Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead

Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 1995

"Fake Plastic Trees" is a song by Radiohead, from their second album The Bends. It was also the third single to be released from that album. "Fake Plastic Trees" is often seen as a turning point in the bands early career, along with "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" from the same album. "Fake Plastic Trees" also placed a spot at #376 on Rolling Stone magazines list of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. The song seems to have been written about the world of mass marketing and mass consumption. According to singer Thom Yorke, it is about Canary Wharf in London. The band had just been to see Jeff Buckley play a set in Highbury, and when they got back into the studio, Thom Yorke recorded the vocals in two takes and broke down in tears after doing so. One source of frustration for the band at Read full article at wikipedia.org

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