@@hugosir4583 Well, mayhaps it is for the best. With all that little fella's head nodding and weaving one can only imagine the plague ridden spittle that he is flinging with such gay abandon to all and sundry within a 50 metre area :/
Don’t get me wrong, I love the proper studio album “In Rainbows,” but this is just on another level. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve listened to this magical recording.
@Andrew Cummins, you are not the only one, I've been here for years, and keep coming back for the session and video. It is rough around the edges, in a good way, as they just jam and play the tunes. I enjoy the casual nature of such live performances and recordings, as they have fun.
I think the biggest reason radiohead is loved so dearly, is because they create music that people can find comfort in. Many consider their music "depressing", i think that's true and it's the reason why so many people love it, they create music that allow people to relate to being depressed and finding comfort in not being the only one who suffers from depression and/or has dark thoughts.
definitely, and depressed sometimes see the world as it really is because they're intelligent high definition minds that need stimulation, this music has the complexity to keep them interested lol
I think "melancholic" is a better word than "depressing" -- dark and moody without being suicidally bleak. In an interview about their early days when developing their style and approach, Thom coined the great ironic term "miserablist" - which seems pretty perfect.
My guess is that it is probably a looper that he turns the volume on with a foot pedal. You see him hit a pedal right when that is turned on. Still very impressive how flawlessly he executes that.
Holy Crap! I was always confused why he had to run after the keyboard part was over, and then didn't know what he was doing so high up his guitar neck when I couldn't hear him playing anything.
I was never a huge radiohead fan, but this floored me. I lost brain cells and got new ones to replace them. What an experience with a few guys in a room strangling their instruments. Amazing.
Colin is an incredible bassist. He knows how to take just a few notes but make something complex out of it. Listen to airbag... he's playing a few notes, mostly on the low E string, but the timing is so unusual... and just so fucking cool.
Arpeggi/Weird Fishes - 00:20 15 Step - 05:40 Bodysnatchers - 09:36 Nude - 14:01 The Gloaming - 18:32 Myxomatosis - 21:45 House of Cards - 25:43 Bangers N Mash - 31:20 Optimistic - 34:53 Reckoner - 39:50 Videotape - 45:02 Where I End And You Begin - 49:33
this is introversion at its finest. each guy in his corner in their own little world. i never understood radiohead fully until i watched this. this is such a masterclass performance and they enjoy themselves still even after all these years.
I saw Radiohead live a few years ago and I was not prepared for the experience, it was amazing. The generational camaraderie of the fans was extremely touching and energizing. Grandparents dancing with teens in the isles. The light show melted my eyes. Thom York practically does an entire interpretive dance routine while belting out album quality lyrics. I can probably count on one hand the vocalists that come close to what he puts out on stage. 11/10, would no-call work to go see them again lol
@@pushthetempo2 na I think he's right. If we're talking pure ability, there are probably far skilled vocalists. After all, music is such a eclectic field. But Thom is my favourite singer and muscian. I don't care if a damn angel is brought to me, he will still be above 'em all. The love I have for this man is ineffable.
"The generational camaraderie of the fans was extremely touching and energizing. Grandparents dancing with teens in the isles." I absolutely love this. I experienced the same exact thing when I saw The Pixies this spring! The ability for music to bring people together in this way is Magical
I agree with you, nobody comes close to Thom's voice! Or no one comes close to Thom's lyricas, performances and all aspects! And also nobody comes close to Radiohead!@@masterninja9716
Ya know, In Rainbows has sneakily crept into becoming one of my all time favorite records. Great on first listen & impeccably gorgeous with repeated listens. This from the basement session is nothing short of spectacular.
I agree. But I don’t think it ‘disappears completely’, I believe it leaves a lingering feeling of peacefulness. Listening to Radiohead is a type of meditation, and this video is the pinnacle of enlightenment - it is nirvana (and yet it is not, Nirvana)
I love how you all love Radiohead. I’ve been lovin’ them for nearly 20 years now - in this life I always feel a bit different, but I pass, I think, lol, anyway reading your comments I’m reminded I’m not alone.
Now that’s a professional band. Every sound has a purpose, every member of the band contributing in different ways to create a wholly unique and beautiful soundscape. They truly are unreal.
@@Fish_Stick_Party The sound is recorded by Nigel Goodrich who produced the album and is essentially a member of the band. This is his basement studio.
Listening to OK Computer and Bends again recently for the first time in over a decade I was struck by the fact that Phil Selway is really their secret weapon. Sure Yorke is a great, tortured frontman and songwriter, and J Greenwood is a fantastic innovator, but that tight, super powerful drum sound really brings the whole sound together. And how had I never noticed the drum part in Airbag before? Give it another decade and I'll be back singing Colin or Ed's praises.
Oh man, you gotta listen carefully to whatever Colin's doing, every damn note is a stroke of genius. He's so good at providing multiple layers to their harmonies and melodies.
