*Radiohead另一個客串南方公園的片段，他們依然很可愛。
*好像是上集。
接上文，轉貼自「50 Incredibly Geeky Facts About Radiohead」，翻譯完全不保證正確性。
If he hadn't had his heart broken, Phil Selway never would have been in Radiohead. He quit the band in the early '90s and moved to Ireland. It was only when his relationship ended that he moved back to Oxford and rejoined the band.
假如他不曾傷心欲絕，Phil Selway決不會一直在Radiohead的。他在90年代初退出了樂團搬到愛爾蘭。唯有當他結束那段關係後，他回到牛津重新加入了樂團。
(這是指Phil Selway曾為愛走天涯，然後被人甩了?這也太可憐!)
That weird rattling percussion sound on 'Paranoid Android'? It's a cabasa, a maraca-like instrument popular in Latin jazz - though it's also used in music therapy, particularly with individuals who have neurological disabilities as it requires minimal hand movement to produce a sound. Ed O'Brien plays it on the track.
這個在“Paranoid Android”裡的奇怪、發嘎嘎聲的敲打樂器聲?它是個鐵沙鈴，這是一個像響葫蘆的流行拉丁爵士樂器 - 儘管它也可用於音樂療法，特別是有神經系統障礙，因為它需要最少的手部動作產生聲音。按慣例是由Ed O'Brien演奏它。
Ed O’Brien is the tallest member of Radiohead at 6ft 2in; in fact no other member exceeds six foot.
Ed O'Brien身高6英尺2英寸(188公分)是Radiohead最高的成員；實際上其他成員都不到6英尺高(183公分)。(又高又帥又會唱歌彈吉他的Ed)
Jeff Buckley was a bigger influence on Radiohead than they would perhaps today admit. 'The Bends’ producer John Leckie, recalling the profound effect seeing Buckley had on Thom Yorke, said: "It made him realise you could sing in a falsetto without sounding drippy."
Jeff Buckley對Radiohead的影響可能比他們承認的還要大。《The Bends》的製作人John Leckie回憶起Buckley對Thom Yorke的深遠影響，說:「他意識到用假聲可以唱得更有感情。」
(Thom的假聲很棒也!)
Remember early 90s prank phonecall kings The Jerky Boys? The album title 'Pablo Honey' was inspired by one of their skits in which the prank caller says, "Pablo, honey? Please come to Florida!" to his victim. This snippet is sampled by the band on the track 'How Do You?'.
還記得90年代初的惡作劇打電話通知國王的生澀男孩嗎?《Pablo Honey》專輯標題靈感來自於他們的短劇之一的惡作劇來電者對受害者說:「派伯諾，親愛的? 請來佛羅里達州!」。這個電話錄音的片斷被取樣做成專輯中的“How Do You?”
Members of Radiohead have played homage to their increasingly expanding offspring by dedicating various songs/albums to them. 'Hail To The Thief' is dedicated to Jonny’s firstborn son Tamir born in 2002; 'Amnesiac' is dedicated to Thom’s son Noah born in 2001; while Thom’s daughter, Agnes, born in 2004, had Yorke’s solo effort 'The Eraser' dedicated to her.
Radiohead的成員發表不少各式各樣的專輯/歌曲，獻給他們的小孩致敬。《Hail To The Thief》是寫給Jonny Greenwood在2002年出生的長子Tamir；《Amnesiac》是寫給Thom在2001年出生的兒子Noah，當他的女兒Agnes在 2004年出生時，Yorke把他的個人專輯《The Eraser》整張獻給了她。
(Thom有1子1女，Jonny有2子1女，Colin有3個兒子，Ed也有1子1女，Phil也有3個兒子，他們還滿會生的? )
In 2004, Thom Yorke’s middle finger sold for £248 on ebay. It turned out not to be his actual flesh-and-bone, but rather one he’d deliberately smashed off his recently acquired NME Award (pictured), declaring the middle digit to be offensive.
2004年，Thom Yorke的「中指」在eBay上賣得248英鎊。實際上那不是他真正的手指，而是他故意砸斷了他最近獲得「《NME》獎」的獎座，宣稱bird-flicking中間的數字是反感的。
(看不太懂在講啥?)
'The Bends' track 'High & Dry' ended up being an acoustic anthem - but it was originally much more funky, based around a stolen Soul II Soul rhythm.
《The Bends》專輯的“High & Dry”在木吉他的歌聲中結束，但它原本是很相當放克，基於有相關於Soul II Soul的節奏。
Thom Yorke’s sulky demeanor and refusal to get matey with fellow celebs has caused a few hissy fits in the past. Kelly Jones harumphed that he was a “miserable twat”. Jack Black, Miley Cyrus and Kanye West have also had public grumbles about their treatment by the infamously taciturn singer.
