CREATION :C’est une chanson dont le titre traine par ci par là depuis déjà longtemps (l’époque OK Computer à vrai dire...), toutefois, on ne l’a entendue qu’une fois et demi, puisqu’elle a été briévément jouée le 8 septembre 1997 lors d’une répétition, et que Thom l’a jouée en 2005, lors du concert Trade Justice Vigil à Londres . On ne l’a jamais réentendue depuis...
Elle avait apparemment été écrite par Jonny, à l’époque où ils cherchaient des chansons pour OK Computer(1995-1996 !), et comportait un long passage de cordes.
Selon de vieilles rumeurs, Thom n’aimait vraiment pas la chanson et l’aurait bannie... Colin en aurait été affecté, puisque lui il l’aimait beaucoup et aurait aimé l’inclure à OK Computer.
David Bowie serait une influence pour la chanson....
Le titre viendrait d’un panneau sur le chemin de l’hôpital Radciffe à Oxford.
En 1999, voici ce que Thom déclarait :
« i absolutley love this song. the name will get changed probably to Cogs. (Sarky cogs skwrkinground). jonny and i have rewritten the 2nd verse and we are yet to start recording it. but its not lost. »
Le titre cogs était donc éventuellement envisagé, et on en retrouvera régulièrement des références sur le site du groupe, mais finalement, en 2006, le groupe semblait avoir opté pour ’last flowers"
On présume juste qu’elle sortira un jour... Depuis 2006, on a un peu plus d’espoir puisqu’on a pu lire le titre raccourci (on est passé de last flowers till hospital à last flowers) sur le tableau de répétition du groupe (regardez bien la première liste de chanson, tout en bas... le numéro 20 !).


COMMENTAIRES :
Voilà ce que Thom en a dit dans un post laissé sur le bord officiel le 12 décembre 1999 :
« j’adore vraiment cette chanson. Le nom va probablement être changé en ’cogs’ (Sarky cogs skwrkinground). Jonny et moi, nous avons réécrit le second couplet et on est sur le point de l’enregistrer. mais elle n’est pas perdue ».
sur la page stuck in a frozen lake, du site radiohead.com à l’époque OK Computer (1998-1999), on trouvait ce texte :
(j’ai mis en rouge les choses importantes)
elle est encore consultable là.
an airbag saved my life* in an interstella burst i am back to save the universe computer drums bass wrong lift* is hard work you been stuck in a lift we been trying to reach you thom the belly of the whale (thanks Rei xxxx) paranoid android* get busy with the shakers while im fast asleep could you stop the noise im trying ta get some rest this the place it wont hurt ever again karma police* girl with hitler hairdo everybodys friend life in a glasshouse phew for a minute there i lost myself i lost myself sit down your safe now polyethelene*will never break down swirly self announcements. stuck in a frozen lake. the penultimate place in dante’s hell. last flowers till the hospital*is a sign discovered in oxford -my unhealthy obsession with these institutions. analysts may get the connection. ambulances scream past my house at all hours of the day and night like the confessionals of Larkin’s « Ambulan s. »let down*in the midst of monster tour the momentum getting drunk to talk bombarded by dangerously high levels of radiation from xray machines. one day, one day... climbing up the walls*both managers and record company are nervous about such a nasty sound coming out of the speakers. this is a good sign. dogwander* bring on another take better than another cake. nude* it is a mans world. and this one is very confused and will have sex with anything woman who comes within a mile radius. but feels bad about it. so doesnt. exit song (for a film)* cannot be listened to more than once in a row. which made recording it easy. or not. but what film ? big boots* it was a long time ago and i cant remember. a whole orchestra watching the film and playing along. real life is dull. i am i the white lotus flying off the quay with barbara bach.
à propos de Larkin, voir Lozenge of Love !
Sur le tout premier site du groupe,(1996-1997) on trouvait même ça :

an indifferent voice
cuts life or death like margarine
appliances in a bezerk frenzy
smash up my kitchen
i sit here feeling my pulse
wondering what it would feel like if it stopped
i write a list of stuff i need
ice cubes
neil young
toothpaste
et ça aussi (toujours même époque) :
three hundred million people
all with the same face
everything i say/do is suspect
take me and you’ll get relief
there
numbers mean nothing
god blessed you with a pretty face
right school
right parents
jellydogs jellied eels
we go to a restaurant there is meat in the bread there is not enough seats for everyone there is meat in everything jellylikefat pink slices pink/climbing up fire escapes/very poisoned
hotel is falling down.
à propos du titre Cogs, un moment envisagé, la page climatecontrolled (en septembre 2000) :
cogs sarcy cogs swrking round.
Say, Mister !
Uh-huh ?
You a poet/man ?
Uh-huh, uh-huh.
Me too.
Uh-huh, uh-huh !
ainsi que la page ’little crocodiles’ :
flies are buzzing round my head flies are buzzing round my head picking up every last crumb the big fish eat the little ones the big fish eat the little ones not my problem give me some. not my problem give me some. you can try the best you can try the best you can money for the generals. how could you be so naive ? digging deep into your pockets the will of allah the word of god you can try the best you can try the best you canthe best you can is good enough. why dont you stop beating yourself up ? this one isnt jesus turn that hippy bullshit off. i find it difficult to be optimistic. id really like to help you but its just not convenient call me back some other time. burnt spaghetti wires i am an optimist the best you can is good enough this will not save you will not put the world to rights will not solve your marriage this wont be on sky tv i dont believe you you you mean it the best you can is good this wont tell you what you need to know optimistic foolish arseholes tell you what you want to know this one drops a payload this wont cure your loneliness this wont bring the disappeared fodder for the animals living on animal farm you can try the best you can you can try the best yo can the best you can is flies are swarming round my face. flies are swarming round my face. not now man i got problems of my own. howd i ever get into this mess ? unless ofcourse youre trying to hide something. the flies buzz around me picking up evry last crumb when will you ever get out of bed ? the optimist will drink and drive the really nervous wont survive optimistic auto-suggestion. hello hello made no difference at all nothing has changed at all this is the new cold war same as the cold old war the names have changed the innocent the innocent have been used to thicken the soupy the soupy can be used to feed the troops from tin cans food is food and sex is sex ivehadmy fill i want to defect. dinosaurs roam the earth shot by monks diplomatic answers to diplomatic questions. the murdered will come back to life tthe blind will cut you with a carving knife the evidence is there too see if you turned a blind eye now your not even human whats your real motivation ? cnsequences ff your actions. red ants black ants no idea what your doing viruses mutating mind constipation turn that hippy bullshit off. cogs sarcy cogs swrking round ![]() |









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some. you can try the best you can try the best you can money for the generals. how could you be so naive ? digging deep into your pockets the will of allah the word of god you can try the best you can try the best you can