I saw Radiohead years ago on the In Rainbows tour and tickets for so-so seats were like $90 and I was like "WTF, this better be good" AND DAMN IT WAS. You listen to their albums and expect they wouldn't be able to recreate those layers live but turns out they're an incredible live band. One of the best concerts I've been to 💯
I saw them on their In Rainbows tour as well. It was my 2nd tour of theirs I saw. *This album saved my life.* My father died not long before the release of the album. He was 52. I was 26 years old (only child, single dad) and had quit my engineering job to be his 24/7/365 nurse, caregiver, maid, shrink, cook, best friend, and driver, and in the last few days of his 4 years of suffering, I was his daughter again. When he died, *I HAD NOTHING. Nothing but death and emptiness and I no longer cared about anything.* I have never been so low or suicidal. Then... *In Rainbows* This was my life preserver. Now, this many years later and in my 40s, with lots of therapy and still alone... These songs explain SO MUCH MORE as to why they spoke to me. I can understand all of it, and explain where Thom was when he wrote them. *oh... Rachel...* Videotape kills me more now than ever before. But that is a conversation about the morning my Father passed away. Now, I know why he had me leave...
Did you hear the waves of sound that came out during Weird Fishes at the concert? I can't even explain it to people but it was like a surreal, ethereal experience. Nigel Godrich is a master.
This is the first time I have actually seen the way Radiohead actually do everything live on stage. No messing around with this band. All the sounds have a purpose. All executed wonderfully in such an organic way! absolutely beautiful performance.
I'm glad he has these parts - something unique to contribute. Ed doesn't get enough love in my opinion. Everyone raves about the other members, but I never seem to see the same superlatives applied to Ed. He comes across more as a highly competent jobbing musician. But it's worth remembering that people contribute to the success of bands in all sorts of ways, some of them less obvious than others.
This album reminds me of San Diego and when my dad moved there after losing the house. We moved in with his high school friend, who became paraplegic from a dirt bike accident early in life. He was listening to this and Rogue Wave. I was familiar with Hail to the Thief already but this reminds me so much of that time. Later we were kicked out. My dad hasn’t spoken to him since -I don’t think. I haven’t spoken to my dad in three years. So this music is nostalgic with so many mixed memories. The pain of what it must be like to be lonely and disabled. The sorrow from losing our home. The dread of having chaos and conflict follow my family- interwoven with the excitement of a new place and the solace of a warm San Diego night.
This was recorded 12 years ago? I can no longer tell the difference between the past and the present. Digital technology means that history will forever be contemporary from now on.
Great point. Around the time of this recording seems to be about the cusp of that development. Then again, a lot of artists seem to counteract that by consciously employing outdated technologies.
I agree wholeheartedly!! I can't understand how some people compare them to Coldplay!!! Chris Martin can only dream that he could sing like Thom. Coldplay, at best are average. I did like Yellow Thom and Radiohead are levels above Coldplay. Sorry Chris....
Suede are better ! The last 2 radiohead albums have been average where suede are just getting better with every release. In rainbows was radioheads last great album.
The King of Limbs - From the Basement sessions is even better, actually. Every album they release, imo, is better than the last. They only improve upon their own perfection. I simply don't understand how so many people who love these guys hate TKOL, it's mind-boggling.
@@yargnad Because TKOL (and much of what has followed through to Smile) has transitioned into jam band Radiohead. It's now solidly bending post-rock. It's not for me on the whole, but selections from it are .. tolerable. ;)
@@SamHopkinsSAH They've really only transitioned to playing what would have been electronic loops, on previous albums, with guitars and bass, which I feel is brilliantly executed. I don't see them as a jam band so much because they don't stray from the plot into improvisation. It's basically loose fragments that comprise a layered mosaic of sound in a very intentional way. Besides, there's nothing wrong with post rock.
Man, every time I listen to this set I cry with happiness, this is a masterpiece in so many ways. The virtuosity in each composition is beyond my understanding.
in rainbows has so many of my genuine favorite moments in music, as well as a couple of my favorite pieces in their entirety. when the bass kicks in on weird fishes, when johnny's guitar goes clean in bodysnatchers, that literally heavenly rising coda to reckoner, itself probably the single piece of music in the entirety of the medium which is my favorite... this is such a magnificent musical accomplishment that i've rarely failed to come back to for any period of time over a DECADE. this album helped me survive some truly gnarly stuff. the whole "play this at my funeral" thing is trite. i'm going to play this album throughout my whole life, and i'll celebrate it as long as i live.
My favorite album by my favorite band. I've been listening to this album almost every day since 2009. What makes me feel more affection when listening to it are the memories of my adolescence... through the window and saw a huge garden with a huge cashew tree. I loved when there were tropical storms with winds, I saw the garden get wet and writhe in the middle of the storm… it was very introspective. I could spend all day like this. Until my mommy came to call me and ask if I'm okay, because I've been listening to “sad and depressing” songs in my room for hours, lol. God, how I miss her and that time.
Videotape is such an underrated, tricky bastard of a song. Probably for the best, they're in an almost studio-like environment where there isn't any audience clapping to throw them off. And don't get me started on the drum patterns on 15 Step! So much went into this one album, it's crazy.
wow, you're entire universe is about to be upended. This set just scratches the surface. I envy the trek you are about to take into all things Radiohead.
No. Ok Computer was their masterpiece (if you're into applying those kind of absurd labels for some ridiculous reason). Objectively they peaked with OKC, Kid A / Amnesiac, Hail, and In Rainbows.
Damn I love Johnny's playing style! When he's really going off he's like a guy at his wits end trying to start a stubborn gas chainsaw! All with his expert feel for a completely quirky feeling riff. And with Ed I'm always surprised realizing the parts he plays. He compliments Thom's parts so well. They all have such enormous impact that it wouldn't be Radiohead if any of them left. I pray that never ever happens. May they write and record till the day I die. P.S. Thom went a little nuts on Myxomatosis! Love it!
