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Radiohead- Burn The Witch Research

Radiohead-The Band

Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, which formed in 1985. The band is made up of Thom York,  Jonny Greenwood,  Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway. Thom York does lead vocals, guitar, piano and keyboard. Jonny Greenwood does the lead guitar, keyboard and other instruments. Ed O'Brian does guitar and backing vocals. Colin Greenwood does bass and Phil Selway does drums, percussion an backing vocals. Personally I think that the band are presented as quite weird, unique and unusual in their promotional material as it is very different to what I have seen before. They have worked with Nigel Godrich, a producer, and cover artist Stanley Donwood since 1994. After signing to EMI in 1991, Radiohead released their debut single ''Creep'' in 1992. It became a worldwide hit after the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey in 1993.  Radiohead's third album, OK Computer in 1997, got them international fame. The group's next albums Kid A in 2000 and Amnesiac in 2001 marked a dramatic change in style, incorporating influences from experimental electronic music, 20th-century classical music, krautrock, and jazz. Radiohead's sixth album, Hail to the Thief in 2003, was the band's final album for EMI. Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows in 2007, as a download for which customers could set their own price, to critical and chart success. Their eighth album, The King of Limbs in 2011, an exploration of rhythm, was developed using extensive looping and sampling. Their ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool in 2016, featured Jonny Greenwood's orchestral arrangements. Radiohead had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide by 2011. In 2005, they were ranked 73rd in Rolling Stone's list of "The Greatest Artists of All Time".

A Moon Shaped Pool- The Album


A moon shaped pool is the 9th studio album by Radiohead, it was released 8th May 2016. The album was recorded in Southern France with Nigel Godrich. The album features strings and choral vocals arranged by Jonny Greenwood and performed by London Contemporary Orchestra. Radiohead promoted this album by releasing the singles "Burn the witch" and "Daydreaming" ,and their music videos, a week before the album was released.  A moon shaped pool was the 5th Radiohead album to be nominated for the Mercury Prize and was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Rock Song, for "burn the witch", a the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. It topped the charts in several countries, becoming Radiohead's 6th number-one album in the UK and a bestseller on vinyl. It was also certified gold in the UK on 24th June 2016.

Burn The Witch- Song And Video

Burn the witch was released on 3rd May 2016 as the lead single from the album 'A moon shaped pool'. The song was developed for over a decade as Radiohead first started working on it during the sessions for the 4th album. The song features a string section playing col legno battuto which was arranged by Jonny Greenwood. The song was accompanied by a stop-motion animated music video that is a cross between the 1960s British children's television programme 'Camberwick Green' and the 1970s British horror film ' The Wicker Man'. The video was directed by Chris Hopewell.

Chris Hopewell- The Video Director

Chris Hopewell is an English music video director and he has directed videos for Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Radiohead, Scissor Sisters, The Knife and several other bands. His video for Radiohead's "There There" received an award for art direction at the 2003 MTV video music awards. He also co-directed with Crispian Mills on the film A Fantastic Fear Of Everything. His most recent work is directing the music video for Avenged Sevenfold's 2016 single, "The stage".

The Wicker Man (1973)

The Wicker Man is a 1973 British mystery horror film that is directed by Robin Hardy. It stars Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cliento, Ingrid Pitt and Christopher Lee. The film is about a visit from a police sergeant, Neil Howie, to an isolate island of Summerise, in search of a missing girl. The police sergeant is a christian and he is appalled to find that the inhabitants of the island have abandoned christianity an now practise a form of Celtic paganism. In 2004, Total Film magazine name the film the 6th greatest British film of all time. It also won the 1978 Saturn Award for the best horror film. During the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony the film was included as part of a sequence that celebrated British cinema. In 2013, a copy of the original U.S. theatrical version was digitally restore and released.





The Trumptonshire Trilogy (1966-1969)

Trumpton is a stop-motion children's TV series from the producers Camberwick Green. It was first shown on the BBC from January to March 1967. Trumpton was narrate by Brian Cant and animation was by Bob Bura, John Hardwick and Pasquale Ferrari. The action takes place in the imaginary town of Trumpton which is a short distance from the imaginary village of Camerwick Green, the focus of the first series in the Trumptonshire Trilogy.






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