My take on Pyramid Song.

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@iximusic
@iximusic 6 ай бұрын
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@BrianFlores123
@BrianFlores123 3 ай бұрын
I just subscribed! 🎉😊🎉
@sayeddarwish
@sayeddarwish 2 ай бұрын
Hi @iximusic would you kindly react to my song? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3OTmmyrmtF2gZIsi=ypUCoS0rjWl3sDq-
@seatclub1
@seatclub1 7 ай бұрын
Love hearing someone gush about the chords as much as I feel them
@mateusl.b.teixeira1863
@mateusl.b.teixeira1863 10 ай бұрын
I wish my life had the clarity of this explanation.
@jedtulman46
@jedtulman46 8 ай бұрын
So beautifully put!
@seanwilliams7655
@seanwilliams7655 4 ай бұрын
I love that after 23 years people are still interested enough in this song that a video about it can still pull almost 200k views.
@thermalegoogle
@thermalegoogle 10 ай бұрын
This is unquestionnably the best, ever, explanation/tutorial video for Pyramid Song.
@elizawindsor27
@elizawindsor27 20 күн бұрын
This!! Made me feel like I was listening to it for the first time again somehow! Thank goodness for KZbin and you so much this video! Loved it!! 💕💕💕
@markhayes5896
@markhayes5896 Ай бұрын
Thom Yorke watches this and he's like "Oh, so that's what I was doing"
@brandonlovatt
@brandonlovatt 7 ай бұрын
I love KZbin for this reason. A little wine with my spaghetti, and next thing you know I'm 30min into a video of a stranger deep diving into Pyramid Song. Thank you so much for putting your time into such a detailed video!
@lauradecker9086
@lauradecker9086 6 ай бұрын
Wild because this is literally me right now, eating my spaghetti and drinking wine. Cheers! 🍷
@KenKasischke
@KenKasischke 3 ай бұрын
I am smoking a joint
@Deebee950
@Deebee950 2 ай бұрын
Same, I’ve been watching for 4 hours since!
@ego4061
@ego4061 20 күн бұрын
ok I just see this but I had wine and spaghetti tonight just before finding this video lol 😂
@gridplan
@gridplan 9 ай бұрын
All these years later, this song still gives me chills. It still feels eerie. Thank you for the detailed analysis.
@facepalmjesus1608
@facepalmjesus1608 8 ай бұрын
producer: what is the time signature of this song? radiohead: yes/4
@caseycurran
@caseycurran 2 ай бұрын
You can always tell when someone truly understands something complex by how simply they can explain it to the layman. Well done.
@kjpg2005
@kjpg2005 9 ай бұрын
The intimacy of this presentation is wonderful.
@HanSolosRevenge
@HanSolosRevenge 10 ай бұрын
I think this may be Radiohead's best song, and you're raising my appreciation of it even higher. Excellent analysis!
@JeighNeither
@JeighNeither 2 ай бұрын
It's definitely a cliched "best song" for sure.
@JCurcio
@JCurcio Ай бұрын
​@JeighNeither is it cliched or is it just correct. :p
@fermosquera69
@fermosquera69 Ай бұрын
@@JeighNeither why it would be clichéd?
@RichRobinson
@RichRobinson Ай бұрын
@@HanSolosRevenge Creep is the “cliche” best Radiohead song. Pyramid song is a magnificent piece of art. I remember listening to it shit-faced at the end of a big night out and thinking how magical it was to hear in that moment. The fact that I was listening to bad club music for a hours prior probably played a factor. 😂
@mdhazeldine
@mdhazeldine 8 ай бұрын
I've been a drummer and a Radiohead fan for many years, and I could never work this song out. The fact that it is in 4/4 blows my mind, but you're right. In the end I just kinda worked it out through repetition and feeling it, but now it seems so much simpler to understand. Thank you!
@guillaume6761
@guillaume6761 10 ай бұрын
I am always "no more subscriptions I am following too many channels already". And then I discover you with this video ...
