Radiohead - No Surprises | Singer Reacts |

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Radiohead - No Surprises
• Radiohead - No Surprises
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[@cgallagher4501]

Theres a reason why many of us who have suffered from depression/anxiety find a haven in Radiohead - beautiful sadness...

[@cgallagher4501]

But they didnt just do sad songs - Id recommend Reckoner (live Basement version) for some contrast

[@assaf_benshi]

Personally have not experienced any form of depression, but I am still strongly attracted to Radiohead. For me its the musical brilliance and the creativity which Radiohead brings to the table which was extremely ahead for their time.

[@cgallagher4501]

For myself when times were hard their music with all its quirks and complexity would act as a comfort in a way most music didn’t

[@Srb1973]

Couldn't have put that any better sir!

[@RavenaDenver]

A lot of Autistic people really relate to Radiohead too. A lot of their music is what it feels like and what we think about the world. Subterranean Homesick Alien is what really got me hooked. I never heard any lyricist express exactly what the world feels like to me in music form.

[@ozzydichter8670]

The most beautiful way to deal with depression is Radiohead

[@Jafmanz]

NO! as much as I love Radiohead. The most beautiful way to deal with depression is by making someone else's suffering bearable! By giving to others you can give to yourself. Thats what Radiohead did! You should too

[@ozzydichter8670]

@@JafmanzOk I understand your point but well music is that for me it is in low moments when I felt that nothing made sense when at night I couldn't even sleep from thinking so much it helped me

[@ozzydichter8670]

@@Jafmanz I say it for me, it is the least painful way to deal with the problems that I usually have and not only with Radiohead but with music in general it makes the mind distract.

[@Jafmanz]

OK I get you. Do what you need to do! share Radiohead with others too. ❤@@ozzydichter8670

[@stephanemignot100]

Hikes in the woods and Radiohead, trees are my friends ^

[@simonhaslam]

The playback was at double-speed so he could hold his breath for half as long, but I saw behind-the scenes footage were he couldn’t hold his breath any longer. He was so angry because he knew he had to re-shoot the whole video again. That’s why he smiles at the end because he knew he’d nailed it.

[@VonBlade]

Meeting people is easy.

[@jonny26281]

Watching the documentary it looked like it must have been hell to do that video.

[@VisualTraining]

@@jonny26281I think Thom also stated he has a fear of drowning due to an accident when he was young.

[@FetterWaschbaer1994]

I‘ve heard that he was aquaphobic and this was also a way of fighting his fear of water. But i don‘t know if that‘s really true. If yes, this is Badass ! 😎

[@Ozzpot]

I was an 18-year-old in a mental health crisis when this album came out and nothing could have captured my depression, my extreme angst, my cynicism, my disillusionment more perfectly. Though it does send me back to those times, I find a strange comfort in reliving the memories and feelings it brings. The whole album is a masterpiece and I still rank it amongst the top ten best albums of all time.

[@CarolinaGirl6919]

I think there are a lot of music Critics might agree with you on that. Before I experienced them, I remember Michael Stipe from REM saying that he thought that radiohead was so good, It Frightened him

[@jameshannagan4256]

I love that little smirk after the water drains it's not always as dark as people think there is a lot of humor and sarcasm in there as well.

[@Injektilo44]

Did you see Meeting People Is Easy, the documentary about Radiohead during OK Computer era? I think the smurk is due to the multiple takes it took to shoot that video… and finally getting it!

[@jameshannagan4256]

Yes I have although not for years I was being more general i am so sick of people saying how depressing Radiohead is ect. and that's not true much of the sadness is very much tongue in cheek.@@Injektilo44

[@crumbtember]

I interpret that as he is proud of himself for making it through.

[@vzmol]

Oh yes. This was really hard for Thom to pull off. Nonetheless the smirk as a genuine reaction to "not drowning" is a nice detail :)

[@IAEBNY]

Music isn’t depressive when irs sad, it’s depressing when it’s bad

[@kid_a_mnesia]

Well, if "No Surprises" hits you like this. I really cannot wait for you to react to the one of the most hauntigly uncomfortable beauty of "How to Disappear Completely"

[@jaybeevee6994]

Or videotape, also an insanely sad song

[@NickHunter]

Exit Music for a film....