Thom Yorke板著的臉和拒絕同名人交往的行事方法在過去沒有給他獲得好名聲。Kelly Jones說他是個「討厭的娘們」，Jack Black、Miley Cyrus和Kanye West也公開對這個臭名昭著地沉默寡言的歌手表示不滿。 (英國人一向不善交際)
Thom Yorke defended his gloomy reputation in 1996 thus: “It's just that I'm surrounded by a world of grinning idiots and I don't think I want to be another one.”
Thom Yorke在1996年為他的壞名聲提出了辯護:「這只是因為我被全世界傻笑的白癡們包圍著，我不想成為其中之一。」
(這張照片也太可愛了，Jonny好無辜!)
A mysterious number, 1426148550, appeared on the cover of the ‘Airbag/How Am I Driving’ EP. Fans quickly discovered it to be a pager number which, if dialled, revealed the voice of Thom saying “Hello”. Fans left messages which the band supposedly kept for possible inclusion in a future recording.
一組神秘的號碼，1426148550，出現在《Airbag/How Am I Driving》EP的封面上。歌迷們很快就發現了這是一個傳呼機號碼，假如撥打它，就能聽到Yorke說「Hello」。據說樂團有可能會把歌迷留言收入一張未來的唱片中。
(現在年輕一輩的還有人會知道B.B.Call是啥嗎?我想應該幾乎沒看過了，這是個時代的眼淚!)
In the mid-'90s Jonny started wearing a wrist brace to support a poorly strumming hand; he then decided it looked rather dapper even after his wrist was better and kept it on as a kind of trademark look.
在90年代中期，Jonny Greenwood開始佩戴護腕支撐那隻彈吉他有點毛病的手；既使後來他的手腕好了仍決定繼續戴著，並成為一種標誌性打扮。
One of Radiohead's best-loved B-sides is 'Cuttooth' (from the 'Knives Out' single). For a long time it was a key track during the 'Kid A'/'Amnesiac' sessions - Ed O'Brien mentioned in twelve times in his online diary - and was only left off 'Amnesiac' at the last minute.
Radiohead的最喜愛的B-sides其中之一是“Cuttooth(from the 'Knives Out' single)”。長久以來它《Kid A/Amnesiac》製作會議期間一直是個重要的歌曲 - Ed O'Brien在他的網誌上已提到12次，直到《Amnesiac》完成的最後一分鐘。
(B-sides有很多好歌，以前都沒有留意!)
Phil Selway and Jonny Greenwood joined the band Dive Dive, alongside Jarvis Cocker, to appear in the 2005 film Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire as the Weird Sisters, a popular band among young wizards.
Phil Selway、Jonny Greenwood曾參加Dive Dive樂團，並和Jarvis Cocker出現在2005年的哈利波特電影《火盃的考驗》，扮演The Weird Sisters，一個在年輕魔法師中很受歡迎的樂團。
(他兩人造型太經典了)
The 'Hail To The Thief' album sleeve was designed by long-time Radiohead designer Stanley Downwood and 'Dr Tchock' (aka Thom Yorke). It's supposed to represent Los Angeles, where much of the album was recorded. Other "maps" in the album artwork refer to the street plans of London, Grozny, and Baghdad.
《Hail To The Thief》專輯封套一直以來是由Radiohead的設計師Stanley Downwood 和「Dr Tchock(aka Thom Yorke)」所設計。它應該是象徵著洛杉磯，這張專輯大部分是在那裡錄製的。其他在專輯插圖裡的「地圖」被認為是倫敦、格羅茲尼和巴格達的街道平面圖。
Thom Yorke finds his own singing voice irritating: "It annoys me how pretty my voice is... how polite it can sound when perhaps what I'm singing is deeply acidic." This dissastisfaction led to Yorke semi-speaking, rather than singing, on 2003's ‘Myxomatosis’ and ‘A Wolf At The Door’.
Thom Yorke發現他自己歌聲使人懊惱:「我女人氣的聲音令我不快……也許當我唱得非常迷幻的時候卻顯得很斯文。」這種不滿讓Yorke在2003年的“Myxomatosis”和“A Wolf At The Door”中更像是在半說話而不是在唱。
(Thom現在歌聲比較低沉了，不過我喜歡陰柔娘氣的假音很讚!)
In 1987, Thom Yorke and his girlfriend were involved in a car crash. His girlfriend suffered whiplash and although Yorke was unharmed, it brought on his car phobia, which he later wrote about in Radiohead songs such as ‘Airbag’, ‘Killer Cars’, ‘Stupid Car’ and ‘Drunkk Machine’.
