Radiohead - Lift (Studio Mix #1)

Taken from MiniDiscs (Hacked) DISC15 in 9:46
This is the best version of Lift imo.
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[@MicahBuzanMUSIC]

Only Radiohead would sleep on recordings like this...just imagine what other gems they've stored away that will likely never be heard.

[@benhenschel145]

Billy Corgan wrote literally hundreds of great unreleased songs during the 90s.

[@alexg3455]

@@benhenschel145 Who tf asked about Billy Corgan?

[@benhenschel145]

@@alexg3455 the guy who said "only Radiohead"? Lol

[@alexg3455]

​@@benhenschel145 Yeah that clearly wasn't an invitation for you to be a smartass. Anymore irrelevant facts you'd like to share with us, smart guy?

[@krispykicks7766]

I see you in all the comment sections, and I love your animation work, I also watched your video on quantity vs quality, good seeing you!

[@crispy3359]

If there ever was a song that could be Radiohead's "last" song, it is this. Even though it was written ages ago, the lyrics, strings and guitar all make it feel like a culmination of all the bands work into one song.

[@justthememelordsnextdoor9120]

Idk, I still feel like it would miss some of the Kid A/Amnesiac feel to it

[@itsShelleyyTV]

@@justthememelordsnextdoor9120 imo that wouldn't matter, I think this song has easily one of the most inspirational messages Radiohead has put out there, at least joyous ones. It's like saying on an elevator you see many destinations and meet many people along the way of life, but even when your elevator ride is at an end, someone elses is just beginning, a beautiful ending.

[@Loriloya]

Yes! I get that so much

[@Brnsdonlll2]

I feel like in a way you can hear that but also not but I see what you mean

[@Brnsdonlll2]

I feel like in a way you can hear that but also not but I see what you mean

[@CandleTosser]

this is the best version because of the familymart jingle in the intro

[@MixyTape]

I don’t think it’s family mart, the jingle sounds like it but I think it’s one of those jingles they play when they hold you on call

[@aali778]

@@MixyTape it’s definitely family mart

[@scatterkeir]

It really excited me when I first heard it, because it screams "this is a finished Radiohead track"

[@MotoVox33]

I hope Johnny made a sampling from familymart when they were on Japan tour lol 😆

[@MethodicaGaming]

Lmao I heard this version two years ago before I moved to Japan, went to FamilyMart for the first time, walked through the door "OH MY GOD IT'S LIFT" 🤣

[@alfredjarry503]

They said they didn't release it as a single because it would have been a smash , and they didn't want that... They were right because this is a fantastic piece of music. Badass.

[@gavinthecrafter]

This feels like a much more energetic and hopeful song than the version that ended up on OKNOTOK. Crazy how even deep cuts like this sound so good

[@ddevvonn]

i like how all of the older renditions are played at a slightly faster tempo feels more "urgent"

[@shintjee9860]

It's a shame that they didn't put this on OK Computer, I know that they felt threatened by it's commercial value, but the song is so damn good.

[@stepans2167]

What do you mean by "threatened by it's commercial value"?

[@shintjee9860]

@@stepans2167 They kept the song off of the record out of fear that it would be used as a single, read the wiki page for the song.

[@stepans2167]

@@shintjee9860 thanks

[@wilberts.cubero3629]

They also said it didn't fit the album, something i disagree with. It might not fit from a production view, it's way more pop and anthemic than the rest of tracks, but thematically it does. Lift: the fear of being stuck in an elevator. The tourist: the fear of being involved in a car accident. Lucky: the fear of being involved in a plane crash. Basically the fear of industrialization, something that's present through the whole album.

[@stepans2167]

@@wilberts.cubero3629 I always thought the lift was a metaphor for depression/societal isolation.

[@DistantLights]

Radiohead are true geniuses for being able to make a song like this but also recognize how huge it could've been (would've rivaled Creep as their "signature" song). Judging by how well their career has gone, maybe they made the right choice in withholding this to keep their sanity. If I had to put it on OK Computer, I'd put it inbetween Airbag and Paranoid Android.

[@juangiraldotabares]

It could have been a fantastic follow up to Airbag

[@guyfrompinkerton]

i always though it was the perfect closer for the album, like a reassurance its over now

[@bubadeggs]

Right before fitter happier :troll:

[@projectcapsule]

colin greenwood's bass in this is wow

[@TheBunnyb0y]

THIS IS ACTUALLY GOOD WTF.. i love radiohead as they are but damn..

