Reacting To My Daughter's Favorite Music.. | Radiohead - Pyramid Song

A live reaction to one of my daughter's favorite bands.. Radiohead! This is my first time hearing this song, not sure what to expect.
Like & Comment what song you would like me to react to next!

[@ErolReacts]

Just took a deep dive into Pyramid Song.. wow! Link below :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJOYomabe7igaa8si=ZRsmGhU5La0pR-Ok

[@John.Christopher]

The uncompressed version deserves a listen or their latest video on youtube which is a performance of this song from 2001 that is gorgeous with strings, brass, and much more

[@ErolReacts]

@@John.Christopher Sounds really interesting. Will check out

[@brrbrrbrrbrr9150]

"I'm trying to listen to the time signature". Yeah man. We've all been trying for 23 years 😂

[@FeralPatrick]

lolol right?!

[@apantrazansson4324]

And the amazing thing is, It’s in 4/4 🤯

[@leandroribeiro5147]

Speeding the video up, even at 1,25%, "reveals" the rhythm.

[@MrReNoVaDeR]

It's like a pyramide... 3 3 4 3 3

[@shayneoneill1506]

@@apantrazansson4324 A *very* swung 4/4

[@EricAitala]

The time signature is 'Radiohead'....

[@ErolReacts]

I like that!

[@hoppy2829]

Your daughter's got great taste.

[@thra-x1855]

and possibly depression.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

@@thra-x1855 shut up clown. melancholic music is not sign of depression. its a sing of enlightenment

[@thra-x1855]

@@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it guess you're not a radiohead fan then.

[@saghhinooz1755]

@@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it nothing wrong with depression

[@liverbot4854]

Fun fact about this song, the drummer nearly lost his mind practising it because he didn’t know how to enter and fit his tempo with the song. He eventually decided to forget everything about rhythm and beat, and felt his way through the introduction by using Thom’s (the singer’s) voice and the piano as a reference.

[@ErolReacts]

That’s exactly what I was thinking… It sounds like he was kind of Freeform jazzing it, but keeping the 1/4 note feel in mind all the way through.

[@oskarobit]

the "main difficult" is the 3/3/4/3/3 pattern wich, by the way, are the lines forming the 5 sides of a pyramid.

[@antisocialuwu1584]

@@oskarobit As far as I know, it's actually just in a 4/4 swing

[@oskarobit]

@@antisocialuwu1584 now you know you are wrong. 4/4 don't fit in this song.

[@James-vv7vh]

This was great. I recommend the songs Nude and Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - you’ll love them 👍

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks! I'll check it out!

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

I do too

[@ectoplasma5]

Or "How to disappear completly"

[@ErolReacts]

Just reacted to Weird Fishes! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoDMi5V3jbF4g7s

[@soundstation8343]

​@@ErolReacts You are a PRO, i suscribed and liked

[@radiofoot1035]

I really dig your style of reaction, Radiohead is something special

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks. I cant wait to hear more of their stuff. I feel like I’ve been missing out!

[@GoogleVideoMan]

Radiohead are masters at their craft. I’ve seen other people familiar with music theory or music math get completely complexed with their music. It’s like they’re doing something alien to what people understand about music.

[@ErolReacts]

Interesting!

[@arlie4305]

Their drummer, Phil, said he plays in straight 4/4. I play drums and that makes sense to me. I think maybe 8/4 playing a little loosely between the downbeats feels better. I can’t speak for pianists, however. Radiohead is often rhythmically complex, yet accessible. I’d love watching a trained ear reacting to their song Weird Fishes/Arpeggi.

[@ErolReacts]

Agreed...That makes sense... I'm hearing straight quarter note beats with some really odd placed anticipations that makes me feel like it might be a more complex time signature. Its those anticipations that give it that jagged feel.

[@ErolReacts]

Here’s my analysis of the rhythm and chord progression.

[@ErolReacts]

But if you really wanted to go crazy, you could consider it to be four bars of 11/8. But I know my brain would explode if I tried to think of it that way.

[@ErolReacts]

Just reacted to Weird Fishes! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoDMi5V3jbF4g7s

[@nineofive.2573]

Radiohead.........The best band since the beatles

[@frankpotter1982]

Which one, there were two, three if you include the backing band(which became Klaatu). The original silver-Beatles was pre 1968 eventually replaced by the dung-Beatles. Starting with Paul in Aug.66 who was sacked and replaced by (Sgt) Bill Campbell from Billy Pepper and the Pepperpots.

[@kimbervoss3753]

Your daughter has excellent taste..would love to see more Radio head and/or some Elliott Smith..I love watching other music people fall in love with them..🙂

[@sagittated]

On the time signature, I recommend Ixi Music's recent video on that topic. For another Radiohead song, try How to Disappear.

