this comment from another person on the bands video page: "each bar of this song has two dotted quavers, a crotchet, and two more dotted quavers. if you think about this in 16ths per bar, this equated to the notes equaling 3, 3, 4, 3, 3. a pyramid has four triangles and one square that make up the shape. this rhythm LITERALLY makes this song a pyramid "
Pyramid Song, How to Disappear Completely, Sail to the Moon, Bulletproof Wish I Was, Codex, Videotape, Exit Music and Daydreaming are all the in the same family for me. They represent that one unbelievably gorgeous song on each album that transcends and always stands out.
Motion Pic Soundtrack, True Love Waits, You and whose army, Give up the ghost, We suck young blood, Glass eyes, Fake Plastic trees, Nude. Another set of one from each album that is in the same bracket you describe. I like the alien songs
Love this song! Amnesiac as an album is so underrated. Admittedly this took a bit to grow on me but now it's such an emotional and rhythmically interesting track every time I listen. As always, more Radiohead would be amazing! Life in a Glass House (the closer of the album this song is on, the studio version), Climbing Up the Walls, Present Tense.
It amazes me that there's so much strife regarding the time signature of this song. It's simple. It's in 4/4. It just happens to be phrased in a swing-type feel. Smoke up, listen, and see.
This is an incredibly haunting and ethereal track. In theme, it’s inspired by the Ancient Egyptian death ritual of crossing the Nile. After Thom visited an Egyptian exhibit. ‘Jumped into the river, dark eyed angels swim with me, all my lovers were there with me (literally mummified), all my past and futures, and we all went to heaven in a little row boat, there was nothing to fear, nothing to doubt’. I think this is represented in the strings really well, it’s other worldly at times. But the Drums are absolutely rooted in jazz as you said.
I just love this song, the ondes martenot really shines here, and Thom's voice kills me. Thom wrote the lyrics after seeing an exhibition on ancient Egypt, and the lyric "we all went to heaven in a little row boat" is an homage to the Tom Waits song "Clap Hands." Reaction or not, I highly recommend watching a performance of this that took place in Paris with multiple ondes martenot players. It's even more hauntingly beautiful than the studio version, imo.
In my opinion it's one of Radiohead's most hopeful songs. To me, the melancholy of the music juxtaposes the promise of tranquility delivered by the lyrics. Since it's called 'Pyramid Song' (and formerly 'Egyptian Song'), I think the river Thom Yorke refers to is the river Nile, with the 'black-eyed angels' being crocodiles and the whole song hinting to Ancient Egyptian funeral rites. Perhaps Thom's way of dealing with fear of death and his lengthy depression at that time. The syncopation and unusual time signature (which is still debated) blend in so well with the eerie string section, simple plodding chords on the piano and Thom's unique voice. Blissful and comforting; this song helped me through some dark times. I do think you're ready for 'Motion Picture Soundtrack' now. ;)
YES! What i admire the must of Radiohead is their ability to convert such complex compositions into an apparently simple song. The tempo in this song is just sick. Next time you listen to Pyramid Song try this: 1. follow the beat of the song and listen to the "simple" piano patterns at the beginning. You'll notice they're not placed in the normal beat (keep in mind that he's playing while singing ON beat) 2. Just follow Phil's drumming tempo. 3. Finally, listen to it as a whole. It's like WAIT WHAT? Nice reaction! Please try Let Down.
@@jamie5lpm1 Yes, but It's not as simple as that. Because even tho the rythm it's on 4/4 the chords changes inconsistently through all the progression.
This song always makes me think it is a dream that I just remembered. It took me a while to really latch onto this song way back in the day, but it's now possibly my favorite of Radiohead. Or one of my faves.
Trying to articulate the emotions that radiohead songs evoke can be challenging. My go to words are cathartic and melancholy. I don't find their songs depressing per-say, because despite the depressing topics they explore I come away feeling uplifted by listening to them.
So my opinion is that the Pyramid was the resting place of the Pharaohs and the song captures the moment one dies and suggests that the whole experience of ones life streams by in a metaphysical way at the moment of ones death. A time when what we have been used to as the senses merge with the subconscious and thinking to create a full awareness of all that we have encountered, pondered and ruminated on during our life.