[@jack-uv6mt]

lol why r you surprised?

[@nikolailevin5214]

I’m getting airbag vibes with those drums

[@aali778]

Paranoid Android has a similar drum line as well

[@Noahbsng]

I'm getting national anthem, especially 0:49 through 1:23

[@prod.616-02]

i thought the original version was good enough until i heard this version. their too talented, this sounds sooo good

[@pobvzxcmn]

2:40 heaven... my god....

[@jolly5863]

this version gives me mayonnaise vibes

[@legomegaman101]

Here i thought I was the only one 😅

[@lsndoks8241]

A MAYONNAISE ON AN ESCALATOR

[@dhollsynthmusic]

Smashing Pumpkins? yeah, immediately thought of them too.

[@ilyenamaru]

NO THATS SO REAL

[@Killerqueen69420]

This is the best version

[@titojulyharyanto3397]

after 2:09 , it was a great journey of enjoying a great background music. that detail of guitar and orchestra, just simply beauty

[@coolman000099]

Literally every instrument

[@okej1011]

god this version is so beautiful.

[@brasileiroloko5375]

i hope one day they release this version officially

[@josecienega6427]

They have lol

[@thewirah1]

Interestingly, Supergrass used the same type of synthesizer on "Sun hits the sky" back in 1997.

[@StebsStuff]

there's an alternate timeline where the okc tracklist went Fitter Happier - Climbing Up The Walls - Lift (this minidisc version) - No Surprises - Lucky - The Tourist.

[@jorrelherrera6695]

imo this song couldve went at the end of the album and it would be an 11/10

[@tristanraine]

​@@jorrelherrera6695it's a shockingly warm song after all what happened in okc, it would have been nice to be a hidden track imo

[@jmckenzie962]

​@@tristanraine I think that would've added to it, personally - it'd be like a nice, warm hug after all the darkness. A glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel.

[@mrgoodname7297]

I feel like it belongs more after subterranean homesick alien and before exit music (or at least the oknotok remastered version)

[@Vitorio582]

Considering how big it is, as of now I'm not very familiar with most of Radiohead's discography. It's crazy to me how they have so many amazing songs that they can record a song like this and go "yeah, let's not release it"

[@sef6980]

amazing and is very different to what they released. i definitely prefer this version because the strings are better

[@たかやなぎ高柳]

OKNOTOK Verの100倍良いな…ストリングスもギターもボーカルもまるで違う。メンバー間の緊張感がひしひしと伝わる。

[@axthla]

これは本当です！！！

[@Lem1111]

They are both good, but I love the guitar in this version more, it has more emotion in my opinion.

[@DatTrashCat]

Lift and airbag had a child in the familymart, wtf its beautiful

[@LouisWaweru]

Nice man! I wish i still had my minidisc collection. This was definitely on my Radiohead mix. I completely forgot about all of their bsides. I learned so much from them, like what a maquiladora is.

[@stevenhoehl]

i wish this was the version on OKNOTOK

[@samnowland4679]

This is absolutely the best version. I listened to it on loop for a whole day lol.

[@ohnesorgen4642]

The BEST version of this song, Joe edelmann does a great cover of this

[@jeffreyroedel9804]

I think they should have released it as a single after OK Computer, like late '98 or early '99, to tide people over till the next album. KID A would have been an even bigger mind-blowing album if it followed the Lift single lol. But they had moved on from the sound of grungy guitars and big choruses by then.

[@UntitledKirk]

3:01 I love, love, LOVE this part, and Thom's high point when he says "home" :)

[@deepfocus91]

This version slaps!

[@damiaoliver430]

I prefer this version as well. Sometimes, when you touch the original one, it looses something

[@Gaelseaa]

the best version of lift

[@Sonic123FastReplacementAccount]

To be honest, this copy is the best copy and the one I love the most, as it contains the guitar that is used in the songs of metal, violin and drums and the way that thome york singing,What an amazing version of this song!

