Radiohead - Optimistic + In Limbo

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @MrPeepa
    @MrPeepa 4 года назад +212

    i always thought he says "the best you can is not enough" Its actually the best you can is "good" enough!.... guess im not optimistic!

    • @skrootpop
      @skrootpop 3 года назад +4

      Yea same and I always thought about how much of a contrast are the lyrics to the actual song but I guess I was wrong lol

    • @chinyachinnu
      @chinyachinnu 3 года назад +3

      thank god I am not the only one and I will still continue to believe its "not" , I am optimistic that its not.

    • @LongSinceDead1
      @LongSinceDead1 Год назад +7

      @@chinyachinnu The line is “the best you can is good enough”, but it’s meant to be sarcastic and bitter. The song is about the brutality of an unfair capitalist world that devalues people in the name of profits, and justifies that behavior by saying “just try the best you can, that’s good enough”. The joke of the song is that it isn’t good enough, and no amount of optimism or pulling yourself up by your bootstraps will fix this broken system. It needs to be changed before it destroys us all, sending us back to the Stone Age. Hence the song’s apocalyptic mood and imagery and the final line “the dinosaurs roaming the earth”.

    • @phillemon7664
      @phillemon7664 8 месяцев назад

      @@LongSinceDead1funnily enough I think it works both ways. The whole “You can try the best you can, the best you can is good enough.” is a rejection of the rugged individualistic mindset where “The best anyone will do is all that’s good.” It’s kind of a rejection of the subtle Darwinistic programming that the school system programs you with that makes you eternally feel like a failure because “The big fish eat the little ones” aka “Your peers are constantly outperforming you and you need to sacrifice yourself and your potential to them because they are benefitting society more.”. I think there is a brilliant double meaning here that supersedes the simple pessimistic interpretation Radiohead songs usually get.

  • @IndieBassJA26
    @IndieBassJA26 5 лет назад +272

    In Limbo is easily top five Radiohead songs for me.
    “You’re living in a fantasy, world”

    • @estebanvalle715
      @estebanvalle715 3 года назад +14

      same! it is a mental song for me

    • @BareBandSubscription
      @BareBandSubscription 3 года назад +10

      Such a gorgeous little piece of psychedelia. The subtle, ambient guitar tapping in the background (I’m assuming that’s what it is) gets me every time.

    • @garyrouyea3450
      @garyrouyea3450 2 года назад +6

      that guitar work is fkn brilliant...I really dont know what it is about this song...but...damn...I love it...and have always...

    • @garyrouyea3450
      @garyrouyea3450 2 года назад +1

      In limbo

  • @segnoggin
    @segnoggin 3 года назад +23

    1:31
    Jesus christ that guitar is amazing..it's so simple but it sounds so ominous. It gives me chills

  • @calangocaju
    @calangocaju 3 года назад +80

    The whole album is great, but during the last months I can't stop listening to this particular combo

  • @arielvarzarevsky3439
    @arielvarzarevsky3439 6 лет назад +1064

    The transition from Optimistic to In Limbo is amazing.

    • @MaestroTJS
      @MaestroTJS 6 лет назад +39

      The only problem with it is that it isn't longer!

    • @pinkalgebra
      @pinkalgebra 5 лет назад +28

      yes... Kid A has many amazing song transitions

    • @louisnirvana1
      @louisnirvana1 5 лет назад +5

      Isn't it bro! Genius!

    • @AWACSblue
      @AWACSblue 5 лет назад +17

      what transition? It just goes from one song to the other one.
      I love this album as much as the next guy but come on now; and the same goes for the Idioteque/Morning Bell transition.
      The only really good transition in this album is EIIRP/Kid A/The National Anthem.

    • @AWACSblue
      @AWACSblue 5 лет назад +19

      that said, the jazzy coda to Optimistic is great.

  • @katesee230
    @katesee230 6 лет назад +439

    Listened to this album for the first time in its entirety while riding through the snow covered mountains of Washington state. Somehow the music fit perfectly against the snow, mountains, and pine. It’s a moment I’ll never forget.

    • @katesee230
      @katesee230 6 лет назад +47

      Um im not a kid thanks I’m 30. And I know the album art has it on it. I just said that the moment moved me is all. I didn’t say it was profound. No need to be condescending.

    • @whateverreally-uq2ff
      @whateverreally-uq2ff 6 лет назад +9

      i'm doing the same thing as we speak, but on the other end of the world. cheers.

    • @MichaelMagill1990
      @MichaelMagill1990 6 лет назад +14

      I get what you mean. I used to go out for rides all the time w/ my GPS. I knew my GPS would always be able to find me a way home so I just went in any direction, sometimes until the sun went down. First thing I'd always do before going out for a car ride was build a playlist. Music + long car rides in rural parts of town, for me, is like a mini vacation. It's surprising how different things can seem only a few miles away from your hometown.

