Jonny Greenwood reacts to Limmy’s cowl of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’
Jonny Greenwood has responded to Limmy’s cowl of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’.
- READ MORE: The Smile stay in London: Radiohead facet undertaking show they’re human in any case
The Scottish comic shared a snippet of his cowl on Twitter earlier this week (September 7), re-working the band’s 1992 debut single right into a synth-heavy however solemn ditty.
Responding on Twitter, Greenwood mentioned: “There’s nonetheless no emoji to specific my – very sophisticated – emotional response to this.”
Limmy is understood for his fashionable bed room productions, and has coated classics together with ‘Operating Up That Hill’, ‘Rhythm Of My Life’, ‘Sk8r Boi’. In 2020, he shared a techno model of Pleasure Division’s ‘Love Will Tear Us Aside’.
There’s nonetheless no emoji to specific my – very sophisticated – emotional response to this. https://t.co/QBzfVkqspP
— Jonny Greenwood (@JnnyG) September 8, 2022
Sam Fender has additionally expressed his appreciation for Limmy up to now, calling him “the very best comic to ever stay”.
Fender spoke to NME on the BandLab NME Awards 2022, the place he used his winners’ room interview to ship a rendition of the Star Wars theme as interpreted by Limmy. After footage unfold on-line, Limmy then shared it himself on Twitch and Twitter.
“I fucking love that man a lot,” Fender instructed NME in response. “He’s one among my heroes. I used to be buzzing after I noticed him re-post it on his Twitch. That was most likely the most effective fucking moments of my profession, to let you know the reality! It was most likely one of many largest issues for us.
“After I was dwelling at my mam’s and skint as fuck, I used to be sat in my bed room smoking skunk, I didn’t have a job, there was black mould on the wall and I used to be like, ‘This sucks’. I used to look at his Dee Dee sketches. That was a few stoner bloke who was dwelling in a flat that was dire, manky and had fuck all.”
Fender added: “Discovering the humour in that darkness was so empowering. It simply used to make me fucking giggle, and also you’ve acquired to search out the humour when the chips are down. That’s the great thing about it. I believe the Scottish and the Geordies are actually fucking good at that. That’s one among our fucking abilities.”