Five Songs In and I'm Crying Already 😓 Reacting to The Bends

[@tamerail]

fun fact, turtles can live for up to 9 years without food

[@tamerail]

none of my statements are legally binding

[@abgamerx1183]

Random shower thoughts be like

[@legendayutuba]

@@tamerail ok buddy

[@FroggytheFroggy]

almost helpful i have a tortoise not a turtle ://////

[@LudvikM]

That IS fun. I only knew food could live that long, or longer, without turtles!

[@thereturnofglenhaven721]

Just wait until OK Computer, THAT album has some serious Bowie influence.

[@thenewtowncryer]

I can't speak to the Bowie influence because I'm not that familiar with him but it is a killer album.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

it has for sure.

[@IsraelSilvaMonje]

When I read this "Lucky" came to mind

[@thereturnofglenhaven721]

@@IsraelSilvaMonje subterranean homesick alien for me

[@garybradshaw5118]

Paranoid android 🎉🎉🎉

[@ubolyr]

Thom Yorke - main vocals/ guitar/ piano Jonny Greenwood - guitar but also literally any instrument besides vocals Ed O'Brien - guitar/ supporting vocals Colin Greenwood - bass Phil Selway - drums

[@abgamerx1183]

Jonny plays pretty much any instrument you can imagine.

[@ubolyr]

@@Literallyjustmint I just assigned them guitars, because they're pretty flexible when playing them. Ed could also be some special effects guy with his guitar while Jonny could be a mad scientist.

[@SilentInferno]

@@ubolyrAnd even Thom plays drums on Bangers + Mash

[@dogdrovenorth]

Greenwood is a prominent player of the *ondes Martenot* , an early (now rare) electronic instrument played by moving a ring along a wire, creating sounds similar to a theremin. It's in far more Radiohead songs than I thought!

[@ubolyr]

@@dogdrovenorth i love the sound of this instrument

[@zigster1298]

“I was not familiar with your game, Mr. Bass Player” haha, you just earned another sub. Love your genuine reactions.

[@Strig_Z]

2:02 Planet Telex 6:31 The Bends 11:22 High and Dry 16:06 Fake Plastic Trees 22:04 Bones 25:02 (Nice Dream) 29:09 Just 34:34 My Iron Lung 40:10 Bullet Proof... I Wish I Was 43:30 Black Star 46:46 Sulk 49:36 Street Spirit (Fade Out)

[@iamadamkappakappa]

Thank you my guy 🙏🙏

[@Simpson7]

Not all heroes wear capes. That’s you. 🤘

[@DGog224]

Ending Fake Plastic Trees with “you shouldn’t be allowed to do this” is just so beautiful.

[@liverbot4854]

Fun fact, Thom Yorke recorded his singing for Planet Telex while lying on the floor drunk. As for the guitarists, you have Jonny Greenwood, Mr Yorke himself (the singer), Ed O’Brien supporting Thom Yorke, and Colin Greenwood on bass.

[@duvan-solis]

Forgetting the drummer Phill?

[@liverbot4854]

@@duvan-solis I responded to him asking who are the guitarists early on in the video. I would never forget about Phil!

[@duvan-solis]

@@liverbot4854 I didn´t know it was a direct response, bro.

[@liverbot4854]

@@duvan-solis It's fine, I love Phil too lol

[@jevans.writer]

Please react to Jeff Buckley's 'Grace' album. Jeff Buckley inspired Thom Yorke to sing falsetto in 'Fake Plastic Trees'. Apparently Radiohead was struggling to record the song, so they decided to take a break from recording and go see Jeff Buckley who was playing in London. After the concert, Radiohead returned to the studio to continue their recording. Thom Yorke decided to take a different approach and sing 'Fake Plastic Trees' in falsetto. The rest is history. Anyway, great reaction. Really enjoying watching you go down the Radiohead rabbit hole.

