I straddle both worlds (pop and Classical). I love your analytical mindset. What intrigues me most about this is its constantly shifting harmonic progression and key changes. You're absolutely right that the descending lines are key to the harmonic direction!
I was trying to figure out how I felt some night in June of ‘97 past midnight. I was questioning my own existence. The music video only added to my new found paranoia. I have never been more shook by a piece of music then that night.
Very poor. You shouldn't be involved in analysing music you don't and cannot understand the context of both music wise and era wise. Don't do Soundgarden unless you get music in context courses. Sorry to be harsh on you but you look like a poser just to get clicks and views.
Your analysis is so fascinating because you come from a different background from the fans but you discover the stuff with the same awe we did. Amazing.
I think the androids are supposed to be mindless people that are only self centred, so I think it’s like some back and forth bickering between these ‘androids’
That just blew my f'n doors off. I’ve listened to this song it feels like 1000 times over the last 25 years. And to suddenly hear that -I was like holy shit you know what how did I never think of that? That’s so fucking true I totally just mirrors like really quickly Johnny’s guitar mirrors like the old modem sound. Wow that’s so cool.
True. And I never thought of it even though I listened to the album in a loop (together with Portishead) as a teen in times when I had such a modem as the only way to connect with the Internet ;)
Yes. The reverse Stank Face made itself present. (11:33) Also known as WTF face, where instead of intensely scrunching the nose to bring down the eyes and brows and raise a lip corner ….the eyes open wide and the face elongates reflecting the thought “WTF did I just experience “.
Have you heard it live? One of the most amazing, memorable experiences of my life. Was standing at the very top row of a stadium looking down at everyone
I remember exactly where I was when I first listened to this in a Taipei music shop on great headphones. It almost sounds fresh every time I hear this.
I heard this song for the first time, after a long day of working in my kitchen job at 18 years old. I sat down with some food, and turned on MTV. Wow, am I old. This video came on, and I was frozen and mesmerized. I ate quickly, showered, and went straight to the record store. I bought the CD, and drove around all night listening. I have been a huge fan every day since. There aren’t many songs that I distinctly remember the first time hearing it, and everything I did that day. Radiohead was the soundtrack to my young adult life. Years of college, med school, heartache, success, failure, LOTS of running, and chasing my dreams. I love them……real love.
I love that story. remembering where you were the first time you hear something, going out, buying it, then being emersed in the new world you were just introduced to.
Normally when a musician is asked what their favourite sonf of theirs is they evade the question. I've never heard such little hesitation when Thom Yorke answered that question. He said "How to disappear" instantly - like he was desperate to shout it out. I love a lot of Radiohead's stuff and think Amy should do a series on this band because their most beautiful work lies away from the most popular stuff, but I had never considered How to Disappear Completely as one of their better songs at all. After hearing that interview I listened again to it a few times. It is a stunning song. Just stunning. It made me reevaluate my own opinions on music. How could I overlook such a song?
They put such strange discordant melodies together that as a musician myself have consistently left me asking how they dream them up and how they affect me so deeply which is not true of 98% of music i listen to.. Their catalogue is so incredibly diverse , and so rich in musicality, I would listen to a wide number of their songs before trying to pin them down. For me they are the Beatles of my generation , tho the music is very different. It’s very hard to recommend tracks to listen because the range is so wide and yet there is a thread that runs through them all. I love that you are dipping in, I hope you do more. They are also incredible live ..
The “oh wow” when the rain down section starts says it all. It was so cool to watch a classically trained musician listen to this for the first time. Welcome to Radiohead.
Radiohead are one of the bravest bands in the history of rock music. Adventurous and experimental with their song structures, harmony and textures. Often at the risk of alienating their own fans, but in the end always a true artistic expression that makes for really interesting music with constant progression. I absolutely love this band! One of my favourites
My god did Kid A piss me off and then I bought the cd for Amnesaic as soon as it came out and I was done with Radiohead for 5-6 years then I caught the basement session for In Rainbows and I was hooked (again) and binged their entire catalog in order, needless to say I love everthing they do.
@@jameshannagan4256Kid A made me scratch my head for the longest time too. I remember going: "I don't understand what this is supposed to be... Is this not a rock band?" After some personal musical maturation (both as a listener and a player) and some revisited listens over the years, it's now in my top 3 of their albums. In Rainbows is probably my favourite though. Radiohead are brilliant.
In Rainbows is probably my favorite as well but other than the first one (it's not that bad for it's time) I love every record and I love a shit ton of their b-sides. They are the only band I know of that has so many great non-album tracks.@@GlennErikMathisen
I often compare Radiohead to Pink Floyd for the inventiveness and cleverness they’ve brought to rock music: The evolution of their sound, the powerful concepts albums, the blurring between genres, bringing electronic instruments to a scene dominated by the guitar… To me they’re the most important bands in their respective eras. Cornerstones as there’s a before and an after each of them
The album is a masterpiece. You must listen from the beginning to the end. You would then understand the voice you heard. You wouldn't critique a musical by listening to music only the 6th song. There is a theme, and a feeling that goes with the entire thing. A masterpiece.
You don't need to hear the rest of OK Computer at all to appreciate Paranoid Android. I've heard the album several times and can't hear any shared themes between songs. Plus, the band have confirmed that it's NOT a concept album. At least not musically.
