Agree, probably my new favorite after 25 years of listening to Radiohead. At least it's the one I return to most.... right now it's usually Amnesiac, In Rainbows, or Moon Shaped Pool. I'm starting to feel the same way about The King of Limbs which I initially kind of dismissed. It's their most chill and droney album which I actually appreciate on certain days (the lack of big song events is what turned many fans off). Same great tracks near the end too.
Speaking of James Bond, please listen to Radiohead's Spectre song. I can't believe they passed on it because it's the perfect Bond song (I say, not being a huge Bond fan).
This album lost a lot of fans as they got so experimental, even after Kid A, but it has some of their best music. Pyramid song might be my favorite Radiohead song, and that is saying A LOT. There is nothing like it. It is hard to express what mood Pyramid Song evokes. It reminded me of Knights in White Satin with the strings for some reason. I strongly suggest repeat listens to that song. Definitely one of my top songs of all time.
Radiohead actually did a Bond theme for Spectre that didn't get used in the end. It's fantastic and definitely shares something with Pyramid Song! Worth a listen for sure
Yes, thanks for getting back on the Radiohead journey! A very underrated album of theirs that's pretty experimental, and I love every minute of it. The first song of the album, Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box, is definitely reminiscent of Kid A, as if this album would be a continuation of the previous, but whereas Everything In It's Right Place softly immerses you in the world of Kid A, the opener here kind of drops you off and waves goodbye as you enter the beautiful disjointedness that is Amnesiac.
The thing about Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors for me is the last ‘lyric’. There are doors that let you in and out, but never open. And there are trapdoors… that you can’t come back from (Chills, literal chills)
I'd be very interested to see you react to some trip-hop, in particular Portishead's first 2 albums Dummy and Portishead, as well as Massive Attack's Mezzanine album. Another lesser known group that would be amazing to hear your thoughts on, is the Icelandic group Sigur Ros, definitely a group to familiarize yourself with and read a bit about, very different and incredible. FYI, with Portishead, any and all tracks that you can watch/listen from their Live in Roseland NYC Concert, is worth it, they have a philharmonic accompaniment throughout the show, epic concert. And lastly, before I forget, 2 other bits I think you would get a kick out of Tina S., especially her Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement on electric guitar, she is amazing, she also does covers of several other epic works with insane guitar work. And finally, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra has some wonderful videos to several of their theme nights, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, is definitely a highlight, but they have concerts for Star Wars, Star Trek, The Lord of the Rings and obviously a western concert devoted to the man with no name trilogy.
There is a great Pyramid song breakdown on Slate if I’m remembering correctly. It’s genius how they created it; how it’s constructed to to be a musical pyramid. I may not have described that correctly but you’ll get it as a composer.
that was what caught me from Pyramid song, it's a simple song (in appearance). The piano has a really weird pattern even though I read somewhere that it's in 4/4. Ahh Greenwood wrote the violin scores inspired in Stravinsky
Love your reactions to lovely music... As a great radiohead fan im especially excited for this one. Some Songs of Amnesiac are hard to enjoy at a first time listen i remember...
cool thing about pyramid song is its just 4/4, in like a jazzy tss tka tss tka tss tka tss tka with toms vocals and the drums and first note in the piano riff all kicking in on that first beat, once you find that rythm, bopping along to the song is so cool. its like listening to two songs at once. one when you bop along offsetty (idk the terms lol) with the piano as your time keeper, and one with the 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, its a great song
I have to admit that I liked Amnesiac more than Kid A at first, mainly because of Pyramid Song, I Might be Wrong, and Knives Out. One has to remember how daring this music was for a popular rock band to attempt, with many avant-garde touches. I was wondering when you were going to get back to Radiohead, and I’m glad you are enjoying it and recognizing that this is about as “progressive” as music can get. Thank you.
I've been looking forward to seeing you listen to Amnesiac. It was the Radiohead album that caught me, and it has remained my favourite since. Thanks for some great videos.