@cloerenjackson3699
@cloerenjackson3699 10 ай бұрын
This is the first time I have watched this content creator. I have seen dozens of "Music expert reacts to a popular recording" type videos and this is absolutely the best I have seen. It fills all the gaps left by all the other "experts" who do similar content. It does far more than just pretend to love it, or shout out the basic chords (which only makes me wonder if they looked them up on a tab from a Google search and noted them down before recording the video). As it goes it actually describes why the music sounds like it does.
@alastairwinner
@alastairwinner 7 ай бұрын
There are not many pieces of music that bring a lump to my throat and that keeps me totally captivated from the very start to the end, but this is one of those.
@deadmessengers
@deadmessengers 8 ай бұрын
This song has always felt like being on large wooden sail ship in heavy seas at night under the stars, hanging on for dear life as it sways side to side, to me.
@Mackerdaymia
@Mackerdaymia 10 ай бұрын
For me the lyrics give the song a dark nostalgia by twisting with songs I knew in my childhood. The way Thom plays on the lyrics from Swing Home, Sweet Chariot ("I jumped in the river and what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me" seems to mimic "I looked over Jordan, and what did I see? ...I saw a band of angels coming after me") and lifts that line from The Clapping Song ("And we all went to heaven in a little row boat") makes me feel simultaneously like I'm home but something isn't right. Like a strange dream where you're somewhere familiar but things are slightly off and scary. Powerful to play with those memories burned deep into your psyche.
@stevejacksonuu
@stevejacksonuu 10 ай бұрын
pyramid song is a modern 'negro spiritual' which is a genre Sweet Home Sweet Chariot belongs. You're bang on in making that connection
@KnjazNazrath
@KnjazNazrath 10 ай бұрын
As Masta Killa once said: The dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum. So many folks are caught up in the timing that they neglect the lyrics.
@guiyome325
@guiyome325 8 ай бұрын
Very interesting !
@jorgepeterbarton
@jorgepeterbarton 8 ай бұрын
Its based on Dante's divine comedy. I think this is the crossing of the Archeron with Charon and 'coal black eyes'. Charon is a greek deity kind of like an angel of death i suppose. Well, he does go to heaven, in Paradiso but he has to catch the ferry into the Inferno (hell) first.
@danielsolomon63
@danielsolomon63 10 ай бұрын
This must be the most beautiful music piece that will ever be created. I am obsessed with this song for 20 years now. I am glad thatyou only showed the 4 note stripped down chord shapes as i have a 4 note polyphony synth and it are perfect to play this.
@Dunbar0740
@Dunbar0740 10 ай бұрын
Try the original, "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis", by Vaughn Williams: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5nbZn95e5asgLs
@hughgrection5674
@hughgrection5674 10 ай бұрын
Agreed. The most beautiful composition ever submitted to vinyl, by my favourite band of all time. Timeless 👍
@judsonwright
@judsonwright 10 ай бұрын
@@Dunbar0740very interesting. Thanks for the share.
@phatmhat9174
@phatmhat9174 8 ай бұрын
@@Dunbar0740 wow many similarities. How does that "Great artists..." quote go? Creation always comes from something before it already there.
@1966wilky
@1966wilky 8 ай бұрын
@@Dunbar0740Beautiful! And certainly very similar to Radiohead’s Pyramid song, so thank you for posting. Have you heard the original of “Exit music (For a Film)”? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHW3kJqqeJqZl7Mfeature=shared
@Eshttzer
@Eshttzer 8 ай бұрын
For like 9 years I had no idea how to count this thing. One day I got that exact "It's a clave!" eureka moment you had, because I realized if you ignore the harmony, that pattern of "3-2 / 3-3-2 / 3" becomes "3-3-2 / 3-3-2" which is two claves in a row. And just like you said "I could just feel, confidently" I felt the exact same thing.
