Radiohead Demo Version of "The Bends"

[bajuriphd]

the screaming is missing.. " happpeeeeeeeeeee"

[rkotm]

Where are there other studio demos please??

[Mcshitlove]

aww what a little emo thom was.

[jonnytheoasisfan]

Ed O'brien for life

[cynthiailly]

i actually kind of like the recorder lol.

[karler]

@cynthiailly it makes it hey

[TheBensont123]

pavement meets radiohead. =D

[1foofighter606]

is that a recorder solo

[CRBaustintx]

haha very Beatles-ish

[hodgins]

lol crazy how its all loud then goes instantly quiet to the first verse

[Scott17quebec]

So cool and weird :D

[preinfixed]

yeah I love it lol

[flaperise]

where can i get the lyrics to this version?

[bodysnatchers324]

nice, slowed down alot

THEY

ARE

MUSIC

[grownthify]

such a nice version :D

[ubercomrade]

sounds like radiohead meets groung

[kalenpaints]

the ending sounds great

[kcurley0]

The beginning reminds me of HBO :P

[Technokolor]

Thank you for sharing. Very nice version! Love it! :)

[str84ever]

Do you people seriously think that the studio version was done in one take anyway? Of course it sounds better the studio version is polished and parts are probably changed alot this is just a rehearsal.

[causalityofbeing]

glad they updated this song on the album. this is a little painful to listen to. sounds like a radiohead cover band.

[172superman172]

pretty much much the same but professional

[deftonesfan192]

and slower this is probably thom's home demo

[theleo2004]

Thom's vocals are pretty crap on this... Too bad.

[BackToReality01]

The end has different lyrics. Can anyone hear what they are?

[nitter123]

no there still the same.

i wanna live and breathe i wanna be apart of the human race.

he still says that.

[bangersandmash77]

The guitars remind me of the verve, or maybe it's the stella.

[codnose]

people who seriously like REM have lost the will to live.

[LiviaIndica]

Dude, the guys from Radiohead like REM. Anybody who knows anything about songwriting/performance at least appreciates REM..

[raisedlefteyebrow]

bullshit.

[ztoigo]

no really. without REM, no Radiohead

well, maybe

[thismonicker]

no pink floyd no radiohead.

[ztoigo]

that too to some extent

jonny sure wouldnt be the same

[Freakydean33]

What is wrong with REM. There last album was nothing to write home about but they have released some good stuff through out the years.

[Iknowgoodmusic]

The album version is much better this is a warm up can't you hear?

[chuppybob]

honestly I like it better than the album version.

[HoldDaMayo78]

Wow, what a contrast... Like a diamond in the rough...

[431972]

Where the hell did you get that .amazing ,it`s as if they played the demo had an acid,played it again and then the original was born!

[waynewaynewaynes]

: )

[PedrotheWombat]

haha the drum sound! such a drum machine on those cymbals.

[makadeen]

oh so slow.. jonny's guitar = too loud, but very  interesting

[jaffacakesarenice]

@makadeen If it's Jonny's guitar that's too loud, that would suggest that he's playing the recorder at the same time as the guitar. I can believe that.

[FaFeeFu]

amazingly crap! wonderful. you can sort of hear this early version "bridging the gap" between pablo honey and the bends, whereas usually they are worlds apart...if you know what i mean...

[preinfixed]

agreed! that's why I love this so much.

[karler]

@FaFeeFu Me arse this is miles better then most stuff that ends up on the studio albums

[fruitypeebils]

@karler meh not really

[daysleeperchuk]

thank you for posting this

[pinkbeatlesfloyd]

love it!

[cooktree]

I fucking love it, the rawness. This unpolished earlier version is exactly what they sounded like in the small venue we saw them in. Fucking love it.

[Speakerphone2000]

fascinating

[Sphho]

dunno...not too crazy about this version myself