Radiohead - The Making of 'No Surprises' (UNCUT)

Thom Yorke in distress in the offline edit of 'Meeting People is Easy'. I don't own the rights to this video or soundtrack.

[@lxxxxi]

“A job that slowly kills you.”

[@user-pf3gw8lo5d]

🤣🤣

[@JAY_CTHEKILLA]

why the hell is that accurate

[@Sovietcatsdrinkvodka]

Fun fact: Director Grant Gee said that that line was one of main inspirations for the video

[@Misthiosis]

Technically, Thom was listening to a nightcore version of No Surprises while almost drowning

[@imallsoupedup]

Sounds horrible

[@eggbert37]

actual fucking torture

[@rrinrinrin]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Zamn_daniel]

I would hang myself is I have to listen to nightcore versions of music

[@Rex-golf_player810]

And he had to fucking do it over and over again lmao

[@RustinChole]

What a nightmare. Especially with the song being speed up to an almost comical degree, then slowly down with every failed attempt must’ve been a surreal, horrible experience. Glad they cut the footage of him crying out of the doc. Can’t believe they continued on after that. Makes sense why he smiled like a maniac when he finally pulled it off.

[@nixlynx2310]

poor man

[@jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73]

​@GNNASCARFAN 24 the band probably had creative control over the videos, considering how unique they all are, I don't think the label was forcing them

[@hecknoob289]

He cried at 2:35

[@RustinChole]

@@hecknoob289 this footage isn’t in the doc tho. That’s why I said I was glad they didn’t include it. This is a bonus.

[@USAReject]

I was thinking about this too, with the track’s speed constantly going back and forth; it really is like a uniquely modern and disturbing form of of torture. kafkaesque

[@Fabulous_Killjoy0]

First time I’ve ever seen Thom Yorke this angry Even the MTV beach house doesn’t seem that bad in comparison

[@syrup-]

Yeah, that was virtually performance art. This was downright perturbing..

[@X150t]

This is very strange. I feel like I've stumbled upon a CIA torture video. The footage being black and white, him being in water over and over and the creepiness of the music speeding and slowing

[@ankushshetty]

🤣🤣

[@marcopace4745]

That's the same thing I thought..it must have been a torture for him 😆

[@VK-uh5jz]

Exactly.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💩💩💩💩

[@espressoaddict15324]

Seeing Thom like this at 2:35 fucks me up every time...

[@DELTA00111]

Same

[@hybrid4117]

Knowing that this was made in one shot And he had to do it again and again and again

[@RustinChole]

With the song speeding up and slowing down with every fail, honestly surprised it continued after he broke down. That but wasn’t in the documentary.

[@Bluemgwes]

Think about it. The setup before filming this is extensive. They have to dry him and everything off, prep the water, and he has to mentally be there to sing, feel the emotion, and hold his breath while waiting for the cue, while being completely still since the film is sped up, and then he has to maintain that when the water escapes to bookend the song and video. Music video shoots don’t just take two hours either. No wonder his eye is twitching. I’d be incredibly stressed out too, but the payoff sure was amazing when they finally capture the lightning in a bottle. Gotta love creating art.

[@joefamliyguy1551]

The eye twitching thing is actually because he has an eye conditon lol

[@gnnascarfan2410]

No wonder he smiled like a maniac in the Final Cut.

[@WahidTalks]

Takes after takes after TAKES AFTER TAKES! Thom Yorke is basically drowning himself! Poor him...

[@hairglowingkyle4572]

I too would get mad if I had to listen to a nightcore version of No Surprises over and over

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

it's easy.

[@rinnin]

rinnin I feel so sorry for Thom in this. Imagine the type of pressure he was under to try to nail this. The final version makes it seem easy. Bless him. 🙏

[@rrinrinrin]

Rinnin, I’m rinrinrin lol.

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

THat's why he smiles at the end

[@Luis-jc7ky]

No wonder why he was smiling in the official cut of the music video

[@gnnascarfan2410]

Smiling like a maniac ready to kill someone, can’t blame him.

[@BUMP0H]

The one thing that really irked me, was when one of the hosts neat the beginning said, "You'll like this, he drowns at the end." But he had such a disdain in his voice when he said it, like he hoped Thom was going to.

[@legoluvva4438]

News media and professional commenters, always been hopelessly out of touch, dull and boring. The video goes so far over their heads that it's easier to just make vacuous comments like they do at the start the video

[@inventor4279]

nah thats just how british people talk

[@RobVanDelay_WholeFnContest]

I didnt hear any disdain

[@catsupempire3920]

Capitalism.

[@scopeworth7781]

@@catsupempire3920 lol what

[@booled1]

2:43 Seing Thom in a state of just pure misery is heartbreaking to me. This makes me understand why Thom smirks like an absolute maniac at the end of the music video.

