Radiohead - Weird Fishes / Arpeggi (early)

Ether Festival, 2005
Artwork by Stanley Donwood
Thom Yorke
Jonny Greenwood
Nazareth Orchestra
London Sinfonietta

[@tylercallagher3485]

its like if weird fishes was minecraft music

[@exorientelux7200]

It’s like seeing a childhood photo of a very well known friend

[@alessandrobecker1]

Nice words. I felt something like that too.

[@MM-vs2et]

It really is. The instrumentation here sounds almost naive, like a child

[@pot-ay-topot-ah-to4325]

this is such a beautiful way to put it

[@TheGoslapa]

I love poetry S2 S2

[@bulkyzero]

Yep…a nostalgia trip with all that made just the existence of this song so impenetrably relevant to our day to day lives, past and present. 😫

[@pot-ay-topot-ah-to4325]

i’m so happy the final version is the one they went with, and i’m so happy that this version exists

[@yianni884]

Johhny actually wrote all the music for this

[@Teeheehee093]

The ending of this version is incredible. A Moon Shaped Pool vibes

[@ComicSansaMS]

the intro sounds exactly like a section off of Ill Wind. or to be more precise, Ill Wind sounds a lot like this

[@subtitledEN]

exactly, which makes it even harder to let it end. it was just getting better and better..then...it's over.

[@oui2611]

its like thom went back in time to 2005 from 2016 to perform it with an orchestra, causing the real 2005 thom to hear it and use it for in rainbows, creating a time paradox.

[@syrup-]

@@oui2611 I love that idea. lmao

[@destbar6610]

@@ComicSansaMSyess!! that last part of Ill Wind especially

[@MM-vs2et]

I love you can clearly hear the Arpeggi in Weird Fishes/Arpeggi in here

[@mwangi8623]

This is filled with Jonny Greenwood's DNA 😂

[@SirCommoner]

Every time I hear Radiohead early versions I think, Imagine having the amount of talent and beautiful songwriting abilities to abandon these early works as unfinished... I think 99% of people, if capable of making something like this, would be immensely proud

[@benfoster1123]

this version is so good, but you can't beat phil's drums on the album version

[@Nazo_moon]

Those DRUMMMS!!!!!

[@kadenpile-riley2170]

One of the best drum beats of all time imo

[@benjamindevlin4057]

One of the tracks from There Will Be Blood has exactly the strings at 3:44. Jonny probably didn’t want to waste such a great arrangement on a demo.

[@baxter.baxter.]

Which tune?

[@eshtrogy6458]

@@baxter.baxter. open spaces

[@diamantra7775]

Well, I would say is a technique, not a track

[@Jamesharveycomics]

How to Disappear Completely's strings employ a similar technique

[@theflev-matic4892]

This is like, really good. I hope they put these types of songs on In Rainbows' 20th anniversary version.

[@jupitersrings6815]

@The Anti-ISFP unrelated, but i'm loving your username

[@HeraclitorisScroll]

pdb jumpscare

[@tefalos2155]

You would not believe your eyes

[@antenorsalas8074]

The amount of effort ( orchestra) they put in a version that never (until now) came to light. This show us how commited with their art they are.

[@sean1445]

This is taken from a video that came out in 2005.

[@pimposki6232]

@@sean1445 that's true, they did a killer version of where bluebirds fly there too. but it's still pretty impressive they wrote a full orchestral arrangement for a song that was probably just written as a few arpeggiated guitar chords, and only had that arrangement performed once. it's not even like it's just the standard "strings playing sustained chords, a view pizzicatos for flavour" kind of arrangement, because this clearly had a lot of thought put into it for a one-time deal

[@sean1445]

@@pimposki6232 Not saying it's not an impressive composition, just pointing out this version has been available for 16 years.

[@MM-vs2et]

The score is 100% Jonny Greenwood, their guitarist. The others doesn't have, or have very little say or do in the entire orchestration

[@k-leb4671]

@@pimposki6232 Yeah so much effort would've been put into it and yet it was for barely anything. There's a few Radiohead orchestral arrangements that didn't get put to record or performed much.