Hi again, Dean. I put off listening to this cd for many years-finally in 2015 I did just that. I was completely bewitched by the first 4 tracks. I couldn't understand the complete disregard for the cd by Radiohead fans. I loved it b/c it was very emotional and raw. It seemed deeper and more relateable to me somehow. I believed that Kid A and Amnesiac were somehow ointertwined then, when Kid Amnesiac was released as a 2 cd set, I realized I was correct in my assesment. Technically Amnesiac was not left overs from the Kid A sessions. It was part of a 2-disc set. Then Radiohead released the Kid Amnesiac art exhibition with some amazing visuals-Pyramyd song visual was great, Like Spiing Plates Like Us visual was great, and I like the track You and whose army, but the visual was the stuff nightmares are made of. Overall, Amnesiac is my third favorite Radiohead cd. Very emotional and very dark. Again You and whose Army is an excellent track that has a distinct 1930's/1940's feel and a futuristic digital feel at the same time. Love the track, but the visual exhibition is like a nighjtmare. Like Spinning Plates Why Us version is super emotional, and my 2nd favorite Radiohead so far.
pyramid song is 4/4 🤷 they have a James bond song : spectre film producers reject it , be sure to listen alsi listen to pulk/ pull true love waits version.
Hi Dean. Thanks for introducing me to Radio Head (as you pronounced it 😂). Quite a difficult start to listen to this as the music and sounds lead to a unique experience that is obviously an acquired taste. You did an admirable job with it to make some sense of it all. I’m not out off but it was a great introduction. Well done mate. All the best Dave ✅✅
Speaking of soundinh like James Bond, you have to check out their song Spectre which was made for the movie Spectre but was sadly rejected. It's a phenomenal song!
Imagine a world when Amnesiac comes out and people are downloading the songs on Napster at 20 minutes a go on dial up connection. Song 3 is Thom Yorke talking about different kinds of doors to a chaotic electronic drum beat 😂 In a way it’s no wonder this album was so underrated, but it’s a great album if not up there with OKC, KID A and IR.
Gotta love it when Thom decides to just make up a time signature. This and Spinning Plates are the epitome of Radiohead to me; totally weird, yet absolutely perfect.
Although the background eerie sounds in Pyramid Song are different when they play it Live it often sounds better depending on their approach each time. The crowd always goes slightly nuts though when the lights go blue & they see/hear Johnny Greenwood holding his guitar like a cello and playing it with a bow because they know they’re about to play Pyramid Song ✌️😁🎶🎹
Okay, if you can please listen to the album 'A Light For Attracting Attention' by The Smile. This new band is basically Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead joining up with a Jazz percussionist (Tom Skinner). I promise you will not be dissapointed.
Funny you call the 3rd song a palette cleanser - I can see it, but also - that might just be something I would like to listen to separately. It's distant, foreign, ambient and a bit hypnotic. Cool song.
You should check out some of the videos for these songs they are an artistic statement in themselves all of their videos in fact (other than the first record) are interesting to say the least.
Four months late here, but Pyramid Song into Pulk/Pull is the hardest whiplash in their discography for me. Pyramid Song is this ethereal, disorienting, melancholy tune that turns into a powerful, emotional dance of strings and swing, which trades places with How to Disappear Completely off Kid A for my favourite Radiohead song. Pulk/Pull, meanwhile, is the biggest missed potential tune they've made. I love the beat, the pummeling industrial percussion with that dragging, gritty descending synth... but, to me, the band proceeds to do almost nothing with this fantastic idea for much of the runtime. The version of Pulk/Pull on Kid A Mnesia that combines it with True Love Waits is magical, though. It's like hearing an idea completed.
Tried to sing Pyramid Song at a local bars karaoke night and damn, what a challenge. I knew i couldn't hit the notes so well but even the timing of the way he sings the words is damn hard. Tried Roy Orbison In Dreams as well. Both embarrassing performances. Lol
when you mentioned that pyramid song sounded james bondy.... they actually did a song called 'spectre' that was supposed to be in one of the modern titles with daniel craig... you should do a reaction vid on it and also another suggestion... one of thoms solo albums, 'the eraser' is amazing and you could do another reaction vid on that
5:55 The timing in Pyramid Song is just a repetition of: two dotted notes, a half note, and then two dotted notes. So it's technically in 4/4, but the asymmetry of the bars makes it feel like the bars are falling into each other, kind of pushing and pulling - or 'breathing'. Also they put chord changes in various places in the middle of bars which makes it feel even less regular.
