7 Radiohead Facts to Make You Lose Yourself (For a Minute There)

[@trashtheory2]

Correction: At 2:08 - Though he has provided additional live drums on tracks like "There, There," Ed O'Brien is mainly one of Radiohead's guitarists. The person onscreen is their drummer Philip Selway, but the "November Rain" recollection is still from O'Brien.

[@nicolasriveros943]

He also provides alot of background vocales by shouting His own name

[@yassinghareeb5761]

​@@nicolasriveros943 Eeeeeddddddddddddd

[@BennieTarrMusic]

@@nicolasriveros943 hahaha what a cokehead.

[@gilibertopaparauchas5959]

Ed O’BREEN

[@syrup-]

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A JOKE!@@nicolasriveros943

[@illwind]

"the reason we don't use guitar as much anymore, is because there are only a handful of pixies albums, we can't keep copying them" 😂😂😂

[@joaoyapur1247]

The overall honesty.

[@marknewbold2583]

Listen to the pixies they are a great band

[@Falxifer95]

Now Johnny Greenwood just needs to do a similar declaration about Can and Kraftwerk.

[@catnipanonymous]

[Radiohead Anecdote] "York burst into tears" [Another Radiohead Anecdote] "York burst into tears"

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Glad I wasn't the only one.

[@Falxifer95]

I have a feeling that whenever Radiohead decides to call it quits, their final album will be composed of all the songs they shelved, fully realized, and then God will smite humanity.

[@danzargy]

At least let me hear Cut A Hole fully before it happens.

[@miiviscerator]

pop is dead 2

[@zackzallie8735]

creep acoustic

[@tonyonafriday]

@@miiviscerator pop is back

[@miiviscerator]

@@tonyonafriday this time it's personal

[@bilboswagginz2808]

“The jigsaw fell into place.” Madlad.

[@chazk7530]

I read once that when Thom Yorke was recording with Bjork, he cried while recording his vocals, and felt pleased with the results. Bjork, however, chastised him for being selfish in his performance, that the intention is to move your audience emotionally, not yourself.

[@scrunt62]

yiiiiikes. i think the majority of people tune into or are more deeply impacted by an artist's authentic emotional expression because we're social, empathetic creatures. their story is relatable to us, so it's literally "moving" us as it puts us into a new frame of mind as we empathize with what the artist conveys. it seems like an important skill to strive for. 😬 i never could got into bjork since her music (especially her singing) always shakes me loose. maybe she could have learned something from him?

[@marknewbold2583]

Bjork was right

[@LucasRodmo]

I mean, it's Björk, I would listen

[@bacht4799]

@@scrunt62björn is self righteous jerk who thinks her actions is justified.. but do like her music and such…!

[@coolguy279]

where did you get this from? i dont think thats true lol

[@murilo4946]

Just to go further, Talking Heads got the "Radiohead" expression from a Chico Buarque's - one of the greatest brazillian singers - song called "O Último Blues" (The Last Blues), in which the expression "Rádio Cabeça" (Radiohead) appears.

[@yakmartin5429]

And to go further further: Everything Everything got their name from Radiohead. 🧸💕🎶

[@conic2721]

AH VAI TE CATAR QUE VEIO DO CHICO KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK impossível, buarque é gênio

[@daviddalrymple2284]

What's great about Radiohead is that even when you can see the "seams" (i.e., that many of Thom Yorke's seemingly-profound lyrics are obscure personal jokes, and that much of their music has a very direct and specific influence), the whole package is still wonderful. Even when they're trying to sound like the Pixies or Can or the Banshees, they still sound like Radiohead. Even though Thom Yorke finds the lyrics to "Fake Plastic Trees" funny, he imbues his vocals with such a profound level of emotion than even he breaks down crying.

[@marknewbold2583]

He writes lyrics like an annoying 6th former

[@ExcaliburDawn]

​@@marknewbold2583I know,crying over your own music,good God.🤷‍♂️

[@davidhernandez1699]

Fun fact #8: When they first played the Whiskey A Go-Go, I was a cab driver and I happened to drive them from the hotel to the club, then later from the club to the hotel.

