@@Tot0Gog0 bitches just say anything you’re so fucking pretentious that you’ll just see one video of jonny playing this live with a bow on his guitar and think “omg he’s a genius he played this on a guitar” no mf use your ears those are from an orchestra like jonny is a composer and incredible but don’t fucking spread misinformation when you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about
AMSP really grows on you the more you listen, I don't think I really grasped what us great about the album upon first listening, and now it's turning into a personal favorite of mine. This band continues to make magic
I have no idea how anyone can come up with this. The instrumentation is so unique. The buzzy synth bass under the plucky strings and weird percussion…. Incredible.
Thom Yorke is a musical genius because he sold his soul to the devil for his life. Please seek The Lord Jesus Christ before it is too late! Have a blessed day! Merry Christmas! ⛄
@@neo4544 PLEASE SEEK OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN WITH GOD AND NOT BE CONDEMNED TO GO TO HELL WITH THE DEVIL. Have a blessed day. 😁❤️
@@xethified While written during the Kid Amnesia sessions (that's easy to tell, a lot of the songs written then are composed of short sentences that were almost randomly put together, like this song, Everything on its right place or Optimistic), it was never played live before its release (only the opening chords during an In Rainbows concert).
Note: no-one has mouths to speak out, and they're expressionless, except those who will be burned: the man with the X on his door and the Inspector, and of course the bird who's trying to tell everybody (singing) but nobody is interpreting.
Thank you for this. I love reading the various interpretations of Radiohead lyrics/videos. They always make me think and adjust my metaphorical lenses. Cheers mate. 👍
They have mouths, but its only displayed when making a gesture (same goes for the inspector). He keeps seeing strange and at time disturbing things yet does nothing, only to be burned himself in the end. I'm assuming that's the lesson.
Nobody has a mouth till the plot ask them to have it. The only one who is required to have expression so the plot moves forward is the stranger. And only when it is necesary why? Because it is a stop motion video.
There is something about the crescendo of the strings culminating at the same time that the town leader has turned and raises his arms that is just so powerful. What a superb blending of audio and visual media - the whole really is greater than the sum of its parts in this case.
i remember studying this song in my first year of music school ... almost 4 yrs later i'm now a music producer and this song was part of my journey ... thank you Radiohead and all my teachers!
You didn't! Every day of your 20 years radiohead has been with you, be it for each moment of joy, seperation, anger, pain, confusion, loss or love. That is the beauty of radiohead they capture the very essence of what we are as individuals and a society and what we may become. All the best. Philip.
The composition of this song is incredible. The range of feelings it inspires, the tension of the strings, the child-like confusion of the bass, the war drums, and Thom's haunted but somehow familiar voice... it all combines into something truly amazing.
i love the higher pitched strings resembling elegance, but also anxiety at the same time. really, this song is a masterpiece, even for being so short. i love it, and i had no idea there was a video to go with it before this. bravo, radiohead.
I still remember hearing this for the first time on the radio. I immediately looked it up on youtube and watched this amazing music video! I was in my first year at college at the time, and now I'm about to finish college (I did two separate programs), but I remember that day like it was yesterday!
@Kronk Pepikrankenitz It only gets worse the older you get, and I'm guessing at the end you wonder where the time went. Which is why you hear old people telling the young not to waste their time on this planet.
@@IBESMusic94 I'm sorry, but Pablo Honey and The Bends are both at the bottom of the list BENEATH King of Limbs. You still have yet to fully discover Radiohead's most complex music.
Yorke's voice almost literally soars over the black keys and sharpish orchestral notes. This is one of the band's finer late productions. It is remarkable that nearly 30 years since they burst on the music scene, they are just as relevant, if not more, than at any time.
@@kaizokuAUTO -- I agree. AMSP should not be their last album. Would be interesting to see whether Yorke can mash up his experimental material from AFP with Radiohead's more familiar fare.
I've been a fan of Radiohead since "Creep", and as controversial as it may sound coming from a veteran listener, I personally think Moon Shaped Pool might actually be my favourite album of theirs.
@@HeyLaserLips A Moon Shaped Pool is a fantastic album. I don’t think many would hold that against you. The great thing about Radiohead, is that they have several amazing albums, so much so that you can pick almost any of them and have it be a valid choice.
This music video and song really do perfectly capture that wound up tight feeling in your chest you get during a panic attack. But just like a panic attack you'll be okay in the end once you get through it and find your way out.
Fun Fact: 3:41 as the villagers are waving to the camera, look at the small tree on the left behind the striped pole. He's escaped as they turned their backs.
Ranch DuBois it was really good in my opinion. If you read behind the movie you realize the meaning behind the story and it’s crazy beautiful. It’s a quite disgusting psychological horror, but it’s really interesting to look into cult and psychological horror. Really the movie wasn’t that bad other than the actors.
@@warprincess5834 all the nudity scenes felt like a cheap shock factor to me. I felt more disgusted than horror or disturbed after watching midsommar so i wouldn't call that a good horror movie story wise. Cinematography's great though
+JOH It might be something to do with a man being sacrificed to pagan gods, by being burnt at the stake within a giant constructed wicker man, all while being represented through stop motion dolls
+JOH It's completely terrifying. The so-called witch seems to be an officious person who just takes notes on a pad. As much as such people are arseholes I am not sure they deserve to be burnt to death. But the song is brilliant!
I became a Radiohead fan in 2002-2003. I really never thought they could make any song after Kid A that would impact me so much, especially since OK Computer is probably my favorite album ever, but somehow this became my favorite of theirs over the years? I feel like this is Radiohead at their literal peak in so many ways. Absolutely unbelievable.
OK Computer is where the lost the plot for me. Kid A was interesting, if super weird, but everything agger that was just self-indulgent electronic music.
@@Anjohl Listens to King of Limbs: "Oh these experimental electronic drum machine beats and programmed synths, where's the goddamn band?" Watches King of Limbs Live from the Basement: "Wait, what? This is all actually being _played?_ Holy sh*t!"
@@Anjohl yeah pyramid song, life in a glasshouse, there, there, 2+2=5, weird fishes/arpeggi, jigsaw falling into place, morning mr. magpie, present tense etc are definitely all such indulgent electronic tracks
2016- this song is amazing 2017- this song is amazing 2018- this song is amazing 2019- this song is amazing 2020- this song is amazing 2021- yup, this song is still amazing
00:48 a reference to Lord of the Flies - The speared boar seen on the red building. The first red flag for what is to come. 00:56 the second red flag, concealing the truth. This actually reminds me of a biblical reference The Passover. This is when the doors of the israelites were painted with the blood of a lamb in order for the angel of death to passover. Ex. 12 v 8: "They shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire". The inspector is literally a lamb to the slaughter. 1:06: Invites us to look at ourselves more harshly. It's a hard task to do. 1:16: When we do we realise that nothing is really as it seems. Especially if someone is trying to make you see things from their point of view. The children act like they're having fun but it's a dangerous make-shift teeter totter built over a pond. 1:22: 'Justice' based on moral/religious grounds. When religion and morality differ from region to region - what does it mean for justice to be served? Is it merely a (pagan) ceremony that looks/feels good to the crowds? It's become a spectacle to impress the world rather than unveil the truth. e.g.: Osama Bin Laden, Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein all killings seen as 'right' and 'just' in the eyes of americans; guided by the media, leaders, american morals, religious beliefs etc. 1:43: Another instance where the truth (a savagely slaughtered animal) is hidden, literally in a sheet of pastry. Can you swallow the truth? 1:55: Does embellishing the truth (with flowers) take away from it's reality? A touch on capital punishment. Jay Carney stated that the US has a fundamental duty to carry out executions humanely. However, doesn't the act of capital punishment itself fall short of humane standards. The more the man sees through their tricks or questions their logic, the more the the mayor sees him as a threat to his power and desperately tries to persuade and move him along through the town. 2:13: Welcome to corporate america! I'd like to hear some suggestions on this one. But I think it has something to do with how the working class, just trying to make a living, are sheltered and closed off from the realities of capitalism and how the top level guys (ceo's, government MPs, presidents) are actually running the establishments of the country. They're blinded by chasing the dollar and the guy who has something to offer the big guys gets to lead the pack of little guys - no matter how unqualified they may be. 3:04 The wicker man - a film inspired by David Pinner's 1967 novel Ritual and centres on the visit of Police Sergeant Neil Howie to the isolated island of Summerisle. Howie, a devout Christian, is appalled to find that the inhabitants of the island have abandoned Christianity and now practise a form of Celtic paganism (wiki). Again, playing on morality in different societies (the end of The Wicker Man is also important here but I don't want to spoil the movie for those who haven't watched it). The inspector finds himself staring at the truth boldly in the face but still he overlooks it. How many signs does it take until you go with your gut? 3:33 Does going with the crowd and turning your back on the truth makes everything better, more scenic, right? The style in animation is brilliant for two reasons: 1. It's based on Trumpton, a BBC show from the 60s. Could Donald TRUMPton be the next mayor/leader of the crowd? And how much of the truth will he embellish with flowers? 2. The use of playdough annimation. Playdough is malleable and can be moulded into anything you want it to be, much like the truth. Does anyone know what the meaning of Jobe and the tomatoes is? Is this another biblical reference to Job (pronounced Jobe)? There is one interesting thing from the bible about tomatoes Corinthians 15v 38: "You could never guess what a tomato would look like by looking at a tomato seed. What we plant in the soil and what grows out of it don't look anything alike. The dead body that we bury in the ground and the resurrection body that comes from it will be dramatically different." Again the true nature of the tomato is revealed through time and a little digging ;)
1:13 is also a thinly veiled reference to "ducking", a medieval practice where a person who floated after being dunked in water was seen as preserving themselves with magic, and was then executed.
