Transitioning immediately into “Lotus Flower”, the empty space inside Yorke’s heart where the weeds take root suddenly has a name, heartbreak, as he wishes he had the moon on a stick and telling someone, “I can’t kick your habit.” The rousing electronic drum line opening of “15 Step” soon followed, giving further context to Yorke’s feelings on his current life as he asks, “How come I end up where I started?” Thom Yorke of Radiohead, Madison Square Garden, 07/26/16.īut here’s the thing, here’s why that manbun might hold powers still-the older songs that they played fit the healing narrative of Moon, taking on new meaning and suggesting the mates aren’t just pulling from their back-catalog without intention. Then, ending the songs from Moon, Radiohead dove into a set of deep cuts from their varied back-catalog. “Truth will mess you up,” declared Yorke over and over as the song built to climax. They then worked through three more songs on Moon, concluding with “Ful Stop”, its thick, low-end Krautrock loop and rising frantic intensity putting drummer Phil Selway to work.
They slowed down into the celestial spheres of “Daydreaming”, the screens onstage feeding a large portal on the center screen as Yorke sang, “This goes beyond me, beyond you, the white room by a window where the sun comes through.” The symphonic swell of effigy that opens the album, “Burn the Witch”, saw Jonny Greenwood’s heavily rosined bow running over the strings of his guitar as he held it vertically like a cello. As with their other recent live dates, the evening began with Moon in sequence.
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