Radiohead - Videotape (Bonaroo 2006 Soundboard + Footage)

[@jude_sb]

Imagine being one of the people in the crowd who heard this version for the first time, then listening to the album version and trying to express to your friends what you actually heard live

[@othereye5945]

I was one of those lucky souls...

[@NittyGritty420]

Yup it was amazing... I also remember they covered the flaming lips do you realize... that was also super unexpected

[@othereye5945]

@@NittyGritty420 no, no they did not play "do you realize"

[@NittyGritty420]

Other Eye I’m sorry that was beck that did that cover that year.... haha it was a long time ago but I knew someone did cover it

[@partin25]

Was there. In my top 3 all time shows ever with Mars Volta and Tool

[@RiderF89]

The sound quality of this shitty footage is amazing!

[@StarvingSound]

It's straight from the soundboard.

[@quinnlax976]

Cheers to the drunk guy who kept it together for us!!!!

[@thomashoek]

And thats way more important

[@username-1999]

so shitty, its beautiful

[@mateuszkaczmarczyk3645]

Funny thing is that shakiness is kinda super awsome by a frickin accident.

[@erikplankton3484]

Let us all salute the person who "video taped" this live version of the song.

[@ptaryndactyl]

Seriously, I hope they are having the best life.

[@wildy6980]

Your comment just made me think how many there was brilliant lives that actually had happened but we'll never hear that because nobody videotaped it

[@WEEURQUHART]

Good song

[@gummikb4251]

Yes, its syncopated, we all watched the vox video

[@sarahelizabethmelton2318]

😂😂😂

[@fuarkYT]

OGs watched the WarrenMusic video.

[@justtp5981]

Haha yeah great song.

[@cherribun4876]

Lol

[@peterwatchesthewatchmen]

Hey man, did you know it's syncopated?

[@addledhead]

It's cool when a band makes a great song, and also makes the best cover of their own song.

[@xX_cumtech_Xx]

Couldn’t have put it better

[@Mrshutter]

It isn't a cover. This was an unreleased song at the time IIRC. They were still working on it :)

[@benjamincohen8870]

Perlmongler he knows that it’s a joke

[@joeinzinga6123]

Perlmongler lmao imagine explaining what the song is.

[@Ruben8275]

😂😂😂😂 yeah mate!!!

[@Tire.Dude.42]

I bet they have a demo of this version just waiting to be released on the 20th anniversary

[@greenplasticgun]

God lord jebus I hope you're right. Knowing them, though, they won't.

[@OlofPalm3]

Matthew Lowry do you believe in jebus?

[@greenplasticgun]

Nemo Chepbror if they release the demo version I’d consider.

[@Puru370]

*add Endgame Hawkeye meme here*

[@kam7597]

Denizthemenace42 Don’t want to wait until 2027 lol

[@spencergellsworth]

The version on the album is right for what it is, but this is the version that sweeps me away.

[@MaybeMaxwell]

@@teradex124 Jigsaw makes no sense as a closer...

[@diegomassey8100]

@@teradex124 I actually really like the format of how the album is, but I think it would also sound nice like that.

[@RustinChole]

@@diegomassey8100 I mean…. The album is the same, it just doesn’t open up with the drum kit like that. Wish it did tho cause from 2007 to about 2018 I thought the piano strike was one the one beat🤷🏻‍♂️

[@guitarbush05]

@@MaybeMaxwell i agree. all of my closest friends know to play this at my funeral. This song is THE closer.

[@masonmurray7659]

this is the shit i want historians to look back at in 1000 years

[@jack-uv6mt]

They will dont worry.

[@ibnufasya6408]

jonny's so aggressive with the guitar damn

[@graysonkemp8870]

I want this to be the recorded version so bad. So so bad.

[@sodbucket]

You can almost see the point where they stop thinking and start playing.

[@robertolanderos5308]

I feel like this version fits better with the rest of in rainbows than the studio recording

[@clairem290]

yes, it's very clearly from the same minds behind Body Snatchers

[@stemdog]

nah

[@valerie82848]

If it wasn’t the last song on the record maybe

[@25cats]

i kinda disagree tbh, The album starts strong and rhythmic with 15 step and bodysnatchers and progressively gets more sombre and thoughtful with All I Need, Reckoner and ending with Videotape. It’s like they’re taking you through an emotional journey, each track blends very well in their spot. One of the reasons it’s my favorite album. Still, i wouldn’t mind having this version at all lmao

[@lemonlime8949]

Jigsaw?