[@toddcleave8449]

What this guy said.

[@JamesKovacic]

This video perfectly captures the simultaneous claustrophobia and catharsis of the album. Thom is a master of embracing uncomfortable emotions and turning pain into beautiful art

[@joshuathompson2404]

Yeah, you're right. No anger, no build, just quiet resignation. A handshake of carbon monoxide....he's done with this life...just one more bellyache, and then the pain is over forever.

[@chinolobo8621]

So dark man

[@joshuathompson2404]

@chinolobo8621 it's a dark one, for sure....made more crazy by how beautiful the music is.

[@Blackbutterflyt888]

I strongly recommend the whole album, it's perfect, quite relatable (from my perspective) & relavant to society, basically. Edit: It's funny how nobody ever seem to talk about what this song is actually about: What we're told to strife for and the life we're shown as an I deal will ultimately solve nothing because it's completely superficial. The narrator has achieved everything he was supposed to, and has only destroyed himself in the process and found no peace at all. "The American Dream", if you want to call it that, is a lie. Like the entire album, it's an attack on modern soulless neoliberal capitalism; it's not just a sad song about suicide. I recommend you look into the meaning behind the lyrics on genius.

[@mumbledg]

And has aged very well in my opinion. It's from 1997 when internet was just becoming widespread and no one imagined what a social network was. Yet its take on the alienation of modern life completely stands today.

[@neil2444]

OK Computer is one of those rare albums where every song is remarkable and makes sense with every other song on that album. I certainly consider it one of my all-time favorites.

[@vzmol]

OK Computer is my all time #1

[@arztje]

It's one of the greatest albums ever made.

[@Blackbutterflyt888]

@@mumbledg 100% agree.

[@BledsoesInternalBleeding]

I appreciate you really taking in both what you were hearing and seeing. Your interpretation made it clear how carefully you were paying this the attention it deserves. Great job! 👏

[@thecraftmasque]

One of my all-time favorite bands. whenever i feel down i listen to radiohead - it makes me more depressed but somehow i feel better afterwards.

[@ollylappage2595]

catharsis... You have to pay the price to get the (sometimes small) reward afterwards... That said I had to take a whole 5 years off from listening to emotional music. Now I can again...

[@thecraftmasque]

@@ollylappage2595 hope that means you're on the other side of the dark and not back in it.

[@shaftpunk84]

There’s a fantastic Radiohead documentary called Meeting People is Easy that covers the period just after OK Computer. Shows the band dealing with the new success and attention on them and how miserable Thom was during all of that. Also some bits of them working on new music, some of which didn’t see the light of day until YEARS later. There’s a scene that shows them filming this music video and Thom was having a really hard time holding his breath for the underwater shot. He had a lever below his neck to pull and release the water if he needed air and each time he pulled it he got angrier with himself. The take that ended up in the video where he finally pulled it off was the last one.

[@jonnyno1974]

thanks for sharing, I'll shoot to search for it and watch it!!

[@ericshinkle417]

Radiohead just sidestepped grunge in the 90s and NuMetal in the 00's. Phenomenal musicians.

[@soyburglar77]

I’ve been a massive Radiohead fan since I was 15, which was the year that their song Creep debuted. The Bends got me through high school, OK Computer came out the year I turned 19 and moved away from my hometown, Amnesiac, Kid A, and Hail to the Thief all helped me through my first divorce, In Rainbows literally helped to keep me sober after leaving rehab in 2008, and Moon Shaped Pool was the album I cried to nightly when my 2nd marriage failed in 2014. Today, I’m 46 and I just got a new apartment 2 weeks ago after 8 months of brutal homelessness…and I’m still finding comfort and solace with the band whose entire catalog has been like a soundtrack to every era of my life. I guess my biggest takeaway is that whether you’re an awkward, left-of-center 15 year old or 46 year old recovering addict restarting life when everyone else my age is vacationing around the world…validation through music and art has always been something I truly appreciate and regard highly. Real connection is difficult for many of us introverts and has only gotten more difficult for myself as I’ve aged…and it’s nice to have this band as a touchstone or means of grounding my soul. Of course, there are other acts I appreciate just as much, but this video isn’t about them, so…lol. And it is so incredibly cool to me how younger people are coming around to discover this amazing band. If you’ve not viewed it already, one of the most popular Radiohead fan faves is the ‘In Rainbows - Live From the Basement’ video here on KZbin. Their live performance of the album is nearly indistinguishable from the recorded tracks, which is incredible considering the complexity of their instrumentation. I watch it in full at least once a week if not more, and have for years. Check it out!

