[HD] Radiohead - Optimistic (Live @ Saitama Super Arena - Oct 5, 08 - Tokyo, Japan)

[NEWGUY562]

I Love The "Ohhhhhhh" Part in The Beginning And the End Of The Song.(It sounds like some relaxed tribal chant.)

[NSAHAI1]

"if you try the best you can

the best you can is good enough"

brilliant

[dude1305]

@NSAHAI1 This one's optimistic.....

This song is the best indictment of laissez-faire capitalism one could ever come up with.

[don0nami]

Wao...I truly wish If I could have being at this gig!!!!!!

[awolf007]

3:58 - 4:35 is so fucking incredible.

[awolf007]

This tune is ALWAYS better live than the album. Pure dope.

[IndieFolkRocker]

WOWOW

[arib93]

I think you mean more like, why is everywhere where Radiohead is better?

[RockAndOrRoLLZ]

They speak the truth and nothing but the truth.

[1202missy]

OH MY GOD!!!! AMAZING!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!AWESOME!!!THE BEST THEY CAN IS BETTER THEN GOOD ENOUGH!!!!

[CyanideSm]

two people MUST be pessimistic

[Rocketmaaan]

That is the dirtiest drum intro, love this song so much.

[1005MYBABY]

jonny is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

[SuperiFox]

3:13 TKOL.

[talkingbeatlehead]

LOVE! I just realized how much i love this song!

[knightofeurasia]

Wait is Phil Selway god ?

[NorwegianVolcano]

@knightofeurasia yes he is. he is, he SO is.

[SuperTrav26]

man I got a cool vid for this song it matches it almost perfect

[falcolombardi2116]

@alizaspeak48 I'll give you a new definition of princess, hehe

[silentsniper125]

@servo1056

u got a split personality? why are you replying to yourself?

[servo1056]

@silentsniper125 because i was commisioned to,and asked to scrub clean.you have been on the mortegi tempo boards yes? tkol is the heart correct?

[silentsniper125]

@servo1056

correct ...

[seapockets]

killer live version

[Exeron91]

So I guess that two people are pessimists - Just had to

[Aurileus5]

I really love it when Radiohead does heavy distorted songs, its like they come from a hardcore punk vein you would never expect. This song is so raw, it reminds me of refused or black flag, but really it's just Radiohead being raw as fuck.

[KyostiG]

@khemikal It would do the dinosaur dance. That's how I dance to this song.

[ChablesMan]

Why is Jonny so awesome?

[squalidshake]

phil didnt have his drum solo at the end and listen to halleluwah by CAN best drum pattern

[radioheadyorke]

UNd_erratedso__ng

[morecowbell69]

@khemikal The velociraptor came on stage during the show I saw, but then again, I took the Blue acid....

[robinheil]

nice closeup of thom's right eye at 2:02

[ChablesMan]

"WOWOW" 

This video is self-aware.

[themasterplan123]

listen to Halleluwah by CAN

[KyostiG]

@themasterplan123 That drum beat definitely influenced Talk show host, I can tell you that.

[WookieeBlaylock]

@KyostiG Huh? Talk Show Host was written prior to this song. Plus it's the same drummer....

[KyostiG]

@KyostiG It was in response to someone else, so it makes sense if know what he said. We were talking about can's song "halleluwah".

[ChablesMan]

They have such good taste in gear.

I guess that comes with the talent.

[pspcrazy205]

this versions sped up tempo gives an intensity that i think the album version is missing a little bit.

[icantsweep]

@pspcrazy205 100 percent agree. First time I heard the song was "live in the basement". Incredible, but the slowness of the studio track lets it down. But music tastes change so maybe we will both like the slower one in a few weeks...

[pspcrazy205]

@icantsweep haha your right i go through phases like that too, if you've heard both versions of their song "Nude", i switch favorites between the In Rainbows version and the original live 1998 version all the time.

[IDKSOMTHIN]

This Song Is My Favorite.

[jmrede4fun]

whatever they be playin.....STRIVE TO ACHIEVE and then when you don't, go back to RADIOHEAD!!!

[robinheil]

lovin that ending

[AmateurGuitarist15]

This is what i call the "Fender" Gang ! :D and i love it !

[optimisticcosmic]

my god i love thom & rh

[riculi]

UUUUUoooooooooottttaaaaaaaa esta super chingona que rolon kaon

[Cuuka]

Kid A- The LP of the decade! WOOT! :)

[RaveyRaveyClub]

DAMN that starcaster sounds good!

[ernieballsting]

It kinda licks that its a discontinued model

[Amnesiacmidnitetoker]

hey guys is true they jacked Johny guitar.the oldskool one the one he always had man the one with the honda wing and the anime girl sticker..damn it give it back!!you fuckers!!I hate thief..

[rickcoley]

that happened about 15 years ago...

[Amnesiacmidnitetoker]

cool bro because i found some quotes from Johny Greenwood..one said ''damn those people that stole my guitar .and now is going to ends its days playing some greendays song and it deserve a better life .. damn they stole my guitar and equipment''lol I hate green day too is damn shame that suck that means if i saw them live on 97 and 2003 and 2008 so i never got to see him with the original telecaster : ( .....

[lu15dav1d]

how weird looks jonny without his tele

[cmasc966]

I love that Starcaster.