[@SMjoNn]

Damn I never knew the soundboard audio existed too... Hells yes. Can finally hear what Phil was doing exactly, which u can't on the cell phone audio version

[@alsuln]

Where? Asking for a friend

[@FabianOrozcoMusic]

@@alsuln this is it

[@abandonedmuse]

Ohhhyeah I must have the crappy cell phone version then. I was wondering why this one sounded so much better than the one i got off of the internet a million years ago.

[@OstapSenyuk]

Hopefully they'll release this version as a b-side.

[@angeloxboss]

If they had it would have been on a 10 year anniversary of in rainbows or something

[@maximelaffitte1880]

@@angeloxboss they did OKC's 20th anniversary so hope still lives

[@angeloxboss]

@@maximelaffitte1880 hey I hope they do,

[@jacvic0790]

@@maximelaffitte1880 and now kid amnesia

[@focotaku]

This melody being off-beat makes it unnerving...

[@angeloxboss]

Syncopated...

[@CoasterCupcake]

It's not off beat it's syncopated.

[@9thmaggot]

Guys, syncopated means that it is off-beat XD

[@bsegovia23]

Neve Valkoinen I wouldn’t necessarily say syncopation means off beat. The music is still in time, just played on an and. I think off beat means you fucked up and fell out of time.

[@danielrc14]

​@@9thmaggot they felt the need to tell us how much they know

[@NittyGritty420]

I remember roo 2006 a lot of people were genuinely bummed Radiohead was a headliner back then they were saying they were too mainstream for bonnaroo mainly because they are not a jam band or affiliated with the dead. Looking back that sounds so ridiculous considering in 2020 when you have people like Miley Cyrus headlining.

[@Sam-by3uk]

It was the perfect mix of vibes that year. Feels like Radiohead played a very earthy, heart centered set to appease the hippies.

[@thom4443]

Radiohead and just thom Yorke in general dont just make music, they don’t just make great music or wonderful music either. They create a safe place where your soul feels like it’s being lifted by 100s of angels. They touch emotions deeper than sadness or happiness. They bring your mental state to a place where you feel warm almost like a hug, they bring you to a place where you feel like you’ve been given reassurance that eveything will be okay and that eveything is going to be alright. Damn I just love these special people!!!

[@TheInternetIsDeadToMe]

What a special rendition of this track. I can hear the 90’s Radiohead in there and it’s glorious.

[@jrk10]

I do not hear 90s Radiohead in this at all

[@TommyTom21]

@@jrk10 Are you jeff?

[@thebreakfastmenu]

Apparently they couldn't make this song work in the studio like it did here so we got the stripped down version. It's still very good, but this version really brings tears to my eyes

[@willoverdoseonmusic]

The studio version is way better in my honest opinion.

[@iShredStreets]

@@willoverdoseonmusic All of them are good imo. The Scotch Mist version is also very good.

[@Theillive]

Shit don’t make NO SENSE tho lmao, they could’ve recorded literally this as it is presented live, it’s fucking INCREDIBLE

[@RustinChole]

@@Theilliveon the from the basement with thom solo, I can still hear the piano strikes on the 2& 4&’s, but on the album he changes how he sings it a bit, JUST enough that I cannot hear the album version without my brain thinking the piano strikes are on the one. (And yes I’m a musician and a lunatic and tracked a straight drum beat and laid the album version on top on another track, and I can hear it then, but otherwise the album version is impossible for me to hear the syncopation on. Maybe because I didn’t realize it was syncopated for almost ten years, and by then I was burned into my neural pathways. I have the same issue with “The Butcher” and “Last I Heard.”

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

Studio version is by far the most dull to my ears. Every live version I've heard blows it away, but I can see how it fits the vibe of the album for the ending@@willoverdoseonmusic

[@leejk3926]

It's very weird that I came here thinking this video was the one the Vox video used, and yet you made it IN RESPONSE to the Vox video.

[@peonmyhall]

I remember hearing this live and being rather disappointed at the album version. This one is amazing.

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

You're not alone in that.

[@greenwoodhoran8868]

Omg the piano buildup gets me. It's like I'm gonna be emotional, like my heart's gonna explode. It makes me feel a certain wayy I don't feel with any other songs. It's just soo powerful! Radiohead are really musical geniuses! Like they created this and other songs? Oh my gosh. They're literally like the Gods of music. No kidding. Radiohead has touched me spiritually and it's one of the best things that has ever happened to me. They are a blessing to my life. I hope one day I'll be able to go to their concert. Gosh I can't imagine that! I'd really burst out of tears there! It's my ultimate dream! I'm so happy I live inthe same era as Radiohead and that I discovered them and became a huge fan! It's amazing to stan them because they're being stanned for their brilliant music! And not for their lookss. Their looks are just bonus! And they're kind-hearted people. Thom always pause the show when there's something bad happening on the audience. It shows he cares! I love Radiohead so much!! I literally won't be able to love another band as musch as I do to Them!

