The Radiohead Iceberg Explained (Remastered)

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Original Iceberg Credits:
u/monkeyLaser23, u/ddevil-36, Radiohead Fanpage Official (Twitter), u/emiizan, u/YuuK05, and u/sweddit.
Bonus Bits Credits:
(I have these written out on a Notepad file on my home PC, I'll add it later tonight, I promise!)
Special thanks to Citizen Insane, the Radiohead subreddit, AtEase, and Green Plastic for being excellent resources for Radiohead information!
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KZbin Links:
Pyramid Song Analysis -
• Radiohead: Pyramid Son...
Videotape Syncopation -
• The Hidden Syncopation...
Wall of Ice -
• Radiohead's Lost Wall ...
Ed O'Brien Guitar Playing -
• How to Play Like Ed O'...
Krzysztof Penderecki -
• How Jonny Greenwood wa...
I Will/Like Spinning Plates -
• Radiohead -I Will and ...
• Radiohead - I Will / L...
External Links:
National Anthem Video Contest -
pastebin.com/raw/PbKfy37z
Split Sides -
• Radiohead - Untitled -...
parkplaceprojects.com/wp/blog/...
sigurros.com/tour/2003/20031014/
Motion Picture Soundtrack (In Memory of Mackenzie May) -
• Motion Picture Soundtr... (check description)
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Timestamps:
Intro - 0:00
Tier 1 - 1:03
Tier 2 - 1:38
Tier 3 - 12:13
Tier 4 - 30:06
Tier 5 - 53:18
Tier 6 - 1:25:05
Tier 7 - 1:57:44
Outro - 2:10:28
Bonus content timestamps are in pinned comment
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Radiohead Mario 64 Remixes:
Idioteque - • Radiohead - Idioteque ...
Optimistic - • Radiohead - Optimistic...
Weird Fishes - • Weird, Weird Fishes (R...
Other Music:
Cave of the Past HQ Remake - • Cave of the Past HQ Re...
BGM List - pastebin.com/raw/HM626HSD

[@pookapeeka]

Changes from original upload (got demonetized): *Quieter transition beeps *Re-mixed audio *Jaded censorship *20 bonus segments to compensate *Some blips slightly-or-majorly-realtered *BGM list - pastebin.com/raw/HM626HSD *other various things --- Bonus Bits Timestamps: Prince Covers Creep - 23:41 Office Charts - 46:03 EIIRP Live Intros - 47:47 Karma Police Crowd Singing - 48:31 Ergo Proxy 49:19 Noah Yorke 49:33 Thom Boiler Room DJ Set - 1:05:40 Ed's Instagram Goofs - 1:07:19 Jonny's Fat Thumb - 1:08:24 Towering Above The Rest - 1:09:01 Colin's Triathlon - 1:10:53 Jonny Sells Olive Oil - 1:11:33 Unique Special Editions - 1:12:48 Knives Out Lyrics Origins - 1:34:47 The Longest Song In The World - 1:35:30 How To Be Like Colin Greenwood - 1:36:45 National Anthem Video Contest - 1:38:08 Split Sides - 1:40:20 How I Made My Millions Background Sounds - 1:53:19 TKOL Tour Stage Collapse - 1:54:04 --- Watch more Radiohead content here: kzbin.info/aero/PLrntl4sccQ9o4t-FKEccxHR3rQ_gn6y9f&si=eopfcHs_ND5muQ9E Subscribe for more in the future! Original Upload: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nma5Xp2dl8lsjqs ko-fi: ko-fi.com/pookapeeka Thank you all for enjoying the video!

[@Styx.Or.Whatever]

i like the thumbnail

[@Joob_Toob]

Remember to re pin this :)

[@pookapeeka]

@@Joob_Toob I didn't realize editing it would unpin it, hahaha, thank you!

[@MaxLevinton]

thakn GOD you timestamped the new stuff, i literally just finished watching the original

[@haydnplus]

KZbin and their copyright system are so full of shit.

