I had to spend a few weeks in hospital at the end of 97 and was lying in bed really miserable when my younger brother came to see me with this on CD and his portable CD player(remember them). After he left i put the OK computer on and put the headphones on. I must've spent a fortune on batteries over the next week as it was hardly ever off. It helped me greatly as the following week or so passed quickly and I got better. Sadly my brother is no longer with us but memories like this help.
Reminds me of Silverchair in that sense, tough to play with both bands unique chord progression and structure. I think it’s the reason awesome bands such as these are rarely, if ever, covered.
So glad Dave Grohl picked this to close the Jools Holland show tonight. It’s such an amazing performance that it needs a public viewing every now and then
I remember this performance being broadcast, it even caught my dad's attention and he was a die-hard pink floyd fan. (He was about 50 in 1997) when it came to the choral part of this, he actually stopped drying the dishes to come watch it! 😂
I wasn't particularly a fan of Radiohead at the time, but I vividly remember watching this on Jools Holland and it blew my mind. Have bought every album since and what a journey....
I was a fan since The Bends and then revisited Pablo Honey but I also saw this on TV at the time and I knew I'd be hooked for life. It is pure perfection. The rest of the set that night was pretty damn hot as well. A great advert for the record at the time.
I'd had an irrational hatred of distorted guitars (like fingernails down a blackboard), circa 1993 until 1997. I don't know what changed, but this was one of the first songs I remember enjoying after that phase
I remember seeing this on Jools - the first time i heard the song. Got to the collapse at the end of the "kicking squealing" section and i thought the song was over - good job lads, nice tune. They then pulled out the choirlike interlude bit, which fried my teenage mind. Made my dad put down his paper.
Matthew Westlake that's a cool memory I could see my dad also putting down his paper to appreciate the unexpected beauty pouring out of the TV. My dad once joined me while I was watching a Buckethead live performance and he thought it was the coolest thing. Dads are unpredictable. But this song and this band is unrivaled in it's ability to create sonic bliss.
You've just won the internet..! Lol.. Best fcuking comment ever..!! You say your dad put down his newspaper, I remember making a pot noodle sandwich and having an apiphinie, that my musical world would never be the same again.. The Pixies Novacaine for the soul and where is my mind are in the same (ish) league, but this was just different and very special. Respect to your dad for recognising decent music.. ;)
Always reliable and astounding if you've ever done similar sound work or been a muso. I grew up in an era when BBC sucked the bass out of everything for tiny TV speakers. 60s Parents would go into shock first time they heard a real band. :-)
the rhythm section gives the other fellas room to move, you could build like 15 different types of bands around Phil and Colin and they'd all be great, but they're even better in a band where they hold it down and let the geniuses play 15 different types of music
I was 15 when OK Computer was released in 1997 and I have spent the last 24 years trying to work out just how they made something so wonderous, so culturally significant and harrowingly brilliant. They were just kids. And yet this remains one of the finest, most intelligent performances of my lifetime. When Thom Yorkes voice breaks at 4:40 I still can't even cope. Utterly beautiful.
i don’t think anyone is really appreciating the skill it takes Thom to play a riff like that and sing those types of vocals at the same time, a truly gifted musician. Edit: I spelt his name wrong lol
Manuel Caceres They are! One of the most influential acts and sometimes I believe are superior to bands even from back then...not a compliment I throw out regularly!
Without a doubt the masterpiece of this band. This theme has everything musically possible, madness, psychedelia, hope, sadness. A song that will surely be forever in the collective consciousness of all of us who know how to appreciate this art of music. This theme is installed in the great hymns of rock.
She really could, she could play anyone and actually looks like Thom Yorke... and she's been in two movies composed by Radiohead members, including Yorke
I was listening to him on dessert island disks. He said they got the break so so early long before they were ready. He grabbed the steering wheel white knuckle style and became a bastard to work with because he demanded so much perfection and did not want to loose it all. Only later he realised what he was like and apologised to the band. A true genius of misic
this album changed my life in 97. I remember coming from classic rock into this. major head blown! it was like reading Kafka for the 1st time tho this is a never ending metamorphosis. album after album radiohead get better and better. WHAT A BAND!
Same here. I was solely into house, techno and trance at the time. I bought OK computer because I couldn't get No Surprises out of my head when it was doing the rounds on MTV. Buying that album opened up a whole new musical landscape for me, with Radiohead being my absolute favourite. So yeah, I'd certainly go as far as to say OK Computer changed my life too.
I asked my friends to play that interlude at my funeral with the ending “God loves his childrean God loves his children, yeah”. But those bastards will probably play that part in Karma Police that goes “This is what you get when you mess with us”.
