An edited live performance of 'True Love Waits' produced by Dan Mulcahy with added instruments to create a full band version and to imagine a 90s era studio recording with the synth part from the 1995 performance.
@@laurazizzo9449 So on your deathbed you're gonna say "I didn't live much, I just killed some time"? Or you gonna get it removed before then? Might as well have just gotten a sticker
Here’s an idea: I believe the reason they never released this on their earlier albums because they had already been associated so heavily with “creep” “high and dry” and “fake plastic trees” and this is obviously a special song to Thom. And I’m sure he didn’t want a version like this, as beautiful as it is, being stamped in every romance movie or teen drama. (Because let’s be real, it totally would have been. ) Therefore Thom and the band reserved this for only special occasions and a very heartfelt version on AMSP.
It's beautiful how this song went through a lot of recording tries, from the the bends recording to another one in OK computer, to an obscure combination with the pulk/pull revolving doors in the resent KID A MNESIA. Yet, this song fits so perfectly in the last album, at the end of the path... Neither of the previous recordings would fit on their respective albums.
This reminds me like the song Tearjerker by RCHP, they never played the song live since it’s a song that Anthony made when he heard that Kurt died. They were great friends.
@@VIIVIIV as someone mentioned previously, pulk/pull revolving doors was originally a version of true love waits, so technically it was recorded for Kid A at some point
Love never dies. It only transforms into care, melancholy, sometimes sadness, but it never disappears. If you ever loved, you will always remember this person, no matter where they are. It kills you and pushes you forward at the same time.
This song goes dedicated to every broken soul who can't move on/get rid of feelings to someone who doesnt belong to us anymore and so time goes on they, move on, they get married, get children and yet we still hold feelings for them.
This song is heart breaking. "Just don't leave". In the mid-90s, it's about a young man finding love and clinging to his own desire to trust it. By 2018, it's the song of a heart-broken man who left the love of his life in her lowest hour, and couldn't summon the strength to be with her while she was dying. It was he who abandoned her in the end. The young lover, who as a child was left routinely in an attic, only understanding love to be the lollipops and crisps that a negligent parent uses to balm the relationship with their child. He discovers real love - and impetuously is willing to abandon himself, and drown his beliefs, in order to feel like he deserves it. The song is as self-conscious as the young man - it's desperate. "Don't leave" is a cry to the parents abandoning him to his loneliness, but also becomes the cry to the new lover he can't trust to stay around. True Love Waits, not only for the parents to return, but for a young man to develop a more mature understanding of what love should be. And she did wait for him. She waited for him to mature. She waited for him during countless world-wide tours. The mother of his children, and a formidable artist in her own right. In 2016, Rachel Owen dies. They agreed he couldn't be the supportive partner she needed and parted amicably just one year before she passed. Now, the refrain "Don't Leave" takes on a double meaning. A cry for the loved one lost forever. But, also a cry from the grave to him "Just don't leave" - and yet he did. Lament. Now he waits, but for what?
I got the chills all over when I read this! I knew he wrote it about her not leaving to heaven, but you just told the story with the most heartbreaking detail. Thank you for the emotions that skipped down my arms and tickled my feet. I felt every word! 😔
I scrolled just for someone to explain this,,, many men brush off the death of a wife, they have no time for it,,, live to regret it I believe... Ive known about 3/4 men do it. But they didn't get left in an attic as kids😔
Matt Russo, an astrophysicist from Toronto's Seneca College, proved that this song is literally being played by the planets of our solar system - clearly you first need to speed them up to pitch up the frequencies of the orbitations, but it's truly fascinating!
It’s weird how context affects the meaning in music. How this song went from an optimistic, joyous song about how great love is, to an almost hopeless song describing the fear of people leaving. It’s weird how much Thom’s life affected the song and the way we heard it, despite no lyrics being changed and only a minor change of instruments. Music’s one fucked up art form.
No, did you ponder the lyrics? This is not a happy song and never has been. It's irony, maybe even sarcasm. It's about the illusion of 'true love' about unfullfilled longing and despair.
