Radiohead lyric debate: Idioteque

[Soul Daddy]

Having never researched it, I have always assumed it was alive. Allowed definitely makes more sense though. I shall listen and report back.

[Soul Daddy]

Well, it certainly *could* be allowed, which is a new perspective to me. But I still think it's alive. When it's sung in the latter portions of the song, it's a very drawn out long 'I' sound. This doesn't necessarily mean anything with Yorke singing, but it's enough for me to stick with my original thought without evidence to the contrary.

Also, that site has plenty of incorrect or incomplete lyrics, at least to my ears.

[Quinn Warren]

Let's put this to rest.

1. Download the SNL version.

2. At 2:16 watch Ed O'Brian (in the foreground, on backup vocals)

It is clearly "alive".

[jason_t]

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Also, that site has plenty of incorrect or incomplete lyrics, at least to my ears.

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There are multiple lyrics sites so I did the following two searches.

Here I'm Allowed

and

Here I'm Alive.

[Soul Daddy]

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There are multiple lyrics sites so I did the following two searches.

Here I'm Allowed

and

Here I'm Alive.

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Nice. Based on those results, this is obviously a hotly debated topic.

I was referring to the greenplastic.com site in the OP.

[Quinn Warren]

Again, watch the SNL video. O'Briens upper teeth clearly press aginst his lower lip at the end of the word, indicating either a "v" or an "f".

Unless he's saying, "Here, I'm an elf", or "Here I'm an ALF",

It has to be "alive"

[shant]

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"Here I'm an ALF"

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Yup.