He has one of the most particular voice, that is the most difficult thing to reproduce. I mean he has this voice very very thiny, like a "mezza-voce" if we can define in this term. If you don't born with that voice you can't even try to do something similiar to him. For example i have a bass/baritone voice and my head voice is preatty big and it's impossible to have his voice at all. Maybe for a tenor is better but it's something that has to do just with vocal chords. I think very very few people in earth can try to reproduce exactly his voice but in my opinion you have to born with those vocal chords and other things ..
Toms voice it sounds to me like a mix between a ghost and an angel. Dont you think that? It takes you to places and creates armopheries. I get lost when i listen this band. Love this rendition to radiohead and tom yorke. Now i ask you for a video of bjorks voicee pleasee
I’ve always felt like Thom’s singing sounds like a kind of wail when he hits those long high notes. Not many people could make that work but he absolutely kills it.
QWERTY Yes! I (strangely) love that tonal quality of his voice in those high notes. It really captures the emotional impact of many of their songs. And as you said it works perfectly.
Jigsaw Falling Into Place is a prime song to vocally analyze. It has a pretty wide range, even for Thom, so much that they've stopped playing the song live, because it's to hard for Thom.
It would be so cool to hear you react to older singers from back in the day like David Bowie, Janis Joplin, Robert Plant, Jim Morrison, etc. Voices weren’t as super polished as they are now but I found them much more soulful at times.
So what do we have to do to get Bon Appetit to pick Sam as a guest for a Back to Back Chef episode because it would be one of the greatest crossovers of all time
I find myself getting more and more fluent in understanding this singing language.....viscerally understand the “all pitches have their own register” better now than the first time I heard you describe this concept months ago.
Sam is the kind hero we beginners need! Love how you described what registration means to you, sensation vs just terminology. I’ll practice thinking of it like that!
@@angrylittledumpling Kid A and in Rainbows are the masterpieces for me and Hail to the thief is my personal favorite. But ok computer was groundbreaking for them and the music world..
I fully agree with Sam’s comment: Thom’s a wizzard… I love his voice and attitude even when I know nothing about music grammar but I love the feeling I get when it's happening, and that is magic. I can’t argue about the way you have to spell: a lot a lot a bit, cause I’m not an english speaker but it was funny.
Radiohead and Tom Yorke have a unique sound, I am always happier when Ive heard them. I am always happier after a Sam Johnson video too. Your analysis are always respectful, honest and truly educational.
I read or heard somewhere that in the Pablo Honey days Thom kept blowing up his voice on stage during the tour. When he met Bjork he realized he needed voice training.
Thom's full-ish voice, the eternal mystery! I've been fixating lately once again on his way of singing, so this video helped a lot. Love all your videos actually, and I just realised that I was unconsciously "creating the map" for the past year of all different registrations and how they "feel" in my body and mind!Always grateful for your suggestions and explanations! 🎼
happily surprised to (finally) see Radiohead on this excellent YT channel. What a unique band , with many brilliant songs, so hauting and powerful that you never think about the technique when listenning to it. You just gest lost.
would love to hear you react to some Incubus, maybe from the Look Alive tour - their singer's voice is really unusual and so good on those shows specifically
Thank you for reviewing the methods and techniques Thom Yorke utilizes, I’ve been loving your channel and enjoy the range of styles you overview. Of course everyone requests particular artists from you to do a video on, but I would just like to offer Damian Rice as an artist for you personally to take a look at. He’s a less.... popular I suppose artist but his style is extremely unique and I would love for you to hear it. Thanks for all the work and knowledge!
I love how real you are. You give what your fans want, but also just put out great content, even if it wasn't asked for in the comments. Keep it up man
Seen them once when I was a teen, my first freaking concert ever and I regret that I haven't seen them again...absolutely one of my favorite bands ever
I would love to hear you break down Anthony Green's voice in like a Circa Survive or Saosin song where he switches between clean melodic and screams. Or like, Hobo Johnson lol
I don't know much about singing, but I get the feeling that if you wrote a book on textbook singing, Thom might not be someone you'd want to include. That being said, he has a certain way about him, a way of really injecting emotion that a lot of people connect with, including myself.
Could his head shaking also have another practical use. It almost sounds like it is giving him a slight warble sound from the minor doppler effect on the mic.
I've always felt like it was for keeping time. This sort of thing is the kind of thing people point to when they say things like "Videotape is syncopated".