@@superhornyalien true. I feel that how you see things is always part of it. Is Optimistic actually optimistic or also critiquing optimism? It can be both. I personally think this song is pleading for the hope of true love waiting.
This is quoted several times, however, this is something he said in the early 2000's at the time they had only released 4 albums, Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer and KID A. Im not sure that still holds up after Hail to the Thief, Amnesiac, A Moon Shaped Pool, In Rainbows and The King of limbs tho. Maybe it does, i dont know, many people just take fir granted that he still thinks so, in my opinion, he must've changed his opinion a while ago.
It's late. I'm drunk. I just finished the movie The Notebook. This is the song that should have been in the closing credits. I'm about to go to sleep with my girl. We met when we were fourteen. We're 36 and 37 years old now respectively. We just met back up five months ago. So far this is the best year of my life and I am very grateful.
This is just one of those Radiohead songs that I can't finish, because of how sad and melancholic it makes me, yet I want to listen to it more. It really is the definition of bitter sweet.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams
R.I.P. Rachel Owen. This song is proof that Thom really really loved her. Such a tragic success, I just hope that Thom can get the support of his friends and family.
I was the most heartbroken person in the world when I heard this song for the first time and that happend a long, long time ago. "The Moon..." version is pretty satisfying, but it kinda fells like something too overdrawn comparing to the old timer. I guess it's just a matter of that song itself, because the tempo really doesn't make such difference. A mellody with a lyrics like that would NEVER seem optimistic to me, even if it would be played on a mothafreaking banjo. "Last Flowers" is even a better example of what i'm talking about.
Its not sad. Its emotional. If you're feeling sad listening to it you have sadness in you. Some people get inspired by radiohead and other music but it makes some sad. Its all perspective. Radiohead writes music as a reflection of the world around us. Some can handle the music and some can't, the same as some can handle reality and some can't. The world is not perfect, theres a lot of weird stuff out there and radiohead is one of the closest at capturing that into music form.
This comment is gold. All my friends say they suck, that their music depresses them, but to me it's so fucking powerful, it captures emotions that are hard to describe with words. I recently lost my best friend to cancer, and songs like "Videotape" and this one hit me like a brick. It does make me sad, but being sad isn't necessarily a bad thing, it makes me feel...human. Helps me in the grieving process.
my only sister died of breast cancer at 48 old, 6 years ago ( 14 november 2014). i never show her my pain and my tears, i tought she got enough with the pain, sorrows and treatments. one time, i just drop in tears and i said to her.... dont leave me here alone please . i need you, dont leave pls please..... dont leave. today, i would says the same. dont leave pls.
I'll drown my beliefs To have your babies I'll dress like your niece And wash your swollen feet Just don't leave Don't leave I'm not living, I'm just killing time Your tiny hands, your crazy-kitten smile Just don't leave Don't leave And true love waits In haunted attics And true love lives On lollipops and crisps Just don't leave Don't leave
Please dont ever take down this video again. The song version and video together are irrereplaceable. There's is not collection of words that can describe this feeling. Well maybe finding the one person that truly understands you after years of being lost. Or maybe remembering your best teenage memory and what it would be worth to go back for 4 minutes and 49 seconds.
D. Me... Don’t leave, just don’t leave... Lost my dog few days go: it’s devastating. Never thought I could suffer so much. Maybe only now I know a little more about me.
its been over a year. She's still around and i dont think that i'll ever forget her. Her hands are small, she's 5.2, the lyrics fuck with my head so much.
One day, long after the concerts have all finished, the audiences entirely dispersed into the centuries, this will shine on like a star, a diamond blazing against the night, pleading with new generations: just don’t leave. Don’t leave.
Guilherme Eddino I think they played it sometime between 1990-1998 the first time. It's on RU-vid, that video. You can find it easily if you're interested.