People are entitles to their opinions, not all like artsy stuff and that is all good. So chill and enjoy being unique ;). And yeah, in words of one internet busy nerd - THIS IS LIT 0_0 (... and i don't even like Radiohead).
This is such an amazing song, cannot stop listening to it. Radiohead are legendary simply because they continue to produce such amazing quality sounds for so many years
He gets away at the end. So he wasn't burned, but mildly charred. Chard is a vegetable ('Vegetable'), but also a town in Somerset, England; the birthplace of powered flight ('Where Bluebirds Fly'). It was also the birthplace of James Gillingham, the man who pioneered articulated artificial limbs ('The King Of Limbs'). Other links to Radiohead songs: the Speared Bear pub ('Hunting Bears'), 'Up On The Ladder', a lot of 'Fake Plastic Trees' and the song is almost a 'Four Minute Warning'. Edit - Yes, it's Speared Boar, I need glasses.
@The_Jaguar_ Knight uhh, yes. Yes they were. If you DROWNED you were innocent of being a witch. Because witches 'float' (could swim) and 'honest' citizens couldn't swim. So if you survived, they burnt you. Either way you died. Yes. That's EXACTLY how it worked. That's because they didn't really think you were a witch. You just didn't fit in, so they wanted to get rid of you. It worked EXACTLY how they wanted it. You think conservatives wouldn't have burned Obama as a witch back in the day? Then you don't understand tribalistic humans...
Lyrics Stay in the shadows Cheer at the gallows This is a round up This is a low flying panic attack Sing a song on the jukebox that goes Burn the witch Burn the witch We know where you live Red crosses on wooden doors And if you float you burn Loose talk around tables Abandon all reason Avoid all eye contact Do not react Shoot the messengers This is a low flying panic attack Sing the song of sixpence that goes Burn the witch Burn the witch We know where you live We know where you live Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Colin Greenwood / Edward O'Brien / Jonny Greenwood / Philip Selway / Thom Yorke
The meaning is: we all keep our mouth shut when we see injustice, and we look away when the massas exclude those who cannot defend themselves, without realizing WE can be the one who ultimately will be burned at the stake, and the rest of society will also look the other way then. If you don't speak out against a murderous system, the system could murder you. Your own apathetic attitude will eventually come back to you like a boomerang.
For the meaning, I would recommend watching the wicker man. But the movie is not that good so I will just tell you that its about a man that visits a town that seems pleasant on the outside but in reality they are all cultists that sacrifice their visitors by burning them inside the “wicker ‘man” like in this video. So yeah, the entire music video is basically a summary of the movie.
@@robborr5096 well the movie is actually about the police seargents' christian church of england perceptions clashing with the pagan rituals, when his beleifs are just as barbaric and ridiculous. it's his own clutching to his own cult's beleifs that ensure his status as the virgin fool that ensure his status as the perfect sacrifice
I’ve watched this masterpiece loads of times since it’s release and I’m always just a wee bit chuffed that the inspector managed to escape the flames! Seeing him wipe his brow in relief always makes me feel a wee bit better about things. Much love from up here in the Scottish highlands - stay safe folks and soon this really shitty couple of years will be over 👍🏻❤️
I listened to the song way before I knew about the music video and I thought the song was great. I when I saw the music video clicked it to leave a like but when I watched the full thing I felt uncomfortable leaving a like because ya know…but i than I left a like when i saw that he survived lol
+J T Yes, well said. When I first heard the king of limbs I really wasn't pleased. In comparison to in rainbows I was let down. But it has really grown on me and I think all of their albums show a different side of them musically. Personally, I love this song and it is a good sign of what is to come. I am thinking this album will have an amnesiac feel but more refined.
+Ambiguous Culture Typically with music more complex stuff deserves a few listens. I think it's hard to enjoy or make sense of a musical piece when you're processing it at new information and really have no idea what it's about to do at any given point. The music stands on it's own just fine but I've certainly found the music I enjoy the most takes a few attempts to digest it.
@@enragedkonchu7422 music was cover for a trailer of the game (the last one), but the version is very different. Don't worry abot spoil I'm not far in the game ut you just need to do the demo to understand why this song was chosen.
Who cares about some award. I just want the music. Always someone bitching about a thumbs down or an award. I’ll never understand that way of thinking. Awards shows are turds and the people that vote on the awards are turds as well. Just turds in a toilet in need of a flush.
Just something to point out every clip deals with some way of dealing with a witch or execute a witch. If you want I can explain but tomatoes were considered poisonous back then and the seesaw was used to drown them while tied to a chair if they float they were a witch if not they were innocent,hanging,burning wooden frames and painting x's on the doors, while consuming raw food
+ΧΞΣ Where Death Is Most Alive II okay I hate Radiohead fans, they approach the level of obnoxiousnessof the Kanye West and the Beyonce fanbase but this is pretty nice. Never got into Radiohead that much, listened to some stuff once and didn't like it, but i checked out this one and its nothing to drop my jaw over and nothing revolutionary but its fun!
Amazing string arrangement! BURN THE WITCH lyrics: Stay in the shadows Cheer at the gallows this is a roundup this is a low flying panic attack sing the song on the jukebox that goes Burn the witch Burn the witch We know where you live Red crosses on wooden doors if you float you’ll burn loose tongue around tables abandon all reason avoid all eye contact do no react shoot the messengers this is a low flying panic attack sing a song of sixpence that goes Burn the witch Burn the witch We Know where you live We know where you live
+24paljim oh yeah clearly. I mean, he does movie scores for Paul Thomas Anderson's films. Who, from what I've heard, will be directing one of their music videos.
LOL. You've gotta be kidding me right!? The video is exceptional, but it wouldn't even exist or have a purpose without these vibrations. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1st listen: Good, but meh... 2nd listen: It's not that bad actually. 3rd listen: I think I start to like it a bit. 4th listen: This is actually better than I thought. 5th listen: This is good! 6th listen: I like it a lot! 7th listen: I love it! .... 100th listen: When this album is going to be released already!!! That's Radiohead for ya!
The 1973 movie "The Wicker Man" was actually on cable TV two nights ago. I woke up at three am to find myself watching the movie. Maybe I was dreaming...
The man in the black suit is meant to represent a federal government worker who is assigned to evaluate the conditions of established towns within the country. This town revolves around the leadership of a cult leader who tries to make the village appear as "pleasant" as possible. Examples of this include when they place flowers on the gallows in order to beautify it. Low education/illiteracy is another topic in the video with an example in the misspelling of jobs as "jobes" at 2:23. The picture on 00:48 that reads "The Speared Boar" is a reference to Lord of Flies where a boar is speared by Jack and his followers, and later they place the head of the boar onto a stake. Adding this reference in the video implies that there is savagery in the town despite its peacefully appearance. The town folk are only putting on a facade to appear that they are fully functioning town by trying to do communal tasks to display their interconnections with one another. An example of this can be seen on 1:40 when the woman failed to prepare a meal by butchering a deer and trying to make it look like a pie. Alcoholism is also found in this video. Some of the villagers drink alcohol in broad day light, in public, and while they are working. At the end, all the villagers turn their back at the burning man which indicating that they do not want to see or acknowledge their crime. This act can be interpreted as showcasing nativism and the dangers that it possess for innocent outsiders. Luckily, the federal government worker survived in the end, which implies that the story will continue.