[@yassinghareeb5761]

Was there any small conversation between you all? Care to share?

[@davidhernandez1699]

@@yassinghareeb5761 just the destination. They were talking amongst themselves and completely ignored me.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Then Thom Yorke burst into tears?

[@Aurla-R2-D2]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 😂🤣

[@PeerwasNOPE]

15:12 forgot to mention that thom almost died that day. A live wire was beside a pool and he almost touch it with his wet hands. Praise that guy who moved it

[@mandobob]

They had to play it 4 times and by the end he had had it and when on his "flip out".

[@pamb440]

I remember seeing that when it happened and thinking, That guy just saved Thom's life.

[@theactorjohnlarroquette]

"drummer Ed O'brien"? 2:08 bruv whut......

[@TheRealSplexy]

not only he got the name of the drummer wrong he couldnt even pronounce the name lol

[@Hassan047]

@@TheRealSplexy lol

[@kaitlynmoreno]

@@TheRealSplexy it was a little mistake and they corrected it 😭 😂

[@DylanAnd08]

I jumped to the comments immediately after hearing that lol, you beat me to it

[@Atlas65]

@@kaitlynmoreno It has not been corrected I can still here it in the video.

[@markgatland977]

There There and Nude are 2 of the best songs in their catalogue....I love the fact that songs can sit around for years and then flower into their perfect forms. As someone who plays music in a band, and a huge Radiohead fan, it's heartening to realise that if a song is good enough it will eventually, (over time) reveal itself

[@ashleybailey5513]

No separator is hands down best song imo

[@GamesWithBrainz]

Yeah and like at least half of amsp are older songs they reworked and its a top 3 album of theirs imo

[@liverbot4854]

@@ashleybailey5513 The issue with Separator for me was that it took a while to “get”, whereas the infatuation with Nude and There, There was instantaneous.

[@ToniToniChopaaa]

@@ashleybailey5513with separator I got it instantly, and then it disappeared and I don’t get it anymore

[@kasiamueller3740]

OH MY GOD THOSE ARE LITERALLY MY FAVOURITE SONGS FROM THEM, ITS THE FIRST TIME I HEAR SOMEONE APPRECIATING THEM

[@griffgames9538]

Pyramid Song The strings, arranged by Jonny Greenwood, were recorded on 4 February 2000. They were performed by the Orchestra of St John's in Dorchester Abbey, a 12th-century church about five miles from Radiohead's studio in Oxfordshire. Greenwood instructed the players to swing in the style of jazz musicians. Pyramid Song notably uses an unusual rhythm and its time signature has the been subject of debate. According to Radiohead's drummer, Philip Selway, "Pyramid Song is in swung 4/4"; however, he said he "felt his way" through the drum part rather than count it. On the day of recording, Selway initially felt lost and that the session was going badly, but the drum part "fell into place" when he stopped trying to analyse the rhythm and instead responded to the inflections in Yorke's piano and vocals. Every member of Radiohead has been essential to their sound and progression.

[@the.ethers.tragic]

Here is the complete story about the origin of name of the band: David Byrne was really into brazilian music and in 1985 Chico Buarque released a song called O Último Blues (The Last Blues) with these words: "To the sound of the last blues. On the Radio Head. If you can forget. The girl you seduce". Byrne loved the concept of a radio station playing inside someone's head and decided to write a song about it, Radio Head.

[@sebastianionescu4067]

As a teenager stuck on MTV in the mid 90's, I never heard/saw "Creep", although other slacker anthems like ".... Teen Spirit" or "Loser" were overheard. My first encounter with Radiohead was "Paranoid Android" sometime in December 1998. And boy, that was something. That was my path and blessing to become a real fan.

[@catnipanonymous]

I vaguely remember 'Creep', but I don't remember it being shoved at me like 'Teen Spirit' or 'Loser' - although sometimes in those days what you got an earful of boiled down to which hours you watched Mtv, which radio market you lived in, and whether or not you worked after school. What I DO vividly remember is 'Paranoid Android' and that video for it - because it was so long, and it was played so often, it seemed like every time I turned on Mtv I would catch it at _some_ point of it's runtime. I didn't _hate_ it, but it was losin it's charm by the end of it being in rotation there. And it's definitely, in _my_ memory, the entry point to Radiohead for a 17yr old in the late 90s.

