As Radiohead fans have been awaiting the arrival of the alternative rock group's ninth studio album, frontman Thom Yorke recently took time from his busy recording schedule to discuss another matter of importance: climate chance.
The "High and Dry" singer detailed the world issue with French magazine Télérama columnist George Monbiot and just how much it's taken a toll on their emotions and personal lives. "Initially, it kept me awake at night," the musician revealed about the band's green efforts on tour. "[It] sounds really stupid -- especially when my second child arrived, in 2004, I got unhealthily obsessed with it. But when I started to get involved in doing something about it, that helped me a lot. But I always have the impression that I am not doing enough at all," Yorke revealed to Télérama on Nov. 21.
However, Yorke is fully aware that crafting a catchy and inspiring Radiohead song wouldn't hold enough power to change the world today as opposed to just a few decades ago. The Subterranea musician continued to refer to Yoko Ono and John Lennon's "Bed-Ins" that lasted for a week, which they executed in protest of 1969's Vietnam War.
"In the '60s, you could write songs that were like calls to arms, and it would work. Well, kind... ish. It's much harder to do that now," he admitted. It's clear that Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien and Phillip Selway won't write a song in hopes to help climate change or even video tape a week-long series of them protesting from bed. However, according to Billboard, on Dec. 5 Yorke will lend himself to the cause with a performance at the UN Climate Change Conference, Pathway to Paris, which will also bring performances from Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea and "Horses" singer Patti Smith.