+Raul Martinez why wold jobs be written on the side of apple crates though? one of the boxes has "jobe's" with an apostrophe, so I think the name is supposed to be Jobe, and it's his little apple business or whatever it is.
+Raul Martinez Cool assessment. My take is that as the towns people wave to the government worker as he is led along and observing what they do and then ultimately to his seeming end, they then also wave to us, the viewers of the video, as if to say you (we) are next after having seen the things they do. Very Radiohead-ish message there
This was the first ever radiohead song I was introduced too. I've loved their work ever since. Thanks YT recommendations for actually doing your job 8 years ago lol.
Something about him staring down at the miniatures, only for the miniatures to wave back always gave me the creeps... because at the end all the people turn, and wave back... but to whom? D:
if we take the main inspiration for this video (the wicker man), the people who kill the man says that is a sacrifice, so possibly they could be waving back to the gods...? idk if makes sense
I had actually never seen the video till it's end, would always replay or quit it when the bird at the end comes up, after a year of thinking how unfair the guy had to die, I realised he actually lived :/
Come on in, you found your door. Its great to see you. We have all came in one door or another. Thank you for your inspiration. when ever you feel you can leave peacfully on your own accord.
It's interesting how you only see the mouth of the lady in the house whose door is being marked with an X (symbolises witch) and then also the town inspectors mouth when he is being burned alive. The bird at the beginning and end is oblivious to the goings on in the town so the mouth is shown. To me I guess this means that all the other towns folk, as if possessed by something unseen, won't speak out against whatever strangeness is occurring in the town, labelling any outsider or whoever tries to speak up (lady in house) as a witch, hence burn the witch! I guess this makes an important remark about our society and how important it is too communicate and shed light over the way we we live, in order to keep things fresh, otherwise what's left in the dark may stagnate and be left un challenged, someone may take advantage example being the mayor who could be likened too a cult leader who has the control over the rest his people never being challenged... mouths shut. Spooky and awesome song!
@@archivedaccount2000 could be. I heard it was about Muslims and our fear of them born out of social media and gossip we are surrounded by. I was meant to see them but then Manchester arena got blown up by a terrorist. So we seen them a while later at a different venue. (Amazeballs!) Although burn the witch was the latest single. They didn't play it. I think because of the song's meaning and the situation at the time. What do you reckon?
@@amandah5478 I read that the song was first worked on during Kid A's production (according to Wikipedia) but the first evidence of it appeared later on: thekingoflimbspart2.com/lyrics-2/3352-2/ . Given that Hail to the Thief was largely a Take That at Bush/Blair era politics, that interpretation makes sense.
+Amelia Bee I am with you Amelia. It did kinda lose me with that happy ending. Didn't fit the rest of the video. I also didn't realize that witches didn't burn. I never have heard of that. I thought that is what they did with witches.
Typical Radiohead, they bring out something new and on the first hearing it's like " hmmm, sounds a bit like something they have done before.....not outstanding...", ah, but then after a few listens, you find the brilliance behind such a simple sounding tune. From Toms gentle yet menacing crooning to the Choppy Staccato violins slicing and dicing away......Thumbs up Tom, you never let me down in your genius Inventiveness when it comes to Music.
couldn't have said it better. they have the same effect on me. pretty much anything I end up absolutely loving sounds mediocre the first time I hear it. only after it starts to become familiar, and leaves a mental imprint on my brain do I start to fully appreciate it. at least when it comes to more complex compositions. on the other hand, I instantly knew I loved many of their more simplistic songs from the bends and ok computer.
+K. Rootes I love the crescendo at the end of the song. I'm a huge Wicker Man film fan also so it's a chicken dinner for me. I've found myself waking up 6am to listen to the album as the sun rises. The wife's not impressed to be fair.
Every Radiohead album has a feel to it in my opinion Pablo Honey - A studio in late 90s Vancouver The Bends - A suburbian home studio where many a jam session has been held OK Computer - Walking through the streets of a semi-dystopian, lifeless city (kinda like the present day) Kid A - A claustrophobic, small room where someone's gone mad Amnesiac - See Kid A Hail To The Thief - A highway just outside a major city In Rainbows - Floating through deep space, having accepted your eventual fate The King Of Limbs - A walk through an ancient European forest on a damp April morning A Moon Shaped Pool - A grey, rainy day where all you can do it stare out the window
It begins with Eleanor Rigby, continuing with I am the Walrus and ends with A Day in the Life, but still my favourite track in this album along with the Ful Stop which reminds me of Interstellar theme...
So good.
Ayyyyyy (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
+Smooth McGroove I'm a Radiohead and a McGroove fan. What can I say, I've got good taste.
+Smooth McGroove 0100001
You're awesome too Smooth McGroove ♡
SMOOOTH!!!
Darkest bob the builder episode ever
And I thought Wallace and Gromit couldn't get any darker
***** ikr
Or postman pat ;)
AHAHAHAAHAHA
djhappyyyyy you mini
Violin is a perfect rock instrument.
this music has been influenced by classical by genre derivative.
I wonder if any of these are real violins. Synth sounds these days are quite something.
@@keithklassen5320 These are real violines and cellos, i can smell :))
@@knenda1 Those are not violines. They play this song with a guitar played as a violin, with a bow.
Mayane Lopes like Sigur Ros?
We're studying this song in school, the gradual build up through the events in the songs narrative, lyrics, and storytelling is incredible!
Me too! Big fan guiny. Good luck :)
Man I wish I had a teacher like yours back when I was in school. So have you learned much from Radiohead yet thanks to your teacher? :)
Y’all be having them young buls🙋🏽♂️
I like how this is only 174 likes yet it's on top of comment section because verified checkmark
@@iHaveTheDocuments isn't RUclips neat?!
The violins at the end are fantastic. It just gives off a sense of impending dread.
Those aren't violins but guitars played with violin bows.
Even more creative!
"the longer the note, the more dread" - Superhans
@@Tot0Gog0 bitches just say anything you’re so fucking pretentious that you’ll just see one video of jonny playing this live with a bow on his guitar and think “omg he’s a genius he played this on a guitar” no mf use your ears those are from an orchestra like jonny is a composer and incredible but don’t fucking spread misinformation when you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about
@@Tot0Gog0 Oh, like Jonsi from Sigur Ros be doing?
Typical Radiohead: the first track gets you hooked, and slowly and surely, the album becomes addictive.
Mark Russell I love that! My favourite all time albums usually took a few listens, ones that you really have to take your time with.
Their best opening track is still 15 step
AMSP really grows on you the more you listen, I don't think I really grasped what us great about the album upon first listening, and now it's turning into a personal favorite of mine. This band continues to make magic
I’m moving up right behind Ok Computer. The more I listen to it the better it gets.
and then yuo sell it on ebay a week later for $5 or best offer
I have no idea how anyone can come up with this. The instrumentation is so unique. The buzzy synth bass under the plucky strings and weird percussion…. Incredible.
Yeah, it's so weirdly melodic.
Thom Yorke is a musical genius because he sold his soul to the devil for his life. Please seek The Lord Jesus Christ before it is too late! Have a blessed day! Merry Christmas! ⛄
@@GodJesusChristTheHolySpirit what?
@@neo4544 PLEASE SEEK OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN WITH GOD AND NOT BE CONDEMNED TO GO TO HELL WITH THE DEVIL. Have a blessed day. 😁❤️
@@GodJesusChristTheHolySpirit satan rules
Had no idea that this song came out in 2016... I've always thought it was something much older. It feels like a classic that's lived for decades
actually it was written during the making of Kid A but was put aside until A Moon Shaped Pool.
