Radiohead - Live at the Astoria (May 1994) 

lol it had me dying how you accurately describes colin n eeed appearance

nailed it, all of them, perfect

Brilliant description. 😁

oh christ that is an all time classic comment, nice one Master Riveros hahahahah

The funny thing is Jonny still looks like an anime girl at age 50. The man has aged gracefully.

Literally every Radiohead full concert on RU-vid have exactly the same comment about it.

Agreed

Yesssssss

Most of the radiohead songs that aren't creep or the singles from ok computer also get the same comment "this is the most undervalued/unappreciated radiohead song ever" ​@@MartellMedia2

Oh there you are again 😄

I see you in every comments section.

the way they started with You actually gave me chills; it really is a perfect album-opener.

@@ippotsk One of their best songs from this era. The live version explodes.

yeah, ripcord, anyone can play guitar, you, prove yourself... wtf is wrong with you people!?

Lol

I swear the man never aged since 1993, he must have found the fountain of youth or something

Lol

B button

Jonny*

(Well. The vocals and a few other parts were redone but for the most part, this is the one)

I was just going to say this. I remember having read about that way back when, but never listened to or seen the Astoria recording - and then I was reminded when they played it here and it sounded JUST THE SAME as the record, ha ha.

nirvana friendly

Wow that's crazy I never knew this

@@MichelLamblin same here, thought they were playbacking

we dont joke about that

they can't cancel pop is dead, it's too classic

I unironically like pop is dead

it’s on Spotify

Who would joke about hearing radioheads best song

Thom looks in his mid sixties these days!,hasn’t aged well at all.

He literally tried to copy Dave Strider, he was just missing the glasses lol

CaptainPeacock I find him more sexy than ever!

@@commonsensical9409 I am with you!!! He is so awesome.

Don't forget Vampire Ed!

Especially from Maquiladora

@@violethill4454 i know they'll most likely never play it again, but i want LOVE to hear them play any b-sides live especially "Maquiladora"

playing "Anyone Can Play Guitar" would definitely trigger Thom "Beach House" PTSD

@@aleonimation I would cut off my toe to hear permanent daylight

@@MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy6 i would sacrifice 5 years off my life to hear "How can you be sure" in concert

They would be surprised)))

Just 3 years later they released 🆗️ Computer 🤖

@@jamesgreenldn just 2 later they released The Bends

my personal fav album

kid A is seriously downgrade in my eyes, I prefer the rock side of radiohead over their new stuff anyday

Imagine being in the audience witnessing the birth of the Bends era. Amazing

i bet that smirk was for the thought of him finally getting rid of creep with an even better song which is literally a metaphor of their hate for it, my iron lung.

It’s the most forward looking song of this era imo. The level of musicianship on it really shows where they were headed with their future work in terms of originality and quality.

There s always the fellow weeb in radiohead comment section

realmente !! ojala un dia pueda escucharlo en vivo !!

It's one of my very favourites. Lost my mind when they resurrected it in 2018.

Theres always been something special about Blow Out

Just wait for the Live at the MTV Beach House show

@@NFrk97 he just wanted to grow his hair like Jim Morrison

I bought this on vhs back in the day. One of the greatest gigs. Full on guitar rock without any concern with how predictable or mainstream it might be. Its neither predictable or mainstream - it's just....awesomeness

I used to have this on DVD. The drums and bass from this recording are present on the bends studio album cause they were recorded so well

@@Benjamin-om3ih My Iron Lung is actually sourced from here in its entirely, except from Thom's voice.

medicals, probably lol

Cause he's the bass player

@@JosephGallagher yes

He and Phil gotta lay down a solid ramp for those other freaks to blast out of!

Well, he's a bass player. Every bass player know there are some rules on performing on stage. It's on the bassist union book.

Really?

How do you recognize the perfect band? The studio version is as good as the live version :)

@@dome_nika the band didnt like the studio version of my iron lung so they literally used this version

How sure you on this, out of curiosity? I hear quite a few subtleties that do not align with the record. To my ears, anyway, there are some differences. ps hope you all keeping safe (:

Joshua Burca John Leckie, the producer stated in the book “Exit Music: the Radiohead story” that they first recorded a studio version at RAK studio, but were unsatisfied with the results. But when the band listened to the live at Astoria version, he stated that it “met with everyone’s approval”. So he edited out the audience, cleaned it up a bit, and re-recorded Thoms vocals. I hope you’re safe too :)

Jonny is eternal

Jonny is immortal 💪

Solo porque el pelo le tapa la cara siempre ok no

Jonny will play music until the world blows up, WITCH IS NEVER!!