@brandbird
@brandbird 10 ай бұрын
"If you grew up listening to blues or jazz, you're free".
@gpfedalto
@gpfedalto 7 ай бұрын
Hi ixi, you're probably aware of this, but I believe the strings part have that eerie, flowy vibe due to an Ondes Martenot that Jonny was playing. The electronic instrument was one of the first history pieces to be created just like the Theremin back in late 1920/1930 and it is known to have this glissando/sliding sound, which surely give this song a great touch. Placing it on top of real strings and Ed's e-bow guitar is probably a match made in heaven. Jonny also used the Ondes Martenot in How to Disappear Completely and The National Anthem, including live versions of it. Anyway, great take on this incredible piece!! Thanks for the upload as always.
@aaronalbores3999
@aaronalbores3999 10 ай бұрын
i was playing those chords and suddenly realized how similar it is to Everything in its right place, YET it feels so different... And it's so touching... How beautiful it is to keep discovering new things in their music, after so many years... Thank you
@Mackerdaymia
@Mackerdaymia 10 ай бұрын
That G# you talk about at 20:47 is what makes the song. It'd be beautiful anyway, but that simple note choice opens up the harmony and makes it sound so unique.
@nigelsmith721
@nigelsmith721 10 ай бұрын
For me, that’s where Egypt is hiding in plain sight.
@Then.
@Then. 9 ай бұрын
Wonderful video. As lovely and haunting as the song.
@Hamsong
@Hamsong 10 ай бұрын
I can’t tell you how much your analysis has enhanced my enjoyment of this masterpiece. I’m a bass player that occasionally plays guitar and am trying to teach myself music theory on piano. I have been a Radiohead fan since The Bends in 1994, seeing them play live only once in Vancouver, BC in 2001 for the Kid A tour. Thank you for sharing this.
@knew_man
@knew_man 10 ай бұрын
Mind blown. When you first counted 4/4 it’s like I could hear in another dimension. Haha I got emotional. I’ve never heard the song in that way. I always just dismissed it as a weird time signature and loved it for what it was. What a rare and gorgeous tune. Thanks for explaining it with such detail and feeling. ✌️
@richardcmelanson
@richardcmelanson 9 ай бұрын
Though I’ve been playing music for 30 years, I don’t know anything about theory, so I rarely watch videos like this. But this was one of the best breakdowns of any piece of music I’ve ever seen. Even the technical parts which I didn’t fully understand seemed to make sense to me on a core level, and it’s made me fall even more in love with a song I’ve loved since its release. What a an absolute pleasure to watch…and listen to. Thank you. 😭
@zorromono
@zorromono 10 ай бұрын
It is wonderful to dive with you into so many subtle details hidden in this beautiful song. I was moved in many passages. Thank you for doing it this way
@smallsignals
@smallsignals 2 ай бұрын
I'm 7 months late but I just wanted to give some feedback. I think you have such a lovely way of engaging with musical content. It's quite intuitive and felt. It really is lovely to watch the way you interpret music and then bring the viewer into that interpretation. Keep up the awesome work (which you have done, for 7 months already haha so, thanks for that).
@Littleboyfatman45
@Littleboyfatman45 8 ай бұрын
Best breakdown of this song I’ve seen, and explaining it with music theory, and also feeling, helps any audience digest this heavy song. Really cool, thanks made my day.
@01gabito
@01gabito 10 ай бұрын
Lovely. Your discovery of the clave rhythm is the key.
@jeffbrown-hill7739
@jeffbrown-hill7739 9 ай бұрын
What I love about Thom's vocal melodies is how they flow from one note to another. It's a very fluid style.
@jacobmorris3664
@jacobmorris3664 8 ай бұрын
Yes, it's called legato 🙂
@PieterLaroy
@PieterLaroy 10 ай бұрын
Wow ... Wat a fantastic 'analysis' of one of my favorite songs of one of my favorite bands. And you bring it soooo good! Thank you for this one 🙂
@bobseago1513
@bobseago1513 10 ай бұрын
This is the first time I have seen this channel, and it gave great insight to me, not trained in music but fascinated by this song.