I ve just shared this song to my beloved gf. We didnt break up, she just had to leave the country and for her own sake she decided to quit chatting with me for the sake of moving on. I can't blame her. Something about true love waits makes me very hopeful.
I sent this song to my fiance, but she cant wait me any longer and left me. I comes here everyday just to get the feeling back in the day we were together,the time i felt fallin in love again n again.
Goddamnit Radiohead, how do you summon these tears from me? I'm perfectly happy and married and in love but this song makes me think of losing what I have and just the thought hurts. Beautifully touching lyrics and song.
There’s honestly nothing and no one like Radiohead. Sometimes it’s hard for me to even believe how unbelievably good they are. Their music and his voice are out of this fucking world. It gets to you on a spiritual level. I love the album version way more than this one, but there’s an undeniable feel of raw emotion in both. Bless this band ❤️
Radiohead, band yg menemani masa SMA ku. Seorang anak aneh dan culun, mendambakan kekasih, namun hanya bisa memandang. Kuratapi dengan mendengar lagu2 Radiohead
I used to sing this to keep from going over the edge. Now I have someone who keeps me from the edge. Those who say they don't need anybody are fooling themselves...this life isn't meant for constant loneliness
My mother has stage 3 cancer, first on the colon and now a few days ago I found out that it passed to her lungs but she didn't told me because she didn't want me to "worry". My heart just breaks when I see her getting worse day by day or by seeing the side effects of radiation and chemotherapies, I have bitten my lips to refrain myself from crying while I bathe her and see how her body becomes thinner and is filled with so many dark spots and bruises, I've seen her cry and break ... while I hear her saying "it burns me, it feel like acid". I've seen how her nails crack and turn black or split, her beautiful dark hair falls out and her veins become more marked on her eyelids ... and I can do nothing but take care of her, I feel so helpless and I can't help but to feel so damn sad, it breaks my heart. Some time ago I dedicated this song to her and she just smiled at me and kissed me on the forehead and say "I'm tired my little girl, I love you and no matter what happens, I'll always be with you." I thank this wonderful band so much for creating music as deep and beautiful as this one, especially this one that I know the reason why the vocalist created it!
"I'll drown my beliefs to have your baby" *burst into tears It just no other lyrics to represent my fantasy to have family with her, and now she already have one
I don't think it's hyperbole to posit this might have been their biggest hit ever had it been recorded like this and released on either The Bends or OK Computer. It absolutely nails their sound from that era. Kudos Mr. Mulcahy. If we consider this a cover, this catapults into my top 10 covers of all time.
If this was the last track on The Bends I think people would praise it in the same way people praise OK Computer as "one of the greatest albums of all time"
possibly my favorite "fan-edited" songs on RU-vid, and it's give me another feeling besides the "live album" and "AMSP" version this is masterpiece of edit at it's finest
Hearing this make me think how would songs like ideoteque and right place sounded if they’d stuck to The Bends sound. If this was a single it would get a lot of radio play but not so much the MSP version. I think they are both beautiful. His voice is really good on this.
I just waited for 7 years Just to see again you disapear How can heavy this life turned to be How can I live without your love Again you just go But for the ages you still will be my soul..mate
"True Love Waits" started out as a slogan for a campaign by the Southern Baptist Convention to convince teenagers to abstain from sex until marriage. I was one of those teens at the time, and I signed a pledge card. The pledge cards had a huge hole in them because the end game was to stack them around a long pole that extended from floor to ceiling of the Georgia Dome for their conference. They were also displayed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It was just so they could make a statement. Those people were absolutely nuts. Like so many other kids who grew up in church, these right-wing messages were pounded into my head by a youth minister and the denomination's official Sunday School textbooks. I can't help but think Radiohead's title for this song was influenced by that campaign because it was right around the same time period.
True story. The night before I heard this song for the very first time (I bought the CD) I had a dream. In the dream, I was a ghost in an attic. The people living in the house thought there was a ghost in the attic and would shine a flashlight up in the attic but every time the light shone on me I would disappear. Then the next day I heard this song for the first time in my life.