Yeah I definitely have memories of listening to this in the mid 2000's. Thanks for clearing that up!
well thats radiohead for ya... putting out bangers for decades on end
@@xethified While written during the Kid Amnesia sessions (that's easy to tell, a lot of the songs written then are composed of short sentences that were almost randomly put together, like this song, Everything on its right place or Optimistic), it was never played live before its release (only the opening chords during an In Rainbows concert).
It certainly is. It was written in the era of Kid A (2000).
The progression in this song is amazing!
precisely. excellent point
+TheAndroidBro I don't give credit to the tone-deaf!! THIS IS BRILL!!
+TheAndroidBro
STOP SAYING I KNOW RIGHT!!! Generation ZERO.
sempi
+SoCloseToToast very
Note: no-one has mouths to speak out, and they're expressionless, except those who will be burned: the man with the X on his door and the Inspector, and of course the bird who's trying to tell everybody (singing) but nobody is interpreting.
Did you ever see the back of a twenty dollar bill...on weed?
Thank you for this. I love reading the various interpretations of Radiohead lyrics/videos. They always make me think and adjust my metaphorical lenses.
Cheers mate. 👍
They have mouths, but its only displayed when making a gesture (same goes for the inspector). He keeps seeing strange and at time disturbing things yet does nothing, only to be burned himself in the end. I'm assuming that's the lesson.
Nobody has a mouth till the plot ask them to have it.
The only one who is required to have expression so the plot moves forward is the stranger. And only when it is necesary why? Because it is a stop motion video.
@@dannydufault6255 lol
Nicholas Cage's acting in this video is much less wooden than usual.
usually hate jokes with targets at easy as nic cage but this was actually good
+Winston Knowitall HA awesome
+Winston Knowitall bear...PUUUUCNH
WOODy Allen could be in this video.
I thought he was a bit too soft in his performance.
There is something about the crescendo of the strings culminating at the same time that the town leader has turned and raises his arms that is just so powerful. What a superb blending of audio and visual media - the whole really is greater than the sum of its parts in this case.
This is good but it needs more bear punching and bee helmets
+David Dean Burkhart My thoughts exactly!
+David Dean Burkhart Didn't see a shark (?) in a bag, either
+David Dean Burkhart Are you gonna make a video of this song?
Needs more cowbell :-)
+David Dean Burkhart NOT THE BEES AAAAYYYYRRGGGHHH
solid tune right here, not too basic to be underwhelming but not too experimental to be uncanny
+FUNKe If Weezer makes a better album then radiohead in 2016 I swear to god.
LOL HI FUNKE DIDNT EXPECT U HERE
+Alt Rocker I was not that excited by latest Weezer singles
Damn it FUNKe you're everywhere
He's cool like that.
i remember studying this song in my first year of music school ... almost 4 yrs later i'm now a music producer and this song was part of my journey ... thank you Radiohead and all my teachers!
what songs did u produce? i'd love to see your work!
I hope you're making lots of music now with col legno.
Any links for us?
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY.
@@ckeith185 I hope you find something that fills you with joy.
How did I live 20 years without Radiohead....
You never seen a RUclips gem until u seen radiohead
Same for me, I'm 20 and I discovered Radiohead thanks to this song that my father put in the car... I should have been born in the 80's...
You didn't!
Every day of your 20 years radiohead has been with you, be it for each moment of joy, seperation, anger, pain, confusion, loss or love. That is the beauty of radiohead they capture the very essence of what we are as individuals and a society and what we may become.
All the best.
Philip.
Same here ha
You ain't gonna half of it if you continue to listen to them.
The composition of this song is incredible. The range of feelings it inspires, the tension of the strings, the child-like confusion of the bass, the war drums, and Thom's haunted but somehow familiar voice... it all combines into something truly amazing.
i love the higher pitched strings resembling elegance, but also anxiety at the same time. really, this song is a masterpiece, even for being so short. i love it, and i had no idea there was a video to go with it before this. bravo, radiohead.
And the strings flow perfectly with the rest of the song.
Just Radiohead being awesome amazing Radiohead....
you need some steve reich's music for 18 musicians in your life :)
whadya mean "somehow"?
i cannot believe that this was 4 years ago
I still remember hearing this for the first time on the radio. I immediately looked it up on youtube and watched this amazing music video! I was in my first year at college at the time, and now I'm about to finish college (I did two separate programs), but I remember that day like it was yesterday!
Sometime in 2018 or 2019 I noticed that an actor, I believe, died the 8th may, 2016. I don't know who. A ,minor-rol actor in a car crash, I think.
I know, man. Feels like 2 at most
@Kronk Pepikrankenitz It only gets worse the older you get, and I'm guessing at the end you wonder where the time went. Which is why you hear old people telling the young not to waste their time on this planet.
Honestly radiohead’s music had always been ahead of it’s time
i like how radiohead is not involved with vevo, they would censor everything even when they barely swear
What do VEVO actually do?
I haven't seen a censored vevo video since like 2012, dude :D
Airway MTV still does music videos?
@HumorousAirWay no shit
Radiohead really does not have a bad album
Pablo Honey and King Of Limbs ate their worst albums... and those albums would be top tier in any other bands discography
@@IBESMusic94 Yes, Poor albums by radiohead are good albums for anyone else. We've just got too used to good music!
@@IBESMusic94 I'm sorry, but Pablo Honey and The Bends are both at the bottom of the list BENEATH King of Limbs. You still have yet to fully discover Radiohead's most complex music.
@@AyyyGabagool the bends is wayyy better than TKOL what are you talking about
@@AyyyGabagool The Bends at the bottom? Are you deaf?
I need more. MORE!
Repping for destiny
Destiny and Radiohead!
bungie already got a led zep track into Destiny. I'm counting on this being used next
lol I hate destiny can't stand it now. But when I used to play in watched this guy loads
+TheAndroidBro This is utter wank. Like most of their music. Just hipster navel gazing shite.
I just cannot explain how I feel when I listen to Radiohead: Euphoric? Dissonant? Restless? In Love?
snob or hipster
are u shpongled haha both.
are u shpongled PLOT TWIST
+Rebecca Johnson Marry me ;)
Agreed. Plus everything that involves Thom.
Yorke's voice almost literally soars over the black keys and sharpish orchestral notes. This is one of the band's finer late productions. It is remarkable that nearly 30 years since they burst on the music scene, they are just as relevant, if not more, than at any time.
You say 'Late' but we don't know how many more years of Radiohead we will have -- hopefully many! Thom said AMSP better not be their last album
@@kaizokuAUTO -- I agree. AMSP should not be their last album. Would be interesting to see whether Yorke can mash up his experimental material from AFP with Radiohead's more familiar fare.
I've been a fan of Radiohead since "Creep", and as controversial as it may sound coming from a veteran listener, I personally think Moon Shaped Pool might actually be my favourite album of theirs.
@@HeyLaserLips A Moon Shaped Pool is a fantastic album. I don’t think many would hold that against you. The great thing about Radiohead, is that they have several amazing albums, so much so that you can pick almost any of them and have it be a valid choice.
A Moon Shaped Pool is among their best albums, which is pretty amazing for a band this far into their careers. They never lost the magic.
This music video and song really do perfectly capture that wound up tight feeling in your chest you get during a panic attack. But just like a panic attack you'll be okay in the end once you get through it and find your way out.
Im dying to see this live with a full string orchestra
+fxg True omg
Oh god, yes..
+fxg the screeching ending would give me nightmares
I seriously want to play this with my school orchestra haha! 😊
I agree! It's a very dark sounding song and having a string section would take it over the edge live.
Fun Fact: 3:41 as the villagers are waving to the camera, look at the small tree on the left behind the striped pole. He's escaped as they turned their backs.
Great spot
nice spotting there
Nice. In my first watch i thought the ending was like a cicle repeating. Another inspector going to be burned.
Bruv
Don’t see it
Who says Midsommar? This is The Wicker Man (1973) movie scene.
not really a scene from the movie, but certainly inspirated
People tend to forget the old classics...
Ranch DuBois it was really good in my opinion. If you read behind the movie you realize the meaning behind the story and it’s crazy beautiful. It’s a quite disgusting psychological horror, but it’s really interesting to look into cult and psychological horror. Really the movie wasn’t that bad other than the actors.