@pompeysie
@pompeysie 9 ай бұрын
Such a beautiful song. I’m pleased it’s not only me who can’t listen to this without crying. Great video, thanks so much.
@kylefox8153
@kylefox8153 9 ай бұрын
I get the way you break it down but I can't fathom how complicated it must have been to write and record in the studio...trying to explain your vision to producers and other members...mind blowing.
@themuse11
@themuse11 9 ай бұрын
when this album came out I was captivated by this song! still in my top 5, love it so much. I figured out the rhythm the same way you did. Then I was at a friend's house (jazz drummer) and I said 'listen to this awesome song!' And he said, within a few seconds 'it's 4/4!' and my head exploded (in a good way). I love your video - subbed!
@moondog548
@moondog548 10 ай бұрын
This song hit me right away and pulled me back while I was still reeling from Kid A. Pure beauty. Thank you yet again!
@JFDR0319
@JFDR0319 10 ай бұрын
I remember feeling the same, came out almost as a side feel to kid a.
@bigchunkybubbles
@bigchunkybubbles 9 ай бұрын
When this album came out I spent an entire day obsessively notating this song and it’s stayed with me ever since. It’s a perfect example of cyclical hypermeter and this is the best explanation online I’ve seen. The ambiguity is core to the experience.
@1966wilky
@1966wilky 8 ай бұрын
Thank you! I’ve been searching for a way to express this point but you said it perfectly with “The ambiguity is core to the experience”. 👌
@Narsufin
@Narsufin 10 ай бұрын
Brilliant break down. I haven't listened to this song in a while and it reminded me of how I listened to it walking to work, every day for about 6 months. Loved the analysis.
@MusicByMachinesMCR
@MusicByMachinesMCR Ай бұрын
Wow. This was a brilliant analysis. I love how passionate about it you are. I’m going to go and immediately relisten to Pyramid Song. Great video. So inspiring!!!! :)
@mdreid
@mdreid 10 ай бұрын
It also took me a while to get that it’s a slow clave but it makes so much more sense, is much easier to remember, and just really *grooves* when it finally clicked.
@Funeral_Potatoes
@Funeral_Potatoes 10 ай бұрын
Your videos are so cathartic to watch. I love your way of exploring music and your keen attention to every note and chord. You take songs that we already know and love and give us an even deeper appreciation for them, often helping us understand the nuances that we could never put our fingers on. It's like you're guiding us through a journey in every video. Thank you!
@natenate1981
@natenate1981 10 ай бұрын
Such a gorgeous song. One of my all time favorites. The melody and harmonic modulation in this song, Everything in its right place, and Ill wind evoke thoughts, feelings, and visualizations I had as a toddler. Like a mind that’s rapidly and joyfully developing while simultaneously being aware of its own limitations. Paul McCartneys compositions often do the same.
@myfluteatemyhomework
@myfluteatemyhomework 10 ай бұрын
I've always thought that Pyramid Song is a slow and sad bossa nova. :) Also, we do have a specific name for notes that aren't included in a scale but are used a few times in a song (e.g. in Hungarian we call them pien notes ). Also I'd like to say a super huge THANK YOU for analyzing my all time favourite Radiohead song!
@GreatistheWorld
@GreatistheWorld 9 ай бұрын
Oh man I thought there was something Hungarian about it. Not being familiar with a lot of Hungarian music, but as a Gabor Szabo fan
@sufonaut
@sufonaut 8 ай бұрын
Love this song so much since it came out. Thank you for bringing it even closer to my heart by analysing and describing your thoughts and feelings about its harmonic content. Sometimes one might fear analysing takes the magic away from such an artpiece. At least with your interpretation, I did not feel robbed of my good old cosy, magic relationship with that song. Just discovered your channel via this video and as Radiohead is my absolute favorite, I will watch at least all your other videos about their music. And of course I am now number 61600, following you.