    • @nicksizemore6914
      @nicksizemore6914 5 лет назад

      @TheGreatMediocre not sure if you're being ironic or if you're really that much of a tool

    • @markf226
      @markf226 5 лет назад

      Nice memory!

  • @blahblahh1507
    @blahblahh1507 5 лет назад +340

    It was the year 2000. I used to walk to work with this album playing in my earphones, feeling like I was in the future...…..and now it's 20 years later. Wow!

  • @PrestonL1
    @PrestonL1 5 лет назад +109

    That climax at 4:21 gives me the chills every time. They hold it back until the very end of the song. Masterful

  • @todanceonbrokenglass
    @todanceonbrokenglass 4 года назад +47

    The whole purpose of this song is to hear the songs conjoined and the RUclips claim algorithm puts an ad between the song transition. ä.

  • @scottymcallister5569
    @scottymcallister5569 4 года назад +49

    I didnt think Progressive rock and Alternative rock could flow together so smoothly, but once again, Radiohead pulls off the impossible. Those Limeys are fuckin geniuses...now if only they could handle their government as well

    • @pinkraven4402
      @pinkraven4402 2 года назад +5

      Yeah, this is like prog rock 2.0 or something. However, even long before "Kid A" there were very progressive pieces in the realm of alt rock, where I use alt rock as an umbrella term punk and its every descendant. For example, 90's post-hardcore was a very interesting genre, it kept the agression and feel of punk or hardcore punk but it introduced a lot of very sophisticated dissonance. Kinda as if punk musicians went to a jazz school. It was very abrasive. Some songs were very long and progressive as well, like "Luau" or "Sinews" by Drive Like Jehu, "Relectrolux/Electroduh" by Hoover. And don't forget about post-rock, bands like Slint or GY!BE. Very cool shit 😎

    • @Soft_Machine
      @Soft_Machine Год назад +4

      If you want Alt Rock and Prog Rock combined listen to Porcupine Tree and The Pineapple Thief, there essentially Radiohead but Prog

    • @gerrylipsky7045
      @gerrylipsky7045 Месяц назад

      Lol are you an American? I hope you are Irish-Irish.😂

  • @FadhilAsyrafi
    @FadhilAsyrafi 5 лет назад +36

    In Limbo is my most favorite track on this album. It just clicks on me, drowning me in a sea of drunken lullaby. Escapism at its finest.

  • @manoskok1810
    @manoskok1810 4 года назад +41

    God bless this man for letting us appreciate this amazing transition

    • @200swilson
      @200swilson 2 года назад +4

      My fav transition on any album ever. So good!

  • @KJT3000
    @KJT3000 5 лет назад +129

    When I first discovered "In Limbo" I listened to it every time I went hiking. It was at night in this nature preserve near San Pedro, CA. It was an abandoned missile site, and I was surrounded by creepy trees and plants. I would be the only one out there at 2AM sometimes with my headphones on. It's right next to cliffs and sounds of water crashing. The most beautiful place by day and haunting at night. I would listen to this over and over on repeat and walk forever.....the coolest haunting fantasy memory. Every time I hear this I feel like I'm on that trail.

    • @t-turbo7833
      @t-turbo7833 4 года назад +3

      Aw man, thanks for this wholesome comment i feel ya

    • @jumpiko4553
      @jumpiko4553 4 года назад +2

      Dude i gotta check that out, I love creepy abandoned shit. Not for the whole ghost joke, but the feel of history.

    • @ronnyp6934
      @ronnyp6934 4 года назад +5

      Alone , at night , creepy trees , headphones on , i've seen films where
      that sort of thing doesn't end well .

  • @AmbientShrub
    @AmbientShrub 2 года назад +5

    Kid A is a work of brilliance. 'Optimistic' gives you the haunting yet supernatural essence you need to embark on the wild sea storm that is 'In Limbo', one of Radiohead's most pivotal moments in their entire timeline (IMHO). You will find yourself stranded in the midst of wavy guitar work and Thom's voice cascading through the soundscape like a discarnate spirit taking a small boat captive in a chaotic ocean. When the storm washes out, Radiohead never returns to that aura ever again.

  • @johnathanburd4268
    @johnathanburd4268 2 года назад +20

    You got to be kidding me. They put an ad between the songs. That was the actual reason I looked this up, to hear them together. Uninterrupted.

    • @prlysis
      @prlysis 2 года назад +8

      Ruins one of the best transitions ever. Anything for an extra dollar...

    • @Alan_J_Silva
      @Alan_J_Silva 10 месяцев назад +1

      RUclips REVANCED

  • @lardosian
    @lardosian 5 лет назад +106

    In limbo is everything i love about Radiohead, just so floaty and different.

