Harrowdown Hill

As you may have noted from an earlier post, I have recently bought The Eraser by Thom Yorke. It has taken me a little while to get into it, it rewards persistant listening, but one song stands out above all others. Harrowdown Hill is a song about the circumstances surrounding Dr David Kelly's death and is probably the most powerful song Yorke has ever been involved in. The lyrics include lines such as:

Don't walk the plank like I did
You will be dispensed with
When you've become inconvienent

and:

I can't take their pressure
No one cares if you live or die
They just want me gone
They want me gone

I can't stop playing it at the moment and I find it a very moving piece of music. I know Yorke is kinda uncomfortable talking about the song itself, unsurprising given the impact the events had on the family of Dr Kelly. The incident itself was probably one of the most shocking events around the period of the initial invasion. Essentially the government hung a man out to dry and watched his life slip away from him. I remember being shocked and appalled at the time, and this song brings back all those feelings of hatred I have towards Blair and his regime. It beggars belief that even after this incident, many people (particularly on the morally bankrupt right) still stood with the government and condemned Dr Kelly. His blood forever stains their hands.

To learn more about Dr Kelly and the circumstances surrounding his death, click the links.