I'm really close to my folks and it's really cool that we're all music lovers. The one band that we all have in common, that we're all obsessed with is Radiohead.
Thom, Ed, Colin, Phil and Jonny have created timeless music which has been the soundtrack to our lives.
My Dad first got into Radiohead when he heard 'Creep' on a compilation album he bought in 1995; he would play this song on repeat. My Dad met my Mum on a blind date around the same year and they really hit it off. Discovering they had a similar music taste, my Dad introduced my Mum to the legendary tune which she also became obsessed with. Because they were so engrossed with this 90's alt-rock classic, they went out and bought 'The Bends' which was released that very year. They got that absorbed in the world of Radiohead they went on a shopping spree to create a CD collection every fan would dream of and which we still have to this day.
Fast forward to 1997, my Mum and Dad are happily married with a daughter (yep, that's me!). Radiohead released their third studio album 'Ok Computer' which would change music forever. My Mum and Dad would attend their first Radiohead concert the same year at Doncaster Dome when I was just 6 months old. The second time they saw them was in 2000 at London's Victoria park.
My Mum and Dad introduced me to Radiohead from a very young age; the car was a place where we would play their songs back to back and I fondly remember listening to 'Kid A' and 'Amnesiac'. Me, my Mum and Dad have been following their music ever since.
On the 04 July 2017, this band played Manchester's Old Trafford Cricket Ground. This was the first concert all three of us was able to share the experience of our favourite band playing our 'soundtrack'. Every song on the set list was sentimental to us as it highlighted memories of our time together; for Mum and Dad as a couple and as a family for us all.
It was an emotional concert for us and I hope to experience it all again at another Radiohead concert with new music which will be the soundtrack to our future.
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