[@BRaan]

If he liked this album, then Grace will blow his mind! Also, would be entertaining to see him devolve into a puddle of tears.

[@clakytchoya7651]

unpopular opinion, Grace is better than any album Radiohead has put out. If Jeff Buckley had lived and produced more albums, I wouldn't hesitate to call him the best vocalist/singer of all time.

[@Turbopropic]

@@clakytchoya7651i think about this so often. he would have made so much more art

[@synge9116]

yes! amazing album front to back with some of the best songs ever written

[@caitnotfound]

As a big fan of both radiohead and jeff, he has to react to grace

[@kimbervoss3753]

I'm only on "Fake Plastic Trees," and Im already gettjng chills..I already know u will be one of my fave RH reactors..love watching other music people fall in love with one of my favorite bands..u have earned my likes and subscription and look forward to going on your RH journey!!

[@Jabotas]

"Bullet Proof.... I Wish I Was, Kurt Cobain also does [...]" Best part of the entire video CHANGE MY MIND

[@tamerail]

Kurt keeps catching strays 💀

[@Eclecticompany]

It's like kids today haven't experienced depression combined with heroin addiction in the 1990s or 2000s, when there weren't needle exchanges.

[@amy_grace]

Fun fact: "Sulk" was written before 1994, and some of the lyrics were changed so that people wouldn't think it was a reference to Cobain. Specifically, the chorus used to end: "And when the loving comes and we're already gone / Don't say goodbye / Just shoot your gun" 😬

[@thedieselweasel2011]

So glad you're here, bud. This album changed my whole world. Crank it all the way up.

[@illsea]

this man is going to go insane when he listens to ok computer

[@MegaClaymore123]

he's not ready

[@illsea]

@@MegaClaymore123 when he gets to kid a hes just gonna get clinical depression

[@MegaClaymore123]

@@illsea In Rainbows he will transcend to a higher plane

[@rehab_herr]

just did

[@illsea]

@@rehab_herr yea i just saw jsbfns

[@fgrillo29]

Fake Plastic Trees will get you every time. There is no shame. It's beautiful.

[@spencershaw4419]

Yeah it hits you right in the feels pretty hard.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

probably the most 90s song. the songs vibe is stuck in 90s so much. every other band sounds pretty modern like pearl jam, nirvana... but FPT sounds so 90s...

[@crankheart]

@@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it i just cant hear thoms voice and think its 90s. hes still so unbelievable and ahead of his time

[@ramsesDouma-ws6ch]

O boy are you in for a treat. The rabbit hole is deep with this amazing band. You really should listen the albums in order. And go on their journey. How they evolved. And when you’re done with the whole discography. Watch the basement sessions. And see it played live in the basement. You will be amazed

[@legendayutuba]

13:20 everything in its right place??????? kid a reference???

[@itzsyfan]

Fantastic reaction! The Bends remains the PEAK of Radiohead for me, and is still one of my top 3 favorite albums of all time. I hope one day you react to some of Blur's music! They were another fantastic British group from the 90s that created some total masterpieces, but were constantly underrated by the masses overseas.

[@andrewallcaps]

samee, The Bends is tied with Ok Computer for me, but both near perfect albums :)

[@TheBloopers30]

True. Blur is very underrated outside of England/UK in general. Though I feel like Blur, while having some amazing work, never really perfected their craft. Their older albums are very hit or miss in terms of quality tracks. The misses are not bad, but could've used some more time in the oven. Only album from them that I feel they really nailed through and through, is Magic Whip. Feels very whole in a sense. Though maybe not the sound many Blur fans was/are looking for.

[@danwebb1756]

Blur can’t touch Radiohead. Great band though.

[@nirodha60]

I like your comparisons with Bowie, and Bowie was a huge fan of Radiohead. There’s a clip online of Bowie talking about seeing them live where he basically says they are the best band around, check it out!

