Mad isn’t it, so talented, likely Jonnys work in the main. Can see why the bbc gave him the job of their in house orchestral arranger or something like that. Listen to his score from there will be blood, incredible. Horror vacui which is on here is brilliant .
question from a person who's never experienced this, can you distinguish different instruments and stuff? how's it feel? awesome that being deaf doesn't stop you from enjoying good music!
@@jaydenwhitlen1489 I know, I don't disagree. All I was saying is that I think Bohemian Rhapsody massively sucks as a hunk of pretentious, over the top and generally garbage music (extend that to all of Queen and similar bands of their bloated kind), and that it is wrong to compare Radiohead's amazing work to such drivel.
@@thetumans1394 You don’t exactly come across as an intellectual. On the contrary your statement just sounds foolish and pretentious. I’m a Radiohead fan myself, but people like you make me not want to associate with the RH community.
The "Rain Down" segment is one of the greatest musical compositions of all time in my opinion, but this is further amplified by the sheer perfection of this live performance. Truly remarkable.
This song certainly could be one of the greatest rock songs of all time, though you must bear in mind that Radiohead borrowed lots from other influences. Radiohead are actually a very humble band who perceive their influences' music to be far more intellectual than their own. They borrow lots from other genres such as classical music, avant-garde jazz, progressive rock etc., all of which use extremely advanced compositional technique. I wouldn't say this is one of the greatest compositions of all time, though definitely one of the greatest of its own time.
Indeed but how bout that organ work he's doing during the slower part as well. The guy is so incredibly talented... And yes thom and is equally as talented but on a whole nother level.
@@pmop34 I can't remember what song it was but there's a song where he plays guitar while hitting keys on a synth with the head of the guitar. It's very difficult to pull off but he does it flawlessly
Sometimes I just think about the fact that they all went to middle school together, and I just...I mean, legitimately truly 5 of the best at their instruments ever, but not just that, the absolute lack of ego about it all - they made OK Computer and then decided to do an album where all the fellas just made different noises with samplers and shit, and everyone was fine with it because they're all in service of the song. Never gonna be another like them
1997. I was homeless. Living in a park in Munich. One day I thought I was dying. This song was being played on a ghetto blaster by someone. Lying in the park grass, hearing this, thinking I was dying. It was perfect. Needless to say. I didn’t die that day. What an incredible piece of music.
Everyone plays great on this, but seeing Jonny go from instrument to instrument flawlessly is incredible. He manages to make it back to the Rhodes piano back to his guitar and to the other keyboards without missing a beat.
I agree. He is nothing short of outstanding. He shreds on the guitar and then just pivots over to the piano, guitar dangling from his neck and becomes completely immersed in the music he’s making. It sounds silly but it’s super emotional to witness someone that talented!
Yes! The whole performance is incredible from everyone, but Jonny looks like a mad wizard here, running back and forth and absolutely pulling the entire song together.
@@ezn7182 Putting the decades-long weight of a conflict over a musician that has no control whatsoever over the situation is moronic, tells alot about your misguided priorities and serves no purpose. Don't worry, keep fighting the good fight against radiohead and jonny greenwood, tomorrow they themselves will turn Palestine and the entire middle east into a paradise lmao gtfo
As a guitar player obviously johnny's parts are amazing....but this song clearly shows how underatted thom is as guitar player...they ain't easy chords and there are a LOT of them.....and they carry the whole song...it's just amazing...the whole thing is a fuckn masterpiece
I met both thom and jonny. Jonny signed my pre revolution Iran’s flag he really got interested about the flag and as he was signing other peoples things too and not talking at all but as soon as i told him that if he could sign my pre revolution flag he started asking me questions about the flag and even the fabric and the material of the flag ahahaha he used both terms. He was reallyyy nice i also told thom how much his music means to me and how much it has changed my life and he was smiling. Such a great night
It’s the second or so of stunned silence before the crowd starts cheering that gets me. Like they (understandably) can’t believe what they’ve just seen.
i dont wanna ruin the romantic side of those 2 secs, but i think that audience was muted so that they won't interrupt the recording, and got unmuted just as the song ended
I still believe this is one of the greatest live performances ever..I mean the "Rain Down" segment and the blending of Ed O'Briens vocals with Thom's and Johnny's guitar and everything..it's a masterpiece...
I think it was foo fighters. Dave grohl actually said that this was one of the greatest performances he had ever seen and that OK computer was ground breaking.
When I first heard this album I didn’t think it would be possible to perform it live , I didn’t realise it was so rooted in a foundation of instrumentation, believing it had to have come from a computer , was never so happy to be wrong , and that is why they are geniuses.
i discovered radiohead last summer, and i recently turned 16. me and my dad have talked about them nonstop since, its really brought us closer. cheers to you and your kid
@@arathvillegas2906 I really like the versions from 2000 or 2001. Thom had this slight “tiredness” to his voice, which somehow made all of the OK Computer songs better. His voice is beautiful in these versions of Paranoid Android; far prefer them to the album version, if I’m being honest. (I have a huge love for the Warrington 2000 gig, amazing)
@@arathvillegas2906 if you haven’t yet, you should listen to the BBC evening session one from 1997-05-28… mindblowing stuff. it also happens to have been only 3 days before this performance here (but it’s very unique)
ok props to whoever did the lighting and set up the stage bc everything looks so dope like it perfectly encapsulates the feeling you get when you listen to this album
Same for me. I had just heard it from my friends copy of the album and this was the first time seeing it played live. I was 15, I can never forget what it did to me.