[@tombaker8756]

The orchestra is playing Ed's voiced part.

[@Galter06]

Ed singing his own name

[@kev1257ful]

@@Galter06 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDD

[@xerrox1182]

c418head

[@doomerdream6042]

с418 is the same great as radiohead is

[@lechuzachaquena4604]

@@doomerdream6042 same?

[@filipgrunseich8670]

@@lechuzachaquena4604 c418 underrated? On a Friday best band? Smiley face. :-)

[@jeanreveco5628]

Beautiful version ... Radiohead is sorely missed ...

[@zynel413]

What do you mean "sorely missed"? They didn't disband and A moon shaped pool is some of their best work.

[@jeanreveco5628]

We miss radiohead, I don't know what I miss I said

[@zynel413]

@@jeanreveco5628 do you mean the fact that they didn't make an album in 4 years?

[@starosta975]

@@zynel413 dude stop patroling around just let him miss rh

[@zynel413]

@@starosta975 I'm sorry homie

[@danielr3522]

The album version's a huge improvement for me, always loved the intensity of that version.

[@klowndogrock]

I could listen to this in the background for the rest of my measly little life and not get sick of it, I think. Because it is that organic. The perfect fix. It covers the all the bases of emotions that I think I care to indulge in anymore for this go 'round. Not up enough to make me jump up and boogie, but not down enough to trigger a teardrop. He keeps the ball safely within the boundaries of joy and agony for a safe run to the endzone, but still flirting with the boundaries to the left and the right. For a minute there you forget about the line of scrimmage. It's got just enough of the "Goldilocks Zone" as far as sound driven emotion for me. Not too little and not too much. Thanks for sharing.

[@leonardosaulalcantaraarell1826]

Finally: EEEEDDDDD in string sound and orchestral vibes

[@doncaplays]

I love the fact that it was very different but the idea of layering instruments playing arpeggios in different rhythms was always there

[@gnoelalexmay]

This is astonishing. It's little glimpses behind the curtain such as this, that affirm to me how Radiohead are in a league of their own. ...astonishing 🙏

[@lnanimateCarbonRod]

Living at the bottom, looking up at the sky through water, and trying to leave... but caught and killed by the weird fishes. Being trapped in a life you never asked for but don't want to give away.

[@a_d_s5361]

Damn I might like this more than the album version. Those strings!

[@weswally1]

I remember when the original live version of this was posted. I watched it so many times. Glad to find such a perfect version of the recording 16 years later

[@ab8jeh]

That's right. The original poster also had the mp3 to download. I remember hoping that In Rainbows would all sound like this, but it didn't sadly.

[@victorcalderon8478]

Ejercicio: - Escuchar esto en el valle de la luna. - Escuchar de noche en el lago Ranco.

[@soundstation8343]

Dónde quedan esos lugares?

[@victorcalderon8478]

@@soundstation8343 el primero, en el desierto de Atacama, en el norte de Chile. El segundo en el sur del país...un lugar lleno de lagos, ríos y montañas...el Lago Ranco es mi favorito! Saludos!

[@soundstation8343]

@@victorcalderon8478 Gracias, algún día tendré la posibilidad de llegar ahí.

[@isaiassanchez5576]

vivo en calama, intentaré lo primero.. parece buena idea.

[@fedemarquez]

- En lo posible bajo el efecto de alguna sustancia, aunque sea de whisky bueno - Con unos buenos auriculares, parado, sentado o caminando alrededor

[@brendonharris3344]

I have been hoping to hear this version again for over a decade! Someone on Reddit found a comment of mine in a r/Radiohead post from three years ago asking for this version. They linked me to here today and I am over the moon! Thank you for posting this!!!

[@arseniykras]

At this point i tend to believe that Daniel Stashkin is a messiah

[@michaelnoonang9207]

I knew this version first (because Limewire), so when I heard the full band version on In Rainbows, I was originally taken aback that they make it fast and guitar based

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

Fantastic, so interesting to hear the evolution of this song

[@ViniciusRodrigues-nk4bs]

There was a video of this performance way back. It was beautiful, with Thom playing air piano...

