Radiohead - Paranoid Android 

6 year old me turning on Cartoon Network past 10pm:

When I first heard this song I thought it was noizy shit with guitars out of tune.... but that's the genius of it.This song grows and grows and grows every time I hear it. It's an epic masterpiece of the highest class.

I had no business watching this video at 7 years old but here we are

This is Radiohead's Magnum Opus. Their Bohemian Rhapsody. The song itself is larger than life! I love Radiohead! Their music changed my life as a musician.

watching this video makes me feel like I'm on an acid trip great song though, radiohead music in general holds a special place in my heart as both me and my late dad listened to their songs together. this was one of dad's favourites along with karma police and creep.

I didn't even know until now that this is the song used for the ED of Ergo:Proxy!

This like watching "Hey Arnold" on a really bad trip!

How does this, unquestionably one of the greatest songs of all time, only have 30m views?

I think we've all had nights like this...

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the paranoid Android video.

Please could you stop the noise? I'm tryna 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) La-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la La, la Ambition makes you look pretty ugly Kicking, squealing, Gucci little piggy La-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la 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 Ah, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh 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 that's it, sir, you're leaving The crackle of pigskin (rain down) (Come on rain down) the dust and the screaming The yuppies networking The panic, the vomit (from a great height) The panic, the vomit (from a great height) God loves his children God loves his children, yeah

Does anyone notices some strange notes played at 00:40 when he says "chicken voices in my head?"

I like Thom York's voice. It sounds as it's gonna crack anytime, yet it never does.

Before watching:What's this After watching :What's this

Seeing this video on MTV at 2 in the morning as a 14 year old was a crazy experience. Never seen anything like it

he was putting shampoo in his eyes because it promised him no tears

This has to be one of the most distracting music videos of all time

I love how on every comment section of 90s cult rock songs there’s someone writing a nostalgic paragraph about the first time they listened to it

I will never mind having the “rain down” portion of this song stuck in my head. It scratches a musical itch I didn’t even know existed in me

Radiohead could've straight up said "I am a goat bahhhh bahhh" and me at 14 years old would have been like "god so true."

This is one of the songs your glad that it's over 5 minutes long.

This is a certified hood classic

the 'edginess' of ok computer is so witty and sharp. no other album quite captured that turn of the millenia angst that was strangely prophetic into the mood of 21st century life.

Damn, I remember watching this video on mtv as a kid and being mesmerized lol.

I miss seeing that comment that says " God has this song on his IPod".

I like the bridge of this song The bridge is done on a bridge

This animation feels like what birthed so many adult swim shows nowadays and I love it

I just love the 5.19 moment when he sings "the yuppies networking". He harmonises it perfectly with the melody.

When I was around 7, my mom used to go to the gym twice a week but because no one could take care of me at home, she would take me with her, where I would wait for her to be done in the reception of the gym. I usually did homework or played with my DS, but there was also this one big TV where some music video TV channel was always on. That way, I ended up watching lots of mv's but one stuck with me. I just remember a lady coming out of a tree and flashing to some guys, a fat man getting his limbs thrown into the ocean, and some bridge scene. I was 7, so it pretty much traumatized me because it was so dammed vivid. I tried to find that mv for 12 years, but nothing. Ironically, I've been listening to radiohead around 4 and this one song was one of my favorites. I always use Spotify, but still, I have no idea how I never came across this legendary video. Just imagine my surprise yesterday, looking this song up on YT, and finding that weirdass video from my childhood. That way, I can say radiohead has always been with me, be in the form of music or in the form of nightmares.

Top ten dark secrets Nickelodeon doesn’t want you to know.

For nostalgia, switch to 144p.

Man this song is so much better after not listening to it for five years then coming back… Absolute masterpiece

This was one of the coolest animated videos for a song on MTV long ago. I used to hope this would come on at nights.

This song completely changed the way I listened to and absorbed music. Still sends chills remembering them play this outdoors in Vancouver at Thunderbird.

Honestly, I think this song should be considered one of the greatest songs ever made.

