Fitter, Happier, More Productive

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“Fitter, happier, more productive”… “a pig in a cage on antibiotics”

These are the opening and closing words to a spoken track on what has become regarded as the most pioneering and best rock album of all time. OK Computer is Radiohead’s third album released in 1997 and a political statement to the changing world as the new millennium was upon us. The whole hype of the Millennium bug was predominant at this time and the pace of society was truly being lead by computers. This track, I have partially quoted, is a spoken word track (done with a Stephen Hawkins type computer voice) which articulates a desired life style to lead; however ironically concludes proclaiming “a pig in a cage on antibiotics” which expresses our entrapment to societies rolling ball. Like the readings this album really captures how technology becomes the forefront of our lives – as was all the panic with the Millennium bug.