The original "paranoid android" of pop culture is Marvin, a fictional character from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams -very well written comedy science fiction. Marvin was, in fact, severely pessimistic (or even nihilistic) and possibly depressed, rather than paranoid, but the reference Radiohead made was widely understood in the UK, and understood by many people worldwide, since the series is loved internationally. Please, Amy, go further down the Radiohead rabbit hole!
@@djehuti3 I believe it's Zaphod Beeblebrox who refers to him as "the Paranoid Android". In any case, this has stuck for our beloved, extremely depressed and hugely smart, mechanical friend!
@@fernandosbst1300 I mean Pop not as TSwift or Beyonce, but Pop as popular and not classical music. I think everything outside classical music is Pop. Blues, jazz, etc, rock, etc, etc.
She should definitely watch the live version they played on Later with Jools Holland. It's on RUclips. I'm not saying to make a video about it, just that she should check it out (and so should everybody else, for that matter).
I second this, third this, fourth this, fifth this, sixth this, seventh this, eigth this, ninth, tenth, eleventh this, twelfth this, thirteenth this, fourteenth this, fifteenth this, sixteenth this, seventeenth this, eighteenth this, nineteenth this, twentieth this, twentyfirst this, twentysecond this, I can't go any further because I'm no older than 22 years old
So glad you're diving into Radiohead with this album. One of the greatest albums ever made as well as one the greatest concept albums ever made. They were way ahead of their time with this album: innovative, progressive and legendary. Be sure to explore the entire album.
I have loved this song for 26 years, and your reaction gave me fresh ears. It is a playful graffiti mural sprayed over an otherwise grey landscape. There is both electricity and water in the final guitar solo. I'm joining the "more Radiohead" chorus, their fan base is huge and most of us have no idea how they make us feel what they make us feel, so this helps. Thank you!
I needed this video in my life. I never thought someone who was classically trained would ever analyze this masterpiece. I was classically trained and I described this song similarly to how you did the first time I ever listened to it. That is incredible 😮 blows my mind.
"Paranoid Android" is the greatest song of the 90's. It is the song that best captures the time, the precipice we were on at that time and have since, as the song predicts, fallen downward from. It becomes more and more poignant as time passes and we continue to descend through the 21st century. It was a warning and is now a lament. Beautiful and heartbreaking.
A couple of things musically. The song starts without a beginning, and keeps being middle phrases. It is to be listened to in the album after a trauma, so the previous track flows into this. Many of the vocal phrases are spread out a lot. They are only half the conversation. The other half happens in the gaps, but we never hear them. If they really happened at all. The tonality shifts between a pop-adjacent arrangement to dropping the 8th beat, to a formal church choral that runs around the 5ths, for the talking to himself vs shouting at the world vs personal despair. It is all volatile moods. Throughout there is a base line that they shift around the tonics, often picked by the having guitar. And then it goes into the next track which has a very blissed out soundscape. The paranoid psychosis has broken and now is the euphoric come down.
I don't know how I stumbled on your video but I LOVED your interpretation. I've been listening to this song for close to three decades and your observations brought new life to the song for me. You have no idea what that means to me, but lets just say you made me stop and take notice again of something I use to love dearly. Thank you.
Not sure if anyone's already posted this, still, in the third section the vocal harmonies are actually samples of Thom's voice. He recorded the word "monk" at a certain pitch, then reversed it, removed the consonants and transposed it to each note that was required. Big thanks to the creator of this video and to all who have posted such wonderful insights into this song. Been listening to this for the past 25 years, each year i discover something new...
Highly, highly recommend Weird Fishes/Arpeggi from Radiohead. It's a masterclass in composition. If you can watch the live version (from the Basement sessions), it's even better seeing them actually play it so perfectly. How to Disappear Completely is also a huge achievement.
@@gablen23 It was always OK human, but we are getting closer and closer to saying OK computer. That's why the name is increasingly relevant as time goes by.
It's nice to see people out there still discovering Radiohead's music. As somebody who was present when this album first released I'd say you definitely touch on some valid thematic points. I personally dont think any band came as close to capturing the chaotic zeitgeist of the UK at that moment in time. The blend of technology, social views, and spirituality are all beautifully present in the structures of their songs. They are truly talented musicans and I'm sure you would appreciate quite a lot of their other music. Thank you for sharing the video. 😊
YAY! Thank you, Vlad and Amy! The slight muscle movements, facial oscillation, and evolving eyebrow expressions are a visual representation of the chills I feel every time I listen to this song. "That's cool." "Ooh, wow." Exactly! I also love how immediately she identified the dial-up internet guitar solo. Amy's analysis and descriptions are a wonderful contribution to music history.
Outstanding analysis - on both technical and emotional pillars of this most brilliant piece of songwriting. It is indeed a masterpiece. Thank you - I thoroughly enjoyed this.
I remember sitting in a room with friends and hearing this for the first time with a group of musicians. No one said a damned word. We knew something important had happened. Just like the intro of teen spirit brought me into grunge, this song brought me out
I was there as well, my first ever Glastonbury. Covered in mud, my feet sinking deeper and deeper as it continuously all night. God must've even enjoyed the gig when Thom requested "Rain down on me, from a great height". I think everyone enjoyed the gig except the band. I remember Thom getting pissed off with the lighting guy for not keeping the lights on, he really snapped at the guy.