Thanks for explaining that. It feels so random yet its precise. I wonder if the pyramid shape inspired the pattern, 1 2 3, 1 2 3 triangle, 1 2 3 4 sides viewed from above.....
There's a great analysis of the rhythm of pyramid song here: ruclips.net/video/MdZSOoOF5Ms/видео.html if you're curious. It's in 4/4 but with some dotted note trickery happening plus the chord changes don't always go where you expect, giving it the odd feel
Pyramid Song is one of my favourite pieces of music of all time. The genius of it is that the foundation of the time is a 3:2 Bossa clave swung and played a much slower tempo that you'd usually find it (if you want to get analytical).
@@deanwolfechannelthe drum pattern is interesting too, it's 3/4, 3/4, 2/4 (or 3/4, 5/4). If you listen at say x1.5 or x2 the drums a suddenly sound like Dave Brubeck's "Take Five". I imagine non of this was planned like that and was just written and played how they felt the music in the moment. It's super cool non-the-less.
Not really because of Thom’s playing. It’s a dotted crotchet (quarter note) rhythm with a triplet feel swing. You get two dotted crotchets (1/4 notes) followed by two tied crotchets that go across the bar, followed by two more dotted crotchets. The swing makes it that much more difficult to follow because the offbeat notes come a fraction later than you might expect. If you have trouble counting it, follow Phil’s ride when the drums come in.
Know you have absorbed Radiohead, you need to listen to 'A Light For Attracting Attention' by The Smile........why?.......because Thom and Jonny from Radiohead joined up with a Jazz drummer and what is creation is sublime. Give that album a go and you won't be dissapointed. The album is produced by Nigel Godrich who is the producer of all Radioheads albums and in my view the best producer of our generation.
The strings on Pyramid Song remind me of the music from High Plains Drifter which has a similar sound of hummed vocals and high spooky strings. ruclips.net/video/qRfPEYl_j1Q/видео.htmlsi=v3JlN1gT8fmUd-Tq
I bought Amnesiac on the day of its release and was bitterly disappointed. Pyramid Song had already been released as a single, but, in my opinion, nothing on the album comes close... I tried, but I never grew to love it. I tend to think of it as The Pyramid Song EP.
Pyramid Song is a work of genius. When those drums kick in... Whoa!
Here here!! What an original masterpiece.
such a lovely song... i never got the timing and just gave up, relaxed and enjoyed ^^
@@CivilianInRange It's called the Pyramid Song for a reason. Listen to the time signature's'. 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 and repeat...pyramid. 😀
@@Joe-qn4vv it's actually just 4/4
aha!!
Amnesiac is painfully underrated, particularly the tail end of it.
Agree, probably my new favorite after 25 years of listening to Radiohead. At least it's the one I return to most.... right now it's usually Amnesiac, In Rainbows, or Moon Shaped Pool. I'm starting to feel the same way about The King of Limbs which I initially kind of dismissed. It's their most chill and droney album which I actually appreciate on certain days (the lack of big song events is what turned many fans off). Same great tracks near the end too.
Pyramid Song is brilliant. Made me cry the first time I heard it. So did Everything in its Right Place.
Pyramid Song. My favourite. It’s everything I like about Radiohead. Mood, atmosphere, cinematic, Jonny’s string arrangements, it’s just beautiful.
Speaking of James Bond, please listen to Radiohead's Spectre song. I can't believe they passed on it because it's the perfect Bond song (I say, not being a huge Bond fan).
Yeah that’s such a great song
I added it to Moon Shape Pool. It goes perfect
I think Man Of War would have been another great Bond tune.
@@jameshannagan4256 Man of War would have been an incredible Bond tune.
This album lost a lot of fans as they got so experimental, even after Kid A, but it has some of their best music. Pyramid song might be my favorite Radiohead song, and that is saying A LOT. There is nothing like it. It is hard to express what mood Pyramid Song evokes. It reminded me of Knights in White Satin with the strings for some reason. I strongly suggest repeat listens to that song. Definitely one of my top songs of all time.