[jomanu]

who is using a Stratocaster?

thom use a Jazzmaster..

this guitar is amazing...

sonic youth have about 50 jazzmaster.. all in weird tunes...xD

[ernieballsting]

nobody is playing a stratocaster, jonny is playing the starcaster

[Luvinhas]

Ed is playing the tele and jonny the strato

[RadioMuse1]

Jonny's playing a Starcaster here. The 70s hollowbody, not the shitty strat knock-off thing.

[Theblob516]

@RadioMuse1 that shitty strat knock-off thing was my first guitar =P

[RadioMuse1]

@Theblob516

And that's all fine and good, but I REALLY wish Fender hadn't recycled the name like that.

[killlalaland]

@RadioMuse1 word, look at the amps they sell as 'Bandmasters'. ugh...

[jonjonwhii]

@lu15dav1d or without a bowl of corn flakes lol

[PaulThaPimp]

Everytime I see thes clips of them live, it's just make me wanna see them myself. I'm going to England next year to see them :)

- Norways biggest radiohead fan - that's me

[Duccini]

I understand the feeling. Had to wait 10 years for them to finally play here in brazil

[BulletInYourHead100]

You better hope they play next year then because otherwise its going to be a shit trip

[Spinoraptorrex]

Phil + Drums = Epic Win!

[yash29k]

@Spinoraptorrex

and add 3 fenders to that too

[iRECKONER]

@Spinoraptorrex

HAHAHAHAH YESS!!!!!

[rogelyosep]

Ohdear. Is that Jonny's Starcaster?! IT'S A BEAUTY.

[erikfrusciante]

Yes it is.

[Blubellfield]

It is indeed. But I like Thom's Jazzmaster too even if it's less rare than a Starcaster !

[bubblepopelictric]

why is everything better in japan? :p

[Tanman007]

Well clearly you haven't been there you gaijin heathen.

So i've jerked off to DBZ, Kurosawa and Miyazaki, what next? Henati? Pfft, i'm way ahead of you....

[elduderino951]

Well, you can go and fuck yourself in the ass, cbrandom... No kidding... And I'm being nice here... (really).

[nagylaszlo71]

@bubblepopelictric: because of the art of bukkake...

[Nokiathrower]

@bubblepopelictric

I wouldn't say that buddy

[ColdplayInLuigis]

@bubblepopelictric the mixing is the worst!! the bass doesn't exist ! it is rich of reverb and drums are very bad equalized... but the video is excelent... W RADIOHEAD!!

[ChablesMan]

@ColdplayInLuigis That's because it's almost mixed completely mono.

[carademoai]

@bubblepopelictric xD

[RangerAja]

@bubblepopelictric

Because they aren't allowed to have an army. Therefore they have tons of money to spend on things like education and culture!

[GeorgeChipo]

@bubblepopelictric because it's Japan : ))

[jonjonwhii]

@bubblepopelictric Because everything becomes anime style when you step foot into japan

[AwesomeBuddy12]

@bubblepopelictric

its not i go to japan every year and im half japanese

[Beckett125]

@bubblepopelictric thats funny because Japan has been in a recession for 20 years hahaah

[SeanneryConnery]

@Beckett125 yep but they is havein massive DEFLATION i think. so bad that, they wont buy things, knowing that itll be cheaper in the near future, so ppl just stopped buying things.

[caspapin]

@bubblepopelictric because everything's in its right place.

[Yattahable]

@bubblepopelictric " all you can do, a japanese guy can do it better :D ! "

[PlanetAirsoftPlym]

@bubblepopelictric after 1945 i think that is XD

[Tinioz]

I actually like this version much more than the album one.

The thing I really like about Radiohead is the abstractness of their songs. In most songs it's unclear what's the main message... so you create your own message, or images.

[ed1art54]

3.59 - Climax!

[shinyapples]

@ed1art54

hell yeah!

[commntyblackman]

I like this version more because Jonny's part on the bridge before verse 2 is so much more frantic than previous versions and on the album! It's what made me fall in love with this song again.

[dude1305]

The tone on Jonny's guitar on the bridge is incredible.

[blizzfool]

i liek the album version better. this ones to fast

[Ertjewin]

Yes this version is good

but i also prefer the slower version..

i like idioteque more quiker :D

[dojokonojo]

What are the things hanging from the ceiling?

[tehJESSEH]

Lights.

[rickcoley]

no there metal poles, they're shining lights onto them

[khead1122]

No tehJESSEH is right, they're LED's

[amnezico]

Esperemos recuerden esta rola en Mexico!!!!!!!!!!!

[nikobolso]

thank u so much!! for this HD video Johnny = Genius

[TuMira85]

a wolf howls in the distance whenever jonny hits that guitar

[musfutmuj]

Puta!

como me gusta esta rola!

[madmatt3000uk]

jonny+guitar=heaven for ears

[francfortois]

Excellent, brilliant, i cant help but screaming with thom all along while jumping around everywhere!!!!

[mikeshorin]

Anyone figure out the tuning for this wanker? I've got curious DNA compiling a desire to know. Any insight would be fancied.

[argosftw]

drop ur low e down to a d

works for me

[ultraico]

thank you......

[REAMNS]

ojala el show de santiagos e a mucho mejor y mas emocionante¡¡¡¡¡

[glasskicksass33]

can they please release a dvd of this show???

[Ultimatiorama]

seriously

[MuseandRadiohead]

Yes please. A tour so strong like this needs to be document.

[Petiber]

full version place... i loved it, but i want to see pyramid song, airbag, myxomatosis, like spinning plates, and all the other songs that were cut

[nasoor2k]

dinosaurs roam in the earth