It is AMAZING that you reference Bach and the classical setup of the song. I believe it’s because of the structure and syncopation of the notes. Every note is purposeful and each movement symbolising the descent into misery. Radiohead have some of the most original music made in the last 50 years. They are completely original.
Hello from Argentina! You should react to an Argentinian band called Seru Giran. Give it a go, trust me! The main singer has been influenced from his beginning by classical music and The beatles. Good reaction by the way, just awesome.
I'd love to see her do the entire OK Computer album - the way as she's done for The Wall. I'm not actually the hugest Radiohead fan normally, but that one album was absolutely defining a new era, both in music and in society. The album of the changing millennium.
When you wrote "The Wall," at first i saw "Wall of Eyes," Thom & Jonny & drummer Tom Skinner's new album. If you haven't listened to Wall of Eyes, you are in for a treat!
I have heard this song over 200 times and now that you mention it, that is a perfect way to describe that first guitar solo it literally sounds like it's trying to mimic the old dial-up sound. Bravo well done!
I love your expressions and reactions to everything! Especially the guitar. You have a very classic grungy guitar line just ripping and you’re like “oh it’s like ‘dee dee dee dee’ 🙃” This was fun! subbing.
I like how you enjoy all the music you listen to because you can see in them what you enjoy so much about classical music. Plus you're also explaining to us what we enjoy so much about this music, the patterns and features which are so pleasing to us even though we don't really have the vocabulary to explain why we like them. You verbalise what we feel subconsciously. Please do look again at Radiohead - they will always keep you on your toes as they are constantly shifting their style and looking to innovate.
Holy crap, your right! That guitar solo in Paranoid Android DOES sound like dial up internet. Wow wow wow... and the album is OK Computer. I'm SURE that's intended, wow, that's the first time I've heard anyone make that connection. Well done!
This album changed my life. Always been obsessed with music and the day this came out on a half-day from work I spotted it on a listening post at HMV. As per routine I always listened to new stuff. I couldn't stop repeating the album and ended up leaving with the staff as they were locking up.
OK computer is an absolute masterclass of concept and composition that needs to be listened to in its entirety, this will help with abrupt ending. Excellent analysis BTW.
Radiohead is one of those bands that's placable in a decade because they were a musical turning point that basically defined the decade in question. The decade in fact sounds like Radiohead.
Thank you for the video - great fun! I absolutely agree with your view of the middle section - it is like a Baroque chaconne. It reminds me very much of Purcell's Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas. I thought you'd be more taken by all the bars in 7 time - that made me really sit up! Thank you again. Dan
Oh my God I’ve been so depressed.. (for like the last 25 years tbh) but I just saw this -fucking finally, let’s go!!! I love you so much, Radiohead and Pink Floyd are my favorite bands ever-I’ve seen Radiohead live 14 times - I can’t wait to watch this. Thank you in advance Amy, you rock!! ❤❤❤
This is one instance where I think understanding a song at the technical level, musically, stands as a barrier to understanding it at a psychological level, which is, I think, the point... It's all over the place... The unrelenting horror and despair of madness, punctured only briefly in the fleeting moments of sublimity and grace that mere mental exhaustion can afford to be permitted... ... In short, I think you have to have been there to get it. God bless the crazies among us, for they shall inherit the Radiohead 🤪
Instant sub. Radiohead are my favorite band on earth, and I love the way you talk about this piece of music and hearing you verbalize why this song makes me feel the way that it does.
You should have done a reaction to the official music video for this song! It's a trip. If anyone out there hasn't seen it, go and check it out RIGHT NOW!
I love your comparison of that guitar with the sounds of a dialup modem back in the day…I don’t think I’ve ever heard that, and now I’ll always hear it, so thank you! It’s not that often that I really learn what it is that makes music great.
Oh man, this brings back memories of the late 90s watching MTV in the wee hours. Your analysis is absolutely spot on, you somehow hit the nail on the head and put into words exactly what the song feels like! Definitely subscribed 👍
I exclaimed a very vocal "YES" when Amy said it's her favorite 90s song so far. I may be restating other comments, but I think the entirety of OK Computer would be a fantastic deep dive series. (Just as soon as you conclude Pink Floyd The Wall!) :)
I actually put the wall at 4 as far as Floyd albums I would much rather her do Dark Side Of the Moon, Animals or Wish You Were Here which in my opinion are better records.
100% agree with you@@jameshannagan4256... The Wall and The Final Cut are odes to Roger's inner demons.... with too few rays of light from the other band members... Thank God for Dave's contribution of the music for Comfortably Numb!
Thanks so much for this. :) I really liked your Creep reaction and thought it would be cool if you dived deeper into Radiohead. I'm glad you agreed, and this is a great pick. I've also never heard Paranoid Android compared to the feeling of certain pieces of baroque music, and never considered that. But you explaining how you hear it is so interesting. The descending patterns and how "reedy" Thom Yorke's voice is, for example.
I love that the analysis isn't technical, it's musical. You focus what it sounds like, on its effects and its shape. This is a more interesting level of musical analysis (to me anyway) than dissecting the technical aspects of it.
"It's kinda weird." Welcome to radiohead
The best kind of weird
I straddle both worlds (pop and Classical). I love your analytical mindset. What intrigues me most about this is its constantly shifting harmonic progression and key changes. You're absolutely right that the descending lines are key to the harmonic direction!
