Paranoid Android (Radiohead)-Jools Holland-1997 Entire show was just released: www.radiohead.com/library/#ok... (This upload has no monetization, profit whatsoever. All rights and reserves belong to BBC, and Radiohead.)
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 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
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
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 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.
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. :-)
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.. ;)
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
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!
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”.
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
This wasn't some Eccentric Rent Boy's Operatic fantasy but a full band experimenting with extremes such as harmony and dissonance, quite and loud etc. This song does not have Aids!!!
Queen sucked... are you out of your mind!not liking them is your choice and taste, but saying that they sucked.. wow you must be tripping on some foul shit..
Bohemian Rhapsody is overplayed tripe made for the masses... the Queen fanbase is now populated by midlife crisis weirdos and quirky e-thots who think they're special for liking the band cause it's got a gay frontman. Not saying Radiohead hasn't entered the mainstream in any way, but I couldn't even compare them to Queen. The latter is incredibly overrated imo
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!
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
@@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 Coldplay started in the 2000s, dude. This is from 97-98, in reality, there is nothing in those years that compares to the Ok Computer album in the genre of britpop.
@@TheStorehouseOfMemories Ok Computer is not britpop, neither is Urban Hymns by The Verve. These were two albums which established postbritpop - a quite contrary genre with special accent on the musical complication and existential lyrics
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
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 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
The band has always stated how influenced they were by the Pixies with the quiet verse and loud chorus formula...... I think this is Radiohead exploring the limit of that.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
It's incredible to think that Thom was on the verge of a mental breakdown and still managed to deliver such a fantastic performance. I wouldn't have thought that he was nervous in the slightest if it wasn't for How to Disappear Completely.
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.
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.
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.
