>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK!
FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST IS THE SINGER AND SONGWRITER OF
RADIOHEAD.
HIS THIRD SOLO ALBUM IS CALLED "ANIMA."
PLEASE WELCOME THOM YORKE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
( APPLAUSE )
AGAIN.
>> HI!
>> Stephen: FOR DECADES, YOU'VE BEEN WRITING MUSIC THAT
IS UNEASY AND ANXIOUS, WITH REGARDS TO SOCIETY, OUR
GOVERNMENT, TECHNOLOGY, THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE WORLD.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE RIGHT?
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
( CHEERS )
ABOUT THE FUTURE.
I GUESS I WAS LOOKING AT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE TIME.
IT JUST SEEMED TO GET MORE OBVIOUS.
I THINK IT'S MORE OVERT NOW.
I FELT LIKE EVERYTHING I WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS THERE.
WHEN WE WROTE THE ALBUM "HAIL TO THIEF" THAT SEEMED PRETTY BAD,
THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WHEN BUSH JR. GOT IN.
AND THEN NOW WE'RE HERE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: THIS IS JUST A NATURAL EXTENSION OF WHAT CAME
BEFORE?
>> YEAH, AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE SPREAD TO OUR COUNTRY AS WELL
NOW.
>> Stephen: AS SOMEONE-- THIS IS A SINCERE QUESTION BECAUSE I
DON'T ENTIRELY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND I TRY.
>> I DON'T, EITHER.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH BREXIT
RIGHT NOTICE AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT?
>> YOU CAN TAKE A FEW RANDOM ELEMENTS.
WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE THE PRIME MINISTER HAS LIED TO THE
QUEEN.
THAT'S APPARENTLY NOT SO COOL, BUT NOTHING'S BEING DONE ABOUT
IT.
>> Stephen: CAN SHE CHOP OFF HIS HEAD?
>> WELL, NO, APPARENTLY, SHE WAS ASKING HER AIDES WHETHER SHE
COULD GET RID OF HIM.
>> Stephen: OH, BECAUSE SHE HAS TO ACCEPT PARLIAMENT'S
RECOMMENDATION OF THE PRIME MINISTER, RIGHT?
>> IT'S-- IT'S SO CRAZY AT THE MOMENT.
IT'S-- RUMORS COME AND GO, ALL SORTS OF RUMORS.
THAT ONE WAS FLYING BY THE OTHER DAY.
>> Stephen: IT WOULD BE SO EXCITING TO SEE A MEMBER OF THE
ROYAL FAMILY DO SOMETHING USEFUL.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> YOU SAID THAT, NOT ME.
I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING.
I CAN'T SAY-- I'M MERELY COMMENITATING, OBSERVING.
>> Stephen: I'M SURE THEY THROW GREAT PARTIES.
>> THE ROYAL FAMILY?
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU-- WOULD YOU WANT TO BE KNIGHTED BY THE
WAY?
>> I THINK I'VE BLOWN THAT CHANCE.
>> Stephen: YOU NEVER KNOW!
>> I THINK WHEN-- YES, WHEN OUR CURRENT GLORIOUS LEADER GOT IN,
I PUT UP AN OFFENSIVE ENOUGH MESSAGE TO-- YEAH, I'VE GOT NO
CHANCE NOTICE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WELL, FOR AMERICANS-- YOU PROBABLY HEAR
THIS A FAIR AMOUNT-- WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU GUYS MESSING UP OVER
THERE.
>> WE REALLY ARE.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE WE, OBVIOUSLY, REALLY HAVE SCREWED
THE POOCH OVER HERE.
>> YOU HAVE AT LEAST A CHANCE TO GET, YOU KNOW-- PUSH HIM OFF THE
CLIFF, JUST HIM.
>> Stephen: METAPHORICALLY, METAPHORICALLY, OBJECT
OBVIOUSLY.
>> WE'RE TIED TO THESE GUYS.
THEY'RE TYING US UP, AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE US OFF THE CLIFF
WITH THEM.