I watched this as a 16 year old, and the Glastonbury 1997 gig live (albeit on the telly) And I can absolutely tell you it changed my musical direction completely, it was fucking unreal
I’m not sure what Dave Grohl has to do with this performance. When this song came out Dave wasn’t the world rockstar that he is now. I feel like your mixing timelines a little bit. Like you can’t say “the Beatles knew they made it because Dave Grohl sit and watched in complete awe.”
@@jamezason lol what? in 1997 was already super famous because of Nirvana and likely was in the audience because he was promoting "the colour and the shape" that just came out... and like someone mentioned he brought it up an interview with Jools Holland.
I saw them and Took in the same month. Before 9/11, I saw Radiohead, a month later I saw Tool, and Took was a lot better, but I still love Radiohead to this day.
@@justindaffin5442 different time’s of the same year within a month, and different time’s in history. Before 9/11 and a little bit after. Weird time after.
Holy Mother of God, that middle section at 2:07 where what they are playing is practically jazz with Colin Greenwood's bass playing and his brother on the Rhodes piano, to then just explode into a full on distorted onslaught where yorke channels out his punk side, "you don't remember, you don't remember". I must have heard this song over 5000 times and it still never ceases to amaze me.
You forget how much each member is adding to each section and the little details and that tie it all together, including the bits where they aren't playing.
how has no one commented on how fresh everyone looks here? bono shades yorke in the baggy camo pants with chunky ass shoes (what are those shoes???) and Ed wearing jordans and jonny refusing to wear men's t-shirts. they were really just naturally hitting a peak here and it shows in how well all of it has held up thru the test of time.
It's never shown now but the reaction of the other artists on the show after PA is finished is quite something. A mix of WTF was that and HTF do we follow that! Iconic.
"When I am King .... - you will be first against the wall." Man this is the coolest line ever I really like the acoustic guitar at the start and the electric guitar backing it up matches perfectly, also the soft drum play is hypnotic, bass line so smooth
radiohead is one of the only bands that you can blindfold someone, play the live version of a song and then the real one and they will be clueless as to which one is real
This has to be my favorite version of this song. Everything about it is perfect, the setting, the graffiti, the energy, each members performance. This is the perfect video. just love it so much
The first time I heard this I was a melancholy 16 y/o. At 41 now it still resonates for the same and completely different reasons. I appreciate it so much more now, and I'm so sad that I've become so emotionally calloused with age
The most fascinating fact here is that for 99% of the bands to come up with a song like Paranoid Android it means literally a Milestone. It'll be the best accomplishment ever. The peak of a musical career 'Impossible' not to descend artistically after a composition like this. While for Radiohead was just another good song. That's why for me they shouldn't get typecast as the Pink Floyd of our time. For me, they're more alike The Beatles. Where The catalogue of albums and songs is so good, varied and evolutive that you just cannot pick a favorite song among all them. Not easily (an album either) They've defined a favorite different album for at least 3 different generation most cases. Therefore If you want to talk about their best songs. When their best music was done. You need to name an album to start with to come up with a conclusion. And if that weren't enough. In paralell we have Thom Yorke making The Eraser, Anima and Suspiria OST which is like...ok..yeap... Radiohead is just too hard to compliment to. So I'll just play a song and chill whilst clic here and send this block of thoughts to you.
Well that's why they get compared to pink floyd. Pink floyd are equally as amazing in that they made the dark side of the moon and then went on to make wywh, abitw and animals all of which are arguably even better which no1 thought was possible after the dark side of the moon.
@@headphoneman10 Love Pink Floyd but I wouldn't say they broke as much stylistic ground as The Beatles or Radiohead did with each album. Not to the same extent at least.
@@dylanwesley3964 Agreed 100%. But I didn't say the 5 album run wasn't creative. It most certainly was. I just don't think the albums themselves differed that much stylistically in terms of tones, timbres and orchestration. Of course each album has its own identity, but the Pink Floyd sound is kind of characterized by that run of albums. If someone asked me to name the Beatles sound or the Radiohead sound, I feel it'd be a little tougher to pinpoint it.
wish i could live in this video forever. thom's voice is so much more expressive and beautiful in this performace than the studio version and jonny's guitar is especially satisfying. crazy how they could pull this off so well live.. seriously better than the album version
One of the greatest ever live performances ever to grace a stage to one of the best albums ever created. They hit this to prefection. David Grohl said he experienced music revolution in real time watching this performance.
Was in art school in '97 and remember buying Ok Computer and The Verve's Urban Hymns in the space of two weeks. Jesus, what a year! British music probably won't see that sort of artistic peak ever again.