  • @MissedObject548
    @MissedObject548 4 года назад +19

    The last part of Optimistic makes me imagine a person who’s starting to lose it. Drinking and throwing the bottles down while they smash and just having random split second encounters and when the chorus comes to a close and the outro plays the same person comes to a sense of realization. Love this feeling of something come into my mind through song. So glad i looked into Radiohead that’s not just Creep.

    • @weegieboard8432
      @weegieboard8432 4 года назад +6

      no joke, creep is bottom of the barrel for radiohead tbh(.. and still a banger)

    • @MissedObject548
      @MissedObject548 4 года назад +2

      weegie board yeah that’s so strange how people only know Creep, but their entire discography is so good.

  • @James-fx8eb
    @James-fx8eb 6 лет назад +376

    I love Optimistic. I always thought the lyrics and feel of the song always had a jarring, apocalyptic nature about it.

    • @marcobazan4187
      @marcobazan4187 6 лет назад +36

      James that's pretty much Kid A as a whole

    • @1qwasz12
      @1qwasz12 5 лет назад +14

      I feel the guitar riff on Optimistic; reminds me of the full force realized in There There.

    • @grantfogle6465
      @grantfogle6465 5 лет назад +5

      James, this is like the 20th time I've seen a comment of yours on a video. Do you comment on a lot of Queen videos too? I always see your comments there. Sorry if this comes across a little creepy lol, but it's crazy to me that I've seen the same youtube account comment on a video from a different channel.

    • @JM-ij1om
      @JM-ij1om 5 лет назад +3

      Love that description! Perfect

    • @bagsaroundthecorner1816
      @bagsaroundthecorner1816 5 лет назад +1

      The entire album I think so

  • @EricThomason
    @EricThomason 6 лет назад +248

    In Limbo might be one of my top 5 favorite Radiohead songs. Can't help but visualize "I'm lost at sea" with the perfectly fitting instrumental.

    • @autismatic
      @autismatic 6 лет назад +6

      There used to be a fan video here on RUclips with footage of weird deep sea fishes, it was so cool but yeah it got deleted.

    • @ilford6x6
      @ilford6x6 6 лет назад +4

      @@autismatic unfortunately it won't be long before this gets deleted too. Radiohead is pretty strict about how their music gets distributed

    • @davimag2071
      @davimag2071 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah!!! In Limbo sounds like sounds like somebody lost in the sea! PERFECT.

    • @Wolfdragon92584
      @Wolfdragon92584 5 лет назад +1

      I remember that video for Weird Fishes!!! It was so cool. They've been fiercely enforcing copyright since around 2015/2016, it seems. I can't find Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong anywhere anymore. Guess I just gotta buy the EP.

    • @ieuanphillips4963
      @ieuanphillips4963 3 года назад

      It's working title was lost at sea!

  • @phyllishahart6111
    @phyllishahart6111 6 лет назад +466

    I don’t trust anyone that does not like or appreciate the magic that is Radiohead

    • @southerner4566
      @southerner4566 5 лет назад +51

      I love Radiohead's music but most people I know don't get them.

    • @phyllishahart6111
      @phyllishahart6111 5 лет назад +10

      southerner4566 same here

    • @alki3443
      @alki3443 5 лет назад +3

      also same here

    • @juliestone9196
      @juliestone9196 5 лет назад +3

      If you dont get radiohead you don't get music and are probably a Duran Duran fan

    • @ryandooner1440
      @ryandooner1440 5 лет назад +2

      @@juliestone9196 i used to like Duran Duran...but then I discovered Radiohead

  • @ajays5013
    @ajays5013 6 лет назад +230

    When I'm at my strangest in life, something about In Limbo is really nice to listen to.
    Radiohead does confusion and disorientation better than any other band.

    • @ee.gg.
      @ee.gg. 6 лет назад +3

      Thom is a genius

    • @thecichlisuite
      @thecichlisuite 6 лет назад +26

      Try some Aphex Twin stuff if you like disorienting and confusing music, he was a huge influence on Thom while writing Kid A (Even stating in an interview “Aphex [Twin] opened up another world that didn’t involve my fucking electric guitar")

    • @4sbel885
      @4sbel885 6 лет назад +7

      Tool tho

    • @davimag2071
      @davimag2071 5 лет назад

      @@thecichlisuite Ambient songs! I love them, and I always thinked "There's something of ambient in Kid A"

    • @mikethemotormouth
      @mikethemotormouth 2 года назад

      For disorienting, I gotta give it up to Dillinger Escape Plan

  • @codymd23
    @codymd23 5 лет назад +56

    The bass playing on the last couple sections of optimistic is fantastic

  • @CortexZero
    @CortexZero 5 лет назад +103

    God Optimistic is powerful. It's my favorite Radiohead track followed by Everything In It's Right Place and Paranoid Android. Absolute masterpieces.