@@warprincess5834 all the nudity scenes felt like a cheap shock factor to me. I felt more disgusted than horror or disturbed after watching midsommar so i wouldn't call that a good horror movie story wise. Cinematography's great though
lol midsommar was inspired by the wickerman
aint this that moral orel show everyone’s talking about
Thought about that too
This is fucking terrifying and I have no idea why
pussy
+JOH It might be something to do with a man being sacrificed to pagan gods, by being burnt at the stake within a giant constructed wicker man, all while being represented through stop motion dolls
+TheCelticTiger32 it's based off the film The wicker Man
+JOH It's completely terrifying. The so-called witch seems to be an officious person who just takes notes on a pad. As much as such people are arseholes I am not sure they deserve to be burnt to death. But the song is brilliant!
+Sophie Wright Yes we all know it's based on both Trumpton and the Wicker Man
It's been over a year and I'm still not over how amazing this is
Lucy Elizabeth and you never will
Have you seen them live they are epic.
2016 you will be missed.
Feel exactly the same. Once I put it on I can’t stop listening
@@Munguserianbreaks5005 I often refer to that year as the worst of my life. Of course this album coming out then definitely helped.
this video kinda gave me *that* vibe which really hard to get
Hey! I thought I was doge
>Doge meme in 2016.
DankMemes im your father....
wow....wanna tell the internet about it ? oh wait you just did lol
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I became a Radiohead fan in 2002-2003. I really never thought they could make any song after Kid A that would impact me so much, especially since OK Computer is probably my favorite album ever, but somehow this became my favorite of theirs over the years? I feel like this is Radiohead at their literal peak in so many ways. Absolutely unbelievable.
OK Computer is where the lost the plot for me. Kid A was interesting, if super weird, but everything agger that was just self-indulgent electronic music.
@@Anjohl Listens to King of Limbs: "Oh these experimental electronic drum machine beats and programmed synths, where's the goddamn band?" Watches King of Limbs Live from the Basement: "Wait, what? This is all actually being _played?_ Holy sh*t!"
@@Anjohl yeah pyramid song, life in a glasshouse, there, there, 2+2=5, weird fishes/arpeggi, jigsaw falling into place, morning mr. magpie, present tense etc are definitely all such indulgent electronic tracks
@@Anjohlidiot
All jokes aside, Radiohead introduces us to A Moon Shaped Pool with an actual masterpiece.
And carries it through the whole album
Idk i think this is way too happy compared to the rest of the song
@@OscarMor5678 i'd say its more ominous and anxious than happy
@@OscarMor5678 Burn the Witch is very chaotic mood similar to The National Anthem.
WOW.
Postman Pat sure took a turn these past few years
thank you for that comment XD
It’s more camberwick green style tbf
Trumpton more like.
Its Based on camberwick green
AcTuaLLY ItS CAmBERwiCk GrEEN*****
The Bends = teenage depression
OK Computer = college depression
AMSP = adult depression
@Mechanical Animal Kid A = existential crisis lol
_Kid A_ is kid depresionn dah
Amnesiac and httf: fear?
@@helterskelter7499
Pablo Honey = junior high depression
HTTF = work depression :)
In Rainbows = family depresssion lol
@@zackzallie8735 lmfao 🤣 even though i see amnesiac and httf as fear that works aswell lol
2016- this song is amazing
2017- this song is amazing
2018- this song is amazing
2019- this song is amazing
2020- this song is amazing
2021- yup, this song is still amazing
Edit it to 2022 ;)
This song is amazing but isnt my Future because i didnt wrote this . Só fuck you demons
2022 update ???
Oh no guys! What if it isn't awesome anymore? And how could we tell without Lady Stardust?
2022 still this song is amazing
00:48 a reference to Lord of the Flies - The speared boar seen on the red building. The first red flag for what is to come.
00:56 the second red flag, concealing the truth. This actually reminds me of a biblical reference The Passover. This is when the doors of the israelites were painted with the blood of a lamb in order for the angel of death to passover. Ex. 12 v 8: "They shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire". The inspector is literally a lamb to the slaughter.
1:06: Invites us to look at ourselves more harshly. It's a hard task to do.
1:16: When we do we realise that nothing is really as it seems. Especially if someone is trying to make you see things from their point of view. The children act like they're having fun but it's a dangerous make-shift teeter totter built over a pond.
1:22: 'Justice' based on moral/religious grounds. When religion and morality differ from region to region - what does it mean for justice to be served? Is it merely a (pagan) ceremony that looks/feels good to the crowds? It's become a spectacle to impress the world rather than unveil the truth. e.g.: Osama Bin Laden, Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein all killings seen as 'right' and 'just' in the eyes of americans; guided by the media, leaders, american morals, religious beliefs etc.
1:43: Another instance where the truth (a savagely slaughtered animal) is hidden, literally in a sheet of pastry. Can you swallow the truth?
1:55: Does embellishing the truth (with flowers) take away from it's reality? A touch on capital punishment. Jay Carney stated that the US has a fundamental duty to carry out executions humanely. However, doesn't the act of capital punishment itself fall short of humane standards.
The more the man sees through their tricks or questions their logic, the more the the mayor sees him as a threat to his power and desperately tries to persuade and move him along through the town.
2:13: Welcome to corporate america! I'd like to hear some suggestions on this one. But I think it has something to do with how the working class, just trying to make a living, are sheltered and closed off from the realities of capitalism and how the top level guys (ceo's, government MPs, presidents) are actually running the establishments of the country. They're blinded by chasing the dollar and the guy who has something to offer the big guys gets to lead the pack of little guys - no matter how unqualified they may be.
3:04 The wicker man - a film inspired by David Pinner's 1967 novel Ritual and centres on the visit of Police Sergeant Neil Howie to the isolated island of Summerisle. Howie, a devout Christian, is appalled to find that the inhabitants of the island have abandoned Christianity and now practise a form of Celtic paganism (wiki). Again, playing on morality in different societies (the end of The Wicker Man is also important here but I don't want to spoil the movie for those who haven't watched it). The inspector finds himself staring at the truth boldly in the face but still he overlooks it. How many signs does it take until you go with your gut?
3:33 Does going with the crowd and turning your back on the truth makes everything better, more scenic, right?
The style in animation is brilliant for two reasons: 1. It's based on Trumpton, a BBC show from the 60s. Could Donald TRUMPton be the next mayor/leader of the crowd? And how much of the truth will he embellish with flowers? 2. The use of playdough annimation. Playdough is malleable and can be moulded into anything you want it to be, much like the truth.
Does anyone know what the meaning of Jobe and the tomatoes is? Is this another biblical reference to Job (pronounced Jobe)? There is one interesting thing from the bible about tomatoes Corinthians 15v 38: "You could never guess what a tomato would look like by looking at a tomato seed. What we plant in the soil and what grows out of it don't look anything alike. The dead body that we bury in the ground and the resurrection body that comes from it will be dramatically different." Again the true nature of the tomato is revealed through time and a little digging ;)
1:13 is also a thinly veiled reference to "ducking", a medieval practice where a person who floated after being dunked in water was seen as preserving themselves with magic, and was then executed.
are you serious right now
The speared boat reminded me of the slaughtered lamb... the pub from an american werewolf in london
you're going places
the claymation is also just sinister. good choices all around
Jonny Greenwood is smashing it up here. You can hear the There Will Be Blood oozing out of this beautifully haunting tune.
+Pure Lombardi yeah. that freakin weird tremolo string at the ending tho
TheMardial1 It's like the whole of the film Bodysong. I hope the rest of the album has these sorts of beats.
Love that film
+Pure Lombardi Jonny's fingerprint is all over this track. I hope the album contains more strings like this.
+Pure Lombardi My thoughts exactly
How in fucks name did this get 9k dislikes it's one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.
People are entitles to their opinions, not all like artsy stuff and that is all good. So chill and enjoy being unique ;).
And yeah, in words of one internet busy nerd - THIS IS LIT 0_0 (... and i don't even like Radiohead).
9,211 witches ....
Yep, BURN them!
I think that we have 9257 dislikes because of the titlle "A moon shaped pool (full album)". This is not the full album!!! I will put a dislike too!
+Hugo Silva What are you on about?
I like how the inspector dude is the only clearly left handed person.
Thank you - I didn't even realise. Even more respect. Masterpiece.