[@casperrghostt5222]

the first tier just being creep never fails to make me laugh

[@pigmint_9432]

i fell asleep to a completely different video and woke up to this one being completed. I can only fear what my brain has learned subconsciously about Radiohead

[@GabeDidGood]

I can't believe Thom had your original upload taken down just so he doesn't have to change the line "Ice Age coming" to "Iceberg came." Now who's laughing?

[@sendersnivy6698]

his head is quite intact

[@southerntw]

Hahah, very funny but I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo what the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. Oh oh.

[@johnmusclemanport]

@@southerntwLMFAO THAI IS SO RANDOM THIS COMMENT IS AMAZING

[@Spitson7771]

Lost all my respect for that loser after that

[@marcoparada6652]

I stopped this vid after finding Thom liked Billy Eilish.

[@slavvader967]

I wish every iceberg video was this extensive and high quality...

[@guydude439]

High quality and dry quality

[@filbertfiddlesticks]

hearing ed say "radiohead gang bang" at 1:07:57 caught me so off guard 😭

[@looselytelling]

I don't think it's said enough, the modified bears are cute little goobers. I get the band is eh about merchandising but I'd love a cute little modified bear plush. Thanks Stanley Donwood, you're an amazing artist who gave us some cute little critters

[@Goallpeashooters]

I just want them to make it the official logo again... Text is lame, modified bears are forever.

[@bygoditsfullofstars]

I actually have a modified bear plush! He's a crochet little guy a family friend made for me :))

[@tereasia]

Sometimes I find random bear stuff on Etsy. Got a neat little patch there.

[@Cashlost2]

I also want one. I love drawing them too. Everytime I see an unattended white board and white board marker I just have to draw one.

[@S_WISE]

Fantastic thumbnail 😁 P.S, I love how you censored "Fucking" with "Very" as Radiohead did with Creep, even if it doesn't make sense in the video sometimes.

[@goldenstarmusic1689]

It makes it so much funnier

[@jmckenzie962]

What's even more interesting about the origin of Pablo Honey's title is that there was another band from the Thames Valley region that also released an album in 1993 whose title was also a Jerky Boys reference - "Souvlaki" by Slowdive, an album I'm sure a lot of Radiohead fans are likely to be familiar with. It makes me wonder if the Jerky Boys were, like, a _thing_ in the youth culture of that specific region of Britain at the time.

[@pookapeeka]

I didn't know that about Souvlaki, I love that album! That's really cool to know.

[@Nobodyimportant696]

They were a thing everywhere. some of the most quoted lines.

[@aperturius]

Watching this again, I forgot how hilarious the Sonic & Knuckles "happy meal" joke is. Thanks for putting it in with no explanation whatsoever, it's the best way to do it.

[@placeholderband19]

So many icebergs now suffer because it feels like the creator is trying to capitalize on the trend as fast as possible. This is one of the highest quality ones I've ever seen, would love to see more

[@Goallpeashooters]

I remember reading a dead air post on Citizen Insane where Thom says that Radiohead goes through eras, each one made up of three albums, with a new era marking a shift in how the band makes music. Thom saying that AMSP was the end of an era is him saying that whatever comes next is going to be drastically different. (found the original, it was actually Ed who said it. "hello good people its sunday august 21 2005 and we're recording....... let me fill you in a little. so apart from a 3 and a half week tour to the other side of the world in april of 2004 the rest of that year was a dormant one for us ......... we needed a break ....... the end of another 3 album cycle...... they're not planned like that but thats how it seems to be. we needed to be at home with our families ....... lots of babies too. so we reconvened in mid - february and since then we've been trying to kick start the old beast ...... you don't realize once you've stopped how hard it is to regain the momentum ........ you literally get out the habit of doing it........ but often the only way to stop repeating yourself is to stop doing that thing, walk away from it ....... sometimes you have to go away in order to come back..... so here we are in the studio recording and it feels right. its only day 4, its very early days but really good things are happening .......lots of deconstructing and reassembling. we've been working on mornin' m' lud and pigsee. Ed 21 August 2005")

[@blargghkip]

i hope there next era is good music

[@Goallpeashooters]

@@blargghkip I have no doubts that it will

[@maverickREAL]

As though anything is going to come next.