[@thomshrike]

Your daughter recommended my favorite song of all time. For being able to play it on my piano, I gave up counting the tempo and instead play by feel. I strongly recommend “Everything in its right place”, a song that was apparently written by Thom Yorke in the same week as “Pyramid Song” and which is another mind-bending experience in effective musical expressionism via unusual time signature (10/4), quirky chord progression and shrewd production.

[@ErolReacts]

Sounds great. I will definitely check that out!

[@Richard_Hoekstra]

Welcome to world with Radiohead. You’ll have a great ride! Can’t recommend anything in particular. Everything is kind off in its right place

[@AreliMusiK]

Your daughter has excellent taste in music! I didn’t like Radiohead when I was introduced to the band back in the late 1990s because I had just listened to "Creep" (sorry, Creep fans!), but then a friend showed me OK Computer, and everything changed. My brain and heart just connected to the melodic magic of Radiohead. They have been my companions since then. I even like "Creep" now, especially Pau’s Villarreal version 😉, and all of Thom Yorke's alternative projects. Please bring more Radiohead and The Warning ⚡️. Have you heard of Dead Can Dance? If you ever read this comment, I would like to suggest “In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed Are Kings”. It has vibes reminiscent of "Pyramid Song".

[@9000ck]

its a bossanova with grandeur and sadness.

[@felipecampos3045]

your Daughter has great taste sir, check out the album Ok computer from them, it is a masterpiece

[@ErolReacts]

I will check it out

[@actuallythepie]

you and your daughter are very cool sir! and you have great ear for harmony. and about the confusing rhythm, its just a really weirdly divided 4/4 haha.

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks! I transcribed the chord rhythm in a short vid. The phrase can be thought as 5 bars of 4/4 and one bar of 2/4 or two bars of 11/8. Either way it keeps a steady quarter note pulse throughout.

[@unusual686]

@@ErolReacts You should watch the begging of a video from "ixi music" titled "My take on Pyramid Song.", pretty interesting stuff.

[@sakerocket]

​2 bars 3, 1 bar 4, 2 bars 3 . Builds a pyramid. Four triangle sides and one square base. I believe the piano is pushed half a step forward which is why it gets weird as the drums come in and reveal the true rhythm. Been a while since I thought about this and may be off but there are several good videos on pyramid songs weird time trickery. ​@@ErolReacts

[@sakerocket]

David Bennett piano has a good video on it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5W9hIKlhKtog9Usi=uelpOLL1X3b03nBY

[@sakerocket]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmnEhHmga9-XrpIsi=r3hTtp4JJ97J5K9C it's a fascinating song. I was wrong in my original reply but close.

[@williamandres1042]

Nice reaction. It is always good to see someone discovering my favorite band. New sub!

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks! Can’t wait to check out more!

[@GKViddingHD]

Aaaw, this song - and the CD booklet design - got me into Radiohead and I am still in love with the song. It's a beautiful little piano piece, too.

[@ErolReacts]

Great tune for sure

[@popmilic6007]

Try "how to disapear completely" from Radiohead

[@henkdevries2002]

I think its 8/4 where the ride cymbal plays the downbeats. The piano chords are played in groups of 8th notes with a pattern of 3,3,4,3,3 after 8 beats it resolves. But if you listen to the drums the 8th notes are swung and the piano locks in with the swung drum rhythm (basically 8th note triplets), a lot of the piano chords land on the second note: tri-PE-let. So maybe the 3,3,4,3,3 (8th notes) is more like a 5, 4, 6, 5, 4 (8th note triplets) if your counting the 8th note triplets. But its easier to just think of it as swung 8th notes of course. I'm not a drummer so correct me if in wrong of course.

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks. The thing about those odd time signatures is there can be multiple ways to count them and break up the longer bars! Good analysis! Thanks!

[@martijnvermolen8691]

Cool videos! Wished my dad would give Radiohead a chance and recognise that music did not stop in the 60’s!!!

[@eloisewalker9632]

Highly recommend anything from the In Rainbows album. Or The Bends. Both are the band's most accessible, and incredible.

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks! I will check them out for sure!

[@seamishmusic]

I would to hear your thoughts on, "There, There" by Radiohead or "Separator" by Radiohead A couple of my favorites from their massive discography full of hidden gems!

[@pinkbeatle2012]

amazing song

[@ap7498]

Thanks for the reaction, thought you’d might mention the string arrangement too

[@likespinningpats]

Technically it's a slow 4/4 clave rhythm. Ixi music opened my ears to that. But it has been pointed out that it can be counted as a repeated 33433. Four triangles and a square make a pyramid.

[@ErolReacts]

Very cool!

[@volcanicmash9308]

Some radiohead songs are just too good for this world, things like Fake Plastic Trees, Jigsaw Falling into Place, Nude and more are so good. Great reaction though! Really nice video!

