Why was Lift Cut From OK COMPUTER?

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  • @codagoober3276
    @codagoober3276  10 місяців тому +36

    There are many versions of lift, here are some of them:
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    -ua-cam.com/video/9Wyc5lsFQy4/v-deo.html (Live at Metro, 1996)
    -ua-cam.com/video/ripYh8-49Ek/v-deo.html (Live at Pinkpop, 1996)
    -ua-cam.com/video/QBGaO89cBMI/v-deo.html (OKNOTOK version, 2017)
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    • @lasexylangosta4465
      @lasexylangosta4465 10 місяців тому

      your favourite one is also my favourite one (and it's cool you're also an omori fan!)

  • @hothel6758
    @hothel6758 10 місяців тому +523

    Imagine discarding a song because it's too good. Only Radiohead could do that

    • @floytron5924
      @floytron5924 10 місяців тому +5

      The Verve discarded South Pacific from their debut album A Storm In Heaven. I reckon that song would have taken them somewhere long before Bittersweet. Give it a listen, such a beautiful song. Can’t believe they left it off the album.

    • @Txbiazzz
      @Txbiazzz 10 місяців тому +4

      Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar did that, too. I hate them because they discard good songs... but I still love them with all my heart.

    • @pandadoublexl
      @pandadoublexl 10 місяців тому +1

      They didn't discard it because it was too good.

    • @simoneburini4036
      @simoneburini4036 10 місяців тому

      Back in the day that was a thing. You wanted to leave some good songs out of the album and then use them as B sides for singles.

    • @pandadoublexl
      @pandadoublexl 10 місяців тому +5

      @@simoneburini4036 by "back in the day" you mean the 60s? Because nobody was intentionally leaving off their best songs from albums in the 90s for the sake of a B side. They were usually songs that didn't make the cut because of their quality or the sound didn't fit the rest of the album.

  • @nocheeseforyou5952
    @nocheeseforyou5952 10 місяців тому +442

    Thom Yorke looking like Jesse Pinkman is funny to me

  • @hbhnujhedadghujhs2663
    @hbhnujhedadghujhs2663 10 місяців тому +288

    So.... They didn't want another creep?

    • @asparagus-kv8vq
      @asparagus-kv8vq 10 місяців тому +51

      yeah, basically

    • @ParaquatSC
      @ParaquatSC 10 місяців тому +29

      Not that they didn't want, they couldn't handle another creep

    • @bringthesalsa5310
      @bringthesalsa5310 10 місяців тому

      ​@@asparagus-kv8vqthe ape Hex twins

    • @fall9283
      @fall9283 4 місяці тому +3

      as if they didn't make it clear enough through an entire album

  • @indygon
    @indygon 10 місяців тому +225

    I love the song, but I think it would have been perfect on The Bends and kind of out-of-place on OKC. I always figured that was their reasoning for leaving it off

    • @3jk
      @3jk 10 місяців тому +12

      i feel like lift could of replaced electioneering (id rather climbing up the walls came after fitter happier though)

    • @IdlesQueen
      @IdlesQueen 10 місяців тому +40

      @@3jkElectioneering was actually a great track. It provides a much needed brisk and frantic energy. Great song and gets unfairly maligned.

    • @El1society
      @El1society 10 місяців тому +17

      @@IdlesQueenthe more involved i get in this community the more i’ve realized how much electioneering is disliked and i don’t get it. it’s a good song c’mon 😭

    • @3jk
      @3jk 10 місяців тому

      its a good song sure but id argue its worst on the album besides fitter happier@@El1society

    • @Zamn_daniel
      @Zamn_daniel 10 місяців тому +2

      @@El1societyit’s one of the best songs and it’s really fun to play it on an acoustic guitar

  • @HenreeeGG
    @HenreeeGG 10 місяців тому +148

    The Lift music video is so fucking funny, it’s just like the daydreaming video in that it features a slightly confused and bewildered Thom

    • @TommyTom21
      @TommyTom21 10 місяців тому +8

      He just like me fr

    • @whyisntitpossible404
      @whyisntitpossible404 10 місяців тому +6

      I don't know- I love the video but it's definitely not "laugh out loud hilarious for me". Think I find it more sentimental than anything

    • @ck891
      @ck891 10 місяців тому +4

      @@whyisntitpossible404as someone reaching my 40’s, it really hits hard actually. Makes me very reminiscent of the older days. Just stuck in a lift, day by day. It’s all we are. Great and poignant song.