1997 was an incredible year for British music. Tellin’ Stories, Blur, The Fat Of The Land, Portishead, Vanishing Point, Radiator, Attack Of The Grey Lanterns, In It For The Money, Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space, When I Was Born For The 7th Time, and of course the fantastic two that you mentioned above. What a year for albums!
All the new "post punk revival" and windmill scene could be an artistic peak again, this year we've got BNCR's ants from there, black midi's hellfire, Wu-Lu's Loggerhead, the upcoming Courting Album... There's a lot of great music coming out of britain now and I advice anybody that has interesst in Radiohead to take a listen.
Please could you stop the noise? I'm trying to get some rest From all the unborn chicken Voices in my head What's that? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) What's that? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) When I am king You will be first against the wall With your opinion Which is of no consequence at all What's that? (I may be paranoid, but no android) What's that? (I may be paranoid, but no android) Ambition makes you look pretty ugly Kicking and squealing Gucci little piggy You don't remember, you don't remember Why don't you remember my name? Off with his head, man Off with his head, man Why don't you remember my name? I guess he does Rain down, rain down Come on rain down on me From a great height From a great height Height Rain down, rain down Come on rain down on me From a great height From a great height Height Rain down, rain down Come on rain down on me That's it, sir You're leaving The crackle of pigskin The dust and the screaming The yuppies networking The panic, the vomit The panic, the vomit God loves his children God loves his children, yeah
This song became a favorite of mine at the right moment in my life. I think im gonna listen to this specific performance a lot. Something about this performance just scratches all the right parts of my brain.
I still remember seeing Radiohead in the '90s for the first time. They are such a great live band. I couldn't believe Thom's voice was even more beautiful live.
I’m almost 60 years old, I haven’t been blown away from listening to a track since “ Brighton Rock” from Queen in 1974 . Honestly I’ve played this video consistently for 2 days, there’s a “Mash up” from various songs over the years but , you have your stamp on this……Total Total Respect 🙏🏻
I was on a 500 mile drive by myself and found this CD in the crack between the seats. Had no idea what it was and listened to it all the way through. Religious experience.
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It's crazy that this song is 27 years old now and it still feels ahead of it's time compared to modern rock bands
What modern rock bands, I'm kidding but I'm almost not. Band as we knew then ( ruling the charts ) simply don't exist as they once did.
Radiohead It is unique and remains so, it will be a matter of time to see something like this
🤘🤘
That's what makes OK Computer so good is the fact it holds more relevance today than it did in 1997.
It doesnt hold more
How does someone even COME UP with these chord progressions? Radiohead is something else man…
Mad isn’t it, so talented, likely Jonnys work in the main. Can see why the bbc gave him the job of their in house orchestral arranger or something like that.
Listen to his score from there will be blood, incredible.
Horror vacui which is on here is brilliant .
8-BitRyan??
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your post really stuck a chord with me
theres talent and then theres TALENT I suppose....
I agree, it’s all about the chords and chilling melodies for me with Radiohead
As a Deaf person, I'm using a tubular sound bar to feel the music.... The rhythm of the bass, climax of the whole sound is just simply outstanding
question from a person who's never experienced this, can you distinguish different instruments and stuff? how's it feel? awesome that being deaf doesn't stop you from enjoying good music!
It's so original it sounds like a joke. Can you tell us more about it? it's fascinating
wow that's interesting, thank you for sharing
Sound? Did you forget you’re deaf 💀🙏
@@supdog8786 that’s mean and silly ! If he tells that he can feel it, he knows it better than everyone else no ?
Thom going for that 90s software engineer dad on vacation look
lmfao
lmfao
Still better than the man bun he rocks nowadays.
Or 90s movie hacker
😆
This was my generation's Bohemian Rhapsody. It's just such a ridiculously incredible song.
Bohemian Rhapsody sucks, this, on the other hand, is fantastic.
@@thetumans1394 Behave. It's one of the best known songs ever written but it apparently sucks. It's an anthem.
@@thetumans1394 You can like both you don't have to automatically hate the other.
@@jaydenwhitlen1489 I know, I don't disagree. All I was saying is that I think Bohemian Rhapsody massively sucks as a hunk of pretentious, over the top and generally garbage music (extend that to all of Queen and similar bands of their bloated kind), and that it is wrong to compare Radiohead's amazing work to such drivel.
@@thetumans1394 You don’t exactly come across as an intellectual. On the contrary your statement just sounds foolish and pretentious. I’m a Radiohead fan myself, but people like you make me not want to associate with the RH community.
The "Rain Down" segment is one of the greatest musical compositions of all time in my opinion, but this is further amplified by the sheer perfection of this live performance. Truly remarkable.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤🙏
@@irenemcintosh7385 God loves his children -- the bridge.
Recently starting listening to Radiohead again and 100% agree.
3:27
This song certainly could be one of the greatest rock songs of all time, though you must bear in mind that Radiohead borrowed lots from other influences. Radiohead are actually a very humble band who perceive their influences' music to be far more intellectual than their own. They borrow lots from other genres such as classical music, avant-garde jazz, progressive rock etc., all of which use extremely advanced compositional technique. I wouldn't say this is one of the greatest compositions of all time, though definitely one of the greatest of its own time.