Shout out to whoever edited this, it tells the story of the song by switching from instrument to instrument at the perfect time to highlight separate elements that come to the fore
I always think of their albums as a taster to what is to come live. imo, their live work is what they are about. They are artists of the very highest order. Exceptional in what they do..
I have been a fan of Radiohead since this album came out (OK Computer) but I never got around to seeing them in concert until they were on tour in support of "In Rainbows" and it was easily one of the best concerts I've ever been to. They are amazing live!
Their music is amazing live. Example..compare 'Nude' album version to early version live in Meeting People..docu..night and day. I've seen them 3 times live, just amazing.
OK Computer tour Brighton Centre September 14 1997. Mind-blowing gig. No one's come close to creating a total sense of pure euphoria. Everyone who was at that gig knew something incredible was occurring. Never seen reactions on people's faces like that at any show since. An astonishing performance that still sends a shiver down my spine when I think about it. Thanks Radiohead. Thank you.
This was never my favourite song...it was almost too god as weird as that sounds. Revisiting it and seeing it live though is mind blowing. It's so complex, and they absolutely nail it. I don't think anybody touches them. The consistency of their work. Their evolution. Phenomenal.
Ok computer was the soundtrack to my life in my college years... 16, 17, 18. It was mesmeric. I was moving from adolescence into adulthood and listened to this constantly. I’d put my earphones in and go on a journey that the music created in my mind. When I listen to these tracks now, I’m taken back to that time in my life and the things I was thinking, feeling and experiencing. It seemed to capture the social and political mood perfectly as well. Very powerful album, an all time great and a work of art.
The sound quality is absolutely fantastic! Wow. The way you can really hear every guitar and bass bit separately is actually damn beautiful! Thank you. Brilliant!!! Also Ed’s vocals are beautifully executed.
was lucky enough to see them on their OK Computer tour in Wellington NZ in the late '90s. 20 years on and it is still one of the best gigs I've been to - and they blew the roof off with this song. Right up there with the greatest songs of the rock era.
Holy cow. The whole thing is astounding, but especially the ferocious and mind-melting stuff out of Johnny starting at 2:54. Or actually, starting at the beginning and ending at the end.
LMAO !! I saw John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the Astrodome as a warm up for YES. After watching the magic of the M.O., I could just picture YES going "HTF do we top that?" They came out and blew the place away though. What a magic night. I'd give $5000 right now to relive it.
@@drexlspivey5828 Wrong! Foo Fighters had to follow this up with "Monkey Wrench," and it really fell flat. After this insane performance by Radiohead, everything else that came after sounded like children banging on things.
@@benhopper3363 you're right, in my beer fuelled state I forgot they opened with this and actually closed the night with Airbag. Yep, having to play a dogshit song like Monkey Wrench after this masterpiece must have made Dave Grohl feel like he was in an amateur high school band
I would have never thought of Stairway to Heaven. But, now that you mention it, I do see some parallels; maybe even more so with Kashmir. Good observation!
@@turnleftaticeland He has a solo album? I need to listen to that immediately (just got into Jonny's solo work)... also yes Ed is incredibly underrated, everyone sings high praises of Yorke's voice but ignores that Ed's voice is almost as good and similar sounding.
Seeing them live, that was one of my big takeaways: God Damn! their backup vocalist/Rhythm Guitarist could probably the front-man of a REALLY f'n good band.
@@MatthewC33199 I’d say Ed is as good a backup singer as Thom is a lead singer. But if he were to sing Thom’s part it wouldn’t be on nearly the same level. maybe I’m off mark though.
Just listened to this album for the first time in a long time today. Its still prophetic, inspiring, illuminating, futuristic and utter genius. It will never age. An album of unmatched power. Nothing else has come close since.
Absolutely spectacular. Maybe the greatest rendition of the greatest song ever created. Pure perfection. Radiohead are a gift to the world that the world doesn't understand or deserve.
It's pretty tricky, Thom's part is pretty busy with lots of string skipping...I dunno how he sings so well on top of it. Jonny is just on another level and Ed is always serving the song, which deserves attention too. I wish they still guitar-ed like this!
Was born in 2005. My dad had raised me on radiohead. Sadly our relationship now is unsalvageable due to powers out of our control, Listening to this is almost like a little time with my dad, it's amazing, live version makes it better. cheers.
This is perfection, I went to Glastonbury 97 on my own because my girlfriend had to dip out at the last minute. It got very messy with some nice Geordie lads that I met on the Friday and I was so wrecked I couldn't move out of my tent on the Saturday so I missed one of the best ever sets at Glasto. I've seen video of Paranoid Android at Glasto 97 and it's not a patch on this. I can sleep easy now, thank you.