Same for me. I've loved them since Pablo Honey but oddly, I can't listen to any of the early records because as they have evolved, so have I. Still the best - always will be.
One of those drummers whose appreciation tends to mostly come from other drummers. A typical example of his kind of drumming for me is Morning Bell from Kid A - it’s a very straightforward, hypnotic drum beat for basically the whole song, but the little variations he does are just genius, until the end where he kind of lets loose around that basic beat. And he is ROCK. SOLID. in everything he plays, a true human metronome. He’s not a Neil Peart or anything so his contributions would probably go unnoticed by most people who have a passing familiarity with Radiohead or rock percussion. He is great though.
And to the surprise of no one, Radiohead prove they could've recorded In Rainbows live off the floor perfectly. The talent of this band still blows me away.
@@nvrmor023 you are all over these replies spewing this BS without offering any proof whatsoever. Of course the sound is post produced, like in every single one of these session. It is a LIVE STUDIO recording, if you know what that means. And it is live and clear as day for whoever has eyes t see and ears to hear. There are little imperfections throughout and you can see them happen and hear them.
For the first time in (it would age me) years, the lyrics of Weird Fishes (the last verse) hit me like no other lyric has. “I’ve hit the bottom but escaped” Wow. I’m there right now. About to make an escape.
I swear... That song "videotape" makes me feel an amazing amount of JOY, and the next moment be moved to tears almost everytime whenever i listen to this whole concert. When the verse says: " this is my way of saying goodbye.... Because i know today has been the most perfect day ive ever seen" and the way the music and sound becomes so mystical and beautiful, its mezmerizing.
This album means for me the initiation to the world of Radiohead. I remember the long hot summer of 2008 when the during night walks I endlessly listened the Nude, the 15 Step, the House of Cards... What times were they!
I've been listening to this recording for years now and it never ceases to amaze me. Specially that short break from 42:04 on... It's breathtaking. I just hope they keep playing together for a very long time.
Radiohead ... an example of artists in a state of flow in communion with their element: the music and its mystique. No room for labels, egos or formats, ..., just individuals exploring and playing with the diversity that the spaces of silence provide.
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This band has so much potential, I hope they move out of the basement soon
😂
Dead 💀
Maybe they should try and play in a few local pubs and see how that goes?
@@jopar3292 it is really sad that maybe because of all this corona situation they never get the attention they deserve :(
@@hugosir4583 Well, mayhaps it is for the best. With all that little fella's head nodding and weaving one can only imagine the plague ridden spittle that he is flinging with such gay abandon to all and sundry within a 50 metre area :/
can't believe radiohead invented music
You mean reinvented right?
@@crdiazmunoz invented and perfected
I believe it
Not to mention basements and the idea of cuckolding
Jajajajajaj so true
I like how each member has their own separate space so that they can just zone out and get lost in the music. Pure flow state.
Yes, watching the dynamics between each of their performances is truly amazing….
well this was also during the height of covid lol
@@iGrizzly it's from 2008
@@iGrizzly no it wasn't actually. this was originally recorded in 2008.
@@iGrizzly LOL NOT AT ALL !!!
Don’t get me wrong, I love the proper studio album “In Rainbows,” but this is just on another level. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve listened to this magical recording.
I wish they recorded the whole album instead of the other singles. I would have loved to hear Jigsaw
Schurem The Worm agreed!
@Andrew Cummins, you are not the only one, I've been here for years, and keep coming back for the session and video. It is rough around the edges, in a good way, as they just jam and play the tunes. I enjoy the casual nature of such live performances and recordings, as they have fun.
@@theandrewcummins ha. what a username, rt. and seeing you reply, makes schurem the worm sound even funnier
taka trip ? 🤔
‘Nude’ may be one of the greatest songs ever written.
It is the best song ever made
fun fact the intro is the outro backwards, vice versa
it starts at 14:00 if someone wants to find it
Always my favourite, and sadly not here All I Need
This is so spot on I thought this was just footage of the album being made when I first saw it 😂
These are some of the most accurate covers of Radiohead songs I've heard. They seem to get all the details right!
thats funny because this is actually Radiohead
@@Dulnlop dudeeeee for real?
@@darkoale3299 ikr is he that gullible
jokes on you! loool, they are radiohead themselves bro, no way you could've comitted such a gaffe
Tom...
I think the biggest reason radiohead is loved so dearly, is because they create music that people can find comfort in. Many consider their music "depressing", i think that's true and it's the reason why so many people love it, they create music that allow people to relate to being depressed and finding comfort in not being the only one who suffers from depression and/or has dark thoughts.
definitely, and depressed sometimes see the world as it really is because they're intelligent high definition minds that need stimulation, this music has the complexity to keep them interested lol
@@NickSBailey damn. i’ve never thought of that, thanks
oh yeah bby a whole new way to get depressed
I listen radiohead when I play with dough
I think "melancholic" is a better word than "depressing" -- dark and moody without being suicidally bleak. In an interview about their early days when developing their style and approach, Thom coined the great ironic term "miserablist" - which seems pretty perfect.
