@Your Fellow Brother It's not bad, but the album version might actually be perfect. It's maybe their best arranged/produced song ever (I don't necessarily mean the best song they ever wrote, just that they were at the peak of their craft in the studio for A Moon Shaped Pool). Decks Dark is a kaleidoscopic soundscape of ethereal beauty that doesn't even sound like it came from individual instruments. They can't do that live unless they take the backing orchestra with them on tour.
To be fair to Ed I think 99% of being a soundscape guy is doing homework literally all day every day, and then 1% getting on stage and looking like you contribute nothing.
I'm amazed by his quick pedal work. He's double tapping the pedal that makes the "whack" sound, turning it on and off for a single beat, before going back to normal. Dude is skilled.
"A Moon Shaped Pool" for Radiohead is like what "Automatic for the People" was for R.E.M - a late career masterpiece from a band with an already long history of excellence.
The second half of this song, where the tempo & tone change, just hits me like a ton of bricks. They hit a groove I feel deep but can't quite explain. This song is is almost like 2 in one, or some kind of extended intro/ extended outro experiment. it's fantastic & works beautifully
Watch the first episode of Ozark, the Netflix series. At the end of the episode they play Decks Dark fully. The entire episode built up to that moment.
I personally dont like music videos, i feel like it limits the interpretation of the music alone. Whenever there is a music video i like to hear the son alone first then i only see the music video if the song was “meh”
@@booger7720 shout out to Austin Brock. Thanks to his RU-vid channel…there is about a year’s worth of full shows in freaking linear order, by year. Heroic, that guy…:
Was the one that blew me away most in early listens...still love it but love Present Tense, The Numbers and Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor (...) just as much now.
The special edition coming out in September features a second disc with bonus tracks on it, the assumption is that one will be Spectre but there'll be at least one we've never heard before
People often ask me what my favourite Radiohead track is, and my answer is always the same, all of them and none of them. I mean, it’s like choosing your favourite child, can anyone do that? However, Decks Dark does have a tendency to take me to places that very few other tracks can. Every time I hear it, I am drawn into a parallel emotional world that completely separates me from the reality around me. This may be because I have had the darkness come into my life, it was loud, I was helpless and it was not a laugh. Then I listen to Weird Fishes, think of my beautiful, and all is good.
And in your life, there comes the darkness There's a spacecraft blocking out the sky And there's nowhere to hide You run to the back and you cover your ears But it's the loudest sound you've ever heard Now we're trapped, we're dark cloud's people We are helpless to resist In your darkest hour But it was just a laugh, just a lie Just a laugh, just a laugh Even at this angle And so we crumble A 10-ton head, made of wet sand This dread still covers us You've gotta be kidding me The grass grows over me Your face in the glass, in the glass It was just a laugh just a laugh It's whatever you say it is Split infinitive And in your life, there comes the darkness There's a spacecraft blocking out the sky And there's nowhere to hide You run to the back and you cover your ears It's the loudest sound you've ever heard In your darkest hour Have you had enough of me? Have you had enough of me Sweet darling Have you had enough of me? Have you had enough of me? Sweet darling Sweet time Sweet dark Sweet dark
This masterpiece continues the space narrative on 'A Moon Shaped Pool.' Thom uses metaphors of a UFO and extraterrestrial subject matter in order to portray the questions and the darkness surrounding humanity with such downplayed eloquence. The message of realization is captured on a higher level of awareness by the searing guitar of Johnny Greenwood, cracking the "wake up" inside of us all.
It always messes me up whenever I see someone commenting with that thumbnail. My brain always has to do a double take and make sure I didn't already comment on the video and have completely forgotten about it
Radio Head take their rightful place in the pantheon of English musical geniuses. They are the most innovative and prolific band since Pink Floyd. Greatness is a much overused term… but Radio Head are truly great.
You're a lucky person to enjoy it live. I cry listening in my room so who knows what would happen if I was there live. Lol. But i went back to that time stamp you mentioned and everyone was singing at that moment. It's honest-to-god the best part in the song!!!! So besutiful it could bring any person to tears who really likes it!
I've been at loads of concerts and festivals where I've been having a little cry and doing my best to hide it in the crowd. lol The first time I saw Radiohead play Scatterbrain I was in floods. lol
I remember hearing a podcast with Johnny and Yorke talking about this song and how they didn’t like it at first but than they heard the song on Ozark and the way the implemented it to a scene and they actually liked it after that
Radiohead live performances don't feel like other bands live performances at all. In almost every live show I've seen or been to, the crowd is constantly cheering and chanting along with the song, or at least making some kind of noise. But here, everyone seems deeply aware of how personal this music is, and they are in awe. Truly special.
I had no idea his voice was like this or their music was like this... I heard early stuff, but didn't pay much attention... I'm watching ozark... and the music and his voice just hit my heart for some reason...
this man still sounds like an angel after all these years. wonder how he can still hit the high notes. i mean seriously, he still sounds like a teenager. (in a good way) it amazes me.
At this point, pretty hard to argue that Radiohead isn't the most talented act to come around in 2 decades. Purely subjective and I don't want to argue with anybody, but jeez these guys are genius.
slow burning piece. shifts gears on you, from one build to the other. so damn in sync, they play with your ears, like it's all about to fall apart but keeps coming back around. beautiful musicians
AMSP probably their most beautiful, emotional, and diverse record to date! I can't choose which Radiohead album is my personal favorite because all of them holds a special place in my heart.
It has a haunting feel to it but then again a beautiful mesmerizing haunting.Thats the power of Radiohead and epic props to the cameraman who took this flawless concert footage
After 20 years of listening to Radiohead I have come to the conclusion this is their best song. With pyramid song being a close second and paranoid android being 3
I think this is one of the top ten Radiohead songs of all time. 10. Bodysnatchers 9. Karma Police 8. Lucky 7. Decks Dark 6. Nude 5. Idioteque 4. Planet Telex 3. Reckoner 2. Paranoid Android 1. How to Disappear Completely