    • @johnborowski4235
      @johnborowski4235 5 лет назад +8

      mine are Optimistic too and Let Down

    • @cesarguzman7848
      @cesarguzman7848 4 года назад +5

      Everything In It's Right Place just wow...

    • @sweetwheatsy
      @sweetwheatsy 3 года назад +6

      Agreed. Optimistic genuinely has an empowering and encouraging quality to it when listening - I think especially because it also acknowledges the absurdity of it all at the same time.

  • @137mango
    @137mango 5 лет назад +76

    Kid A is the BEST Radiohead album. What an incredible journey it is every time. Every single song is perfection!!!

    • @oskwie861
      @oskwie861 5 лет назад +23

      OK Computer and In Rainbows would like to talk to you

    • @Helaw0lf
      @Helaw0lf 5 лет назад +12

      @@oskwie861 A Moon Shaped Pool

    • @jasonparke3655
      @jasonparke3655 5 лет назад +2

      In rainbows.... such food for the soul. Been listening to Radiohead since 1994, they've NEVER had a disappointing album, mostly since they were sent been God himself!

    • @MegaCirse
      @MegaCirse 5 лет назад +6

      Hail to the thief !!!!!!

    • @juliocesarlagonesmelgar6320
      @juliocesarlagonesmelgar6320 5 лет назад +1

      @@MegaCirse Soooo underrated!!!!

  • @GJ71642
    @GJ71642 3 года назад +6

    Can’t stop listening to Optimistic and not think of Ayrton Senna. Legend for the whole history of F1

  • @MeatyController
    @MeatyController 5 лет назад +103

    I haven't heard Optimistic in many years. It has aged so well!

  • @lupodelupis3672
    @lupodelupis3672 3 года назад +6

    Optimistic is one of the best song written in the last 30 years....it's mesmerizing damn!!

  • @jacekiser5876
    @jacekiser5876 3 года назад +37

    In Limbo is the last song my friend sang at karaoke before he killed himself. This song will never stop haunting me.

    • @Sabucooo
      @Sabucooo 3 года назад +11

      Holy Shit, im sorry man..

    • @arielsfish
      @arielsfish 5 месяцев назад

      Fark ! Thats heavy

    • @arielsfish
      @arielsfish 5 месяцев назад +1

      I suggest not listening to it voluntarily... or maybe listening to it so many times you no longer think of him.

  • @Jess1234
    @Jess1234 5 лет назад +211

    Flies are buzzing round my head
    Vultures circling the dead
    Picking up every last crumb
    The big fish eat the little ones
    The big fish eat the little ones
    Not my problem, give me some
    You can try the best you can
    You can try the best you can?
    The best you can is good enough
    If you try the best you can
    If you try the best you can
    The best you can is good enough
    This one's optimistic
    This one went to market
    This one just came out of the swamp
    This one dropped a payload
    Fodder for the animals
    Living on animal farm
    You can try the best you can
    You can try the best you can
    The best you can is good enough
    If you try the best you can
    If you try the best you can
    The best you can is good enough
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh
    Ah ah ah
    Oh oh oh
    I'd really like to help you, man
    I'd really like to help you, man
    Nervous messed up marionettes
    Floating around on a prison ship
    You can try the best you can
    You can try the best you can
    The best you can is good enough
    You can try the best you can
    You can try the best you can
    Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
    Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
    Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
    Ah ah ah (oh oh oh)
    Ah ah ah (oh oh oh)
    Ah ah ah
    Oh oh oh

    • @RasberrySkittle
      @RasberrySkittle 5 лет назад +39

      Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea
      I got a message I can’t read
      Another message I can’t read
      Being the first in the Irish Sea
      I got a message I can't read
      Another message I can't read
      I'm on your side
      Nowhere to hide
      Trapdoors that open
      I spiral down
      You're living in a fantasy world
      You're living in a fantasy world
      I'm lost at sea
      Don't bother me
      I've lost my way
      I've lost my way
      You're living in a fantasy world
      You're living in a fantasy world
      You're living in a fantasy world
      This beautiful world
      I got a message I can’t read, I got a message I can’t read?
      I got a message I can’t read, I got a message I can’t read
      Another message I can’t read
      I got a message I can’t read, I got a message I can’t read
      I got a message I can’t read, I got a message I can’t read

    • @walterperez9483
      @walterperez9483 5 лет назад +6

      Thanks. Grettings from Perú.

    • @BienAimee868
      @BienAimee868 5 лет назад +6

      "Dinosaurs roaming the earth?"
      I thought it was "that isn't awayneoughhhh"
      Lol

    • @sharedmemories3729
      @sharedmemories3729 4 года назад

      I think it's living on animal fun

    • @donkeydarko77
      @donkeydarko77 4 года назад +1

      @@BienAimee868 Occasionally he sings "Missiles are in the air" live.

