Songs → The Tourist

Released on OK Computer. Despite seeming to have been developed by the band during the time period covered by the MiniDiscs, this song is mostly absent. It is heard only in one early band rehearsal recording and in the studio mixes for the album.

Recording Chronology

    May - July 1996: Ideas + Rehearsals

    Winter 1997: Mixing Sessions

    Recordings → Tourists {take 1}

    An early band rehearsal. Recording begins and ends abruptly, although it sounds like the end may be cut just slightly before the band stops playing.

    There are a couple of "skips" where the audio repeats slightly, so the 3 tracks containing segments of this recording can be edited into one continuous, longer recording.

    Discs → MD114 → Tourists {take 1 · part a}

    MINIDISCS [HACKED]
    track # 25 @ 47m57s
    OK Minidisc
    track # 25 @ 48m08s

    Transcription

    {none}

    Discs → MD114 → Tourists {take 1 · part b}

    MINIDISCS [HACKED]
    track # 26 @ 47m58s
    OK Minidisc
    track # 26 @ 48m10s

    Transcription

    If you ever need it fixed then / I [?] / If you ever need it fixed then / I have this number / To call

    Discs → MD114 → Tourists {take 1 · part c}

    MINIDISCS [HACKED]
    track # 27 @ 49m37s
    OK Minidisc
    track # 27 @ 49m49s

    Transcription

    Head straight on the glass like I am / Don't forget to write / [?] him but I can / Hope to save myself / [?] / [?]

    Recordings → Tourists {take 2}

    Full band rehearsal. Incomplete recording that begins abruptly. The band is playing at a faster tempo than in the first take.

    Discs → MD114 → Tourists {take 2}

    MINIDISCS [HACKED]
    track # 28 @ 50m55s
    OK Minidisc
    track # 28 @ 51m07s

    Transcription

    [?] straight to [?] / And if I do again / If I do / (Sorry.) / If I / (Let's go through the verse then.)

    Recordings → Tourists {take 3}

    Full band rehearsal. Incomplete recording that begins abruptly. The band is playing at a slower tempo again.

    Discs → MD114 → Tourists {take 3}

    MINIDISCS [HACKED]
    track # 29 @ 52m02s
    OK Minidisc
    track # 29 @ 52m14s

    Transcription

    Make him go [?] / And if I ever [?] / One two three / If I ever [?] / One two three / Back on [?] / You say it / Don't forget to write

    Recordings → The Tourist {MD127}

    Studio mix. This sounds the same as or very similar to the final album version.

    Discs → MD127 → The Tourist {MD127} * <finished mix - released on OK Computer>

    MINIDISCS [HACKED]
    track # 1 @ 0m00s
    <edited for release>
    OK Minidisc
    track # 1 @ 0m00s

    Transcription

    It barks at no else but me / Like it's seen a ghost / I guess it's seen the sparks a-flowing / No one else would know / Hey man, slow down, slow down / Idiot, slow down, slow down / Sometimes I get overcharged / That's when you see sparks / They ask me where the hell I'm going / At a thousand feet per second / Hey man, slow down, slow down / Idiot, slow down, slow down / Hey man, slow down, slow down / Idiot, slow down, slow down

    Recordings → The Tourist (louder choir)

    Studio mix. The backing choir is louder in this version.

    Discs → MD127 → The Tourist (louder choir) * <near-finished mix>

    MINIDISCS [HACKED]
    track # 2 @ 5m25s
    <edited for release>
    OK Minidisc
    track # 2 @ 5m41s

    Transcription

    It barks at no else but me / Like it's seen a ghost / I guess it's seen the sparks a-flowing / No one else would know / Hey man, slow down, slow down / Idiot, slow down, slow down / Sometimes I get overcharged / That's when you see sparks / They ask me where the hell I'm going / At a thousand feet per second / Hey man, slow down, slow down / Idiot, slow down, slow down / Hey man, slow down, slow down / Idiot, slow down, slow down