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Myxie Rabbits | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/6/11

Myxomatosis is a disease that was created and released by governments in (I think) Australia to kill rabbits. It spread to the UK and has almost wiped out the native rabbit population there.

The second title for this song is 'Judge, Jury, and Executioner', aka how the government acted towards the rabbits

take that into account before you judge the song

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content | Reviewer: MY XO | 7/30/10

The song is about yorke's being influencd to say what journalist want to be said. In the first momenthe feels like the mongrel dog that is able not to be contaminated by myxomatosis. But at the end he is weak as the rabbit.

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lost in space | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/8/10

Funnily enough, given the range of takes on this song already submitted here, I think the whole song is about being misinterpreted, and trying to figure out yourself what you want. Even if you write in a cupboard, the writing will be taken from you "edited, fucked up, strangled and beaten up". The mongrel cat is trying to feel good by impressing others and brag about being free and independent ( "I have been where I like, slept with who I liked") but is feeling empty as a result.

As regards mixomatosis, I think Radiohead frequently use words for their sound effect rather than for their usual meaning. In this case, I think mixomatosis is meant to be the disease of being mixed up ("my thoughts are misguided and a little naive" "that wasn't my intention, I did it for a reason")

These misinterpretations and analyses make him feel both tongue-tied (unable to express himself properly) and skinned alive (scientifically disected).

Whatever the hell it was meant to mean, I think it's an incredibly atmospheric and powerful song. As one of the other comments was saying, it's really a beautifully discordant.

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What a song! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 5/31/10

"myxamitosis is a deadly disease and you guys are retarts iits noot funny how animals suffer oh and if u think its funny wake up its horrible and sad so maybe u should go 2 the pound if coz ur 2 sick 4 life"

-The confused, mis-spelled Scratchings of a person with a complete lack of an imagination.

The point of the song is that myxomatosis is horrible. It makes the song 'creepy'. It makes you feel uncomfortable and unnerving. For me this song simply portrays the sickly pity you feel when you see a dying animal, it makes you hate yourself. I'm vegan, so i feel that, for me, the song is about the control humans have over animals, in the farming industry, and how disgusting that is.

"you should put me in a home or you should put me down"

The way that Radiohead can make me feel this is completely amazing. Absolute geniuses. Their the most experimental band ever, and the easily the best band of modern times. I'm in complete awe of all their work.

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time mag | Reviewer: Kacper | 1/7/10

Hi, IMHO this song is about lying in the interviews.

the mongrel cat came home
holding half a head
proceeded to show it off
to all his new found friends
he said "I've been where I like"
"I've slept with who I liked"
"she ate me up for breakfast"
"she screwed me in a vice"

half a head is how you hold a magazine with your face on it, when you doble it you have half a face. In the interviews he often states things just to be famous:

"no one likes a smartarse but we all like stars"

and when he comes home/ or somewhere else, there is somebody who knows how it really happened so he begins to explain and he get's tongue tied- just like it would be if he had myxomatosis:)

but that's just my opinion

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retart | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/10/09

myxamitosis is a deadly disease and you guys are retarts iits noot funny how animals suffer oh and if u think its funny wake up its horrible and sad so maybe u should go 2 the pound if coz ur 2 sick 4 life

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jesus in purgatory | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/14/09

This song is about Jesus in purgatory. Everybody is Jesus in purgatory, the cat, the half a head, the salivating thing, all of it.

Read it again thinking about Jesus in purgatory! It's all I can see!!!

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I`m way off! | Reviewer: Tam | 7/17/09

I`m way off on this guys, i thought it was a dig a george bush!!!! For me "(the mongrel cat came home holding half a head
proceeded to show it off
to all his new found friends
he said "I've been where I like)" a shot at his rediculous (Half won)(half a head) war in middle east! then blagging on telly about winning a war!!! Read the lyrics again and think Bush! Its all i can see! Bush has his speeches written by his aides and when asked a question not prepared for, stutters (twitches and salivates) gets tongue tied?

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amazing song | Reviewer: cupcake | 6/26/09

i have listened to this song multiple times and haven't even begun analyzing the lyrics lol!

at first i too somehow thought the song was in a strange time signature, but the count-off and whole song is in 4 but it has a strange an awesome feel that makes it different!

it's a mesmerizing song. the instruments really puts me in a trance.

somehow the vocals make me feel like i want him to sing out, but it also makes me feel like "wow he's portraying the song perfectly". it's a strange pull!

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Amazing song | Reviewer: Adrift | 5/4/09

Awesome song, the lyrics seem to hint at fame and false friends specifically "the mongrel cat came home holding half a head
proceeded to show it off
to all his new found friends" as well as comparing disease to losing your identity. This is my second favorite radiohead song to climbing up the walls though radiohead has never had a bad song, all their songs are interesting and complex in some way and you cant say that about too many if any , bands.

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