[@johanvonbronx]

THANK YOU IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR THE LONGEST

[@jimscutt907]

why does this keep getting taken down? thanks for uploading bro

[@benefitlumberjacks9964]

the song is so good they wanna keep themselves

[@andymacarthur5199]

rh dont want this released

[@PlanetXerox]

it's classic Radiohead behavior. they just don't feel confident to release it and they wanted it out of the public's mindset

[@wilberts.cubero3629]

@@PlanetXerox dude, it's not a radiohead thing lol more like a music industry thing. They officially released this on bandcamp years ago, that's why it keeps getting taken down, it's protected by copyright. See the video's description, it was already claimed by xl recordings (their label).

[@PlanetXerox]

@@wilberts.cubero3629 it was released on Bandcamp due to their asses getting leaked and is simply just a contingency plan. this version of Lift was never meant to be released to the public, but because some hacker decided to put some of the leaked content for ransom, RH beat him on his own game and made it available for a limited time. soon enough, RH wanted these tapes removed again onto the public, that's mostly why you don't see anything from MiniDisc content anywhere on KZbin; RH doesn't want people to come and listen to alternate versions of the material they feel already happy about with OKC.

[@thebreakfastmenu]

Everyone agrees this is the best version. I really wonder why they didn't use it as the official release.

[@PlanetXerox]

they don't want another Creep

[@z-e-r-o-]

I heard Thom wrote these lyrics based on letters between him and a japanese fan at the time. So, if the jingle was a Family Mart one, there’d be no wonder.

[@ficklefartrecordsco3451]

Weezer type beat

[@owenisweirdo]

@@ficklefartrecordsco3451ik I was thinking about across the sea reading this

[@xtYLT2IY8]

where did you learn this? I cant find anything about it

[@z-e-r-o-]

@@xtYLT2IY8 Soichiro Tanaka, a japanese music journalist, talked about this episode on an article when OKNOTOK was released. He was so familiar with Thom in the 90s that he appeared in the movie Meeting People Is Easy.

[@z-e-r-o-]

@@xtYLT2IY8 Soichiro Tanaka, a japanese music journalist, talked about this episode in a japanese article. Google ”田中宗一郎に訊く『OKコンピューター』とその時代。90年代からレディオヘッドが表現してきたもの、その独自性と謎：後編”

[@evergreen3337]

Radiohead should’ve done a short EP with this and the other The Bends-like material prior to OK Computer

[@Ever-Happening]

they kinda did that? it's more of an compilation of b-sides but yeah(it's the airbag/how am i driveing ep)

[@AashishDMello]

Beautiful strings 😢

[@jmckenzie962]

Radiohead were definitely right in their fears of this becoming a massive hit - Coldplay's "Yellow", one of the biggest songs of the 2000's, is a damn-near carbon copy of this song.

[@kezsen]

Today is the first day of the rest of my days.

[@tygical]

WAIT WHAT RADIOHEAD WAS SAMPLING THE FAMILY MART JINGLE BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE

[@lsndoks8241]

I fkn love this choppy version

[@andul4617]

Woah this is actually really good

[@RealJeffTidwell]

Lift is a fantastic pop song. I think there could have been another OKC-era EP with all of the songs that aren’t on Meeting People Is Easy… maybe even call it the Lift EP… but I don’t think it fits in the proper OKC tracklisting.

[@kittiez101]

im curious as to the date of this considering that the versions they played live sounded much more like the version that released on oknotok than this one, pinkpop being the most similar to this (almost exactly the same!)

[@janomusic2687]

yo no puedo amar tanto una bandaaa

[@aaronpescasio]

beautiful

[@MrBmick79]

This sounds like Coldplay heard this and then wrote "Yellow"

[@theaver6ge]

Exactly the same key as Lift lmaoo

[@multiversechorus]

They absolutely did. The first time Radiohead played this Thom was wearing a yellow raincoat. Undoubtedly Chris Martin was in the crowd.

[@borekworek69]

@@multiversechorusi love this theory

[@kttrruu]

I can just imagine it being on the first release just because it feels too much like the disc 1 songs, raw. great song.

[@paulnewsham8210]

its a masterpiece. Deserves its place in Radiohead lore alongside the outro to Pearly*. Imagine writing this, listening back and realising you just wrote a smash hit. Then deciding it not to release it for thst reason, because you didnt like th impact the last one had, and generally hold your early writing to be corny and uncomfortable to you.