  • @diamantimaneta8827
    @diamantimaneta8827 6 лет назад +74

    Didn't expect to find my favourite tracks in one link!Splendid

  • @Wolfdragon92584
    @Wolfdragon92584 3 года назад +4

    Radiohead are my favorite band ever. And Optimistic is my favorite all-time song from them. It's so claustrophobic, yet catchy. I always thought that main riff sounded so bluesy, almost like a grunge song. Fun to play on guitar/bass too.

  • @mattkline3431
    @mattkline3431 4 года назад +3

    I fucking LOVE that little groove at 1:30. Always have. Such a nice little interlude.

  • @mal0u111
    @mal0u111 5 лет назад +10

    still get goosebumps listening to optimistic

  • @UNRAYGAMESPRO
    @UNRAYGAMESPRO Год назад +6

    Both songs are perfect

  • @raddudeski2745
    @raddudeski2745 5 лет назад +6

    The ending of Optimistic (beginning at: 4:22) is just utter perfection. The transition it makes into In Limbo makes it even better.

    • @Archaneleo
      @Archaneleo Год назад

      Always felt like in limbo lined up to optimistic's ending during the latter half of the song. I'm glad other people agree ☺️

  • @richardadesmond
    @richardadesmond 5 лет назад +67

    Kubrick had the hurled animal bone to orbiting missile ship. Radiohead have Optimistic to In Limbo!!!

    • @leonardovonneumann5848
      @leonardovonneumann5848 4 года назад +2

      What an analogy! I remember the first time i saw 2001 and the bone scene may be my favourite out of all movies.

    • @jallakka7149
      @jallakka7149 3 года назад

      Optimistic into In Limbo into Idioteque into Morningbell..
      Near perfect!

  • @TheBlackSpider82
    @TheBlackSpider82 5 лет назад +10

    Such a wonderful, dark, warm album.

  • @alexandrelaforest5838
    @alexandrelaforest5838 4 года назад +3

    God that fucking jazzy bass solo at the end of optimistic is so groovy.

  • @MichaelMagill1990
    @MichaelMagill1990 6 лет назад +61

    Wow this is underrated. Figured this would have millions of hits.

    • @k-dogg711
      @k-dogg711 6 лет назад +3

      お化け That’s most of Radiohead for everything after OK Computer

    • @Dmoriarty1993
      @Dmoriarty1993 5 лет назад

      I suppose that's what Philistines are for.

    • @tragedyturnedtriumph4180
      @tragedyturnedtriumph4180 5 лет назад +2

      Radiohead is not a band must People understood to stick we.

    • @richardreyes5126
      @richardreyes5126 4 года назад

      Thats ok mainstream listeners can have theyre mainstream commercial crap that leaves more of these masterpieces to us.

    • @pimposki6232
      @pimposki6232 3 года назад +2

      @@k-dogg711 what? every radiohead album except the king of limbs has topped the charts both sides of the atlantic, they sell out stadiums in second. they're a pretty big band, even now, and from ok computer to in rainbows they were probably the biggest band on the planet

  • @jaylosch3459
    @jaylosch3459 5 лет назад +8

    in limbo is an underrated RH tune. great arpeggio

  • @p0ffl3y
    @p0ffl3y 5 лет назад +16

    4:21 is my favourite part of Kid A, period.

  • @superfalconpunch2
    @superfalconpunch2 4 года назад +9

    Optimistic feels like it's all about someone trying to stay as positive as they possibly can, wishing they could help others but knowing they can barely help themselves. A song about hopeless hope, a delusion they're clinging to with every last breath.
    In Limbo calls that person out. It says that they both know how it ends, that the character of Optimistic is "Living in a fantasy". It's an adult bursting a child's bubble, their fragile protection of fantasy and imagination. It's a friend who believes themselves to be helping by forcing Optimistic to confront reality. In Limbo is, ultimately, Pessimistic.
    In the end we choose whether or not to let go of our fantasy and our hope.

    • @kerkieisreal
      @kerkieisreal 3 года назад +1

      thats a cool interpretation! i always figured that the ending of optimistic was highly sarcastic - it has an emotional crescendo right at the end (as my dad calls it, the oohs part) and then it all just leads up to this groovy little end coda that seems very mocking and sarcastic of all the emotions just displayed before.

    • @IndieBassJA26
      @IndieBassJA26 2 года назад

      That’s a great interpretation, and hope I don’t contradict myself here but is this one of those ‘take the artist out of the art for a sec,’ pieces? Because I know Thom was going through some mental challenges around this time, maybe still is, but he doesn’t come off as a pessimist or nihilist. Of course, it’s your interpretation but a spot on one I would say..

