Paranoid Android (acoustic Radiohead cover) - Mike Massé and Jeff Hall 

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HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT.

An acoustic cover of the un-coverable and that's all the applause they received? I'm going to hope that was stunned silence.

As someone that has played professionally for 20 years with great success, I would never have attempted this classic song purely because it is so technically difficult. But you guys nailed it - I am in awe!

Our arrangement is based somewhat on an acoustic version I heard him do. So I'm sure there would be "no surprises" for him if he heard it.

Without exception the greatest cover of this song anywhere in the world

Like, if i walked into my local Pizza joint to order a Pizza and this happened, i would most probably just drop on the floor in fetal position. There is no way i would be taking a pizza home. I would however stay and drink many beers. My god these two are amazing!!!!!

11 years.. I STILL come back on a regular basis and am STILL impressed every time! Bravo, Sir!

The most amazing part of this performance is that Paranoid Android is normally played by a 5 piece. Not just a 5 piece, but a 5 piece with several of the 5 musicians playing multiple instruments as the song goes along. It's so impressive how they captured all the primary dynamics of the song with just two musicians using 1 very basic layer of equipment each. Excellent musicianship here.

On the 'Paranoid Android' wikipedia page, you're the first listed cover for the song!!

What cracks me up is the venue. I always imagine the camera reversing, and seeing a bunch of people eating pizza with their chins on the floor. I damn well know if I went out to eat pizza and this happened I'd be sitting there with my chin on the floor.

When I was a kid, I always thought the lyrics went "This shirt makes you look pretty ugly" Awesome cover of an awesome Radiohead song.

Your performance of the 'Rain Down' section might've been more beautiful than the actual song

Hi Mike - I've been a Radiohead fan since seeing them at a small gig before they shot to fame in the 90's, and have had a lifelong obsession with them ever since. They're very dear to my heart and have featured as pretty much the soundtrack to my entire life. I've seen loads of covers of various songs of theirs over the years and no one has ever come close to doing their work justice - until now. Honestly, not only are you a talented musician and vocalist, but your arrangement and execution of this track - one of the greatest songs ever written in the modern rock era - is nothing short of staggering and breath taking. I had Goosebumps pretty much the entire way through and i can't think of a better compliment than this. Amazing.

I am not a professional musician (or at least not anymore) but I have been playing the guitar for 25 years and went to college studying electric bass. I have played that tune with a friend a couple of years ago and it is extremely difficult to play this song giving it its soul. Not only the voice but the instrument dynamics in the different parts are important. The small transition at 2:49 is the most difficult part to render when only acoustic. The whole song was done masterfully. Jeez, these people at that pizzaria have just no clue how awesome these 2 guys are and the quality of the performance they have just witnessed.

Whenever I need musical inspiration I come to this guy. Never fails

I love how Mike and company are super respectful of the original music yet puts just enough of his own personality into every cover.

Never knew an acoustic cover of this song could be done till I watched this.

BEST COVER EVER OF THIS SONG

Wow, just WOW!!! This is one of the best, if not THE best, covers of this song I have ever heard! The craziest thing about it is...you're playing in a FUCKN PIZZERIA!!! And the dude on the bass totally killed the vocals in the third section!

the quality of the audio is amazing for a youtube video that was released in 2009

Almost anyone can play Radiohead decently, but to sing the song so well is an accomplishment.

Mike, I’ve been a fan for many, many years, and listen to your live streams to this day (was with you for 252 the other day). This is the best thing you ever did.

I watch this every month as like, an emotional and mental reset. You're doing life right man. Keep it up. This is really astonishing.

Sir, im here 15 years late. Youre great

I have no idea how many times I've watched this video since discovering it! Makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up each and every time. Beautiful

There's alot of talent in the world that goes unrecognized my friend..and yours is one.

Perhaps the greatest, stripped down, acoustic cover song I have ever heard in my life. The vocals are beyond amazing! Mike ... you da man!

When you're probably the best cover artist of all time.

Fuck me I wasn't expecting those harmonies during the "Rain down" section like I stopped what I was doing

This is INSANE!! How're you doing this?? It's all there! THERE'S ONLY TWO OF YOU!!! Astonishing. Wonderful. Lovely stuff.

Your voice is just... amazing!

This is an absolutely exceptional work of glorious art.

I hope these guys know how much my family is obsessed with this video. They hit it out of the ballpark.

If i would've heard this without watching the video, I could swear was made by at least three guys in a professional studio. Just brilliant.

This was awesome! I was really hoping the guy on bass was going to kick in with "I may be paranoid, but I am no android" though.

I must have commented on this a decade ago from a different account. I rolled through all these comments to show my friends I know about the brilliance of Mike a decade ago, but there are too many. Just playing an absurd Radiohead cover better than anyone on earth in a pizza place while clueless people gnaw on pepperoni. Legend.

I'm a lifelong Radiohead fan and I must say that was really great, I wasn't expecting such a good performance.

alright, alright, I've been watching covers of this song for an hour now and this is the greatest one ever! woooo!!

This is so beautiful. I keep coming back to it again and again.

Finally sat down to learn this piece start to finish and saw this. Jesus, that was about as perfect a performance as you can get. Wow

I give up ever trying to play this song om guitar again. I'll never get it anywhere near this dude. Not much really AMAZES me musically on youtube these days but holy crap. 👍 👍 👍

i love this cover more than the original

Wow, huge props, guys. And while you're both spot on I have to say, Jeff Hall, your backing vocals during the song's amazingly lush and melancholic bridge is so perfect. Without it the whole performance would have a gaping hole but you both hit this out of the park together.

