The actual story behind this song makes this song more amazing. There was a beautiful, popular girl he had a crush on in high school that didn't know he existed. Many years later he's famous, he's playing a show, that girl shows up to see HIS show. Even though she was there to see him he was terrified from the moment he saw her and was still too terrified to speak to her, he still felt like a creep, like a weirdo. The girl never knew about the crush and likely still doesn't.
Thom was mercilessly bullied in high school. He's a tiny guy that had a serious issue with one eye that required many surgeries. Who doesn't dream of "the hot girl/guy" in high school? This is a song about someone who knows it's completely unachievable. Amazing song!
@@aroemaliuged4776 If that is a reply to me it makes zero sense! I said Thom was bullied and you say I'm wrong because Thom was bullied. Help me out here. 🤷♂️
@@dan.j.boydzkreationz It never happened to me but I witnessed those things in school, often stepping in. It's awful that those things happened to you and I hope you're doing OK.
Hello, okay, I'm sorry, I don't speak English. But I'm using a translator here, I hope you understand what I'm saying. U2 is a wonderful band and this song Electrical Storm is my favorite song, I hope Aileen reacts to this wonderful song, thanks for the comment friend.
Prince covered this song live, and an audience member filmed it and posted it to RU-vid. Prince filed a copyright claim to have it taken down, but Radiohead singer Thom Yorke pointed out he owned the copyright and said the video should be allowed.
That is way cool, as Prince was an amazing talent, but he had some rather peculiar ways of seeing the world, and some were good and others not so much.
He is wrong about that. There are two copyrights at play with a cover. The song is copyrighted, but a specific recording also has copyright, which in this case Prince owns. They can both claim copyright, and subsequently Thom York cannot demand that Prince forgoes his rights. It's also a bit hypocritical of him. Radiohead has always been very adamant about copyright, even being the first band to use copy protection on their CD's. That's their right, but Prince has that same right in this case.
@@jbird4478 this may be correct for the covering artist's own recordings (say, if Prince had done it in the studio or arranged the recording of his live performance), but I'm not sure it applies if an audience member records a live performance which isn't being "officially" recorded. I may be wrong though...
That stillness of Thom at the beginning, first verse, the crowds jumping but he's still, immersed... Kinda in pain. It's this weird thing when you're an artist, you eviscerate yourself for the audience, you put all your ugly pain on display, you k*ll yourself... and everyone claps. And dances. Over your grave, over your corpse... It's always struck me as strange. Amazing performance.
Nah, man, let's just use technology to artificially make everyone sound (technically) perfect and hit every note on pitch every time, resulting in homogenous music scene where every voice sounds the same, that's a great idea!
Pyramid Song Street Spirit Fake Plastic Trees No surprises Jigsaw Falling Into Place Been a huge fan since the bends album back in 95 Hope you decide to continue down the rabbit hole.
You know you are so polarizing your charisma is off the charts but when you cry 😢i cry what a beautiful person you are thank you for sharing yourself with the rest of us you deserve greatness in your life
This song was the anthem for the rejected and invisible people of the '90s. It's a timeless song, there will always be unrequited love and this song expresses it beautifully. This performance is one of the best ever as well. Also, everything about this song is imperfect, which is exactly what makes it perfect. It exactly mirrors the emotion of the song.
I 1000% agree that I love perfectly, imperfect performances, where you can tell the musicians are really FEELING what they are singing. Technical proficiency is great, but I'll take passion and connecting to what they are singing any day of the week.
I am a long time Radiohead fan. But Radiohead is far beyond and greater than “Creep”. Actually, their other songs deserves much more credit such as “Street Spirit”, “How to disappear completely”, “Paranoid Android”, “Weird Fishes” and much more… hope you will continue with your Radiohead reaction journey🎉❤ looking forward
I remember when this in the MTV "Buzz Bin" (which was how MTV intro'd new, up-and-coming bands back when MTV actually played music videos.) This was the song that intro'd Radiohead to the World, and they are one of the only surviving bands from that class of '93 alongside Tool. So many great bands from that era--Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, etc.--have gone by the wayside or lost key members, but Tool and Radiohead have endured.