Bs

That baseline!

Let down

@Alex Luna earned it though

@Alex Luna since when where they cocky?

@Alex Luna idk.. here, i see a band who are leaning on the image they're rockstars, touring every night, and living the best life, when in reality at the time, they were just the band for Creep, Thom Yorke and co, king of the weirdos. Now, they might put on a more eccentric look, but they've earned it with their big time achievements and becoming a cornerstone for everything that is alt rock, right? between the 26 years between the Astoria gig and now, they've changed music.

I also see the "apology" as a snide remark on the fact that they were drained by how their listeners just wanted "Creep" when they knew they had a lot more in them. They weren't settling for basic bitch shit and didn't want to be a one-hit wonder. They almost broke up because of "Creep".

you’re lucky man

Exact reason as to why they hated creep

I gotta say, I only knew paranoid Android when I was younger

@@Lynchiko after I listened to Paranoid Android, I started digging into their discog (actually, just Ok Computer and OKNOTOK) and then I noticed that my Radiohead playlist only had OK Computer songs, Creep and Fake Plastic Trees, and then I digged their discog and became a fan immediately. My favorite band now. Also, I listened to Karma Police and There, There in a radio station, but didn’t know them yet so I was remembering those two songs from somewhere when I listened them for the “first” time

Lucky as hell

Yes, this is the Radiohead I love.

Thats cause they were more "grungy" and "noise rock" oriented.. DUH!

Especially Ed "Who Needs These Buttons Anyway" O'Brien

ExileOnDaytonStreet lollll

Colin looks like he's about to make A Moon Shaped Pool

crazy any of their songs are b-sides!

thank you!

@@jeooo7483 It's Ok. I'm bored so I had to do it

the real mvp!

Thank you!

@@JackDuncanmusic these days especially when band gigs are posted online "with great gig comes with great setlist timestamps"

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hahahaahaha

id pay mad money to be at that recording

Yeah jaa

bunker

Yes. And I saw them live in 2003 when I was in high school

nicole ann I saw both. Every tour from the bends to now.

Patrick Chole wow you guys are so lucky, i’ve discovered them from their most recent album and seen them live just once and it’s honestly a life changing experience

@@aidanmckendry6915 ure still lucky, i just started getting into them just 2 years ago and theres no chance they will ever come to my country

@@nicoleann0703 Me too! I caught them in 1995 when Creep was still a radio mainstay. That concert was absolutely nuts. I thought I was going to get crushed to death against the front rail and had to get pulled out of the crowd by security. What a show!

Ed always looks like the happiest one to be there haha

awww poor ed

he is just vibin

I particularly enjoyed his sheepish look as he walks back to his side of the stage trying to look unaffected by the Jonny's pouty rebuttal.

@@neilhampson lol

I wish The Bends' Radiohead came back...

There is no ONE WORD THAT Describes RADIOHEAD .... UNBELIEVABLE Might Be the Closest thing to it 💯 % I'm 68 years-old and have met & Seen most of the Greatest Musicians... First was Jimi Hendrix 1969 I still have the ☮NECKLACE HE GAVE ME 😎...My 🐕 Dog Chico listens to Radiohead with earphones 🎧 with me.. Radiohead FOREVER ✌📻😎

yes they did except that some of us were wondering what had happened to the excellent band On a Friday and why were they no longer gigging in Oxford?

i was like 10 when In Rainbows came out and my dad and brother just loved Radiohead but me as a dumb little kid just didn't get them until my dad rented Live at the Astoria from Netflix's old mail service. Watching them play these note perfect versions of their simpler, earlier albums really got me to start appreciating them. Pablo Honey and The Bends are their most accessible works after all. the fact that this version of My Iron Lung (barring the rerecorded vocals) is the album version is so cool to me

I bought Pablo honey the day it came out…. I listened to every song except the 2 versions of creep… that record gets no recognition to me it’s better than what they are putting out now…

Like stone age...))

yea this was before the bends was released

@@chandraabudiman Yeah, The Bends was released almost a year later from this concert.

pretty sure he knows it's a pre bends concert. he knows the crowd don't know the song.....lol.

@@dogzatfeet It makes me miss strobe lights so much. I understand why we can't have them any more, but I still miss them.