[@ErolReacts]

Thank you! 😊

[@RadioRoswellTV]

Incredibly haunting chord progression. It has ancient overtones on purpose I suspect but very mysterious and longing. Genius writing .

[@ErolReacts]

I Agree!

[@TresLanes]

Listen to Let Down next. They begin the song with a guitar in 1 time signature layered over the song's other time signature. Very creative and uniquely Radiohead.

[@nomukun1138]

Sat down to dinner, what did I eat? Black-eyed peas, swimming in gravy I saw the music video for Pyramid Song, on MTV or VH1, one of those cable stations. That was the first time I heard Radiohead and loved it.

[@wulfgold]

Get some Nick Cave inside you. From incredibly visceral, to the most sublime, beautiful. "The Curse of Milhaven" for visceral. "Into my arms" for beauty + honestly, the latest 3 albums are probably "deeper" dives - I really struggle with them, not because they're "bad" albums, I just find them heart-wrenching, full of grief and it's not often I'm in the mood for that frankly. They ARE superb albums, Cave's stayed at the peak of his songwiting and dealt/is dealing with his personal tragedies with incredible dignity. It just shines through those albums and sh*t - I'm just not equipped to deal with them emotionally.

[@ErolReacts]

Wow . Thanks for the insight! Will give it a listen.

[@wulfgold]

@@ErolReacts honestly, Waits, Cohen, Scott Walker - Nick's "up there" with the greats.

[@Alexbandits]

You should react to "Friend of a Friend" from the Smile, time signature on that one is pretty amazing as well! An illusion of difficulty!

[@ErolReacts]

I will! Thank you!

[@bamdude3]

Time is standard 4. The piano part switches between accenting on and off beats.

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks

[@Zack-ws1oj]

nice reaction, keep it going !

[@ErolReacts]

Thank you! Will do :)

[@_CoasterNinja]

My favourite Radiohead songs change often, but this is my top choice. Has all of my favourite aspects of Radiohead: piano driven, the cinematic tone, mood, atmosphere, and Jonny’s string arrangements. That first verse is just incredible: Jumped in the river and what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me A moon full of stars and astral cars All the things I used to see All my lovers were there with me All my past and futures And we all went to heaven in a little row boat There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt Can’t listen to it very often, not because I would tire of it, but it’s one of those songs that has an effect on me every time. Ethereal, haunting, evocative, beautiful.

[@ErolReacts]

Agreed. They really tap into a very etherial, otherworldly vibe.

[@stianyttervik9070]

IIRC the drum beat is in a syncopated 4/4 but the piano and melody part is longer by a quart so the down beat hits different "piano down beats" in a pattern of bars. Some times syncopated, sometimes in sync.

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks! Definitely a weird feel!

[@frankmccormick862]

Time signature is Thom & Johnny's secret Amnesiac is full of grungy RH. You & Whose Army is magical ❤

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks. So far I'm loving everything Radiohed. Will take a listen.

[@dohertyjamesp]

I’ve always heard this as a repeating three bar phrase: two bars of 5, then one of 6.

[@camoTiaras]

Your daughter has great taste in music.

[@PuzzledlifeTV]

radiohead were very influenced by an unknown band called Cardiacs - go check out "Sing to god" (you could go earlier (80s when cardiacs first started, but sing to god was their last album two decades later)

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks for the info… I will check them out!

[@pauljones6459]

It's 4/4, it's just Raidiohead 4/4 !!

[@ErolReacts]

4/4 using Salvadore Dali's watch! lol Thanks!

[@JonzoGonzo]

Should have let it roll over to the next track

[@ErolReacts]

I’ll do that for sure, i’m learning it’s best to listen to the whole albums front to back lol

[@wazzygd]

you should do a Radiohead album reaction.

[@wazzygd]

i recommend starting with in rainbows or ok computer

[@ErolReacts]

Great idea!

[@ErolReacts]

Just reacted to Weird Fishes! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoDMi5V3jbF4g7s

[@ErolReacts]

@@wazzygd i'm loving In Rainbows!

[@wazzygd]

@@ErolReacts I'll watch this thank you 👍

[@AL13NM]

Yep, that girls got great tastes in bands! This is a stand out track on a less than amazing album, in my opinion. LET DOWN is one of their bests songs ever!

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks!

[@kellilofton1573]

Took me years to realize it, but it is in 4/4

[@ErolReacts]

Yes steady 1/4 note pulse with some crazy syncopation!

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

I'm pretty sure someone said the piano was in 10

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks. This is what I’m hearing…kzbin.info2qyW-CLED28?si=wN7UalvQ4VF0R_we

[@ErolReacts]

Should’ve said the video distracts me from the music… Not detracts. Sometimes when you’re trying to really focus on the music, the visuals get in the way. At least for me.