Johnny's guitar playing is just insane. No histrionics, no flamboyance, just pure focus and epic, epic shredding. I love it.
Johnny? What about Thom?
@@ChuckWasHere Thom's a fine guitarist but I'm sure even he'd admit that Jonny is a different level.
Indeed but how bout that organ work he's doing during the slower part as well. The guy is so incredibly talented... And yes thom and is equally as talented but on a whole nother level.
Johnny is beyond that, he even plays a fucking T.V live.
@@pmop34 I can't remember what song it was but there's a song where he plays guitar while hitting keys on a synth with the head of the guitar. It's very difficult to pull off but he does it flawlessly
this is one of the greatest songs of all time
you are absolutely right.
You are correct
I know similar comments are probably made by every band's fans in their comments sections but the thing is this one is true
yes.
You are not wrong.
Now I get why Radiohead is legendary. This sounds even better than a studio version!
Every member of the band is so talented
A part small mistakes that all musicians make while performing live. It's like the record.
There’s no other band as talented really ❤
Sometimes I just think about the fact that they all went to middle school together, and I just...I mean, legitimately truly 5 of the best at their instruments ever, but not just that, the absolute lack of ego about it all - they made OK Computer and then decided to do an album where all the fellas just made different noises with samplers and shit, and everyone was fine with it because they're all in service of the song. Never gonna be another like them
@@Skoopyghostthis comment makes no sense.
They never made any mistakes and it's actually better than the studio 'record' version.
@@joethelion6016 i actually didnt even realise that this was live till i heard the audience clapping....such a good performance
1997. I was homeless. Living in a park in Munich. One day I thought I was dying. This song was being played on a ghetto blaster by someone. Lying in the park grass, hearing this, thinking I was dying. It was perfect. Needless to say. I didn’t die that day. What an incredible piece of music.
I hope you stay good!
thank you for sharing a gloomy unconventional experience of yours. i hope you’re safe and sound now.
are you sure you didn't die?
Glad you’re still alive and kicking.
hope you're doing better brother man
Everyone plays great on this, but seeing Jonny go from instrument to instrument flawlessly is incredible. He manages to make it back to the Rhodes piano back to his guitar and to the other keyboards without missing a beat.
I agree. He is nothing short of outstanding. He shreds on the guitar and then just pivots over to the piano, guitar dangling from his neck and becomes completely immersed in the music he’s making. It sounds silly but it’s super emotional to witness someone that talented!
Incredible?
Its fascinating watching Jonny run from one instrument to the other during this song, cover multiple parts.
Yes! The whole performance is incredible from everyone, but Jonny looks like a mad wizard here, running back and forth and absolutely pulling the entire song together.
He is a wizard~
the way he switches from denying the genocide in gaza to pretending to forget palestine exists 🔥
@@ezn7182 Putting the decades-long weight of a conflict over a musician that has no control whatsoever over the situation is moronic, tells alot about your misguided priorities and serves no purpose. Don't worry, keep fighting the good fight against radiohead and jonny greenwood, tomorrow they themselves will turn Palestine and the entire middle east into a paradise lmao gtfo
As a guitar player obviously johnny's parts are amazing....but this song clearly shows how underatted thom is as guitar player...they ain't easy chords and there are a LOT of them.....and they carry the whole song...it's just amazing...the whole thing is a fuckn masterpiece
the rhythm part is actually probably the most difficult to play, there is a lot of stretching going on.
Rick Beato did an analysis on it, and it's damn hard (for me anyway).
Don't forget Ed - his textural rhythm parts underneath Thom and Jonny tie the whole thing together harmonically.
There's a first for everything and this is the first time I've ever heard anybody say Thom's guitar playing is underrated...
@@ademcfade A better way or wording it would have been "not appreciated enough"
They say "Never meet your heroes" but I met Ed O'Brien once and he is genuinely one of the nicest human beings I've ever met in my life! 😄
I used to live 5 mins walk away from Thom; we used to catch the same bus sometimes, even when he was super famous, still got the bus into town
I met both thom and jonny. Jonny signed my pre revolution Iran’s flag he really got interested about the flag and as he was signing other peoples things too and not talking at all but as soon as i told him that if he could sign my pre revolution flag he started asking me questions about the flag and even the fabric and the material of the flag ahahaha he used both terms. He was reallyyy nice i also told thom how much his music means to me and how much it has changed my life and he was smiling. Such a great night
he looks like a huge teddy bear plushie 😭😭😭 (in the best way possible)
I don't say this lightly but those that witnessed this in the studio, probably saw the greatest live music track ever recorded in the TV era so far.
Sounds a bit all over the place ... maybe my mind isn't ready for radiohead
Dave Grohl was there, he agrees
@@Bonobo1974 nobody needs dave grohl's seal of approval. for anything. thx tho
@@DanielBoonelight wdym
@@BennieDuck he's saying dave is overrated but for some reason oft sought out for his opinion, if i may take the liberty
It’s the second or so of stunned silence before the crowd starts cheering that gets me. Like they (understandably) can’t believe what they’ve just seen.