They did release this show on DVD a long time ago, so that's probably why the quality is so good.

Almost 30!!

This is the line feed for sure

Much better than the actual shows

mal amigo

I think that radioheads first three records are awesome.

The Bends IS Radiohead. Us fans from the beginning, who had no idea what their "costumes" looked like like the majority of people posting here, passed around tapes of the Bends like it was forbidden. No local stores even know who they were. I'm still not sure where my friend got the Bends from. I assume he drove an hour to the big city by himself at 16 in his dead mom's minivan and bought it for $7. We had no idea what "cool" haircut Thom had. We didn't know who Thom Yorke was; never heard his name. Didn't hear his name afterwards; didn't care. We didn't care about haircuts and t-shirts and whatever else. They weren't on the radio and no one had the internet. We just knew the music. Most everyone else was listening to Tupac or the Spice Girls with the bass so loud their cars were raddling (while blacks laughed at them). I guess I'm "old". But I sometimes think about my mom's experience seeing the Beatles in concert just before they were etched in history. Back then, in my time, no one even thought about what someone looked like or the type of "cool" lights they had at their concert. For all we knew, Thom "what's his name" what a 7 foot black body builder. We only had their music and that was all that mattered. Now, even in these comments, everyone is talking about bangs and tennis shoes and how tall the singer is....

based

@@kilgoretrout5313 just because someone talks about thom's bangs doesn't mean they don't appreciate the music lol. You're just pretentious and want something to complain about so you can feel special. Also, ask Radiohead, I doubt they'd say The Bends is Radiohead. While its a great album they have so much more to offer.

Truth ✌🏾

total bossa nova inspired. i call it bossa noise.

That guitar solo on blowout is bananas.

@@79achavez why this concert is my fav concert of theirs

If you haven’t heard, Skirting on the Surface is now a song by The Smile, Thom and Jonny’s new band with drummer Tom Skinner

@@scottishcheese13 yup, been listening to the band. Haven’t heard their recent rendition of the track, (as of 2022 upon the smile’s debut album release, it’s superb) but I’m waiting to hear it when they post the live version and the album.

@Bryton I wholeheartedly agree. It truly is.

Best version

I was lucky enough to see it live on my first radiohead show (blackpool 2006)... always loved it, and resonated with me in high school. that stuff sticks around forever.

Me too

Me too

I swear for life, Jonny and Ed's guitar here has some of the best guitar sounding ever, it's pure wildness raw energy, I just want to play like this.

Why is that?

on the other hand, they really did delete the official video for Anyone Can Play Guitar.

@@ippotsk what, there was an official video of anyone can play guitar??

@@orkunozcan8096 there was, and it was glorious

@@ippotsk yeah lol i found it on dailymotion with a basic search, weird zooms, thom yorkes awesome pimp outfit, and a random fuckin iguana throughout the video, its quite an experience

+1 for that transition into Anyone can Play Guitar

It is still a pretty unique solo tho.

Yep, he mentioned once in an interview that he hates those kinds of solos

personal favorite solo by jonny

pop is dead

it should have made it to the bends

ABSOLUTELY

Yes

as an encore, nonetheless

it did die an ugly death

pop is alive :)

Oh no pop is dead long live pop

nah ... ROCK IS DEAD...

The whole concert is incredible bro, I watch it every year and can't believe how good they are)

@@trickadatry768I agree! Thoms voice is just amazing and still is

If you're talking about the songs from The Bends, the album wasn't out yet. Some of the songs from this show actually ended up on the album with few things added or replaced.

dhvsadcj

Could have worded that a bit bit better mate

Jonny knows his way around so many nobs bro

​@@Jimmy-rp9jq lol what do you mean. Does it sound weird?

most the songs from the bends had yet to be released so thats probably why

pablo honey is the least listened to radiohead album (besides creep) to be fair, even though it actually rocks for a grunge album.

glad i found this comment again

A shoegazer ghost pirate you could say by his guitar sounds 😂

he got the Jerry Seinfeld puffy shirt

Thats pretty true actually....I don’t know anyone who doesn’t know them but they are not into them as such...best of kindaa listeners...

and that is all.