How I wish Jigsaw Falling Into Place was on this set.
this
My favorite song
it really is one of their best songs
Me too
One can dream
Every time I've watched this, I appreciate each song differently but "Reckoner" always blows me away. Certainly, I can't be alone.
Yeah, Reckoner is amazing.
Absolutely ! I almost appreciate it more than the studio version.
Reckoner is an absolutely STUNNING piece of music.
I believe it is the greatest song ever written.
a therapist: expensive
Radiohead - Live from the Basement: free on youTube
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Well you pay with watching ads but the point still stands.
Fr
Wtf I thought I was the only one 😢 🎵❤💯
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Thom Yorke is my favorite bird specie
For me is first place tie with Björk
lol yeah mine too
Same
@@StillGamingTM Tom Björk
Yorke and Björk guested on the same episode of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
I love how Thom York enjoys every song, his dances and movements, he just feel the music in another level
I think he's taken something to help with the dancing here😳
@@adenby2635 I’m sorry you have to be on drugs to enjoy music but not everyone does ❤ hope that helps
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Sure, they ARE his feelings. He put them in these songs...
He's a wobble head
4:10 Jonny plays music you only hear 20 seconds later. Love it. He blew my mind when I saw the Smile. The dude should get the Delay Nobel price.
I never noticed that and I've seen this 100 times. This band never stops amazing me.
holy shit
My guess is that it is probably a looper that he turns the volume on with a foot pedal. You see him hit a pedal right when that is turned on. Still very impressive how flawlessly he executes that.
That is MAD
Holy Crap! I was always confused why he had to run after the keyboard part was over, and then didn't know what he was doing so high up his guitar neck when I couldn't hear him playing anything.
I was never a huge radiohead fan, but this floored me. I lost brain cells and got new ones to replace them. What an experience with a few guys in a room strangling their instruments. Amazing.
the best bands are the ones you don't like at the start
yeah man, you gotta listen to all their music since 2007, it's all amazing and beautiful.
Oh btw this actual basement session is 12 years old!
It took almost 20 years to "get" Radiohead... unlike life, with music you can always go back and see what you missed.. thank god we can
How could anyone NOT like this. It literally soothes the soul.....🤗
Medinger that is so true. My favorite albums/bands were my most hated until something clicked (time, life experience, clear headedness, etc).
Thom singing and drumming on Bangers N Mash is stupidly impressive
You forget virtuous bass
After all these years I still feel that this performance is one of the stand outs in all of live music. Simply incredible!
It's a small thing but it has a profound impact on me, the bassline in "15 step" 07:49-07:52 is masterful.
similar thing happens at 04:10
Colin is an incredible bassist. He knows how to take just a few notes but make something complex out of it. Listen to airbag... he's playing a few notes, mostly on the low E string, but the timing is so unusual... and just so fucking cool.
@@Chaziltasm the bass in airbag alongside the drums makes the groove so funky
DUDE I KNOWWWW RIGHT !!!! GOOSEBUMPS EVERYTIME.
Great call - I didn't appreciate Colin's work until watching this
Arpeggi/Weird Fishes - 00:20
15 Step - 05:40
Bodysnatchers - 09:36
Nude - 14:01
The Gloaming - 18:32
Myxomatosis - 21:45
House of Cards - 25:43
Bangers N Mash - 31:20
Optimistic - 34:53
Reckoner - 39:50
Videotape - 45:02
Where I End And You Begin - 49:33
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This might be one of the best and most important videos on all of RUclips.
yes
Idk what you mean by "most important" but yeah it's definitely one of the best
It’s my favorite filmed performance of theirs. No doubt. Peak stuff here.
I mean, there is pretty cool cats videos on RUclips man....i dunno.
I’ll second that brother
this is introversion at its finest. each guy in his corner in their own little world. i never understood radiohead fully until i watched this. this is such a masterclass performance and they enjoy themselves still even after all these years.
I love them
I saw Radiohead live a few years ago and I was not prepared for the experience, it was amazing. The generational camaraderie of the fans was extremely touching and energizing. Grandparents dancing with teens in the isles. The light show melted my eyes. Thom York practically does an entire interpretive dance routine while belting out album quality lyrics. I can probably count on one hand the vocalists that come close to what he puts out on stage. 11/10, would no-call work to go see them again lol
Nobody comes close to Thom's voice. Period.
@Sambo Jones go on then, name some better live vocalists? Pavarotti? Barry White?
@@pushthetempo2 na I think he's right. If we're talking pure ability, there are probably far skilled vocalists. After all, music is such a eclectic field.
But Thom is my favourite singer and muscian. I don't care if a damn angel is brought to me, he will still be above 'em all. The love I have for this man is ineffable.
"The generational camaraderie of the fans was extremely touching and energizing. Grandparents dancing with teens in the isles." I absolutely love this. I experienced the same exact thing when I saw The Pixies this spring! The ability for music to bring people together in this way is Magical
I agree with you, nobody comes close to Thom's voice! Or no one comes close to Thom's lyricas, performances and all aspects! And also nobody comes close to Radiohead!@@masterninja9716
Ya know, In Rainbows has sneakily crept into becoming one of my all time favorite records. Great on first listen & impeccably gorgeous with repeated listens. This from the basement session is nothing short of spectacular.
Almost as if you can call the band a creep?? :P
i think is their pinacle, as much as i love the other works, In Rainbows sums everything good about the band.