I don't even know how they arrive at a song such as this.. it's just genius. Jonny is a fucking god with his guitar solos, one of the all time great guitarists. Sure there might be many that have better technical skills but jonny has such a unique sound that's very hard to replicate and that's what really makes a great guitarist
Implying this music fits in this era of music, that would frankly be an insult. It’s not “ahead of its time”. It’s just a great song regardless of the period it was released in. Fuck I hate people using these shitty phrases like “ahead of its time” “this song is so underrated” “I’m 12 years old and I listen to this”. Because they’re made by the kind of person that sees music as some sort of competition or advancing technology. That’s honestly the most retarded thing you can do when it comes to music. And all those statements are either false or retarded and irrelevant. Have a nice day.
Ice Hockey is Pretty Pretty Good who were doing songs like this in the 60s? This style of song has never been approached at all. It’s from another world, it’s never been approached before and never will be again
That's the only song I've ever pulled over when driving and listened to! The first listen blew my mind, I thought it was a masterpiece and still do, I was born in 63 and I think the late 60's through to 2000 or so was a golden age in music, Creativity unbridled, a brilliant song.
Ok, I'm an old fogey coming to this for the first time as I was too busy to do much more than build up my career and look after my family in the 90s. My opinion, f***ing brilliant
I just heard "Creep" and thought "I wonder if that performance of Paranoid Android from Jools Holland is on here yet?" And it is! Every bit as great as I remember after 24 years. Knocks the album version out of the park.
Over two years since I posted my comment about what this Album meant to n Me and the part about my brother. It’s been so cathartic reading the kind comments about my brother from people from all over the world and they have given me hope for the world in the often turbulent times we all find ourselves in. Love, Dave Gardiner x
Dude i just read your older comment as i open comments and when i want to look newest comments i saw you first. That was so weird. Sorry for your brother too. Take care of yourself.
Someone in the comments saying this brought tears to their eyes. Thought I'd share my own story. I consider this to be my all time favourite song. I have listened to it hundreds of times. Yet, only a year or so ago I was listening to it again in my car - now as a grown man and a father of two. As I was listening to it, my worries about the future and particularly the environmental mess that we are likely leaving for the next generation, and the frustration at the political inertia that has trapped us in a state of nothingness for so long - were at the forefront of my mind. As it got to " ... the panic, the vomit, the panic, the vomit. God loves his children. God loves his children, yeah" the words resonated so much that I was also nearly in tears. It's amazing that, despite knowing the song like the back of my hand, it can still have that power.
I was a young single mom to a newborn son when this album came out. I was a little sad that all my friends were out on the town living it up while I was home with my beautiful boy. He loved to be held while I would gently dance around with him in my arms and always fell fast asleep listening to Radiohead. Their wonderful music worked like a charm everytime!
No band gives me such an eerie sense of nostalgia as Radiohead. Whenever I hear this I'm right back in the late nineties like it was yesterday. Absolutely phenomenal band. What a song!
Even though I grew apart from this band musically a long time ago, I still keep returning just to take in the pure showmanship and timing of Ed O'Brien. He is quite underrated, Jonny Greenwood wouldn't be able to space out like that without Ed having his back and keeping it all together like superglue. Heart and soul of the band alongside the rhythm section. They allow the two abstract painters to run amok. One hell of a backup singer as well, is Ed.
Who remembers the first time they heard this album on CD? I was wearing headphones literally sitting in shock at the end of it. Emotional sonic experience. Not of this Earth.
Literally how I started listening to them. I was flipping through channels and heard 3 seconds of the first solo and I immediately knew I'd never heard nothing like it. So lit and sort of sarcastic at the same time. There's music and then there's special music
I remember watching this performance 20 years ago on the tv in argentina. I knew it was going to be great and i reserved that hour on the tv at home but this exceded all expectations! I was in trance in front of the screen and i think my parents, who dont like this kind of music, were a little bit too....Radiohead in the top five ever to me :-)
TheSanqu77 falta poco para tenerlos en vivo por acá, manija total. Hace 20 años atrás era un niño y estos genios ya hacían su magia 😄 sería una buena lullaby esta.
I was / am a thrash and death metal man but this was the best album of the '90's for me, and comfortably - and that is an achievemnt as i genuinely belive the '90's stands comparison with the '60's in many ways.
I had to spend a few weeks in hospital at the end of 97 and was lying in bed really miserable when my younger brother came to see me with this on CD and his portable CD player(remember them). After he left i put the OK computer on and put the headphones on. I must've spent a fortune on batteries over the next week as it was hardly ever off. It helped me greatly as the following week or so passed quickly and I got better. Sadly my brother is no longer with us but memories like this help.
Dave Gardiner :,,)
Yeah! Your brother, good people.
Me my brother and the music my brother turn me on to..my best friend, my brother is gone :( the music is still here..thanks Alan I miss you:((
@Scranvan brofists forever. and subscribe to Pewdiepie if you haven't, yet.