Awesome, I love your videos reacting to so many different artists, I know you already did Harry Styles but I would love to hear your reaction on the 'Falling' performance as well as the Billie Eilish - 'No Time To Die' Performance both at the Brit Awards.
This version (from Later with Jools Holland) is my favorite version of Weird Fishes. I rewatch it regularly, and share it with people when I want to tell them about my favorite song (and band) in the world.
Fell in love with Radiohead when my husband and I got to see them live after In Rainbows came out. It was for my husbands birthday because he is a huge fan of theirs and Thom. Got super excited when I saw this video posted.
Can you please react to Mónica Naranjo? She's an amazing performer and vocalist that a lot of the English-speaking world is missing out on. Some of her most popular performances are: -Mónica Naranjo Sobrevivire en vivo live Pavaroti y amigos -Mónica Naranjo - Vivir Así Es Morir De Amor (Gala 60 Años TVE) -Mónica Naranjo - Ahora, Ahora (Directo en Luar) 12-07-2013 -Mónica Naranjo - Europa Directo Stage -Europa - Adagio
I've never really understood your comments about people opening their eyes when they perform, but I did today. You did not look at the camera as much as you usually do, and I kind of felt a little bit of absence, however, almost at the end I finally saw you smiling and actually enjoying the sounds... A glimpse of the Sam I'm used to see and enjoy and learn from.
Agreed about Thom Yorke, though I'm not really a fan of Radiohead, I really like his style and uniqueness. Brilliant musician.... You spoke about nasality in this video, would you do a video discussing the concepts of it, like pros and cons, why it would be used, and what is achieved when using it? I have a bias against it and I'm not sure why. Of all the pop/alternative songs I've listened to throughout the 80s/90s/00s, there were a lot of nasally vocals that bothered me because I saw them as using the technique as a crutch or shortcut. It seemed like the singers had deluded themselves into thinking they sound amazing, and what I was thinking during the few moments it took as I reached to change the radio station or click to new song was the singer needed more clarity or purity in execution.It still bothers me and I was hoping you might be able to shed some light on what's going on because I probably don't understand it as much as think I do. Thanks!!
Hello there! Missing your videos (but from artists I like hehe). Love how you need to explain so many details about the complexity of a voice so identifiable. If you do another Radiohead video, could it be Paranoid android, All I need, High and dry, Karma police, Street spirit (fade out), Black star, How to desappear completely, Idioteque, Let down? (I could literally love a video on each one 😅) Your choice for this video is lovely.
Have you listened to Radiohead's "Nude (from the basement)"? Please check it out, would love to see your reaction. Actually this very song, and all of (from the basement) is live studio recorded and much better quality audio to really appreciate his voice
7:44 He starts talking about that thing that every single Radiohead fan came here to hear him talk about. #Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
The only lyric Ed knows...
@@Ishai1 not anymore! 😄 check out his solo album
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
Gollum
Hodor
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
The backup singer... also known as EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
truth jaja
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!
*Screams loudly in my room with emotion*
EEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!
Glad I came here to hear 40 seconds of the song with excessive opinion on the song. I'd hate to hear a balanced song/reaction video.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDdd
Thom yorke has one of the best voices to me. i love radiohead
It is like a violin 🎻🎶
My favorite band. His singing style is quite hard to reproduce he adds lots of effects but it still sounds so natural, kind of genius in my book
He has one of the most particular voice, that is the most difficult thing to reproduce. I mean he has this voice very very thiny, like a "mezza-voce" if we can define in this term. If you don't born with that voice you can't even try to do something similiar to him. For example i have a bass/baritone voice and my head voice is preatty big and it's impossible to have his voice at all. Maybe for a tenor is better but it's something that has to do just with vocal chords. I think very very few people in earth can try to reproduce exactly his voice but in my opinion you have to born with those vocal chords and other things ..
Listening to you talk about a singer's voice and style is almost as helpful as a lesson. I just get so much out of this.
Right?? Almost makes me feel 1% less guilty about watching youtube instead of studying!
Toms voice it sounds to me like a mix between a ghost and an angel. Dont you think that? It takes you to places and creates armopheries. I get lost when i listen this band.
Love this rendition to radiohead and tom yorke.
Now i ask you for a video of bjorks voicee pleasee
His name is Thom.
And the fact we don’t know what a fucking angel or a ghost sounds like is no help
Yes
I’ve always felt like Thom’s singing sounds like a kind of wail when he hits those long high notes. Not many people could make that work but he absolutely kills it.