I have been listening to this song for nearly 30yrs and never picked up the Internet dial-up until now....🤯🤯🤯🤯
It blew my mind and made me appreciate Jonny's solo a whole lot more.
Its feedback
Thom's lyrics from high and dry kicked my ass 30 years to late. I get it.
Whats the meaning of high and dry?
@@davidagelvis5297it's basically means you're screwed ...... think of a beached ship.
It's also the name of one of their albums.
"I'm trying to figure out how this is making me feel" - welcome to Radiohead. Their songs put you off balance, and make you sit up and take notice.
/pay attention
"Unsettlingly portentous"
Is how I'd describe it
Because you have not been
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
I was trying to figure out how I felt some night in June of ‘97 past midnight. I was questioning my own existence. The music video only added to my new found paranoia.
I have never been more shook by a piece of music then that night.
Very poor. You shouldn't be involved in analysing music you don't and cannot understand the context of both music wise and era wise. Don't do Soundgarden unless you get music in context courses. Sorry to be harsh on you but you look like a poser just to get clicks and views.
Please, do Radiohead as much as posible. They are very versitale and almost every song is experience for itself.
Pyramid Song Please!!!
@@Tshock13 I came here to request Pyramid Song as well. That's one of the most musically interesting of their songs.
Pyramid Song
Gons dimaryp
Karma Police
Your analysis is so fascinating because you come from a different background from the fans but you discover the stuff with the same awe we did. Amazing.
As great as every song on OK Computer is, listening to the album as a whole just adds so much to each song. It's a benchmark album.
Agree -- the abrupt ending really sets up the blooming spring feeling of the next song (the names I forget).
Yep. 100%
@@brovold72Subterranean Homesick Alien. I think it's my favorite off this album I consider as the best rock album ever (and I have some background).
I wish bands still made albums that tell a story like this…like Mezzanine
@@richiethebartender I'm a big Bristol Massive fan.
You nailed this. The dial up sounds, the talking android, all of it.
How foolish of me to not notice the dial up sound. Of course. Totally spot on.
@@ShellyManne1 same here
I think the androids are supposed to be mindless people that are only self centred, so I think it’s like some back and forth bickering between these ‘androids’
The observation about the modem dial up sound of the guitar solo is brilliant. Makes total sense that this was intentional.
That just blew my f'n doors off. I’ve listened to this song it feels like 1000 times over the last 25 years. And to suddenly hear that -I was like holy shit you know what how did I never think of that? That’s so fucking true I totally just mirrors like really quickly Johnny’s guitar mirrors like the old modem sound. Wow that’s so cool.
That was a “yes, of course!” moment for me as well.
True. And I never thought of it even though I listened to the album in a loop (together with Portishead) as a teen in times when I had such a modem as the only way to connect with the Internet ;)
I'd never thought that but when she suggested it, I was like yes, eureka that is.
No it doesn’t - sorry.
Dial up modems were almost completely unknown and not a part of life in the UK in 1996 (the year the album was recorded)
One thing you've probably learned is that RUclips LOVES their Radiohead reacts. We can never get enough. Thanks!!
Your face was a picture when the rain down part started. You were visibly floating on the sound. The Pyramid Song by them is amazingly clever.
I think Amy will love Pyramid Song
I second that Pyramid Song suggestion.
One of my Radiohead favorites.
Yes. The reverse Stank Face made itself present. (11:33) Also known as WTF face, where instead of intensely scrunching the nose to bring down the eyes and brows and raise a lip corner ….the eyes open wide and the face elongates reflecting the thought “WTF did I just experience “.
На ютубе есть ровно одна достойная реакция на Pyramid Song. Это так странно, я не могу понять почему. Пришло время для второй.
The rain down part is a spiritual experience itself. I would give anything, everything, to listen to this song for the very first time again.
Have you heard it live? One of the most amazing, memorable experiences of my life. Was standing at the very top row of a stadium looking down at everyone
Been my ringtone forever
I remember exactly where I was when I first listened to this in a Taipei music shop on great headphones. It almost sounds fresh every time I hear this.
Best sung with your eyes closed
It’s like a Bach fugue mixed with the “Eclipse” scene from Berserk
I must have heard this song hundreds of times since its release and it still hits every time.
I heard this song for the first time, after a long day of working in my kitchen job at 18 years old. I sat down with some food, and turned on MTV. Wow, am I old. This video came on, and I was frozen and mesmerized. I ate quickly, showered, and went straight to the record store. I bought the CD, and drove around all night listening. I have been a huge fan every day since. There aren’t many songs that I distinctly remember the first time hearing it, and everything I did that day. Radiohead was the soundtrack to my young adult life. Years of college, med school, heartache, success, failure, LOTS of running, and chasing my dreams. I love them……real love.
Same
@@dahveed72 What a coincidence, you working in a kitchen when you were 18 and all. Wow! What are the chances?!
I love that story. remembering where you were the first time you hear something, going out, buying it, then being emersed in the new world you were just introduced to.
Great story. It just shows the power of music, the power of art. I love stories like this!
Ah, the days when MTV played music and when record stores were a thing. Your comment made me feel 18 again. Bravo!
I already gave it a like after 3 seconds. "How to dissapear" "Pyramid Song" "Weird Fishes" would be great to see your reaction.