Peak Radiohead tbh
Same. It went from great freebie when it came out to, best free record that i would pay hundreds for now
Thanks for saying so eloquantly how I feel about this album!
Each song is like its own world blooming into existence and then disappearing again.
I agree. But I don’t think it ‘disappears completely’, I believe it leaves a lingering feeling of peacefulness. Listening to Radiohead is a type of meditation, and this video is the pinnacle of enlightenment - it is nirvana (and yet it is not, Nirvana)
I love how you all love Radiohead. I’ve been lovin’ them for nearly 20 years now - in this life I always feel a bit different, but I pass, I think, lol, anyway reading your comments I’m reminded I’m not alone.
Well said comrade
You mean the songs Bloom into existence and then Disappear Completely?
Well said
Now that’s a professional band. Every sound has a purpose, every member of the band contributing in different ways to create a wholly unique and beautiful soundscape. They truly are unreal.
I love the sound quality of this performances. You can hear every instrument perfectly
I noticed that immediately. Perfectly mixed. Kudos to the sound engineer.
@@Fish_Stick_Party The sound is recorded by Nigel Goodrich who produced the album and is essentially a member of the band. This is his basement studio.
Listening to OK Computer and Bends again recently for the first time in over a decade I was struck by the fact that Phil Selway is really their secret weapon. Sure Yorke is a great, tortured frontman and songwriter, and J Greenwood is a fantastic innovator, but that tight, super powerful drum sound really brings the whole sound together. And how had I never noticed the drum part in Airbag before?
Give it another decade and I'll be back singing Colin or Ed's praises.
Oh man, you gotta listen carefully to whatever Colin's doing, every damn note is a stroke of genius. He's so good at providing multiple layers to their harmonies and melodies.
I think you forgot the 5th member of the band : Nigel Godrich.
He's the creator of the radiohead texture.
There's no slouches in this band.
@@mru1262 6th member??
@@oystersource exactly
this made me cry twice. also letting ads interrupt this video was a crime.
we out here lovin ad blocker fr fr
Honestly youtube premium is worth every $. This over netflix anyday 😌
That's what firefox and ublock is for
or brave as a navigator. no ads anywhere
I saw Radiohead years ago on the In Rainbows tour and tickets for so-so seats were like $90 and I was like "WTF, this better be good" AND DAMN IT WAS. You listen to their albums and expect they wouldn't be able to recreate those layers live but turns out they're an incredible live band. One of the best concerts I've been to 💯
RADIO G
They fake the live shows
I saw them on their In Rainbows tour as well. It was my 2nd tour of theirs I saw. *This album saved my life.*
My father died not long before the release of the album. He was 52. I was 26 years old (only child, single dad) and had quit my engineering job to be his 24/7/365 nurse, caregiver, maid, shrink, cook, best friend, and driver, and in the last few days of his 4 years of suffering, I was his daughter again. When he died, *I HAD NOTHING. Nothing but death and emptiness and I no longer cared about anything.* I have never been so low or suicidal. Then...
*In Rainbows*
This was my life preserver.
Now, this many years later and in my 40s, with lots of therapy and still alone... These songs explain SO MUCH MORE as to why they spoke to me. I can understand all of it, and explain where Thom was when he wrote them.
*oh... Rachel...*
Videotape kills me more now than ever before.
But that is a conversation about the morning my Father passed away.
Now, I know why he had me leave...
Did you hear the waves of sound that came out during Weird Fishes at the concert? I can't even explain it to people but it was like a surreal, ethereal experience. Nigel Godrich is a master.
I’m jealous!!! If I wasn’t a toddler at the time I would’ve died to go to that concert. This is the album I hold most dear to my heart.
The shot from behind Thom with Ed in the background doing the yells during the ‘everyone leaves…’ part in Weird Fishes was masterful and epic.
Reminds me of a joke I once heard. Ed's vocals are just him saying "Edddd" to remind you all he's there. Go on and see. There's some validity. Lol
Reckoner is just pure class. Look at Ed's face in the background, he knows he is part of something Very special
Hes just groovin deeply. Some serious groovin here mm yass
it's just fucking ridiculous how good this band is. pure pleasure to see them perform in this setting.
This is the first time I have actually seen the way Radiohead actually do everything live on stage. No messing around with this band. All the sounds have a purpose. All executed wonderfully in such an organic way! absolutely beautiful performance.
Its a fake performance.
@@nvrmor023 what evidence do you have to support your statement?
@@nvrmor023 whatever bro. go listen to Miley Cyrus
@@nvrmor023wow your so Smart 😐
@@nvrmor023 ok buddy whatever gets you to bed at night
The background vocals in Weird Fishes are incredible.
I love Ed's background vocals, they are especially wonderful in Weird Fishes.
I'm glad he has these parts - something unique to contribute.
Ed doesn't get enough love in my opinion. Everyone raves about the other members, but I never seem to see the same superlatives applied to Ed. He comes across more as a highly competent jobbing musician. But it's worth remembering that people contribute to the success of bands in all sorts of ways, some of them less obvious than others.
Nude is such a beautiful song & Thoms voice is just so intoxicating! Such lovely singing while lyrically telling someone off.