A lot of cover versions of this song out there. One of my favorites is by Postmodern Jukebox featuring Haley Reinhart - and it is a virtuoso singing performance. Not going to spoil anymore on that other than it is an extremely popular song for reactors.
The moment I first heard this song I really connected with it and it became the anthem of my late childhood and youth! Best song ever for hardcore depression phases and even now, without depression, it still is one of the best songs ever made! And I am not even speaking of the epic musical composition and execution... And as if the song in this fantastic live version and the brought back memories weren't enough: at 4:12 both of my cats randomly decided to crawl upon me and demand hardcore cuddels... right in the feels...
Took my sister to see Alanis Morrisette YEARS ago and Radiohead opened up. They started the set with Creep and sadly were booed relentlessly when they tried to do other songs. Halfway through their 3rd song they stopped and played Creep one more time and then left the stage. We then had to wait an hour for the main act!
1996 if I recall correctly. My first concert ever at the age of 13, @ Hershey park, Hershey Pennsylvania. That’s a shame they weren’t received better. From what I remember from my experience, the crowd was nuts for Radiohead. Somehow, probably cause I was a little 13 year old kid, I got pushed all the way to the front. But the crowd was very aggressive and having been separated from my friend, I got scared. A security guard lifted me over the railing to safety as mosh pits were forming. The crowd remained that way for the bands entire set. Things calmed down considerably when alanis took the stage.
I honestly don’t miss 90’s era concerts. Fans could be some genuine entitled assholes. Stuff like folding your arms and turning your back to the stage, throwing bottles, etc. I think it all came to a head at the Woodstock dumpster fire. Now days you see way more fans respecting the bands and just having fun instead of being too cool for anything. I think it was summed up nicely in the Smashing Pumpkins episode of the Simpsons.
I remember listening to Radiohead on Mtv and listening to their early albums. I havent heard them in years until I started to watch the brilliant "One day" series on Netflix which is the most heart wrenching Love story that id recommend to anyone and is worthy of a reaction video in itself. Anyway one of the songs from the soundtrack is "thinking about you" by Radiohead. i was blown away by the memories and have started ti listen to Pablo Honey ( my favorite) and The bends again after all these years. They are simply superb i was never into their later albums but may give them another try they come to great acclaim.
You kind of have to mature a bit for some of their later stuff but when it clicks for you it's mind blowing. Try the songs Nude and Reckoner live from the basement both incredible songs especially live Thom can really sing when he stands still long enough.
One of the many that I love rock/ metal is that is "perfectly imperfect" as you said! It doesn't need to have crazy notes to be perfect, it just need to make people feel emotions, good or bad.
Aileen, never apologize for backing up and relistening to a part of a song, on any of your reactions. I love it when someone enjoys a song or performance so much that they want to hear parts of it again. Love your reactions. Just keep doing what you're doing and keep exploring great music. ❤
I don't think Thom Yorke gets the credit he deserves, musical genius really.. From Radiohead stuff... i loved King of Limbs, such a magical album and the solo stuff. The new Smile stuff is epic, such a talented guy!!
Hi Aileen 😊 Getting a late start to commenting on this incredible reaction of yours to Radiohead's Creep 😊👍 I have read all the comments and I have to agree that first, this takes me back to my high school years in 1973 and second that you are special 😊 Those awkward years of being a teenager and having crushes and knowing that that will never happen. So I can see that when Radiohead came out with this song, I am not surprised that it became an anthem for teenage self- deprecation. I know you get especially excited when the performance is live because as you say perfectly imperfect which makes the performance that much better. And so it is as you immersed yourself into the performance, feeling all of the emotions and receiving understanding making your reaction real. The messages in the comments reflect that and why we love you so much. All the recommendations are excellent and I look forward to your reactions 😊 Have a great day you and Arya 😊👍
Thom has definitely proven he can hit notes perfectly. You can find live recordings where his technical precision will blow you away. But to use painting as a metaphor, often a loose brushstroke is much more powerful than a tight one. And dancing around the note can be more interesting than hitting it. And when he does hit it, it's that much stronger.
