Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

‘Fake Plastic Trees’ is taken from ‘The Bends’ out on XL Recordings. Buy & stream it here: radiohead.ffm.to/thebends
Director: Jake Scott Producer: Ellen JacobsonCinematography: Salvatore Totino Production company: Black Dog Films (LA) Commissioner: Dilly Gent
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[@Sbibb27]

I’m jealous of anyone who listens to this tune for the first time.

[@caseyinmi1315]

Hi I am Casey . . . Close but just listened yesterday . . Really stopped to listen . . Thanks

[@Sbibb27]

Casey In MI 😊🙌🧡

[@abrahamfrancis2394]

Listening these lyrics for the first time. I'd kill for that.

[@michaelhawk1826]

Life is getting faker and faker as the decades pass?

[@nehemiahalvarado1209]

Just heard 4 first time blown away

[@petersmith6248]

Heard this blasting out of my teenage daughters room last night. My work is done here

[@LoneShot95]

well done you should check on her though

[@KJ-je9pm]

She got good taste

[@ScorpionGaming5]

This is both a great and very concerning thing...

[@edgargomez66]

Smart kid

[@Snowcrash777]

Good show Sir! lol True though! Radiohead has some great lessons/observations. ;)

[@Smilthy]

It was 1995 when this masterpiece came out. 1995 and life was already “fake”; if only they knew what would happen in the end, Facebook, Instagram, having to buy countless things to “fit in.” Radiohead, they were always ahead of their time. Always excellent, brilliant.

[@charlessutherland274]

❤🤗

[@JoeIIama]

Real :/ das why I wanna save up enough and learn enough to buy and maintain my own farm and stay away from all this bullpoop and all the bullpoop that will inevitably come in the future

[@shrozn]

@@JoeIIama😭💀💀

[@bichobicho5451]

For those born in 60s, mid 90s was the beginning of the end for society. Last 30 years had being just sitting watching all fall apart

[@tchk0ma01]

@@bichobicho5451that’s why I retreat into the safety of sex, drugs and video games xD

[@ronneyrendon]

"And if I could be who you wanted......if I could be who you wanted......all the time.......all the time." Just KILL ME ALREADY. My god, this pulls at my heart strings like no other.

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

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[@simongritcel613]

Listening to this song really made me curious about how MY fake plastic love tastes and whether I should bother anyone with making them taste it.

[@marksasahara1115]

Hang in there. You are strong enough to survive!

[@Dekogangster207]

Simp

[@mayradiaz4136]

The first time I heard this song, I cried, over 25 years later, and I still do.

[@mosriteminioncause7741]

Shortly after my wife died, I drove passed where she was buried, and I heard this for the first time. We had marriage struggles, but we worked them out, we loved each other very much, & had a daughter, 11 months later bone cancer took my wife. The song was like us. I had to pull over. Its been over 20yrs, since and I still Love her.

[@Sketchysam222]

Omg I’m so sorry for your loss

[@afcforeva14]

Sorry for your loss keep strong

[@kapro9909]

🥀🍃🙏🌻🤗

[@Joe.s11]

Stay strong brother x

[@johndef5075]

Very touching💔❤

[@miguelrodriguez-pineroriva6713]

"why did you take so long to buy groceries?" me:

[@Darknight8200]

Only took em 4 minutes

[@silverbat5873]

lol

[@sam-rz5on]

I’m like sobbing at all the sad comments and then I see this one lmao 😭💀

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

@@Darknight8200 4 minute warning?

[@marnazelle0414]

Hahaaa

[@xxCasanova98xx]

Lyrics: [Verse 1] A green plastic watering can For a fake Chinese rubber plant In a fake plastic earth That she bought from a rubber man In a town full of rubber plans To get rid of itself [Chorus 1] It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out [Verse 2] She lives with a broken man A cracked polystyrene man Who just crumbles and burns He used to do surgery For girls in the eighties But gravity always wins [Chorus 2] And it wears him out It wears him out It wears him out It wears [Verse 3] She looks like the real thing She tastes like the real thing My fake plastic love But I can't help the feeling I could blow through the ceiling If I just turn and run [Chorus 3] And it wears me out It wears me out It wears me out It wears me out [Outro] And if I could be who you wanted If I could be who you wanted All the time All the time

[@onlyimaginaryy]

Best lyrics Fr

[@boneappletea3858]

Thanks:)

[@eugeneweeks3325]

It’s called a “masterpiece”.

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

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[@davidlawrence6464]

Back in high school I did a whole presentation on this song alone haha

[@pattycakes456]

I called into work sick the day this came out, bought the cd and drove around the back country roads all day. This album is the soundtrack of my 17s, love it!

[@Smilthy]

Such a beautiful memory ❤ don’t ever stop remembering. It is so special…

[@jesse-ir1kv]

Beautiful way to live a day on your own.

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

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[@jackdavidson1374]

on todays episode of things that never happened

[@TargetedIndividualinBurgerKing]

@@jackdavidson1374yea man nothing ever happens ever does it

[@JohnDoe-tm9wz]

I was driving around Boston with my girlfriend listening to this song when she told me she loved me for the first time, she passed away 3 years ago and this song will always bring me back to her, I love you forever sweetheart

[@nikkigraham7494]

Thats beautiful!

[@JohnDoe-tm9wz]

@@nikkigraham7494 Thank you

[@malubrenes]

This is the Most beatiful words i've ever read here! Just a real man can speak about a woman in that way! Blessings for you.

[@JohnDoe-tm9wz]

@@malubrenes Thanks for saying it

[@malubrenes]

@@JohnDoe-tm9wz You welcome! It is what it is.

[@horseconfused]

“If I could be who you wanted, all the time…” Kills me every time man..