This album reminds me of San Diego and when my dad moved there after losing the house. We moved in with his high school friend, who became paraplegic from a dirt bike accident early in life. He was listening to this and Rogue Wave. I was familiar with Hail to the Thief already but this reminds me so much of that time. Later we were kicked out. My dad hasn’t spoken to him since -I don’t think. I haven’t spoken to my dad in three years. So this music is nostalgic with so many mixed memories. The pain of what it must be like to be lonely and disabled. The sorrow from losing our home. The dread of having chaos and conflict follow my family- interwoven with the excitement of a new place and the solace of a warm San Diego night.
I understand.
Totally feel your words bro
It’s admirable how Thom comes into the rhythm of each song.
This was recorded 12 years ago? I can no longer tell the difference between the past and the present. Digital technology means that history will forever be contemporary from now on.
Great point. Around the time of this recording seems to be about the cusp of that development. Then again, a lot of artists seem to counteract that by consciously employing outdated technologies.
Well said.
Hauntology is real
@@LucasLima-xh8kc !
Damn that got deep super fast
You know a band is good when the live sessions sound almost exactely the same as the original
I personnally prefer this to the original, but the original is still ammmazing
Weird logic. A band that's almost equally bad live and on the album, is a good band?
@@shmvon Your nuts man! Why would you bother going to see a band live that sounded shyte on the record? Massacism perhaps?
Had this come up on Autoplay and I thought I was listening to studio tracks
It does sound impressively clean
nah idk really unique renditions of songs live can be really cool in its own way. not everythin has to be a replication to be good
when he said wawawaaaah at 10:50 i really felt that in my heart
No matter how my day’s gone or what disagreements there are going on in the world, I can receive a dose of ecstasy by listening to In Rainbows.
Man, there really isn't a band like this one out there.
I agree wholeheartedly!! I can't understand how some people compare them to Coldplay!!! Chris Martin can only dream that he could sing like Thom. Coldplay, at best are average. I did like Yellow Thom and Radiohead are levels above Coldplay. Sorry Chris....
@@sudanbewaobdedebo yellow is awesome but something about radiohead is ethereal
Suede are better ! The last 2 radiohead albums have been average where suede are just getting better with every release. In rainbows was radioheads last great album.
its just absolutely fucking fantastic that one of the gresatest albums of all time sounds IDENTICAL live to its studio recording. Talent. Pure talent.
I agree with you 😊
id say not identical but on the same level, since they like to add up thing or change sth a bit, which makes their music very alive and personal to me
@@sunbasil thank you radio head hed
@@OldTimerOfficial radio head head was taken unfortunately
These guys are like all the parts making one cell.
Incredible unity.
Thom is the mitochondria
@@rawrrawrpiggy the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
The groove that they switch into in Bodysnatchers at 11:48 hit me like a train. Huge fan of this performance 🤘
Chills man
Perfeitos 😍😍😍😍
I will never, ever tire of "In Rainbows". It's an absolute masterpiece. Perfection. Every. Single. Track. And this performance? Well...Jesus Christ!
ok computer is their best, but In Rainbows is my favorite.
The King of Limbs - From the Basement sessions is even better, actually. Every album they release, imo, is better than the last. They only improve upon their own perfection. I simply don't understand how so many people who love these guys hate TKOL, it's mind-boggling.
@@yargnadbloom live is peak man
@@yargnad Because TKOL (and much of what has followed through to Smile) has transitioned into jam band Radiohead. It's now solidly bending post-rock. It's not for me on the whole, but selections from it are .. tolerable. ;)
@@SamHopkinsSAH They've really only transitioned to playing what would have been electronic loops, on previous albums, with guitars and bass, which I feel is brilliantly executed. I don't see them as a jam band so much because they don't stray from the plot into improvisation. It's basically loose fragments that comprise a layered mosaic of sound in a very intentional way. Besides, there's nothing wrong with post rock.
Man, every time I listen to this set I cry with happiness, this is a masterpiece in so many ways.
The virtuosity in each composition is beyond my understanding.
I just saw the smile and I cried the whole show
Weird fishes is one of my favorites. Great version !
The Happiness of Fish
Me too. Want it played at my funeral. People will be happy and dancing.
@@masterninja9716 dk about for that song 😭
It's crazy soo few know how good this session really is. It's basically flawless concepts and soundscapes.
I love how rhythm - driven this album is, this is why its my favorite of them. In my opinion every song is brilliant. 10/10
in rainbows has so many of my genuine favorite moments in music, as well as a couple of my favorite pieces in their entirety. when the bass kicks in on weird fishes, when johnny's guitar goes clean in bodysnatchers, that literally heavenly rising coda to reckoner, itself probably the single piece of music in the entirety of the medium which is my favorite... this is such a magnificent musical accomplishment that i've rarely failed to come back to for any period of time over a DECADE. this album helped me survive some truly gnarly stuff. the whole "play this at my funeral" thing is trite. i'm going to play this album throughout my whole life, and i'll celebrate it as long as i live.
This is recorded and performed SO well, this could've been the album sound and atmosphere and I don't think anyone would complain.
2:35-3:15 Ed's wails get me every time.
"EEEEEEEEEEED"
HE's just yelling out his own name. lol
21:45 Perhaps their best live (albeit in-studio) performance of any song I've ever heard from the band. Thom's passion is just at 110% here.
The unison playing of bass, guitar and synth just blows me away. By far the loudest bit at the concert as well...epic.