[@Goallpeashooters]

@@maverickREAL there will be more.

[@syrup-]

@@blargghkip It's always good, dude.

[@EnoughInsects]

Great vid! While watching this, I kept thinking "oh you should've mentioned this" but this would have made this already long video even longer. Stuff like - Thom almost getting signed as a solo act (technically with Ed) - How Thom picked the members (Colin had cool socks, Ed looked like Morrissey) - Jonny originally joined as a keyboardist, but muted his keyboard during performances - Ed borrowing Johnny Marr's guitar - In Rainbows bike - Other song connections like Cuttooth/Myxomatosis, Pulk/True Love Waits - Pop is Dead Anyway, great list! Also appreciate the Mackenzie May part cause that is one of the only Radiohead covers I come back to (and one that never fails to make me emotional)

[@pookapeeka]

Man, I thought I was going crazy because I remember the story about them wanting Ed because he looked like Morrissey but I couldn't find a source for it anywhere. Glad to know someone else remembers it. I'm not aware of the In Rainbows bike though.

[@EnoughInsects]

Off the top of my head, I recall the Morrissey thing being mentioned by Ed in some 1995 interview, probably on the Radiohead Interview Archive on KZbin. Pretty sure Thom also mentioned it, just not sure where. The bike was a one off collab where it was sold/auctioned off for charity during the pandemic, which featured the In Rainbows artwork on it. I'm pretty sure I saw it on their Instagram and really wanted it lol.

[@TectonicImprov]

I want to thank you for talking more about the Mackenzie May entry. Your original upload got me to listen to it and it's one of the most powerful performances I've ever heard and it turns me into a mess every time I hear it.

[@pookapeeka]

You're welcome man, it's definitely some heavy stuff. I'll never forget when it first got randomly recommended to me and I watched through it out of curiosity. It felt like time stopped for a while, I just wasn't expecting it to hit me so hard. I'm glad to know that you got to experience it in the same way too.

[@ranchdubois8990]

Same here! It’s beautiful and gave me an entirely new appreciation for not only the song itself, but even the album version.

[@lucasbetancourt6474]

i was literally just watching the video, laughing and smiling along to all the funny anecdotes. I didn't expect much from this particular story. of course I immediately thought it was sad, but the way tears suddenly burst out my eyes when the cover started was insane. I truly don't think this has happened to me before, thank you so much sharing such a beautiful and horribly melancholic piece@@pookapeeka

[@Obi_Con]

CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH IT AGAIN

[@neods]

Your voice at 1:37:10 made the steps feel like lyrics to Fitter Happier

[@jay-qv6iz]

also bc step 3 is one of the lyrics from that track lol

[@m.t.d.8852]

This was the video that got me into Radiohead last month. Thanks for ruining my life :)

[@crashfan360]

oh hell yeah time for a fourth rewatch

[@AvedisPink]

a few days ago I had a dream you uploaded this, and vinny re-commented scolding you for whatever reason

[@pookapeeka]

That would make me so sad

[@johnshanley83]

I love how there’s no evidence given that my iron lung is about creep. Just the narrator rambling lyrics

[@Toenail_VR]

lemon demon has something similar to the stay/leave thing in a moon shaped pool, in his latest album spirit phone, the first word is die in lifetime achievement award, and the last word is life in spiral of ants.

[@Toenail_VR]

Yo I don't remember watching this video or writing this comment, I still love Radiohead, I was just probably really tired and don't remember this video.

[@user-qx3bl4nq9w]

This is an amazing project, thank you for taking the time to put this together.

[@Radioheadfan245]

I watched the full video the other day, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FINDING ALL THIS INFORMATION

[@ThePenguinG]

2:08:14 the "robtth" part of the username is supposed to be the acronym / short vers. of the name of coldplay's second album, a rush of blood to the head. honestly amazing username

[@latenbargestin5918]

first video ive ever watched from you and it was sooo good!! great editing, like you keep the video interesting and dive into so much cool facts about my fav band that I never knew before

[@12gaugeStratigrad]

In Half Life 2 Episode 1, there is a radiohead reference on the steering wheel of an orange van.