Yes,dumbstruck at the utter brilliance of this performance.Sublime.
You can just hear Dave Grohl shout "yeah!"
i dont wanna ruin the romantic side of those 2 secs, but i think that audience was muted so that they won't interrupt the recording, and got unmuted just as the song ended
@@piotrasolo Normally I'm a cynic but I disagree with you on this, you hear them erupt after someone shouts yeah.
@@DS-qu2rs agreed but I also think that the abrupt ending surprised everyone at the time
I still believe this is one of the greatest live performances ever..I mean the "Rain Down" segment and the blending of Ed O'Briens vocals with Thom's and Johnny's guitar and everything..it's a masterpiece...
It's out of key tbh
Yeah they probably should have auto-tuned it.
Maybe you should drop the mic
Thanks to the studio crew at bbc for capturing this perfectly
Well worth the licence fee.
So sorry for the band that had to play right after them
I think World Party played just before them and they also gave an excellent performance. Was a good line up on this one
I heard foo fighters played here
@@marvindroid3865 yes, it was Foo Fighters
@@RockyStradlin there’s an interview with Dave Grohl where he discusses experiencing this performance
I think it was foo fighters. Dave grohl actually said that this was one of the greatest performances he had ever seen and that OK computer was ground breaking.
The end section when Thom is screaming into the microphone is wonderful. Even his screams are perfectly structured. What a performance.
his scream in glasto 1997 is better imo
When I first heard this album I didn’t think it would be possible to perform it live , I didn’t realise it was so rooted in a foundation of instrumentation, believing it had to have come from a computer , was never so happy to be wrong , and that is why they are geniuses.
Yup, and not just nailing it live, but this version is even BETTER !!!
It sounds better than album.
Can't even imagine what it must've been like when you first listened to Kid A then LOL
well it's probably better if they have a whole orchestra but this version's amazing
Audio engineer deserves a shoutoot
No kidding! Everything I’ve ever heard from this show sounds incredible!
Also the camera work, the lighting, the director... all top notch
@@anecann it’s the BBC, always top quality production values!
wish ed's guitar is louder
How can a song that you've heard 20 or 30 times give you chills and a huge smile on your face every time?
Only 30 times? lol
Has to be 100's. I've had the cd since it's original release.
Only 100?@@seanmerchant3678
All these years later, this still gives me the shivers. My 15 year old has just discovered Radiohead...all those incredible albums to discover.
The beauty of this band;is that they are completely timeless...they are similar to a classical composer-Mozart/Beethoven,etc....
i'm 19 and just found about their music, and my dad showed me this song! so excited to look into more!
Throw a little Portishead his way while you're at it. Belissimo!
i discovered radiohead last summer, and i recently turned 16. me and my dad have talked about them nonstop since, its really brought us closer. cheers to you and your kid
I’m a similar age and I’m just starting to get into Radiohead and so far ok computer is one of the best albums I’ve ever heard.
One of the best performances of Paranoid Android.
probably the best one
@@arathvillegas2906 I really like the versions from 2000 or 2001. Thom had this slight “tiredness” to his voice, which somehow made all of the OK Computer songs better. His voice is beautiful in these versions of Paranoid Android; far prefer them to the album version, if I’m being honest. (I have a huge love for the Warrington 2000 gig, amazing)
@@arathvillegas2906 if you haven’t yet, you should listen to the BBC evening session one from 1997-05-28… mindblowing stuff. it also happens to have been only 3 days before this performance here (but it’s very unique)
@@arathvillegas2906 ua-cam.com/video/8qL4ZFwHrv4/v-deo.html
Fuck yes it is
ok props to whoever did the lighting and set up the stage bc everything looks so dope like it perfectly encapsulates the feeling you get when you listen to this album
Is literally how they always have their lights set up lol
@@edwinchavez4581and your point is, d i c k h e a d?
*since this set in 1997@@edwinchavez4581
This is the kind of song you think it must disappoint when played live. How did they manage to get this to sound awesome, I have no idea!
well, most of the backing vocals were recorded, so that helps on the choral bit
@@tomgeorgearts Yep.....dont like that fact......one must then ask what else was frefab?
Took the Band two years to work out how to play it live.
Nigel Godrich.
I do . They are professional musicians with great talent.
Imagine watching this live on TV as a 15 year old...That was me and it changed my life
Same, I was 21
Same for me. I had just heard it from my friends copy of the album and this was the first time seeing it played live. I was 15, I can never forget what it did to me.
Was 20 as well. Already a big fan but this was unreal
I'm 15 and this is my first time hearing this version. I feel exactly the same
I watched this as a 16 year old, and the Glastonbury 1997 gig live (albeit on the telly)
And I can absolutely tell you it changed my musical direction completely, it was fucking unreal
It's utterly insane how incredibly perfect this live performance is. Living legends.
that 'rain down' bridge is just about one of the most haunting and beautiful things i've ever heard in my life.
Faultless!! When Dave Grohl sits and watches in complete awe then you know you've nailed it. Probably the greatest live performance in history!!!
