Radiohead donate track to homeless charity shelter

i cant say i've ever listened to a radiohead song, but i think anyone that does something to better the life of another human being is to be commended and should set a trend for the rest of us.

Radiohead. :)

am i missing something? from the sound of this article Radiohead is just letting them use their song in their commercial for free and they think that is going to convince people to give money to this cause.

if they really wanted to do some good they should make a new song available for download and then donate all the money from the downloads to the cause.

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if Radiohead donated a song to me, i would open a homeless shelter.

I like Radiohead.

They are truly awesome.Why else would they use "reckoner" by them for Current Vanguard?
=D

Great cause. There wasn't emphasis on the band and more on the commercial, which puts the focus of the add where it should be.
I reckoner we can see a lot more from Radiohead in days to come.

Great cause. There wasn't emphasis on the band and more on the commercial, which puts the focus of the add where it should be.
I reckoner we can see a lot more from Radiohead in days to come.

what makes you naysayers think that radiohead haven't, individually, donated any money? i believe they've given internet simulcast concerts away in exchange for donations to nonprofits.

they've also given away their latest album, whomever derides them for being greedy. go suck thom yorke's lazy eye. he's done more good for humanity than you could ever dream to.

*the man is also vegan, which makes me swoon.

No, I'm sure that they don't know how much is a ticket to their show, and what many fans pay up for it. They just collect their share. Again, what I'm pointing is that besides all the talking they do, they actually don't give a f...

ummm how bout they donate some MONEY. a track isnt quite gna feed the homeless.....

and iont think radiohead actually decides their ticket prices thats prly up to the venue / promoters. they just decide how much they get paid to perform.

Yeah, they're so cool, that's why they charge 80 dollars a field ticket to their show in Argentina, where the average income is 700 bucks.
BTW: This is the most expensive Radiohead ticket in South America. Oh, and The Rolling Stones' show was about USD 40, same as U2.

Radiohead, they're such nice guys...

I'm just going to say, Radiohea kicks toomuch ass.

I think that advert's fantastic - it's a very simple concept and it's worked really well. The track suits it. The beats add to the feeling of being on a train shooting through the city and watching people's houses tumble as they lose them.

Its great to here lets go out and support the musicians by buying tracks that are dedicated this way. Then we're all helping.

Adding radiohead to the many others that do this sort of thing .. U2, Willie Nelson, Harry Belefonte to name a few

its a fact... real musicians are amazing people :D

trippy ad. it just so happens that radiohead is my favorite band and samantha morton my favorite actress. that gave me kind of a buzz.

right cause that is so much better then ya know giving actual money to the charity. can't feed people with music.

http://stereogum.com/archives/commercial-appeal/radiohead-soundtrack-their-first...

Old news bears.

a band that cares I love it

sweetness

Radiohead is always pushing the envelope in the music industry, keep kicking ass!

Cool, another reason to like Radiohead!