Subterranean Homesick Alien

Version # 7248 of this song. My entry into the OK Computer MeFi Challenge.

Back in the day, I bought OK Computer the week it came out. I spent the summer of 97 driving around singing to it at the top of my lungs. I tried to distill many of the elements of the overall album into this track.

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posted by dobie (12 comments total)

Seconded. Wow.
posted by onehalfjunco at 8:15 PM on July 25, 2012

Holy shit.
posted by iamkimiam at 10:59 PM on July 25, 2012

When the intro started, was it wrong of me to sort of expect you to start singing in a Scottish accent, in soaring harmonies, a la Charlie and Craig? I'm delighted with the result nonetheless, but dammit, I kind of want the Subterranean Homesick Alien's Letter From America.
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 11:59 PM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]

There swings darkly and I love it.
posted by hanoixan at 5:33 AM on July 26, 2012

askmeaboutLOOM, I'm a quarter Scottish, so maybe it came through the Scottish collective unconsciousness when I was channeling the strummy guitar from the twisting neither.
posted by dobie at 8:30 AM on July 26, 2012

Super great!
posted by cortex at 9:26 AM on July 26, 2012

Really fantastic sounds; this is super-sweet.
posted by uncleozzy at 10:17 AM on July 26, 2012

Very, very nice! Thanks. Didn't want it to end.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:30 AM on July 26, 2012

Fantastic.
posted by Lutoslawski at 5:47 PM on July 26, 2012

Also, this is probably the only version of this song that's ever really made me wanna dance.
posted by Lutoslawski at 5:49 PM on July 26, 2012

I don't know what all the "OK Computer Challenge" entails, but if this song doesn't win, y'all got bigger problems.
posted by at the crossroads at 2:04 AM on July 28, 2012

Super cool. I love you for this.
posted by Doleful Creature at 12:56 PM on July 30, 2012