[@jvccr7533]

Stop, we're already dead.

[@Adam-zd2bk]

@@jvccr7533never even born

[@tonskyanthony3094]

Dishwalla got it first

[@ramonaharter6407]

Idk.... he had me @ green plastic watering can!

[@timothyarnott3584]

Me too......all i can think about is my REAL love, that died in a car wreck........and wishing i cuda been a better lover, friend, soul mate......she wasnt plastic, but i relate to Thoms line fer sure!!

[@speedball1919]

Radiohead: the only band to successfully use polystyrene in a song

[@redskies4530]

Hi I Recommend a song that's called 'the bond villain' by Robert Nix

[@htsgm]

@@redskies4530 does it know how to make a grilled cheese?

[@illusions77]

Glycerine

[@southpawtx]

Polythene Pan was similar. And first. This song is imo more likeable, though.

[@dellwright1407]

Not to be confused with punk X-Ray Specs singer Polly Styrene (1957-2011).

[@peramarkovic7148]

"She looks like the real thing She tastes like the real thing My fake plastic love" That is the climax, the painful truth. My blindness and all those fake ideas, people, emotions and things I believed and wanted to believe are real...

[@Subaru76757]

Real

[@lunaretic3]

I think he's talking about a blow up doll

[@wills1206]

Think you’re overthinking it

[@maychii_3136]

This part gets me crying sobbing throwing up bro I'm doing backflips from how this song itches my brain in the saddest way possible

[@tribecop]

I am 65 and just discovered this band. I love it.

[@gfung1998]

love it

[@gretchenfranklin8761]

I did too .. I’m like where have I been but what a great time in world for their message even if I just now discovering

[@fitzyfitzpatrick3251]

It's amazing 👏 😍 🙌

[@YOUKNOWlMHERE]

I'm 21 and discovered this song ,i love it ,this is my fav song

[@Jballs630]

I recommend listening to thier album OK Computer. Very good front to back, top to bottom.

[@HEXAGRAM-mo4cg]

"If I could be who you wanted all the time." Hits hard

[@dbb6554]

Underrated comment

[@robertbrown2580]

It hits home real hard. Completely agree!

[@user-gp6pv5gh9i]

facts :(

[@user-gp6pv5gh9i]

@D390X "Because you are just a sucker with no self steem. BTW Radiohead sucks." damn, u good?

[@An3moya]

@D390X tf you waffling on about, we just like the music

[@kazuyukihi1208]

この曲を聴きながら、日光がちょうど私の体を覆うような時間帯で床に寝そべっています。このまま眠りたい

[@teganroberts7396]

"If i could be who you wanted," this line gets me

[@RaphaelTimothy]

Critical damage

[@gingersnaps7186]

Be yourself loser. No girl wants a little bitch 😂

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some 90s-era Radiohead fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YT performances of HIGH & DRY and "1979" by the Smashing Pumpkins in tribute to 2 of the most iconic 90s bands. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Peace out and stay safe in the 020s.

[@bobbrown8155]

Isn’t the correct grammar “If I could be whom you wanted”? Nowadays even in respectable media they use who instead of whom.

[@abiqaNbijaN]

​​@@bobbrown8155 i thought "whom" is just a formal form of the informal "who" (?) correct me if im wrong please!

[@theexpanse2723]

When i'm in a supermarket, with my caddie, I always see Thom singing in the middle of my groceries. Always and forever.

[@macminator3000]

schizopost?

[@akarigaki6692]

peak schizo

[@anwzdewan6969]

Lmfao these replies are hilarious

[@m308]

happens to me all the time smh so annoying

[@ryanfebrianto8973]

Dude get some help. You have schizophrenia

[@irvingg.1437]

I was 20 when this came out. I was lost, reaching for my identity. Now I'm 47, a dad of 4 and my wife is leaving me. That feeling of being lost is still here.

[@jimobrien2761]

Sorry to hear that Irving, stay strong ❤️

[@savvy4652]

You'll get through this

[@irvingg.1437]

@@jimobrien2761 thanks. I really appreciate that

[@irvingg.1437]

@@savvy4652 thank you so much

[@arietcela3481]

Must be rough man, keep your head up wish you all the best!

[@unt561]

For 25 years, Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" has been in the background, but it's only now that I truly listen to it, truly feel every word. After eight years with my wife, at 42, I suddenly grasp the full weight of this song. It's strange how a familiar melody can suddenly hit differently. The tears I shed now aren't just for lost moments or past disillusionments, but for the painful acknowledgment of what I've experienced and felt in my relationship. Thom Yorke's voice, heavy with melancholy, touches me deeper than ever, resonating with my own fractures and revealing truths I had long ignored. It's a poignant revelation, sad yet beautifully unexpected.

[@kellarkenderson9875]

Happens 💯💯

[@JisK7]

Jesus Christ Loves you all so much that HE died on the Cross to save you all from sin and death, Turn to HIM fully and Believe in HIM and Follow HIM and put your entire Faith in HIM and you shall be saved Amen!❤🙏

[@michellekarns8012]

You said it best. I know what you mean.

[@sheeloesreallycool]

bro this was ai generated 😭

[@unt561]

@@sheeloesreallycoolAh ah, yes it was, how dis you Guess ?

[@davidkarin3443]

One of the greatest songs ever. Heard it when I was 7 in 95. Listen to it all the time at age 36. Wish I could have seen them in concert.

[@timwaterman7790]

Feeling old here but I was 27 when the song came out. This album kind of changed my life and rearranged my priorities. Here I am at 55 years old and this song brings tears to my eyes. Music is powerful.

[@underated17]

Do they still play?

[@angelOcrisu]

I was about the same age and songs like this got stuck in my memory.

