Radiohead front man Thom Yorke has contributed to one of the sillier ideas we’ve come across lately, which is a charity record of … silence. Entitled 2 Minutes Silence, the song features ‘contributions’ by actor Bob Hoskins, producer Mark Ronson, British Prime Minister David Cameron and tennis champion Andy Murray – all of whom contributed their silence.
The single goes on sale on November 7 and is designed to mark Remembrance Day on November 11th, and according to the British Legion (a UK version of the Returned Services League) it was thought “Rather than record a song, we felt the UK public would recognise the poignancy of silence and its clear association with remembrance.”
Sure it’s for a good cause, but we were checking the date down at Tone Deaf HQ to see if it was April 1st. It’s not the first time that silence has been deemed a song. In 1952, composer John Cage infamously created 4’33’’ – a work which consisted of a performer sitting at a piano not playing for four minutes and 33 seconds.