Sinister
Great spot
1973's The Wicker Man. Very obscure, very English.
+The_Scarf_Ace The Wicker Man is not obscure.
TheSpacecraftX The majority of people have not seen, or are not familiar with that film, if anything, more people know the 2006 version.
Such a great film. Didn't realize it was that obscure
+The_Scarf_Ace is that Wallace Shawn?
Yoshi Wall yes I am
I jizzed in my pants as soon as I saw there was a new Radiohead song.
not the only one!!
Same. multiple times.
same. seriously. greatest band in the world
+Alex Dickey Absolutely
obvioustly
This is such an amazing song, cannot stop listening to it. Radiohead are legendary simply because they continue to produce such amazing quality sounds for so many years
Did you ever stop listening to it?
I didn't...
Neither did I.
Wow didnt expect to see you here, nice
Radiohead is heresy.
“We know where you live”
Soaring over the ominous impending dread pulsing in the strings...
Wow!
He gets away at the end. So he wasn't burned, but mildly charred. Chard is a vegetable ('Vegetable'), but also a town in Somerset, England; the birthplace of powered flight ('Where Bluebirds Fly'). It was also the birthplace of James Gillingham, the man who pioneered articulated artificial limbs ('The King Of Limbs'). Other links to Radiohead songs: the Speared Bear pub ('Hunting Bears'), 'Up On The Ladder', a lot of 'Fake Plastic Trees' and the song is almost a 'Four Minute Warning'.
Edit - Yes, it's Speared Boar, I need glasses.
+Steve27775 I think that was The Speared Boar, though.
+Steve27775 10/10 for trying.
+Steve27775 he actually gets away by the time the fire covers the cage if you look at the left in the trees
+Samta no he doesnt
+Steve27775 Damn.
01:35 wow postman pat sure took a dark turn since I last watched it
Bonjour je '
XD
+Jason Hardridge Inbreeding can do that to a small village's population
+Jason Hardridge The models are from Camberwick Green.
O.O
If he drowns he's innocent. If he floats he's guilty - 2018
I.P. Knightley. So many Monty python references. I also noticed your profile pick is a reference to Oblivion.
@The_Jaguar_ Knight uhh, yes. Yes they were. If you DROWNED you were innocent of being a witch. Because witches 'float' (could swim) and 'honest' citizens couldn't swim. So if you survived, they burnt you. Either way you died. Yes. That's EXACTLY how it worked. That's because they didn't really think you were a witch. You just didn't fit in, so they wanted to get rid of you. It worked EXACTLY how they wanted it. You think conservatives wouldn't have burned Obama as a witch back in the day? Then you don't understand tribalistic humans...
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
2020. everyone is drowning. only the guilty succeed .
They only did ot to women 🙄🙄🙄
Lyrics
Stay in the shadows
Cheer at the gallows
This is a round up
This is a low flying panic attack
Sing a song on the jukebox that goes
Burn the witch
Burn the witch
We know where you live
Red crosses on wooden doors
And if you float you burn
Loose talk around tables
Abandon all reason
Avoid all eye contact
Do not react
Shoot the messengers
This is a low flying panic attack
Sing the song of sixpence that goes
Burn the witch
Burn the witch
We know where you live
We know where you live
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Colin Greenwood / Edward O'Brien / Jonny Greenwood / Philip Selway / Thom Yorke
After losing Bowie the only thing that can redeem 2016 is new Radiohead. Thank fuck.
+ellystripes I know right. This coupled with a possible new The Avalanches record. omg
+ellystripes yes
+ellystripes James Blake just released a masterpiece of an album
amen
+Bandstand don't you tease me like this man. are you for real? new avalanches?
The meaning is: we all keep our mouth shut when we see injustice, and we look away when the massas exclude those who cannot defend themselves, without realizing WE can be the one who ultimately will be burned at the stake, and the rest of society will also look the other way then. If you don't speak out against a murderous system, the system could murder you. Your own apathetic attitude will eventually come back to you like a boomerang.
Thanks but what does the ending mean....did he escape from the fire?
@@apeksh3063 The movie it's based on (the Wicker Man) doesn't show either, but if you watch it you'll understand it's very unlikely he survives.
Karma police... arrest this man
For the meaning, I would recommend watching the wicker man. But the movie is not that good so I will just tell you that its about a man that visits a town that seems pleasant on the outside but in reality they are all cultists that sacrifice their visitors by burning them inside the “wicker ‘man” like in this video. So yeah, the entire music video is basically a summary of the movie.
@@robborr5096 well the movie is actually about the police seargents' christian church of england perceptions clashing with the pagan rituals, when his beleifs are just as barbaric and ridiculous. it's his own clutching to his own cult's beleifs that ensure his status as the virgin fool that ensure his status as the perfect sacrifice
The Wicker Man 1973. Good movie, watch that shit kids.
I was wondering who else saw that . ya definitely Good Shit , Watch IT.!!!
Daddyo Krsna Or wicker man 2006.
Pretzel Stick fuck off son
Those movies are full of shit.
Wasn't the 1973 version the one that featured Christopher Lee?
I’ve watched this masterpiece loads of times since it’s release and I’m always just a wee bit chuffed that the inspector managed to escape the flames! Seeing him wipe his brow in relief always makes me feel a wee bit better about things. Much love from up here in the Scottish highlands - stay safe folks and soon this really shitty couple of years will be over 👍🏻❤️
Much happier ending than Wicker Man.
I listened to the song way before I knew about the music video and I thought the song was great. I when I saw the music video clicked it to leave a like but when I watched the full thing I felt uncomfortable leaving a like because ya know…but i than I left a like when i saw that he survived lol
just a witch on the loose
It ain't over. It's just getting started.
hes survived but in a village of people who cant let him get away
This is so good. Thom Yorke is one of my all time favorite musicians.
watchmen
+Sergio B.E.
grass
what do I win?
It's not only his work, but of all of Radiohead.
+aceinthehole1222 You have good taste.
+aceinthehole1222 Yeah, but these strings are probably Jonny's work!
If you are making snap judgements on your first listen of the song , you clearly haven't listened to radiohead before.
+J T Yes, well said. When I first heard the king of limbs I really wasn't pleased. In comparison to in rainbows I was let down. But it has really grown on me and I think all of their albums show a different side of them musically. Personally, I love this song and it is a good sign of what is to come. I am thinking this album will have an amnesiac feel but more refined.
+J T Truth.
+J T quoted for truthage. I hated King of Limbs at first, but then eventually grew to love it. Now it's my default Radiohead album I go to.
+J T shouldn't works of art be able to stand by themselves?
+Ambiguous Culture Typically with music more complex stuff deserves a few listens. I think it's hard to enjoy or make sense of a musical piece when you're processing it at new information and really have no idea what it's about to do at any given point. The music stands on it's own just fine but I've certainly found the music I enjoy the most takes a few attempts to digest it.
The darkest Bob The Builder episode I've ever seen
Bob the builder
can we burn it
Bob the builder
yes we can
+Emman Alavata these comments are the only reason I get out of bed in the morning
This is the darkest Wallace and Gromit episode I've ever seen
ahaha
hahahaha
Didn't expect this for Metaphor lol
With the cover song
Couldnt afford the real thing i guess
...I. what? I'm playing the game right now, based off your pfp did I just mistakenly find spoilers??? What? This is in the game?????????
@@enragedkonchu7422 A cover of it is in the launch trailer for the game.
@@enragedkonchu7422 music was cover for a trailer of the game (the last one), but the version is very different. Don't worry abot spoil I'm not far in the game ut you just need to do the demo to understand why this song was chosen.
REALLY should have been nominated for Grammys Best Music Video .
Agreed
Denisse made Kammikaze - MØ flop but Grammies don't matter anymore. Do they?
It's sad that that Grammy only cares about mainstream pop music.
What, are you saying this genius video and song are better than Beyonce's 'Formation'? What are you, some kind of racist?
Who cares about some award. I just want the music. Always someone bitching about a thumbs down or an award. I’ll never understand that way of thinking. Awards shows are turds and the people that vote on the awards are turds as well. Just turds in a toilet in need of a flush.