[@a.lee713]

Radiohead is one of those rare bands that's perfect for the expanse between waking and sleeping. Too tired to stay up, but not tired enough to pass out. There are only a few bands that can properly fill those hours, and Radiohead's definitely one of them.

[@AngelDiaz-ug3uy]

Alexandra M you’re amazing exactly what I’m on right now

[@browning1245]

Too tired to pass out.

[@jimmyboyburger]

Alexandra M between 2am and 6am; the peak hours of self loathing. Radiohead puts those thoughts to words like only someone with personal experience in that department can.

[@duncanwcraig9668]

This is happening to me right now. 24 years this song has been with me, half my life.

[@robertreichle1]

That must explain why I can't stand listening to them for very long. They bore me so much. I tried so hard just now to listen to this song and like it, gave it every chance, and it just put me half asleep. Somewhere between waking and sleeping lies Radiohead. I was more awake before I started, and now I'm tired from 4:57 of strumming and mumbling.

[@marcosgomes7681]

I am 97 years old and just discover this band I hope that have a little more time to hear their songs

[@derekrigsby2879]

❤

[@reas1n534]

❤

[@nandolorris8128]

LMFAO

[@aldadelgado7595]

Same

[@marcosgomes7681]

@@aldadelgado7595 you are 97 too :-)

[@cookingwithjesus]

I can still feel the cellophane wrap in my hands when I opened this album for the first time.

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

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[@Cryptid.Couture]

And that pos tape on the edge that you needed a box cutter to open.

[@EdentoDanamzz]

2024 ? Anyone ??

[@manuelbalcazar6802]

Yes

[@FelipeSam250]

Yep bro

[@laurathomazi]

🤗

[@paoloindelicato5283]

Here we go

[@EdentoDanamzz]

Been cringing on this song for a decade now 💔, How about you guys ?

[@larkmacallan4257]

they go so far deep into sadness it's almost happy again that's catharsis

[@thebetbetunderground9548]

+Lark Macallan One of these days you might want to try "Astral Weeks". Your description also perfectly captures that song (not to mention album) I think.

[@thebetbetunderground9548]

+Lark Macallan It really made me cry once, when I was travelling and gazed outside my car window at a community ravaged by a storm just from the past night. I was listening to that song as I was passing by, noting how, all the while, the morning sun was shining so "happily" amidst all the destruction everywhere. Nature was smiling, yet ruin was all around. I still don't know what to make of it after all the time that's passed. But why I cried then, is yet another question. Songs don't really make me cry, hey.

[@larkmacallan4257]

Caverman their song that does this best might be "Let Down."

[@MountRushCollymore]

fuck man, what a great comment. Absolutely spot on. Wow

[@Goopy200]

explained it better than I ever could, well said

[@JGuier]

Radiohead is one of the few bands that make me feel melancholic, nostalgic and euphoric all at the same time. They're honestly like a drug to me. I can listen to them when I'm sad, happy or anything in between and I always come out feeling better afterwards. They're honestly one of the greatest bands in existence.

[@stepheneede5124]

and you are my soul brother .. . .. ./ .. . .. ./

[@lalzawmpuia7292]

how do you feel better after being happy?

[@dkipu266]

It all seems to be in the deep insight the lyrics carry, the matching music that always seems to perfectly flow along, and the way they songs lay something out without judgement....such beautiful observations about life they are.

[@colinwilk7825]

Agreed

[@adriannefields3829]

Yes The amount of chemicals released in my brain when it comes to this band are unmeasurable,my emotional responses to spend the music are enormous nostalgia the love the loathing the happiness and That beautiful depression.

[@Itsyrm8]

My father was an exceptional man, he was a seaman, a captain, so naturally he would leave home, come back after some time, then leave again etc. The strange thing now is that since he passed away 6 years ago, hes been visiting me quite frequently in my dreams. My dreams are very lucid, sometimes i get confused if i dream or not, so i ask him why hes back since hes dead. Its like he comes back from one of his trips abroad and then he leaves

[@xiuehe]

in mere weeks i became literally obsessed with radiohead, completely new to almost every song that werent no surpises, creep, or karma police. ive learned the bends is one their most phenomenal albums and this song is just amazing. if i ever have kids, i really want them to listen to this funky band

[@63brennan]

As a 90s kid now in his 40s I love when the next generation discovers the music that defined my growing up. "The bends" is amazing, but one of the greatest things about Radiohead is every album hits a new genre. Kid A and ok computer are both classics but sound nothing like each other. Proving that Radiohead was a band ahead of it's time

[@xiuehe]

@@63brennan haha, i know right? i find myself craving different songs each day.

[@Josh-yrra128]

​@@xiuehelet down good!

[@xiuehe]

@@Josh-yrra128 let down is awesome!

[@Josh-yrra128]

@@xiuehe lurgee is good

[@blackbeast1996]

Radiohead comment section is the most depressingly wholesome place on the internet

[@osamabinladen824]

Yes

[@mop_dadoor8024]

@@osamabinladen824 😳

[@ziia_zoozoo5231]

@@mop_dadoor8024😂😂😂

[@aokiameiro]

haha true

[@ShaDHP23]

A whole lot of people who have too much heart for their own good. Like me.

[@ronsum232]

I totally understand listening to "sad" music while depressed would seem to only reinforce the depression, but sometimes "sad" songs help a depressed person feel understood and less alone. I am also a fan of Portishead, and everyone hearing me listen to it would assume that it was depressive... I found it tremendously uplifting.

[@MM-vs2et]

Sad and depressing songs has a cathartic effect for people that are sad or depressed. It gives them a sense of release and opening in a time of their lives when everything seemed to be stuck or closed. The effect then in turn doesn't make them happy, because sometimes sadness need not be avoided or evaded. A little embrace makes sadness a powerful driving force.