Weird Fishes has so much in it for her to comment on. It's one of my favorite songs. I would love to see that as well.
perfect recommendations!
@@Llewella-ir5tp Hail Boognish!
Normally when a musician is asked what their favourite sonf of theirs is they evade the question. I've never heard such little hesitation when Thom Yorke answered that question. He said "How to disappear" instantly - like he was desperate to shout it out. I love a lot of Radiohead's stuff and think Amy should do a series on this band because their most beautiful work lies away from the most popular stuff, but I had never considered How to Disappear Completely as one of their better songs at all. After hearing that interview I listened again to it a few times. It is a stunning song. Just stunning. It made me reevaluate my own opinions on music. How could I overlook such a song?
Videotape too. More complex than it appears
Just discovered your channel today and can't stop listening. And I'm looking forward to you doing more Radiohead, a unique band.
Karma Police is my favourite Radiohead song, so if you've not heard it before, that would be a fantastic analysis.
They put such strange discordant melodies together that as a musician myself have consistently left me asking how they dream them up and how they affect me so deeply which is not true of 98% of music i listen to.. Their catalogue is so incredibly diverse , and so rich in musicality, I would listen to a wide number of their songs before trying to pin them down. For me they are the Beatles of my generation , tho the music is very different. It’s very hard to recommend tracks to listen because the range is so wide and yet there is a thread that runs through them all. I love that you are dipping in, I hope you do more. They are also incredible live ..
agree, but I find many contact points with the four boys from Liverpool...
Could not agree more.
the bends to me is even better .. its so emotional if you were of a certain age at that time . ok is a masterpiece.
Radiohead is fantastic live.
@@drfunkology8164 think that’s the mad thing , nearly every album is exceptional in some way for me ..
The “oh wow” when the rain down section starts says it all. It was so cool to watch a classically trained musician listen to this for the first time. Welcome to Radiohead.
Radiohead are one of the bravest bands in the history of rock music. Adventurous and experimental with their song structures, harmony and textures. Often at the risk of alienating their own fans, but in the end always a true artistic expression that makes for really interesting music with constant progression. I absolutely love this band! One of my favourites
My god did Kid A piss me off and then I bought the cd for Amnesaic as soon as it came out and I was done with Radiohead for 5-6 years then I caught the basement session for In Rainbows and I was hooked (again) and binged their entire catalog in order, needless to say I love everthing they do.
@@jameshannagan4256Kid A made me scratch my head for the longest time too. I remember going: "I don't understand what this is supposed to be... Is this not a rock band?" After some personal musical maturation (both as a listener and a player) and some revisited listens over the years, it's now in my top 3 of their albums. In Rainbows is probably my favourite though. Radiohead are brilliant.
In Rainbows is probably my favorite as well but other than the first one (it's not that bad for it's time) I love every record and I love a shit ton of their b-sides. They are the only band I know of that has so many great non-album tracks.@@GlennErikMathisen
Love the way you put this, “at the risk of their own fans”.
Brave???
i've always thought that this song was one of the best compositions ever in music.
I often compare Radiohead to Pink Floyd for the inventiveness and cleverness they’ve brought to rock music: The evolution of their sound, the powerful concepts albums, the blurring between genres, bringing electronic instruments to a scene dominated by the guitar… To me they’re the most important bands in their respective eras. Cornerstones as there’s a before and an after each of them
"When I am King , you will first against the wall... "
Man, you can't compete with that. Best ever lyrics and rhytm.
The album is a masterpiece. You must listen from the beginning to the end. You would then understand the voice you heard. You wouldn't critique a musical by listening to music only the 6th song. There is a theme, and a feeling that goes with the entire thing.
A masterpiece.
She doesn’t understand that “when I am king, you will be first against the wall“ is an attack on communism. Collectivists are either dumb or ignorant.
Couldn’t agree more this and all of their other Albums need to be listened to from and to finish to truly be appreciated
Yes, Kid A even mores o
You don't need to hear the rest of OK Computer at all to appreciate Paranoid Android. I've heard the album several times and can't hear any shared themes between songs.
Plus, the band have confirmed that it's NOT a concept album. At least not musically.
@@MyNameIsNeutron "I've heard the album *several* times and can't hear any shared themes"
well, case closed then, professor, thanks so much
It’s often overlooked, but Selway’s fills on this song are just perfect. His drum work in general, so lovely.
The original "paranoid android" of pop culture is Marvin, a fictional character from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams -very well written comedy science fiction. Marvin was, in fact, severely pessimistic (or even nihilistic) and possibly depressed, rather than paranoid, but the reference Radiohead made was widely understood in the UK, and understood by many people worldwide, since the series is loved internationally. Please, Amy, go further down the Radiohead rabbit hole!
Yes, especially seeing that HHGTTG started as a radio serial on the BBC and two movies were based on it.
I think Arthur Dent refers to him as the paranoid android at some point
@@djehuti3 I believe it's Zaphod Beeblebrox who refers to him as "the Paranoid Android". In any case, this has stuck for our beloved, extremely depressed and hugely smart, mechanical friend!
Pyramid Song
Life, don't talk to me about life 🤖
That observation about the guitar sounding like a dial-up internet is a great one!
Please please more radiohead, maybe even a series. They would deserve it!
This was thoroughly enjoyable. I adore watching pros do what they love.