XBOYS ?
This song is hard as hell to play on the guitar. Incredible musicians.
The first chord is like a c Minor But in the 8 fret, I can't play this
Very unconventional musicians are these boys.
Reminds me of Silverchair in that sense, tough to play with both bands unique chord progression and structure. I think it’s the reason awesome bands such as these are rarely, if ever, covered.
@@juandavidmenesescuartas2979 don't worry, you'll get there, just practice
Yeah jonnys part is pretty hard even if you match all the notes and timing the tone will sound nowhere as good
So glad Dave Grohl picked this to close the Jools Holland show tonight. It’s such an amazing performance that it needs a public viewing every now and then
yep. that’s what sent me here. Jools Holland >>>
Absolutely!! My no.1 live performance perfection!👍👍
I remember this performance being broadcast, it even caught my dad's attention and he was a die-hard pink floyd fan. (He was about 50 in 1997) when it came to the choral part of this, he actually stopped drying the dishes to come watch it! 😂
wow thats a really cool story!
I wasn't particularly a fan of Radiohead at the time, but I vividly remember watching this on Jools Holland and it blew my mind. Have bought every album since and what a journey....
I was a fan since The Bends and then revisited Pablo Honey but I also saw this on TV at the time and I knew I'd be hooked for life. It is pure perfection. The rest of the set that night was pretty damn hot as well. A great advert for the record at the time.
I'd had an irrational hatred of distorted guitars (like fingernails down a blackboard), circa 1993 until 1997. I don't know what changed, but this was one of the first songs I remember enjoying after that phase
I remember seeing this on Jools - the first time i heard the song.
Got to the collapse at the end of the "kicking squealing" section and i thought the song was over - good job lads, nice tune. They then pulled out the choirlike interlude bit, which fried my teenage mind. Made my dad put down his paper.
Matthew Westlake that's a cool memory
I could see my dad also putting down his paper to appreciate the unexpected beauty pouring out of the TV.
My dad once joined me while I was watching a Buckethead live performance and he thought it was the coolest thing. Dads are unpredictable.
But this song and this band is unrivaled in it's ability to create sonic bliss.
You've just won the internet..! Lol..
Best fcuking comment ever..!!
You say your dad put down his newspaper, I remember making a pot noodle sandwich and having an apiphinie, that my musical world would never be the same again.. The Pixies Novacaine for the soul and where is my mind are in the same (ish) league, but this was just different and very special. Respect to your dad for recognising decent music.. ;)
fuck this is such an awesome memory.
Brilliant description, Mat. The coda about your Dad and the paper is killer.
Mr westlake, I love your comment. Love it
It's not only the band that are at the top of their game here... Some excellent live production and sound engineering on this performance
Always reliable and astounding if you've ever done similar sound work or been a muso. I grew up in an era when BBC sucked the bass out of everything for tiny TV speakers. 60s Parents would go into shock first time they heard a real band. :-)
Agreed, incredible. This sounds sooo good, dynamics, panning, ... just blew my socks off.
Yes exactly, no one hardly ever mentions nigel he's half of the brains behind everything radiohead does
awesome sound engineering here together with a fantastic song and band!
I'd say they are lip synching
Iconic performance.
Also, he doesn't get enough credit but Phil Selway is a machine.
the rhythm section gives the other fellas room to move, you could build like 15 different types of bands around Phil and Colin and they'd all be great, but they're even better in a band where they hold it down and let the geniuses play 15 different types of music
@@smarroy absolutely nail on the head..the rhythym gives the band the time and inclination to "breathe".
He has the gift of being able to play jazz but can also hit hard enough to rock unlike most jazzers!
ok phil selway
I was 15 when OK Computer was released in 1997 and I have spent the last 24 years trying to work out just how they made something so wonderous, so culturally significant and harrowingly brilliant. They were just kids. And yet this remains one of the finest, most intelligent performances of my lifetime. When Thom Yorkes voice breaks at 4:40 I still can't even cope. Utterly beautiful.
i don’t think anyone is really appreciating the skill it takes Thom to play a riff like that and sing those types of vocals at the same time, a truly gifted musician. Edit: I spelt his name wrong lol
Seconded. He is brilliant.
i do 👍🏻
@heroinhero69 that's the frontman for Arctic Monkeys, correct?
Where is Thom playing a riff? I only see him strumming chords.
Brinta in the breakdown section, the riffs on acoustic i think
This is my favorite performance of my favorite song by my favorite band!
Cynthia Sheldon like wise :)
Cynthia Sheldon same here
And your comment are my favorite comment of my favorite girl :)
That's a combo.
The Krankies at Knebworth 1978 doing ra ra Rasputin by Black Lace?