I love the vibe of this song, sets the tone in the first few seconds and the vocals are sublime like always from Thom. If you liked this I think you'll love Tinker Tailor. It has a similar feel and pacing, but with more backing orchastra :)
I was obsessed with Radiohead for a while. Still one of my favourite bands of all time...In my top 10. They have a body of work up there with the greats
I absolutely love your heartfelt reactions to these songs! Have you done 'There, There' yet? It's one of their most powerful songs IMO. The first time the band played it back in the studio after recording it, Thom Yorke actually cried. Great official vid, too ;-)
*"All my lovers were there with me...all my past and futures. And we all went to heaven in a little row boat."* EMMACULATE....HAUNTING. Would you rather stretch out your last moments alone on earth....or die with your loved ones, your way?
I value your interpretation. To me it is thoughtful, meaningful and beautiful. Yes, I can see it as melancholic, it would be a choice of mine to be played at my funeral! Interesting for you to mention my dale eastern as there are tones from that area but that is what Radiohead are about, taking elements of other genres and mixing it and then making their own sound.
Today is my birthday and I set out in search of a beautiful alternate version of this song to play on my day of rebirth. I can't think of a better message to help my intro into my newest adventure. Any recommendations on alternate version welcome and will guarantee your own infinity - as if you weren't already infinite 💫
I'm going to make a list different from my usual one (but that includes it): Muse - hysteria. Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman - Time to say goodbye. Emma Shapplin - Spente le stelle. Metallica - nothing else matters. Lynyrd Skynyrd - free like a bird. Mnemic - The March of the Tripods. And of course, as usual: The Warning - survive (TedX version). Motion Device - thick skin. I won't request guns and roses or led Zeppelin because of copyrights issues. Hope you'll react to some of them. Thanks!
I will be the happiest in the universe if u would react on jigsaw falling into place (live at Reading 2009) and original Kvines out, hope you will blow away by that
Jumped in a river, what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me A moon full of stars and astral cars And all the figures I used to see All my lovers were there with me All my past and futures And we all went to heaven in a little row boat There was nothing to fear, nothing to doubt. I think, on the countrary, it's about a reflective, meditative serenity.
Best song to listen to in 5 o'clock in the morning.
‘Tis currently 5AM my friend
Doing it
this comment from another person on the bands video page:
"each bar of this song has two dotted quavers, a crotchet, and two more dotted quavers. if you think about this in 16ths per bar, this equated to the notes equaling 3, 3, 4, 3, 3. a pyramid has four triangles and one square that make up the shape. this rhythm LITERALLY makes this song a pyramid "
Reminds me of Close Encounters with the music lesson.
Pyramid Song, How to Disappear Completely, Sail to the Moon, Bulletproof Wish I Was, Codex, Videotape, Exit Music and Daydreaming are all the in the same family for me. They represent that one unbelievably gorgeous song on each album that transcends and always stands out.
U forgot "u N whose army"
I'd throw The Daily Mail and Decks Dark in there too. They have a similar structure.
@@puyuem4695 Im going off picking the one song on each album method. You and Whose Army is one of my favorites off Amnesiac though.
@@prettyteeth oh right 😂
So.. choose another one from EP's album
Motion Pic Soundtrack, True Love Waits, You and whose army, Give up the ghost, We suck young blood, Glass eyes, Fake Plastic trees, Nude. Another set of one from each album that is in the same bracket you describe. I like the alien songs
Certain bands appeal to people who are in touch with their dark or sullen sides, radiohead can bring you there
Love this song! Amnesiac as an album is so underrated. Admittedly this took a bit to grow on me but now it's such an emotional and rhythmically interesting track every time I listen.
As always, more Radiohead would be amazing! Life in a Glass House (the closer of the album this song is on, the studio version), Climbing Up the Walls, Present Tense.