Yes, a strong song
That's an excellent description! I hadn't thought of the Knights In White Satin connection. It really does live in a similar realm.
@@pitpride1220 I am glad I am not the only one who can make that connection!! Cheers!
It's essentially a collection of B-Sides from Kid A that also works as an album.
Those drums are so jazzy too. The timbre and strength of his hits.
God I live for pakt like sardines
If you haven’t heard it yet, Robert Glasper’s jazz cover is great. When Radiohead heard it on tour, they added the song back to their setlists.
Radiohead actually did a Bond theme for Spectre that didn't get used in the end. It's fantastic and definitely shares something with Pyramid Song! Worth a listen for sure
Yes, thanks for getting back on the Radiohead journey! A very underrated album of theirs that's pretty experimental, and I love every minute of it. The first song of the album, Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box, is definitely reminiscent of Kid A, as if this album would be a continuation of the previous, but whereas Everything In It's Right Place softly immerses you in the world of Kid A, the opener here kind of drops you off and waves goodbye as you enter the beautiful disjointedness that is Amnesiac.
The thing about Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors for me is the last ‘lyric’.
There are doors that let you in and out, but never open.
And there are trapdoors… that you can’t come back from
(Chills, literal chills)
Are you joking
In no way. I love jittery, glitchy music.
I love Pulk too. This whole album is just perfect to me.
Pyramid Song is a masterpiece ❤️
i’ve been looking forward to amnesiac!! love your vids man
Thanks! Sorry it took so long...🤘
I'd be very interested to see you react to some trip-hop, in particular Portishead's first 2 albums Dummy and Portishead, as well as Massive Attack's Mezzanine album. Another lesser known group that would be amazing to hear your thoughts on, is the Icelandic group Sigur Ros, definitely a group to familiarize yourself with and read a bit about, very different and incredible.
FYI, with Portishead, any and all tracks that you can watch/listen from their Live in Roseland NYC Concert, is worth it, they have a philharmonic accompaniment throughout the show, epic concert.
And lastly, before I forget, 2 other bits I think you would get a kick out of Tina S., especially her Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement on electric guitar, she is amazing, she also does covers of several other epic works with insane guitar work. And finally, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra has some wonderful videos to several of their theme nights, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, is definitely a highlight, but they have concerts for Star Wars, Star Trek, The Lord of the Rings and obviously a western concert devoted to the man with no name trilogy.
There is a great Pyramid song breakdown on Slate if I’m remembering correctly. It’s genius how they created it; how it’s constructed to to be a musical pyramid. I may not have described that correctly but you’ll get it as a composer.
that was what caught me from Pyramid song, it's a simple song (in appearance). The piano has a really weird pattern even though I read somewhere that it's in 4/4.
Ahh Greenwood wrote the violin scores inspired in Stravinsky
Love your reactions to lovely music... As a great radiohead fan im especially excited for this one. Some Songs of Amnesiac are hard to enjoy at a first time listen i remember...
absolutely, That's the only challenge with first reactions. Feelings for an album change over time.
cool thing about pyramid song is its just 4/4, in like a jazzy tss tka tss tka tss tka tss tka with toms vocals and the drums and first note in the piano riff all kicking in on that first beat, once you find that rythm, bopping along to the song is so cool. its like listening to two songs at once. one when you bop along offsetty (idk the terms lol) with the piano as your time keeper, and one with the 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, its a great song
Pyramid is one of the most unique songs ever, truly amazingly unique.
I have to admit that I liked Amnesiac more than Kid A at first, mainly because of Pyramid Song, I Might be Wrong, and Knives Out. One has to remember how daring this music was for a popular rock band to attempt, with many avant-garde touches. I was wondering when you were going to get back to Radiohead, and I’m glad you are enjoying it and recognizing that this is about as “progressive” as music can get. Thank you.
I've been looking forward to seeing you listen to Amnesiac. It was the Radiohead album that caught me, and it has remained my favourite since. Thanks for some great videos.