I’m not sure what Dave Grohl has to do with this performance. When this song came out Dave wasn’t the world rockstar that he is now.
I feel like your mixing timelines a little bit. Like you can’t say “the Beatles knew they made it because Dave Grohl sit and watched in complete awe.”
@@jamezason Uh, wasn't he the most famous drummer of the 90's quite possibly? Nirvana?
@@jamezason Theres this interview snippet on yt where dave grohl says he saw it live and was in awe
Dave Grohl 😂
@@jamezason lol what? in 1997 was already super famous because of Nirvana and likely was in the audience because he was promoting "the colour and the shape" that just came out... and like someone mentioned he brought it up an interview with Jools Holland.
actually when the rain down part , im crying
Hi I Recommend a song that's called 'The Bond Villain' by Robert Nix
Watching this reminds me that when Ok Computer came out, they were light years ahead of every other band.
I saw them and Took in the same month. Before 9/11, I saw Radiohead, a month later I saw Tool, and Took was a lot better, but I still love Radiohead to this day.
I'd lose my mind if Tool and Radiohead had a show together
@@justindaffin5442 different time’s of the same year within a month, and different time’s in history. Before 9/11 and a little bit after. Weird time after.
King Crimson in the early 80's (Discipline, Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair) are pretty advanced, imaginative, textured, and complete, as well.
@@jmarty1000 sad they got booed every shoe except when they played with Tool
This version is so fucking good it's better than the studio version I wish I could liqueify it and inject it in myself
😂😂😊
Woah
so true
It's *much* better than the studio recording
Only missing the beep beeps
That bloody mechanical precision from Johnny Greenwood, playing such a chaotic, frenetic solo like that PRECISELY as it was recorded. Incredible.
One of the greatest guitar solos of all frickin time. So good it had to be in 2 parts.
Hi I recommend a song called 'looking into the mirror' By Robert Nix
True, lol
Radiohead is your favorite band’s favorite band.
wrong my favourite bands favourite band is weezer
@@f1zzlest1ckzz22 Have you ever heard Weezer covers Paranoid Android? It seems their favorite band is also Radiohead.
wrong,my favotire band is Radiohead.
@@f1zzlest1ckzz22 Which are you're favorite bands btw? I love weezer too
for me it's the other way around *Magazine* It's my second favorite band and it's Radiohead's favorite band... ._.
Listen to that audience at the end They knew they heard something great. Just then
This performance will be 25 years old in about a week’s time. Time has gone too quickly!
And in 5 years it’ll be 30 years
And then in 10 years it’ll be 35 years
And then in 15 years it’ll be 40 years
Time sure is wild!
It is 25 years old now
@@HansDelli Hmm. I think your comment is not half as clever as you hoped it would be.
@@danielkoschalka3955 you made this comment 2 weeks ago. I just turned 80 yesterday. Time flies!
@@danielkoschalka3955 I don't see how he was trying to be clever? It seemed like an honest observation
Holy Mother of God, that middle section at 2:07 where what they are playing is practically jazz with Colin Greenwood's bass playing and his brother on the Rhodes piano, to then just explode into a full on distorted onslaught where yorke channels out his punk side, "you don't remember, you don't remember". I must have heard this song over 5000 times and it still never ceases to amaze me.
Well said !
THATS IT!!!
WORD
i’m a 15 year old girl watching this for the first time and this is one of the most incredible songs and performances i’ve seen.
Hi I recommend a song called 'The Bond Villain' By Robert Nix
Good job 15 year old girl I reccomend you to start with the bends, great album, a bit more chill
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You don't usually hear a roar like that from the crowd on Jools. They know they just witnessed something special.
I was thinking the same thing.
A second of stunned silence followed by rapturous applause
The crowd was like "wait wtf just happened"
You forget how much each member is adding to each section and the little details and that tie it all together, including the bits where they aren't playing.
jonny running back and forth between two pianos and his pedalboard lmao
So crazy that Colin on bass is only in it for like one second. He always stands right next to the drummer. ✌🏼
I taught one band member’s kid and he asked if he could play ukulele for our play. One of the best days ever.
Tom's vocals are so amazing. Possibly the best live performance I've ever seen.
Side note: Props to Jools Holland for singlehandedly gifting us with an endless amount of epic live performances. Thank you Jools!
Amen
Yes!!!!!😊
it's about as far from singlehandedly as you could get haha
@@Ovenman940
Nah
@@patton303 there are 10 hands playing instruments alone
The amount of effort they put into this live performance is amazing.
Mezmorizing ❤
yet it seems effortless
Brilliant performance
That's their job
Loved this song the first time I heard it. I thought they'd peaked. I was wrong.
how has no one commented on how fresh everyone looks here? bono shades yorke in the baggy camo pants with chunky ass shoes (what are those shoes???) and Ed wearing jordans and jonny refusing to wear men's t-shirts. they were really just naturally hitting a peak here and it shows in how well all of it has held up thru the test of time.
exactly
drip
May I please get a time stamp for these "jordans"?
If you wear uncool clothes it will be cool in 20 years time that’s how it works
i want those shoes
One of the best live performances ever. Jaw dropping.