[@andyastrand]

It's an amazing video, and they do complement, but it's like trying to appreciate two pieces of art at the same time

[@ErolReacts]

@@andyastrand Oh yeah, I totally agree. But I didn't want to get lost in the visuals while listening.. Its easy to do!

[@CaveWang]

Lol the thumbs up

[@ErolReacts]

You are welcome! (I get them for free!)

[@filipnilenius3654]

you've gotta listen to Idioteque!

[@ErolReacts]

On the list. I’m pretty sure I’m gonna listen to every tune they ever wrote at some point here! Thanks for the suggestion.

[@thoru4367]

Reaction to Suede - Pantomime Horse

[@ErolReacts]

I haven't heard fo them...YET! Will listen!

[@olivergriebel522]

Hi Erol, what about Talk Talk: I Believe in You ...

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks, will check it out.

[@sydIRISH]

Beat is much simpler than it seems. 4/4 swing

[@johndinsdale4454]

Beato swears it's actually in 4/4. I still can't get my head around it! 😅

[@ErolReacts]

This is what I’m hearing on this song… kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJOYomabe7igaa8si=xxxUjBwA9Osmfr91

[@johndinsdale4454]

@@ErolReacts fantastic! Thanks for this. If you want an interesting one time-wise, see what you make of their track Videotape. More to it than perhaps initially apparent.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaWyiqWGg6yLfNksi=D16odArEZpbu0_7-

[@davidh.8798]

Your daughter has taught you well. :)

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks!

[@helle-piamorell6127]

Please check out Voces8’s cover of this song. So beautiful 🥰

[@ErolReacts]

I plan on it! thanks

[@eriknelson4601]

Give In Cauda Venenum by The Dear Hunter a try!

[@ErolReacts]

I'll check it out!

[@JordanMiller-Piche]

Sounds like just a 4/4 swing beat.

[@ErolReacts]

Agreed!

[@cutiepiebb]

please make more videos

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks! They're on the way!

[@vinstrumentals]

I heard it, not sure I get it, but....

[@ErolReacts]

Listen again! lol

[@user-ud7ko4cq1n]

You'll notice that Radiohead is notorious for composing in extremely unusual structures both in terms of timing, and melody. But unlike a lot of prog-rock or art-rock bands, it's not "for its own sake". Their music still conveys intense and vivid emotions, but via some really trippy and unorthodox writing sensibilities.

[@ErolReacts]

I agree. We used to call that king of overtly and overly complicated music "Math Rock"!

[@GnashBistro]

It's a slowed down bossanova

[@TheMusehobo]

Also an F#m in there as well.

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks!

[@JordanMiller-Piche]

Sounds like a 4/4 swing beat, if you focus on the drums only.

[@ErolReacts]

Exaxtly! Of course I don't know the background on this tune, but it sounds like the drummer was trying to fill the time with a kind of free jazz swing beat since it was impossible to play any kind of back beat to that chord figure.

[@user-ok6dx3rj2k]

You should heard Spectre from radiohead if you want something similar. From their latest álbum.

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks, I'll take a listen.

[@timm9335]

4/4

[@ErolReacts]

Thanks! I added a little short vid with my analysis of the time. I’m hearing five bars of 4/4 and one bar of 2/4. Total phrase is 22 beats long. Could technically be thought of as four bars of 11/8 as well. But, yeah, steady 1/4 note pulse throughout.

[@FINALLYQQQQAVAILABLE]

@@ErolReacts The piano has a bossa nova clave pattern. Nothing else. 4/4 makes a lot of sense but it's hard to hear because there's a lot of syncopation. Here's a great analysis: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIPPZX-hmLh6idU

[@ErolReacts]

@@FINALLYQQQQAVAILABLE Thanks, I'll take a look!

[@ErolReacts]

@@FINALLYQQQQAVAILABLE yeah I see that pattern when I transcribed it… But it’s sooo out of context it’s hard to hear it that way! Thanks

[@MartinTreadgold]

Do Muse

[@ErolReacts]

On the list. Thanks.

[@MartinTreadgold]

@@ErolReacts muse songs to start with... citizen erased, hysteria, verona, dead inside, won't stand down, exogenesis symphony

[@ErolReacts]

@@MartinTreadgold Thanks! Will check out.

[@TheEMFB]

The type of music that haunts you for a few minutes after it goes away. Radiohead is Gen X's Pink Floyd. You should try some Tool. They are Gen X's Led Zeppelin. ✌️☝️🫶 Suggestion: Tool "Lateralus"

[@ErolReacts]

We did try Tool but it got blocked. Will try again.

[@TheEMFB]

@@ErolReacts well, at least you heard it 💁‍♂️

[@ErolReacts]

@@TheEMFB actually we managed to get a Tool one recorded and working.. should be posted relatively soon!

[@TheEMFB]

@@ErolReacts I'll be here for it. I'm subbed and notified.