[@Ganjalf_the_Green]

Radiohead is a landmark in music history. In a time of commercial music they spend decades perfecting songs instead of just using their names to throw shit out. This song was already good, but overtime it became something just unbelievable

[@jumbokins9919]

This is pretty amazing but I personally prefer the energy of the original. Would be great to just amass an entire album's worth of this material for In Rainbows - like for every track.

[@maxmitchell960]

technically this is the original...

[@MeusieuxMicka]

My god...at 4.00, this is really beautiful.

[@nellygonzalez5187]

Gracias por sacarme del mundo y llevarme al espacio. Amo a Radiohead y a Thom

[@AngryTaurus007]

Y a Jonny

[@nellygonzalez5187]

@@AngryTaurus007 también. Ja

[@stevelintott1190]

Interesting, agreed the strings give it an interesting vibe, not sure about the programmed synth goes with the strings 100%, but still get to hear all the lyrics which are even better than I originally thought. Thanks for the upload, great tune.

[@dogol284]

Starts out like a song from the minecraft ost

[@artemsnegovsky]

Absolutely

[@clingclanglarry3327]

Once the strings section came, I got a little teary-eyed.

[@thelemoninitsrightplace377]

the ending made me cry :;(( so beautiful

[@k-leb4671]

Holy crap, a studio recording of this with the final version's lyrics would be amazing. That orchestral outro alone is worth it. It's so beautiful.

[@jacotruter2498]

Utterly sublime nuanced beauty....!!!!

[@majorlybad]

Opening sounds like Boards Of Canada

[@elkurtz1579]

Thank you ~ so beautiful!

[@cupofwarmmilk5957]

This is amazing!

[@burritotito9854]

I didn’t know this existed! Absolutely Phenomenal. :)

[@meliodassu8488]

Wow Años sin escuchar esta versión Increíble ❤️

[@user-fs9kf9el2o]

thanks Daniel you save my day time and time again

[@basic_knowledge_inc]

thanks for this, i'd never heard this version until now, its great!

[@officialweet-bixfanaccount6020]

love the art

[@Glizzyyyy420]

This is so beautiful

[@osmarfernandesmenezes7281]

So beautiful, amazing!

[@alicenestpasmonprenom5784]

Tellement beau 😍💖

[@sharonyanko7247]

Come on , where’s LP 10 ? 😬🤩

[@soundstation8343]

Daniel, no tengo palabras. Solo Radiohead.

[@danvalean2217]

Feel like this would've been a proper B-side for Kid-A.

[@ddandfriends]

hearing this version so long before In Rainbows came out really spoilt the studio version for me. As much as I love the one on In Rainbows, this one just hits different. So special.

[@peaceofpiety]

Thank you Daniel Stashkin for this lovely gift on my birthday. Radiohead I love you always.

[@hithere6963]

best radiohead music

[@fuzzywuzzy4193]

Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.

[@robbiepeterh]

Can’t wait to see what they do next ☺️

[@7th3_bl00dy.punk1]

wtf i already love this whaattt

[@oreallly967]

U da real MVP stashkin

[@pbharrison1]

Sosososososo great 😍

[@Andre-pl6cg]

Kid A + Moon shaped pool =

[@angstpsychose9977]

Esos violines me tuvieron tan conmovido

[@KhaiGoBrr]

Sound like moog city from minecraft

[@seanlock688]

this has no price, thanks

[@taor1262]

Fucking love this song

[@OBSCURE_MEME]

weird fishes if it was on a moon shaped pool?