You make this so rich and full, its hard to believe it's acoustic. You blew my mind at 3:10, so good.

This is even better than his stand up. Awesome fucking cover of such a great song.

This is elite.

Man, Mike gotta do some videos explaining his vocal techniques or how he got his voice solid like that. Anyone agree? Or even you Mike !?

It’s crazy when you discover a video over 13 years old that’s amazing. One of the best acoustic covers of this great Radiohead song

Totally fucking amazing .... One of the best videos on the internet

Wow, what a voice. Can't believe I haven't found these on RU-vid before.

I almost cried at the bridge, you guys are great!

Still by far the best Radiohead covers in existence. I won’t hear different. 👏

Hands down, you two are the best cover band I have EVER seen, and trust me I have seen A LOT!

wtf??? that was 9998/10000 in terms of perfection. that's perfect. if i'd heard it on a jukebox i'd assume it was a radiohead accoustic version. well done. almost unbelievable.

Dude this really kicks ass. I would have never thought this could be covered this well with just two people. It's time for me to learn this too! I can only imagine the look on people's faces when you busted this one out. #MindsBlown

This may be the best cover video I ever saw on RU-vid

that was a goddamn perfect cover..

Still one of the best covers I've ever heard.....absolutely incredible and amazing that it's two guys singing, a bass, and an acoustic guitar!

You should do a Radiohead cover of "There, There" !

AMAZING!!!!!

What a voice! I had to click the like button in the 30 seconds mark haha

You guys are great. love to hear you!

if you were only playing,this one would be already the most awesome cover of this one in youtube,but with that singing....MAN YOU MAKE IT BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL!!!

The way Jeff hit that low note at 3:25 is legendary

These guys are so fucking good plus they know how to mix their shit!

Blown away. Brought me to tears.

Mike Masse ... You are AWESOME. Finally, there's someone up here that truly loves this song as much as it should be loved. Passion. Easily one of the best songs ever made. You sing and perform it so well. Keep up the EXCELLENT covers.

Absolutely best cover ever. very clear and strong voice

Ridiculously good.

What I love about this performance (and those like it) is that it shows that great songs/performances don't need full bands, autotune, DJs.. you just need a great singer(s) and one or two well played instruments (and a great song). Too bad Radiohead never did an unplugged... this performance makes me jonez for one. Oh- and great video. Thanks for the upload of a great performance. My coworkers are wondering why I am all teary eyed now. I need to go jack up my 4x4 or add an LED light bar or something to balance this out.

Divine gifted voice dude.

This. Is. Unreal. I'm scared to say your voice rivals or surpasses that of Thom yorke....😮❤

Best Radiohead cover that I've ever heard. My favorite song; my favorite band...so I know what I'm talking about..lol. Great job guys from Nova Scotia.

I always nut when i hear the backup vocals in the ”that’s it sir, you’re leaving” part. It is so well put together, and you guys nailed it

"Paranoid Android" 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!

I can't describe how beautiful this was!

I cruise around youtube a bit and listen to covers of favorite songs of mine; even the bad ones I appreciate. This cover is absolutely, ridiculously, far and above the best I've heard of any cover. Wow.

wow wow wow ,,,,,,AMAZING,.,,,,,BEST COVER ON INTERNET,,,,,CONGRATS

Man, your covers are so awesome.... I'm looking at every single one of them. So much work... so much precision and fidelity to the original... You deserve just as much respect, which means A LOT

Wow, I never thought an acoustic version would have done justice to this song until now. Brilliant.

holy shitballs

The crowd didn't appreciate how awesome that was!

Still the best acoustic cover of this song, entering 2019.

I stumbled on these guys by accident last weekend somehow and they are the best find I've come across on youtube period.

This sits right next to Thom. Good job, my vocal chords hurt when I try to hit those notes and you sir are just flawless.

Saw your show here in Montreal a couple of weeks ago at "La Tulipe". It was great watching you play "solo" all these great tunes you play on RU-vid. I'm the dude that screamed out "Play Paranoid Android" since you were taking requests. Thank you for playing it. I almost have it down for my next Open Mic. It was great meeting you after the show!Thanks for coming to Mtl !

My band 20+ years ago never ventured to play this Radiohead song. Now that I have more time on my hands and you’ve done such an excellent cover, I may venture to learn and convince my new band to play it.

Excellent cover of an excellent song. Seriously, on point.

No way should that cover of been played in a bar. Wow man, my favourite ever song and you owned it

That was the best Paranoid Android cover i've ever heard. Wow. ❤️

I struggled between watching the whole video and pausing it to subscribe. I’ve seen a lot of good covers of this, and I think this one was easily the best. Amazing!

You Sir have Nailed it!! I am listening to it for the Nth time back to back and I have goosebumps. God speed!

One of the most talented American musicians I have ever seen on RU-vid. Needs far more recognition. This is one of the most difficult songs to cover of all time realistically and this lad has nailed it!!

I'm pretty sure this is just Thom Yorke with a "Mission Impossible"-grade mask on.

As soon as he started singing the first phrase (and the high note!), I knew this was going to be incredible. And it was, what a talent I'm inspired. -From another musician

wow mate! Radiohead fan since the beginning and have to say, so impressed with your cover.. Such a complicate song to sing and play. Much respect Geezer!!

These guys are fantastic..

This cover is W O N D E R F U L Especially the sacre part from 3:10

Tough crowd! Lads, that was incredible. Dude, your voice! 🤩🙌👏👏👏👏👏