    • @superfalconpunch2
      @superfalconpunch2 2 года назад

      two years ago comment squad
      I think I wrote this from what I felt at 3 in the morning listening to the music, honestly. I love Radiohead's music, but I haven't really gone exploring the "iceberg" so to speak, so what I say about their stuff is what I see from a surface level.
      Also, you don't necessarily have to believe in a topic to give a commentary on that topic, right? Kid A was a very avant-garde album, and it explored a lot of emotional baggage, so who's to say the band didn't decide to explore it a bit?
      Regardless, two great songs that are wonderful to listen to together or apart, deeper meaning or no.

    • @LongSinceDead1
      @LongSinceDead1 Год назад

      Optimistic is definitely a bitterly sarcastic screed against capitalism. Much of Kid A was inspired by the anti-capitalist literature that the band were reading at the time, and those sentiments are most obvious on Optimistic. The chorus is sarcastic. We’re taught that working hard and trying your best will get you far, but in an unjust system, it doesn’t truly work that way. There are people who spend their entire lives working as hard as they can, only to find themselves no better off than when they started. Trapped in a world where everyone is taught to value selfishness, where taking for yourself at the expense of others is an unquestioned good. That’s the landscape Optimistic depicts.

  • @richardreyes5126
    @richardreyes5126 4 года назад +3

    2 of the most trippiest beautiful yet badass songs ive ever heard i love
    you Radiohead

  • @GrungeNeverDie412
    @GrungeNeverDie412 10 месяцев назад +1

    4:32 drum fill very perfect

  • @phoenix-king779
    @phoenix-king779 Год назад +4

    Those dinosaurs 🦕 do be ruling the earth

  • @BigAl6405
    @BigAl6405 4 года назад +5

    This two song stretch is one of the highlights of the album.

  • @sidharthrao9005
    @sidharthrao9005 5 лет назад +18

    I love how in the Top Gear Tribute for Ayrton Senna, this was the song playing

    • @zizi1756
      @zizi1756 5 лет назад

      Finally someone pointed that out here

    • @marcusd6839
      @marcusd6839 5 лет назад

      I have to listen thanks man

    • @donatotummillo
      @donatotummillo 5 лет назад

      I just found my “Best Of Radiohead” CD and heard this and thought, this sounds damn familiar, realized it was on that clip! Damn good song!

  • @johnborowski4235
    @johnborowski4235 5 лет назад +4

    Optimistic, Let Down and Just, my favourite trio of songs from these guys.

  • @megamatt1915
    @megamatt1915 5 лет назад +5

    One of the best transitions ever.

  • @BrenMurphy1
    @BrenMurphy1 4 года назад +5

    Bring it on 4:55
    Flies are buzzing around my head
    Vultures circling the dead
    Picking up every last crumb
    The big fish eat the little ones
    The big fish eat the little ones
    Not my problem, give me some
    ...
    You can try the best you can
    You can try the best you can?
    The best you can is good enough
    If you try the best you can
    If you try the best you can
    The best you can is good enough
    This one's optimistic
    This one went to market
    This one just came out of the swamp
    This one dropped a payload
    Fodder for the animals
    Living on animal farm
    You can try the best you can
    You can try the best you can
    The best you can is good enough
    If you try the best you can
    If you try the best you can
    The best you can is good enough
    Oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh
    Ah ah ah
    Oh oh oh
    I'd really like to help you, man
    I'd really like to help you, man
    Nervous messed up marionettes
    Floating around on a prison ship
    You can try the best you can
    You can try the best you can
    The best you can is good enough
    You can try the best you can
    You can try the best you can
    Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
    Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
    Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
    Ah ah ah (oh oh oh)
    Ah ah ah (oh oh oh)
    Ah ah ah
    Oh oh oh

  • @jasonsmith5428
    @jasonsmith5428 Год назад +2

    Masterpiece..you either GET IT..or Don't..

  • @chrishorn855
    @chrishorn855 5 лет назад +4

    This band are a definite MARMITE...band...I've noticed this over the years...love them or hate them. ...and I love them!!!

  • @aaronwimberleymbamsf5776
    @aaronwimberleymbamsf5776 4 года назад +2

    classic & timeless=] I love the George Orwell reference. In BCN there are statues and squares dedicated to him for his role in the Civil War. I recommend that everyone reads "Homenaje @ Catalunya" for a look at the history that humanists have fought for. It actually tells you where you can still find bullet holes in BCN dating back to the Civil War. It's amazing that Catalunya still celebrates "Independence Day" on September 11th.

  • @koreyseeba3835
    @koreyseeba3835 3 года назад +2

    One of the best bands in my 43yrs on this blue dot!