You're welcome and thanks
Hi again, Dean. I put off listening to this cd for many years-finally in 2015 I did just that. I was completely bewitched by the first 4 tracks. I couldn't understand the complete disregard for the cd by Radiohead fans. I loved it b/c it was very emotional and raw. It seemed deeper and more relateable to me somehow. I believed that Kid A and Amnesiac were somehow ointertwined then, when Kid Amnesiac was released as a 2 cd set, I realized I was correct in my assesment. Technically Amnesiac was not left overs from the Kid A sessions. It was part of a 2-disc set. Then Radiohead released the Kid Amnesiac art exhibition with some amazing visuals-Pyramyd song visual was great, Like Spiing Plates Like Us visual was great, and I like the track You and whose army, but the visual was the stuff nightmares are made of. Overall, Amnesiac is my third favorite Radiohead cd. Very emotional and very dark. Again You and whose Army is an excellent track that has a distinct 1930's/1940's feel and a futuristic digital feel at the same time. Love the track, but the visual exhibition is like a nighjtmare. Like Spinning Plates Why Us version is super emotional, and my 2nd favorite Radiohead so far.
I think Radiohead music is going to be held in pretty high esteem into the next generations.
pyramid song is 4/4 🤷
they have a James bond song : spectre
film producers reject it , be sure to listen
alsi listen to pulk/ pull true love waits version.
Hi Dean. Thanks for introducing me to Radio Head (as you pronounced it 😂). Quite a difficult start to listen to this as the music and sounds lead to a unique experience that is obviously an acquired taste. You did an admirable job with it to make some sense of it all. I’m not out off but it was a great introduction. Well done mate. All the best Dave ✅✅
ah yes, 'acquired taste' often comes into play for a lot of bands really
@@deanwolfechannel it does indeed. Part 2 this morning. Here I go!
Speaking of soundinh like James Bond, you have to check out their song Spectre which was made for the movie Spectre but was sadly rejected. It's a phenomenal song!
I will
►pt2: ruclips.net/video/Lb5-zCVkqsM/видео.html
0:00 Intro/background
0:32 Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box
4:35 comments
5:23 Pyramid Song
10:13 comments
11:42 Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors
15:51 comments
Imagine a world when Amnesiac comes out and people are downloading the songs on Napster at 20 minutes a go on dial up connection. Song 3 is Thom Yorke talking about different kinds of doors to a chaotic electronic drum beat 😂
In a way it’s no wonder this album was so underrated, but it’s a great album if not up there with OKC, KID A and IR.
Love the p/g (Grace Under Pressure) album on the wall, my favorite Rush album!
And Radiohead are another one of my favorite bands, both so good. 👍🏻
Gotta love it when Thom decides to just make up a time signature. This and Spinning Plates are the epitome of Radiohead to me; totally weird, yet absolutely perfect.
I love the first two songs after that it took a while for the album to connect but as always it did.
Although the background eerie sounds in Pyramid Song are different when they play it Live it often sounds better depending on their approach each time. The crowd always goes slightly nuts though when the lights go blue & they see/hear Johnny Greenwood holding his guitar like a cello and playing it with a bow because they know they’re about to play Pyramid Song ✌️😁🎶🎹
Bonnaroo 2006 is probably the best live version imo
Okay, if you can please listen to the album 'A Light For Attracting Attention' by The Smile. This new band is basically Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead joining up with a Jazz percussionist (Tom Skinner). I promise you will not be dissapointed.
You got it! thanks 🙏
Funny you call the 3rd song a palette cleanser - I can see it, but also - that might just be something I would like to listen to separately. It's distant, foreign, ambient and a bit hypnotic. Cool song.
You should check out some of the videos for these songs they are an artistic statement in themselves all of their videos in fact (other than the first record) are interesting to say the least.
Four months late here, but Pyramid Song into Pulk/Pull is the hardest whiplash in their discography for me. Pyramid Song is this ethereal, disorienting, melancholy tune that turns into a powerful, emotional dance of strings and swing, which trades places with How to Disappear Completely off Kid A for my favourite Radiohead song.
Pulk/Pull, meanwhile, is the biggest missed potential tune they've made. I love the beat, the pummeling industrial percussion with that dragging, gritty descending synth... but, to me, the band proceeds to do almost nothing with this fantastic idea for much of the runtime.
The version of Pulk/Pull on Kid A Mnesia that combines it with True Love Waits is magical, though. It's like hearing an idea completed.
