Radiohead - 2+2=5 - Live From the Reading Festival '09 [BBC]

[@paolokutufa6625]

How to make fun of the crowd: 1) ask them to clap their hands 2) start playing a song in 7/8

[@MrNoWaya]

when clapping to every beat, it literally makes no difference lmao

[@anastasiakasuga800]

when 2+2=5 is really MATH rock

[@hatachi-e8x]

@@MrNoWaya not really, 7/4 is slow enough for ppl to clap to every beats but 7/8 is much faster, ppl would have to clap to main beats 1 2 3 41 2 3 41 2 3 41.... and it's literally too hard for non musical folks

[@MrNoWaya]

@@hatachi-e8x thats why I said 'when clapping to every beat'. Youre right tho, in some specific cases it would be different.

[@placentaprod]

Hemiole

[@Diabeticuss]

I give this song 7 out of 4 stars

[@Neontetra276]

Lol

[@user-bu1wt1zp7t]

Deep

[@sorts.1841]

The clapping was so off its like listening to people trying to clap to videotape. It's virtually impossible.

[@typicalfurry2747]

Yeah. Try explaining that to a crowd of non-musicions

[@RoyGBiv-lc8tv]

Lmao I love how the audience just gave up

[@bitminer51]

I love how radiohead samples the crowd on the NOS Alive recording.

[@anastasiakasuga800]

The fact that they play the song in 7/4 makes "2+2=5" a MATH rock song

[@typicalfurry2747]

Not really

[@spacetimeduality]

@@typicalfurry2747 nope, it still has math rock influence, the intro is actually 7/8, then 5/2 and then the rest is 4/4

[@typicalfurry2747]

@@spacetimeduality well the way OP said it implied that because its in 7/4 its math rock. With that logic Pink Floyd is math rock

[@spacetimeduality]

@@typicalfurry2747 and I am saying it’s 7/8. Did i refer to the OP?

[@typicalfurry2747]

@@spacetimeduality well no, besides wasnt math rock made before this released

[@M4ut4ll1c4]

Radiohead is so much better live, I swear, I must see them live before I die.

[@edna.c.s]

Same here

[@nicevibe]

7 years later have you seen them yet? I should have seen them three times but the second time I was supposed to the tragedy in Toronto happened :(

[@M4ut4ll1c4]

@@nicevibe i haven't seen them yet, sadly, they don't come to my city, we're too far away :/

[@nicevibe]

@@M4ut4ll1c4 I’m sorry to hear that hopefully one day something works out for you xo

[@M4ut4ll1c4]

@@nicevibe thank you, i hope you get to see them too! even after all these years! i posted the comment when i was 16, i'm 23 now, damn, time goes fast! Good to find an active radiohead fan! I wish you the best!

[@farabirezkya9231]

the coolest hairtyle thom yorke ever had

[@paranoidcomet]

I AGREE

[@ddude1212]

soft disagree although your opinion is valid. i come from the opinion that dilf man-bun yorke >>>>> but the emo thing he had going on in late 2000s/early 2010s is solid 2nd place in my book

[@Iceymeltedagain]

But the cvnty spiky red hair 🙏🏼

[@arcobow97]

This is a great song, one of Radiohead's best, but it honestly feels like it should be 8 minutes long.

[@user-gp8tp1di4h]

yeah I know.

[@User-xw6kd]

Covellechi but Radiohead aren't a prog rock band. 😂

[@Themonkeymartin]

Shammo Hamid Paranoid Android's pretty long

[@leom8859]

@@User-xw6kd A lot of their shit is pretty prog

[@kubeface115]

I'm just gonna drop in here with some pointless genre talk that nobody wanted or asked for because I'm bored at work. In some ways they kind of are prog rock but it depends on which definition you go with. If you see it purely as about experimenting and pushing the boundaries of rock music then they clearly fit right in and I'd say that's what the genre was at its inception. However, since the genre is now fairly old it's less about experimentation or pushing boundaries and more about how similar a band sounds to the already established prog rock bands like Pink Floyd or King Crimson. In that sense, they don't really qualify. I'd play it safe and just call them experimental or something, that's a lot more all-encompassing and less likely to piss off genre purists.