  • @mateposo2602
    @mateposo2602 Год назад +2

    The transition like ice and wind , cool ❤

  • @jonathanblaze1648
    @jonathanblaze1648 5 лет назад +4

    Optimistic is one of my favorite songs of all time. Top 5.

  • @chrishorn855
    @chrishorn855 5 лет назад +4

    The greatest rock band that ever lived!!!!!!!!

  • @marcovitagliano2946
    @marcovitagliano2946 6 лет назад +34

    best rock album ever

    • @marcobazan4187
      @marcobazan4187 6 лет назад +16

      Marco Vitagliano could you really consider it rock tho? One of my favorite albums but I wouldn't put it in that box

    • @jamespw6206
      @jamespw6206 6 лет назад +18

      experimental rock

    • @mehimself3936
      @mehimself3936 5 лет назад

      @@jamespw6206 art rock

    • @gerbilpmc
      @gerbilpmc 4 года назад

      Electronic

  • @2flowers116
    @2flowers116 6 лет назад +13

    dont let it bring you down
    its only castles burning
    just find someone whos turning
    and you will come around
    you can try the best you can
    you can try the best you can
    the best you can is good enough

  • @aidanmcgrail3582
    @aidanmcgrail3582 4 года назад +2

    i listened to this album in entirety on a vacation in isreal & egypt summer of 2019 on my way back home on the plain letting the trip sync in. since the flight was so long i actual listened to every radio head album from '92-'11.

  • @jemmace2586
    @jemmace2586 Год назад

    Genii, every note just compliments the next hook and progression, instrument and sound source selection is top quality.

  • @vladlr
    @vladlr 5 лет назад +44

    Feeling very very down

    • @oliverlopeszerio6337
      @oliverlopeszerio6337 5 лет назад

      Same

    • @India6100
      @India6100 5 лет назад +2

      I totally understand. My mom died last week. We are living in a fantasy world.....

    • @NObodDEE
      @NObodDEE 4 года назад

      I hope you are feeling up now 💕

    • @NObodDEE
      @NObodDEE 4 года назад

      @@India6100 Hugs 💗

    • @adjacenttadjacentt2153
      @adjacenttadjacentt2153 4 года назад

      You'll come out of this stronger, you've got this. Hang on in there

  • @Wolfdragon92584
    @Wolfdragon92584 5 лет назад +9

    Optimistic: sailing on a prison barge, starving to insanity on barren, foggy, ashen waters.
    In Limbo: being tied to concrete(impacting the water at 5:23) and struggling to escape the depths that turn from grey to brilliant blue the moment you're submerged.

  • @bk50in09
    @bk50in09 3 года назад +2

    Reminds me of winter 2000-2001
    I was 8-9 yrs old listening to 99.1 HFS Washington DC

  • @marialorenzosachs7259
    @marialorenzosachs7259 4 года назад +2

    I'm arriving really late to this party for sure. Just discovering Radiohead...wow.. in love !

    • @bassfacebraeson4196
      @bassfacebraeson4196 4 года назад +1

      hey same! I had been listening to them for like a year now, but then last month I listened to the entirety of in rainbows followed by every other album by them, and now I can't stop listening!

  • @inphanta
    @inphanta 5 лет назад +14

    One of my favourite Radiohead songs. Good to see their music slowly making its way back on RUclips after the Thanos-like purge.

  • @Eiron
    @Eiron 5 лет назад +6

    magical transition

  • @Tomasz271000
    @Tomasz271000 5 лет назад +10

    That guitar on In Limbo!

  • @contraddiction9
    @contraddiction9 2 года назад +1

    Heard this track a thousand times before, but i just needed it just now like a junkie needs a fix, first notes just felt like ointment quenching the burning sensation originating from my soul..
    Music moves you beyond yourself.

  • @bagsaroundthecorner1816
    @bagsaroundthecorner1816 5 лет назад +8

    My two fav songs of kid A,

  • @sfasfads
    @sfasfads 4 года назад +3

    Savage bass work on Optimistic.

  • @wickedras934
    @wickedras934 3 года назад +2

    The best you can is definitely good enough. Love to all, Peace and Eternal Bliss. Let us all be Optimistic.

  • @Tigrou7777
    @Tigrou7777 3 года назад +2

    This give me the chills every time I hear it.

  • @juandavid6341
    @juandavid6341 6 лет назад +16

    I wish they played this live

  • @luisalayosalazar6959
    @luisalayosalazar6959 5 лет назад +5

    Very good song, it makes me feel like flying over mountains

  • @perseverepictures3545
    @perseverepictures3545 Год назад +1

    This is Radiohead at their best!!!

  • @goncalofreitas2094
    @goncalofreitas2094 2 месяца назад +1

    My favourite combo ❤

  • @sonicyouth29
    @sonicyouth29 5 лет назад +17

    This album made me lose interest in all other music when it came out. I was instantly addicted!