Radiohead could have after ok computer just churned out more "creeps" but they jumped in the opposite direction altogether and it works, a moon shaped pool i did struggle with

Omg yes. Well said. My peers dont know em and I feel sad and pity them actually. Im so lucky my best pal introduced me to em , now I cant think of any other band who is humble and so low profile yet so majestic like Radiohead

You said everything I wanted to say.

goofiest transition ever 😭😭😭😭

Exactly, but I think the songwriting in Pablo Honey is still pretty good. It was more the arrangements and their overall sound that was weak and obsolete. Imagine if they gave sth like Blow Out (which is already great) the Nude treatment years later. But yes, when the bar is The Bends, even decent songwriting seems to’ve been excelled by miles.

That look on his face was because they had been trying to get the sound right on My Iron Lung for ages during the recording of The Bends but just couldn't get it how they wanted. The sound they got on it at this gig was exactly what Thom wanted thus the look on his face after they start playing. This recording of My Iron Lung is the recording you hear on The Bends album.

Anthony Cooper Except the vocals

@@nikpetrovic3877 Literally their best song

@@nikpetrovic3877 Watch the video and compare it to the Radiohead of today...

@Nik Petrovic This is perceived as the worst Radiohead song by fans and themselves.

@Nik Petrovic That’s one way to get a lot of Radiohead fans to hate you lmao.

@@nikpetrovic3877 Pop is Dead is also one of the very few Radiohead songs you cannot find on Spotify. It's like not even the band cares about it.

Its also where the audio (except vocals) For My Iron Long was recorded.

@Mario Castillo Agreed but what sold me was 'The Iron Lung' EP, and I couldn't wait for 'The Bends' to come out.

Pablo Honey is a bad album

@@georgejpg No, it's not, it's a great 90's alt rock album, there's some great gems here.

@@nikpetrovic3877 None of that bullshit changes the fact that AMSP sounds better than Pablo Honey, is more creative, original and performed better.

@@georgejpg but please don't compare those two album. It's just got a different type and vibe. Of course Pablo Honey is a great album too, You're just being selfish by comparing those album 😏

They were the size of a house brick then lol

that solo sounds like a woman having the time of her life.

@@mysteradiothe woman was his guitar!

Everything that they play sounds fantastic live. Better than the studio versions.

Why don't they play blow out live anymore?

@@coreyschneiderman5664 I think they played it in 2018 actually at one of their sets

@@coreyschneiderman5664 They played it in Chicago in 2018 and I lost my mind

@@andrewbosma6964 I was there too, and it was excellent. That show was a deeply emotional experience for me.

Well, I seem to be in the minority here, since I don't see anyone making the same argument, BUT I'll go out on a limb and say this was definitely Radiohead's live peak. Studio-wise I'll let others make the argument that they peaked with Ok Computer or even later albums, but live, well there I think they just lost that "edge" and some of that energy that they had in this performance and others in 1994. Can't quite put my finger on it, but this concerts feels like a proper "gig", full of unfiltered passion and energy, where as later shows (while still very good) feel a little more like going through the motions. Just my opinion of course!

@@andrewoakeshott7759 94 lives are the best

@@andrewoakeshott7759 + 96

I think people that hate on Pablo Honey just repeat crap they hear others say without actually judging things themselves. It's a damn fine album very representative of the time period, and led the way into The Bends and everything else. Also the Pablo Honey era b-sides are lovely & quirky gems too. I love Killer Cars, which totally is a major thematic force that appears on The Bends cover art and in OKC's Airbag...

@@AS-qr4md based

@@AS-qr4md Million Dollar Question and Yes I Am are both such great songs, so underrated

It got grief because they’ve done wayyyy better stuff lmao

@@jrk10 I don't see how anything they did post 1995 can be considered "wayyyyy better" - this early stuff is nothing like anything they did OK Computer onwards.

Oh man I love this comment

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Thank god !, the best Radiohead album needed a follow up

With more Honey added

Creep 2 confirmed. Sung by Jonny, solo by Ed, and dancing Colin on the video.

Creep 2

The concert is incredible. The performance of My Iron Lung was used as the official version on The Bends.

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Mohd Syazwannuddin sentimental value 😬

Yes! Everything about this is on point! The trajectory of what Was to come sonically in their future through this concert just speaks for itself!

same here from argentina

Si Si, yo quiero taco bell tambien

Era un poquito de varias cosas realmente, no se si decirle que era Grunge, tenian bastante de Shoegaze tambien. Blow Out tranquilamente podria ser un tema de Ride

@@nicolasriveros943 creo que eran 70% rock alternativo y 30% de grunge o elementos grunge