ABSTRACT
This chapter examines OK Computer as a representative example of the Floydian influence, both musically and lyrically. The Dark Side of the Moon, thus, influences contemporary youth both directly, with the themes it explores, and indirectly, by shaping part of the musical taste, Radiohead. The sound of 'Brain Damage' finds many parallels in the cuts on OK Computer. The introduction is remarkably like that of 'No Surprises', using a playful, childish melody to lead into emotionally mature lyrics. The airy guitar plays against some spacey background special effects akin to those in 'Subterranean Homesick Alien' and 'Let Down'. At the end, 'Brain Damage' unobtrusively turns into 'Eclipse'. 'Eclipse' sums up everything that the word 'life' entails; it puts into words what 'The Great Gig in the Sky' expresses without them. The repetition of the word 'you' that occurs in 'Eclipse' also occurs in 'Let Down', which keeps repeating the line 'You know were [sic] you are'.