[@sebastianionescu4067]

As an easterner, I was subjected mainly to American MTV, so there was a pretty big chance to miss Radiohead. But there was also a lot of Britpop, as far as I can remember. And yeah, the video of 'Paranoid Androided' added to the song's cool weirdness.

[@marknewbold2583]

They could only dream of writing Loser

[@rosieHolliday5887]

Gosh....the Bends album. Still cuts deep. Must have listened to it day after day after day for months when I was about 21. I'd just moved to London on my own & I didn't have a friend in the world. That album was my friend. SUCH an important album for people like me

[@JRCT3E]

On the topic of both songs inspired by guitar legends and songs which took a long time to gestate: "Knives Out" took more than a year to complete, and was inspired by Johnny Marr. Ed O'Brien actually got the chance to play the song for Marr.

[@mobius273]

Wait is the movie knives out named after a radiohead song if glass onion is a beatles song?

[@regolithia]

@@mobius273 yeah, I read they even wanted the rights to the song but shit was expensive lol

[@mobius273]

@@regolithia less expensive than the beatles?????

[@Georgeirfx]

Don't know how long it took to make but Reckoner was inspired by John Frusciante

[@iCookCrystalMeth]

@@Georgeirfx reckoner always needed more talk surrounding it

[@gabe_s_videos]

"There There" was the first Radiohead song I ever heard, and one of first (if not THE first) songs I taught myself to play on the drums. Imagine my joy when I learned guitar years later and figured out how to play it on that too!

[@anonymousshitposter1743]

Great video, but at around the 2:00 mark you say Ed O'Brien is the drummer. It's actually Philip Selway, Ed O'Brien is one of the guitarists.

[@mynameiscian8D]

If Ed's not the drummer, then how do you explain 4:20 ?!?! Check mate

[@anonymousshitposter1743]

@@mynameiscian8D 😳😳😳😳😳

[@Atlas65]

@@mynameiscian8D hahaha 😅

[@nodiggity9472]

My favOurite thing about Radiohead, is Thom's wobbly head.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

My new favorite punchline is "...and then Thom Yorke burst into tears." I love this band, I don't even mean it disrespectfully, but by the second time it came up in this video it hit me just right and I had to pause it from laughing too hard at the thought of everyone plugging in their instruments "...and then Thom Yorke burst into tears."

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Why isn’t this video on the main channel? Great video by the way 😊

[@trashtheory2]

thanks. it was just supposed to be a low effort stop gap thing so not substantial enough for the main channel.

[@DavidBennettPiano]

@@trashtheory2 fair enough! I think it would have fit in on the main channel but I am biased when it comes to Radiohead 😊😅

[@the.world.is.a.vampire]

@@DavidBennettPiano david bennett commented on quality content talking about radiohead. yes. no surprises

[@maldaror7097]

I can understand why they hate Creep, but that song means a lot to me, and that guitar chug is maybe one of the greatest sounds in music.

[@maldaror7097]

Would like to have seen it live

[@maldaror7097]

Just sitting in on the new Guardians film....guess what song it opens with ....

[@ded8491]

the greatest sound in music?!?

[@barryschwarz]

@@ded8491 Just remember there is no objective opinion of music.

[@ded8491]

@@barryschwarz there is mine

[@MalMotorDedo]

We supporting Trash Theory 1 & 2

[@DerekPower]

They are probably one of the few bands where their B-sides are just as fantastic as the cuts that make the albums. And they are also one of the few bands where they have that long gestation period. Another example was what was originally called “Big Boots” but then finally “completed” as - of all fucking things - a B-side like bonus track for their 20th anniversary commemoration of OK Computer as “Man o’ War”. It was supposed to be their contribution to The Avengers (not the one people know now) and they even went to Abbey Road Studios to do it. Their attempt to record it was also documented in Meeting People Is Easy. And speaking of Meeting People Is Easy, it was for a long time the film where you could actually hear snippets from their “complete album discography” until The King of Limbs was released (which I actually like). So yes: not only could you hear selections from Pablo Honey, The Bends and OK Computer, but also Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows.

