The Fiery Furnaces' Matthew Friedberger has taken a stab at Radiohead for one of their latest releases. The musician stated they were "bogus" after they released a tribute song to Harry Patch, the UK's last World War I veteran.
"Oh, please listen to our new song about Harry Patch," said Friedberger. "F*ck you! You brand yourself by brazenly and arbitrarily associating yourself with things that you know people consider cool. That is bogus. That's a put-on. That's a branding technique and Radiohead have their brand that they're popular and intelligent. So they have a song about Harry Patch."
Now the band's publicist has stated
Friedberger didn't mean to insult
Radiohead as he thought the band had written a song about
Harry Partch, the American composer and instrument maker. Yet excerpts from the interview indicate
Friedberger knew was more interested in the band than who their song was dedicated to.
"My wife says I am being very rude," he said. "She doesn't like me insulting Radiohead. She's afraid they will send their lackeys through the computer to sabotage us. But they needn't worry, we are a band that sabotages ourselves."
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