QWERTY Yes! I (strangely) love that tonal quality of his voice in those high notes. It really captures the emotional impact of many of their songs. And as you said it works perfectly.
My wife hates it. I think his voice is an instrument.
Ohhh nice some Radiohead! Weird Fishes always gives me chills when I listen to it.
Jigsaw Falling Into Place is a prime song to vocally analyze. It has a pretty wide range, even for Thom, so much that they've stopped playing the song live, because it's to hard for Thom.
Some Radiohead songs seemed impossible when I started this singing journey, thanks for this.
It would be so cool to hear you react to older singers from back in the day like David Bowie, Janis Joplin, Robert Plant, Jim Morrison, etc. Voices weren’t as super polished as they are now but I found them much more soulful at times.
Well you’ve now restarted my Radiohead obsession.
We should start a support group😬
Please react to any of their songs from the performances they did of their album “In Rainbows” from The Basement
Specifically ‘Nude’ or ‘Videotape’
Nude.... oh man, what a performance that is.
So what do we have to do to get Bon Appetit to pick Sam as a guest for a Back to Back Chef episode because it would be one of the greatest crossovers of all time
I'd die
14:15 Just cause you FEEEEEEEEL IIIT doesn't mean it's there.
Listen to Wolf at the Door for a very unique side of Thom’s voice.
That's an awesome song!!
I agree! It sounds much closer to his speaking voice, which would normally be someone’s comfortable singing range
@@IHeartTurnips14
You can tell in a lot of his solo music that he naturally has a strong low range yeah
His softer tone draws a listener in, imagine if this started off belting? Very different feel
Yorke's restraint or lack of is artistry
I find myself getting more and more fluent in understanding this singing language.....viscerally understand the “all pitches have their own register” better now than the first time I heard you describe this concept months ago.
Sam is the kind hero we beginners need! Love how you described what registration means to you, sensation vs just terminology. I’ll practice thinking of it like that!
I love how even Sam can't exactly classify Thom's voice. It's other worldly!
Have you heard the album OK Computer by Radiohead? Dude. A must. Masterpiece.
One of my favorite albums ever
An absolutely perfect album
@@angrylittledumpling Kid A and in Rainbows are the masterpieces for me and Hail to the thief is my personal favorite.
But ok computer was groundbreaking for them and the music world..
1. In Rainbows
2. Kid A
3. OK Computer
4. A Moon Shaped Pool
5. Hail to the Thief
6. Amnesiac
7. The Bends
8. The King of Limbs
9. Pablo Honey
@@Tesla_Death_Ray isnt this just anthony fantanos list?
I'd love to see you review some Sigur Ros, such as Kveikur or Svefn-G-Englar. Jonsi has an incredible range.
pjl626 this!!!!!!
YES
Yes please!
Untitled #7 too!!!!!!
Yes yes YES
The From the Basement performance of Reckoner (or anything from that session) is a great vocal performance by Thom.
hoping your new outro song is nominated for the grammy it deserves
About damn time. Almost every live performance by Radiohead is amazing.
antdujar anyone can play guitar
@@mistamopBeach House version obvi
The target, it's called the target my sweet Sam! luv ya!
I was literally just listening to Radiohead the other day and thinking, “I wonder what Sam would say about this?”
And here we are! haha thank you!
Everything Thom yorke does vocally is the correct thing to do 😀
One of the most beautiful songs ever!!
Ernie zakri is a vocal coach from Malaysia and her voice is amazing!!
I fully agree with Sam’s comment: Thom’s a wizzard… I love his voice and attitude even when I know nothing about music grammar but I love the feeling I get when it's happening, and that is magic.
I can’t argue about the way you have to spell: a lot a lot a bit, cause I’m not an english speaker but it was funny.
I'd love to see you break down the live take of Bloom by Thom Yorke in Electric Lady Studios.
Always makes me so emotional
Radiohead and Tom Yorke have a unique sound, I am always happier when Ive heard them. I am always happier after a Sam Johnson video too. Your analysis are always respectful, honest and truly educational.
His name is Thom. Only his family call him Tom.
Finally reacting to my favorite artist!
I read or heard somewhere that in the Pablo Honey days Thom kept blowing up his voice on stage during the tour. When he met Bjork he realized he needed voice training.
Thom's full-ish voice, the eternal mystery! I've been fixating lately once again on his way of singing, so this video helped a lot.