[@arnemente6346]

I think Oasis' B-Sides were genius as well for their like first 3 years in the spotlight

[@BataraKado]

jeff buckley changed my life forever and died exactly 3 months before i was born.... forever a legend....

[@ristube3319]

They closed 2016 NYC Madison Square Garden with “Creep” and THE CROWD WENT CRAZY! SO GLAD I WAS THERE!

[@tristanmills4948]

The deleted video for Pop Is Dead is a great story. Along with the band's dislike of the song. Things could be worse for them, it could have been that which was their first hit!

[@QWRTkeyboard]

Oh no, pop is dead, long live pop

[@TimesOfTheSines.official]

I've always thought Nude took a decade to properly bloom into a finalised piece of material... Because it finally sounded like a story of release, from a shadow side that once had a stronger voice & influence on someone... The unperceived & inexperienced lure & trap of ourselves, to often be a enemy to ourselves... For not examining our thoughts of attraction towards others... or another when it happens to trigger in us. Nude is such a amazing song for putting into that context, even if Thom & Radiohead had no intention or idea for making it so... But it's so much like the shadow self of a mind... Lurking around for wanting a way back in of otherwise better wisdom achieved by questioning attractions... Before poisoning thoughts become often unwise for any of it getting under the skin... There is no worse feeling, & waisted energy for feelings & emotions... Than steering yourself in wrong directions for not checking yourself in... To what hooks u into triggers of attraction. Nude is the perfect wisdom & epic release of knowing better of it... of one's self imo??? "You'll paint yourself white, then fill up with noise... but there will be something missing? Now that u find it... u won't? Now that u feel it... u don't? You've gone off the rails... Who hasn't been there & done that for otherwise feeding more of an attraction to someone, that was bad for getting a bigger idea about... Than we ever should have done to begin with?

[@dirtybird311]

I’m here for both channels!! Let’s Goooo!!!

[@patthewoodboy]

he lays down because he wants to , I have done this often , its very comfortable to do something you want to do , without being told

[@gabe_s_videos]

Johnny's remark about not borrowing from the Pixies any more because they've only got three albums to mine for inspiration makes me wonder if rock music in general fell out of popularity for the same reason. The best rock music was made in the first 20-odd years of it's existence, mid-50s to about the late 70s, when disco and punk got really big. Pretty much every rock band after that drew from those 20-odd years. By the time we got to the late 2000s, that era was far enough in the past that the then-twentysomethings making new pop music were too young to be nostalgic for that era, which is largely why synth pop had a big resurgence (that and rock music from the 80s was mostly terrible). 90s rock music has the opposite problem, IMO, it's so perfect (mostly cuz it was drawing inspiration from the best 60s and 70s rock music) that nobody would dare try to improve on it. There's only so much great rock music to imitate, eventually you have to do something else. Radiohead obviously figured that out.

[@gabe_s_videos]

@@jamesbeddus Why're you being a douche?

[@HeadlandRoad]

Rock in the 80s was shit? We must be talking about different decades. Birthday Party / Bad Seeds, Triffids, Laughing Clowns, Moodists, Scattered Order, Go-Betweens, ...

[@gabe_s_videos]

@@HeadlandRoad Never heard of them.

[@HeadlandRoad]

So I guess the problem is not the 1980s.

[@gabe_s_videos]

@@HeadlandRoad Yeah, the problem is whoever didn't tell me about those bands. Fuck that guy.

[@jamescampling2413]

He do like bursting into tears dont he?

[@Asmogriff]

I might be wrong, but wasn't it when Colin came up with the new bassline to Nude they finally got it working? Saying the bassline was all that was left is not really true. Can't even remember where I heard that, but...

