The Smile - Skrting On The Surface (6 Music Festival 2024)

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The Smile perform Skrting on The Surface at 6 Music Festival 2023.
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[@hestonblumenthal4263]

Unbelievable performance, just breathtaking in beauty. The whole performance with the orchestra was otherworldly and the new songs were the icing on the cake

[@hedmekanik]

Utterly incredible, first note to last. I was speechless and I may have cried tears of joy. Those strings, wow.

[@vivien.benoist7827]

THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER

[@ifeelsane]

Я не хочу умирать, пока не увижу и не услышу Тома вживую Ни один музыкант и ни одна группа не доставляли мне столько музыкального наслаждения

[@Renicaster]

Месяц назад впервые услышал Тома с Джонни в живую и это было круче, даже чем представлял, теперь ещё больше хочу попасть на Radiohead

[@abadmansorry]

Jonny can make even the humble barre chord sound as cool as all get out.

[@grahamstedman9653]

The best Smile song in my opinion. Love the accompanying orchestra, really raises the live recording to another level. Thom and Jonny compliment one another but Tom Skinner deserves a mention for his performance too. Sublime!

[@deadpatronus]

Man.. the evolution of this song.. from the live Radiohead version a decade plus ago to the piano version to the Smile debut.

[@Yourbankaccount]

Decade ago? This song is from like OKC era

[@CaveWang]

I only heard it from 2011. What version are you talking about?

[@jfmgunner]

@@Yourbankaccount Nope he wrote this and open the floodgates during the Atoms for Peace first tour I thought. Or debuted them live anyway. I loved the full band Radiohead version but this is the final form for sure.

[@zoebella314]

​@@Yourbankaccount yes this song is from the OKC era

[@zoebella314]

​@@jfmgunner they played it once or twice during the OKC tour, I'm pretty sure

[@holisticactivismandfinetun8718]

This song came out at just the right time in my life.

[@th.nd.r]

I hope the full show gets released for those of us who couldn’t watch it

[@elkurtz1579]

to me, this song is a prayer... on and under the surface 💛

[@matheeshanethmaka6858]

Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh When we realize, we have only to dive, then we're out of here (oh, oh, oh) We're just skating on the surface (oh, oh, oh) We have only to click our fingers, and we'll disappear (oh, oh, oh) We're just skating on the surface (oh, oh, oh) Dull eyes, trying to pull you through the ice (oh, oh, oh) Being drawn to the ledge (oh, oh, oh) When we realize that we are broken, nothing mends (oh, oh, oh) We can drop under the surface, ooh When we realize we are merely held in suspension (oh, oh, oh) Till someone comes along and shakes us (oh, oh, oh) As the pattern lines cross our fingers like a web (oh, oh, oh) Do we die upon the surface? (oh, oh, oh) Dull eyes, trying to pull you through the ice Being drawn to a ledge (oh, oh, oh) When we realize that we are broken, nothing mends We can drop under the surface, ooh Ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh

[@tomoko8299]

Very beautiful and lyrical. I feel "The Smile" is more lyrical than Radiohead and experimental sounds more freely. This is a song that highlights his wonderful voice. The guitar sound is also beautiful. I think Thom Yorke is the person who established that rock is beautiful thing, lyrical, and social.

[@MDE128]

Thom’s vocals are amazing on this song.

Maybe one of the sweetest song Thom & his friends wrote.

[@freddy_cyclone]

Thom & his friends made my heart burst

[@Tortuosit]

YES

[@jagdeepsingh3887]

This song is my alarm clock

[@Tortuosit]

This came out when I had some joyful holidays by the sea. It's now forever linked.

[@Ominous89]

This song gave my depression a depression. All I can do is smile with a tear. :'-)

[@teresatrejo8737]

Una de mis canciones favoritas!! ❤️❤️

[@gdegezelle]

Heavenly beautiful!

[@moniquilla70]

Can’t wait to Brussels next Friday 😍

[@davidmonod9490]

Me too. I was in the front row here in Manchester and it was totally incredible. I can't wait to see them again on Friday.