@hellostove
@hellostove 10 ай бұрын
Ugh, once again time for my eyes to inexplicably well up with tears while you go over chord progressions
@billyalarie929
@billyalarie929 10 ай бұрын
ESPECIALLY this song, oh my G O D
@ajagoff
@ajagoff 10 ай бұрын
I feared I might be the only one! 😅
@adamdalpozzo
@adamdalpozzo 10 ай бұрын
You're never the only one...
@ahobimo732
@ahobimo732 10 ай бұрын
​@@adamdalpozzo Shit man, that was unexpectedly moving! Thank you for that. 🥹
@annettecorbett9842
@annettecorbett9842 10 ай бұрын
Same. Isn't it weird?
@MelTuly
@MelTuly 10 ай бұрын
Hiya , new sub , thank you for great breakdown 🙏💚💙
@soonkihong8727
@soonkihong8727 2 ай бұрын
I love when you expressed as “it hurts” 😣 because it really hurts! Pure genius this song 🙏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏 It really makes me cry for some reason I can’t figure out. So glad to see someone really adore this song explaining this song with a genuine attachment.
@stevedunning7367
@stevedunning7367 9 ай бұрын
Thanks! I love this song. It’s been a companion through some tough times and it still hits me with the same power every single time I hear it.
@oscarw567
@oscarw567 10 ай бұрын
This is (easily) the best music breakdown I’ve seen on YT. Thanks for taking your time and going through how it feels emotionally as well. Really cathartic. If you’re looking for another song to breakdown, So Real by Jeff Buckley has a lot to talk about, harmonically and rhythmically.
@MichalKobuszewski
@MichalKobuszewski 10 ай бұрын
Wow, what a journey - both for the rhythmic and harmonic part! Thank you for taking us along for the ride, I feel I have learned a lot. This song will never feel the same again.
@FRETW1ZARD
@FRETW1ZARD 10 ай бұрын
Your channel is incredible. Keep up the great work!
@MrPolly1120
@MrPolly1120 10 ай бұрын
Wow.... How are you able to explain what I have been feeling every time I listen to this melody is incredible. Thank you!
@robalid
@robalid 10 ай бұрын
I love how much you love certain chords. That gmaj7 sigh really made me smile. I absolutely feel it just like that. Another great video, brilliantly put together
@alienlan
@alienlan 10 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@JvS1711
@JvS1711 8 ай бұрын
My eyes have been dry and sore all day. Pyramid song has always been one of my favourite songs, and is deeply connected with a friend who killed herself 20 years ago. My eyes are no longer dry.
@edwing71
@edwing71 8 ай бұрын
This is simply amazing! So many things to appreciate here: your insights very well and thoroughly explained, in a relaxed, pleasant way, with lots of love for the music itself and for music theory. I especially love how you get emotional by hearing (for the 100th time?) individual parts in this song. That's totally me, I'm sitting in the office, working and listening to my favorite music and getting emotional with eyes getting wet and hoping no one stops by to ask a question. 🙂Wish there were more people like you in my life! But anyway, I only found out about this channel today and now I'm hooked.
@perasperas
@perasperas 8 ай бұрын
I just want to clap 👏👏👏 This haunting song deserved this beautiful analysis
@SamChaneyProductions
@SamChaneyProductions 10 ай бұрын
I love how the song can be very reasonably interpreted in different ways like how a pyramid looks like a triangle from some angles and a square from others
@alecwoodruffmusic
@alecwoodruffmusic 10 ай бұрын
Interesting point. Sounds like something that idk, like a really talented vibraphone player would say? ;)
@watamatafoyu
@watamatafoyu 10 ай бұрын
Or a diamond or a flame
@nb1608
@nb1608 9 ай бұрын
Brilliant exposition on this amazing song. I really enjoy the highly analytical approach and explanation of how other theories can be explained. You know when a song is special when there are so many videos trying to explain how the song is put together. This song is a masterpiece.