[@nothinspermanent8039]

Read your comment, thats deep. Good to read,thanks

[@jameshannagan4256]

Well said and good luck with your life I have had some struggles myself and Radiohead helped me grieve when my wife died suddenly at 48 and I was in a profound state of shock. I went off the deep end for a time and In Rainbows really was like therapy.

[@Beluga_Too]

Amazing reaction. Just want to say this video nails depression for me. Staring straight ahead, drowning but saying nothing. And when you get that gasp of air it's amazing! Often short-lived, but amazing.

[@MrUndersolo]

I saw Radiohead live during the 'In Rainbows' tour, and at one point Thom Yorke did crack up over something that happened on stage. It can be a melancholy ride with this group, but there are still moments of levity that pull you through. That's what makes the band truly special and appealing to so many of us.

[@HABO2210]

Heard this song for the 1st time in House MD Season 6 intro, when House was in rehab. Oh man, what a scene, what a perfect song

[@marciopinho6100]

There's a reason why this album is considered by many, many...many artists and critics to be one of the best of all time. Its really that good and yes, it's melancholic with "electioneering" being the only "happy" song. It's not an album for the unprepared or an album you'll enjoy at first listening. Well, that's Radiohead I guess 🙂

[@brrryan2908]

I appreciate your genuine, intelligent, and empathetic reactions. :)

[@Feniremmen1]

From my experiences with Anxiety and depression, The Bends and OK Computer are a panacea for the soul. Somehow it all, always leaves me feeling that it will all be okay.

[@jakeyo1752]

Radiohead is my comfort band bcuz Thoms lyrics are relatable to most people and his voice just delivers the emotion of the words so perfectly

[@JoeKerr019]

Anytime i hear this song, reminds me of song by Joy Division " A cry for help, a hint of anesthesia ". Its a horrifying song about The moment when the pain is too much to bear and you just want to, End it all. as someone with depression this one hits heavy. I feel like Radiohead did the perfect trilogy of Death with No Surprises (Dying) , Pyramid Song (The Journey of the Soul) and Videotape (Whats left for the living).

[@DarrellW_UK]

I wondered if anyone might react to this! Up it pops, in my opinion this is more emotional than Creep but Creep stole all of the thunder! It’s just a beautiful song that really hits home, great analysis and reaction!

[@gusfernanddes]

this was one of the best reactions that I've ever seen of this song (probably the best) congratulations!!! You should react to more Radiohead, pretty sure you gonna like it

[@svenpoletka5236]

The resigned hopelessness or hopeless resignation is what makes the song!

[@Draquntul]

fake plastic trees pls

[@timtom9192]

And nude

[@MiguelAngelTlapalcoyoaMendez]

Beautiful song by Radiohead, it brings back many memories of my adolescence, it's very sad, merry Christmas!❤

[@alanpassmore2574]

I come from this generation. It makes me happy to see so many young people who are so open. Respect.

[@iwonacece5073]

Love Radiohead and your reaction was on point. Really enjoyed it and you got my sub. Hope you react to more music from this amazing band ❤️

[@jameshannagan4256]

She needs to get in touch with the basement sessions especially the In Rainbows one there's nothing like seeing these guys pull off all these intricate songs live and they sound even better than the studio. If that doesn't make you a fan then Radiohead may not be for you.

[@kinocrone7275]

This song is my go to when I get overstimulated at work. It's not even the lyrics, there's something in the way the song is constructed that brings me down to earth like no other

[@Anlazo]

You'd be surprised how this one specific song, saved my life so many times.