[@MixyTape]

just watched this in one sitting. i've already watched the og video countless times and i was surprised to see even more facts to be convered. i really enjoyed it. good shit as always.

[@jaroda1308]

Mexico 94 is, as a mexican fan, one of the most surreal stories I heard from the band when a friend of mine told me they were touring in that year (especially when in 94 México had a lot of shit happening in the country)

[@forgottenshipyard]

This is an extremely well made video. Please keep making content.

[@vaterquality]

Great video as always

[@PercabethLovernot]

YESS MY FAVORITE DETAILED RADIOEHAD ICEBERG I CAN LISTEN TO AND DELVE INTO IS BACK BETTER THAN EVER

[@AmoneyM]

Been waiting for the new pookapeeka vid, excited to watch! I’m excited to see what he does next!

[@AmoneyM]

Btw I’d love to get a full video for the different special editions of all the albums and such like the new sequent you added.

[@pookapeeka]

@@AmoneyM It's something that would definitely be a lot of fun to do, but I'd like to own them all first, at least the main things. I currently only have the AMSP Special Edition. Probably would be way later down the line.

[@AmoneyM]

@@pookapeeka Yeah, plus there’ll probably be more for anniversary releases over the next couple years too. To be fair, most are super hard to find/super expensive like the OKC box, in rainbows (which is super cool and I’d love), and the king of limbs newspaper edition. It would either be a great vid or super boring but to just do all the special editions, 2009 special ones, plus the Radiohead promo ones like for Kid A mnesiac. I think another cool vid would be something for the singles/b-sides, as RH have my favorite b-sides of all time.

[@RiseXP]

4:44 the sonic 3 and knuckles reference got me on the floor laughing

[@michaels4884]

this popped up im my reccomended. watched the whole thing and i like it :)

[@melatonin8025]

love the content man

[@CliffordTheVulture]

thanks for making this video, i recently became a fan of radiohead and this helped me learn some interseting facts about them..

[@dimitrigudgenov1920]

I’ve owned Kid A for decades and just now found out about the hidden booklet! It was there the whole time and I never knew. Thanks for the video dude

[@lmankit]

New favorite channel

[@craym]

5:44 im a doom and Radiohead fan before i listened to Radiohead i didnt know MF DOOM and Thom actually collabed with eachother I found they collabed bc of an accidental laggy Google search

[@endergamer.mp4]

Not a big Radiohead listener, only album I loved from them was Ok Computer. But I watched the whole thing. It was quite cool to see how influential they were to music as a whole.

[@boucwol]

have you listened to in rainbows? it is incredible

[@childofthesun32]

Yeah, everyone you've ever admired or been into musically are massively into or influenced by Radiohead.

[@CL2-]

@@childofthesun32 Especially John Lennon

[@christofcurlz6180]

KID A will blow your mind!!!! Great reaction. Stay on the Radiohead path.

[@courtgodley7789]

22:42 was amazing editing, that was genius in so many ways !!!

[@matheuscamargo2682]

You have a very soft and smooth voice, amazing video

[@wanmingfu1466]

This is the most excited I’ve been for a KZbin video in years holy crap 😱😱

[@spiffydigs]

For people of a certain age, Creep is an anthem. It's not just the song, it's that moment in history. I can remember being in high school listening to Creep and Prince's Batdance on the local diner's booth jukebox. Look up the guy who sang Creep in the NY subway recently. For him and I, it still has that meaning. Not saying I go out of my way to listen to it, but I'm not going to be bullied into thinking it doesn't mean anything.