@michielb
@michielb 2 ай бұрын
Such a wonderful video. A master of your craft but so uniquely articulate about the emotions that the music brings you. And you show how everything in this song fits together, it could not exist with one of these elements (timing, harmony, melody, lyrics) missing. Wonderful, thanks again.
@RubemOliveiradePaula
@RubemOliveiradePaula 6 ай бұрын
Valeu!
@commodore74
@commodore74 5 ай бұрын
You and your videos are just wonderful!
@allanstelmach
@allanstelmach 10 ай бұрын
This is a great analysis of a classic eternally confusing song! Thank you for taking the time to work this out. I’m going to sit with this for a while and try and finally master those timings
@amberlayton1328
@amberlayton1328 4 ай бұрын
i know nothing about music production, but this video was fascinating. you are so passionate and intelligent in how you speak about thom and the bands work, it’s truly an excellent video
@yungkimchee7172
@yungkimchee7172 10 ай бұрын
you are my favorite creator when it comes to all these analyses, you actually got me into nine inch nails! pyramid song is up there among my all time favorite weirder radiohead cuts and this video REALLY helped me demystify learning it!
@minisynthcollective7822
@minisynthcollective7822 10 ай бұрын
Oh G Major 7th. My fave chord. What a great tune. Thanks for doing this. Fantastic.
@colinbaker3916
@colinbaker3916 10 ай бұрын
David Bennett Piano also did an excellent video on Pyramid Song.
@Diseased_Mr_T
@Diseased_Mr_T 8 ай бұрын
What a brilliant, clear breakdown this was. Superb content, subscribed. Thanks!
@ghaleon1103
@ghaleon1103 9 ай бұрын
Jesus... I'm listening to Radiohead with my future wife right now. We initially bonded over our love for the band. After watching the official Pyramid Song video again, your video (this one) was in my recommended list. I checked out your channel and it seems like it was made for my partner and me. I'm looking forward to the rest of this video, and so many others that I see you've uploaded. Thank you so much for all you do. She and I will be binging your channel tonight.
@JohnMassari
@JohnMassari 10 ай бұрын
Strings at 27:55 are like a siren song. I follow your keyboard moves. Thanks for providing a keyboard graphic. Keep up the great work.
@NOXBEATZ
@NOXBEATZ 10 ай бұрын
What the weirdest thing about this song is not even just the general metering feel. It’s the harmonic feedback loop or as you say the “howling” that Nigel Godrich created at the end of the song. Seemingly within a similar meter at double speed. Exits to the jarring beat of Pull/Pulk revolving doors on the next song. What’s truly fascinating is this “howling sound” comes back at the end of Pull/Pulk revolving doors but in a completely different time signature. I always felt Amnesiac was the quieter angry artsy brother of Kid A that is often misunderstood. And is still to this day one of my favorite albums of all time. There’s no other body of work I’ve ever heard that pulls me in like it.
@RyanRenteria
@RyanRenteria 7 ай бұрын
its a mellotron flute or similar keyboard/synth run into an AMX digital delay with the feedback all the way up so it repeats infinitely. then you turn the pitch shift knobs to change the pitch to whatever key you want. they basically created a loop/pad with the infinite feedback then tune it with the pitch shift
@NOXBEATZ
@NOXBEATZ 7 ай бұрын
@@RyanRenteriamakes sense as Nigel infamously used one of those.
10 ай бұрын
I’ve been waiting for this for SO long. Thank you! Diving right in!
@chadlyfromcharlotte4298
@chadlyfromcharlotte4298 10 ай бұрын
I have been a Radiohead fan since I really got into them in college, over 20 years ago. This song has slowly risen to the top for me as my favorite Radiohead song.