Love all your videos actually, and I just realised that I was unconsciously "creating the map" for the past year of all different registrations and how they "feel" in my body and mind!Always grateful for your suggestions and explanations! 🎼
Thom Yorke now uses less technique but more emotion. Before he has a harder voice. Good choice of song with « Weird Fishes »
happily surprised to (finally) see Radiohead on this excellent YT channel. What a unique band , with many brilliant songs, so hauting and powerful that you never think about the technique when listenning to it. You just gest lost.
Thank you for this - Thom is incredible
Ah, god this is one of my all time most re-watched radiohead performances. So good!
Love Radiohead!!!
Saw them do this live at the Blossom Center. Will forever compare concerts to that one.
Lovely! You should definitely do Radioheads song 'Nude' Live from the Basement. Absolutely beautiful.
You should react to one of his early performances of 'street spirit' its incredible how powerful his voice was when he was young
I would love to see you commenting on Thom singing Bloom solo
I would love to see you’re reaction/analysis of something from The Smiths or Morrissey
Perhaps Miserable Lie or This Charming Man?
Bracke Brontosaurus both are great choices
YES PLEASE
would love to hear you react to some Incubus, maybe from the Look Alive tour - their singer's voice is really unusual and so good on those shows specifically
Thank you for reviewing the methods and techniques Thom Yorke utilizes, I’ve been loving your channel and enjoy the range of styles you overview.
Of course everyone requests particular artists from you to do a video on, but I would just like to offer Damian Rice as an artist for you personally to take a look at. He’s a less.... popular I suppose artist but his style is extremely unique and I would love for you to hear it.
Thanks for all the work and knowledge!
Thanks for doing this video! I freaking love Radiohead, this was great!
I love how real you are. You give what your fans want, but also just put out great content, even if it wasn't asked for in the comments. Keep it up man
love radiohead and this song! you should defo do lianne la havas next
Radiohead is amazing.
Seen them once when I was a teen, my first freaking concert ever and I regret that I haven't seen them again...absolutely one of my favorite bands ever
Sam, would you please talk about Joni Mitchell’s vocals across her career?
Lance Deschenes yesssss please!!
Please could you react to any Damien Rice live song. Thank you.
I would love to hear you break down Anthony Green's voice in like a Circa Survive or Saosin song where he switches between clean melodic and screams. Or like, Hobo Johnson lol
pleASE SAM REACT TO SOMETHING LIVE BY JOANNA NEWSOM!!!!! I recommend Good Intentions Paving Company or Baby Birch
Yas!!! Or book of right on... sprout AMD the bean
OHMYGOD SOMEONE REACTING TO RADIOHEAD?! KABSISJSJJS IM GONNA WATCH THIS SO MANY TIMES
I don't know much about singing, but I get the feeling that if you wrote a book on textbook singing, Thom might not be someone you'd want to include. That being said, he has a certain way about him, a way of really injecting emotion that a lot of people connect with, including myself.
I find it hilarious how Sam keeps hitting his keyboard when gesticulating
Could his head shaking also have another practical use. It almost sounds like it is giving him a slight warble sound from the minor doppler effect on the mic.
I've always felt like it was for keeping time. This sort of thing is the kind of thing people point to when they say things like "Videotape is syncopated".
He’s just head dancing, keeping time in my simple mind.
Im pretty sure it would be amazing if u react to Ernie Zakri singing Ku bersuara on AJL34 stage 😭😭 please notice thiss!!!
Awesome, I love your videos reacting to so many different artists, I know you already did Harry Styles but I would love to hear your reaction on the 'Falling' performance as well as the Billie Eilish - 'No Time To Die' Performance both at the Brit Awards.
M.Stephan this!! they were both amazing performances
This song doesn't really feature his voice odd choice the basement versions of Nude or Reckoner would be fantastic to hear a breakdown of.
Nice choice. Super interesting analysis, as always. I have to go listen to this album now.
I can't wait till Wooptember or whatever he said
I think the song that shows Thom’s range the best is Fake Plastic Trees
Good point. Also were there 78 other cocklobsters or are you a cocklobster born in 1979?
Al Boreham 69 was taken apparently so I chose ten places up
Still my top 5 bands of all time.
radiohead is one of my favorite bands ever and honestly above all else i just loved seeing you be so happy and passionate listening to them
Do you typically get copyright claims for these videos? Cool video! I've done a few Radiohead covers on my channel
Radiohead codex
So enjoyable to listen to you analyze my favorite singer of all time.