In my humble opinion one of the finest live performances ever from a great band
You can tell that all of them are great musicians.
Manuel Caceres They are! One of the most influential acts and sometimes I believe are superior to bands even from back then...not a compliment I throw out regularly!
Manuel Caceres Hope these guys get discovered soon. They seem to be very talented.
I don't think Colin gets the credit that he deserves. He's not as flamboyant as the other great bassists, but he really plays well off Phil.
Talal Khan You're being a meme right?
Will Rogers Yup, just a fucking troll
Without a doubt the masterpiece of this band. This theme has everything musically possible, madness, psychedelia, hope, sadness. A song that will surely be forever in the collective consciousness of all of us who know how to appreciate this art of music. This theme is installed in the great hymns of rock.
I think Tilda Swinton could play Thom Yorke
She really could, she could play anyone and actually looks like Thom Yorke... and she's been in two movies composed by Radiohead members, including Yorke
Tilda Swinton is literally the Radiohead of Hollywood
Miss Swinton could play a chihuahua as well
Limmy has already taken up the offer
Tilda is yorkes dad.
Best live performance of this song... period
1997 glastonbury is the best
I'm a fan of the guitar work in Chicago 2017, although the vocals here are definitely better
Best performance was at The Night Watchman's Arms, Truro, 13/12/03.
2017 Glastonbury's the best so far.
Mauricio Bravo 2003 is the best
One of the greatest songs of all time.
Flawless performance. You can tell they care.
Yeah, that's the key. Especially when Thom is delivering that 'rain down' section, you just know he's the real deal. So powerful.
I was listening to him on dessert island disks. He said they got the break so so early long before they were ready. He grabbed the steering wheel white knuckle style and became a bastard to work with because he demanded so much perfection and did not want to loose it all. Only later he realised what he was like and apologised to the band. A true genius of misic
There’s at least three songs in this song, and each would have been extraordinary on their own. Together they make an absolute masterpiece.
I'm a 55 year old American woman watching this with tears in my eyes. One of the best bands/ songs of the 90's. None of my friends really get me.
It's because you are on a higher level than your friends
it leaves me with tears too
spectre too
Ireland gets you ❤️❤️❤️
You need new friends
The "rain down" part sounds heavenly in this..
yes cristian it has an ethereal quality to it i concur
YES OMG
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cristian c It is a euphoria of it's own. Excellence.
It's the synths. I don't think they even have these glorious synths on the actual track and I agree this is the best I've heard this part so far.
hallelujah
Even without Stephen Hawking's guest vocals the chorus is mesmerising...
It was _Fred_ - just _Fred_ ...
harsh
I thought it was Marvin the paranoid android from the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
what chorus
@@fredfat1606 "WHats THAAAAAAT?" that part
this band is just ridiculously brilliant imo, the sheer volume of amazing songs over all these years is staggering.
jason Lawson
It's almost too good to be true. We're blessed to have a band like Radiohead.
The computer era Beatles.
Agreed
Goddamn Johnny is such an amazing lead guitarist
47yr old BLACK MAN here....kevin gates ALL the WAY!! BUT....this mans voice does something to my SOUL!!!
Arguably the best performance by any band on Jools Holland.
If I remember rightly Jools reaction at the end was "wow!". One of the few times I've seen him look blown away after a performance.
This was the song that inspired anyone already in a band to give up, and anyone not yet in a band to start one.
this album changed my life in 97. I remember coming from classic rock into this. major head blown! it was like reading Kafka for the 1st time tho this is a never ending metamorphosis. album after album radiohead get better and better. WHAT A BAND!
Same here. I was solely into house, techno and trance at the time. I bought OK computer because I couldn't get No Surprises out of my head when it was doing the rounds on MTV. Buying that album opened up a whole new musical landscape for me, with Radiohead being my absolute favourite. So yeah, I'd certainly go as far as to say OK Computer changed my life too.
damn this is so accurate haha
I asked my friends to play that interlude at my funeral with the ending “God loves his childrean
God loves his children, yeah”.
But those bastards will probably play that part in Karma Police that goes “This is what you get when you mess with us”.
Okifurbi HOLY FUCK LOOOOOLLLLL 😂
That is a seriously fucking funny comment and if it's your own line, you Sir, deserve a reach around..
Genuinely funny x
Okifurbi dude so true
Ooooh spaghett!!
Shout out to whoever edited this, it tells the story of the song by switching from instrument to instrument at the perfect time to highlight separate elements that come to the fore
That was a superb performance. Had no idea Radiohead were that good live.
I always think of their albums as a taster to what is to come live. imo, their live work is what they are about. They are artists of the very highest order. Exceptional in what they do..
