Radiohead hadn’t quite hit their experimental rock stride yet on The Bends, but their sound was already evolving substantially. “Fake Plastic Trees” stood out on an album full of the more abrasive guitar stuff. I think it’s perhaps one of rock & roll’s finest examples of a crescendo rise and fall. It’s Radiohead unlocking the ability to trigger multiple emotions in under five minutes. And it’s one of the finest tracks from one of the finest albums of the 90’s.

“A green plastic watering can for a fake Chinese rubber plant in the fake plastic earth that she bought from a rubber man in a town full of rubber plans.”