Radiohead - Identikit (Early Version Live at Coachella 2012)

[@chrisbaker198]

Still love the live version more than album, esp. the synth and Ed's back-up vocals

[@bernlin2000]

+Chris Baker The bridge is significantly better in this version, imo...that synth sound is fantastic.

[@chrisbaker198]

agreed. I wonder if when they play it live on tour it will sound more like the studio version or closer to this rendition?

[@mustafasadmansakib]

+Chris Baker the studio version sounds more like a off the bat improv jam session to me :/

[@garykildall4111]

Yes weirdly! The studio version sounds less produced. This version has such beautiful drenched reverb on the synth. The studio version lacks that and also seems to have an overly low attack for some reason. Too rigid.

[@botybuis]

synth here is greater so far

[@XXapples9876XX]

The backing vocals make this version, but I prefer the outro solo of the studio. Jonny just nails it.

[@typalmer6850]

Indeed.

[@thebreakfastmenu]

Someone needs to combine them

[@thebreedinghousewife8818]

The percussion in this one beats the studio imo

[@charlieblockclocksnow]

Really? I was thinking the opposite

[@bismarckluna]

I like the ghostly backing vocals in the studio much more, also the solo. But the synth tone and key in this one it's awesome.

[@critterparty]

holy shit this song is so powerful songs like this are the reason why radiohead is legendary

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

15 step and idioteque had a baby :)

[@himadribhakta7948]

Micah Buzan it's scary how you have the top comment on all the Radiohead's vids

[@huesillo009]

For me it's like scatterbrain

[@leocalostros7442]

@@huesillo009 you know

[@SnakeJuice720]

Just have to throw this out there, I love when artists (in particular, Radiohead) write songs unconventionally that aren't the usual verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus. Radiohead is flawless

[@polishpunk911]

oh my god 1:40, the shift from b minor to f minor - genius. no band does that.

[@versatilKJZ]

+nicotine&gravy I think the fucking same.

[@SammyCee23]

+nicotine&gravy Is it really from B Minor to F Minor? The exact chords? I want to learn this!

[@luvpinas123]

+Seoul It's the key I think.

[@shizk6773]

Yes! love this shift. Also the one in bodysnatchers, where the guitar riff comes on.

[@ThorMNs]

B major*

[@mechamorafa]

After all these years, Radiohead still got it. They are absolutely brilliant. Always presenting beautiful and unforgetabble stuff. This band is a landmark in modern music.

[@thebreakfastmenu]

Definitely prefer this version, but Jonny's solo at the end of the studio version kills

[@aheendwhz1]

Also, the transition from the first verse to the middle part is better in the studio version. Here it is... Not existing. Also, I like the "lalala" in the studio version.

[@Luigiiii]

Identikit as we currently know it is likely to sound completely different in its final version. If I'd only heard the live version of TKoL I'd never have guessed it would sound like it does on the album, not to mention that this might be an early version and there'll be some slight changes to the final version, so if you're not entirely satisfied with its sound, don't think this is what you'll get as final result.

[@tokugawa7]

id be willing to bet this never gets to the studio. and i dont wanna know.

[@jonjon11882]

gerard pratt they recorded this song at jack whites studio.

[@tokugawa7]

source? and ive heard rumors of this... was at bonnaroo when they thanked him for unknown reasons and people jumped up saying they recorded but i never seen any confirmation to this.

[@henrikloberg]

gerard pratt i think thom confirmed that identikit would definitely be on the next lp in an ama (ask me anything) on reddit

[@AppleGreenmusic]

>mfw I prefer the "From The Basement" version of TKOL, over the album version, by a long shot.

[@TehBestOtaku]

Whenever they release their next album, I hope they keep this sound. Like a cross between TKOL and it's beautiful atmosphere and beats, mixed with In Rainbows fantastic rhythm and guitar.

