Английская Википедия:15 Step
"15 Step" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the opening track on their seventh studio album, In Rainbows (2007). Produced by Nigel Godrich, it was written in 2005 during a "mad rhythm experiment". The lyrics speak of disillusionment and deception.
Background
"15 Step" was developed in 2005, when Radiohead was experimenting with odd rhythms. The singer, Thom Yorke, arranged the song on his laptop,[1] inspired by the "clapping groove" of "Fuck the Pain Away" (2000) by Peaches.[2][3]
On March 8, 2006, Radiohead teased the song ahead of their tour later that year through a picture posted to their blog. During the tour, "15 Step" was debuted in their first performance at Copenhagen, and was played in all 28 of the subsequent 2006 stops.[4]
Lyrics and composition
"15 Step" features syncopated drumming and a "smooth" guitar line.[5][6] The song is written in [[Quintuple meter|Шаблон:Music time]],[7] with a "stuttering" pattern played on a drum machine.[8][9] "15 Step" begins with a 40-second "mulched-up" drum introduction reminiscent of songs on Kid A, before a bass and guitar line reminiscent of "Airbag" on OK Computer enter.[2][6] The guitar and bass "reveal" the harmony of the song and place "15 Step" in the Dorian mode, until it changes to a minor key at the 1:38 mark.[10][11]
Lyrically, "15 Step" speaks of disillusionment and deception, delivered by Yorke's "tuneful" falsetto.[12] The lyric "15 steps, then a sheer drop" is thought to be a reference to being hung at a gallows.[13] The dark lyrics are subverted by the sound of cheering children, recorded by Godrich and the bassist, Colin Greenwood, at the Matrix Music School & Arts Centre in Oxford.[1][14]
Music video
In March 2008, TBD Records partnered with Aniboom to host a music video-creating contest, whereby people could submit a storyboard set to a song from In Rainbows for the chance to produce a full-length video.[15] The "15 Step" music video, produced by Mizuki Totori (credited as Kota Totori), was selected as one of four winners.[16][17]
Reception
"15 Step" received positive reviews. Jason Lipshutz of Billboard included it in his list of the 15 most essential Radiohead songs, noting how it was "one of their more successful marriages of electronic and rock music".[18] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine similarly noted how the blended electronic and rock elements of "15 Step" made the song "one of the band's best hybrids".[19] In 2017, Consequence named "15 Step" the band's 22nd-greatest song, writing that it "wastes no time winning listeners over".[12] In 2019, Vulture named it the 44th-greatest.[20]
"15 Step" has been called one of the most positive Radiohead songs. A review for the BBC called the song "astoundingly uplifting",[21] while Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker noted how Yorke would "dance across the stage in a happy jig" while performing "15 Step" live.[9] A 2017 data analysis study conducted by Charles Thompson concluded that "15 Step" was the happiest Radiohead song.[13][22]
Live performances
Radiohead performed a "rousing" rendition of "15 Step" at the 2009 Grammy Awards, accompanied by 36 members of the USC Trojan Marching Band.[23][24] The performance was identified as one of the highlights of the show, with Whitney Pastorek of Entertainment Weekly saying that it took an "already good song and turn[ed] it into a jubilant, slightly menacing masterpiece".[25] The performance has been called one of the greatest Grammy performances of all time.[26][27][28]
A performance of "15 Step" was included in the 2008 video album In Rainbows – From the Basement.[29] "15 Step" also appeared in the 2008 film Twilight at the end credits.[30][31]
Personnel
- Radiohead
- Colin Greenwood – bass, keyboard
- Jonny Greenwood – guitar
- Ed O'Brien – guitar
- Philip Selway – drums
- Thom Yorke – vocalsШаблон:Col-2
- Additional personnel
- Nigel Godrich – production, mixing, engineering
- Dan Grech-Marguerat – engineering
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Matrix Music School children's choir – choir (uncredited)
- Hugo Nicolson – engineering
- Graeme Stewart – preproduction
- Richard Woodcraft – engineering
Certifications
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References
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- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Kent, Nick (1 August 2006). "Ghost in the Machine". Mojo. EMAP. pp. 74–77.
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