[@chrisdigszeppelin]

This by far is probably one of the best examples of crowd manipulation I've seen. Thom knew that 95 percent of the people in the audience were going to keep clapping in 4/4 when the band starts the song in 7/4.

[@ThorMNs]

the first parts is the one thats 7/4 lol, the rest is 4/4

[@TanguyBlanchard]

It's not really clapping in 4/4, it's just clapping to every beat. More natural than skipping one. Thom suggested that so they could just not think about the time signature but it still threw them off

[@mauran6646]

they have not been paying attention

@@mauran6646 lmao

[@scottoliver567]

Yeah, would say that Nazism just edges it on the crowd manipulation front

[@yxmymyxm]

so after years listening to this song finally realized something clever: thom and ed's duet always converge on the same note on the word "makes." that would be the equal sign!

[@ericcosta3288]

I can't believe I never realized that

[@madsstaysnoided558]

Damn, you're right!

[@aashrayadurg1779]

+Marv Hunis daaaaamn nice that u realized that

[@Amphanotes]

Holy shit dude if that was actually what they were thinking, thats genius, really. Im hoping radiohead were/are that genius to do stuff like that, but anyway that was really nice spotted also

[@Wilantonjakov]

You guys think this is amazing - you should take a look at how King Crimson created their first album.... insane.

[@soadfreak8888]

Ed does such a great job on that harmony.

[@cringemeister9417]

‘trying to sing along but I get it all wrong’ sums up the crowd’s clapping lmao

[@Dhieen]

the song is too short... when it begins very angry and powerful, it's already finished

[@mjolmannen]

yeah refrains and verses should come back and repeat a couple times in every song so that you have enough time to get tired of it before it ends, all music should be made the same way. and there should always be a massive drop somewhere and leonardo aviccii should rule the world.

[@Dhieen]

Benjamin Bergström XDDD i was believing in what you were saying, at first yeah i was thinking about the time of the songs, and in fact maybe the shortests songs are the best

[@magnusrolandsson]

Funny thing is what I really love about is that it's short, intensive and leaves you wanting more once it's over :P I think that's what's charming about it!

[@Dhieen]

Magnus Rolandsson yeah! like raining blood by slayer, not the same type of music but you know it's the same construction of the song, very short but very powerful...

[@mattlatorre9084]

It reminds me a bit of Paranoid Android, but sadly it's only about half as long.

[@alonzogarbanzo]

As always, they kill it. It would be nice if the editor of the video showed an occasional closeup of either of the Greenwood brothers. Colin doesn't even seem to exist in this clip, and Jonny's almost never seen.

[@s_paknaloid1351]

Came here to say this

[@ginaza9767]

Philip Selway is one of the greatest drummers ever.

[@Guadeloop]

Whoa the crowd's clapping is *really* off, get your shit together, people

[@gonufc]

I was there and remember getting put off by people not counting in 7! It was funny because everyone had that moment where they started to stop clapping to work out what was going wrong.

[@TheSgtCynical]

To be fair, not everyone is a musician.

[@skipmendler]

Winston Smith's favorite song

[@mikebolam55]

1984 thumbs up!

[@mattkirchen1883]

+Skip Mendler THIS IS GREAT HAHAHA

[@dennislaprade8039]

I see what you did there....and so does your tv.

[@rose1858]

thom getting the growd to clap to the wrong beat, the same message as the song, is fucking ingenious. hats off to radiohead holy hell

[@natestein5988]

I miss their songs that sound like this, but I understand that they've encompassed many different styles over the years.

[@yoshi64nsmbx]

+Nate Stein its kinda dissappointing that the new album doesnt have this kind of song, though the new album still sounds awesome

[@AtlanticSpamHammer]

+yoshi64 Burn the Witch fits this category pretty well IMO

[@jackster309]

+AtlanticSpamHammer i agree. Httt was pretty politically influenced. as is burn the witch if it really is about climate change, which i believe to be true. every album is a reinvention of the band. i think AMSP will really flurish if a "from the basement" is released, or when the tour stars. This was the case with TKOL for me

[@RustinChole]