Oh, man.. I saw them live at Trentham Gardens (Stoke on Trent) in '97 Best concert I ever went to, and I went to quite a few!
watch from the basement
I have been a fan of Radiohead since this album came out (OK Computer) but I never got around to seeing them in concert until they were on tour in support of "In Rainbows" and it was easily one of the best concerts I've ever been to. They are amazing live!
Their music is amazing live. Example..compare 'Nude' album version to early version live in Meeting People..docu..night and day. I've seen them 3 times live, just amazing.
OK Computer tour Brighton Centre September 14 1997. Mind-blowing gig. No one's come close to creating a total sense of pure euphoria. Everyone who was at that gig knew something incredible was occurring. Never seen reactions on people's faces like that at any show since. An astonishing performance that still sends a shiver down my spine when I think about it. Thanks Radiohead. Thank you.
Imagine being the poor bastards having to follow this up. I’d have just called a taxi!
Wym
Madison Valle no one would wanna play after them bc theyd suck compared to what the crowd just saw
pretty sure it was Foo Fighters!
Yeah it was Foo Fighters after
Dave grohl was in aww
This was never my favourite song...it was almost too god as weird as that sounds. Revisiting it and seeing it live though is mind blowing. It's so complex, and they absolutely nail it. I don't think anybody touches them. The consistency of their work. Their evolution. Phenomenal.
Ok computer was the soundtrack to my life in my college years... 16, 17, 18. It was mesmeric. I was moving from adolescence into adulthood and listened to this constantly. I’d put my earphones in and go on a journey that the music created in my mind. When I listen to these tracks now, I’m taken back to that time in my life and the things I was thinking, feeling and experiencing. It seemed to capture the social and political mood perfectly as well. Very powerful album, an all time great and a work of art.
The crowd cant believe what they have just watched. Unreal performance
The sound quality is absolutely fantastic! Wow. The way you can really hear every guitar and bass bit separately is actually damn beautiful! Thank you. Brilliant!!! Also Ed’s vocals are beautifully executed.
was lucky enough to see them on their OK Computer tour in Wellington NZ in the late '90s. 20 years on and it is still one of the best gigs I've been to - and they blew the roof off with this song. Right up there with the greatest songs of the rock era.
Simply a seminal performance... They will be watching this in hundreds of years time... absolutely extraordinary.
One of the most phenomenal live performances of any song, ever.
Holy cow. The whole thing is astounding, but especially the ferocious and mind-melting stuff out of Johnny starting at 2:54. Or actually, starting at the beginning and ending at the end.
Twenty years on and still a brilliant song.....
Shit. Doesn't feel that long ago too.
Robado...
Jason Graham yeah. When compared to nowadays crap rock music, this is gold
OKC is timeless
Why wouldn't it be? I think you're confusing art with science.
one of the most powerful songs ever written
simply one of the best songs ever written
The band that had to follow this performance: “Nope.”
LMAO !! I saw John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the Astrodome as a warm up for YES. After watching the magic of the M.O., I could just picture YES going "HTF do we top that?" They came out and blew the place away though. What a magic night. I'd give $5000 right now to relive it.
I know right - the gig you really don't want
Nobody followed it, they headlined Jools Holland that night
@@drexlspivey5828 Wrong! Foo Fighters had to follow this up with "Monkey Wrench," and it really fell flat. After this insane performance by Radiohead, everything else that came after sounded like children banging on things.
@@benhopper3363 you're right, in my beer fuelled state I forgot they opened with this and actually closed the night with Airbag.
Yep, having to play a dogshit song like Monkey Wrench after this masterpiece must have made Dave Grohl feel like he was in an amateur high school band
This is the stairway to heaven of my generation
I know this is controversial, but I think this song is much, much better than Stairway. God those solos were corny...
Screw that, this is better and they didn’t rip off another band for it
@@James-fx8eb not all controversial. It's a much better song!
I would have never thought of Stairway to Heaven. But, now that you mention it, I do see some parallels; maybe even more so with Kashmir. Good observation!
Amen. I was never the same person again after listening to OK Computer for the first time.
Everything about this is perfect. The musicianship is outstanding and the song is a piece of sublime genius.
Johnny just running from thing to thing. Such a huge part of the sound.
Ed O'Brien's voice really sounds a lot like Thom Yorke's voice. He's a good singer.
his skills are even more evident now on his solo album!
@@turnleftaticeland He has a solo album? I need to listen to that immediately (just got into Jonny's solo work)... also yes Ed is incredibly underrated, everyone sings high praises of Yorke's voice but ignores that Ed's voice is almost as good and similar sounding.
Matthew C. yes, it just came out last month! i’ve just been getting into Jonny’s stuff as well, You Were Never Really Here is a masterpiece
Seeing them live, that was one of my big takeaways: God Damn! their backup vocalist/Rhythm Guitarist could probably the front-man of a REALLY f'n good band.