[@bluedesks6629]

I like to think of the buildup as the man's heart rate increasing before he dies and the instruments fading out as the man's heart rate decreasing and flatlining.

[@williamandres1042]

I understand what you are saying. I cried when I saw them live 4 years ago and it was the best moment of my life, hands down.

[@percy1977]

sanest radiohead fan:

[@senorprieto8481]

its syncopated

[@wildy6980]

​@@senorprieto8481yes man, it's definitely syncopated 😢

[@JohnJFebreeze]

I can't imagine what it would've been like to have been there, to have seen the closest shit to magic we could possibly see on a fucking stage. Lucky bastards.

[@repmop16]

When I'm at the pearly gates This will be on my videotape, my videotape [1 bar] Mephistopheles is just beneath And he's reaching up to grab me [1 bar] This is one for the good days And I have it all here In red, blue, green In red, blue, green [2 bars] You are my center When I spin away Out of control On videotape On videotape On videotape [10 bars] This is my way of saying goodbye-- -- Because I can't do it face to face I'm Talking to you after No matter what Happens now I won't be afraid Because I know too- day has been the most- perfect day I've- ever seen [18 bars] -Vocal Outro-

[@thepunisher2561]

God i can't even express how perfect this song is

[@krttd]

I can't explain why, but I think this is the most beautiful video I've ever seen.

[@joelwerner7075]

I love the album version but this version is one of the most beautiful songs ever performed

[@barham02]

My life changed forever that weekend, at Bonaroo. Wow! This song grabbed me at the core! Best song I ever heard at this festival. So different. So badass and beautiful at the same time. And I had not bought "In Rainbows" yet as I was running a year behind. So this was the first time I had ever heard any of it. This was the highlight for me of all I had ever seen or heard in my life. It may still be!!! No better version have I heard. What a work of art! Bravo guys, Bravo!!!

[@grantfogle6465]

actually you were among the first to ever hear this song, as the album it came out on didn't get released until almost two years after this performance

[@GReduxZ]

@@grantfogle6465 One year later, 2007

[@grantfogle6465]

@@GReduxZ October 10, 2007, ye u right

[@jtcontardo712]

@@grantfogle6465 nice pfp m8

[@julianmaynard8060]

This is as good a demonstration of why are Radiohead are the best band in the world as there is.

[@Adam__U]

This song is like starring into the abyss and it starring right back at you. Incredible and fucking terrifying

[@trojanpony]

This is the music Coldplay wishes they could make.

[@mitchy7308]

lolwutjoe i mean i’d say their first and 2nd albums were pretty good for pop rock though, considering they take influence from bands like radiohead

[@hamez1300]

Both bands are great. Coldplay did a lot of good stuff in the early 2000s and Radiohead is always great.

[@sheep1081]

This the best comment on youtube.

[@victorramis8194]

coldplay sucks radiohead is in my heart!!!!!!

[@marks4553]

Even Thom yorke would punch you for saying that... you are the type of fan that cause some of the artists depression, I both love Coldplay and Radiohead in their own way, too many fucking shitty fans trying to be edgy hippies

[@HarrisonSim]

I feel like you can really hear the previous albums in this version. HTTT vibes. Super interesting!

[@jacvic0790]

What's httt?

[@HarrisonSim]

@@jacvic0790 Hail to the Thief

[@jacvic0790]

@@HarrisonSim I was new to Radiohead at that point, as you can tell 😂 just found my comment and was like "oh FFS man"

[@MultiFrankpo]

You shouldn't be afraid Because I know this has been the most perfect version I've ever seen

[@karitaskristel91]

They are musical geniuses. Absolutely in LOVE with this song, and all it's meaning. It goes so incredibly deep, I cannot express my fascination enough for this song

[@harshdeshwal9960]

We can feel you ❤️

[@Keiichigreenwood]

The best version I hope they can play it just like this again, the power in this one its amazing

[@gibbon.enthusiast]

they should release a deluxe version of In Rainbows and slap a studio version of this on there

[@zynel413]

2027 maybe 😳 I mean they didn't make one for Kid A, but who knows, In Rainbows might get a 20th anniversary.

[@gewitteroma6966]

@@zynel413 say that again

[@TheIndyRex]

It’s like they played the secret version. Legends.

[@Dee.m.a.n]

Genius of Radiohead is just unparalleled!

