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"When Radiohead launched their first American tour in the summer of 1993, they weren&amp;apos;t exactly greeted like the Beatles at JFK Airport. At the time, many dismissed them as whiny, grunge-y carpetbaggers. Many people walked out of their CBGB gig after they played &amp;quot;Creep,&amp;quot; and in Toronto they opened for Ned&amp;apos;s Atomic Dustbin. But &amp;quot;Creep&amp;quot; was starting to get some radio play, and after just nine gigs they found themselves playing at MTV&amp;apos;s Beach House.\r\nFlashback: Radiohead Cover New Order\r\nIt was July 4th, 1993, and the Number One single in the country was Janet Jackson&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;That&amp;apos;s the Way Love Goes.&amp;quot; Tag Team were right behind with &amp;quot;Whoomp! (There It is).&amp;quot; Radiohead&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Creep&amp;quot; was at number 67, up from 76 the previous week and 92 the week before that. The rise was largely due to MTV&amp;apos;s decision to put the &amp;quot;Creep&amp;quot; video in their &amp;quot;Buzz Bin&amp;quot;; declining the network&amp;apos;s invitation to play the song at their beach house would have been insane. Thom Yorke was even willing to perform the censored radio version, singing &amp;quot;you&amp;apos;re so very special&amp;quot; as opposed to &amp;quot;you&amp;apos;re so fucking special.&amp;quot; The bleached blonde hair, ponytail, pasty skin and sunglasses made Yorke look like an extra from Interview With the Vampire, which would start filming in a few months. It was a look he quickly dropped.&amp;#xA0;\r\nAfter &amp;quot;Creep,&amp;quot; Radiohead played &amp;quot;Anyone Can Play Guitar,&amp;quot; and then Yorke jumped into the pool and almost electrocuted himself, foolishly holding onto the live microphone. Ten days later they performed &amp;quot;Creep&amp;quot; on The Arsenio Hall Show. Despite the band&amp;apos;s best efforts, &amp;quot;Anyone Can Play Guitar&amp;quot; failed to chart in America, and they started to look like a one-hit wonder. They came back to America a few months later to open for Belly, but everyone just wanted to hear &amp;quot;Creep&amp;quot; and it started to drive Yorke insane. Radiohead&amp;apos;s 1994 track &amp;quot;My Iron Lung&amp;quot; is about the misery of playing the same song over and over, even if it&amp;apos;s the very thing that gave you life to begin with.&amp;#xA0;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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