[@ruperth8902]

+Reginald P. Tallywinker did you get what you wanted ? :)

[@TehBestOtaku]

+Rupert/ Melodiic heh, it wasn't quite what I was expecting but I'm certainly not let down. They did the studio version of this song justice, and the album as a whole is great.

[@RobotPilots]

Wtf? There is no way 2016 was 6 years ago

[@justthememelordsnextdoor9120]

Holy fuck it was

[@Tunaboy45]

8 years and counting

[@ferndawg665]

This is my favorite version.

[@fede-tk3rm]

BROKEN HEARTS MAKE IT RAIN

[@TheStruggler0]

YES IT IS RAIN

[@MrDokek]

I only wish that they kept that powerful synth in this version in the studio version. It just seems a little weak on the album. Other than that, I dig the studio version.

[@MrDokek]

+Estacuenta Nodeberiaexistir I just think it needed a a little more power and fullness to give it that extra oomph. In this version, it's a moment of power and you can really feel it. I still love the studio version, don't get me wrong.

[@tyleronearth]

+Cruz Avila To be fair, you do get a nifty Jonny Greenwood solo in the studio version.

[@MrDokek]

+Tyleratx That is very true. I'm so used to his solos, I didn't think of it

[@MrDokek]

+Estacuenta Nodeberiaexistir I'm hoping more unreleased tracks are the b sides, too. We got quite a few old tracks on the new record

[@tyleronearth]

Cruz Avila I was listening to the studio version. The synth riff is still there. It just occurs under the choir. But its totally there.

[@TheMoroPL]

This album gonna be good...

[@TheMoroPL]

+Pisk The album is good. Just confirming

[@thisisme9299]

Not as good as king of limbs

[@leocalostros7442]

love your profile picture

[@amnesieae]

@@thisisme9299 true as fuck

[@violethill4454]

@@thisisme9299 tkol is a pretty weak album

[@marceloangelopereira9147]

better than album version!!!

[@keiffactory]

this song feels like it is thirty seconds because I enjoy every second of it and get lost in the track of time.

[@chaynecotharn6886]

This version is forever my favorite

[@max_mittler]

Let’s be real. This version is all about ED

[@reynoldadamson9892]

This song makes me feel like a water strider in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

[@reynoldadamson9892]

Reynold Adamson When the fuck did I post this lol.

[@relaxedphylax]

+Reynold Adamson Looks like you were smoking some tough shit back then lol.

[@lennoth]

This version is better than the studio version by far...

[@superwiicrazy]

+lennoth Nah, you're just attached to this version that's all

[@lennoth]

GSingh No, this version is really better. The studio version starts with a syncopation that is very ugly. The line " broken hearts, make it rain" that they put in the synth part ruined the chorus...

[@AtlanticSpamHammer]

+lennoth No, that's the most beautiful part! I love the choir of BROKEN HEARTS MAKE IT RAIN during the synths!

[@macewinduhugs3036]

i love your profile pic ;)

[@Alexis-so4he]

Yes. This version is just so much better they really just overthought it

[@tomato1705]

0:05 'Bollocks...'

[@dld213]

Love them but not having this version on the album was a missed opportunity, STILL the superior version of the song

[@AnimatedLoopHD]

100%. Radiohead has had tendency to over produce or just straight up ruin some of their best songs. Darn shame.

[@himadribhakta7948]

Can someone add the studio version's outro to this It'll be perfect

[@thebreakfastmenu]

Himadri Bhakta Just what I was thinking

[@aheendwhz1]

Also, the transition from the first verse to the "broken hearts" part is better in the studiio version. For the rest, this version is "better", at least if you listen to it alone - for the album, the album version is more fitting, I think that's why they made it that way.

[@Fredjjf01]

There is no other music there is only radiohead

[@Vince96711]

1:40 Eargasm.

[@nasseh3587]

BEST SONG ON "A MOON SHAPED POOL"

[@paddycourage]

+Nasseh MIchel They made a shambles of it on the album this version is way better. No comparison for me. I'm very disappointed with the album version. I do like the album alot though.