I love this song, I relate to this so much, it's like a biography to my life. To use a quote from Thom Yorke "There's the beautiful people and then there's the rest of us."
@@marcmurray8141 yep, western average/bottom 80% males anthem. No matter the western nations troubles vs other civilisations number of immigrants refugees, and invaders hostile to it, the centuries old romantic chivalric culture of males disposable value and our masculine nature to self sacrifice for “something greater”.. wouldn’t matter in the end outnumbers tens of billions no other civilisation/s will ever be able to dominate/conquer. Even ignoring nuclear technology.. damn that Middle Ages promiscuous Queen who started the programming of western civilisation for romantic chivalry culture mixed with admixture’s of hunter gatherers/Anatolian farmers/yamanar genetics sure produced the people responsible 99.9% for dragging humanity into modernity. West has to stop emoting/listening to the gender evolved to be agents of CHAOS, DARKNESS & DEGENERACY ie named yin/The DESTROYER before our internal conflict in our empire of feminine lies not only destroys our civilisation but causing all human extinction ..
Let's go back to 1996. I was a freshman in High-school, my older sister was a popular senior. I hadn't been to any concerts, and I beg my sister to let me tag along with her and her friends. She finally gave in, and we went to go see Alanis Morrisette. We sit down in our seats, and this band called Radiohead comes out and blows the doors off the place for 90 minutes straight. They played this song and stuff from their new unreleased album, OK Computer. As a grown man , that was one of the coolest things my sister has done for me. Alanis was decent but Radiohead was epic!!!
I've been privileged enough to see Radiohead live twice in my life, once while they were touring In Rainbows and once for A Moon Shaped Pool. I first saw them in 2008 playing a stadium in Vancouver and then again at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, both of which were pretty transcendent experiences tbh. And while I didn't get to see them play Creep, as they rarely do live, they did play My Iron Lung which is at least a nod to it lol. I really hope you continue on and do more Radiohead reactions tho!
last xmas my youngest daughter said that she suffered with terrible social anxiety and she was suprised when my other 4 grown children and myself and my husband said so do we because unless you are truly selfish or self centred/self absorbed who doesnt .songs like this help you to understand you are not alone and to talk about these feelings openly
Please check out their 'From the Basement' live recording of 'Nude' on RU-vid, probably the best rendition of any song I've seen them perform. Thom Yorke's vocals are simply otherworldly here and take you to another place, it genuinely took my breath away upon first listen.
I saw Radiohead in 2000 for the Kid A tour. I believe they only did (2) US shows for that tour... LA & NYC. At this point, I believe he was over this song or at least being the song that they "had" to perform live. Anyways, the band played the song while he just stood in front of the mic. He didn't sing a note of "Creep". It was a cool take on the whole situation. Great concert too.
Absolutely fabulous. Scott Bradlee always comes up with unique arrangements and Hailey is tremendous as always. On that particular song she was sick and was supposed to be off that day but she came in and nailed it.
I haven't seen you do any Talking Heads reactions. A little trivia Radiohead is named after the Talking Heads song Radio Head... David Byrne even introduced them when they were inducted into the rock & Rock Hall of Fame in 2019. Please check out the Talking Heads... preferably, anything from their concert film Stop Making Sense.
I sang this at a bar once am not a good singer but seeing this song I could feel the emotions thank you for this reaction this song I can listen to it all day and never get tried of listing to it.
Hi Aileen, wonderful reaction and beautiful song. The music has the power To be able to read our feelings, emotions, has a power over us, which is extraordinary, singers know what it means especially when they use the tended on a verse, and remind us that we are human ❤
Kia ora, Great reaction to this iconic song.. Was wondering if you’ve heard of a Māori metal band called Alien Weaponry? They’re a thrash metal band that perform in our native language Te Reo, Their official video Kai Tangata is a visual masterpiece.. and I’m sure you’ll find our little paradise in the deep South Pacific quite intriguing.
