By Alex Young on February 15th, 2010 in
As Gabriel revealed in a new interview with The Sun, he has yet to hear back from Yorke and co since they initially agreed to record the cover. Sigh.
“I still haven’t had a response from Thom Yorke,” Gabriel explained. “He originally wrote to say he wanted to do a version of ‘Wallflower’, but I haven’t heard what he thinks of my version of (‘Street Spirit’).”
“Not everyone likes it and I’ve no real idea whether he likes it or hates it,” he continued. “We have a little clue, though… We gave out codes for the artists to listen to their songs on a stream and we could see how many times they’ve heard them. I think he’s only streamed ‘Street Spirit’ once, which isn’t a good sign, but who knows?”
Perhaps it’s not matter of dislike, but because the Radiohead frontman has a few other things on his plate these days. In fact, if you take much stock in a recent tweet by Scott Eric Olivier, a Los Angeles based musician and producer, Yorke could be planning both upcoming tour dates — in addition to an appearance at this year’s Coachella Music Festival — and some studio time. Thank goodness for Twitter.
Of course, nothing is confirmed, but one thing is for sure: there’s never a dull moment in the wonderful world of Radiohead…