaRy Boggs at Sep 7, 2006 at 2:31 PM EST |
| not their best though...I really loved OK Computer and The Bends the most...this is still an excellent CD worth buying if you're a self respecting Radiohead fan. | |
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spud Average |
#5 by spud barnes at Oct 13, 2006 at 12:27 AM EST |
| On Thom's lyric sheet he used for one of the concerts, the following "verse" was added at the end of the song but was never sung: go ahead the stage is yours. if you think you can do better you used to be alright, what-happened? keep moving or you r dead. keep moving or you r dead. how i wish you’d stay out of my face. there’s always someone spoils the party just you wait till your chained down worried and unhinged you have really gone and done it now just a trick to make you stupid all these sad heroics let me tell you how it really is we are here to spoil your party empty vessels make the most noise survival of the fittest wading through the marshes hypocrits, opportunists, userers flatterers and thiefs. im sick of all your bullshit. im sick of all these fucking mindgames. who invited you anyway? | |
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megan(peggy-lei Average |
#6 by megan(peggy-leigh) spektor at Oct 30, 2006 at 11:16 AM EST |
| vanillaskydiver i think you are right on. | |
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Brandon Average |
#7 by Brandon Pennick at Nov 15, 2006 at 9:57 AM EST |
| oh, and did anyone notice this on the album? 'I Will' ends on the same (musical) note as 'A Punch-up...' and is linked by a beat that sounds like its the same song until you look at the track number and the remember the bass intro...and then, the way the end of this song and the start of 'myxomatosis' is timed, it sounds like a break in the music before it takes a heavier turn. so very deceptively, you can listen to these songs as one track. Its kind of interesting, as I Will seems to be about determination, before the whole hypocritical response (which fits second guesser's interpretation too, i think)...and myxomatosis kind of starts with a confident 'mongrel cat' (i.e product of two different breeds/ or an idea bred of two different voices) before he becomes ill and weak with myxomatosis, despite it being a rabbit disease... i'm probably o/d'd on the album in this one actually, it stinks a bit of bull shit, but it sounds vaguely interesting... | |
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Skinny Fingures Average |
#8 by Skinny Fingures O'Brian at Dec 31, 2006 at 12:23 PM EST |
| To me this song seems like an attack on the critics that dismissed Kid A and Amnesiac with the stupid complaint that it doesn't sound like OK Computer or the Bends. Nothing's ever good enough for the critics whose pointless snide remarks pissed on their parade... or something like that. I also think that "when I turn around you stay frozen to the spot" suggests that when Radiohead moved into the new territory of Kid A, the critics where still stuck in 1997 whining that they hadn't produced another OK Computer. | |
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Jelani Wanna Be |
#9 by Jelani English at Jan 27, 2007 at 9:06 AM EST |
| Just read SnapHappy's post again - missed the part about the hypocritical inner voice... totally agree! Back to the medication to improve my attention span... (why do I write such pointless things? No! It's the voices again!) | |
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rachel ♥ Wanna Be |
#10 by rachel ♥ has met the pink spiders at Jan 31, 2007 at 5:07 AM EST |
| Thom's british? Are your serious? lol | |
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Cody Rhythm Player |
#11 by Cody Gibson at Feb 2, 2007 at 9:34 PM EST |
| I was thinking the same thing as Dando. Certain lines kind of gave me that impression. "Punch Up at a Wedding" kind of made me think of the US suddenly occupying Iraq. "You came here just to start a fight," kind of promotes that idea as well... The line that stood out the most to me was, "I was there. It wasn't like that." Does anyone know if Thom's ever been to Iraq? After seeing that interview on TV between Saddam and...I forgot who it was, I got the impression that Iraq wasn't as hostile towards Americans coming into the country as believed, or as they are now due to our occupation of their country... I dunno, that was just my idea. | |
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lauren Lead Player |
#12 by lauren desantis at Feb 9, 2007 at 11:51 AM EST |
| I think this song is about the annoyed feeling you have against really stupid ignorant people. | |
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Jonathan Average |
#13 by Jonathan at Feb 19, 2007 at 11:20 AM EST |
| Awesome song. Just got the new CD and its amazing. A must own and one of Radiohead's best. This is one of the better songs on the CD. | |
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TheEmuIsEmo Average |
#14 by TheEmuIsEmo at Feb 28, 2007 at 1:45 PM EST |
| The pot will call the kettle black....its a drunken PUNCH UP at a wedding! Ohh | |
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sp00ky_child Average |
#15 by sp00ky_child at Mar 24, 2007 at 6:14 PM EST |
| Correction; "I got the impression that Iraq wasn't as hostile towards Americans coming into the country as believed" should be "foreigners". Yes, I know, Thom is British. | |
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jay Average |
#16 by jay culver at Apr 20, 2007 at 11:24 PM EST |
| I think it's about the whole time after 9/11. There was this wedding, everyone coming together in a show of unity for the US, but then they started making wars and so began the punchup. | |
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darren Wanna Be |
#17 by darren sackaney at May 8, 2007 at 5:19 AM EST |
| Cold feet on a wedding day. Argueing with the "little voice" in his head saying "no,no,no,no,no,no" | |
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van Wanna Be |
#18 by van laurel at Oct 1, 2007 at 10:26 AM EST |
| umm... \"eomplex\" = complex... it\'s 2:30 am here, i appear to be losing some typing skills.. awir3oprasd}:p | |
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Matt Wanna Be |
#19 by Matt Sarvis at Oct 14, 2007 at 9:25 AM EST |
| This song has a really sick groove. Fucking sweet. Oh uhhh..the songs about some guys..er..wrestling with his emotions and shit. (cough). Sure. Did i mention the cool groove? | |
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