@@MatthewC33199 I’d say Ed is as good a backup singer as Thom is a lead singer. But if he were to sing Thom’s part it wouldn’t be on nearly the same level. maybe I’m off mark though.
One of the all time greatest live performances
im not a 90s kid nor was i alive in the 90s but i wish i was... this song is timeless. so beautiful. makes u feel all the emotions
This theme is one of the songs of the century.
Amazing song. Amazing performance. Amazing album. Amazing band.
I love the couple of seconds of stunned silence at the end!
i will never mentally escape from this song. this song is the only thing that audiolizes my pessimistic side perfectly
Ever since ive heard of it last year, it has been my life anthem
Just listened to this album for the first time in a long time today. Its still prophetic, inspiring, illuminating, futuristic and utter genius. It will never age. An album of unmatched power. Nothing else has come close since.
Absolutely spectacular. Maybe the greatest rendition of the greatest song ever created. Pure perfection. Radiohead are a gift to the world that the world doesn't understand or deserve.
it took me about 2.5 years to learn this whole riff on guitar. Best time I've ever spent without a shadow of a doubt.
It's pretty tricky, Thom's part is pretty busy with lots of string skipping...I dunno how he sings so well on top of it. Jonny is just on another level and Ed is always serving the song, which deserves attention too. I wish they still guitar-ed like this!
Yes bro, im want try to learn it
not trying to brag but i learned it in 10 minutes
This is better than the studio version imo.
For me this is the definitive version of this song. It has it all and whoever mic'd the drums needs a pat on the back. Just perfection.
Best song on one of top ten albums ever. Live is almost like listening to studio version. Album came out when I was 16. Still love it today.
This a masterpiece.
The most amazing performance of music I’ve ever seen. Addictive
Was born in 2005. My dad had raised me on radiohead. Sadly our relationship now is unsalvageable due to powers out of our control, Listening to this is almost like a little time with my dad, it's amazing, live version makes it better. cheers.
hope youre doin ok dude. radioheads sick
This is perfection, I went to Glastonbury 97 on my own because my girlfriend had to dip out at the last minute. It got very messy with some nice Geordie lads that I met on the Friday and I was so wrecked I couldn't move out of my tent on the Saturday so I missed one of the best ever sets at Glasto. I've seen video of Paranoid Android at Glasto 97 and it's not a patch on this. I can sleep easy now, thank you.
I don't even know how they arrive at a song such as this.. it's just genius. Jonny is a fucking god with his guitar solos, one of the all time great guitarists. Sure there might be many that have better technical skills but jonny has such a unique sound that's very hard to replicate and that's what really makes a great guitarist
it's 3 different song ideas mashed into one. (band said this at some point)
A lot of musical talent and a lot of lsd/weed I guess.
I agree. Technical isn’t always better than arrangement and tone. John Frusciante is another.
This is not really a good example of his guitar skills but ok
I saw them in 96, and Jonny killed it, shred is an understatement, I heard sounds that night, that I’ve never heard before or after!
ok computer 20 years ahead of its time.
Tosa I disagree, this song is timeless.
@@123joelad456 you got me!
Implying this music fits in this era of music, that would frankly be an insult.
It’s not “ahead of its time”. It’s just a great song regardless of the period it was released in.
Fuck I hate people using these shitty phrases like “ahead of its time” “this song is so underrated” “I’m 12 years old and I listen to this”.
Because they’re made by the kind of person that sees music as some sort of competition or advancing technology. That’s honestly the most retarded thing you can do when it comes to music. And all those statements are either false or retarded and irrelevant.
Have a nice day.
Ice Hockey is Pretty Pretty Good who were doing songs like this in the 60s? This style of song has never been approached at all. It’s from another world, it’s never been approached before and never will be again
@@faramund9865 POW! Well said Sir.
P. S- AND FUCK THE MAINSTREAM!
Possibly one of the best performances of one of the best songs by one of the best bands ever - it’s otherworldly
Agreed
Simply, one of the greatest songs ever.
That's the only song I've ever pulled over when driving and listened to! The first listen blew my mind, I thought it was a masterpiece and still do, I was born in 63 and I think the late 60's through to 2000 or so was a golden age in music, Creativity unbridled, a brilliant song.
Jesus's that was fucking live??? incredible
Absolutely stunning isnt it?
Ok, I'm an old fogey coming to this for the first time as I was too busy to do much more than build up my career and look after my family in the 90s. My opinion, f***ing brilliant
we were lucky to have been young at a time music was this great
fucking amazing. Hendrix would not only approve, he would beg to copy it. The New Floyd.