My favorite album by my favorite band. I've been listening to this album almost every day since 2009. What makes me feel more affection when listening to it are the memories of my adolescence... through the window and saw a huge garden with a huge cashew tree. I loved when there were tropical storms with winds, I saw the garden get wet and writhe in the middle of the storm… it was very introspective. I could spend all day like this. Until my mommy came to call me and ask if I'm okay, because I've been listening to “sad and depressing” songs in my room for hours, lol. God, how I miss her and that time.
🫂 caress you. We will all fall in the hands of God some day 🙏 ❤️🩹
reckoner is their most underrated song imo. yorke sings it so perfectly here
@Claidissa You are so right, thank you. Reckoner and House of Cards, two of my favorites, just perfect here
Nah, let down is more underrated imho
Love people commenting my favs as underrated. I'll add another Faust Arp and Lull, 2min wonders
Reckoner is by far and wide one of their least underrated songs, what planet are you living on?
@@JackMorgan06 who exactly is it rated by? it's not known by anyone except Radiohead fans, so how is it not underrated? twerp
This is just the most beautiful album I've ever listened to, period.
Yes
I dunno. OK Computer is fucking awesome too.
I love how deeply thom feels the music. It's how you know it's gonna be good
He moves the same way as I when I'm listening to their music
In Rainbows is a true masterpiece. This concert is wonderful. 🌈
Videotape is such an underrated, tricky bastard of a song. Probably for the best, they're in an almost studio-like environment where there isn't any audience clapping to throw them off. And don't get me started on the drum patterns on 15 Step! So much went into this one album, it's crazy.
Awe.... everyone in this band is at the top of their game... there a simply magic in a musical form.... simply amazing music...
I once saw a comment on a Radiohead video that went: "Radiohead makes sadness sound so good." But this video in particular makes me feel so good!!
yeah it's on sail to the moon isn't it?
@@imranbenabdeljalil6536 Yeh I think that's right! Couldn't, for the life of me remember which song it was.
I am so thankful that I have seen Radiohead live, but having recordings like this are priceless as well. I am so thankful.
haven't listened to radiohead much for a while and just sat here with my mouth hanging open for an hour. this is such a mesmerizing performance.
So crisp, so clean. Perfection if such a thing ever exists in live performances. You're doing god's work Nigel!
I met Nigel in Santa Barbara before their show last year and it's the only time I've ever been speechless around someone
"15 Step" and "Nude" are unreal. I would almost rather listen to this version of "Nude" than the album version.
Absolutely ♥️ 👍 🔝 🎙️ ♥️
I watched and listened with goosebumps all.over my body
Indeed , specially , nude , it's just awesome & insane both ...
The clave sound on the snare drum make me tingle inside with joy 😊
Weird Fishes was even better here than on the album smh
Watching this album being performed makes me appreciate it way more than I already did.
true!!!!!!! i love........... MID........... eohead 😆😆😆
exactly and they really seem to love perfoming it, yorke especially can't keep himself from dancing haha
The only song I knew of Radiohead's before was Creep and I almost didn't click on this video. That would have been a tragedy.
Definitely. Their Kid A album is wonderfully sublime as well
Bro, listen to OK computer and A Moon Shaped Pool , it will overwrite Creep in ur memory , LOL
wow, you're entire universe is about to be upended. This set just scratches the surface. I envy the trek you are about to take into all things Radiohead.
Start off with The Bends followed by In Rainbows.
I supremely hope you've consumed more radiohead in the past 2 weeks... What I wouldn't give to experience it all for the first time again.
These guys changed everything. Incredible.
They are untouchable.
i love how much colin enjoys 15 step, every time they play it it seems like hes having a blast
Literally teared up at the "bottom of the sea" lyric from Arpeggi... for no reason. I feel kinda crazy, thank you Thom
You are a rare one for holding the key to unlock the many realms of soul connection between human and music. Never lose the key.
I love most of their work but, still, "In Rainbows" is their true masterpiece to me.
Agreed!
Really, it's okay to say Ok Computer.
We don't have to pretend.
@@phant0mdummy indeed
@@phant0mdummy Nah, as much as I love OK Computer, In Rainbows still tops it for me. House Of Cards, Bodysnatchers and Reckoner? How can you top that?
No. Ok Computer was their masterpiece (if you're into applying those kind of absurd labels for some ridiculous reason). Objectively they peaked with OKC, Kid A / Amnesiac, Hail, and In Rainbows.
Damn I love Johnny's playing style! When he's really going off he's like a guy at his wits end trying to start a stubborn gas chainsaw! All with his expert feel for a completely quirky feeling riff. And with Ed I'm always surprised realizing the parts he plays. He compliments Thom's parts so well. They all have such enormous impact that it wouldn't be Radiohead if any of them left. I pray that never ever happens. May they write and record till the day I die. P.S. Thom went a little nuts on Myxomatosis! Love it!
my fave Myxomatisis, just never can get enough
I just read that he did the Soundtrack for the movie There Will be Blood. Amazing talent!
"stubborn chainsaw"! love it!!!!
@@micsunday14 Perhaps, Gasolinium.
They will forever be my favorite band. His voice is still seamless. So unique and into their music. LOVE them.
Likewise ❤
Same for me. I've loved them since Pablo Honey but oddly, I can't listen to any of the early records because as they have evolved, so have I. Still the best - always will be.