AND AS THEY DO IT, THEY'RE SAYING IT'S THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE SO IT'S KIND OF DISTURBING.
WE LIVE IN STRANGE TIMES.
>> Stephen: YES, YES, WE DO.
>> IT'S NOT MY FAULT.
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT PUP DID PREDICT IT.
YOU DID PREDICT IT.
>> BY ACCIDENT.
>> Stephen: YOUR NEW ALBUM, THIRD SOLO ALBUM IS CALLED
"ANIMA."
IT CAME OUT IN JUNE.
WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE "ANIMA"?
>> I FOUND IT IN MY NOTEBOOK.
I THINK-- IT WAS A PRETTY WORD.
I LIKED THE WORD.
>> Stephen: THE IDEA OF SORT OF THE FEMININE SPIRIT, LIKE
ANIMOUS.
>> EXACTLY.
AND IT'S-- ITS WHAT VARIOUS DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS.
IT'S USED IN ITALIAN TO REFER TO THE SOUL.
MY PARTNER IS ITALIAN.
SO I THINK I PROBABLY HEARD HER SAYING IT.
AND THEN I LOOKED INTO IT.
BUT I LIKE THE IDEA PRINCIPALLY THAT WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE
ANIMOUS.
WE ALL HAVE OUR LITTLE BLACK MIRRORS, OUR PHONES, AND WE SEND
OUR "ANIMAS" OUT TO COMMUNICATE, AND EVERYBODY GETS IT WRONG AND
IT COMES BACK.
TO ME IT'S SORT OF AN EXPRESSION OF SOME SORT OF WEIRD DREAM
STATE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY FINDING OURSELVES IN, WHEREAS
REALITY SEEMS TO BE MOVING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
>> Stephen: SO THE LITTLE ANIMAS, BITS OF OUR SPIRITS--
>> ON A SPIRITUAL LEVEL, AND AN ANIMAL, GROTESQUE LEVEL, YOUR
TWITTER PERSONA.
>> Stephen: SPIRITS CAN BE GROTESQUE, TOO.
YOU DID A SHORT IN SUPPORT OF THE ALBUM.
THIS IS ALSO CALLED "ANIMA."
THIS WAS SHOW THE IN PRAGUE BY PAUL TOM ANDERSON.
>> PRAGUE AND FRANCE.
>> Stephen: PRAGUE AND FRAWNS, THERE YOU GO.
WHY PRAGUE?
>> THIS SHOT IS QUITE FUNNY.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS GOING ON THERE?
>> YOU CAN'T SEE THIS.
BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THE GATES WEREN'T WORKING PROPERLY, SO WE
HAD TO GET SOME PEOPLE TO, LIKE, HOLD THE GATES.
BECAUSE I COME UP AGAINST THE GATE, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO--
LIKE THAT.
BUT IT WASN'T DOING THAT.
WE DRESSED TWO GUYS, TWO UNSUSPECTING LOCAL GUYS, IN
LUMINOUS GREEN THAT THEY CAN CUT OUT.
>> Stephen: A GREEN SCENE.
>> GREEN SCENE ONESIES.
>> Stephen: THERE ARE MEN IN THIS PHOTO THAT WE CAN'T SEE?
>> THEY WERE TAKEN OUT.
THEY'RE BOTH BEHIND-- JUST IMAGINE.
I'M PULLING THIS FACE.
THERE ARE TWO BIG GUYS WITH LUMINOUS GREEN ONESIES RIGHT
HERE.
THIS IS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF LUMINOUS GREEN ONESIES.
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: AND IS THIS--
>> THAT'S REQUEST I LOOK LIKE THAT.
THAT'S WHY I LOOK CONFUSED.
>> Stephen: AND IS THIS A RECURRING IMAGE IN YOUR DREAMS
THOM YORKE?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN WATCH THE SHORT FILM "ANIMA" ON NETFLIX
AND THOM YORKE IS ON TOUR NOW.
DON'T GO AWAY, WE'LL BE BACK BUT HE WON'T BE.
THOM YORKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.