[@lsndoks8241]

Very nice sound quality

[@robertlimburn469]

So strange sounds like Tomm is playing at a different bpm to the rest of the band love this version would hate to play it sounds very complex

[@legrostas2033]

It's the same bpm, he just play it syncopated (on the ''and'' went counting tempo music: 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and). It add gooviness to the song. So if you don't want to count music you just have to tap you feet in 4/4 following the drummer, but playing the beat to make it groovy.

[@gamusinoyo2]

This performance is such a trip

[@skywardstargaze1768]

the experimentation in this performance completely blows the rest out of the water. god tier

[@Joji_냠냠]

The grandeur overwhelms the stage The best band

[@mattdrummond3552]

This song is so so powerful. Makes me tear up.

[@prerakmann1418]

This is the most beautiful music I've ever heard.

[@joshuak47]

Such an amazing version, I wish they'd recorded this "rock" version for the album

[@albertvargasUX]

I can't believe this video only has 2k likes. Legendary live performance - and it was captured perfectly, especially he drumming!

[@GabrielVerroneGromik]

oh my goodness, I had never heard this version! I can't almost believe it exists, the drums are INSANELY good!!

[@abandonedmuse]

This is the version I first heard. No I idea where i got it and I was so excited to hear it in the album and was so sad that it wasn’t this exact version. This is and will forever be the real version of videotape.

[@hike3037]

Pathetic comment, cringed so hard

[@abandonedmuse]

@@hike3037 ok little bot

[@hike3037]

@@abandonedmuse I haven't heard anything smart from you, try harder

[@abandonedmuse]

@@hike3037 i haven’t heard anything smart from you, if you need that much attention, YOU should try harder. Moron.

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

Magical version of this song.

[@JLaing182]

magical

[@wildy6980]

Why in the world haven't they recorded it like this?, with rich and upbeat rhythm part, guitar and these ascending and descending movements in 1:58 Like, what the hell they were thinking? This song had so much potential, and I'm not necessarily saying that album version is bad, but I think most of the people would agree, that this version is terrific! and record version is not even nearly comparable to what's going on in this live version oh maybe them guys just prefer minimalism better :D

[@IfYouSeekCaveman]

I remember someone commenting that they tried but could never get it to sound right in the studio so they ended up reworking it. No idea how true that is.

[@kagitsune]

One of my favorite feelings is to be be briefly confused by rhythmic genius, and then have it all fall into place. This is that. 😁

[@zacharyarledge6367]

My favorite performance from my favorite artist. Battling from a demon’s grasp as they plea with god through their craft to intervene. That’s why they made something so simple yet virtually impossible to perform live. And they did it. The listeners’ approval is god and if they mess up that’s the demon. Transcends music to a higher form of art.

[@AGH2401]

Respect for this song increased tenfold having learned about the syncopation stuff

[@jack-uv6mt]

not rly a big deal many songs are syncopated.

[@bubadeggs]

@@jack-uv6mtok

[@jackdavey9566]

2:55. Man I wish that part was on the album version cuz I would listen to it at the end of everyday

[@HumansFreshlyBorn]

I’m honestly surprised this isn’t on the b-sides album

[@xMDxOfficial]

why was i not at this. Genuinely so sad i missed this must have been amazing,

[@Sam-by3uk]

Easily one of the best experiences of my life

[@kaylamanor]

I was here. Greatest show of my life, and I’ve seen them numerous times. Honestly, greatest night of my life. Almost passed out in the pit, got moved to the side of the stage by security during The Gloaming. Got to walk past the front of the stage to get to the other side where I’d be fed back into the crowd, and made eye contact with Thom Yorke on my way.

[@kamitebyani5309]

Loving this in 2019. I love this version of song. Thanks 🙏🏻

[@caltheme7889]

Same!

[@clamato54]

Anyone remember the cascade of glow sticks in the air during this show? It literally was like being underneath rainbows (until you got hit in the face with one, lol) House of Cards was the most intimate combined band/crowd moment I've ever seen.

[@the_lynx_himself]

[Verse 1] When I'm at the pearly gates This'll be on my videotape, my videotape When Mephistopheles is just beneath And he's reaching up to grab me This is one for the good days And I have it all here In red, blue, green In red, blue, green You are my centre when I spin away Out of control on videotape On videotape, on videotape, on videotape On videotape, on videotape, on videotape [Verse 2] This is my way of saying goodbye Because I can't do it face to face So I'm talking to you before- No matter what happens now You shouldn't be afraid Because I know today has been The most perfect day I've ever seen

[@tuckerhotz5567]

This is like a fan service version, so lit

[@kirkwarburton2277]

This is my favourite Videotape performance. And arguably my favourite version. The In Rainbows final studio version is now among my favourite ever songs. But at first I was a little disappointed because I wanted to hear THIS.. The point where Jonny comes in on guitar and raises the whole thing a level with a spine tingling melodic guitar line and then proceeds to do his unique Jonny guitar scrunch. When I didn’t hear that on the In Rainbows take I was naturally a little Let Down. But I grew to love it anyway for different reasons. However, many do see this as THE ULTIMATE Videotape. And with good reason.