[@nicolasriveros943]

Oh man i still remember the first time i heard "If i could be who you wanted... all the time"

[@dogdrovenorth]

The format: • two louder, upbeat, usually linked • one slower, reflective, acoustic with sustained chords is _the definitive opening combination_ and Radiohead nail it on every album.

[@christopherjarrett9067]

'these fuckers have done it again' -- best description for musical artists who weaponize our emotions :D

[@joehoppard814]

It's wonderful to watch you discover these albums. I do believe the best is yet to come. Please keep going in chronological order.

[@yannhollister9091]

The 90's were full of emotionnal songs like this, i really miss that.

[@janhommer]

If that's so, I hope it's OK that I bring to your attention the fact that I feel the exact same way AND have been active as a singer-songwriter here on KZbin for more than 10 years now. Not to pretend I'm in the same league as Radiohead (that would be literally insane!), but they definitely belong to the (many) musicians I admire, which might reflcet in my own songs in one way or another and I think it could definitely be a welcome alternative to what's going on in mainstream pop right now...

[@Eckstinked]

fake plastic trees makes me cry almost every time. Its honestly amazing and i avoid over listening to the song so i don't lose that feeling when i listen to it

[@beatlebum7057]

Don't let a bunch of idiots tell you Pablo Honey isn't a good album. Sure it's not their best, but it's their first, and if you like it, that's all that matters.

[@adamfstewart81]

Truth! Everyone’s gotta start somewhere and PH is a great start

[@ubolyr]

When compared to the rest of their albums it's their worst album, but it's still a really good record. I think that's agreeable.

[@beatlebum7057]

@@ubolyr I'd take Pablo Honey over King of Limbs any day. I feel like people who crap on Pablo Honey probably didn't start listening to RH until OKC or later, and had to go back to listen to PH, but people who've been fans from the beginning can appreciate it for what it is.

[@adamfstewart81]

@@ubolyr I agree!

[@lk-music]

@@beatlebum7057 I know what you're saying, Pablo Honey is easily on par with Green Day and Nirvana (which is exactly what their record label were looking for), so is in no way a terrible album (it was my only Radiohead album at first, and I loved it, still do). I would also have placed The King Of Limbs under Pablo Honey if it wasn't for Codex which was just mesmerising, with Morning Mr Magpie's outro and Separator, then the live version of the album from the Basement really showcases the King of Limbs as maybe like the scene from Back To The Future, "Guess you aren't ready for that, but your kids are gonna love it".

[@CharlesDunkley]

You're two albums in and Radiohead is just warming up. Enjoy the journey.

[@the_oslovian]

Thank you so much for this today, I really needed feeling like someone in the world understands me, and this is exactly how I feel. I have heard all the later reactions you have done, but this is so much fun to see your and Radiohead development. ❤Thank you! (Bowers & Willkins here, baby.)

[@andrewdawson8684]

Awesome reaction dude. Amazing to see how it affected you so much. Like I affected your mum. I love their later stuff even more and have criminally neglected this over the years after having it on near repeat as a youngster. Can’t wait for you to hear the rest! Cheers :)

[@rgg6383]

1:10 Those are the Single covers. It's pretty common for some sites to have the single cover instead of the album cover. Sometimes it's pretty annoying when searching metadata for songs. If somebody it's unfamiliar with what a "single" is. Well, those songs were promoted to be on the radio usually and were sold as an alternative to buying the whole album and "saving" money if you just wanted that song. Also, a lot of band used it to release alternate versions of songs, demo versions or songs that didn't get into the album (B-sides)

[@fafa1648]

This album is a 10/10 front to back.

[@dogdrovenorth]

12/12 !

[@thseed7]

My favorite Radiohead album. OK Computer has some awesome tracks also. Thom Yorke's vocals are cosmically haunting. Johnny Greenwood and Ed O'Brien are personal heroes on the guitar. They experiment and change so dynamically from album to album

[@jorgekech]

all ok computer are awesome not some

[@Somethingaweful]

“Everyone just spawned it if nowhere” Radiohead fans in a nutshell.