@davidstewart687
@davidstewart687 5 ай бұрын
😭Always have tears when listening to this song. Your descriptions did as well. Thank you for this video so much.
@rwldebruijn1979
@rwldebruijn1979 Ай бұрын
Aaah the clarity in your voice (and thoughts)...
@brookebrownwv
@brookebrownwv 9 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. I have always felt a kindred sort of connection with this song. Your incredible analysis highlights the many chords and harmonies that resonate with me. I’ve subscribed and look forward to more!
@illusorywall
@illusorywall 10 ай бұрын
Fantastic video! I've enjoyed your videos before but somehow failed to subscribe sooner, happy to fix that now. I've always found this song incredibly interesting rhythmically, and as you mentioned a big source of confusion is the lack of drums for a while. This helps hide what the feel of the quarter note is initially. To put the song to sheet music, in a context where you're arranging it for an entire band, I've felt that 8/4 might make the most sense. Not that because smaller groupings of odd numbers wouldn't be better for any single musician, because that's extremely valid, but I think the best way to reconcile things is to just sort of map out the length of the whole pattern. Because the alternative of settling on smaller, odd groupings, can result in a situation where the time signature could make more sense to the pianist but less sense to the drummer, for example. And the worst thing you could do is force "beat 1s" of measures that don't feel like beat 1s to everyone. It'll feel incredibly unnatural to have the downbeat of your measure not feel intuitively like the start of a measure to you. Though no matter how you subdivide it, I believe that literally everyone will still agree that beat 1 of an 8/4 measure is still a "beat 1" to them. That's one spot where it has to line up for everyone (at least I think so?). Not wanting to feel it as 4/4 makes a lot of sense to me, which is part of why 8/4 makes a little more sense to me too. The bigger grouping helps acknowledge that you might want to break it up in ways that makes more sense to you personally, something that 4/4 would kind of rush and give a lot of players a weird beat 1 every other measure. The drums in particular have a very strong 3/4 jazz groove to them. Of course it has to add or drop beats in certain places and doesn't stay 3/4, but if you play a 3/4 jazz beat vs a 4/4 jazz beat, it's the former that has the general vibe of pyramid song and not the latter. Your scatting section at 8:32 captures this perfectly; Ask a drummer what they hear in there and I'm very confident they will tell you there's a strong 3/4 emphasis within that. Once again adding to the confusion of trying to make 4/4 work, even though it technically can or does. Anyways, your videos rule and are always insightful!
@Feelgoodbodystrong
@Feelgoodbodystrong 7 ай бұрын
Phenomenal take on the song! I love seeing you react and perk up to the same things that I gush about this song. Definitely deserving of a subscribe!
@donlevandier2088
@donlevandier2088 7 ай бұрын
What a fantastic, knowledgeable, and enjoyable video - thank you for this!
@x-ray4639
@x-ray4639 9 ай бұрын
There is a channel called ‘ listening in’ that also explained it very well. The deeper meaning of the song and how it all connects. There is more to it than the ears can catch. It’s well worth checking out.
@kevinhicks1999
@kevinhicks1999 9 ай бұрын
What a flipping great video describing this wonderful song.... Brilliant!
@graxxor
@graxxor 8 ай бұрын
I am still convinced that this song is incomparable after 20 + years... simply because there is literally nothing to compare this to.
@adrian.kingdom
@adrian.kingdom 8 ай бұрын
And a lot of Radiohead song are incomparables, never heard a band with such unique songs
@James-J-J-J
@James-J-J-J 8 ай бұрын
Only thing it’s comparable to is other Radiohead songs
@sw6579
@sw6579 7 ай бұрын
It really loosely reminds me of Swim by Oh No Ono.