[@joshuabarrett9392]

How does this guy not have 5 million subscribers

[@nomoreskate]

sunnyday real estate is my favorite band i wasn’t expecting them to be mentioned in this

[@skycasino1]

my favorite band is radiohead but i also listen to sunny day real estate and they are not often mentioned or as well-known as they should be so i agree

[@justahammer]

6:58 A very clever pun if I’ve seen one before

[@genesno1]

PIXIES IS SUCH A GOOD BAND

[@osohista]

I just think this channel should have been called Trash Two-ory and the next one should obviously be Trash Threeory.

[@osohista]

Additionally, the fourth channel may be called Trash Thefoury, but I really hope you don't make any more channels after that because I can't come up with any more suggestions, sorry.

[@k0waibunni]

8:48 pretty sure it’s “down is the new up” you’re welcome

[@dubsknit]

Love this new format for Trash 2. More pleaseee.

[@DrKenCat]

I saw Radiohead support Kingmaker (remember them? thought not....) at Leicester Students Union on 7th November 1992. I had no idea who they were, of course, but I remember Creep. Those distinctive dead note blasts blew everything else off the stage that night.

[@michaelchen2136]

true love waits slowly grew on me from time to time, what a beautiful piece of art

[@Ilya-hl8jx]

"Just" was inspired by Olivier Messiaen - favorite Greenwood composer

[@spencergellsworth]

My favorite fun fact about Radiohead is I'm not here this isn't happening

[@Argeaux2]

The ch-ch ch-ch ch-ch in Creep isn't an attempt to undermine the song. This is the second video you've said that. This is a sound the guitarist used to make when he was warming up. The producer heard it, and suggested it for the song. It's a perfect example of using a guitar for percussion.

[@_Rosebud]

This video slaps as hard as Idioteques drum-machine solo

[@brianstefans9108]

I always thought there was a bit of “Tusk” by Fleetwood Mac in “There, There.”

[@nyrman]

rarely fun and to the point musical content 👌

[@paulphoenix1669]

Learned a few things here alright, as always a great video x

[@Mo-MuttMusic]

Favorite fun fact (if Wikipedia is correct): "Karma Police" was inspired by a running joke among the band members. Thanks for sharing. S.R., Mo-Mutt Music/Sacred & Secular

[@markgatland977]

.....oh, and BTW, if I could go back in time to any gig, that Astoria '94 gig would be waaaay up the list

[@carlaburgess5449]

I'm right there with you. you prob know this, but I remember reading they used that live version of My Iron Lung on the album and only retracked the lead vocal.

[@bishoppsi8440]

This is too good. Tx man!

[@theactorjohnlarroquette]

Someone decoded it and the man at the end of the Just video says something along the lines of "lie down on the pavement and I'll tell you" (the "ill tell you" lines up but I forget the wording of the first half the does)

[@neil_estate]

John Mcgeoch is incredible

[@elizabeth2181]

I fucking love Nude. It's one of my favorite Radiohead songs. When I first heard it I thought the end of the song (the vocal scale) sounded familiar. I thought about it for months without an answer. Until finally it hit me. You know the scene in The Little Mermaid where Ariel gets her voice back? It sounds like that. Does anyone else hear it?

[@Ntrinzc]

For a minute there I lost myself

[@AH-ml4vi]

Jonny Greenwood - megalomaniac , words I would never have expected to hear in one sentence. 4:15

[@masterxyr]

Thom reminds me a little of Tadao Ando and people alike in that their talents far supersede whatever rationale they want to superimpose into their creation. They may say whatever they want, previously informed by their minds, lives, struggles, pains, calculations, frustrations and whatnot, but the talent flows stronger and deafly to those earthly conjectures.

[@Cradelikz]

I fkn loved this. Subbed now.

[@jamesbetzer6542]

I'm pretty sure I heard the bends was dedicated to the late comedian/philosopher Bill Hicks which I think is pretty awesome!