  • @njclondon2009
    @njclondon2009 5 лет назад +6

    this has always been my favourite moment of kid a

  • @aaronwimberleymbamsf5776
    @aaronwimberleymbamsf5776 4 года назад +3

    Classic and Timeless

  • @franciscarlos4409
    @franciscarlos4409 5 лет назад +3

    A melhor banda de rock de todos os tempos!

  • @mrgoodname7297
    @mrgoodname7297 Год назад +1

    Another very good combo is Bangers + Mash and Separator. From two different albums, but they mix perfectly!

  • @dezmounts978
    @dezmounts978 5 лет назад +2

    A song about one of the first layers of hell, limbo. Described as a place where people who weren’t baptized or that where generally lost in direction went. It’s not a bad place, but it’s really somber, this song really feels like being there.

  • @sweetwheatsy
    @sweetwheatsy 3 года назад +3

    Optimistic is what you want your internal monologue to be.
    In Limbo is what it actually is.

  • @oliverlopeszerio6337
    @oliverlopeszerio6337 5 лет назад +3

    Waking up in the middle of the night,
    Im lost at sea, don't bother me
    Couldn't help but fill some of my emptyness with this band

  • @chrisconnor8086
    @chrisconnor8086 5 лет назад +4

    the transition is the apex moment of the apex album of the apex band.

  • @stoneyll
    @stoneyll 5 лет назад +8

    The Only Band That Matters....

    • @lucasphillips2177
      @lucasphillips2177 4 года назад +3

      stfu with that bullshit radiohead is great but that is another stupid remark from another pretentious Radiohead fan who thinks they're so cool bc they listen to them

  • @dlrfoto206
    @dlrfoto206 5 лет назад +4

    In Limbo evokes images of scenes in Alice in Wonderland.
    Optimistic to me (while the lyrics are colossal), the tune itself reminds me of Status Quo - Pictures of Matchstick Men... and I can't hear anything else when played lol

  • @sophiebazgier9596
    @sophiebazgier9596 5 лет назад +3

    Love in Limbo, love that song!

  • @Themonkeymartin
    @Themonkeymartin 5 лет назад +22

    Y'all sleeping on In Limbo
    Like how can you listen to 5:48 and not feel in total peace

    • @juliocesarlagonesmelgar6320
      @juliocesarlagonesmelgar6320 5 лет назад +2

      Guitar sound, Thom voice, smooth drums perfect peace

    • @pimposki6232
      @pimposki6232 3 года назад

      in limbo isn't peaceful to me, honestly. it's got an amazing, agoraphobic, drunken feeling of sea-sickness that generally is pretty disturbing, and it ends on him screaming "COME BACK" as the music melts. i always found it quite spooky

  • @rosierambo144
    @rosierambo144 Год назад +1

    Forget ALL the technical stuff, THIS is my SHIT!

  • @Deadsea_1993
    @Deadsea_1993 5 лет назад +14

    5:08 for In Limbo

  • @peramarkovic7148
    @peramarkovic7148 5 лет назад +14

    "Optimistic" has fascinating, hypnotising form: A - B - C - B - C - D - B - C - D - A

    • @davimag2071
      @davimag2071 5 лет назад +3

      I think "In Limbo" sounds so hypnotising too!

    • @terencenordberg7482
      @terencenordberg7482 5 лет назад

      Pera Markovic - thank you. I was thinking the same thing about the hypnotic nature of the chorus and how the notes are brought home from where they started but didnt have the musical knowledge to express it 👏😊

  • @pedroalbuquerque1872
    @pedroalbuquerque1872 5 лет назад +3

    I'm fuckin stoned right now, and this song makes me chills

  • @byff2323
    @byff2323 3 года назад

    I totally forgot about Optimistic for years. Heard a song like it tonight, trying to remember who sang it and what song. Took a few hours, but finally nailed Radiohead, and...BAM! Been listening for the last half hour straight.
    On a different note, I was in the Seattle area when this came out, it is really making me miss the Pacific Northwest 99-01 right now.

  • @ThisOldManASMR
    @ThisOldManASMR 4 года назад +1

    Big Time Radiohead Fan From Early 2000s. First Album I Heard By Them In Full Was
    Kid A.
    Coming in At Post # 333

  • @romanbaranovichi5375
    @romanbaranovichi5375 5 лет назад +8

    4:22 Ayrton Senna goes through!

  • @norbertovelazquez7441
    @norbertovelazquez7441 3 года назад +2

    Que disco tan bello!

  • @MeteoBlitz
    @MeteoBlitz 5 лет назад +1

    amazing album, all over

  • @cannedkitty
    @cannedkitty 4 года назад +2

    These two tracks are the meat of this album in my opinion.