[@andreywhite2513]

Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) must see

[@bryantaracena-belard7374]

yep specially the performance at japanese tv from 90’ I think its the best by far.

[@timtom9192]

Radiohead - nude

[@jonjoreynoldsgranner7307]

Street spirit, fade away. Is my radio head song. When I'm down I blast it out and just sit and listen.

[@EtonDG]

The video is even more disturbing when you think about the pain Thom Yorke went through to film it

[@philiptaylor6911]

I worked on the special effects company on this video Pennicott and Payne we had all tried to see if it was possible to hold our breath for the allotted time non of us could so that is why it was filmed at twice normal speed even then it was hard he was getting very anxious before the final take but nailed it ,it was up to us to get that water out as quick as possible the helmet had to go redesigned so the water could come out almost at once even so it instilling panic .

[@EditsByAgni]

The things I perceive from the Song, if I try to describe them in words the beauty of those perceptions would be no more. There's a reason why people like me suffering from clinical Anxiety and Depression, have found a place of comfort in RadioHead. ❤

[@gclladd4540]

Nice to see you jump into Radiohead - Where I End & You Begin would be my recommendation if you want to react to more

[@user-cs4fg1rm5k]

In the documentary Meeting People is Easy, the making of this video is featured. Many, many takes of Thom surviving a drowning were shot. They were beginning to bring together their art and aesthetic.

[@vzmol]

Wait. What do you mean by "beginning"? Music video for Street Spirit is a masterpiece, not mentioning others. Logo, font, booklet design and art on The Bends accompanied the band for years, changing slightly on OK Computer but still - the same artist, Stanley Donwood. He literally did all the covers of RH albums.

[@user-cs4fg1rm5k]

@@vzmol Pablo Honey and the Bends sound much different than primarily Nigel Godrich produced OK Computer and subsequent albums. It was also an EMI album release as opposed to Parlophone.

[@vzmol]

​@@user-cs4fg1rm5k oh, so you didn't mean visuals when speaking of aesthetics. Yeah, alright. I don't know if I would draw some line in RH's music, probably not. It's more of a timeline to me with each album at it's place in time. Constantly evolving. Their work is crazy colorful!

[@lynseyh8876]

Listen too radiohead LET DOWN absolutely beautiful ❤

[@genevievecaballero4104]

Climbing up the Walls is the release on the album 😊

[@FlatSpinMan]

Really excellent ideas in your analysis of this song. And watching your reaction, I could see how it resonated with you. This album is one of the only ones I can say I like the whole thing.

[@specialed36ify]

Incredible song off an amazing album. One of my favorite albums of the last 30 years hands-down.

[@vaughnnewman8903]

The Bends and OK Computer, the latter being one of the greatest albums ever made, are great albums. Radiohead was decades ahead of their time with OK Computer. Please check the albums out fully, along with the videos of the songs.

[@Joeljaboy]

The bass line puts a fire in my soul

[@lockyp204]

“Bring down the government, they don’t, they don’t speak for us.” One of the best lyrics ever written- honestly

[@Fantomex.]

🙄 yeah whatever man

[@lockyp204]

@@Fantomex. ok edgelord. Try and enjoy your day. Tough ask I know

[@ZRL_TWJS]

I loved your reaction, new subscriber!

[@hdzziin]

I HAVE BEEN DYING FOR YOU TO REACT TO RADIOHEAD LETS FOOCKING GO, do more albuns especially In Rainbows or OK Computer.

[@dancarter8389]

Great reaction. I remember when this album came out and how ubiquitous Radiohead were at the time. This is a high point for sure. Thanks, from a fellow Canadian.

[@edwhite517]

What a beautiful tune set against the bleakest of songs, a very British thing to do. Wonderful.😊

[@leehiro4840]

We need more Radiohead reactions from You 🥲

[@thomjer5276]

Life is full of " If's" you shouldn't need to enjoy something you'll never understand..

[@craigpurcell6432]

Not the way he's living: It's the world.