[@yekayyeke9396]

+Padraic o'donoghue They made a shambles of ful stop.....not exiting or volotile/crazy like the live versions....but I like the albums identikit a lot though.

[@alexf02071999]

+Padraic o'donoghue People are always disappointed with new versions of songs, especially if you've had time to get used to this version. Lucky for me I hadn't heard this version before, so I loved the album version.

[@EgyptianSpaceDog]

+alexf02071999 I agree, and really wish I hadn't heard this version first, as being "disappointed" by the new version kind of took me out of the album.

[@AtlanticSpamHammer]

Hell no! The choir on the album is absolutely astonishing! Infinitely better than this version, I get shivers every time!!

[@Killadey]

I ask you, who else after a 20 year career could come up with a song so fresh and full of spirit? I feel so lucky to be a RH fan sometimes.

[@3Horus]

I don't really see this as an Idioteque? That's more like Lotus Flower. This is like 15 Step and Separator's bastard

[@dirgemage]

***** Yes!

[@OnlyVideoGuyOnEarth]

I think it's the urgency, the frantic repetition and his vocal tone that make it like Idioteque

[@ShogunKilledChuck]

This song is amazing. Radiohead is the only artist I've listened to for over ten years whose new material matches the brilliance of their earlier work.

[@dwaynesworld_1]

I think ive played this song about 50times since its been on KZbin lol!! The groove and the hook is so catchy. Cannot wait for there next album i have a feeling this will be on it and the studio version will be epic!!!

[@UltimateMushuman]

Only Radiohead can make a masterpiece like this and only to be discovered by actual fans of the band

[@TheAngryDebater]

Can't wait for the next album and tour, I just had to get into Radiohead a month after they last visited my city :(

[@jrock2720]

when they played this at the comcast center in mass, i think my brain melted.

[@coldacre]

strange how they went from this discordant Fm to Bm... in the live version.... then sweetened it up for the studio recording and started in F#, to B#. pity!!!! loved the oddball key change of the original. nobody does tri-tone key changes anymore!

[@makkietakkie]

Coldacre That's F# to C ;)

[@Pepper-cd9yr]

And it's still a tritone if it's F# to C. OP needs to clarify or I'll actually have to do some research..

[@aggelikitriantafyllou2226]

I can't wait for the new album

[@wulandjamzoeri3090]

Sweet-faced ones with nothing left inside That we all can love, that we all can love, that we all Sweet-faced ones with nothing left inside That we all can love, that we all can love, that we all When I see you messing me around I don't want to know, I don't want to know, I don't want to Did I see you messing me around? I don't want to know, I don't want to know, I don't want to know Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Pieces of a ragdoll mankind That we can't create, that we can't create, that we can't Pieces of a wreck of mankind That we can't create, that we can't create When all I see you messing me around I don't want to know, I don't want to know, I don't want When I see you searching me around I don't want to know, I don't want to know, I don't want to know

[@WhatBandName]

This has easily become already one of my top favorites from Radiohead! I really hope they don't wait 4 years again to release an album. Of course it will be worth it but I can't wait that long!!

[@YourDarkAffected]

This sounds like it could have fit in really well on Hail To the Thief. Love it.

[@SmokeyMontana]

Thanks so much for the download link. Radiohead makes music so much more potent than anybody else out there.

[@NIMRODakaNIMROD]

Amazing... and it's great to hear a decent quality recording of this song... I wonder whether it'll end up on their next album - it sounds a bit like it was still in the early stages of development

[@beflygelt]

the synth after the "broken hearts make it rain" is too loud in the studio version, i like it like this way more

[@gabrielmaffei7623]

actually, it s not louder, it s the bass that s missing in the studio version that makes the synth stand out

[@DanielFerri]

This is heavenly .

[@ChristianMcAdoo]

Not sure if it will be their best, these songs are a bit more poppy compared to OK Computer or Kid A (what I consider their best stuff), but one thing's for sure.. it will be utterly incredible. Huge shift from The King of Limbs' sound, much more mature.. seems like their becoming more in touch with rhythms and grooves through electronics and synths that they've been trying to perfect while still keeping their older rock style.