Finally in 1080p HD.
This version deserves it.
It's never shown now but the reaction of the other artists on the show after PA is finished is quite something. A mix of WTF was that and HTF do we follow that! Iconic.
Foo Fighters were there weren't they? Looking stunned.
@@キラキラくりくり頭link?
@@noonereally_3255 just putting this here for the link when someone finds it
@@Daniel-om4ce yes
@@キラキラくりくり頭 I was actually specifically looking for that in this video, I guess they cut it just before.
ed's backing vocal in the raindown part is spot on and beautiful♥️
"When I am King .... - you will be first against the wall."
Man this is the coolest line ever
I really like the acoustic guitar at the start and the electric guitar backing it up matches perfectly, also the soft drum play is hypnotic, bass line so smooth
Not just a song but a work of art
all songs are art
This is the single most amazing live performance for a band that I have ever seen in my life. A masterpiece of a song performed to perfection! 👏 👏 👏
It’s actually unreal how excellent this performance is ❤😮
It was crazy back then when this band started another revolution....
So you know nothing about music bro. Radiohead is a really great band but this live performance doesn't even touch Deep Purple in the 70s.
It's amazing how much the guitars sound like a piano during the chorus.
what chorus?
@@robinsonner5461 The “what’s this” part.
Do they use a Mellotron there?
@@naturalnashuanI think it’s just two clean guitars doubling the notes at different octaves, gives it the fullness of piano notes.
@@MarionRelics Ed uses an octave pedal for that part
radiohead is one of the only bands that you can blindfold someone, play the live version of a song and then the real one and they will be clueless as to which one is real
This has to be my favorite version of this song. Everything about it is perfect, the setting, the graffiti, the energy, each members performance. This is the perfect video. just love it so much
Remember watching this when I was a teenager. I'd never heard anything like it. Amazing
So impressed and excited to know they could do it live.
not only probably the greatest live performance of all time, the audio capture and filming cut is outstanding too
❤
Pure Genius
I remember watching it at the time and being blown away on my living room chair
The first time I heard this I was a melancholy 16 y/o. At 41 now it still resonates for the same and completely different reasons. I appreciate it so much more now, and I'm so sad that I've become so emotionally calloused with age
From a great height...
From a great height...
I love EVERYthing about this song. Hearing this live is nothing short of transcendent.
In 1997 this album was like an atomic bomb. I worshipped this album for months.
I still am in 2024
The fact that the song has been covered by all sorts, choirs, youth orchestras, etc says it all. Classic.
Easy Star All Stars do the whole album. Radiodread. Really cool
@@scottcraig5640 Hah i listen to Readiodread while I'm sleeping, their Airbag is so good
@@akf2000 the whole album is so well done.
The most fascinating fact here is that for 99% of the bands to come up with a song like Paranoid Android it means literally a Milestone. It'll be the best accomplishment ever. The peak of a musical career 'Impossible' not to descend artistically after a composition like this. While for Radiohead was just another good song. That's why for me they shouldn't get typecast as the Pink Floyd of our time. For me, they're more alike The Beatles. Where The catalogue of albums and songs is so good, varied and evolutive that you just cannot pick a favorite song among all them. Not easily (an album either)
They've defined a favorite different album for at least 3 different generation most cases. Therefore If you want to talk about their best songs. When their best music was done. You need to name an album to start with to come up with a conclusion. And if that weren't enough. In paralell we have Thom Yorke making The Eraser, Anima and Suspiria OST which is like...ok..yeap...
Radiohead is just too hard to compliment to. So I'll just play a song and chill whilst clic here and send this block of thoughts to you.
radiohead walks into chat with - daydreaming
Well that's why they get compared to pink floyd. Pink floyd are equally as amazing in that they made the dark side of the moon and then went on to make wywh, abitw and animals all of which are arguably even better which no1 thought was possible after the dark side of the moon.
@@headphoneman10 Love Pink Floyd but I wouldn't say they broke as much stylistic ground as The Beatles or Radiohead did with each album. Not to the same extent at least.
@@shortyrags I don't know, pink floyd had a really creative spell with 5 separate albums from 1972-1979. Animals is a masterpiece.
@@dylanwesley3964 Agreed 100%. But I didn't say the 5 album run wasn't creative. It most certainly was. I just don't think the albums themselves differed that much stylistically in terms of tones, timbres and orchestration. Of course each album has its own identity, but the Pink Floyd sound is kind of characterized by that run of albums. If someone asked me to name the Beatles sound or the Radiohead sound, I feel it'd be a little tougher to pinpoint it.
Those guitar sections from 03:13 to 03:20 and 05:40 to 05:48 are utterly amazing.
I think it's called syncopation 😬
It’s actually a 7/4 time signature which is why it sounds slightly disjointed!
@@gaxamillion_ As a classical chorister it sounds synchopated to me, we'd call it contrapuntal
@@lesblack8996 could be both, interesting either way :)
@@gaxamillion_ Indded.
This live performance is the best I've seen of this song, it's unbelievably accomplished.
One of the greatest albums ever written, the 90’s version of DSOTM!