[@gcollinbyrne]

These are musicians who can write melodies

[@ericshinkle417]

After grunge, there was an absolute bottoming out of musical talent and inspiration, during the period of Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, Creed, Nickelback. It was an absolute horrorscape. Bleak, dark, no message, smelling of axe body spray, sounding like despair (not the good kind.) Radiohead came along to give a talented sound to despair ( the good kind?). God bless these blokes.

[@GrogMindwhip]

Every time I watch this video I hold my breath when Thom's head goes underwater. Not consciously, just as a spontaneous, natural reaction.

[@paulgilligan1535]

No and No again! This is everything we as people fight against every day. This is a conversation about how good we are at resisting this feeling! Of how he fights it!!

[@ShawnsLoop]

A great insight. The lack of that release in the end is extremely identifiable. Not in a GOOD way, but a REAL way. Apathy is a big piece of mental health struggles that doesn't get discussed a lot. Or just isn't given time to be acknowledged as a very real feeling for many of us. You don't often have the energy to scream out in frustration against the world and the grind. Often, it has you worn down. And this song captures that feeling....eerily well.

[@curapika0m1]

I'm a simple man. I see someone reacting to Radiohead, I immediately watch.

[@rdblk9710]

Top tier example of the emotional impact you can achieve with an extremely simple and inexpensive video.

[@tczarny13]

my day, every day

[@ROArecords2]

My interpretation of the video is that like the song, in the beginning he has given up and is ready to end it all. Then near the end of the video and the song he changes his mind and decides to live and that the world has some good in it. In the video there seems to be some panic as he realizes he doesn't want to drown.

[@venisontron]

Thom really held his breath inside that thing all the way through the bridge of the song to make the video. None of that is faked. That's why it looks so painful when he finally gets to breathe again

[@aperturius]

The song was sped up a tiny bit for that portion, as can be seen in the behind the scenes outtakes during Meeting People is Easy, but yeah he did it for real.

[@PsmFans-do2gp]

"Such a pretty house, Such a pretty garden" damn😌

[@chrisrolek1073]

I've always interpreted this song's meaning as a statement on people's tendency to resist stepping out of their comfort zone or take a chance. Many times people's fear of the unknown prevents them from progressing. I think of "no alarms and no surprises" as allowing that fear to take control.

[@Mark-qk6gw]

I've never heard a person pull this song apart as well as you had.. well done.

[@busterboy7507]

"Karma Police" is a gem.

[@cyclops60]

This is one of my favourite Radiohead songs. It was featured in a brilliant UK comedy series called the Royle Family (pun) about a working class family. The daughter had just become a mother and was doubting her ability to cope. The scene was her and her partner looking into the the babies crib while playing 'No surprises' as a lullaby and happily humming along oblivious to the dark lyrics! Pure gold! Cheers.

so good one of the best bands ever noone now makes music like this anymore

[@ajames8237]

I think of it as a lullaby about the desire to alter the course of one’s life. The water dropping away suggests he moves away from the darker option.

[@exponentialbet6292]

Written from a place of knowledge. Thom is ahead of his time, and what was written than has transpired.

[@HectorRojas-he8g]

I love Radiohead

[@wisnuadibhakti]

Next "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead, please beatifull sadness

[@markpotter6594]

This song, and most of the album, got me out of my carbon monoxide possibilities.

[@cajavic]

Reality... is the word you didn't want to say.

[@Noctoletsgo]

Whatever gets you through the night - John Lennon

[@HiberniaeCor]

I think it's the human condition. No matter your station in life, be it, social, economical, geographical or any other metric, life is still overwhelming in one way or another. We all deal with work, family, friends, relationships (romantic or no), life, death and at times we feel like we're drowning in it all. I think Thom leaves out the "happily ever after..." or "relief" because not all of us get either of those things. It's a very simple, yet stark reminder of life and the daily occurrences of struggle. Wash, rinse, repeat until you don't.

[@megamonalithic3353]

Great insights, Radiohead are worth a deep dive.

[@CaptainFram]

This reminds me a whole lot of the clip for Lisa Hannigan's song Little Bird. The whole thing is one slo-mo shot underwater in a single take. It's so simple but incredibly effective!

