Tom York
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Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
He sounds just like Neil Young.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
To which my response was, who's Neil Young?
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
So I went and bought After the Gold Rush the record.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
So Ed O'Brien had his name on there as well.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
Was it him that they contacted?
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
Because you offered a record deal.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
Yeah, they contacted that.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
Me and Ed found ourselves in the offices of Ireland Records shortly afterwards.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
What was that like?
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
It was cool.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
Neither of us felt mentally ready for what was going on.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
So we kind of just basically said, listen, we don't think we're ready for this yet.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
And the head of A&R was like, that's cool.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
Don't worry.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
Come back when you're finished.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
Because we're like, you know, we want to be good boys and go to university.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
And in the back of mind, we're going, don't do it.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
Don't do it.
Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
But we did it.