[@toomuchtruth]

It's useful when you listen now and then, but regularly listen to this stuff and it reinforces the depressive state and keeps a dark cloud over you.

[@sandrab2884]

Catharsis is powerfully healing.

[@lonoces]

Yap! I listen to happy song but never get more happy when someone singing Raidohead

[@deyvydh.jogadorprofissiona5182]

@@toomuchtruth agreed. Off-topic but i don't understand when someone says they listen to scream-metal for "calming down". Mate, that can't be healthy.

[@canto10mosha65]

This song reminds me of the feeling of trying to hold on to something you know was never real in the first place. Something that you try and prop up with an illusion of reality but deep down you feel it’s as illusory as the waking dreams you have of how things should be but never will be. Then it comes to a point where it all comes crashing down shattering in a myriad different pieces of what you thought was but never is. It can be anything. Love. Hope. Life. Your self image.

[@allapologies9367]

Thom looks like a little kid in that shopping cart.

[@sweaq123]

It doesn't take more than the first chord for the nostalgic feeling to take over. A pure classic.

[@vangelisalmond4798]

yeap...totally right

[@joseandino3366]

exactly

[@mexicanidiot4659]

plastic*

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

3

[@Iam_diny]

Fake plastic trees

[@joshnelson3803]

Freezing cold morning at 2am in 1995 and we had left the cd playing all night, i woke up and this song was playing with the sound of the fire burning in the background... it was one of those surreal moments time stood still...i just listened with this melancholic feeling before drifting back to sleep. My life has been a series of ups and downs and twists and turns since then, sometimes it helps to go back to that moment in my mind to find the peace i once knew as a teen in the 90's.

[@painbow6528]

Was it the moment you realised you were gay?

[@painbow6528]

@@joshnelson3803 So that's a yes?

[@joshnelson3803]

@@painbow6528 it's a maybe.

[@user-iw3yo6sf8c]

@@joshnelson3803 lmao

[@gunner0322]

God bless the 90s indeed

[@kevin.j.foster3310]

If you don’t get goosebumps throughout this killer masterpiece, then you are half dead! I think it’s their best song and it’s not even close.

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

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[@davidkarin3443]

My dad bought the album when it came out in 95, I was 7 years old. I remember hearing it the first time, I have been hooked ever since. It is one of the greatest songs ever written.

[@spand9043]

Not even in their top 20 best songs. Listen to In Rainbows, A Moon Shaped Pool, OK Computer, and Kid A (not hating on this song or anything)

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

@@spand9043 strange of you to assume they haven't already heard these very famous albums

[@spand9043]

@@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra if they had heard them I don't think they would still think this is the best radiohead song. It's definitely a good rock song but I find it's not a standout #1 best song from radiohead, not as high brow as their other stuff for sure and I don't see myself listening to it much anymore

[@christopherspinks3540]

September 2023 and I've just discovered this absolute gem. Thom Yorkes voice is unreal.

[@christiantaylor9309]

Where the hell have you been all these years?

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

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[@underated17]

@@christiantaylor9309 I just discovered this gem a month ago!

[@gregoryahejew]

I have never heard a more mood altering song like this... If you are happy, this song brings you down a notch or two... If you are sad, it picks you up... powerful

[@aurixx3297]

gregory ahejew totally true

[@FlapperLust]

indeed

[@adipermana8152]

Yes

[@sari5043]

TRUE!

[@KingoRichie1990]

Better than Creep, imo.

[@marycrow3939]

Thom York has one of the greatest voices in the history of rock music.

[@mrcrandberry6115]

And it's awesome since anyone can sing like him, too - so simple yet hypnotizing

[@nancygreenberg9532]

Oh yessss🙏

[@susiet2367]

Absolutely 💯

[@BigHotSauceBoss69]

@@mrcrandberry6115 can sing like him but not *quite* like him

[@mrcrandberry6115]

@@BigHotSauceBoss69 yes

[@JohnMcaulay-gp6nb]

Thom Yorke saw Jeff Buckley live & said he was a big influence on his singing style i.e. using the whole range of his vocal abilities & the use of subtleties in his singing. He said this was the first song where he applied the inspiration he got from hearing Jeff Buckley. If anybody reading this has not heard Jeff Buckley's album Grace & you like Radiohead & Thom Yorke's singing style & range, then check out the full album on you tube. I'm not saying it sounds like a Radiohead album, but you can hear what Thom Yorke meant about the use of vocal range & expression, with power & with subtlety. It's a masterpiece of an album, great songs & a majestic vocal performance. What a loss Jeff Buckley is to the world of music. Great songwriter too.

[@alisonmann6337]

I am sad to say I forgot how brilliant Radiohead were, until my 15 year old son reminded me. He started listening to them and reintroduced his mother to their brilliance.. Love love love.❤❤❤

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

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[@Dr._Zoidberg]

Here’s my interpretation. I think it’s about how we hold onto relationships that are disappointing and ultimately fake. Deep down we know they are fake, but the idea of leaving them behind and being alone makes us feel that we would blow through the ceiling. We might think to ourselves “Maybe it really doesn’t get better than this”. So instead we keep watering our fake plastic trees in the hopes that they become something real. This process wears us out everyday because no matter how much we water that plant, the tree will never become real. We trade being alone with the feeling of dissatisfaction and emptiness because we can’t seem to let them go. We then realise we aren’t who they need either and become insecure about our place in their life, just as they are in ours. Two people destined to stay together who should’ve always been apart.

[@roxanne887]

Did you just explain my relationship of 10 years??

