Atoms for Peace (FIRST SHOW EVER) play "Open the Floodgates" at the Echoplex! 10/2

[JeffersonDinedAlone]

Well, I feel like having a chat, so why don't you adjust some controls until I wrap it up, okay, Mozart?

[MuseandRadiohead]

one of the most satisfying things to play on the piano everrrrr.

[glassineheart]

this song always reminds me of neil young, especially in the line 'no one gets hurt'. not totally surprising since thom has covered neil young in the past but...yeah.

also +1000 to thom for telling the idiots to STFU or get out.

[BennyGoodTips]

The name of the band is "Atoms For Peace", not "Atoms of Peace".

[noPR03LEM]

shit. my bad. consider that fixed. thanks for the note.

[BennyGoodTips]

No Problem. lol

You're welcome.

[ghoststar]

what a mood-maker. a new universe with every song. i want to live in so many of them.

[DariousFlores]

Thom Yorke ... one of the greatest musicians that ever lived!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hjh360]

unbelieveble what this man can do with a few chords... he makes magic.. damn, I just got a mindorgasm.

[OrdoabChao]

he's a genius

[MarkeyMan90]

Thom Yorke, one of the best musicians ever!

[Liv2skateify]

Wow i can't believe no ones figured out why he says "if you wana chat fuck off outside alright...."

its because of all that miley cyrus crap that occured in the grammys as well as kanye west. remeber they wanted to "chat".

[pfading]

@Liv2skateify yea maybe also because there were some people chatting in the crowd

[pfading]

@Liv2skateify then again good attention to detail eh?

[Liv2skateify]

@pfading haha i cant believe i didn't pick up the obvious! duh

[BartusCompater]

@Liv2skateify No, it's because there are stupid people in the audience who would rather talk than listen to the music.

[KyostiG]

@Liv2skateify yeah im pretty sure he's just referring to the people chatting inside. He doesn't usually try to keep that kinda shit being talked about, because it's all just bullshit.

[alexpirie1]

Amazing as always.

[muonyque]

i love Thom!! he's great vocalist in Radiohead and he's great like solo. no, he's not great - he's wonderful!!

[provinzGFX]

and his new band :)

possibly all the whirring handys

tapin every sweatdrop

and the their gasping owners trying to hold that arm still for 3:25

[tusspot666]

I heard Cozzie was here, but no one else from the band. Wonder how he felt.

[dsignrdane]

this is pretty decent

[mrjjdim]

thom yorke is amazing. i don't understand why people are shitting themselves over the fact that he's not playing with radiohead. so fucking what? this is THOM not radiohead. its like tool/a perfect circle. both are amazing, but nobody shits themselves when maynard says hmm i wanna do a perfect circle for a while..

[NihilAnalysis]

i cant understand why thom is doing it. i mean new band. it looks he fucked up radiohead. its so sad. if i were radiohead i would say to thom to fuck out from they.

but love thom and radiohead <3

[telepathyfever]

it's just a rehash of pyramid song with some irreverent lyrics thrown in with the new "care free" attitude. it reminds me of the meandering pointless 3 chord songs i used to write when i was a teenager who loved radiohead. that is really really sad to me.

[crowkangi]

except yours sucked and still do....his is genius.

[telepathyfever]

no, not that you'd know but a few of them were way better than supposed genius like "don't boooooore us, get to the chooooorus".

[SERLITZ]

and how is that NOT genius?

[dannyk140]

I understand what you mean. i really appreciate songs with a little more depth than 3 chords but I think sometimes you have to appreciate the simplicity in music. and I think he pulls the 3 chord songs off better than a lot of other bands out there.

[EndlessJono]

i can't stand "comments" on youtube anymore.

more like a cesspool of nasty critics and cowards.

it's all bullshit! the video is the good bit!

[crowkangi]

well said...fucking haters.

[ptrLeGrand]

Hahaha, everybody was filming in the front rows!

[himmm]

What are the chords for this song?

