Meeting People Is Easy - Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Although Meeting People Is Easy is not a traditional concert film as it often cuts away from songs before they are finished, it features clips of several recordings that are not found in other official releases:

• "Follow Me Around," played by Yorke on an acoustic guitar to an empty auditorium, with the rest of the band later joining in. This track was known only from this film, and in 2000 during the band's Toronto concert it was performed live during the encore following a female fan's vocal request—Thom responded to the fan, and then played Follow Me Around to an ecstatic audience. Yorke has since performed the song several times at solo appearances, or included a few lines from the song in Radiohead performances, but the song has never been performed with the full band. The lyrics of later versions differ, referencing former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, with Yorke singing "Did you lie to us, Tony?/We thought you were different/Now, y'know, we're not so sure" at Earl's Court in November 2003.

• The band's ultimately scrapped recording sessions for "Big Boots" (AKA "Man O War"), then planned as an addition to The Avengers film soundtrack.

• Several unidentified brief instrumental keyboard pieces are heard in the background during the film. Some have noted a possible similarity between one of these and the song "Sit Down. Stand Up." on the band's 2003 album Hail to the Thief.

Versions and live performances of songs that were already released or eventually released:

• A brief clip of Yorke singing an early version of "I Will" in soundcheck.

• An acoustic guitar version of "Life in a Glasshouse" performed by Yorke in soundcheck.

• Clips of the band mixing the song "Palo Alto", intercut with urban scenes of Japan.

• An early version of "How to Disappear Completely" from a 1998 tour.

• Partial performances and recordings of most songs on OK Computer and some of that era's b-sides, including a long sequence featuring instrumental song "Meeting in the Aisle."

• Several performances of "Creep".

• A sample from what would later become "Cymbal Rush"" on Thom Yorke's album The Eraser.

• A live performance of "Nude" from a 1998 tour, which would later be released on In Rainbows nearly a decade later.

• Very brief clips of live performances of "Planet Telex" and "Street Spirit (Fade Out)".