[@marknewbold2583]

It's appropriate, he's overrated and not that good

[@InferiorPhilly]

The just music video gives me hard "Bartleby, the Scrivener" vibes

[@AlystrZelland]

There's a great video essay that ties it to religious/nihilist allegory somewhere on here. The essayist attempts to read lips and all sorts or other close examinations to make the argument. It's quite well done

[@mickhealy9411]

Kudos on the Ed O'brien name pronunciation 🙌🏻

[@xiuehe]

14:48 i mightve had a heart attack here

[@benedictjohnson]

Another great video - thanks. 2.10s - drummer’s Phil Selway

[@peterkadelbach7010]

What about "Where I end and you begin" and how much of a tribute/rip-off it is to one of my fave Simple Minds songs "theme for great cities" Such a good steal. Nice vid. really enjoys the back stories.

[@louiserawman258]

‘Ed Obreen’ is the drummer???

[@sampleoffers1978]

I never connected iron lung with creep lol. Did see pixies live and very understandable to be heavily influenced.

[@joseffmancilla5186]

i was born on the release of hail to the thief (6/9/03).

[@BMG060981]

My day too

[@name-z9c]

8:10 the man says "gay the one who doesn't lie down on the floor"

[@fourcalendarcafe]

love the nod to john mcgeoch

[@vocals7693]

Their beats are so complex and complicated no one cares if they get it wrong. They're beloved anyway.

[@QWRTkeyboard]

lol

[@ristube3319]

Radiohead has found a place in my mind like the Beatles but in a different time.

[@yutub266]

This video was actually petty good

[@NewsRedial]

There's a Trash Theory 2? Shweet.

[@xfoolsgoldx]

Need more Trash Theory💙👍

[@johntammena1128]

To me, the riff in "Just" seem more inspired by King Crimson's "Red".

[@munkami]

The drummer is Phil Selway. Ed O'Brien plays guitar

[@sertorres88]

Awesome video

[@mindfulrochester2368]

great facts... not just the stuff everyone already knows

[@computrhead]

My favorite fact is about True Love Waits. They tried remaking the song on Kid A. This lead to the song, Pulk/ Pull Revolving Doors on Amnesiac.

[@ikonlimee7917]

"drummer - Ed O'Brien" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ricardoediza2690]

Funny you didn't mention that 2021 remix of Creep by them, which was basically an official shitpost

[@GIBKEL]

I hate to call you out but the drummers name is Philip Selway. Not sure where you pulled Ed O’Green from…..there is an Ed….but no one named ‘Greene’. Loved the facts though! Cheers-

[@kaitlynmoreno]

I love the radiohead drummer, ed obrien

[@matthatsmusicalinstruments6470]

Drummer is Phil Salway

[@antharesmexico]

Good video, a small/big correction Radiohead's drummer Is Phil Selway, not Ed O'Biran.

[@carlhartwell7978]

Don't really care how much Radiohead despise Creep. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. An artist has no power to destroy their creation, nor should they. Accountability.

[@rpichinine]

14:16 wasn't expecting at all to see Daniel around here. nice surprise

[@paulphoenix1669]

Fat Ugly Dead Is still just so funny

[@sarak8576]

Can you do an analysis on no surprises pleeeeaaaaasssseeeee I can’t seem to find any

[@leowatkins1518]

“Drummer Ed Obrien” 2:06 Turns off video.

[@ifym900]

More Radiohead!!!

[@TheRealRatWeasle]

“Drummer Ed O’ Brene”

[@thebest.1837]

SINCE WHEN WAS ED THE DRUMMER??????? 2:09

[@mathmss]

The song "Radio Head" is a reference to a Chico Buarque song. Byrne loves Brazilian music and Buarque is the greatest Brazilian artist of all time so he heard the expression "Radio cabeça" in a Buarque's song and decided to make it a song (Cabeça = head in Portuguese). So Radiohead might not even know the name of their band was actually made up by a Brazilian artist.

[@sierraandres]

It doesn’t help that they have to pay Albert Hammond royalties for Creep :/

[@Napkin_story]

When you are listening to albums like hail to the thief and in rainbows its actually insane to thin that they're the se people that made creep

[@RobCrawford23]

Can we have a shout out for Big Country's time machine. Considering I saw them play in 1983 and you claim the Talking Heads track Big Country was released in 1986.

[@zoepalmer3668]

“the drummer ed o’breen” 💀💀