Now that you've sat down and listened to the original version of "Creep," Aileen, please check out the cover by Postmodern Jukebox featuring Haley Reinhart. It's one of the very few times that a cover has become so much its own thing that it stands fully on its own. PMJ transforms it into something completely new (and old) and Haley's voice is spectacular (which will open a new rabbit hole for you). There's a reason the video for this cover song has over 120 million views and has been reacted to by SO MANY channels (who then dive immediately into the PMJ rabbit hole).
They do a live version of their song, Fade Out (Street Spirit) which I just know you'll love. If you search "street spirit live", it'll be the 3rd or 4th down. He looks very young and has blondish hair in the image for the video.. It is such a haunting song, and in my opinion, it's one of the best live vocal performances I've ever heard. You will no doubt feel the same emotion I do
The lead singer Thom Yorke, and also Robert Plante were both big fans of Jeff Buckley. You can sooo see that here with Thom's emotive singing, and the build to that vocal crescendo, he was highly influenced by Buckley. Wheww! What a live performance! There's an interview of Robert Plante saying he was amazed the first time he saw Jeff sing. You like perfectly imperfect singing that is 100% passion straight from the soul? I suggest Jeff Buckley (live performances like "Lover You Should Have Come Over" or "Mojo Pin". Him and Joe Cocker are the purest soulful singers in my book.
The song Creep came out at the same exact time as the Stone Temple Pilots Creep. This one came first, and STP kept theirs back off MTV until this version wore off a bit. I love both bands versions of Creep. Funny enough Nirvana has a song off the record Bleach, called Negative Creep, which is a few years older than both Creep songs. Kurt was kinda ahead of them all…check it out.
"Weird Fishes" Live From the Basement. No better next step (and you will love if you take the steps) Radiohead to check out. Awesome reaction!! Best band of last 30 years - 5 of 9 albums been on Rolling Stone top 500 - so they have huge range of music to dive into. This one is your formal Intro to Thom Yorke, one of the all-time great front person and writer in rock history, but also a voice like none other. Peace/
Should check out the *Post Modern Jukebox ft Haley Reinhart* version if haven’t yet. Top tier stuff. Also it’s a live studio recording for the official video I believe
Cool reaction. I think you really need to go down the Jeff Buckley rabbit hole. Songs like "Lover, You Should've Come Over", "Grace", "Hallelujah" & "Dream Brother" are just incredible.
Very powerful and emotional performance!!! I am so happy you reacted to this amazing song. I definitely recommend other songs Just, Street Spirit and the entire album of OK Computer - definitely an experience. Much love my beautiful Aileen. 🌹🌹🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤😊
3:54 emotion = vocal whammy bar. Making best use of it can turn a person with good but imperfect tone into an astounding singer. 6:50 Your show, Senpai. Here for it.
Love Radiohead, Thom Yorke is a legend. Best two piano players Thom Yorke and Tori Amos. They can really move you with those keys in some of their songs. You should watch his live performance of "Analyze" and "Bloom". And watch his live performance of "How to disappear completely". You might be put off by some songs but if you love good music, definitely give their entire discography a try and maybe some time... if you get turned off, leave it and come back to it later... you will find something that really resonates with you...
There's a cover version of that song performed in the German version of The Voice Kids by Mimi & Josefin which is one of the most awesome performances I've ever seen.
ONE OK ROCK released their new song Delusion;All and its music video today. It's truly amazing. The lyrics and video are incredibly powerful. I really hope that we get to see you react to it.
I was made to feel this way by someone and I dedicate this song to them. This is a song that has meaning to me and that long note is a release of that emotion.
♥ Dear Aileen, I looooove you so much for picking such timeless classics over and over again, crossind the lines of all genres, I whitnessed your pure emotions when you react to Rage, Rammstein, Pink Floyd, Readiohead here, and many other Classic Beauties, so good that you re here, keep on rocking my beauty, all the best to you!
Fantastic performance, despite the cold weather. Singing about insecurity, while bravely soldiering on through the weather, to a point he even holds and corrects notes he went off key in. Do the thing. The show much go on. Completely vulnerable while also being completely a pro. Brilliant.