Punk Floyd
I can't believe how awesome they perform this song live. Just nailed it.
Believe it or not, this is the first Radiohead song that I have listened to from start to finish,
to say that I am impressed is an understatement.
wish i could live in this video forever. thom's voice is so much more expressive and beautiful in this performace than the studio version and jonny's guitar is especially satisfying. crazy how they could pull this off so well live.. seriously better than the album version
One of the greatest ever live performances ever to grace a stage to one of the best albums ever created. They hit this to prefection.
David Grohl said he experienced music revolution in real time watching this performance.
Radiohead AND Spurs, You legend. SH
@@mattking68 👌
This is a masterpiece. On a different level. To anything
Was in art school in '97 and remember buying Ok Computer and The Verve's Urban Hymns in the space of two weeks. Jesus, what a year! British music probably won't see that sort of artistic peak ever again.
1997 was an incredible year for British music. Tellin’ Stories, Blur, The Fat Of The Land, Portishead, Vanishing Point, Radiator, Attack Of The Grey Lanterns, In It For The Money, Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space, When I Was Born For The 7th Time, and of course the fantastic two that you mentioned above. What a year for albums!
All the new "post punk revival" and windmill scene could be an artistic peak again, this year we've got BNCR's ants from there, black midi's hellfire, Wu-Lu's Loggerhead, the upcoming Courting Album... There's a lot of great music coming out of britain now and I advice anybody that has interesst in Radiohead to take a listen.
Thanks, I'm the art school type. I'll check out The Verve's album. I recommend They Might Be Giants, especially the "Lincoln" and "Flood" albums.
What a fucking year to be a music obsessed 13 year old. My Blur and OK Computer CDs were completely worn out.
I dunno what you're talking about. The Brit school is pumping out ALL the CORKERS these days!
Please could you stop the noise?
I'm trying to get some rest
From all the unborn chicken
Voices in my head
What's that?
(I may be paranoid, but not an android)
What's that?
(I may be paranoid, but not an android)
When I am king
You will be first against the wall
With your opinion
Which is of no consequence at all
What's that?
(I may be paranoid, but no android)
What's that?
(I may be paranoid, but no android)
Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking and squealing Gucci little piggy
You don't remember, you don't remember
Why don't you remember my name?
Off with his head, man
Off with his head, man
Why don't you remember my name?
I guess he does
Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height
Height
Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height
Height
Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me
That's it, sir
You're leaving
The crackle of pigskin
The dust and the screaming
The yuppies networking
The panic, the vomit
The panic, the vomit
God loves his children
God loves his children, yeah
thank you so much🗿
Radiohead's masterpiece
And they have many.
Definitely the greatest ever live performance on this show, ever!
I was never that impressed. It always felt like a bunch of different radiohead songs jammed together. Sad really, this was the start of the decline. .
@@jamesmaybrick2001
Part of me is like "what did you say?"
Other part of me totally respects it 😂😂😂
Very interesting opinion either way
Incredible to pull this off live. Phenomenal job is an understatement.
Hard to believe this was 27 years ago.
The peculiar thing about Radiohead is that they seem to be individual musicians who happen to work as a group. And the result is amazing.
Very true.
I am amazed that this is so close to the studio version I did not think you could do this song live
This song became a favorite of mine at the right moment in my life. I think im gonna listen to this specific performance a lot. Something about this performance just scratches all the right parts of my brain.
So many phenomenal performances on Jools' programme
Seeing this performance renewed my faith in humanity. As long as there are people like these guys, there's hope...
04:37 almost brought a tear to my eye, just beautiful 💙🖤💙
To be another musician in the studio watching that performance must have been like the first time Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck saw Jimi Hendrix.
It's such an energetic performance, sparks fly! As close to perfection as it gets.
What can you say? They were absolutely fucking spectacular here. It was a privilege to watch this when first broadcast.
1:06 is my favourite part of the song, I'm always excited to hear it. It sounded perfect, once again
I still remember seeing Radiohead in the '90s for the first time. They are such a great live band. I couldn't believe Thom's voice was even more beautiful live.
Never in my life has a 6 minute song felt this short. I've ascended a foot in the air listening to this.
I’m almost 60 years old, I haven’t been blown away from listening to a track since “ Brighton Rock” from Queen in 1974 . Honestly I’ve played this video consistently for 2 days, there’s a “Mash up” from various songs over the years but , you have your stamp on this……Total Total Respect 🙏🏻
This is one of the greatest live performances I’ve ever seen. Jools is a very lucky man having this level of performance on his show.
I was on a 500 mile drive by myself and found this CD in the crack between the seats. Had no idea what it was and listened to it all the way through. Religious experience.
This song is high on my afterlife playlist, accompanying me on the infinite journey to distant stars and beyond. 💜
This live version is unbelievable,the best i have seen and i have seen alot...
My history teacher, gym instructor, computer teacher, math teacher, and english teacher decided to make a band
Ed is definitely the History teacher
My grandson who is not yet 3yrs old has watched this video many times and now requests I play it for him.
Quality transcends generations.
I have to know what he called it when he asked to see it
@@akf2000 'Play radiohead'