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Tom York

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
648 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

And I got really obsessed with music and I thought everyone was and I realised they weren't quite in the same way I was.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

You said you like breaking things.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

Yeah, I was really fond of breaking electrical things.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

I took one of an old TV of my parents and I had it in my room and I pulled all the back out and it was probably incredibly dangerous.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

But I liked the fizz of the cathode ray when you turned it on and I liked the smell of the old electronics and I would try and pull bits out and see if it still worked.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

Younger than that, I was obsessed with Lego.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

Always building things, I guess.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

You built a guitar.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

You'd started playing when you were quite young?

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

I started playing when I was seven, eight.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

And I was obsessed with Queen when Bohemian Rhapsody came out.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

I lay down in front of these big speakers in my friend's house and we just listened to Bohemian Rhapsody.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

And at that point I decided, yep, this is what I'm doing.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

And then soon after that, I decided I was going to do what Brian May did, build a guitar.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

And it sort of worked, but I mean, it was like rough, literally rough cut out with a saw.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

You know, it was terrible.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

I think that's quite impressive for that age.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

It really wasn't, believe me, it really wasn't.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

And then shortly after that, my dad felt sorry for me and eventually bought me one.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke

Why did you want to sing, though?