What I love the most is how much people really appreciate good music. I just turned 60 and I had been so sad to miss out on the 60s scene but I'm so excited to see all these bands in concert. As they started out as opening bands to being headliners. Then come back full circle. I don't like all the gimmicks. Just give me the music. I think your adorable.
If you ever get the chance to be in the audience and see this performed live, it's a pretty amazing, possibly religious, experience. Their shows are fantastic but this song just hits big for the entire audience and Thom is absolutely in my top ten favorite rock singers of all time.
This is the best live version of this song. Creep is a banger. When Thom wails out, RUnNNnnnnnnnn, it gets me every time. Thom really emotes with his voice. His voice is a whole instrument in every song. I see them live, and his voice is better live than recorded it is like a sunset. A picture can't capture the real magnificence of it. You can only really experience it live.
Wonderful Reaction to an ICONIC SONG ... I get great pleasure in watching peoples reactions to Thom's Insane 12 seconds Belt..an then follows it up with an AMAZING 16 second Belt and it does sound amazing..TY for this
@@shaggy7927 They have a shit load of better songs than Creep but it's still a great song and I can still listen to You and Blow Out from their first album.
One of the great things about music is its power to move the human spirit. One of the great things about watching your reactions to it is how you allow us past the surface to see its power over yours. Thank you once again for your generosity.💖💖💖
I know you most likely wont see this but, A little known UK musician called Nick Harper (Son of Roy Harper who was friends with the Beatles and in abbey road when they were recording) wrote a song called 'Bloom' which i hold very dear to my heart. and it is truly a beautiful but sad song. Highly recommend you give it a listen. Phenomenal Singer and acoustic guitar player.
I love that song but somehow hadn't seen that video before, that was epic. You should check out the official video for their song Just. The song and video are great, they'll end up stuck in your head for a while
Radiohead has quite a few “rockumentaries”I guess. From live shows, arenas, too the creative process in and outside the studio. (Meeting People is Easy) -1998, I think is listed in the top 50 rockumentaries. The bts of making “In Rainbows”, I particularly liked.
How many of us were that person that felt they didn't belong, they weren't noticed, they weren't wanted around and were the "weirdo?" The emotion, pain and suffering really pours out of him and hits home to many of us whether growing up or now as adults. Brilliant, timeless song with no shelf life. Also, Aileen, i love your emotions and empathy in so many of your reactions. Thank you!
Can definitely see that Oceans probably used this version as a template to build on, or at least I'm speculating that's the case, that cover definitely gets the gut-wretching aspects of this song right, but I won't go further in the event that version of the song is visited on the channel.
Lovin' your channel! So much passion for quality music and well defined reactions to the songs. You just made me listen to this song all day long haha..keep up the good work! Thank you!
So happy to see more radiohead reactions. Cant encourage it enough. There is so much to this band thats been said, to the point that they have antifans. But to consider that creep was just a glimmer of what they would become both emotionally but much more technically, I can't encourage exploration/reaction enough. They are such a staple for a reason and even if they don't 'sit' well' and can be a difficult 'first reaction', I can assure you there is meat on these bones, no matter what you hope to get from music. My song recommendations, street spirit(fade out), Down is the New Up, A Wolf at the Door, Where I End and You Begin, Pyramid Song, How to Disappear Completely, Paranoid Android, Airbag. I'll stop there but you seriously cannot go wrong.
If you knew the background of this song... trust me, you would see that on this performance... he is not in a concert :( at all. He went back in time. To a VERY dark time
I have been catching up on alot of your first time reaction videos of so many.. this month and last month.... loved the video most of all... Five finger death punch.. wrong side of heaven, as I can relate as 100% disabled veteran. You said you love variety of music and would love to see your reaction to a group I don't think you have reacted to yet. I just seen them in concert for the first time on Aug 2nd and was in awwww.. they have been around and have been underrated ... they are sooo good... please when you can get the chance to react to them the group is: The Funeral Portrait. The 2 songs I love most are: Voodoo Doll & Suffocate City. I look forward to watching more of your first reaction videos.