[@lulusaintly631]

I don't know how he could do this. Probably shouldn't have done this.

[@slavexcalledxshiver]

This still makes me sick. I can't imagine how traumatic it must have been. I could never do it. Period.

[@MCart1215]

traumatic lol... it's an artistic choice most likely made by thom himself.... traumatic, christ! Bit of an overstatement

[@slavexcalledxshiver]

​@@MCart1215 If I went through it, I would be traumatized. I'm sure a lot of other people would be too.

[@MCart1215]

@@slavexcalledxshiver I think your idea of what trauma is has been considerably watered down by popular culture, ngl. Trauma isn't a quirk like TikTok portrays it as lmfao, it's a literal mental scar from a terrifying experience, on par with PTSD. Now I'm intrigued as to what you think you've been 'traumatised' by lmfao.

[@slavexcalledxshiver]

@@MCart1215 How presumptuous of you. I am 37 years old and I have never been on social media. You are incredibly judgmental and arrogant. I don't need you to explain trauma or PTSD to me. I was diagnosed 12 years ago and have been through a horrific things far beyond a near-drowning incident. You don't know the first thing about me or what I've endured in my life. Grow the fuck up and keep your shitty, uninformed comments to yourself.

[@theorangeoof926]

@@MCart1215Well nearly drowning (a few times) in a transparent helmet while being blasted at by a cartoonishly sped up version of your song seems like it’s going to leave you with a horrible memory.

[@AJmakesmusic1]

imagine hearing a night core no surprises while almost drowning and have claustrophobia at the same time, while being in a tank that slowly fills up with water, and have to repeat it multiple times.

[@benjaminryan5876]

bro all these people acting like it wasnt HIM who wrote the song, AND the video script. its a VISUAL DEPICTION OF THE EMOTION the song carries. there's real depth to this song, thom didn't do this cause video had to get done. he did this so we understand from a visual perspective the words he wrote. creative people sometimes do crazy things so that normal people can grasp the overall theme of a piece. if you've got depression or any mental health issues i'm sure you're not the ones on these comments freaking out as if he's being forced to fake drown himself

[@ballerroblox652]

3:07 Poor Thom, I can feel his pain. I would rage a lot if I had to do that.

[@-zb8cf]

why do we have the same pfp 💀

[@ashanson9926]

Someone needs to slap the 3 Sky presenters, hell I'll do it for free. OK Computer is the greatest album of the 90s and beyond. How it did not win the Mercury Prize or a crummy Brit award is still a mystery to me.

[@BigWinsAllDay]

Especially the lady 0:21 "It's the most miserable sounding tune I've ever heard"

[@chema3779]

Wow, that seems very hard

[@kingbopit9318]

U bet your ass it is I wouldn’t last a minute under there

[@leolencina8048]

@@kingbopit9318 neither would I 😂

[@bachandminor3240]

I’ve tried it, however I couldn’t do it the first couple times but I could do it after a few practices.

[@jackwalters598]

@@bachandminor3240 It’s probably extra hard for him because he’s quite small

[@Joelster-og4pf]

3:07 That is the maddest “fuck” I’ve ever heard from Thom Yorke. I can only imagine how difficult this was to shoot.

[@M_Alistair]

FACK

[@kingbopit9318]

2:39 I sometimes wonder if he’s crying or just disgusted

[@okcomputerrrr]

hes definitely crying..

[@RustinChole]

@@okcomputerrrr yeah .... that’s not in the movie. That was an intense time for everyone in the band when you’re being interviewed 6 hours a day being asked “how does it feel to be the saviors of rock n roll?” That said I know the band wanted to include like the fun moments of that tour, especially go cart racing apparently but the director didn’t think it meshed with the overall theme. One of my favorite band docs of all time for sure

[@calum3391]

@@RustinChole whats the documentary called?

[@RustinChole]

@@calum3391 it’s called “meeting people is easy” directed by Grant Gee

[@peruedi86]

@Calum check it out for sure.

[@SirCommoner]

This is the most intense video I've ever seen

[@emopupradio]

Seeing him cry is like a knife to the chest partnered with a kick to the teeth. Thom hurts my heart, man.

[@tytoyplanet4501]

Aw when he gets mad he hits his head at 2:07 and later in the video he cry’s and gets sad at 2:33 😢 it is probably hard to have your head under water for a long time

[@gabrieltoussaint9926]

De verdad que estaba molesto por no conseguir llegar al final, hay que aplaudir la determinación que tuvo thom para grabar este pedazo del video clip

[@mojitokiri]

He seems in pain

[@reidanne6]

Well I'm pretty sure he actually has a fear of water bc he almost drowned or something I read it on the actual video but I'm not completely sure

[@mrpopo899]

@@reidanne6 Yeah he nearly drowned in a river when he was young

[@PaganiniDaDemon]

@@mrpopo899 Do you have the link for that vid?