[@Hypobolic415]

They're an amazing studio band, but even more impressive is their live shows maintain all the fidelity and clarity of the albums; It helps having three guitars and a mastermind mad scientist in Johnny Greenwood.

[@alexfernandezvargas8044]

As a big Radiohead fan, I loved this reaction, I'm really keen to see you react to more of their albums, this is just the start of an incredible journey!!

[@neonknight94]

Black Star rips my still beating heart out of my chest, and street spirit shows it to me crushed in its grip

[@BrodyWoelke]

The Bends is my favorite album, it's sound is Unique and something about it speaks to me.

[@eloisewalker9632]

The first four songs of this album is just an absolutely godly track run.

[@Deltron3031]

Just the fact that Radiohead could have been a legendary band if they just shat out 5 more of these albums, yet they challenged themelves in new ways within and outside of rock and produced at least several albums that are as good or maybe better than this...wow.

[@awkwardkey6652]

It just led to them being damn near god status

[@Talhagandansan]

@@awkwardkey6652my 2nd favorite artist. They are god status lmao

[@awkwardkey6652]

@@Talhagandansan see the comment came before I heard In Rainbows for the first time. Now I’d have to agree with you

[@Talhagandansan]

@@awkwardkey6652 I’m doing a relisten of all their albums rn.

[@justaguy2365]

As a guitar lover, This one will always be my favorite.

[@abgamerx1183]

FINALLY I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO FUCKING LONG

[@tamerail]

3 weeks 😐

[@markusvanheerden2590]

@@tamerail too long. just like my dic..

[@coleharbak]

Bro can’t wait 3 weeks

[@abgamerx1183]

@@tamerail 3 weeks felt forever man

[@abgamerx1183]

I was just saying that it felt so long waiting for this, don't be pissed-

[@pjl626]

My understanding is that Planet Telex was originally named Planet Xerox, but they didn't want to risk legal trouble.

[@Aiden_Baars]

I like your personality man, never change

[@sigururolafsson2257]

When I was 13 I was working for my father somewhere in north Iceland's country side. I was there for 2 months and I brought with me 2 CDs , one was an album by Busts Rhymes and The Bends, the bends was amazing to listen to I remember!

[@Carnage1975]

Back in the 90's I would listen to Radiohead and Blind Melon every day, such beautiful music and emotionally driven.

[@sarawall6784]

The Bends is my fave album by them, they are all great, but this one just has my heart ❤ thank you for reacting.

[@aldo34]

Great review. As a long term fan, I would LOVE to have all those fantastic albums still in front of me to enjoy for the first time. Have fun my friend!

[@tural7355]

The bends is referring to the rapid ascent they had with creep… eventually feeling like a sickness. My iron lung same - keeps you alive but trapped

[@hoppy2829]

The singer (Thom Yorke) is very famous for his incredible falsetto voice.

[@restless1236]

Subscribed, and I can't wait to see your reactions to the rest of their albums.

[@revanasywal]

OK Computer, Kid A and In Rainbows would blow whole of your mind and change whole of your life.

[@samindumadusanka3149]

A moon shaped pool too

[@fakecubed]

"The bends" refers to decompression sickness experienced by divers who come up too quickly from the high pressure environment under the deep water. Dissolved gases in the body's fluids bubble out during decompression, and these bubbles can cause all sorts of health problems. In severe cases it can be extremely painful, and even fatal.

[@jameshannagan4256]

You get the Bends when you rise to the surface too quickly from deep water I think it's a reference to how the band rose to sudden fame due to Creep.

[@BCADBCAD]

Great reaction man as always! I can really tell you have a love and appreciation for music Now we need a weezer reaction

[@Music-tg5is]

As a fan of 80s and 90s guitar bands, this album is the pinnacle and as such, is also still my favourite Radiohead album. I suppose the only direction they had to take after this was to change their sound and progress in a different direction, since they had already conquered this genre.

