Thom Yorke Celebrates Obama Victory With Free Track

Barack Obama wasn't just America's choice to be the next President, as the rest of the world is celebrating the victory of our new Commander-in-Chief. Radiohead's Thom Yorke was especially happy with the end of the Bush era, so to celebrate, he posted a free remix of "Harrowdown Hill," a song off his solo album The Eraser. "I humbly donate a remix of 'Harrowdown Hill' that was finished ages ago during the band webcasts," Yorke wrote. "A small reminder of the dark days of Bush's..." And to think, it was only eight years since Yorke was lobbying for that Nader guy.

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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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