[@roxanne887]

💔

[@kristenreplogle4630]

Dr Zoidberg If I could be who you wanted..,,. Thanks for sharing, that’s the truth.

[@fastmaleburger12134]

i really want to hug you.

[@sukmiwang66]

That last line is literally my past relationship to a T and now I'm sad lol

[@yukorosa8244]

This song is from my youth. I was listening alone in my room. I can still remember my adolescent heart.

[@SeventhSilhouette]

was listening to this endlessly the day my dad died in april. don't know how i'm gonna listen to it ever again, to be honest. thinking about how my dad just never could be the guy any of us wanted him to be, no matter how much he wanted to. how much i wanted to run screaming from the hospital room he was laying unresponsive in. my mind has put up a block where his memory is and i just can't push past it. dunno how i feel about it. rest in peace i guess.

[@harrisongwin6859]

I think this is the most human song ever written

[@Igor-uo6cs]

agree, maybe the best ever

[@jillyanaisrashardVEVO]

Billie Eilish vibe

[@chrissantos1877]

@@jillyanaisrashardVEVO No, please no.

[@jillyanaisrashardVEVO]

@@chrissantos1877 Facts

[@chrissantos1877]

@@jillyanaisrashardVEVO When this song came out Billie Eilish wasn't even born, so it makes no sense to say it has "Billie Eilish vibes". You can say otherwise at the very least, though I don't think Radiohead is one of Billie's first choice of inspirational source.

[@reenot3174]

UNPOPULAR TAKE: I'm really not depressed. I just listen to this song cause it's an absolute banger.

[@SpongeBobbin34]

Reenot Muscles some of us are not, I however, am, but it’s still a really beautiful song

[@MichaelReed609]

Drama is beautiful from a distance.

[@ivanandres6828]

finally, somebody who doesn't relate this song to depression and just likes it

[@danielaupperle]

@@MichaelReed609 Wow, I haven't heard that before. I like it!

[@Trendyflute]

It's one of Thom Yorke's best vocal performances on any of the albums.

[@slad3q]

Norman Reedus who plays Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead is in that video. He's the dude in dark coat, who struggles with his shopping cart and kicks a cardbox

[@terencemeikle534]

One of the most exquisite songs you could ever treat your ears to. Heartbreaking beauty here. 💔

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

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[@MrWhite-gu7in]

I was in a bar in Florida and they had an empty piano sitting there. In walked a very large Russian guy speaking broken English and he asked the bartender if he could play the piano. He started playing popular show tunes and no one was really paying attention to him . He saw me looking at him and he said to me what would you like to hear and I said I'm sure you don't know the music that I like and he replied try me. I said Radiohead. He started with Paranoid Android and played about 10 songs by Radiohead before he left. I asked the bartender who he was and he said I have no idea I've never seen him before. It was great almost like a ghost walked in played Radiohead and then disappeared. It was an interesting night that I enjoyed immensely. I think this memory of mine pretty much indicates how universal and overarching the music Radiohead makes.

[@sarathmadhav3017]

Ive seen this comment before on other Radiohead songs

[@armandosorrenti6376]

I read the same thing under Comfortably Numb lol

[@steff4413]

cool

[@nishantyadav4879]

Sarath Madhav exactly bro... although I like the story😁😁😁so he kinda earned the right to repost it

[@ireneedmonds4712]

Wow. My soul is touched rn, fuck. That is such a vibe

[@azzellahindley]

Anyone 2024 on March?

[@Gatsu772]

Every month of every year

[@zoebella314]

I have many live versions, that's just as fabulous

[@ZingeyTheZman]

weirdest grocery store ad i've seen

[@mfamrullah7705]

"If i could be who you wanted If i could be who you wanted All the time All the time" Always hits me really hard

[@mariahhavron]

Thom Yorke looks absolutely hopeless in their music video!!!!

[@jackconway7952]

What hits me is the little vocal run afterwards

[@aliyamoon80]

I wasn’t. That was the hardest part. I wasn’t what he wanted.

[@anghumphreys6442]

Creep was my theme song of the 90s

[@Duurston]

@@aliyamoon80you are what somebody wants. In time x.

[@TanguyBlanchard]

Radiohead tried to record this for months and couldn't figure it out, until they went to see Jeff Buckley live. 'Thom sat down and played it in three takes, then burst into tears afterwards. And that's what we used for the record' Colin, 1997

[@Laura......]

I miss jeff's talent and I came here to say the same.

[@marshhen]

Absolutely hear Jeff Buckley's transcendent influence on this. I had not realized it before. Incredible. If anybody is looking for another moody banger like this. Watch Jeff Buckley sing Grace.

[@A__user000]

Jeff 🥺💔

[@jameskennedy7307]

@@marshhen last goodbye. For sure

[@jameskennedy7307]

@@marshhen banger meant SUCH DIFFERENT THINGS in the 90s lol

[@yuushalol]

“If I could be who you wanted, all the time…” I can't say anything about this part, it's simply kills me

[@meltedmatt3]

I listened to this a lot many years ago when my best friend died. People who don't understand think Radiohead would have made those times worse. It didn't. It got me through. This song released a feeling inside me that no other song ever will. A feeling of hope and peace. Thank you for this song and the help it gave me in the darkness ❤

[@srslybr0_]

I'm sorry about your friend. I'm glad Radiohead helped you through it, it's amazing what music can do for people in pain

[@SidneyAugustoDaSilva]

2023, this song makes even more sense than in 1997. I was 12 years old, poor kid in Brazil, and this song gave me the desire to learn English just to understand what the song was saying. I wanted to read the feelings in the lyrics. Radiohead changed my life for better for sure. 🇧🇷

[@MMTInvesting]

Awesome! Hope you're doing good now ☺️

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

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[@lordsxman]

This is one of the most important songs of my life.