[@78zappaf]

You should see the making of the music video. It's took so many takes. No wonder Thom smiled after doing the underwater section. He immediately had to go back to miming or else that take would be ruined.

[@CalumCarlyle]

You should also listen to How To Disappear Completely by Radiohead.

[@pauldavies2178]

Off one of the best albums ever. Definitely worth your time.

[@Flum666]

he almost died doing the shot, he held his breath for almost 3 minutes while singing

[@MrSchmerzen98]

This is pretty much the musical representation of being slowly smothered

[@MSB042170]

I mean you could not have explained it any better. I think your interpretation is spot on. It is why so many people now believe that Radiohead could see what was happening in society and how it was effecting all of us. Ok Computer and Kid A really were ahead of their time. Great video.

[@planeguy95]

I just f***ing love Radiohead. Have you heard ‘In Rainbows’ yet?

[@elenaekanathapetrova2282]

I think it's exact that happened to me. I mean emotionally. I really like a Radiohead and listened them a lot for some time. but I have had trouble with didn't have any relief from this depression condition and melancholy. I used to resonate with Tom York for some while but later I felt that I'm stuck. And when I start to listen Japanese music Ado for example. it was really such relief for me! just incredible how different musicians can really help you in some period of life.

[@wartenaufwunder4401]

This Song kind of saved me...

[@MrSquare]

I've always thought both the song and video deal with depression and anxiety of course, but it's sort of about the people who suffer from it quietly forever and often just fade into the background with the attitude of 'well I guess i'm just never going to have a good life, oh well', and spend their entire lives drowning.

[@pglsp]

the making of was INSANE! you should watch it

[@pawek.7278]

This is my Christmas song since 1997. Yeah, these bells...

[@JaredSingletonATL]

I've always thought of this song as a highly detailed description, lyrically anyway, of what a panic attack feels like

[@soyburglar77]

I’d also like to make a suggestion - well, I have many lol but for the sake of brevity, I’d place this artist at the top of my list - if you haven’t already showcased his talents. But I’d love to hear your impressions of some of Jeff Buckley’s live performances. I’d recommend specific songs, but everything he did live is a practical masterpiece. Due to his unfortunate untimely death in 1997 at the age of 27, there isn’t a massive body of work to be considered, but there is enough very high quality stuff (for the time, especially) just on KZbin alone to give anyone interested a good idea of his ability. My favorite Buckley song personally is Lover, You Should’ve Come Over, which I find incredibly difficult to sing perfectly, myself. Mojo Pin and Grace are also amazing. Ok, I’m blabbing. Thanks! And I subbed! Very much looking forward to checking out so many of the artists in your playlist I’m not even a little bit familiar with lol.

[@jameshannagan4256]

To me Radiohead is the Beatles of a modern age and cynical as hell but very emotional and real. Every record sounds different but still great I can't recommend any band more than Radiohead.

[@ivanreis5886]

just like you said, it is the beautiful of metalanguage, the song really do have no surprises, like a constantly silence pain that depression and anxiety makes to us on each deep breath that we take

[@willfromyadkinville]

in my opinion it is the best album of the 1990s period!

[@daveangel2991]

Try their performance of this song from their incredible Glastonbury 1997 set. I was there and it's still one of the best three gigs I've ever witnessed. The fireworks at the end were not part of the set - they were a completely coincidental fireworks display on another part of the Glastonbury site (which is huge, by the way). It made for an amazing moment, totally accidentally.

[@AmEverBloom]

You should listen to All I Need by Radiohead. It has a very intense build up and a chaotic "release" at the end :)

[@timaustin2000]

EXCELLENT analysis of their choices for this song. I agree entirely - it's about the anxiety of modern life and our inability to scream about it - keep calm, carry on. All repressed, all under the surface. The pain of life within us all. Lovely.

[@PeteEdmunds]

Heard this so many times. But for first time today the performance reminded me of Rufus Wainwright. Similar melancholy and tone and phrasing. It’s a masterpiece - just like the whole album.

[@indridcold5432]

I felt the darkness crawling and the sadness but you really help me to understand part of it thanks