Thank you for supporting my journey!
oooooooo nice insight about the dial-up connection noise. never thought about that and it sounds totally valid.
After Jonny's solo.. after SIX minutes. "oh it's done already!?".. LOL I love these perspectives and reactions.
A classical piece can easily go on for 73 minutes hahah
Radiohead is one the very best Rock&Pop music band of History. Very creative and original.
Most definitely NOT pop.
I'd say the greatest in my lifetime. Best live band I have seen
@@christophermartin5354 Greatest band of the last 30 years? As a ballpark estimate I agree.
Pop?
@@fernandosbst1300 I mean Pop not as TSwift or Beyonce, but Pop as popular and not classical music. I think everything outside classical music is Pop. Blues, jazz, etc, rock, etc, etc.
I've listened to this for thirty years and you are pointing out things I have never noticed! thank you
She should definitely watch the live version they played on Later with Jools Holland. It's on RUclips. I'm not saying to make a video about it, just that she should check it out (and so should everybody else, for that matter).
That was where I first heard the song and it BLEW me away!🤯😍
One of the greatest live performances of all time in my opinion 👍
Could not agree more, I've watched that "Later" performance dozens of times - it's extraordinary
Great call out. I have that Jools episode saved!
Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters played on Later the *same night* as that performance by Radiohead. Talk about a tough act to follow....
Was fun to watch your reaction! This is a great piece. I studied concert music myself and am a big Radiohead fan. ❤
You should listen to all of OK Computer. It’s a fantastic album. One of the best. Ever.
I second this, third this, fourth this, fifth this, sixth this, seventh this, eigth this, ninth, tenth, eleventh this, twelfth this, thirteenth this, fourteenth this, fifteenth this, sixteenth this, seventeenth this, eighteenth this, nineteenth this, twentieth this, twentyfirst this, twentysecond this, I can't go any further because I'm no older than 22 years old
It's not one of my favorite albums. Not that I don't like it, but it's unmistakably one of the best albums of the decade if not all-time.
First timer on your channel. Your sense of wonder and curiosity over a song I love was amazing, and your reactions super cute.
Amazing to see you covering Radiohead.
Exit Music (For A Film), from the same album, is awesome too.
I second this!
would be a great track for Amy to react to
Yes hahah
Any track on the album, with the exception of Electioneering, would be a good track for her to dissect.
It took me 20 years to like Exit Music ... but now I always go back to repeat listening to Exit Music at least once every week.
I love your observation about the guitar solo sounding like dial-up! I’d never heard it before but now I can’t NOT hear it! Awesome.
she is starting down a pleasant rabbit hole with this band......
More like climbing a very large mountain like K2 or Everest.
The dial up sound for the old Internet, love that, I'll remember this Everytime I listen to this song, which is an all time favourite of mine
So glad you're diving into Radiohead with this album. One of the greatest albums ever made as well as one the greatest concept albums ever made. They were way ahead of their time with this album: innovative, progressive and legendary. Be sure to explore the entire album.
I think Radiohead has that underlying weirdness like something is a little off. Which is why I love it and feel a lot of their fanbase who are misfits
I have loved this song for 26 years, and your reaction gave me fresh ears. It is a playful graffiti mural sprayed over an otherwise grey landscape. There is both electricity and water in the final guitar solo. I'm joining the "more Radiohead" chorus, their fan base is huge and most of us have no idea how they make us feel what they make us feel, so this helps. Thank you!
life doesn't have to be a grey landscape, it ebbs and flows like the song. Although true we do often grey the landscape for ourselves
I needed this video in my life. I never thought someone who was classically trained would ever analyze this masterpiece. I was classically trained and I described this song similarly to how you did the first time I ever listened to it. That is incredible 😮 blows my mind.
Around 12 minutes in, when you said "this is cool.. Wow". That is why we love Radiohead.
"Paranoid Android" is the greatest song of the 90's. It is the song that best captures the time, the precipice we were on at that time and have since, as the song predicts, fallen downward from. It becomes more and more poignant as time passes and we continue to descend through the 21st century. It was a warning and is now a lament. Beautiful and heartbreaking.
A couple of things musically. The song starts without a beginning, and keeps being middle phrases. It is to be listened to in the album after a trauma, so the previous track flows into this. Many of the vocal phrases are spread out a lot. They are only half the conversation. The other half happens in the gaps, but we never hear them. If they really happened at all. The tonality shifts between a pop-adjacent arrangement to dropping the 8th beat, to a formal church choral that runs around the 5ths, for the talking to himself vs shouting at the world vs personal despair. It is all volatile moods. Throughout there is a base line that they shift around the tonics, often picked by the having guitar. And then it goes into the next track which has a very blissed out soundscape. The paranoid psychosis has broken and now is the euphoric come down.
I don't know how I stumbled on your video but I LOVED your interpretation. I've been listening to this song for close to three decades and your observations brought new life to the song for me. You have no idea what that means to me, but lets just say you made me stop and take notice again of something I use to love dearly. Thank you.
Same😅
What a great reaction Amy! I'm allready looking forward to your next Radiohead reaction :) Cheers!
Not sure if anyone's already posted this, still, in the third section the vocal harmonies are actually samples of Thom's voice. He recorded the word "monk" at a certain pitch, then reversed it, removed the consonants and transposed it to each note that was required. Big thanks to the creator of this video and to all who have posted such wonderful insights into this song. Been listening to this for the past 25 years, each year i discover something new...