Tried to sing Pyramid Song at a local bars karaoke night and damn, what a challenge. I knew i couldn't hit the notes so well but even the timing of the way he sings the words is damn hard. Tried Roy Orbison In Dreams as well. Both embarrassing performances. Lol
when you mentioned that pyramid song sounded james bondy.... they actually did a song called 'spectre' that was supposed to be in one of the modern titles with daniel craig... you should do a reaction vid on it and also another suggestion... one of thoms solo albums, 'the eraser' is amazing and you could do another reaction vid on that
Thanks, Ck my Radiohead playlist, in fact it WAS requested and I checked it out and crazy love it!
5:55 The timing in Pyramid Song is just a repetition of: two dotted notes, a half note, and then two dotted notes. So it's technically in 4/4, but the asymmetry of the bars makes it feel like the bars are falling into each other, kind of pushing and pulling - or 'breathing'. Also they put chord changes in various places in the middle of bars which makes it feel even less regular.
Thanks for explaining that. It feels so random yet its precise. I wonder if the pyramid shape inspired the pattern, 1 2 3, 1 2 3 triangle, 1 2 3 4 sides viewed from above.....
Even Phil Selway had trouble with the time signature. Probably because Thom just invented one
It is bizarre but also kind of intuitive.
Thanks for another thoughtful reaction!
Any time! More radiohead full album reactions to come
I hope you’d do a moon shaped pool soon
I'm not decided which album is next, but moon is very possible
The time signature is just 4/4, its a swing time...which makes it seem off kilter.,
There's a great analysis of the rhythm of pyramid song here: ruclips.net/video/MdZSOoOF5Ms/видео.html if you're curious. It's in 4/4 but with some dotted note trickery happening plus the chord changes don't always go where you expect, giving it the odd feel
Pyramid Song🔺🔻🔺
Pyramid Song is one of my favourite pieces of music of all time. The genius of it is that the foundation of the time is a 3:2 Bossa clave swung and played a much slower tempo that you'd usually find it (if you want to get analytical).
Hmm, that gives me something to research!
@@deanwolfechannelthe drum pattern is interesting too, it's 3/4, 3/4, 2/4 (or 3/4, 5/4). If you listen at say x1.5 or x2 the drums a suddenly sound like Dave Brubeck's "Take Five".
I imagine non of this was planned like that and was just written and played how they felt the music in the moment. It's super cool non-the-less.
I love that album
Fun fact, Pyramid Song is actually just in 4/4 throughout the entire song. It just sounds weird because of Thom's piano playing.
Not really because of Thom’s playing. It’s a dotted crotchet (quarter note) rhythm with a triplet feel swing. You get two dotted crotchets (1/4 notes) followed by two tied crotchets that go across the bar, followed by two more dotted crotchets. The swing makes it that much more difficult to follow because the offbeat notes come a fraction later than you might expect. If you have trouble counting it, follow Phil’s ride when the drums come in.
And Dean, are you in Toronto? We get some great weirdo shit come through our smaller community of experimental/jazz/prog.
Use to be
Know you have absorbed Radiohead, you need to listen to 'A Light For Attracting Attention' by The Smile........why?.......because Thom and Jonny from Radiohead joined up with a Jazz drummer and what is creation is sublime. Give that album a go and you won't be dissapointed. The album is produced by Nigel Godrich who is the producer of all Radioheads albums and in my view the best producer of our generation.
Will do!
Is that an autographed carpenters lp?!
I wish! It's part of the album design.
@@deanwolfechannel I’ve liked the Carpenters my whole life. And RIP Burt Bacharach.
The strings on Pyramid Song remind me of the music from High Plains Drifter which has a similar sound of hummed vocals and high spooky strings. ruclips.net/video/qRfPEYl_j1Q/видео.htmlsi=v3JlN1gT8fmUd-Tq
No chance of getting too moody with Pyramid song.
I bought Amnesiac on the day of its release and was bitterly disappointed. Pyramid Song had already been released as a single, but, in my opinion, nothing on the album comes close... I tried, but I never grew to love it. I tend to think of it as The Pyramid Song EP.
The piano strokes are preemptive, defensive, dodgy.