BOOOOOOUHUHUUUUUUUUUURNTRHWEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIITCCHHHHHH
WEEEEENOOOOOOOAAAAAAAWHEREYALEEEEEEEEEEEV
Win of the year
Marissa No one really knows the words to his songs. Just people sing sounds which sound similar to what he's saying
Alex Pack sex
Its pretty easy though as the chorus is the title...
+James Collins no
Just something to point out every clip deals with some way of dealing with a witch or execute a witch. If you want I can explain but tomatoes were considered poisonous back then and the seesaw was used to drown them while tied to a chair if they float they were a witch if not they were innocent,hanging,burning wooden frames and painting x's on the doors, while consuming raw food
Sorry the witch's were considered to eat raw food
Damn son, the more you know
Tomatoes were considered one of the ingredients in an ointment used to smear on brooms to make them fly.. crazy bastards :-)
Wow the scenes make sense now
One of the Best Radiohead songs in History
Hi I recommend a song & video called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
Radiohead just gave every music blogger some Tuesday morning homework
+Aiur Eh, it only works if you already have millions of fans.
Radiohead are "doomed" forever, to write always great music...and lyrics, too. Simply awesome piece.
+ΧΞΣ Where Death Is Most Alive II Look at the views vs subscribers.
+ΧΞΣ Where Death Is Most Alive II okay I hate Radiohead fans, they approach the level of obnoxiousnessof the Kanye West and the Beyonce fanbase but this is pretty nice. Never got into Radiohead that much, listened to some stuff once and didn't like it, but i checked out this one and its nothing to drop my jaw over and nothing revolutionary but its fun!
+Richard Chum What's the relevance?
+luchadorito I'm a fan, do you hate me? Do you hate all Radiohead fans? Cause there's over a billion probably
I love these kinds of RADIOHEAD songs...💕
Amazing string arrangement!
BURN THE WITCH lyrics:
Stay in the shadows
Cheer at the gallows
this is a roundup
this is a low flying panic attack
sing the song on the jukebox that goes
Burn the witch
Burn the witch
We know where you live
Red crosses on wooden doors
if you float you’ll burn
loose tongue around tables
abandon all reason
avoid all eye contact
do no react
shoot the messengers
this is a low flying panic attack
sing a song of sixpence that goes
Burn the witch
Burn the witch
We Know where you live
We know where you live
+bppremiera it sounds so much like the beatles day in the life strings
+bppremiera i hear "loose turn-around tables"
+lauritoon Loose talk around tables
+bppremiera its about piracy?
+24paljim oh yeah clearly. I mean, he does movie scores for Paul Thomas Anderson's films. Who, from what I've heard, will be directing one of their music videos.
What an elegant album is AMSP! It’s like all radiohead members were academic musicians
Stop motion is such an amazing cinematographic process that I didn't pay attention to the music
Ditto
+Mathilde G had to listen a third time to actually start to appreciate the music
LOL. You've gotta be kidding me right!? The video is exceptional, but it wouldn't even exist or have a purpose without these vibrations. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+Azad Cheikosman Of course ! I've watched it a second time !
+Mathilde G Check out Wild Frontier by The Prodigy!
1st listen: Good, but meh...
2nd listen: It's not that bad actually.
3rd listen: I think I start to like it a bit.
4th listen: This is actually better than I thought.
5th listen: This is good!
6th listen: I like it a lot!
7th listen: I love it!
....
100th listen: When this album is going to be released already!!!
That's Radiohead for ya!
yea it's happened to me
+Tefan Yosha btw get Looper for RUclips. Thank me later.
+Aggelos V. same.
+Aggelos V. Perfect description!!
+Aggelos V. 13 listens in. God damn it man.. This is fucking unreal.
this song being played live with a whole string orchestra would be so amazing.
+FABAR Fuck yes. Make it so. (Not you, don't worry.)
And it ends with the sounds of the birds and the fire burning....
This song and video deserve to recognised for their contribution to human kind
And the inspector guy survived! What'd he jump out the back or something?
RADIOHEAD IS BACK I AM CRYING
+Lucy Govea k
+Lucy Govea Oh come on, they're not that bad!
+Lucy Govea I'm so excited that I can't even listen to the song
+Lucy Govea Yep!
me too
Been replaying this so often I never waited till the very end. Had no idea he survived the trap till now.
Tylor Olson he.. doesn’t
@@woofiebill1016 then what does the ending mean? we clearly see the inspector, looking all rugged, going off-screen.
It makes no sense that he survives tbh
@@curiositypiqued6573 Unless the point is that the strait-laced inspector is, actually, the witch, and it's a 'if they float they're guilty' thing.
@@avalancherelapse I think it means that it's a time loop. It's another inspector.
The 1973 movie "The Wicker Man" was actually on cable TV two nights ago. I woke up at three am to find myself watching the movie. Maybe I was dreaming...
+Ceili Jane sweet dream
how was the movie?
Pretty fucked up.
not the bees! aaaah no my eyes!
that movie is fucking terrifying.and you watched it at 3 am.damn i wish i was like you
Man this reminds me so much of the original Wicker Man movie, love how they kept the same atmosphere with the puppets
Indeed, just finished watching the movie and this music video was in my mind immediately
@emrahdinc8675
Just watched it too and thought the exact same thing. Came right back and found your comment
I love these kind of animations... The people who do this are the most patient people in the world. Respect.
Stop - Motion animation is extremely tedious....moving little arms and legs and objects bits at a time...Good Eye April!!!
The man in the black suit is meant to represent a federal government worker who is assigned to evaluate the conditions of established towns within the country. This town revolves around the leadership of a cult leader who tries to make the village appear as "pleasant" as possible. Examples of this include when they place flowers on the gallows in order to beautify it. Low education/illiteracy is another topic in the video with an example in the misspelling of jobs as "jobes" at 2:23. The picture on 00:48 that reads "The Speared Boar" is a reference to Lord of Flies where a boar is speared by Jack and his followers, and later they place the head of the boar onto a stake. Adding this reference in the video implies that there is savagery in the town despite its peacefully appearance. The town folk are only putting on a facade to appear that they are fully functioning town by trying to do communal tasks to display their interconnections with one another. An example of this can be seen on 1:40 when the woman failed to prepare a meal by butchering a deer and trying to make it look like a pie. Alcoholism is also found in this video. Some of the villagers drink alcohol in broad day light, in public, and while they are working. At the end, all the villagers turn their back at the burning man which indicating that they do not want to see or acknowledge their crime. This act can be interpreted as showcasing nativism and the dangers that it possess for innocent outsiders. Luckily, the federal government worker survived in the end, which implies that the story will continue.
+Raul Martinez I think you're over thinking it. XD
+Raul Martinez yea it's all from the movie "The Wicker Man" from the 1970s. Such a great horror movie
nah man it's just a stop action summary of the wicker man.
+Raul Martinez why wold jobs be written on the side of apple crates though? one of the boxes has "jobe's" with an apostrophe, so I think the name is supposed to be Jobe, and it's his little apple business or whatever it is.
+Raul Martinez Cool assessment. My take is that as the towns people wave to the government worker as he is led along and observing what they do and then ultimately to his seeming end, they then also wave to us, the viewers of the video, as if to say you (we) are next after having seen the things they do. Very Radiohead-ish message there
I'm literally crushing the replay button.
SAME
You can right click and press "loop" instead, btw
Me too.... This song and video are so hypnothic....
google "infinitelooper"
There you go mate
Me too!
This was the first ever radiohead song I was introduced too. I've loved their work ever since. Thanks YT recommendations for actually doing your job 8 years ago lol.
At 3:41 in the bottom left corner you can see the inspector guy.
Wow. Nice spot.
How'd you manage to see that?
Wtf I don't see it!
Laci Rossett In the brushes
2cer3al was looking to see if you could see him escaping or something and spotted him in the corner.
Something about him staring down at the miniatures, only for the miniatures to wave back always gave me the creeps... because at the end all the people turn, and wave back... but to whom?
D:
To us friend
1:04
We know were you live
@@jonathanescobedo2427 I was going to say the same- they are waving to the viewer imho.
if we take the main inspiration for this video (the wicker man), the people who kill the man says that is a sacrifice, so possibly they could be waving back to the gods...? idk if makes sense
Nearly 8 million views in two days. These boys may have a shot at the big time!