Highly, highly recommend Weird Fishes/Arpeggi from Radiohead. It's a masterclass in composition. If you can watch the live version (from the Basement sessions), it's even better seeing them actually play it so perfectly.
How to Disappear Completely is also a huge achievement.
Both good choices. I love Weird Fishes (and pretty much the entire "In Rainbows Album". I agree about the live 'Basement" version- it's a cut above.
Weird Fishes is so good.
Arpeggi and How to Disappear Completely would be my suggestions for her as well.
was gonna suggest how to disappear completely because of the strings
"It's kinda weird." then at 11:32... she understands. Welcome to the world of Radiohead.
I think the name 'Ok, Computer' makes a lot more sense nowadays than ever before. And in the future it will be even more relevant.
Nowadays it's (almost) the opposite: The computer(AI) says: OK human.
There's no comma. It's _OK Computer._
@@gablen23 It was always OK human, but we are getting closer and closer to saying OK computer. That's why the name is increasingly relevant as time goes by.
@bltelysian _NUKE from orbit!_
ok computer and paranoid android are both directly taken from the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy book.
It's nice to see people out there still discovering Radiohead's music. As somebody who was present when this album first released I'd say you definitely touch on some valid thematic points. I personally dont think any band came as close to capturing the chaotic zeitgeist of the UK at that moment in time. The blend of technology, social views, and spirituality are all beautifully present in the structures of their songs. They are truly talented musicans and I'm sure you would appreciate quite a lot of their other music.
Thank you for sharing the video. 😊
YAY! Thank you, Vlad and Amy! The slight muscle movements, facial oscillation, and evolving eyebrow expressions are a visual representation of the chills I feel every time I listen to this song. "That's cool." "Ooh, wow." Exactly! I also love how immediately she identified the dial-up internet guitar solo. Amy's analysis and descriptions are a wonderful contribution to music history.
Outstanding analysis - on both technical and emotional pillars of this most brilliant piece of songwriting. It is indeed a masterpiece. Thank you - I thoroughly enjoyed this.
For me paranoid Android has always been a musical kaleidoscope. I just enjoy the ride.
Exactly. Go along for the ride first, before picking it apart.
Although I did enjoy the analysis in this "reaction" as well
Every Radiohead track is a masterpiece. Johnny Greenwood and Thom Yorke are both genius level artists and the Radiohead rabbit-holes are deep as f...
This is one of the biggest songs/albums of my life.
And mine, buddy. And mine.
I remember sitting in a room with friends and hearing this for the first time with a group of musicians. No one said a damned word. We knew something important had happened. Just like the intro of teen spirit brought me into grunge, this song brought me out
Hell. I was THERE at Glastonbury in 1997 when they played the whole album. Feck, it was absolutely amazing. Basso profundo?? Well done to you,
I was there as well, my first ever Glastonbury. Covered in mud, my feet sinking deeper and deeper as it continuously all night. God must've even enjoyed the gig when Thom requested "Rain down on me, from a great height". I think everyone enjoyed the gig except the band. I remember Thom getting pissed off with the lighting guy for not keeping the lights on, he really snapped at the guy.
It is AMAZING that you reference Bach and the classical setup of the song. I believe it’s because of the structure and syncopation of the notes. Every note is purposeful and each movement symbolising the descent into misery. Radiohead have some of the most original music made in the last 50 years. They are completely original.
Paranoid Android is a reference to Marvin the Paranoid Android from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy!
❤😊 I don't even know this song but was willing to listen and now I'm a fan! Thank you for your analysis Amy
Hello from Argentina! You should react to an Argentinian band called Seru Giran. Give it a go, trust me! The main singer has been influenced from his beginning by classical music and The beatles. Good reaction by the way, just awesome.
I'd love to see her do the entire OK Computer album - the way as she's done for The Wall. I'm not actually the hugest Radiohead fan normally, but that one album was absolutely defining a new era, both in music and in society. The album of the changing millennium.
When you wrote "The Wall," at first i saw "Wall of Eyes," Thom & Jonny & drummer Tom Skinner's new album. If you haven't listened to Wall of Eyes, you are in for a treat!
I have heard this song over 200 times and now that you mention it, that is a perfect way to describe that first guitar solo it literally sounds like it's trying to mimic the old dial-up sound. Bravo well done!
omg Radiohead is one of the most complete bands out there, you should react to their song Nude, it's a whole sensation when you are hearing it.
I love your expressions and reactions to everything!
Especially the guitar. You have a very classic grungy guitar line just ripping and you’re like “oh it’s like ‘dee dee dee dee’ 🙃”
This was fun! subbing.
I like how you enjoy all the music you listen to because you can see in them what you enjoy so much about classical music. Plus you're also explaining to us what we enjoy so much about this music, the patterns and features which are so pleasing to us even though we don't really have the vocabulary to explain why we like them. You verbalise what we feel subconsciously. Please do look again at Radiohead - they will always keep you on your toes as they are constantly shifting their style and looking to innovate.
If Paranoid Android doesn’t chew you up nothing will. Absolute work of geniuses. Pure brilliance.
Love your way of expressing and describing what you hear with your background in tow.
That was so cute to watch and there were a bunch of cool
Insights that I’d never considered.