I love radiohead too 😍
Amnesiac is ridiculously underrated and gets soo much undeserved hate. Pyramid song is one of Radiohead's most emotional and beautiful songs
My favorite radiohead song. A study in rhythm. One of the best compositions in recent history. The lyrics are taken from a book. Cheers DC
It amazes me that there's so much strife regarding the time signature of this song. It's simple. It's in 4/4. It just happens to be phrased in a swing-type feel. Smoke up, listen, and see.
got damn!!! i get chills every time i hear this song ...i love this song ..
This is an incredibly haunting and ethereal track.
In theme, it’s inspired by the Ancient Egyptian death ritual of crossing the Nile. After Thom visited an Egyptian exhibit. ‘Jumped into the river, dark eyed angels swim with me, all my lovers were there with me (literally mummified), all my past and futures, and we all went to heaven in a little row boat, there was nothing to fear, nothing to doubt’. I think this is represented in the strings really well, it’s other worldly at times.
But the Drums are absolutely rooted in jazz as you said.
I just love this song, the ondes martenot really shines here, and Thom's voice kills me. Thom wrote the lyrics after seeing an exhibition on ancient Egypt, and the lyric "we all went to heaven in a little row boat" is an homage to the Tom Waits song "Clap Hands."
Reaction or not, I highly recommend watching a performance of this that took place in Paris with multiple ondes martenot players. It's even more hauntingly beautiful than the studio version, imo.
This is the performance I'm talking about: m.ruclips.net/video/XX3IYwuGApA/видео.html
Enjoy!
I just love the piano in the beginning and York's singing on it. One of the realy memorable song from them.
Definitely my favourite Radiohead song
In my opinion it's one of Radiohead's most hopeful songs.
To me, the melancholy of the music juxtaposes the promise of tranquility delivered by the lyrics. Since it's called 'Pyramid Song' (and formerly 'Egyptian Song'), I think the river Thom Yorke refers to is the river Nile, with the 'black-eyed angels' being crocodiles and the whole song hinting to Ancient Egyptian funeral rites. Perhaps Thom's way of dealing with fear of death and his lengthy depression at that time.
The syncopation and unusual time signature (which is still debated) blend in so well with the eerie string section, simple plodding chords on the piano and Thom's unique voice. Blissful and comforting; this song helped me through some dark times.
I do think you're ready for 'Motion Picture Soundtrack' now. ;)
I think the black eyed angels are the figures painted in profile inside the Egyptian tombs.
If you want to 'pleasure yourself', use that thing in your pants not RUclips comments. Pretentious bunkem from start to end.
@@macdeluxe733 I'll satisfy your desperate need for attention. * pat on the back *
Attaboy...!
Yay Radiohead! Codex from the basement hehe
Omg I love Radiohead🥴♥️♥️♥️
Me too ♥ Favorite band!
YES! What i admire the must of Radiohead is their ability to convert such complex compositions into an apparently simple song. The tempo in this song is just sick. Next time you listen to Pyramid Song try this:
1. follow the beat of the song and listen to the "simple" piano patterns at the beginning. You'll notice they're not placed in the normal beat (keep in mind that he's playing while singing ON beat)
2. Just follow Phil's drumming tempo.
3. Finally, listen to it as a whole. It's like WAIT WHAT?
Nice reaction! Please try Let Down.
It's all in 4/4
@@jamie5lpm1 Yes, but It's not as simple as that. Because even tho the rythm it's on 4/4 the chords changes inconsistently through all the progression.
It's literally on the sheet music and there are videos dedicated to showing how it's a 4/4 based on jazz and tracks like freedom by Charles Mingus.
ruclips.net/video/MdZSOoOF5Ms/видео.html
This song always makes me think it is a dream that I just remembered. It took me a while to really latch onto this song way back in the day, but it's now possibly my favorite of Radiohead. Or one of my faves.
Trying to articulate the emotions that radiohead songs evoke can be challenging. My go to words are cathartic and melancholy. I don't find their songs depressing per-say, because despite the depressing topics they explore I come away feeling uplifted by listening to them.
So my opinion is that the Pyramid was the resting place of the Pharaohs and the song captures the moment one dies and suggests that the whole experience of ones life streams by in a metaphysical way at the moment of ones death. A time when what we have been used to as the senses merge with the subconscious and thinking to create a full awareness of all that we have encountered, pondered and ruminated on during our life.