[@caglarylmaz368]

When I'm at the pearly gates This will be on my videotape, my videotape Mephistopheles is just beneath And he's reaching up to grab me This is one for the good days And I have it all here In red, blue, green Red, blue, green You are my center When I spin away Out of control on videotape On videotape On videotape On videotape On videotape On videotape This is my way of saying goodbye Because I can't do it face to face I'm talking to you after it's too late No matter what happens now You shouldn't be afraid Because I know today has been the most perfect day I've ever seen

[@joshuabarnes3846]

He actually says i shouldn’t be afraid, in reference to him dying, the primordial fear of death mixed overcoming the sense of completion and relief

[@fabianvanheesewijk]

I wont be afraid

[@frithjof2004]

This and the album version are do fucking good in their own ways

[@joshhurst4170]

Incredible. Gives me chills.

[@nottherealpaulsmith]

i love watching jonny go apeshit when the song hits its peak

[@jonathantiu8969]

On the studio version, which I heard first, I could not hear the syncopation as in this performance. After hearing this, I went back and , I caught a glimpse of it near the end of the song. This performance helped me to hear the studio version differently.

[@MorningDew85]

My buddy that introduced me to Radiohead was here, I remember listening to this set with him before the album came out! Such a cool moment in music history here

[@mc-um3nv]

Such a magical evening! If I have a videotape, I would hope this is on it!

[@jerbear97]

Videotape of Videotape

[@ethanh1268]

the uncontrollable smile when the beat starts to make sense is why i will keep coming back to this song

[@fkadregs4329]

Up there among the greatest human acts ever captured on camera

[@humanparaquat69]

This is so beautiful

[@HearingWorlds]

This was my introduction to this song. The studio release sucks compared to this (to me). Thank you so much for uploading this

[@7kurisu]

holy fuck! the intro and breakdown riff sections just seem so discordant and off timed and even de tuned at times to be sound art. fucking incredible. this tune goes down way deep. it seems to be about suicide? Amazing

[@brandoncluff5588]

Watching this in preparation for tomorrow’s stream of the professional footage

[@afaniscool]

Have you ever just sat there after not sleeping for 2 days thinking that one note keeps repeating over and over again and you just feel like shit but you love it? Then you're me rn

[@evamaria1822]

wish i could give multiple thumbs up

[@k-hunter1585]

Incredible

[@trevormenard]

I went down the rabbit hole. I watched several breakdowns and analysis of this song and eventually was lead here as some people claimed this was the best version. Personally I disagree. Pretty strongly. And I still like this version. I just think the more restrained version we hear on the album is more delicate and the build up hits harder because of the contrast. Also I think it suits the lyrics. Little better to have that dynamic. I like how the syncopation is more hidden in that version too. All the version are good, but I don’t agree this is the best. 🙃

[@kuyzat]

the one true version, to rule them all!

[@dannywaters7827]

jonny the lumberjack, chop that tree bro

[@terrymoore711]

I was there and I think it was the closer.after the song was over I stayed stunned for what felt like an eternity......

[@janefitch4254]

This song is playing as the world is coming open and down, and these musicians are murdering their instruments so they can all go together. It’s an absolute chaos for peace. 💔❤️💔

[@loquesemmets7643]

Wtf this gives me chills

[@kajuiceboi3592]

God I wish this was on spotify

[@himadribhakta7948]

It's beautiful...

[@Adennos]

0:03 nice

[@hummingbird.media.productions]

Adennos just playing in a chromatic key. Genius :p

[@hummingbird.media.productions]

Some Dude ditto mate.

[@radiogloria]

love this version so much

[@musicforthecause]

Damn Johnny. Damn.

[@subhrasolanki4316]

Pure genius!

[@lucienesther]

id love for this version to be put in the anniversary album at some point

[@marcbaskin3511]

gorgeous!! Thank you.

[@andrewsolano487]

I think this is where music peaked

[@SoChilledOutGuy]

Part of me thinks that they were just gonna play the way it’s on the album, but because everyone was feeling great, it just naturally took off.

[@300mks8]

If you know this song and if you dance to it with your kids, they will laugh with joy while you cry. It’s hard to explain, but Mephistopheles will understand.

[@srideepnairkesavan8595]

Greatest ever live-performance of a song!! Incredible!!