[@hugosanchez2703]

Que hermosota canción

[@demir6098]

WHY THIS SONG IS NOT IN OK COMPUTER

[@SebastianPerez-vn5gc]

oknotok

[@demir6098]

@@SebastianPerez-vn5gc i mean the main album

[@jorrelherrera6695]

@@demir6098 because they didnt wanna get too popular and have this overshadow the other tracks

[@michelesummers2437]

Best song ever

[@82degrees]

와 짱좋아..

[@bobbytwoshoe8851]

They should mix this version without ATRAC minidisc compression so I can enjoy it. Please.

[@zodismegalame]

things that will never happen:

[@zodismegalame]

things that will never happen:

[@scatterkeir]

They should let someone else mix it who's sympathetic to what Radiohead was then - the old man tastes of Radiohead now are what made them give us the rehearsal version instead on OKNOTOK

[@thenightbladefeeds]

ngl it kind of bugs me that they could have included this version on the boxset but intentionally decided not to

[@bloofle]

i want this version to be real so bad

[@pierre.estenaga]

It’s real but it was not released.

[@2DM]

100% real

[@Z3nHolEminD]

I have this on my playlist ,, the re-release of OK Computer 3 years ago

[@vanillatwilight5291]

I mean.... you could listen to it anytime lol...

[@bloofle]

@@pierre.estenaga no what im saying is that they should have released this version

[@lettielovesmusic]

Radiohead Radiohead 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@Holaxd-ft5zp]

radiohead please come to peru again :(

[@jesse245]

Fav part is 3:06 just so much better than the ‘original’

[@kazuyukihi1208]

強く生きないとなぁ

[@bubadeggs]

both versions slap in their own different ways. one is more heavy and the other is majestic

[@fulhambob]

Just fucking incredible.

[@rickdringoli9444]

GEM....

[@結晶-b7p]

これが世に出ちゃったことでOKNOTOKに収録されてるLiftが2017年頃に改 めて録り直された、96年当時の発掘音源使用っていう宣伝文句がウソだって分かっちゃったよね…

[@absolutamentenadie8580]

Lo necesito en papel music

[@quinnnewman9538]

lol they were like this is amazing.... Don't release it

[@wilmacampos5560]

ESTA CANCION ES LA DECLARACION DE SU SEPARACION DE SU LEGENDARIA BANDA RADIOHEAD-THIS SONG IS THE DECLARATION OF HIS SEPARATION FROM HIS LEGENDARY BAND RADIOHEAD, ITS SO BAD

[@tonyang6111]

esta canción es una tarde después de salir de la secundaria

[@Ozmodiar1]

So, its 1997, this version of Lift is on OKC and is the lead single. Album is the same other than that. Does this change anything?

[@skywardstargaze1768]

Where’s Lift on the tracklist?

[@kieran7409]

@@skywardstargaze1768 Can't have it too close to let down, how about after subterranean before exit music brings you down again

[@pastywhiteboy9393]

Probably going to sound crazy but I prefer the live version they tried in 2002, as good as this one sounds

[@구이삼치-p5s]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@hira2364]

öldüm

[@noahtalbott6243]

Radiohead just didn't think it was whiney enough

[@nakbearevalo]

I get why people like this version more but I just don’t like the guitar on this. Released one aged more gracefully imo

[@JohnDoe-sw2nc]

i think the OKNOTOK version fits the lyrics much better than this version

[@jojgod738]

Imo this song shouldve been in the place of the tourist

[@Musical_gamer69]

i will not stand the for the tourist slander (it’s my favorite radiohead song)

[@r3l3x66]

i think the beginning should be in the released version but i definitely prefer the pace in the released version more

[@jorrelherrera6695]

is there any way i can download this

[@kindayoungbutok]

youtube to wav converter

[@sudormrf]

@@kindayoungbutok no youtube is not losless.

[@kindayoungbutok]

@@sudormrf ik but that’s a way to get a version of this lol

[@gavinthecrafter]

yt-dlp my friend

[@neslihan9447]

Müge Anlı sürüm 2023🎸

[@owenmaybeidk]

call me crazy but this reminds me of some of morrissey’s solo music

[@iansebastian8623]

Oh right didnt classic j use to upload this

[@craigory8123]

this one sounds more mean

[@Odnos]

Better than the 2017 one, shame they butchered this song

[@alvinaufar3513]

ok lah

[@Nomaaaa123]

Tempo 👍