If you’re looking for Radiohead songs that rock, there’s an albums worth of b sides from the Bends (Killer Cars, Maquiladora, The Trickster,) and the same for Pablo Honey (Inside My Head and Pop Is Dead especially) and same for OKC, (Polyethylene Palo Alto and Pearly are so much like what “the bends 2” would’ve been). I really don’t get why people complain about them not having enough rock songs if you’re aware of all the none album tracks they have from that 1992-1998 period. Asking them to go back to that sound now is kinda crazy. I still can’t believe In Rainbows is nearly 15 years old. I was lucky enough to have older “cool” friends who saw them on their first US tour, and basically bullied me into going to see them on the bends tour in 1995 (I was 15, but already playing in a crappy band and getting into the local DIY scene). They were SO CRAZY good. Maybe 200 kids there, they rocked out. So I get why people would like to see that side of Radiohead again, but to REALLY see it, you’d need a time machine. As much as I loved it when they played “the bends” on the AMSP tour, it wasn’t the same as them as pre-fame hungry 20 somethings in a club so small I could’ve untied Thom’s shoelace.

[@DanandJoeMusic]

As of today, this was the final performance of this song. Let's hope they bring it back on subsequent tours!!

[@jacobm92]

WHY ARE THEY CLAPPING WHY

[@TorchArts]

Because thom is snapping and usually endorces the crowd to clap in that part, they're clapping awfully out of sync though

[@ALEBLAZEBOXING]

Why not bro anyway was amazing 🙀😸

[@yeetskeitskeit4262]

Why do you have to react?

[@UkMagicz]

I would be losing my shit to have seen that live fuck me

[@Amphanotes]

DONT QUESTION MY AUTHORITY OR PUT ME IN A BOX CUZ IM NOT. I mean eh sorry, but im actually seeing them in Denmark in a week im so fucking excited i hope and think they will be playing this :D

[@Patfettx]

Having the crowd clap at unison for an anti-conformist song.

[@ruslan_rouu]

When somebody says me that Radiohead play depressive music, I show this

[@luciasantini2660]

Because it is not only music it a theatrical Opera

[@ptr_does_music7042]

They do have a point tho, radiohead make very sad music (especially post-Pablo Honey). But I really love the delivery

[@Crack-re9hi]

When they say that just tell them they're not payin attention

[@mysoundtomultiply]

this makes me want to end it all wym

[@scottoliver567]

Yeah, except this track references totalitarian mind-control and the normalisation of corporate tyranny

[@Debagio]

I can never get over how tight Phil and Colin are in that rhythm section. Mesmerising.

[@IsIndigo]

7/8 won't be a problem when clapping on every beat.

[@anastasiakasuga800]

when 2+2=5 is really MATH rock

[@typicalfurry2747]

@@anastasiakasuga800 its not

[@spacetimeduality]

@@typicalfurry2747 it does have influences ;)

[@typicalfurry2747]

@@spacetimeduality yeah but it isn't math rock explicitly

[@spacetimeduality]

@@typicalfurry2747 I said it has math rock influences….

[@Big_C_4205]

Hats off to Phil for not being thrown off by the crowd.

[@Renatosilva9991]

RADIOHEAD IS MY RELIGION

[@angelsosa3244]

XD

[@imadeyoureadthis.9743]

1:56 that shot is so good

[@azrisyahiran6585]

- L Y R I C S - Are you such a dreamer, To put the world to rights? I'll stay home forever, Where two and two always makes a five I'll lay down the tracks, Sandbag and hide, January has April showers, And two and two always makes a five It's the Devil's way now, There is no way out, You can scream and you can shout, It is too late now Because you have not been Payin' attention, Payin' attention, Payin' attention, Payin' attention Yeah I feel it, I needed attention, Payin' attention, Payin' attention, Payin' attention Yeah I need it, I needed attention, I needed attention, I needed attention, I needed attention Yeah I love it, the attention, Payin' attention, Payin' attention, Payin' attention I try to sing along, I get it all wrong, 'Cause I'm not, 'Cause I'm not I swat 'em like flies, But like flies the buggers keep coming back But I'm not, Oh hail to the thief, Oh hail to the thief But I'm not, But I'm not, But I'm not, But I'm not Don't question my authority or put me in the dock, 'Cause I'm not, 'Cause I'm not Oh go up to the king, and the sky is falling in, But it's not, But it's not But it's not Maybe not, Maybe not

[@joji4516]

**Horrible and Off-Beat clapping throughout the first verses**

[@faqndo2288]

the hairstyle of thom yorke is claaaaaave

[@jamescoole]

I was there!!! Literally almost broke my neck when it kicked in. Awesomeness.