So interesting! Thanks Sam!
yes! radiohead
FINALLY! I loved hearing you talk about Radiohead. Thank you so much, keep 'em coming!
The whole good/bad bad/good part had me gagging. I love you so much lmao
All of the Malaysian Subscribers waiting for you to react for Ernie Zakri singing Ku Bersuara-AJL34😭🔥
If this song confuses you, you should listen to "all I need" or "reckoner".
Favorite RH song.
Helped me get through all three of my baby daughter's openhearts.
This version (from Later with Jools Holland) is my favorite version of Weird Fishes. I rewatch it regularly, and share it with people when I want to tell them about my favorite song (and band) in the world.
Overthinking and overanalysing separates the body from the mind
I watched your TXT reaction video some weeks ago and enjoyed it. I didn't know you also reacted to one of my favorite Radiohead songs!
Fell in love with Radiohead when my husband and I got to see them live after In Rainbows came out. It was for my husbands birthday because he is a huge fan of theirs and Thom. Got super excited when I saw this video posted.
Can you please react to Mónica Naranjo? She's an amazing performer and vocalist that a lot of the English-speaking world is missing out on. Some of her most popular performances are:
-Mónica Naranjo Sobrevivire en vivo live Pavaroti y amigos
-Mónica Naranjo - Vivir Así Es Morir De Amor (Gala 60 Años TVE)
-Mónica Naranjo - Ahora, Ahora (Directo en Luar) 12-07-2013
-Mónica Naranjo - Europa Directo Stage
-Europa - Adagio
YES I WOULD BE HERE FOR THIS!!!
I've never really understood your comments about people opening their eyes when they perform, but I did today. You did not look at the camera as much as you usually do, and I kind of felt a little bit of absence, however, almost at the end I finally saw you smiling and actually enjoying the sounds... A glimpse of the Sam I'm used to see and enjoy and learn from.
Agreed about Thom Yorke, though I'm not really a fan of Radiohead, I really like his style and uniqueness. Brilliant musician.... You spoke about nasality in this video, would you do a video discussing the concepts of it, like pros and cons, why it would be used, and what is achieved when using it? I have a bias against it and I'm not sure why. Of all the pop/alternative songs I've listened to throughout the 80s/90s/00s, there were a lot of nasally vocals that bothered me because I saw them as using the technique as a crutch or shortcut. It seemed like the singers had deluded themselves into thinking they sound amazing, and what I was thinking during the few moments it took as I reached to change the radio station or click to new song was the singer needed more clarity or purity in execution.It still bothers me and I was hoping you might be able to shed some light on what's going on because I probably don't understand it as much as think I do. Thanks!!
Spida Mitchell, I see Utah Jazz fan, I suscribe. Love your content. All the best!
I’d love to see your thoughts on the Live from the basement version of the song ‘Nude’ by Radiohead. It’s absolutely beautiful. ☺️
Best video yet and you have some great ones. Well done!
Please react to Ernie Zakri ku bersuara on AJL34 stage 😭😭!!
Hi Sam, can you review Ernie Zakri - Ku Bersuara (AJL 34)
Skinny Love by Bon Iver would be an interesting one!
I dunno, I think heavenly father live at the opera house would be a better candidate
Omg you did it!!!! You fucking legend!!!!
And my name is in the video!
Christmas comes very early this year!
Ahhhh, Radiohead is my favorite! I’m so happy you did this
Would love to see your take on Falling in Reverse- the drug in me is reimagined
Hello there! Missing your videos (but from artists I like hehe). Love how you need to explain so many details about the complexity of a voice so identifiable.
If you do another Radiohead video, could it be Paranoid android, All I need, High and dry, Karma police, Street spirit (fade out), Black star, How to desappear completely, Idioteque, Let down? (I could literally love a video on each one 😅)
Your choice for this video is lovely.
One of my favourite songs ever!
I would love your thoughts on Aerosmith's Steven Tyler Dream On from Howard Stern. The man is over 70! How can he still sound the same?
Please react to Million Roses by Jonghyun 🧡 Can't wait to hear your analysis 🧡🧡
Have you listened to Radiohead's "Nude (from the basement)"?
Please check it out, would love to see your reaction.
Actually this very song, and all of (from the basement) is live studio recorded and much better quality audio to really appreciate his voice