1987年，Thom Yorke和他的女朋友牽扯了一場車禍。他的女朋友受到頸部扭傷，儘管Yorke平安無恙，而這卻導致了他的「恐車症」，就在他後來寫Radiohead的歌曲，如 “Airbag”、“Killer Cars”、“Stupid Car”和“Drunkk Machine”。
When Radiohead first got together at their Oxford school, they were known as On A Friday because they practised, cryptically enough, on Fridays in the music room. After they were signed in 1991, they changed their name to Radiohead, the title of a Talking Heads song.
Radiohead最早在牛津的學校裡練團時，他們叫做「On A Friday」因為他們總是神秘地在星期五的音樂教室裡排練。他們在1991年簽約之後，才把團名改成「Radiohead」，這其實是Talking Heads的一首歌曲的名字。
Thom Yorke suffered a traumatic Christmas in 1996. His garden pond froze, killing his collection of exotic fish.
1996年Thom Yorke渡過了一個痛苦難忘的耶誕節。他的花園池塘結滿了冰，殺死了他所收集異國珍奇的魚類。
(Weird Fishes / Arpeggi是用紀念那些魚嗎?)
The average coughed up for Radiohead’s innovative you-decide-what-to-pay, internet-only released seventh album 'In Rainbows' was a miserly £2.90, with 60 per cent of fans electing to pay nowt.
這個在網路上發行的第7張專輯《In Rainbows》，由Radiohead創新的「隨你付多少」真正付出的平圴金額，最後是一張賣到2.90英鎊，有60%的歌迷選擇了付費。
Thom Yorke recorded the vocals to 'Fake Plastic Trees' in late 1994 just after seeing Jeff Buckley play the Garage in London. Apparently, an inspired Yorke rushed back to the studio, did two takes then broke down in tears.
1994年末，Thom Yorke剛看完Jeff Buckley在倫敦Garage演出後，就錄製了“Fake Plastic Trees”。很顯然，這使Yorke得到靈感後匆忙地趕回錄音室，錄了兩次後情绪失控地哭了。
The Radiohead lads are a well-educated bunch. Besides their public-school learning, Thom has a degree in English and Fine Art from Exeter; Colin’s got a degree in English from Cambridge; Ed studied Economics at Manchester Uni, and Phil has got an English and History BA from Liverpool. Jonny dropped out of his Oxford Brookes music degree to join the band in 1991.
Radiohead是一群受過良好教育的小伙子。除了在阿賓頓學校的學歷之外，Thom Yorke有埃克塞特大學的英文和藝術學位，Colin Greenwood獲得劍橋大學的英文學位；Ed O'Brien在曼徹斯特大學學過經濟學；Phil Selway得到利物浦大學的英文和歷史學位。Jonny Greenwood為了加入樂團，他在1991年放棄了牛津布魯克斯大學的音樂學位。
Thom Yorke was inspired to become veggie by The Smiths' 'Meat Is Murder' - as well as more personal reasons: "I started going out with this girl," he explains, "and I wanted to impress her so I pretended to be a vegetarian.” Sadly Chris Martin trounced Thom Yorke to win the coveted 'World’s Sexiest Vegetarian' crown in 2005.
Thom Yorke受到The Smiths的“Meat Is Murder”這首歌的影響而成為一名素食主義者，當然還有更私人的原因「我開始跟那女孩約會時，他解釋說:「我想打動她，所以假裝是一個素食主義者。」不幸的是，2005年，Chris Martin打敗Thom Yorke贏取了令人垂涎的「世界上最性感的素食主義者」的稱號。
Jonny Greenwood is the only band member to be a classically trained musician, having taken formal viola lessons as a child. In addition to viola and guitar, the multi-instrumentalist plays organ, piano, xylophone, glockenspiel, ondes martenot (similar to a theremin), banjo and harmonica.
Jonny Greenwood是樂團成員中唯一受過正統訓練的音樂家，在小時候上過正式的中提琴課程，除了中提琴和吉他之外，這位全方面的樂器演奏家還會演奏風琴、鋼琴、木琴、鐘琴、馬特諾電子琴(類似特雷門電子琴)、班卓琴和口琴。 (在Live表演時很好用的Jonny)
'The King Of Limbs' is not the only thing members of Radiohead have been working on. Jonny Greenwood has been announced as the composer for a new film starring Tilda Swinton. The guitarist will score We Need to Talk About Kevin, the third feature by Scottish director Lynne Ramsay.
《The King Of Limbs》不是Radiohead成員們唯一在進行的工作。Jonny Greenwood已經宣佈要為Tilda Swinton主演的新片創作曲目。這位吉他手將第三度替蘇格蘭導演Lynne Ramsay的「We Need to Talk About Kevin」製作電影配樂。
(Thom大叔的「Atoms For Peace」也有新歌“Default”推出了)
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