[@alanayazyam2432]

Amen

[@0tto777]

Thank Jeff Buckley

[@0tto777]

khelbenrage Says the guy putting people down on KZbin 😬

[@arnelson333]

Me too!

[@0tto777]

Dangerous Thinking Radiohead are massive fans of Jeff Buckley anyway, you can hear it in so much of what they write. But after seeing Jeff live they completely re-recorded this song. They changed it to acoustic and recorded the whole thing in a few takes at the studio the day after seeing Jeff.

[@prodNieva]

still one of the most beautiful songs ever...

[@thebelgium8548]

Nostalgia , lembro que acordava de madrugada com minha irmã e meu irmao , ficávamos gravando clipe ma MTV , 😢 saudades demais dessa época que não volta mais .. Saudades dos meus irmãos 😢

[@MMTInvesting]

☺️

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

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[@michaelcorrido2883]

RIP for those who only listen to creep. All radiohead songs are masterpiece thats why I like this band

[@aphewtxin]

thom hates creep btw

[@aniyangsheng]

@@aphewtxin why

[@fabioconde7145]

@@aphewtxin creep is mainstream

[@AwesomeYena]

Gatekeeping?

[@alexarce8790]

@@aphewtxin not anymore but he did lol

[@electricdreams1616]

Being an angst ridden teenager when this came out in the 90s this really expressed my melancholy emotions perfectly. I felt imperfect and misunderstood and this expressed what I couldn't express. Radiohead defined me as a teenager growing up when other groups couldn't. They got me and I got them. They gave me the validation I craved and wanted. It was music for the jilted generation.

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

[@gamewizardks]

I was an angst-ridden 20-something that had just started a family. I see you. My wife and I still stand to this day. I identify with you. At this point in my life, I was just a cynic who was starting to find his way. All the best to you, friend. I like your moniker, btw. It's the same as an 80's cinema gem. As a nerdy guy, I loved that film when I was a young teenager.

[@preuermensch3692]

This is the greatest comment I have ever read on KZbin. I felt the same way. I had admiration if my peers and Tex gets, parents of my own and everyone else’s but still felt jilted. Now as a 44year old, 3 kids and 2 grand kids later, I still feel a jilting and misunderstanding. It’s something internal and private. Thank you commenter . Thank you

[@Belta-kw2bm]

Creep

[@ItsVeronikaBeezy]

this is beautful

[@TheReglack]

We are Radiohead fans. We are intelligent. We are interesting. We are clever. We love their songs.

[@vamosoracio170]

alright mate no need to circlejerk

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

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[@TheReglack]

@vamosoracio170 bet you know all about that don't you boy?

[@DazzzTube]

I am 126 years old and just discovered this band

[@SimplyWastedguy]

Are you a vampire

[@jesyra]

How can a song I have heard a million times still break my heart like it was the first time?

[@lulieputt]

Yep

[@osamabinladen824]

That's the power of Radiohead.

[@mev0759]

That is what separates Radiohead from the crowd.

[@pepeplzz]

it's called masterpiece

[@ivetpatino7008]

Jesyra LBfly same here 💔

[@khayyamzubair2695]

When you lose your mom at the supermarket

[@bluepages7595]

HAHHWWHWHHE

[@soniag6935]

hahahahhaha

[@jojo7559]

LoooooL i am dying lool

[@andrewrat961]

I'm trying to cry and dissociate here-

[@jlen82]

Lol

[@davefougere7548]

I know these lads have moved well beyond this song and this album. But I really hope they realize how awesome this song is. This is the one that got me started on my Radiohead journey. And it still gives me goosebumps all these years later.

[@AnthonyTorres32892]

I listened to this song in the hospital after I woke up from a coma.

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a song called 'The Bond Villain' By Robert Nix

[@kingalthe1st160]

This song gets more relevant with each year.

KingAl the1st It gets more relevant with each year of my life, at least.

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some Radiohead fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal covers of HIGH & DRY and BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY by the Verve on my YT channel in tribute to 2 of the most forward-looking and influential 90s bands. Live acoustic with no digital editing. Thanks and peace out.

[@ItzLight]

@@willritter4076 ok sure

[@csquared4538]

@@brandenbolt5573 I think you're reading a lot of pseudoscientific reporting my friend.

[@parvchetri0995]

This song is absolute genius. It talks about how fake people are nowadays, that they pretend who they are not and thus comparing them to plastic. "Gravity always wins" refers to how in the end they will fall, and they will be forced to come true. All of this fake behaviour, fake things and fake people wears the protagonist out. In the end, the protagonist too wishes to become fake just so he can get his love. This song single-handedly exposes one of the biggest problems in our modern society, how people are forced to act who they are not so they can be perceived as "cool" and not "lame" and won't be socially alienated anymore.

[@alessandracimino7415]

So true

[@paladindanse6204]

Oh Ringo, You're So right.

[@melvincalderon1880]

This.

[@ciwgblk]

superficiality caused by materialism and consumerism

[@700K-pp9wm]

After enough soul searching and mushrooms you can escape

[@cristianpanuera9286]

Plastic life 2024

[@KtotoToroute]

2024?

[@marcob2137]

2026? Sweetie 🥰

[@user-ye5wq7oh2h]

To all my depressed people in here, hope things will turn out *alright. Edit: *all right (sorry English is not my mother tongue)

[@bellasouza8093]

Thx, your comment brings me hope :’)

[@cakraludra]

Aameen

[@KLienne]

for a minute there I thought you commented 5 years ago, but as it seems we're in the same time frame :I

[@danielchagas6916]

Things like Radiohead and the fact that somehow Thom Yorke is still alive and kicking gives me hope. We can never lose hope, especially in ourselves. I know this is extremely difficult, I'm struggling a lot to do so, but we must keep fighting and never lose hope, and we will be rewarded by all our efforts someday. I think people like Thom Yorke proves that. And hope that these words are somehow useful for someone. We are all one, after all.