[@pineappleonpizza4164]

2:30 poor thom he was so scared. :(

[@chrisari101]

this scared me so much and I cried tho when I saw him crying and breakingdown. he was trying his best, the frustration, who knows what was in his mind while making this :(((

[@dani1215_]

This is so sad wtf I feel bad for him :'(

[@Joelster-og4pf]

2:34 Just breaks my heart. Makes me want to give him something nice.

[@ravencrystal4808]

2:49 bro needs a hug

[@icecoldbluesonic]

The distorted nightcore version of No Surprises sounds like the typa stuff I'd hear in my nightmares

[@tootruesheep872]

now get ready for the alvin and the chipmunks cover of no surprises

[@Guadeloop]

damn this was actually so much more intense than the movie makes it seem how do i get this 'offline edit' of the film?

[@AngelGonzalez-cw5jr]

0:12 “again, music to cut your wrist to” I take that very personal.

[@Tryingmybestsince1999]

Remember that this was a time when "politicaly correct" things were a thing to laugh to. And that's why they were better times. I can't make a fucking racist joke without people whining nowadays. FUCK i would drown you all like thom, but forever.

[@luan4753]

@@Tryingmybestsince1999 oh no, i can't be a hateful racist idiot anymore

[@meplusyouisdeath]

@@luan4753 lmao his dumbass really thought

[@cartersauce1344]

@@Tryingmybestsince1999 dude what the fuck, fuck you. Imagine getting mad about society not accepting you doing hateful asshole things.

[@Tryingmybestsince1999]

@@cartersauce1344 wtf are you all idiots? Im sure you are the ones that get offended for everything. “I take that personally, it hurts me” well learn to laugh about yourself fucking kid. You all have serious problems if everything hurts you dumbasses. Life was better before, now this kids get their asses hurt because of nothing.

[@muhammadahtasham3500]

Really hard work for that song......

[@Humvee369]

And now Sky likes to portray itself as the inventor of the 'Arts'.

[@bald_bros113]

I wish I was there to see this happen in person, it looks so strangely cool

[@jonmcknlegg]

It kinda makes sense that they took a break making music videos for their next album

[@Ederson31]

In the final result he smiles when water goes off like he finally DID IT

[@RabidWildCreature]

"again music to cut your wrist" oh my

[@ThunderFox227]

1:08 "I can hear him but i cant see his lips moving" I'm sure these are the type of idiots id want judging my music video when they don't even understand how the making of a music video even works

[@Olmeuu]

Idiot thought he would be singing underwater?

[@wtz_under]

fr

[@realdavidii]

3:07 F*CK

[@smokestack534]

QUACK

[@SE7EN306]

FACK

[@kingbopit9318]

2:21 ok now that’s pretty scary he lost it

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

So he had to take more than 10 shots to end up with the final scene?! sounds like The Shining all over again! searching for perfection.

[@darealslimshady702]

this is so nightmarish i honestly can’t watch the music video without feeling a little sick

[@Mcperson823]

It makes the song so much more real

[@forceghostburtreynolds7597]

that was hard to watch

[@joaquinebnerdreckmann6151]

are there more clips of this making of? if there is, could you please upload them?

[@simplelife88393]

This is from a documentary called 'Meeting people is easy'

[@joaquinebnerdreckmann6151]

@@simplelife88393 ok, thank you bro

[@Orion-ve7kk]

this looks like a torture method from the 1950s

[@muhammadahtasham3500]

I'm sad for his face language

[@JALC-x]

this video is insane

[@kingbopit9318]

3:07 if you listen closely you can hear him shouting through the glass tank

[@VisualConfusion]

“FUCK!”

[@catsupempire3920]

FACK

[@GabrielsLogic]

How torturous

[@MattFNC]

I'm curious as to why the music has to be sped up while they were filming this sequence. Can someone explain that to me?

[@JourneyLiveCompilations]

so he doesn’t have to stay under water too long

[@valkyrieellis3990]

Is this from Meeting People is Easy?

[@Suttisan78]

It's from the offline edit of that documentary

[@valkyrieellis3990]

@@Suttisan78 How might I find this to watch? Thank you

[@Suttisan78]

@@valkyrieellis3990 I have it on vhs as a friend was working on the film 20ish years ago, I don't think there are any other copies of the offline edit of the whole documentary

[@okcomputerrrr]

@@Suttisan78 can you post more clips of it please???

[@valkyrieellis3990]

@@Suttisan78 That is SO fucking cool... I beg that you share this, if you can. I'd pay for it tbh!!