I love the vibe of this song, sets the tone in the first few seconds and the vocals are sublime like always from Thom.
If you liked this I think you'll love Tinker Tailor. It has a similar feel and pacing, but with more backing orchastra :)
I was obsessed with Radiohead for a while. Still one of my favourite bands of all time...In my top 10. They have a body of work up there with the greats
It’s about death for me. The river is the river Styx. Beautiful song!
Spine tingling.
You wake up at 5:00 in the morning to make reactions? Wow...
I suffer from getting up at 5:40 to go to work...
I usually start falling asleep at 5:00
instantsurgery it’s 5AM rn lmao
I absolutely love your heartfelt reactions to these songs! Have you done 'There, There' yet? It's one of their most powerful songs IMO. The first time the band played it back in the studio after recording it, Thom Yorke actually cried. Great official vid, too ;-)
i really love Radiohead, Radiohead and The Cure are my 2 favourite bands!!
a complex song in it's simplicity...definitely it sinks in after repeated listening, but it sticks at the end...a wonderful song.
I agree about the middle Eastern aspects in the strings, that's what I thought when I first heard it
*"All my lovers were there with me...all my past and futures. And we all went to heaven in a little row boat."*
EMMACULATE....HAUNTING. Would you rather stretch out your last moments alone on earth....or die with your loved ones, your way?
how about Thom's new film score for Suspiria..........Unmade is an amazing song.
I value your interpretation. To me it is thoughtful, meaningful and beautiful. Yes, I can see it as melancholic, it would be a choice of mine to be played at my funeral! Interesting for you to mention my dale eastern as there are tones from that area but that is what Radiohead are about, taking elements of other genres and mixing it and then making their own sound.
My favorite song.
Radiohead - 2+2=5 and a word......
Sorry,wolf at the door
Codex should be next. That, or Spinning Plates. Both dark and beautiful!!!!
It's a weird time signature/rhythm, When the drums come in it can really throw you off the first time(s) you hear it. One of my favorites!
The time signature is 4/4 but radiohead made the rhythm weird in a good way.
Um, need to hear it again👍
Pink Floyd , Rush and Tool Epic🤘🤡🤘
You need to react to Radiohead’s more upbeat songs, react to Lotus Flower music video!
Today is my birthday and I set out in search of a beautiful alternate version of this song to play on my day of rebirth. I can't think of a better message to help my intro into my newest adventure. Any recommendations on alternate version welcome and will guarantee your own infinity - as if you weren't already infinite 💫
Yeah! xD
React to "Algorithm" from new muse album released today "Simulation Theory"!
I'd love to hear your view on these songs after a second listen
I'm going to make a list different from my usual one (but that includes it):
Muse - hysteria.
Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman - Time to say goodbye.
Emma Shapplin - Spente le stelle.
Metallica - nothing else matters.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - free like a bird.
Mnemic - The March of the Tripods.
And of course, as usual:
The Warning - survive (TedX version).
Motion Device - thick skin.
I won't request guns and roses or led Zeppelin because of copyrights issues.
Hope you'll react to some of them.
Thanks!
I will be the happiest in the universe if u would react on jigsaw falling into place (live at Reading 2009) and original Kvines out, hope you will blow away by that
Time for there there!!
make a CODEX reaction pls!!!
Wow Radiohead sure does go dark ...sounds like this he just wants to die I can't make out the words but it sounds dark.
Jumped in a river, what did I see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me
A moon full of stars and astral cars
And all the figures I used to see
All my lovers were there with me
All my past and futures
And we all went to heaven in a little row boat
There was nothing to fear, nothing to doubt.
I think, on the countrary, it's about a reflective, meditative serenity.
Radiohead - Stop Whispering
Nooo, come on, man. Of all the Radiohead songs to recommend... that song is like one step above "Pop is Dead," lol.
@@circling-girl Well, at least I'm more original since the majority only asks for the same
Please do sevendust - angels son (guitar center)
Saludos desde argentina, muy buenos videos!! Please react to suspiria by thom yorke
React live songs, please.
To be fair...