[@mechamorafa]

I still keep coming back to listen to this version. It's a billion times better than the over produced bad taste studio version.

[@ibrahimsincap3705]

Radiohead are expert at messing up great songs with weird production decisions at studio

[@mayer8356]

@@ibrahimsincap3705 TKOL (From the Basement) a prime example. Blows the original out of the water.

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

Agreed. Nigel's production has sapped the life out of the past two Radiohead albums. That's why everyone loves King of Limbs live more. For some reason the recent work by Nigel has been obsessed with making a band that sounds like they aren't even in the same room. The Wall Of Eyes sounds so organic and lush, the most warm sounding stuff Thom has worked on since In Rainbows.

[@RicardoGonzalez-yo7mb]

100 times better than the last studio version!

[@Derevirn]

+Ricardo Gonzalez I agree, but the studio version is enjoyable as well.

[@ShogunKilledChuck]

I hope it doesn't sound dramatically different on the album because I love this song. I remember adoring Four Minute Warning at live shows and then being so disappointed by the studio version.

[@futurfry]

Radiohead surprises me with EVERY album, no matter how hard I try to predict what it will sound like. This song came out of fucking nowhere, it's like hearing There There for the first time. Beaut.

[@melinasalander95]

love this song, with Skirting on the Surface are one of the best new songs they had. I love the game between Thom and Ed voices *-*

[@patriciabaldwin3888]

love this!!! CAN'T WAIT FOR NEW ALBUM!!!!!!

[@ThaAmjab]

+Patricia Morgan Any day now :S

[@dominiclivsey8785]

+ThaAmjab "2 months ago" :'(

[@runningcoyote9972]

+Patricia Morgan 2 hour ago :D

[@campopper]

Definitely the best quality recording on KZbin as of right now! Thanks! :)

[@Rayad0o]

the only band that can amaze with any song...best band ever!

[@JhonathanMoran]

I love this version, it's amazing !

[@nanebeisner4998]

That synth part after broken hearts is breaking my mind how is that shit not popular in the slightest it's one of the best musical things I've ever heard

[@AnimatedLoopHD]

unfortunately the synth on the album version doesn't hit the same.

[@chetanm9598]

The synth in this is godly and the guitar oh god right after broken hearts part...

[@DaRkM4G01]

finally I have this song.I was looking it for a long time. thanks!

[@anuscupcakes]

Thanks a lot for this! I'm sure I'll be speaking for all Radiohead fans when I say that I'm excited for future recordings if this the kind of amazing work that Radiohead are producing!

[@TheMrJay8]

I've purposely been avoiding any potential LP9 tracks but I cracked with this one. Holy shit. New Radiohead was always going to be exciting, but this is insane. I'm going to have a heart attack when LP9 releases.

[@KatelynKatiekatekat]

yessss ditto!

[@alvin_row]

Are you still alive?

[@rikjansen9782]

+Alonso Mancini lol was about to say the same thing and then saw your comment xD

[@TheMrJay8]

+Alonso Mancini No. I have died. I am at the pearly gates. There is nothing here but synths, and echoes of "broken hearts make it rain". I am happy here.

[@gravygravyjosh]

@Dalton, Thats my favourite part! yeah its abrupt but i love how it changes the flavour

[@HAILTHETH1EF]

THANK YOU for the upload

[@tomost3891]

Sounds like the best Song Alt-J never made

[@onifanss]

yea i could imagine alt-j playing this, this version of identikit sounds like something that would come out on "An Awesome Wave"... would be awesome though!

[@moisesasul]

the sounds of guitar is so beautiful ...

[@rw1993n64]

that synth section is very good, i'd like to hear more sections of the song like that

[@Starbirdy9999]

I love this new style...In my opinion, it sounds like a return to some of their previous tonalities used in OK Computer and In Rainbows, yet stylistically very much like King of the Limbs and Hail to the Thief. Either way, I can't wait to hear their next album.