[@suzycat2026]

Oh Shoot! I knew Thom suffered to make this video,, but no idea how it obviously affected him.❤ Truly suffered for his art then..🌊 Seeing him at 2:35 really is upsetting 😢 Lovee you Thom.😻🌠

[@KarterTB79]

Id be really upset too listening to a sped up version of my fav song of all time, whilst drowning. A job that slowly kills you tho

[@random-videos-from-me]

Thom screaming profanities after almost every fail is very expected to the human mind.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

lol that high helium vocal 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rseasyguidesto]

Why do they speed the song up?

[@orangeyoshi4561]

Probably so he doesn't have to hold his breath for as long of a time

[@canadianradiotvguy1299]

Yeah I would say that’s how the stunt was pulled off

[@naroweye337]

Where did you find this uncut version?

[@lucasdavid7857]

Great pfp man

[@santiagorojaspiaggio]

It would have been nice to have the coach of Avatar 2, to learn how to hold his breath longer (in an alternate dimmension).

[@wx_pyzik]

Offline edit? Never seen this one before. Does it come from the promo?

[@Suttisan78]

@@wx_pyzik it was an offline edit of meeting people is easy, in other words not a final cut of the film. My friend was working on the film at the time, she knew I liked radiohead so gave me the tape. I will try and capture and upload the full tape sometime in the future.

[@wx_pyzik]

@@Suttisan78 That would be pretty neat. I just purchased a press promo copy a while ago to see if anything is different with it. I saw some press promos still have the burnt in timecode. I’m really devoted to this film and look forward to any future uploads that you make.

[@dunno_504]

Puedo morir en paz :v

[@kingbopit9318]

3:07

[@billkozac7974]

Radiohead albums are stories about living in an altered state of consciousness told from a first person perspective. They're like audio movies. In No Surprises we see a person living in a state akin to having the back of your head smashed in but still fully lucid (see CUTW). Time has passed since CUTW and he's learned to deal with it as long as everything's very quiet and he can sit very still for the rest of his life. .

[@thedandude]

What an unpleasant woman

[@Hammerhead-f7l]

What women?

[@formulacc]

him casually loosing his freaking mind while under water just kills ms

[@dimitristsekeris1821]

Was this Thom's idea or someone else's?

[@thegreatkompass]

I think it was Thom’s

[@hvccubos]

@@thegreatkompass As I understand it, the band wanted to do a light sequence to the rhythm of the song in the twin towers, but due to the high cost of production it was decided to do it this way.

[@marceloaugusto-lx3wf]

Why the song Is fast fowarded?

[@SirCommoner]

é pro stunt, enquanto a música é acelerada, o vídeo é desacelerado pra parecer que o Thom fica mais tempo se afogando

[@gnnascarfan2410]

So Thom wouldn't have to hold his breathe longer.

[@no-man_baugh]

I hope those people at that talk show got to watch the failed attempts, they would've gotten a good laugh at seeing Thom Yorke suffer

[@ruzcelbeltran]

That's too hard to pull off he almost killed his self

[@carlosg218]

A surprise!

[@robinisaksson158]

No surprises - nightcore

[@la.belle.p0mme]

A ce qu’il parait il a failli mourir :/

[@wendystewart1867]

Can't watch sorry

[@wendystewart1867]

That's crazy

[@pichusimpdesarapastelitos7202]

Me watching a movie when a character drown in wather:

[@fallenangelcrimson]

sigh…

[@Elias_Cepeda]

2:20❤️

[@Blueskies2513]

Imagine being drowned while listening to nightcore 😭

[@m.h837]

😂😂😂 He is so funny.. The best

[@peacewasneveranoption1623]

...dude it's not funny at all

[@peacewasneveranoption1623]

@Tumor Tuner yea ofc, man almost drowning several times in a row. peak comedy.

[@graybonesau]

@@peacewasneveranoption1623 bro he wasn't gonna drown lmao

[@hatachi-e8x]

how th is a man trying hard and get choke on water several times for art funny to you?

[@jimisalt]

@@hatachi-e8x just because someone intends their art to be interpreted in a way that someone doesn't, doesn't make their reaction or opinion of it any less valid. Art is made to be witnessed and everyones brain will have a different response, so yes the art can be funny to him and that is fully justifiable.

[@rockologo]

Nothing out of this world... don't be dramatic guys LOL

[@Minacious_Shenanigans]

tghiys wass so hoht

[@SE7EN306]

They need to keep an eye on you potential next Jeffrey Dahmer

[@Minacious_Shenanigans]

@@SE7EN306 onley tue tom york

[@ArgenrX]

So easy, i could do it at the first take

[@SE7EN306]

Ok then do it