[@meganjackson3175]

I hope the same for you. much love

[@davidoprea1618]

Gotta admit, things get sad once you grow up.

[@valleyofthedolls]

i wanna unsee this comment

[@treyebillups8602]

Gravity always wins

[@_Ocariao]

so true...

[@mathieubrohan2822]

huuuuuuuu

[@leonhertz2338]

Always been, but when you realize is different

[@rachelstovall4812]

I actually bought this as a cassette single back in the day; listened to it on repeat. This song is a masterpiece, and I watch this video on repeat when a melancholy mood strikes me; I always catch some new, nuance when watching it.

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

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[@takipsilim6697]

😀👍 hey if you’re reading this, it’s meant for u !!!!!!!! sana masaya k na whateves

[@minnesotanice4490]

Lol asdgjkoi huygg uuytff

[@essirach]

Today's my birthday. Got greeted by like 6 people, no celebration. Nothing special happened this day but at least I'm ending it with a special song. Happy 21st to me. *edit: Thank you everyone! Keep safe. :>

[@avamyst70]

Happy Birthday to you!

[@joytothewild]

Happy Birthday 🎂 stay safe!

[@hassanking4275]

Happy birthday you've become closer to death

[@essirach]

@@hassanking4275 oh stop, it's making me blush

[@essirach]

@@joytothewild thank you. You too darling 💕

[@scottyhehehe5367]

The Bends is my favorite album of theirs. EVERY song is good. A rare acheivement.

[@isabellariveraquinto751]

wait till u hear ok computer

[@staystrongjoseph]

Listen to weather systems album by anathema

[@ptolerov]

Same!

[@ptolerov]

@@isabellariveraquinto751 I've listened to OK Computer for like 6 times and I just think The Bends is better.

[@scottyhehehe5367]

@@ptolerov I listened to OK Computer a couple times back in the day, and to me, The Bends just felt immediately more accessible, musically. But it has been 25 years since I listed to it last, so I might give it another go. But The Bends will probably always be #1, to me.

[@engi1394]

1:36 its the guy from the Bends!!!

[@aidenherrera7262]

No the cover is a cpr dummy

[@cvgamerz07]

​@@aidenherrera7262🤓

[@engi1394]

​@@aidenherrera7262 🤓

[@eihcranoise]

1995. Best song to come out as you were nearing adulthood and trying to figure things out. For me anyway. ❤

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

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[@jvnande]

First time I went to London, my friend took me to Camden. We walked around and then went to a small coffeeshop. The coffeeshop was empty. My friend went to the bathroom and I sat at a table by the window. I remember the water of the Regent's Canal flickering under the night lights. Suddenly, this song began playing in the radio. In the building by the other side of the canal, people were having a dance lesson (salsa, it seemed). I sat there in silence, just mesmerized at all the beauty this world has to offer. The right song, at the right place, at the right time. It was unforgettable.

[@tux0beliver]

I mean it wasn't really in silence if this song was playing

[@rosshonniball5345]

I know this feeling. Right time, right place, right song. This will stay with you forever.

[@mandusbpb2314]

@@tux0beliver being in silence means that you yourself are quiet

[@fnkjesnfkjn]

Thank goodness you didn't get taken to Camden in the US.

[@jasonconnor3905]

Great story, I was in London, went to Dublin for the weekend., Radiohead was all anyone talked around the hostel. I never heard of Em at that moment, summer 97, back to college that fall home in ny, hear this song in love with it, realized who it was, missed my chance

[@mrcrandberry6115]

There's no way to describe this. Is it rock? Folk? Grunge? Alternative? Psychedelic? It sounds like all of them put together ... and it's beautiful

[@cringlez1096]

that’s what prog/art rock is my friend!

[@victorhugobrondolofrancoju9256]

This is just very, very good music. Awesome music. That's what it is.

[@S.P.B.222]

The answer to your question is yes

[@evamaze]

it's radiohead

[@mrcrandberry6115]

@@evamaze that's the best description of it. It's just Radiohead

[@kiwie_chan8538]

I started listening to Radiohead's songs high and dry and this after I lost my daughter last February 2024 at the age of 13. I feel very sad, still can't believe that she's gone. Now i just kiss her photo, "a paper-plastic picture." 😢

[@thurstonmurru]

I am 85 and my granddaughter showed me this

[@RaspberryRippler]

As a 42 yr old Radiohead fan, I'm going to be unorthodox and recommend you start with their later stuff and work back, while mixing it up a bit. In Rainbows won't disappoint 😊

[@stellazhang4074]

This song kisses all my scars.

[@yohei72]

Underrated comment. You've got the beginnings of a poem there.

[@kadumparon5844]

You worded it best

[@MarilynMurcury]

This comment made me tear up. Hang in there friend

[@maronorichards]

You’re strong! Remember your where for a reason! With all the shit you’ve been through it compares to nothing you’re doing now.

[@mariamman]

Probably The most beautiful comment ever. You're beautiful

[@MinusculeMule]

I think I'll just leave this comment here, so that whenever someone likes it, I'll be reminded of this masterpiece.

[@SoniaLopez-bw7iz]

Ur welcome 😊

[@jpeyrouxe1449]

Like #65 here👋

[@jasonferris7592]

Omg like having sex first time lol

[@ChynnaThompson-fq9ek]

Liking because I just discovered this masterpiece.