[@waddlesmcsqueezy]

lmao the crowd clapping in 4/4 time to a 7/8 part is hilarious, it's always like that at radiohead shows I assume they're all stoned af

[@zingers4197]

its 7/4 but yeah lmao

[@spacetimeduality]

@@zingers4197 7/8

[@murssheed]

Terrific bass on this performance.

[@annetteramirez7489]

My respects to the guitarist and the drummer. Amazing!

[@WeeJazz]

No other band living or dead could have created this song.

[@karinaherreragarcia2086]

2 + 2 = 1984

[@diegosepulveda4669]

2 + 2 = 2

[@kida4313]

arent you clever

[@himadribhakta7948]

So Orwellian

[@thehailcameanditpiercedmyl1584]

2+2= BB

[@ErickArpeggi]

Referencias.

[@vinco66613]

Is it me or Thom looks a little like Daryl in the Walking dead in this video?

[@LioMei3]

I thank you alot for letting me notice it :)

[@joaosimao1552]

Both are awesome! ahah

[@LuisRivera-wh9ps]

fake plastic trees

[@chaotica7271]

I thought that when I saw the thumbnail!

[@angiesifuentes903]

Oh yas

[@allycheeps]

flawless musicians.

[@ryuuzSd]

damn you can see phill struggling because of the clapping

[@NJBellyDanceEvents]

One of my favourite #Radiohead songs ever.....Recently discovered, and played at least 3x a day in my home. ;)

[@haley1williams]

THIS IS MY FAVE RADIOHEAD SONG OF ALL TIMEEE

[@wendigovanderblitz4823]

Did he just said: "OH *HELL* TO THE THIEF" ?

[@yangutterresricardi294]

Wendigo Van der Blitz all hail

[@julweth]

That was exceptional. Especially Jonny's hyper twang leads in the background

[@markusboyd3]

At times he sounds like a dying cat, but I still love his voice. This is not a negative criticism... Just in case you were all ready to skin me.

[@ibasicallydominateu5708]

He's a cool cat.

[@tophana]

markusboyd3 he is special, he's so f*ng special)

[@gonzaarmt2818]

White & Fluffy

[@gonzaarmt2818]

markusboyd3 maybe you have not been paying attention

[@mattlatorre9084]

+Brelck With a Cheshire cat grin

[@ziggypop5545]

Soundtrack of my life🤟🖤

[@jjysoserious]

omg I love how you can hear the crowd singing amazing

[@TheParanoidAndroid1]

I was there.. 1:49 was the most amazing moment because while seeing them, there are no dickheads moshing or anything, just people loving the music, every movement reflecting the mood: swaying for "Everything in its right place", singing along with arms in the air for "Karma Police" and here, in unison, after swaying for the beginning of the song, everyone erupted into a pogoing mass, screaming "YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION!" We think the same things at the same time.

[@InsertGenuineName]

1:49

[@pasta4209]

I love the camera angle at 2:19 - 2:22

[@Smilthy]

Genius. Please never die Radiohead of my ❤ you are everything

[@curtistatumjr5945]

I’m so surprised this hasn’t been in a film, it’d fit some epic scene or be a closer

[@hectorgutierrezvergara2902]

tremendo disco el Hail to the thief, sin dudas el mejor de toda la discografía de RADIOHEAD

[@RetroFuturoOficial]

In Rainbows también es muy bueno 😎👍

[@salomesalas8627]

Affff te re cebas con este tipo,es un crack !!! 🖤

[@DmytroShkurko]

What a rendition! One of the best I've seen. Thanks a lot for uploading!