Hands down the creepiest song of my lifetime. I'm 41 and I've heard this song for the first time about 1997 when I was only 15yo. The song and the video creeped me out from the start and I can assure you that it still does the job 26 years later.

Everybody: why this so weird?! Me: he showered with his hat

RU-vid: We don‘t accept sexual content in videos The world: But it‘s Radiohead RU-vid: Ok we‘ll let you do that

Congrats to Radiohead for making it in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019

When I hear this song and watch this video it becomes summer 1997 again...

Most of their songs are sad and melancholic, but sometimes I need it. Love it from Japan.

If you ever feel useless just remember this has a mute button

Lyrics because im nice: Please could you stop the noise? I'm tryna 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) La-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la La, la Ambition makes you look pretty ugly Kicking, squealing, Gucci little piggy La-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la 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 Ah, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh 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 that's it, sir, you're leaving The crackle of pigskin (rain down) (Come on rain down) the dust and the screaming The yuppies networking The panic, the vomit (from a great height) The panic, the vomit (from a great height) God loves his children God loves his children, yeah

Definitely one of the greatest songs ever written.

The animator who made the video is a semi famous swedish animator who does actual children’s shows. All of us here are sharing the same ’suddenly seeing this as a 7 year old and thinking it was a cartoon’ story. But for us swedes it becomes extra jarring as it looks IDENTICAL to other shows that aired at the time. Also i think the artist snuck in all those swedish flags on purpose.

1997 and still sounds fresh

The fact that this director made this video without knowing any of the lyrics and still manage to make this video give off the same confusing feeling of listening to the songs lyrics is incredible.

This is so sad -Alexa play paranoid android -I don't want to...I feel depressed

Radiohead's Bohemian Rhapsody

I really wish Radiohead did a few more prog-rock epics like this.

When he said “Gucci little piggy” ... I really felt that.

Ok Computer is a masterpiece

OK Computer will probably be considered one of the best classical music albums in 24th century

Remember seeing this music video when I was a child and feeling queasy and deeply perturbed. A decade later I had to find out what the song to "that creepy music video" was, which I did, and thus I became a Radiohead fan. Been a fan for over a decade now.

Their early work was a little too Brit pop for my tastes, but when OK Computer came out in '97, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. They've been compared to Pink Floyd, but I think Radiohead has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

For anyone listening in 2060, these blokes were legendary, you’ve stumbled across absolute gold..

Shit, almost 19 years to realize the guys at 2:33 are radiohead

Radiohead commissioned Magnus Carlsson, Swedish creator of the animated series Robin to make this video. The band sent Carlsson a recording of the song without any lyrics because they didn't want the video to be too literal. He locked himself in his office for over 12 hours listening to the song on repeat while jotting down visual ideas for the video, which features Robin and his friend Benjamin from his animated series. I'm guessing around the 11th hour of being locked in his office, his ideas started getting a bit weird...

Being a huge Oasis fan in the mid 90s..i remember Noel Gallagher talking about British bands dominating that era and mentioning that Radiohead could be part of that movement if they fine tuned their stuff...how i laugh now.....Noel ...only in your dreams would you reach the depth these guys reached.

The guitar riff in this song is timeless.

ergo proxyでこの曲知った。曲も本作も本当に好き

This is the Bohemian Rhapsody of the 90’s

There's only one taxi driver in the city and it's danny devito

Ergo Proxy brought me here...again

This song helps me through hard times. Lately I’ve been upset about what happened not too long ago with me and my best friend. It was 4th grade, the school year was almost over, and I was eating lunch with my friend. Who would’ve known that would’ve been the last time I’d ever seen him. We were neighbors too, so sometimes after school we’d hang out. I had thought he went home early due a doctors appointment, because that’s a common thing in our school district. We both liked the same music, especially Radiohead. I never knew where he went, or what happened to him. I wish he’s okay out there, wherever he lives now. I miss you, Layne.

nearly 20 years later and I still don't have a fucking clue what's going on here. Still love it though.

As a Dutchman I can confirm that this video very accurately portrays our politicians.