@tozow
@tozow 7 ай бұрын
Amazing journey. I saw your video before I understood the 4/4 syncopated pattern, tried to follow and ended up kind of trusting you, that you feel it. Then I dug into it. Got the note sheet, listened to the song like a hundred times... and then I sped it up. And suddenly I felt it. It got lost a few times during the first week. And then it went into my veins. It is just there now. My family is still not sure about the pattern when I play the song to them. And now I watched your video again. And now I understand it. And I am smiling, especially when those "trusting"-moments occur. Amazing to have experienced this. Thank you! That was very inspiring. I just encountered videotape now. Although I know that song for a long time, I am on the hunt for the syncopated interpretation there. Kind of like the next journey. Cheers, and thanks again.
@laurenhoffmanmusic
@laurenhoffmanmusic 10 ай бұрын
i had the same experience re: playing the fleshed out versions of the chords for a long time, then listening closer… and personally i think you’re right about the more minimal voicings at the beginning especially. anyway, beautiful analysis, thank you 💜
@carlmartin2945
@carlmartin2945 10 ай бұрын
What a great analysis! Thank you for your awesome videos!
@AnibalVGM
@AnibalVGM 10 ай бұрын
I was waiting for this video for so long. I was really excited to see you also hear that 3-2-3 grouping (as a drummer that was the only way I found to make sense of it), thank you so much 🥰 need more cat in the background tho lol
@alanpassmore2574
@alanpassmore2574 10 ай бұрын
Superb. Just shows there are young people out there that can teach us older ones a thing or two. One of my fave Radiohead songs, struggled with the time signature for years and then you blow my mind with a simple count of 4. Thankyou.
@UnknownPascal-sc2nk
@UnknownPascal-sc2nk 10 ай бұрын
One university conductor urged the musicians to write out their parts from the Rite of Spring in 4/4 to get a better handle on it.
@JuanTorrance
@JuanTorrance 9 ай бұрын
Masterpiece... and the way this song make us feel. Wow.
@peterwhiteperc
@peterwhiteperc 10 ай бұрын
I appreciate the shoutout! The pyramid conspiracy continues...
@garybishop6554
@garybishop6554 10 ай бұрын
Erm…wow… I think I love you😊 Absolutely, without a doubt THE best review, breakdown, analysis I have seen, of any song by anyone ever. I will now watch everything you’ve ever produced 😄I could go on, and on…. Xx
@jeancharles788
@jeancharles788 6 ай бұрын
Who knew that I could love this song even more? Thanks for your post!
@josiahdavidswim
@josiahdavidswim 10 ай бұрын
My gosh I loved this video! My brain needed it.
@nigelhaywood9753
@nigelhaywood9753 10 ай бұрын
There are plenty of those 'wrong notes' in Mozart, too. In the second variation of the Theme and Variations which opens his Piano Sonata in A (KV331) you get a D natural in the right hand over a repeated A, D#,E pattern in the left hand. This is an amazing song by Radiohead, thanks for your interesting and illuminating observations.
@Don_Kikkon
@Don_Kikkon 10 ай бұрын
Fantastic and emotive expression of this impressively haunting piece. The production & composition of most of their stuff are truly complimentary in a way few can match. Fun fact: Many moons ago the 'radio/cassette' player in my car had some kinda wiring issue (home install) such that I was only getting 1 channel, well kinda. 1 channel I think was phase cancelling itself mostly out of the mix but I was hearing the result in both speakers, for about ten days. All other albums/tracks were intolerable, except OK Computer! So for ten wonderful days I was treated to a never before (and never since) heard amazing mix of that album, but no way of capturing it! There was a time before mobiles recorded sound an my MD had no mic.
@markpalmer932
@markpalmer932 9 ай бұрын
Outstanding insight. Thank you so much, for uploading. I really enjoyed this, and i already know, I will watch this many times in the future.
@boikomet
@boikomet 10 ай бұрын
very interesting analysis of a song that still gives me heavy goosebumps ages after I have first listened to it.
@danielshaw4716
@danielshaw4716 7 ай бұрын
I've always liked this song but now hearing it broken down and the genius of it explained takes it to another level for me. Your analysis and playing are spot on!
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