[@edwardclewis1]

I am loving watching this! Thanks so much for doing this, it's like reliving listening for the first time! You are a great listener... very mindful! It's super-cool. PS In my opinion, every Radiohead album is special, including Pablo... every band has a history/story, and PH is an important part of Radiohead's catalogue. PPS - Radiohead are the best band in the world, they're my favourite band, and I only started listening in February! Was always saving getting in to them for a rainy day, as I was certain they were going to have an impact on me. I was right! LOL - just an edit to say I just checked and saw you've not even got to In Rainbows yet... excellent news. I'm so envious.

[@GergLounge]

Just remember, OK Computer is the apex of Radiohead Mountain. No matter what they say.

[@sarinaOlson84]

That's true. It is technically the best one, but my heart loves The Bends anyway.

[@gonzalordtm]

Yes, Thom Yorke loves David Bowie's music 😎

[@ARadioheadDeepDive]

The Bends goated

[@dreww1609]

Enjoy your reaction! Radiohead is at its heart a 3 guitar attack band, Thom the lead singer plays excellent rhythm, Jonny is the lead, and Ed does a lot of everything but specializes in these atmospheric backgrounds - any time you think it is a synth (at least minus Kid A and Amnesiac) it is probably a guitar with effects. I love 3 guitar bands, something very liberating about having that extra space to create both monster hammering walls of sound or dreamy layered spacey songs. Colin on bass and Phil on drums are masters holding down the structure beneath it all and shine if you take the time to listen. I loved a couple songs off this, and it was getting a lot of buzz, but it is 'OK Computer' that caused me to fall out of my chair and proclaim that I'd just heard the first perfect album in my life and the best band on earth. 25 years later I still feel the same. I am jealous you get to hear it for the first time. Then they make a turn so sharp with 'Kid A' it will rattle your brain, but that is the defining moment when they transcended to great rock band to once in a generation legends.

[@ramsesDouma-ws6ch]

Cant wait for hail of the thief

[@notmotionz]

Dude, The bends is such a banger I love watching these types of videos and seeing people discover my favourite albums for the first time and I saw your video was very recent, excited for your journey! OK computer and In Rainbows and A moon shaped pool (AMSP) are my favourite and all auditory masterpieces, especially OK Computer and In Rainbows. I hope you enjoy the upcoming albums especially the next which is what got me into this amazing band.

[@Bending_Hectic]

I’m pretty sure Thom was partly inspired to become a musician after seeing David Bowie’s Ashes to Ashes music video, said something like “ I wanna earn a living doing THAT”

[@pulsing1982]

interesting comment you made, about "back in the day, people had huge ranges, vocally..." is it that it's a contrast to many current solo artists that despite being popular, may not put 'singer' on line one of their CV; or worse, it's the work of engineers make them listenable?

[@tastermusic]

Man, I put on headphones so fast when I saw the preview😅

[@Lrs1212]

So excited for you to experience In Rainbows!

[@mattd9297]

OK Computer is guna blow your mind. Can't wait. In Rainbows will have you in tears from start to finish also.

[@chrislc35]

i like you, seem very likeable. you will be a great old eccentric man one day. 😁. great reaction man.their albums get better and better, which is a very rare thing. also the song "nice dream", i would play on repeat, for years, still do.

[@barbarjinx3802]

Ok computer and kid A are both masterpieces.

[@JayPhonomancer]

They are but don't forget In Rainbows

[@aquaticborealis4877]

One of the great “modern” Rock albums. Production quality is out of this world. A sonic guitar masterpiece with unworldly vocals. Incredible stuff.

[@TheMusehobo]

It just gets better from here man

[@richardmose]

.Sincere thanks for an amazingly articulate Radiohead reactions that I have ever seen. It's rare to see someone who comprehends the depth and nuance of cerebral rock artists. When it does happen, it is breathtaking, and much appreciated. Your reaction was insightful, sincere, and heartfelt. I enjoyed it from beginning to end, in its entirety. I love The Bends musically, but the cover art featuring a latex male manequin really creeps me out a lot. I couldn't buy the cd when it came out, because of the creepy cover art.

