YES! As per usual this is going to be an absolute masterpiece of in-depth analysis on one of the greatest songs ever written! Thanks David! You Rock! And thanks for being in our video too!
That's a great description. I've always considered this Radiohead's bohemian rhapsody. It's a shame they never went for an epic multi-sectioned song like this later
Some of the stuff they released later on is still accessible... sort of... and proggy leaning towards the electronic part of prog. But I guess if you like their earlier albums you're basically listening to a much different band.
Such a musical masterpiece. At least, I can safely say that I once saw Radiohead live. When Thom started singing "rain down" , by then, it was literally raining down on us. A day that I'd never forget. Thanks, David!
I have always compared Paranoid Android to The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations”. It is truly a pocket symphony and my favorite song from the band. Awesome video.
@@j_murdoch I get where you are coming from, but Bohemian Rhapsody is, well, more like an actual “Rhapsody” than these two pieces. It’s more free in composition as compared to Paranoid Android or Good Vibrations, which still call back musical ideas established in the start of the piece.
This is why I love Radiohead so much. This song is so complicated and intricate, yet whenever you listen to it, you can't help but feel relaxed and calm (in all the sections!). They are the greatest composers in the world, no doubt.
gosh, i think my favourite part of this song is that last chord progression. it feels like an inverse Shepard's tone, constantly falling and falling deeper into despair.
I knew this song was weird, from a theory perspective, but didn’t know HOW weird. Thanks David for the awesome explanation as always!! That Gm/Am move on the first part, and the mirrored move of Cm/Dm in the third part… crazy unintuitive but so beautiful!
Radiohead's feeling for sounds is simply unbelievable. And, the song (like every RH song) is far from being over-produced. Chords, melody, the whole composition speak for itself.
A great analysis! I love your focus on chord progressions. I feel that I’m a bit weak when it comes to those stuff, so your videos really help. Have you ever considered making videos about the arrangements of more classical music? Like the fugue, requiem, sonata, symphony, and string quartet?
thanks for this, david. whether an artist creates with intention or not - and i think usually it’s a combination - i always find the break down fascinating, to see the underlying order and structure, bridging music theory with the unplanned, spontaneous creativity. a mysterious paradox.
Great video! Learning the theory behind a song makes it much more manageable to learn how to play...and this one's been on my list for a while. Thanks!! 😁😁
Thanks for this David. I've always loved this song. It's almost a mini-symphony. There's a fantastic live version on Later with Jools Holland from 1997 here on RU-vid. Also, I've never undestood what a secondary dominant is ... until now. Nice simple explanation, thanks.
While we’re throwing our analysis requests, can I ask for Turn It On Again by Genesis. It’s a song that really shouldn’t be a pop hit but somehow just works.
Thanks for another great song breakdown video. OK Computer and kid a are pretty much the top of my favorite albums list along with Remain in Light and Black Holes and Revelations.
@@DavidBennettPiano I got the weird little man with the hairy armpits lol Great breakdown, btw! Love your explanations, they make it really easy to understand the theory behind it all
Does anyone else interpret the slower tempo section, the "bridge", as having a sort of Shepard's tone effect? It feels like it's constantly descending with each loop and never quite jumps back to the top, even though that obviously can't be the case.
Which thumbnail did you get? Because I'm actually using the new YT function on this video where you can have two different competing thumbnails. I'm interested to see which one you saw!
I first heard this song for the closing credits of one of my favorite anime shows, Ergo Proxy. It is an alternate reality show, I think is in the future and it’s about their robot assistants they call auto-raves and part of the robots contract a virus that gives them consciousness. It’s worth the watch only one season and the English voice acting in my opinion is very good. The closing credit song really puts the show in a neat (imo) perspective. ☺️☺️
this is probably radiohead's most detailed song. there are SO MANY percussive instruments during the first part of the song. and some details you might not notice like the rhodes piano playing during the heavy guitar solo, or thom saying the fourth "beep" during the intro, and the vibraslap during "whats that?"
I remember the first time I heard this song. I was driving in my car in probably December of 1998 and had to pull off the road because my brain was melting. Safety first 😂
Like a lot of good movies I have yet to see, or purposefully sit down to watch, Ima listen to "Paranoid Android" a few times and come back to this breakdown. It's just good to know such resources are available. Radiohead may just become to me what King Crimson once was...only with the option of Mr. Bennett's generous offering of the music theory behind it. Like from the Dutch Masters to the impressionist age.
Paranoid Android is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. It's one of the few examples of contemporary music that will likely still feel interesting and noteworthy to people centuries in the future.
I'm also a huge Radiohead fan too dude, but they aren't the only band to ever do experimental or quirky stuff. They feature super heavily in most of your videos... Paranoid Android is indeed and insanely beautiful and intricate song though. Lots of interesting stuff. I'm more interested in the production which I think is actually far more interesting than the chord progressions, which can be found in other tracks. Wait until you discover the lesser known Beach Boys material! :P
You can find them smattered around the back catalogues of bands like Pink Floyd, CAN, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, Fugazi, David Bowie, Doctors Of Madness to name a few. Listen to the album Tago Mago by CAN. It would be interesting to see what you think of it :) you’ll certainly hear where a lot of their influences come from for the middle era of Radiohead and especially Thom Yorkes other projects like Atoms for Peace and The Smile. As for the Beach Boys stuff, listen to the albums ‘Surf’s Up’ and ‘Love You’. Obviously we all know the brilliance of ‘Pet Sounds’ and ‘The Smile Sessions’ which are insanely intricate but their 70’s stuff is slept on for how mad it is too!