[@toyszz5250]

You should really consider making more iceberg stuff, or idk, just longer form content, because your voice is so nice. Specially for background, it's always the same tone; I've drawn with this video on some good times

[@pookapeeka]

It's likely I'll get back to longer form content in due time. I've been thinking long-term about the trajectory I want to take this channel and my ideas seem to be shifting toward in-depth informative videos on specific albums, rather than showcasing some odds and sods I find interesting. For albums that matter a lot to me, say, OK Computer, I can definitely see that video being a couple of hours long, getting into the nitty gritty of every last piece of notable detail I can find into one contained video. The first video in this format, which is about Era Vulgaris by Queens of the Stone Age, is already nearly 30 pages long in my doc! I'm gonna try to refine it, but I can't see it being any shorter than 45 minutes. I've also considered doing some chill, laid-back livestreams. For example I could play a Radiohead concert or two and read off some notes about interesting trivia regarding the performance or things relevant to it. I feel like something like that would serve as good background noise without me having to stress out about getting the narration and editing right and everything, plus it would be cool to directly interact with my audience. However I'm also scared shitless that I wouldn't fare too well in a livestream setting so I keep putting it off, aaaaaaaa. Sorry, I practically just used this reply to vent out loud about plans for the channel. I'm glad you like the video though, I'm always happy to read through comments like this. As someone who's also used long form videos a bunch of times to get through various things it's really humbling to know that it's gone full circle in this way.

[@toyszz5250]

@@pookapeeka oh, that's fucking cool man! I'm sure to keep on looking than!

[@kynicnews]

thank you so much for timestamping the new stuff you are intelligent

[@tallulahm6451]

pookapeeka i'm your number one fan and i love you please keep making videos even if you think they're shit, you're funny and smart x

[@naroweye337]

Amazing video

[@maybedani1315]

I WAS WAITING 4 THE REMASTER OMGG

[@Goallpeashooters]

The argument over Idioteque's lyrics is quite sily.... In Fear Stalks The Land, under the section on Idioteque, the lyric is "alive." This is from an official Radiohead book, and probably from the original writings that the songs lyrics take from. No blurry image of Thom writing it down with barely legible hand writing needed!

[@TDawgTogo]

Ready to watch the whole thing 😈🐺

[@lucienesther]

cant wait to watch this, just commenting so i wont forget

[@luatrilogy]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOOOSSS WAAAAAAAAAAA we eatin good tonight ! a TWO HOUR POOJKAPEEKA VIDEO@!!! WOOOOOOOOOO

[@berlyngrey9242]

While im aware of a good portion of these facts/theories about my personal favorite and arguably (biased) greatest band to perform. i was still excited to watch this vid it was very well done thank you One suggestion the background music is a bit much at times

[@honkdishScratch]

I got to the "Thom yorke is angry" part and somehow I think I tapped something and it went to a live performance of creep lmao

[@b3ll426]

great video

[@UndertaleFan-cx2mc]

1:00:40 Also could refer to the parking lot from the darkened music video for I Might Be Wrong

[@lebutch5005]

no way you made remaster bro u are insanse

[@aurelle1797]

That was exquisite

[@michamgla]

The 2021 remix of creep Thom did was for UNDERCOVER AW21 womens show which was slowed to the duration of the fashion show. The designer of undercover, Jun Takahashi also did the cover art for the single.

[@deanoward]

Thanks

[@pookapeeka]

Thanks a bunch! I appreciate it a lot.

[@chicagotransitauthority3161]

If I’m correct about the 4th of July party, Thom almost grabbed a wire or something electrical while trying to get out of the pool, but someone managed to move it before anything could happen.

[@KangarooGrapes]

very good video very much enjoyed it very nice

[@queenmiller13]

This video is a huge w.

[@frankponeil]

very coo video ty

[@dsotgabriel_]

About the 'Just Origins' topic, it's also notable that Radiohead was absolutely inspired by King Crimson's Red (The song, not the album), just compare the opening riff of Red and the opening riff of Just.

[@Roperfield]

He can't keep getting away with it

[@kurtidiotequemoron]

Oh, I didn’t expect to see myself here, thank you for adding… (1:11:24) This is not the only cancer-related thing Colin did. Somewhere around The King Of Limbs era, probably in 2013, Colin worked with Children With Cancer UK. There’s sadly not a lot of information about it because the article got deleted, there’s only a link and a photo that suggest that he was baking with kids with cancer :) He also did a lot for Children's Radio Foundation, went to South Africa for it too This (1:08:53) is so fucking funny 😭

[@pookapeeka]

No problem! Pretty funny story about that segment actually. Someone suggested the triathlon in my original post and I looked into it, read the BBC article, and thought "this is cool but I'm probably not gonna put it in the video, there's no footage" and I closed it and forgot about it. The next day though I opened up KZbin and the first thing I saw on my home page was your upload of the footage recommended to me. It was like an omen. I watched through it and then immediately added it to the list. So thank you for that! It's cool to know about the other charity work too! Not sure if you tried this already, but it's possible the article could be on archive.org if you still have a link to it. It's worth a shot at least.