+SPRPhilly lol
+SPRPhilly /s
+SPRPhilly This just means they are barely going to play this ever
+D.O.G.P. your avy lmaoooo
Yes... Is really weird that the new song of Red Hot Chili Peppers have only 850k in 13 hours :(
A masterpiece. Yorke's voice is just amazing and the string arrangements are just awesome. A perfect combination. Kudos.
IM ON MUSHROOMS RIGHT NOW AND AFTER WATCHING THIS IVE DECIDED THAT I SHALL NO LONGER LIVE
+BeenPWNED
BYE EARTH! FUCK ALL OF YOU
BeenPWNED are you still alive bro?
+BeenPWNED you should wait and see what come next... it will be awesome, with or without shrooms
+BeenPWNED watch the best song in 2016
ruclips.net/video/eXb3l6Mb9v4/видео.html
U ded?
Colin Greenwood's bass on this track is amazing. You barely notice it and then, when you do, you can't stop
Alot of songs are like that but No Surprises ;the bass makes that song and a few more.
I had actually never seen the video till it's end, would always replay or quit it when the bird at the end comes up, after a year of thinking how unfair the guy had to die, I realised he actually lived :/
Well, I took 10 years to realize that scientists in Half-life I can heal you, so meh.
Andrés Alexánder Spirow Kaputjan half life trip confirmed
BRO SAME
@@andresalexanderspirowkaput4679 WHAT
@@andresalexanderspirowkaput4679 wtf?
This will forever be my favorite song from Radiohead.
Come on in, you found your door.
Its great to see you.
We have all came in one door or another.
Thank you for your inspiration.
when ever you feel you can leave peacfully on your own accord.
Do y'all know more songs like this one?
@@Myegoneedsthis lotus flower by radiohead if you haven’t listened to it yet kind gives the same vibe as this song, upbeat and mysterious
It's interesting how you only see the mouth of the lady in the house whose door is being marked with an X (symbolises witch) and then also the town inspectors mouth when he is being burned alive. The bird at the beginning and end is oblivious to the goings on in the town so the mouth is shown. To me I guess this means that all the other towns folk, as if possessed by something unseen, won't speak out against whatever strangeness is occurring in the town, labelling any outsider or whoever tries to speak up (lady in house) as a witch, hence burn the witch! I guess this makes an important remark about our society and how important it is too communicate and shed light over the way we we live, in order to keep things fresh, otherwise what's left in the dark may stagnate and be left un challenged, someone may take advantage example being the mayor who could be likened too a cult leader who has the control over the rest his people never being challenged... mouths shut. Spooky and awesome song!
Olly Azgtraz and you're thinking is exactly why Radiohead is what they are for us all. Thanks and take care
1:58
...or it's The Wicker Man, which it is.
@@archivedaccount2000 could be. I heard it was about Muslims and our fear of them born out of social media and gossip we are surrounded by.
I was meant to see them but then Manchester arena got blown up by a terrorist. So we seen them a while later at a different venue. (Amazeballs!) Although burn the witch was the latest single. They didn't play it. I think because of the song's meaning and the situation at the time. What do you reckon?
@@amandah5478 I read that the song was first worked on during Kid A's production (according to Wikipedia) but the first evidence of it appeared later on: thekingoflimbspart2.com/lyrics-2/3352-2/ . Given that Hail to the Thief was largely a Take That at Bush/Blair era politics, that interpretation makes sense.
Does anyone get a Don't Hug Me I'm Scared vibe from this?
+Benamax No
omgggg ... yeeesss ...
Yes Radiohead will be the soundtrack for the finale on 6/19 and release their album all on the same day
yea, what a show
Exactly what I was thinking at the end of the video x)
3:28 - I AM THE SONNNN....
Gav!
Thanks for the recommendation Gav!
+miracleofsound oi Gav did you get Trumpton in Ireland. Love you on the Podquisition keep up the stereotype.
Metaphor brought me here
NOT THE BEES. NOT THE BEES. AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
😂
+NFS4LFE What's in the bag, a... shark or something?
OMFG
+moviemaster8510 😭😂😭😂😭
+SAMUEL JOHNSON
🐻👊🏾💥🙎🏼
I'm glad the little dude escaped in the end...
He's a witch. Witches don't burn.
+Tiago Seiler I dunno, I think the creepy macabre vibe they were going for was shattered when they showed that he escaped.
+Amelia Bee he escaped because he was a witch
+Dorothy B This is true. He turned me into a newt after all.
+Amelia Bee I am with you Amelia. It did kinda lose me with that happy ending. Didn't fit the rest of the video. I also didn't realize that witches didn't burn. I never have heard of that. I thought that is what they did with witches.
Afterwards he gave the village a 4/5 on Tripadvisor
+Gethin ap Phylip minus one point, for the trap wasn't flawless? :)
MultiSpongeCake The wicker man also lacked toilet facilities. ;)
+Gethin ap Phylip Which, given the circumstances, might have been necessary...
'cause he's a dick
Radiohead is one of the greatest Bands of All time
Typical Radiohead, they bring out something new and on the first hearing it's like " hmmm, sounds a bit like something they have done before.....not outstanding...", ah, but then after a few listens, you find the brilliance behind such a simple sounding tune. From Toms gentle yet menacing crooning to the Choppy Staccato violins slicing and dicing away......Thumbs up Tom, you never let me down in your genius Inventiveness when it comes to Music.
+Mega80schild *Thom
+Mega80schild Same. Been humming it at work.
couldn't have said it better. they have the same effect on me. pretty much anything I end up absolutely loving sounds mediocre the first time I hear it. only after it starts to become familiar, and leaves a mental imprint on my brain do I start to fully appreciate it. at least when it comes to more complex compositions. on the other hand, I instantly knew I loved many of their more simplistic songs from the bends and ok computer.
+K. Rootes
I love the crescendo at the end of the song. I'm a huge Wicker Man film fan also so it's a chicken dinner for me. I've found myself waking up 6am to listen to the album as the sun rises. The wife's not impressed to be fair.
+Mega80schild Worst thing is, if they tried a completely new thing people would say it sucks because it doesnt sound like their previous work
Every Radiohead album has a feel to it in my opinion
Pablo Honey - A studio in late 90s Vancouver
The Bends - A suburbian home studio where many a jam session has been held
OK Computer - Walking through the streets of a semi-dystopian, lifeless city (kinda like the present day)
Kid A - A claustrophobic, small room where someone's gone mad
Amnesiac - See Kid A
Hail To The Thief - A highway just outside a major city
In Rainbows - Floating through deep space, having accepted your eventual fate
The King Of Limbs - A walk through an ancient European forest on a damp April morning
A Moon Shaped Pool - A grey, rainy day where all you can do it stare out the window
The King Of Limbs sounds about right
WE DONT TALK ABOUT KING OF LIMBS
Logan Katz Someone has strong feelings about that album
DarthDerposity king of limbs is there worst album
Logan Katz I think it edges out Pablo Honey just a little bit, but to each their own. I really don't think they have a bad album
NOT THE BEEEEEES
Thank you...!
+kittypie Kek
+kittypie MAH LEGS, MAH LEGS
+kittypie KILLING ME WONT BRING BACK YOUR GODDAMN HONEY
+kittypie THEY'RE IN MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!
2:34 I really love this part. HIs voice is soo fucking good
The new album is called , a moon shaped pool.
really?
+TheSoundsThatTravel stfu
+Adriaan Doelman amon shaped pool
+Adriaan Doelman
a pool shaped stool
Are you sure?
I only recently learned about the movie 'The Wicker Man' and this song has ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MEANING now
Oksana do you know about Midsommar?
@@jarelllevingston7882 i didn't but it's now on my watch list
Oksana come back and tell me if you liked it.
This has to be a tribute to wicker man. It aligns too perfectly
@@jarelllevingston7882 what does this have in common with the midsommar?
yo this is some radiohead level shi....oh wait.
Andrew CVTV it is😂
trust me long time fans were not surprised by this.
+Shammo Hamid agree
Andrew CVTV they borrowed a ton from the original Wicker Man from the 70s though. Amazing movie.
fuck off man, talking like you are special...pfffff
LT YV He's so fucking special...I wish I was special...
It begins with Eleanor Rigby, continuing with I am the Walrus and ends with A Day in the Life, but still my favourite track in this album along with the Ful Stop which reminds me of Interstellar theme...