  • @starbéreux
    @starbéreux 10 місяців тому +54

    Surprised Lift and Man Of War were cut from OK Computer, then I remember how good OK Computer is and understand that if those two songs were in and two original songs were out, we would still have this conversation.

    • @tygical
      @tygical 4 місяці тому +1

      omg your pfp is so awesome (i have a gir hoodie too!!!)

    • @starbéreux
      @starbéreux 4 місяці тому

      @@tygical I’ve been looking to get one for some time but keep forgetting 😭 they look so good

  • @StebsStuff
    @StebsStuff 10 місяців тому +27

    There's this studio quality alternate version of lift from the OKC sessions that was leaked on the Minidiscs. it's just perfect

    • @texanfournow
      @texanfournow 10 місяців тому +4

      I have all the minidiscs. "Lift alternative version mix 1" is my favorite. Harder, louder than the video version.

  • @mynameisjohn987
    @mynameisjohn987 10 місяців тому +55

    They didn’t put it on album because they’re afraid it’s gonna be a banger, wow… 👏👏👏

    • @barriniho
      @barriniho 9 місяців тому +3

      But Paranoid Android ended up being a banger and charted very well with the media saying it was a modern Bohemian Rhapsody at the time.

  • @parvchetri0995
    @parvchetri0995 10 місяців тому +14

    Radiohead is the band of whom even removed songs sound so good.

  • @uphillracer
    @uphillracer 10 місяців тому +10

    I love lift. I think it is my favorite Radiohead song.i was always so sad that it didn't have a studio recording

  • @jp3622
    @jp3622 10 місяців тому +4

    Opening sounds like yellow maybe Coldplay watched the song with thom in yellow and thought that’s our commercial hit

  • @bobbykbobette7426
    @bobbykbobette7426 6 місяців тому +1

    They kind of did the same to Videotape. Originally it was a huge stadium piano rock song, you could feel its potential in every live recording. So they toned it down and turned it into an intimate closer.

  • @timg2727
    @timg2727 Місяць тому

    Lift is such an incredible song. It's probably one of my favorite non-album songs by anyone ever.

  • @finfrances
    @finfrances 10 місяців тому +22

    this video was actually sick i needa see more mini-documentaries

  • @duck87811
    @duck87811 10 місяців тому +16

    it really is a great song

  • @gpeddino
    @gpeddino 25 днів тому

    I've always felt that this is the same train of thought that made them not put "Down Is The New Up" on In Rainbows. It's the kind of song that could have become something bigger than what they wanted.

  • @permanwithold
    @permanwithold 10 місяців тому +8

    Lift would be a really great song if replaced with Electioneering, i think it would suit with the theme of album , considering in my opinion Electioneering is a full length rock song talking about, electioneering

    • @permanwithold
      @permanwithold 10 місяців тому +5

      but i agree with Ed, OK Computer talks about mass consumerism, capitalism, social and modern alienation , and without Electioneering, i think the album wouldnt mean anything too.

  • @MostlyLoveOfMusic
    @MostlyLoveOfMusic 10 місяців тому +2

    One of my top 10 favourite Radiohead tracks

  • @americanpancakelive
    @americanpancakelive 9 місяців тому +1

    has shades of Smashing Pumpkins (to me)- So GLAD it was NOT on Ok Computer, it doesn't feel abstract enough.

  • @izusblur
    @izusblur 10 місяців тому +6

    my favourite Radiohead song!

  • @awantht695
    @awantht695 10 місяців тому +3

    greaet vid! one of my favorites from them.