[@m1lan417]

not lyrically but musically 2+2=5 feels like an alternate dimension’s best song from The Bends

[@karenkerviek6503]

Juste... merci JB pour m'avoir ouvert cet univers qu'est Radiohead ❤je suis toujours fan 30ans après le double album Pablo Honey/the Bends que tu m'a offert pour mon 15ème anniversaire 🥰😘

[@jamescfc1]

2+5=5 is the greatest thing they've ever done.

[@VacantBrain]

I almost never go to the front of a crowd for anything but I did for this and my god it was worth it.

[@huma2002]

Best live performance of this song.

[@MMulcair]

One of the all time best "Build Up -> Release" songs ever

[@DialthebarSoap]

Their best live performance of this masterpiece

[@mattlatorre9084]

2 + 2 = 2112

[@whydidntiwinamericanidol235]

Ha

[@thedivinezero4117]

was that a rush reference?

[@jakobw.9920]

2+2=22 you idiot /s

[@radioheaduk15]

this is just beautiful

[@serbianrock5512]

I was think he say: Mia Madre, Payn attenction x4 Mia Maria, Payn attenction x4 Mia Maria, Payn attanction x4 Mia Madre, Payn attenction x4

[@blizzardblaze1649]

Penatration ×42 uWu

[@geromy3154]

OwO

[@handreieiacasa]

i thought he was saying Meditation lol

[@eckoecko4173]

ALL of that was amazing

[@anetchi]

Freakn sweet video of this song!

[@rationalmuscle]

Radiohead = God.

[@Baxendale96]

God I hope they tour the UK again sometime, I've just got into them about two months after they did the m.e.n arena such a bummer

[@PalaceDude]

Unlike many are pointing out, there is no wrong way to clap to this song, as long as it's in sync. All the claps land the exact same, whether on the 1st or 7th.

[@UnknownDnB]

Ed's backing on this is sweet

[@AlterBridgefanc]

This is above it.

[@RioRizalino]

Indonesia please!!!

[@pebriancharliady]

Hallo rio 5 tahun yang lalu

[@yusufhaidarraihan8674]

@@pebriancharliady halo pebrian 2 tahun yang lalu

[@gilbert3783]

OH MY YORKEEEEEEE!!!!!!

[@erikabacellar9777]

Você é tão sonhador A ponto de colocar o mundo no lugar?

[@btul2569]

dear that is so good

[@ciarand67]

Fuck me, that looks unreal!!!

[@JoelVite]

beautiful song , this song make me cry and head banger :D !

[@soysaucehairdye7869]

awesome performance

[@anamorel2634]

Beautiful.

[@AnnQuebecPolska]

Happy 20th 2+2= 5 ! It was released november 17 2003 ❤

[@leebyungjun151]

Big brother is watching you

[@bagerswell]

aah i was there!! they've really captured the atmosphere well there

[@piperjo99]

I WANT TO SEE THIS FULL CONCERT! Anyone know if it's available somewhere? I can't even imagine what it would've been like if I had the internet in the late seventies and early eighties when I was still in high school. OOPS, I let my age out. That's ok. I will be sitting in my rocking chair in my 80s rocking out to some awesome music like this! FUCK YEAH!

[@captaindiaper2210]

Greatest fucking band the world has ever seen.

[@drstrangelove4925]

2+2=5 has such a mythical feeling when played live

[@JCBobe]

My god....this is a god reason to live, they're amazing, the best band in the entire world!...Long Life Radiohead

[@andrearomani4865]

i love you radiohead :3

[@trutrock4143]

Peru

[@00Rearviewmirror00]

Trút Rock soon bro!!

[@AlexCT1295]

yeah, this is a masterpiece.

[@MyLifeBeforeYou]

.... Music of masters, dude.

[@Phantom948]

Come to Colombia please, we cry for the pureness

[@ШамильКамиль-ш2ж]

Потрясающе!!!!!

[@Marlenefanclubsimone]

❤

[@seancottis3369]

This song is fucking wicked

[@nirvanoni]

Crazy! I liked Yorke's unique performance.

[@snazztacular]

Jesus christ that clapping

[@dhaniwibisono]

awesome stage set too

[@Hlw36]

That smile 🤩😍

[@LoFiJazzfingers]

quality sound

[@thefakengx3839]

One of the first JG parts I learned

[@u_c_z]

every radiohead show needs jonny-cam.