[@sarinaOlson84]

The Bends is my favorite Radiohead album.

[@nick5145]

You need more views! I love what you're doing here. Great insight. Never even thought they sounded like Bowie at all. But you're right. Please keep listening to the bassist Colin and the ~nasty~ electric guitar is always Jonny, his brother. Thom's voice will sometimes distract you. But you're a good listener...

[@nick5145]

(Let Down is going to destroy you)

[@d.s.9692]

Is "Street Spirit" is the only rock & roll song that is lyrically centered on the heat death of the universe? Maybe!

[@ginafragata2947]

Love Radioed forever ❤

[@alexchavdar]

Thom Yorke, the vocalist , has some solo great great songs You can do reaction to these some of his best: 5.17 - best song ever Open again Last I heard Dawn Chorus Suspirium

[@SomethingIntheway-so2lg]

You’re gonna love ok computer

[@lokevoice]

I’m hoping for an entire discography reaction I like seeing people hear Radiohead for the first time

[@stanleyhenderson6651]

Got to listem to their early B Side releases. Insanely great.

[@davidemery4759]

“No, don't do it!” “They did it.” 😂 subbed.

[@danwebb1756]

Arguably the best band since The Beatles

[@veevamm3642]

What is it? Decompression sickness, also called generalized barotrauma or the bends, refers to injuries caused by a rapid decrease in the pressure that surrounds you, of either air or water. It occurs most commonly in scuba or deep-sea divers, although it also can occur during high-altitude or unpressurized air travel.

[@TrEuDaT]

I loved watching the journey this album took you on...

[@frankparoots2980]

Pablo honey is amazing! Some people forget their roots. Enjoy the ride mate.

[@thickaxe]

Im here on this Radiohead journey with you.

[@Andr-x8r]

Ok, Ok Computer next... I CANT

[@Ch3ckentender3]

God bro Radiohead has never made a bad song

[@jameshannagan4256]

It's not fair the way people shit on Pablo Honey for it's time it was a good album but people always compare it to all the albums that followed.

[@samindumadusanka3149]

Bruh.. Hes yet to hear Ok computer Kid A Hail to the thief In Rainbows A moon shaped Pool 😭

[@gnasheroffthewall]

cause hes doing it in order???💀

[@thoronthol1175]

Yes. Among other things, this is one of the best guitar albums ever made.

[@voh3445]

So here for this

[@Shulypoo]

Oh gosh I think I spent my entire summer of ‘98 listening to The Bends on a loop. Good times 🥹

[@adamfstewart81]

The Bends is an acute medical condition you can develop when you’re deep sea diving and you surface too quickly. It’s potentially fatal.

[@davidbailey6397]

Michael Stipe of REM said Radiohead on this tour was “scary good.”

[@eumaeus]

Hi. New sub here, joining you for your RH journey and boy, it's going to be so freakin' awesome.

[@lovv4590]

if hes crying on the bends, hes not prepared for in rainbows or a moon shaped pool

[@emmaalfaro6531]

Omg love this album. Fake plastic trees always break me. Great reaction. Also I would love to watch you reacting to Muse. Muse is often compared with Radiohead but both bands are amazing and I love them.

[@steviefraser5240]

Really looking forward to catching up on this journey

[@xzackaryx]

You gotta listen to Grace by Jeff Buckley

[@cameronstinchfield381]

I feel like the Smashing Pumpkins would blow your mind. That'd be a great video

[@saintarti9576]

The Siamese dream reaction would be legendary

[@otis6878]

Planet telex foreshadowed you would be broken by the the rest of the album before you knew it!

[@Sutterbombz]

your trip will be exciting. enjoy the ride