  • @Roboartist117
    @Roboartist117 4 місяці тому +1

    I liked the old version more. It's called "RadioHead Lift studio Mix #1" on youtube. The new one just doesn't hit the same way

  • @BlankRami
    @BlankRami 10 місяців тому +2

    Yeah it definitely sounds like a song that could have ruled the 1990's sort of like 1979 or sth along those lines. I think that given how they hated being famous, they did the right thing not to release the song but it is a damn good one they chose not to release.

  • @jp3622
    @jp3622 10 місяців тому +2

    Palo Alto was called ok computer and was set for the album

  • @酷欸兔田
    @酷欸兔田 10 місяців тому +1

    listen to LIFT for the first time: Oh god this song is god damn good!
    listen to LIFT for the 1000 time: Oh god this song is god damn good!

  • @jfischetti
    @jfischetti 10 місяців тому +5

    Lift is good, but Man of War which was also left off the album is even better.

  • @memetrashcan9613
    @memetrashcan9613 10 місяців тому +1

    Too happy sounding I’m assuming

  • @looselytelling
    @looselytelling 10 місяців тому

    My theory is that Lift could have replaced Lucky since they both sound like a nice lead into The Tourist. It would have felt more like a concept album like The Wall with Thom being rescued from the Lift's isolation and into The Tourist with a new outlook on life to slow down and take the world in. Just my opinion though

  • @Maddox3310
    @Maddox3310 10 місяців тому

    I really love your editing.

  • @kidamnesiac1724
    @kidamnesiac1724 10 місяців тому +3

    This is a song i was expecting on every album until it came out on ok not ok. Like Big boots (man of war) Radiohead fans were waiting for forever.

  • @Gabriel-ns2cn
    @Gabriel-ns2cn Місяць тому

    i liked this decision to keep Lift out, because, i mean, it would sound a little bit out of place, sounds more like a The Bends song. I really love this song, but I think Ok Computer is perfect just the way it is

  • @jp3622
    @jp3622 10 місяців тому +2

    Just swap out the tourist for how I made my millions. End of

  • @mrjamesgrimes
    @mrjamesgrimes 10 місяців тому

    They didn’t want to be U2….which is what that sounded like

  • @severalverysmallmangoes
    @severalverysmallmangoes 10 місяців тому +1

    Can’t believe this is your first essay man. Would love to see even longer form ones too. Keep going and I’m sure you’ll find success ❤️

  • @HappyAppart
    @HappyAppart 10 місяців тому +2

    It just wasn't good enough and didn't fit in OK Computer. They were past the Bends sound (except for Electioneering i guess), and that's what most OKC b-sides sounded like.

  • @ichris2011
    @ichris2011 10 місяців тому +1

    It sounds a lot like Mayonnaise by the Smashing Pumpkins

  • @robo3007
    @robo3007 10 місяців тому +1

    Okay but why was Man of War cut from OK Computer?

  • @th3cryforfun
    @th3cryforfun 10 місяців тому +1

    Great video

  • @mauriciocervantes6155
    @mauriciocervantes6155 10 місяців тому +4

    wow que gran video es corto pero consiso amo ok computer no importa cuantos años pasen siempre hay algo nuevo que decir o sacar de ese disco

  • @ItsBroskii
    @ItsBroskii 10 місяців тому +3

    better question: why were all the songs cut from ok computer? like man of war, or lull, lift, etc.

    • @yogicentralyt
      @yogicentralyt 10 місяців тому +3

      Album is already considered as great as it those would've maked it better I feel.

    • @RadioMuse1
      @RadioMuse1 10 місяців тому +5

      OK Computer is already 53:21
      As good as a lot of these songs are - OK Computer was enough to digest on it's own.
      Bands almost always have an additional 50-100% of an album worth of additional material that doesn't make the record. It's about creating a sequence that's more than a sum of the individual songs.