I played this song in my guitar class and I apparently traumatized a child with this music video

I didn't expect this song use as ending of "Ergo Proxy"

I'd never seen the video. God it's the most nineties alt shit imaginable. I think I'm going to pretend I didn't see it.

Song creates a strange depressed feeling in the center of my stomach i dunno

I'm 22 but I still feel I'm too young to watch this video.

This 1080p makes this feel like SO different.

3:33 - Soundtrack for after you die...

The structure of this song is truly incredible and shows a music writing intelligence very few bands possess. It’s bohemian Rhapsody levels of genius.

Bro sleeps in and showers with his hat… what a mad lad

First there was 'A Day In The Life', then there was '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? What's that? When I am king, you will be first against the wall With your opinion which is of no consequence at all What's that? What's that? Ambition makes you look pretty ugly Kicking, 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 Rain down, rain down (that's it, sir, you're leaving, the crackle of pigskin) Come on rain down on me (the dust and the screaming, the yuppies networking) From a great height (the panic, the vomit, the panic, the vomit) God loves his childrean God loves his children, yeah

This video made me fear the adult world as a kid

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

The angel grabs the depressed boy and puts him behind the controls, as if to say, it’s your life...do what makes you happy.

I love how this song evolves into some relatively hard shit.

this video is even weirder than some of pink Floyd's

This was the music of my generation... but its a gift of my generation to the next ... radiohead for me biggest acts in our century.

When I first watched this video, I was around 6yrs old. My dad was watching MTV and I was supposed to be asleep but he let me stay up to watch videos with him. For years, this video was embedded in my memory. The scene where he cuts his limbs with the axe and the mermaids put him in a tree always stuck with me. when I asked my dad if he remembered it, he would always say no or idk what you’re talking about. Fast forward about 12yrs later, I snuck out of my house to hang out with my boyfriend and got high as fuck. We had the tv on all night and I hadn’t been paying any attention to what was playing. I heard a familiar song and looked to the tv. I freaked the fuck out. I started jumping and shaking my boyfriend like, “omgomgomgggg this is the video!!!!” He didn’t know what I was talking about, so I told him the same story. It was a wild experience. Fast forward to now, I’m 28 and this video and song still remains in my core memories. I fucking love Radiohead.

Absolutely masterpiece. Surreal music video, half-melancholic, half-rough melody completely mellow my heart and all senses. Unique sound. Especially the part of the video with helicopter is something... Magical.

Why are all the comments acting as if this music video is perfectly normal? This is the weirdest shit I've ever seen.

"A six and-a-half minute long song about a sad robot."

this look like if beavis and butt-head fused with parappa the rapper art style

This song is one of the best examples of the concept of "organized chaos". It's a swirling, churning, rising, tumbling, cacophony of sound & melody. It's frantic, frenetic, melodic, melancholy, on the border of bedlam but yet somehow never loses control. A work of GENIUS! IMHO. Also, animation is great but try this: ignore the images and just listen - they distract from the sound and have little or nothing to do with the lyrics.

For those curious, the song's title is a reference to Marvin The Paranoid Android from the works of Douglas Adams. The line about kings & first against the wall is in relation to Marvin's in-story creators, a robotics manufacturer known as the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, whose products were known for being so faulty that the only part of the company to show a consistent profit is the complaints department. Their marketing division is said to be a bunch of mindless jerks who will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes. Naturally, if a piece of information that ended up here from a Millenium in the future is any indication, they were.

One of the best songs of all time.

A journey every time.

This is one of the most perfect songs i'll ever have the privilege of listening to.

Anyone in june 2024?

I did not realize that he was a superhero. how come nick fury never got "the fat axe man" to join the avengers?

used to play this on TV when I was like 6, and I didn't understand shit. Turns out now being 20 I can understand even less than before

Radiohead's masterpiece.

Пока я это смотрел ко мне в комнату зашла мама. Я быстро переключил на порно. Порно легче объяснить.

Please could you stop the noise? I'm trying to get some rest From all the unborn chicken Voices in my head What's there? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) What's there? (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 there? (I may be paranoid, but no android) What's there? (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