His voice is like floating on a soft cloud.... feeling like you're in heaven.
The musicianship on show here is absolutely breathtaking. Honestly I'm gasping for breathe....Outstanding band.
I always feel better after listening to Radiohead while I'm sad, angry, happy, or just on!
Does it make you fitter, happier, more productive?
@@B0K1T0 it does!😊
Took the words out my mouth 😎
Thom Yorke's voice helped me endure Cancer treatment. It took me out of myself for that few minutes.
turn on????
I hope Radiohead gets to touring again sometime soon, I wanna see this live so bad!!!
This is one of the finest things I’ve ever listened to.
Yesss after all these years of trying to find de HQ videos. Thank you!
After years of waiting....
@@waggel. Something Came...
I'm the same way. Now I just need that Andrew Bird set
Waggel. 22, to be precise... not that anyone’s counting lol..
After all these yeaaars of waiting, nothing came.
This is pure beauty. Can't count the times I have dissolved myself in these mesmerising sounds. The whole set is transcending.
THANK YOU FOR THIS! I had NO idea how much I needed this right now. from the bottom of my heart, thank you, thank you, thank you.
I love how much Ed loves being in this band
I love this version of “The Gloaming”. It’s haunting, understated, bespoke, and jazzy. The drums are a nice touch.
I loved the bass line of Colin but Jhonny's effects were like haunted puppets screeching in loop too jarring!
Philip Selway doesn't get anywhere near the Kudos he deserves. Absolute machine.
One of those drummers whose appreciation tends to mostly come from other drummers. A typical example of his kind of drumming for me is Morning Bell from Kid A - it’s a very straightforward, hypnotic drum beat for basically the whole song, but the little variations he does are just genius, until the end where he kind of lets loose around that basic beat. And he is ROCK. SOLID. in everything he plays, a true human metronome.
He’s not a Neil Peart or anything so his contributions would probably go unnoticed by most people who have a passing familiarity with Radiohead or rock percussion. He is great though.
I'm listening from Brazil
I think i watch this video once every 3 months and everytime i come back to it, it confirms its status as best video on youtube
I only hope I’m still around when people realise just how important Radiohead were in musical history.
Luckily, I’m here living through it, now.
They're not even important in conventional history because they exist outside of it. They're in their own world
@@user-tf4ho2uo1e I love that comment. They do. No fucks given about musical trends etc. ‘we did it like that because we wanted to’ 👏🏻👏🏻
To me this is the BEST "from the basement" session and my favorite version of "In Rainbows"
This record blew my mind when I was 23. It blows my mind even more 13 years later. The musicality of these guys is simply unmatched.
to me their music is most complicated intricate yet so beautiful and all in place. the most transcended musicians in modern era imo
And to the surprise of no one, Radiohead prove they could've recorded In Rainbows live off the floor perfectly. The talent of this band still blows me away.
Watch it again, totally milli vanilli
@@nvrmor023 you are all over these replies spewing this BS without offering any proof whatsoever. Of course the sound is post produced, like in every single one of these session. It is a LIVE STUDIO recording, if you know what that means. And it is live and clear as day for whoever has eyes t see and ears to hear. There are little imperfections throughout and you can see them happen and hear them.
For the first time in (it would age me) years, the lyrics of Weird Fishes (the last verse) hit me like no other lyric has. “I’ve hit the bottom but escaped”
Wow. I’m there right now. About to make an escape.
I hope you were successful, or are about to be. You got this!!
I swear... That song "videotape" makes me feel an amazing amount of JOY, and the next moment be moved to tears almost everytime whenever i listen to this whole concert. When the verse says: " this is my way of saying goodbye.... Because i know today has been the most perfect day ive ever seen" and the way the music and sound becomes so mystical and beautiful, its mezmerizing.
This just feels the same for me
Perfect chemistry..NOT something that can be faked or drafted in a corporate board room!
Definitely not
This album means for me the initiation to the world of Radiohead. I remember the long hot summer of 2008 when the during night walks I endlessly listened the Nude, the 15 Step, the House of Cards...
What times were they!
'Scotch Mist' New Years was mystical
Just noticed how insane Colin's bass is on 15 Step. Intense and precise.
I think I've watched this From The Basement more than a thousand times and still feel the same: sad and smoothly embraced.
Isn't it just the best?!?!!!! It takes you away on a beautiful trip......
Yes
@@sudanbewaobdedebo I love Radiohead
Why is Radiohead like music therapy for me? 😌
One of my favorite Radiohead albums. It's pretty amazing to see it recorded in the studio in one take. They're absolutely killing it!
Magical
I've been listening to this recording for years now and it never ceases to amaze me. Specially that short break from 42:04 on... It's breathtaking. I just hope they keep playing together for a very long time.
Reckoner is a GOAT song
hazeofthegreensmoke agreed!!
Weird fishes, always find myself doing the backing vocals ... "heeeeeyyyyy aaahhhh"
yass. I think, how Did that two-bit no-name (I'm fully disparaging)
become his backup
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
Hard not to, Ed is an angel among men in several ways
@@timmatthews1604 yessss 💚
😁
Radiohead ... an example of artists in a state of flow in communion with their element: the music and its mystique. No room for labels, egos or formats, ..., just individuals exploring and playing with the diversity that the spaces of silence provide.