    • @lewillerasmus52079
      @lewillerasmus52079 4 місяці тому +1

      thom yorke himself has described this period as a bad time. even though hes brilliant im sure it still affected him creatively. i still dont get how i promise was also cut.

  • @lewillerasmus52079
    @lewillerasmus52079 5 місяців тому

    this was good.

  • @matthewsaul3533
    @matthewsaul3533 10 місяців тому +1

    Personally I think they made the right choice. I don't see what other people see in this song AT ALL. It doesn't surprise me that Ed sees it the way he does. I think they left it off the record because they knew it wasn't at the level of the rest of the songs on the album. Lift is nowhere near as mature as pretty much every other song on that album. "Lighten up squirt"??? The lyrics are just a completely different style and tone than the lyrics on every other song on that album. Lift's lyrics are more direct and less layered and just not as deep as the rest of the lyrics. It's lyrics are less expansive in the scope of what's being talked about. And the music of that song is also much less deep and much, much less interesting than everything else on that album. Lift being a b-side is completely as it should be in my opinion.
    Sometimes I think Radiohead fans really deeply want Radiohead to be more "normal" than they are or than they want to be. It's the only thing that makes sense of the fact that so many people think In Rainbows is their best album and that it's so amazing. It's just their most accessible album. That's basically it. I like the album, and love a lot of the songs on it, but King Of Limbs and A Moon Shaped Pool are FAR more interesting to me than In Rainbows. And Lift is much more of a traditional, accessible song than most of what's on Ok Computer. I think it would've tainted the album. It's not a bad song. I enjoy some things about it. But it doesn't stand out to me in any way other than the fact that Yorke is exceptional as an artist. His expression is deep and affecting. But the song itself.. well, it's a b-side, to me.

  • @skateify31
    @skateify31 9 місяців тому

    I like to think they didn't put it on the album cuz it sounded to much like mayonaise...

  • @stewart2449
    @stewart2449 10 місяців тому

    The simpler answer is that it’s actually pretty weak. Bland pop-rock of little consequence.

  • @AriesKJJ2
    @AriesKJJ2 9 місяців тому

    I loved Radiohead until I found out they were occupation apologists and now genocide apologists. When Yorke gave the finger to people who support BDS he gave the finger to most of the people on the planet: I hope everyone learnswhat Karma Police was really about!

  • @buh1808
    @buh1808 10 місяців тому

    much rather have lift then electioneering

  • @nickgaynier9772
    @nickgaynier9772 10 місяців тому +2

    Honestly it’s kind of a generic song that wasn’t good enough for The Bends or OkC

  • @sas1s176
    @sas1s176 5 місяців тому

    why does he stutter so much omfg

  • @bjrnbrynemo9059
    @bjrnbrynemo9059 10 місяців тому

    Maybe someone can use ai+studio skills on the thing we got back in 2017 and make it a well produced super hit.

  • @nouseforaname4328
    @nouseforaname4328 10 місяців тому

    A good song but not good enough to be part of a masterpiece album

  • @bigadz0r
    @bigadz0r 10 місяців тому

    Clearly ok computer was a concept album and lift didn't fit the concept

    • @fuckyoutube-ds6iw
      @fuckyoutube-ds6iw 4 місяці тому

      the songs literally about being stuck in a lift which can be taken literally with the whole technology thing while also being a metaphor for being stuck in life its kinda perfect for okcomputer

  • @petehatch
    @petehatch 9 місяців тому

    This song never struck me as superior to the album songs, I’m surprised they assumed it would be massive

  • @fooperfarvey4812
    @fooperfarvey4812 2 місяці тому

    Sue me but Man Of War is the best ok computer b side

  • @djtomoy
    @djtomoy 10 місяців тому

    Cos it’s mid

  • @user-qp9so2zo1z
    @user-qp9so2zo1z 10 місяців тому +1

    It's not that good of a song. Doesn't really have a good chorus or anything

  • @nubarrongonzalez199
    @nubarrongonzalez199 10 місяців тому

    It would have been the worst in OK computer.