[@caramujov2]

One of Thom's best songs

[@lou-the-blue6035]

@ 2:25 Love that part of the track, it’s so beautiful as the strings come in

[@StasLeo1987]

11/8 🔥 🤯

[@hebehall]

Thanks. I couldn’t work it out. The closest I got was 5.5/4 so I wasn’t far out 😂

[@leonardocatanzaro2182]

I love this song❤

[@ericdavidwallace]

wow love the strings

[@jonathongoldie]

Imagine Radiohead played with an orchestra! for a special concert like this.. would be amazing.

[@StephenReid-hk8hs]

Can't wait to see them in Glasgow 🎸👍

[@marianpenaflor4913]

Orgasmico 🙏

[@patrickcarroll1754]

Radiohead w/ a different Rythm section and w/o Ed Obrien's playful sound scapes sounds lovely.

[@realbworld]

Too sublime

[@Listlesscheese]

Is The Smile before and beyond King Crimson? I'm not a musician, I love KC and TS, am I sad to compare them musically? Love them both

[@sofraYT]

The thumbnail is of an acoustic guitar…

[@Mu1Receptor]

WOW incredible

[@gonzalocordovaortega5838]

Increíble ❤

[@Jaspertine]

4/8 + 4/8 + 3/8 = 11/8

[@lowmoon9025]

YES vibes

[@ruls4485]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@valentinamanzi3065]

Waiting for u in Rome✨🙏

[@DavideDF]

Same

[@valentinamanzi3065]

@@DavideDFwill be great 🎉

[@luigi85olmedo]

Anche io! Per la data del 24

[@valentinamanzi3065]

Beneee!!!!😊

[@Tryanothersong]

Greenwood is brilliant

[@mitz9587]

made my eyes moist last night 🎉

[@hedmekanik]

You and me both.

[@idilcetintas7723]

Canberk❤🎉😊

[@janeloconnell7581]

❤❤

[@itsjohng_]

woah

[@sammoreton333]

Is this song in 6/4 with a rush at the end of each bar...Cant figure it out

[@SomeOne___Else]

It is in 11/8 indeed, that why it sounds like a 6/4 skipping the last note

[@sammoreton333]

@@SomeOne___Else Thanks, that pretty wild. I find 9/8 hard enough to follow, 11/8 is something else

[@dibi838]

@@sammoreton333 4 + 4 + 3

[@herlockkk]

!!!

[@the_lynx_himself]

jonny doesn't age.

[@Gary-bc2rc]

I can't even...

[@dashishash]

is it 2023 or 2024?Wrong year on the description

[@davidmonod9490]

2024

[@Teeheehee093]

I went to the bathroom at the Dublin gig and missed this song :(

[@sodiumlights]

too messy. Plus it just feels wrong that this song is not being performed with Radiohead. Maybe I just got demo-fever.

[@abelisraelcruzayuso4682]

They’re pretty boring.

[@Halochoker]

and yet here you are watching

[@abelisraelcruzayuso4682]

@@Halochoker Yeah, I want to understand why fanboys like you like them so much. But simply can’t.

[@hedmekanik]

I think if they can come up with some interesting original tracks they may be popular one day @@abelisraelcruzayuso4682 . They're only just starting out.

[@Halochoker]

just cant get away from this comment section can ya

[@abelisraelcruzayuso4682]

@@Halochoker No, especially with your orthography…

[@vinny142]

It is a well known fact that if your song is not very good you can trick people into thinking you are doing something artsy and deep by misspelling the title. Also this is not a song to be performed live, the falsetto is hard enough to do in the studio (oh dear god just listen to the official recording to hear that) and he's not remotely good enough a singer to pull it off live. He's trying, he's just not succeeding.

[@junkyarddog303]

Wash your ears out and stop being a silly boy. This is sublime.

[@manuelbarbosa8978]

Tell me you're deaf without telling me you're deaf

[@MrJeremydobson]

Sort of person who’d watch a Kubrick film and complain it’s not realistic

[@cactaceous]

I bet the only way you can get hard is by going online to criticize while having accomplished nothing in your life. I see your comments. You have never left a positive one probably ever. You can’t fathom it trying to dispel your poison to try to make your miserable life somehow tolerable. Very sad. Truly. I wish you luck and hope your life improves. It starts with the mindset.

[@MrJeremydobson]

@@cactaceous alright chill out

[@BUY_YOUTUBE_VIEWS_m086]

Such creativity!