[@pascalemathieu7934]

Take care

[@shoshanabradford3389]

I can listen to this over and over again, and watching Thom's expressive face singing these gorgeous lyrics and haunting melody makes me cry each time.

[@MMTInvesting]

He's a big spirit. I hope you are doing good! ☺️

[@mike-myke22]

ditto

[@deeser286]

I'm 108 years old and just discovered this band

[@nery0711]

I'm 159 Years , just discovered now music !!! Uffa . In time .

[@deeser286]

@@nery0711 I lie about my age to seem younger, I'm actually 118. And I just discovered how to do this, type on a phone, what will they think of next!

[@nery0711]

Thats Ok .

[@karanshah6991]

If you ever feel alone just go through the comments of any Radiohead song ... You'll find other's who feel the same way as you do

[@unknowncomment7174]

So true...

[@aldturwig]

i like your name. just how i feel

[@candyabernethy3473]

You are not Holden... but thanks

[@candyabernethy3473]

Angela dawn Townsend. You are missed always

[@lizmoss]

phony

[@506TAG]

"If I could be who you wanted, all the time..." *_I'M NOT CRYING, YOU ARE_*

[@candikane9271]

❤❤❤

[@MrMkayultra]

TagsterGomez yes I'm crying real tears

[@Proletariem]

TagsterGomez your comment is such like the tipical normie writting *cry* ;it’s not about ur exgirlfren or the woman that,ve never watch u ;it’s about his anguish about how the only thing that he’ve admired (when he was younger, that’s why they r on the CC car) becomes just a fake plastic tree.

[@RolandoSinMapa]

*Yes, maybe that's true*

[@mkfloyd9131]

Copy cat I put that a year ago and still mo replies...

[@WiggleMcsquiggle]

I genuonely dont know why but the shot of thom waving goodbye to the child make me sob very suddenly

[@karlos5286]

71M views 70M are mine

[@irvancrocs1753]

"She looks like the real thing , She tastes like the real thing, My fake plastic love" Idk why but that part gives me so much chill and sadness in same time..

[@rob9911]

Can't help but imagine a blow up doll when I hear that line 😆

[@christopheroliver4757]

Same here...

[@JoeBlolow]

It sends an energy through you, that’s for sure

[@chukkp7042]

Hilarious, isnt it!

[@kobikob2179]

@Thomas Serrano d e e p

[@andrewn8364]

When the song Creep came out, I thought these guys would be one hit wonders, I'm glad they proved me wrong.

[@twochordcool]

At the rate they're going their next album might be their best. I love their music since Kid A especially.

[@twochordcool]

***** U2, for Christ sake?

[@davidblurton7158]

+John F30 depeche mode,,,,,,, 35 years and still going

[@wonderwall135]

+John F30 muse? foo fighters? there are many

[@tezmt1]

+John F30 RHCP

[@YangDaBunny]

I remember when i was 12 years old, and Radiohead always seemed to be boring for me (mainly by Creep), but when i became 16 last year, i decided to listen to them again, and goddamn, it was completely life-changing, always helping me in the worst moments of my screwed life, and since then i'm an absolutely fan, i just love them. ❤

[@MMTInvesting]

Hope you're good now! ☺️

[@YangDaBunny]

@@MMTInvesting Yeah, i'm pretty good lately, and i'm still being a Radiohead fan, i even got In Rainbows on vinyl (a big achievement for me lol), but yeah, now my life is much better, thanks for the concern. 💜

[@MMTInvesting]

@@YangDaBunny awesome! I've been playing a lot of Radiohead on acoustic guitar 🎸 I'm very happy to hear that your doing good! 😁

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

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[@EshYochanan]

That's not just music...that's a legacy of wonder.

[@user-zk3md8hk4q]

90s British rock bands are the best thing that ever happened to music

[@tauisuitonu8505]

60’s weren’t too shabby either.

[@noumenoneschaton3506]

70s and 80s too. Joy Division and the Cure FTW

[@CPunicorn]

I like blur and oasis

[@yanicastillo3615]

After the beatles

[@GoatyHerps]

The Beatles have entered the chat.

[@lananhphan7898]

listening to Radiohead at midnight. depression mode: on

[@jesusromerogarcia8323]

Me too

[@codaboi138]

23:49 where im at and my eyes fall on this comment. awesome.

[@industrialsizedcirclejerk]

bro same here what the fuck

[@saadk72510]

i like your name

[@doanlekhanhduy1998]

It's true

[@pluviophile1988]

For all the real ones who struggle because they are

[@Eclipse-op2mw]

Gracias, ahí seguimos, un abrazo💓

[@spacecadet622]

🤟

[@Metaphorically7]

I know its easy to call it nostalgia. But I really think the 90’s was a special time.

[@jasonfox4857]

the greatest decade by a country mile!

[@jsfahmi]

"She looks like the real thing, She taste like the real thing, My fake plastic love" , "And if i could be who you wanted" these parts hit me so hard right now..

[@monreve79]

But I can't have the fucking feeling...

[@imtiredcharlie]

IT DOES HIT HARD 🥺

[@zackaryclepper4951]

I love Radiohead

[@_BangDroid_]

This song ruined my fleshlight

[@zakrzewskime239]

If I could be who you wanted. All the time. Really hits hard.

[@Luiza-sg9sq]

every single time he sings "if i could be who you wanted... all the time" i cry

[@user-xb7dp4vu3r]

Come here to listen again :)

[@nomnombr]

bom demais mesmo

[@craigbruceuk]

This song constantly reminds me of a failed relationship...even 10yrs later

[@whatlayscawing5617]

when you disappoint your parents for the thousandth time

[@user-xb7dp4vu3r]

@@whatlayscawing5617 I like your profile picture