[@kurtidiotequemoron]

@@pookapeeka I checked the article in the wbm as soon as I saw that the link is dead, but sadly it’s not archived. No reposts to Twitter/Facebook too, so I guess it’s gone..

[@syrup-]

I love your Pinterest account! :)

[@kurtidiotequemoron]

@@syrup- thanks, hah…

[@MDE128]

I literally watched this on Thom Yorke’s 55th birthday.

[@finfrances]

pookapeeka drops 5 videos and dips 😞

[@tereasia]

I've heard drummers get really confused about pyramid song!

[@muppetman7027]

NICE VID 👍👍

[@addison_deez]

YEAHHH LETS FREAKING GO

[@RicezenH]

This video is very cool

[@bleh___]

Ty

[@piyay29]

so much sonic cd music i had to subscribe

[@seanlock688]

extremely COOL

[@Oreo41212]

Does anybody have a link to the video that the In Isolation "do you like my username" clip is from?

[@ZazaOnTheTit]

Honey wake up pookapeeka Uploaded again 🦈

[@jerahmaya77]

Made out to Radiohead many many times back in the day.

[@sonderdaze]

omfg i love this band so much

[@toadcubing1764]

fog is like top 3 radiohead songs for me its def my favorite b side

[@gerradfoster8777]

The truth you will find at the bottom of the berg is that after your first time through a new album you will probably not like it. Pick it back up a year later and you’ll find genius. If you’re asking why this happens, the answer is easy. Radiohead is always ahead of its time.

[@fuffmcbuff7555]

Mr. Peeka I love your videos can you please make an entire Queens of the Stone Age related video I will love you

[@pookapeeka]

Funnily enough, with the Era Vulgaris pfp you have, I think you're gonna like the QOTSA video I'm working on...

[@fuffmcbuff7555]

@@pookapeeka I just took a shit and died

[@jager9022]

@@pookapeeka OH MY FUCKING GOD, THANK YOU!!!! ERA VULGARIS IS THE BEST

[@fuffmcbuff7555]

@@pookapeekaWhere the fuck is the video you’ve been edging me I have 97 hours listened to Era Vulgaris man I have connections

[@pookapeeka]

@@fuffmcbuff7555 It will exist!!!

[@ben-jerry-dover8363]

Holy lord a remaster!!! I wonder what other things will be shown here. KZbin guidelines i see, also the original video got delisted? (Nvm got it)

[@pookapeeka]

Love your Layne pfp man

[@ben-jerry-dover8363]

@@pookapeeka why thank you there mister, your pfp is quite the beauty if I do say so myself

[@itsithinkso]

dig it!

[@grunklechubs4743]

WOW that Mackenzie May section broke my heart :'(

[@ThreeThreeOneOne]

that was a great viewing expeiren ce

[@saintlouievhs]

insanely common pookapeeka W

[@syrup-]

42:48 - Thm Love that.

[@kwr117]

Brilliant! All correct except for reckoner.

[@bored5579]

Ahh my favorite wonderwall cover😊

[@HEWHOTAWNS]

Iceberg coming iceberg coming women and children first

[@archhaze24]

what is the background music for the end of tier 6? (playing from 1:54:07). for some reason i couldn't find it in bgm list. sounds like the oneshot ost to me, but i just can't find it...

[@TravisArk]

FUN!

[@itallysimp122]

So hype to rewatch it many times again!!! 💖🤩

[@SplitMyLungs]

My hands are shoes is sth a line I can imagine Thom sing

[@thefunnyguyaha]

as someone who doesn’t listen to radiohead nice vid!

[@asilversun3715]

I think I mastered all of Radiohead's technics