@@diegocuneo9100 I wasn’t trying to start any argument… Introducing people to different ways of writing music and explaining why these changes, melodies and chord progressions work is great. I’ve previously tried but ultimately failed to have a similar platform years ago. It’s just saying that Radiohead aren’t the only ones to come up with a progression or a style or things like that. Not only that but it’s taken a long time for someone like myself to realise the world of music doesn’t revolve around a select few bands like Radiohead or The Beatles (who also were fantastic and I love them, but by no means were the first in everything they did!)
@@DavidBennettPiano I don’t have a specific song in mind but listen to a band called ‘The Cardiacs’ They may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but they are like avant-garde punk-ska-psychedelic-rock. They have insane key changes and chord progressions that are almost impossible to keep track of. Been around since the late 70’s. I’m sure Radiohead would have heard of them on the scene and borrowed ideas. 👌
OK I love this kind of analysis. And this song. (Obviously I knew in a split section it was about this song. It IS obvious!) Probably this is their Magnus Opus, which they released when I was 18 years old. It was also the main album I listened to in the weeks and months after my mom died. And the song is probably one of the main reasons why Radiohead will stick with me 'till the end of times...
OK Comupter is amazing but my favorite album is HTTT But my favorite song is a tie either The National Anthem or Polyethylene The EP how am I Driving is amazing too not a bad song on it
Upon many further listens, trying to find similar stuff, I recalled a song by Françoise Hardy called ‘Rêve’. Listen to the chord progression in that. I wouldn’t mind Radiohead were inspired by the inner movements of that track. Very French classique in feel. 🇫🇷
Even if Radiohead are not comfortable about this tag, for me this is the prog rock masterpiece of the '90s. I remember not liking it the first time and loving it more after each listen. Although the ending still feels too abrupt to me.
Very instructive video thank you ! Any idea on why, according to the couterpoint melody, Ed is not singing backing vocals until the "that's it Sir line" live ?
Paranoid Android, obra-prima do Radiohead, é uma canção episódica de 6 minutos e meio, com mudanças dramáticas de humor, tempo, tonalidade e compasso. A composição é complexa, com progressões harmônicas incomuns e uma textura contrapuntística envolvente. momentos-chave: 00:02 A música 'Paranoid Android' do Radiohead é considerada o principal trabalho da banda, com mudanças intensas de humor, tempo, tom e tempo. A progressão de acordes da música é complexa, movendo-se entre acordes do quarto, sétimo, tônica e sexto grau da escala, criando uma sonoridade única. -A estrutura da música 'Paranoid Android' apresenta um loop de acordes intricado, com variações e inversões inusitadas, criando tensão e dinamismo ao longo da composição. -Além da complexa progressão de acordes, a música realiza uma transição suave para uma nova seção em uma tonalidade diferente, utilizando o acorde E7 como elemento de ligação entre as chaves de G menor e A menor. 02:20 A música apresenta mudanças de humor sinistras, alternando entre acordes menores e maiores, e trocando de ritmo de 4/4 para 7/8, criando um efeito de corte e um aumento progressivo de intensidade até um clímax. -A mudança para o ritmo 7/8 cria uma sensação de encurtamento no final dos compassos, gerando um efeito de disco arranhado até o retorno ao ritmo 4/4. -A transição entre acordes menores e maiores, além da alternância de intensidade, leva a um clímax na progressão da música, destacado pelo acorde de F sustenido. 04:49 A progressão de acordes em Dó menor é analisada, destacando a mudança para Dó Maior e o uso do acorde E como dominante secundário. O vídeo também destaca a resolução incomum do acorde A para C menor em vez de D menor. -Explicação da mudança de tonalidade de Dó menor para Dó Maior na progressão de acordes. -Discussão sobre o acorde E como dominante secundário na tonalidade de Dó menor. -Análise da resolução incomum do acorde A para C menor em vez de D menor na sequência de acordes. 07:07 A progressão de acordes incomuns cria uma sensação de tensão e liberação, resultando em um som único e atraente. A adição gradual de diferentes linhas vocais enriquece a melodia, criando uma trama musical envolvente. -A importância da resolução incomum do acorde A para C menor na criação de tensão musical. -A evolução da melodia com a adição progressiva de novas linhas vocais a cada repetição, formando uma complexa rede de vozes. 09:27 A escrita contrapontística em 'Paranoid Android' do Radiohead demonstra como várias linhas melódicas se entrelaçam para criar harmonia, equilibrando diferentes melodias horizontalmente e verticalmente. -A importância da escrita contrapontística na música e como ela pode criar uma rica textura sonora. -A transição de mood e intensidade na música 'Paranoid Android' com destaque para a mudança para um final frenético de guitarra. Gerado por sider.ai