You should check out their entire catalogue. Very eclectic, skillful, and innovative band.
Holy crap, your right! That guitar solo in Paranoid Android DOES sound like dial up internet. Wow wow wow... and the album is OK Computer. I'm SURE that's intended, wow, that's the first time I've heard anyone make that connection. Well done!
Your reactions and descriptions made me unexpectedly emotional! I really enjoyed this. Absolutely do more Radiohead ❤
Agreed! Some of them were so spot-on and it's almost like experiencing the song for the first time again through someone else's eyes
This is when you get goosebumps all over again, from a song you’ve heard 1,000s of times, 20+ years ago.
This album changed my life. Always been obsessed with music and the day this came out on a half-day from work I spotted it on a listening post at HMV. As per routine I always listened to new stuff. I couldn't stop repeating the album and ended up leaving with the staff as they were locking up.
You are SO accurate in your reporting. Thank you, your words and comments? Absolutely stunning.
Radiohead are incredible composers and innovators ... you are just scratching the surface : )
Nothing more to say; 'I loved your analysis'. I knew I loved this song, band, but you've put this into perspective. Well articulated.
YESSSS I live for reactions by classical musicians of Radiohead
OK computer is an absolute masterclass of concept and composition that needs to be listened to in its entirety, this will help with abrupt ending. Excellent analysis BTW.
Radiohead is one of those bands that's placable in a decade because they were a musical turning point that basically defined the decade in question. The decade in fact sounds like Radiohead.
Thank you for the video - great fun! I absolutely agree with your view of the middle section - it is like a Baroque chaconne. It reminds me very much of Purcell's Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas. I thought you'd be more taken by all the bars in 7 time - that made me really sit up! Thank you again. Dan
Oh my God I’ve been so depressed.. (for like the last 25 years tbh) but I just saw this -fucking finally, let’s go!!! I love you so much, Radiohead and Pink Floyd are my favorite bands ever-I’ve seen Radiohead live 14 times - I can’t wait to watch this. Thank you in advance Amy, you rock!! ❤❤❤
IMO there's a progression of incredible music throughout the decades...
Floyd 》Queensryche 》Radiohead 》Tool
Andy before all that wonderful trail... YES @@DJChrisSee
This is the most beautiful and accurate description of that song ever
Really fascinating to hear your first opinions on this from a more classical perspective. It's my favourite song of all time.
Love your reaction, I subscribed to your channel for more radiohead reaction❤
This is one instance where I think understanding a song at the technical level, musically, stands as a barrier to understanding it at a psychological level, which is, I think, the point... It's all over the place... The unrelenting horror and despair of madness, punctured only briefly in the fleeting moments of sublimity and grace that mere mental exhaustion can afford to be permitted...
... In short, I think you have to have been there to get it.
God bless the crazies among us, for they shall inherit the Radiohead 🤪
Instant sub. Radiohead are my favorite band on earth, and I love the way you talk about this piece of music and hearing you verbalize why this song makes me feel the way that it does.
Very nice analysis, I liked your observations. Yes, the song is imaginative, and the guitar does sound like a dial-up, haha.
You should have done a reaction to the official music video for this song! It's a trip. If anyone out there hasn't seen it, go and check it out RIGHT NOW!
Yes! As a 16 yr old , I was mesmerized and confused and delighted by the video, all the while enjoying the masterpiece of the music 🤩🤯🧐….. 🤘🏽
I love your comparison of that guitar with the sounds of a dialup modem back in the day…I don’t think I’ve ever heard that, and now I’ll always hear it, so thank you! It’s not that often that I really learn what it is that makes music great.
Oh man, this brings back memories of the late 90s watching MTV in the wee hours. Your analysis is absolutely spot on, you somehow hit the nail on the head and put into words exactly what the song feels like! Definitely subscribed 👍
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING
Me too!!
She describes music as shapes. Only the finest musicians do this. I’ve noticed
I exclaimed a very vocal "YES" when Amy said it's her favorite 90s song so far. I may be restating other comments, but I think the entirety of OK Computer would be a fantastic deep dive series. (Just as soon as you conclude Pink Floyd The Wall!) :)
I actually put the wall at 4 as far as Floyd albums I would much rather her do Dark Side Of the Moon, Animals or Wish You Were Here which in my opinion are better records.
@@jameshannagan4256 Amy has stretched out her posting of song analyses from The Wall for months if not over a year now. it's become a bit much.
I saw every one and quite enjoyed it.@@ZosoLU
100% agree with you@@jameshannagan4256... The Wall and The Final Cut are odes to Roger's inner demons.... with too few rays of light from the other band members... Thank God for Dave's contribution of the music for Comfortably Numb!
Im envious and happy for you. Wish i could erase my memory and hear this song for the first time again.
Thanks so much for this. :)
I really liked your Creep reaction and thought it would be cool if you dived deeper into Radiohead. I'm glad you agreed, and this is a great pick. I've also never heard Paranoid Android compared to the feeling of certain pieces of baroque music, and never considered that. But you explaining how you hear it is so interesting. The descending patterns and how "reedy" Thom Yorke's voice is, for example.
I love that the analysis isn't technical, it's musical. You focus what it sounds like, on its effects and its shape. This is a more interesting level of musical analysis (to me anyway) than dissecting the technical aspects of it.