[@DieByTheDrop]

Thank you thank you thank you for the upload and download link :)

[@prcurlycutie]

Beautiful song. So fortunate to have seen it live. I have on repeat now.

[@melinasalander95]

shit! Ed and Thom's voices fit very good together!

[@staticdominguez]

just found this. thank you.

[@hyde129]

awesome quality, thank you!!

[@iStealThings]

Cannot wait for the studio version...

[@UB10OMEGA]

I really, really, really do hope this is on LP9, as well as Cut a Hole, The Present Tense, Skirting on the Surface. True Love Waits finally officially released would be a joy too! Can't wait! Also excited about Atoms for Peace's first album

[@k-leb4671]

The drum beat at the beginning sounds _so much_ like the sampled drum beat in Massive Attack's Teardrop. Now I want Radiohead to actually record a new version of Identikit using that sampled beat.

[@TheCanappers]

I live in Dublin but I'm not Irish, I'm Chilean, I saw them twice in Santiago in 2009 for the end of their In Rainbows tour, now I can't wait to see them playing in Dublin, I hope they play this song here, no doubt one of their best song ever... Vamos Radiohead!

[@dMoniker]

Such a gorgeous song

[@27dedrummer]

Already addicted to this song!

[@andresmuller7699]

i like more this version then the oficial

[@jamespoe4144]

saw/heard this song live on their TKoL tour, it was fukkin crazy mate, i wanna hear studio version so beyyddd

[@codyblair92]

Chills and tears. Holy shit, I cannot wait for the studio version. This is just as good! UGHHH. NEW ALBUM PLEASE.

[@J-V89]

As much as I like the album version of this song I prefer this version

[@thisdeath]

nice pfp (so ur a radiohead and the strokes fan too :)

[@kiwidavid72]

I love this. Heard it for the first time last night at the Radiohead concert in Auckland, New Zealand. Fantastic.

[@Derevirn]

They never fail to deliver the goods

[@dackmont]

really liking this period of Radiohead -- bit of a learning curve, but so worth it. omahahnful, what can I say, what a nice share.

[@gulceyavuz]

This is like my favorite song.

[@misticaerykah]

I loooooove this song!! thanks for uploading ;)

[@KevinJohn9001]

Agreed, I'd love to hear more of his vocals.

[@BonzaiBillie1]

gorgeous guitar parts!!! I have VERY high hopes for their new album! I can't wait~

[@vitorhugoRH]

the bridge at 1.40 secs is amazing! they fucked it up in the studio.

[@cast76cast76]

WTF! can't get better than this. Heaven

[@Killadey]

Ed sounds great on this!

[@wellsbusta]

Thank you!

[@avalencia8373]

I...can't stop listening. Wow. Just wow.

[@CristianPatrizi]

I love it this version

[@variableparagraph]

I want The Present Tense to be included as well... it's such a beautiful song...

[@MattJonesEdits]

The synthesizer in this song can also be heard towards the end of Myxamotosis. Something similar is also frequently used in Nigel Godrich's new project. "Ultraista."

[@GemmaKahlo69]

Wow! Wow! Wow! Shivers down my spine (and "not only there") while listening this song! A masterpiece!!!

[@Trekkerle]

Great! Loved this song as they played it live in Cologne.

[@bushwick]

my favorite of the new songs

[@TheMegaSackman]

This is incredible!!

[@manuelgui15]

thank you!

[@denialfalls2724]

Can someone please make a version that’s this but with Jonny’s guitar solo at the end? Bonus points if you include the little punctuation licks throughout the song that eventually erupt into the solo. I need the perfect version of Identikit so badly

[@the_funkguy]

Might be a bit hard to mix it but what the hell I’ll try

[@denialfalls2724]

@@the_funkguywould love that

[@1000sachenmuell]

awesome quality