I just heard "Creep" and thought "I wonder if that performance of Paranoid Android from Jools Holland is on here yet?" And it is! Every bit as great as I remember after 24 years. Knocks the album version out of the park.
Thanks for uploading one of their best performances of this song! It's hard finding this one nowadays.
Over two years since I posted my comment about what this Album meant to n
Me and the part about my brother. It’s been so cathartic reading the kind comments about my brother from people from all over the world and they have given me hope for the world in the often turbulent times we all find ourselves in.
Love, Dave Gardiner x
Dude i just read your older comment as i open comments and when i want to look newest comments i saw you first. That was so weird. Sorry for your brother too. Take care of yourself.
Someone in the comments saying this brought tears to their eyes. Thought I'd share my own story.
I consider this to be my all time favourite song. I have listened to it hundreds of times. Yet, only a year or so ago I was listening to it again in my car - now as a grown man and a father of two. As I was listening to it, my worries about the future and particularly the environmental mess that we are likely leaving for the next generation, and the frustration at the political inertia that has trapped us in a state of nothingness for so long - were at the forefront of my mind.
As it got to " ... the panic, the vomit, the panic, the vomit. God loves his children. God loves his children, yeah" the words resonated so much that I was also nearly in tears. It's amazing that, despite knowing the song like the back of my hand, it can still have that power.
I Know. I haven’t the right words right now. But yeah I know where your e coming from. Take care
I was a young single mom to a newborn son when this album came out. I was a little sad that all my friends were out on the town living it up while I was home with my beautiful boy. He loved to be held while I would gently dance around with him in my arms and always fell fast asleep listening to Radiohead. Their wonderful music worked like a charm everytime!
Years later, it's an astonishing performance.
oh my god, this version is back again...for now
I've looking for it since 2015. so happy it's back
Jeff Zhang
Just said the same its been off for years so happy to see it back!!
is still alive, awesome
still alive and still BIBLICAL
Had it on a japanese bootleg for years lmao
Just stupidly good
So many layers of tracks on this song. Impressive to do it live. This album is incredible.
I love this more than the studio version 😍
No band gives me such an eerie sense of nostalgia as Radiohead. Whenever I hear this I'm right back in the late nineties like it was yesterday. Absolutely phenomenal band. What a song!
thank you for showing me this wonderful band dad. i'll be sure to show my kids too.
The reception at the end is a testament to how great this song and performance was!!!
"Kicking, squealing, Gucci, little pigg[ies]." Met a few of those in my time.
93 brother
Watch out, they may call Rambo, and he´ll beat your ass up
Even though I grew apart from this band musically a long time ago, I still keep returning just to take in the pure showmanship and timing of Ed O'Brien. He is quite underrated, Jonny Greenwood wouldn't be able to space out like that without Ed having his back and keeping it all together like superglue. Heart and soul of the band alongside the rhythm section. They allow the two abstract painters to run amok. One hell of a backup singer as well, is Ed.
Who remembers the first time they heard this album on CD? I was wearing headphones literally sitting in shock at the end of it. Emotional sonic experience. Not of this Earth.
20 years
Leonel Ramos Jonny really needs a new hairdo
22 :)
+OVAN Jimmer what's it like there? ...in the future i mean.
In a blink my friend.....
This is what i call an iconic performance
Literally how I started listening to them. I was flipping through channels and heard 3 seconds of the first solo and I immediately knew I'd never heard nothing like it. So lit and sort of sarcastic at the same time. There's music and then there's special music
Can you imagine the band after them that had to play ..... I am quite sure with 100% certainty that they shit their collective pants
Just split myself laughing.......on a bus ....thanks! And, you're right!
It was the Foo Fighters.
This is the song that made me a fan. What an elaborate piece of art. Fell in instant love.
Very unique artists. Their sound is unmistakable. Their Glastonbury performances are spell binding.
Wow - what an amazing live performance!
How they pulled that song off live is fucking crazy...very talented guys.
I remember watching this performance 20 years ago on the tv in argentina. I knew it was going to be great and i reserved that hour on the tv at home but this exceded all expectations! I was in trance in front of the screen and i think my parents, who dont like this kind of music, were a little bit too....Radiohead in the top five ever to me :-)
TheSanqu77 falta poco para tenerlos en vivo por acá, manija total. Hace 20 años atrás era un niño y estos genios ya hacían su magia 😄 sería una buena lullaby esta.
as if your parents didn't have music idols when they were young.
Ed looks cooler doing nothing than most guitar players do when they are actually playing.
thats why u gotta use yo O'Brain amirite ? hehe
Ed is a cool MF but damn is jonny smashing his guitar during noisy bits hype
I was / am a thrash and death metal man but this was the best album of the '90's for me, and comfortably - and that is an achievemnt as i genuinely belive the '90's stands comparison with the '60's in many ways.