
version studio : 2007
sur l’album In rainbows, sorti le 10 octobre 2007
première version live : 1er mai 2006 (live@koko)
On a découvert la chanson quand Radiohead l’a jouée lors de ses répétitions pour la tournée 2006 (ils en parlaient notamment sur leur blog), puis jouée le 1er mai 2006 lors du concert au koKo.
Finalement, c’est en octobre 2007 qu’on a appris que la chanson figurerait sur le nouvel album du groupe in rainbows.
Dans le livret d’In Rainbows :

Transcription :
BODYSNATCHERS
I DO NOT
U N D E R S T A N D
WHAT IT IS
I’VE DONE WRONG
FULL OF HOLES
CHECK FOR PULSE
BLINK YOUR EYES
1 FOR YES
2 FOR NO
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT
I AM TRAPPED IN THIS BODY AND CAN’T GET OUT
YOU KILLED THE SOUND
REMOVED BACKBONE
A PALE IMITATION
WITH THE EDGES SAWN OFF
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
YOUR MOUTH MOVES ONLY WITH SOMEONE’S HAND UP YOUR ASS
HAS THE LIGHT GONE OUT FOR YOU ?
BECAUSE THE LIGHT’S GONE OUT FOR ME
IT IS THE 21ST CENTURY
IT IS THE 21ST CENTURY
IT CAN FOLLOW YOU LIKE A DOG
IT BROUGHT ME TO MY KNEES
THEY GOT A SKIN AND THEY PUT ME IN
THEY GOT A SKIN AND THEY PUT ME IN
ON THE LINES WRAPPED ROUND MY FACE
ON THE LINES WRAPPED ROUND MY FACE
ARE FOR ANYONE ELSE TO SEE
ARE FOR ANYONE ELSE TO SEE
I’M A LIE
Commentaires :
Thom en parle un peu dans le magazine anglais Mojo de Août 2006 :
« It’s a little bit like Neu ! meets dodgy hippy rock. It sounds like that new Australian band Wolfmother - I really like them actually. They’re totally unashamed about what they’re doing. They just don’t give a fuck - and I really love that. »
Sur une version spéciale d’Hail To The Thief, quelques mots se promenaient :

En 2004, on trouvait déjà quelques bribes de la chanson sur le site du groupe :

En fin 2005, quelques indices nous étaient donnés sur la chanson au détour d’une illustration du calendrier Radiohead à sortir...


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Tue, 23 August final day in this session everybodys wasted. expended i mean. energy wise i mean. all in need of bowl of coco pops. colins i s playing sleaz bass on mornin’ mi lord.. its sounds very heavy. err phat. ..like a freight train... ’the speakers ar e cracking’ ths is the last day of the session.. we start again in a couple of weeks good, i need to get away, six days straight from 11 till late is enough for an old man like me. need energy ! i dont know. what do people write in blogs normally ? i could write about how im finding it difficult to finish lyrics. that there are giant waves of self doubt crashing over me and if i could allieviate this with a simple pill ... i think i would although it is a necessary part of the procedure. but that would be dull wouldnt it ? i could write about watching V festival.. how i thought Dizzee Rascal stole it.. or ponder the imminent energy crises that awaits us even before our governments get their arse in gear over climate change. or how amazing the sky is outside with the moon hiding behind fast moving clouds and the bats swooping close to your head. which ? hmm i have absolutely no idea what i am talking Thom |
2005 toujours.
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Sat, 22 October the dogs have gone to bed friday night ....... the end of a two week session .......riffs and fragments of the songs going round my head ...... its been great .... its always difficult to judge right now but i think we may have got ’bodysnatchers’ ...... had a couple of sticky days at the beginning of the week but saw it through .... on a roll now ..... lots of stuff to be done yet, but so far so good.... the studio is fab, its so good to play in and listen.... you know what works and what doesn’t ..... the only problem is you will never hear what you do sound so good as the sound system is outrageous .... ths studio also sits on the edge of some beautiful woodland .... had a great ray mears moment in the wood today on a solitary walk when i came across some deer and hid behind a tree to watch them for a few minutes ...... time to head off i’m really tired.... goodnight. Ed |
« »We’re just finishing (Famous Last W’s) Bodysnatchers. ather good so far....better not turn my guitar down."
Il est sur que le nom de la chanson figurait sur le premier tableau de répétition posté par le groupe sur son blog le 30cseptembre 2005

« »We’re just finishing (Famous Last W’s) Bodysnatchers. ather good so far....better not turn my guitar down."
Quelques photos postées sur le dead air space le 27 février 2006 indiquent qu’elles ont probablement été prises lors de la session d’enregistrement de la chanson
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thombodylisten (Thom qui écoute « body »)

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bodysnatcherstea

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et bodysnatcheurbass

Fin septembre 2007, au moment où le groupe a décidé de plaisanter avec son public, des messages codés sont apparus sur le dead air space, dont un (le 20 soyons précis !) qui laissait apparaître, une fois décodé, la phrase « blink your eyes », une des paroles de la chanson.
version diffusée en ligne par le groupe le 01 janvier 2008 lors d’une webcast :









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