[@owenmaybeidk]

a moon shaped fish

[@mmtz3051]

Does anyone have the artwork link? This version is absolutely gorgeous... When the strings start... It's just marvelous. Really liked this one

[@DanielStashkin]

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[@mmtz3051]

@@DanielStashkin Thank you so much, Daniel!!! Very appreciated :)))

[@soundstation8343]

Daniel Donwood

[@Stephuzz]

@@DanielStashkin do you have a link with lots of artwork of Stanley? i'd appreciate it a ton :)

[@JamesUsill1]

@@Stephuzz some of my favorites: jamesusilljournal.tumblr.com/search/stanley+donwood

[@imarobot9723]

Lit

[@zxginay3962]

Steve Reich vibes

[@fishstickkitty8068]

Whoa where did this come from it’s awesome!!

[@diallobanksmusic]

Johnny Greenwood composed this piece as a piece of concert piece for the London Sinfonietta. It clearly became Weird Fishes. And the recording has been slowly surfacing across the internet.

[@cathacker13]

both the early and final versions are heavenly but in different ways somehow

[@bingbonghafu]

They need to do a new song like this with synth noises and orchestra

[@danielismyname3727]

Listen to the version they played at bonnaroo in 2006

[@owenmaybeidk]

a moon shaped fish, or kid a rpeggi

[@tricotillomania6125]

The beginning sounds like the end of lucky

[@Gregor.Gregor]

გაასწორა

[@WickedLiquid]

If weird fishes was released in 2016

[@boomieboo]

I love your shares man. I'm a dj and would love to play them. Do you upload them in higher sound quality anywhere else?

[@midnightinaperfectworld]

Where is this artwork from? It compliments the mood perfectly.

[@victorcalderon8478]

This on violins!!!

[@thierrybrunazzi3788]

Mi fate sognare ,,, Poi quella voce....

[@Naturellee]

I like all the early "In rainbow" songs much better.. like Bonaroo " Videotape " version is the best version ever.

[@alex11v3]

People always say that about videotape because the syncopation is more hidden.

[@Naturellee]

@@alex11v3 Yeah but the again almost all of their songs has it and even more complex.. the version plus the song in itself is the just heartbreaking but so beautiful. This has the guitar in it ;)

[@josephk8469]

radiohead la unica banda a la altura de los grandes compositores como bethoven , mozart

[@pervenchemusic]

is weird fishes had the same vibe as the knives out ep

[@cleohickey5291]

Sounds similar to (Ocean) Bloom at the beginning

[@grandsaga]

The *actual* best song.

[@nommensurname7880]

Daniel... who are you? (we all want to know)

[@martinmaxwell3508]

My favorite version of the song, how did you get it?

[@UntitledKirk]

Where did you find this, uploader?

[@sometimes.6197]

In the deepest ocean The bottom of the sea Your eyes They turn me Why should I stay here? Why should I stay? I'd be crazy not to follow Follow where you lead Your eyes They turn me Sunk without a trace The bottom of the deep Your eyes They turn me Turn me on to phantoms I follow to the edge of the Earth And fall off Everybody leaves If they get the chance And this is my chance I get eaten by the worms And weird fishes Picked over by the worms And weird fishes Weird fishes Weird fishes I'll hit the bottom Hit the bottom to escape Escape I'll hit the bottom Hit the bottom to escape Escape

[@fabriziomayorcoloma1332]

This version would be the best if it had Phil's right when the second part begins

[@WeyeWeyeWeyeWeye]

can anybody name the main electronic instrument it starts out on that continues the whole time in the background? or what kind of instrument it generally is?

[@onie2717]

Weird fishes if it was on Kid A

[@owenmaybeidk]

kid a rpeggi

[@sheetcutters]

i have heard this before but definitely not this mix, now tell me who are you Daniel

[@oreticencias]

I wonder if that's what Thom meant when he defined music as life affirming. He formulates a more melancholic version of a song and then, by trying to encounter patterns to form a resolution, to get to the next day, he elaborates a more accessible and alive version of the same piece, as if it was an antithesis to suffering, finding meaning in life itself. Just thinking about it.

[@tombaker8756]

Is this from a festival? Ether festival?? What was the rest of the set?

[@AshleyRDA]

Dude , where do you find these songs?

[@kvv3819]

Alternate lyrics around 03:00?