[elliotnicklin]

Am/F > Gmaj add9 Gmaj

Am/F > Gmaj add9 Gmaj

Am/F > Gmaj add9 Gmaj

Am/D

[pvtdangles]

this song is just starting to rattle around my head.. you know how they do.. they find a way to wash around your mind and paint your day a little bit.. the really good ones do.. THis is brilliant

[ThomComputer]

i hope he works on these with radiohead:( the first lines sound like a dig at noel gallagher who slagged black swan before when thom performed it solo.

[iamthewaaalrus]

i dont know i actually really like they lyrics to this song, they made me laugh. Perfect for the la crowd

[chazybrewster]

I love how he announces the song titles as if he's unsure (well, actually he probably is as some are new songs)

[telepathyfever]

this poor guy hasn't written a decent song since the eraser. i'm still trying to figure out where this newfound arrogance comes from.

[michaelgeldberg]

listen to present tense

fuck you

[pvtdangles]

you need your headread.. in rainbows?

[telepathyfever]

that's actually specifically what i was referring to. i loved "the eraser", but "in rainbows" felt like a collection of "hail to the theif" B-Sides. i was extremely disappointed, it sounded like radiohead imitating radiohead.

[pvtdangles]

im sorry but you must be having some problems in our life... or not enough... in rainbows was fucking beautifull !

[telepathyfever]

no problems at all, in fact i think this is one of the best years for music ever. "in rainbows" was so insincere, poorly written and produced that it even kind of tainted the old radiohead catalogue for me. it's strange, the popular consensus is that it's a competent record, whereas everyone i personally know thought it was an embarrassment. lucky for me i got to see radiohead in 2000 when they were still amazing, and thom yorke wasn't completely full of himself and starting bands with flea.

[libelle156]

"if you want to have a chat fuck off outside"

[BelgianFriesX]

I dont really agree, but I guess you must like their older songs better. I personally think In Rainbows is one of their best works.

[bigbigsound]

reminds me of 10cc a bit....like im not in love....

this is spectacularrr thom writes the finest songs evar.

[bodysnatchers324]

lol, loves how he ends it, "that's that one!"

[ConfidencePill]

key of C.

I minor3rd+C over and over for the verse... chorus minorSecond (with and E added in there) variation... Simple and Awesome.

[PSlo0over]

"If you wanna have a chat, fuck off outside, alright." yeah chaters fuck off outside people wish to be in your place and you just have money, transport and time you don't know what to do with and you come disrespectfully to chat instead of listening to such great musician?

GET A LIFE!!

[o0oleslieo0o]

Oh wow pretty dreadful lyrics right there.

[taniatikaram]

Love the song.. another beautifull one :D

[paliss06]

wow..he's just....God...why does he have to say ''If you want to have a chat, fuck off outside, alright?''

[apocatie34]

i know thats like...disappointing lol

im like "noooo thom why do you have to say that ur my favorite musician dont screw up please!"

[iamthewaaalrus]

because people will not shut up

[kilgoretrout321]

MMMmmm echoplex rules

Thom rules. I definately heard some early 70s Neil Young in there...both in the piano playing and the 2nd half of the song singing. A lot like those slower songs on Harvest.

Next time I hear this song tho I want Flea slappin that beeasss!

[DougJokester]

nice song

[Muldfeld]

"If you wanna have a chat, fuck off outside, alright." Yes! I love him for this and I really wish more artists would do this at concerts so the rest of us who want to hear performances in all their subtlety can do so. Thank you, Mr. Yorke!

[Radioco21]

Once again...

One more beautiful song

Butterflies in stomach..

In love again with his songs

Never stop Thom!

[veerangel]

It's just sad that he has to say "If you want to have a chat fuck off outside, 'course you wont get back in." What's wrong with this audience? In most videos people chat... Thom shouldn't have to say this, he's God..

[cookey2007]

i might be wrong but i thought i saw Thom Yorke spanking his arse...

[YourRole]

Wow, when did Chris Martin get here???

[iamthewaaalrus]

ouch

[YourRole]

I dont mean to be a dick, I mean, I love Thom and Radiohead, but i really feel like he might loose his direction on this venture.

[PDXorcist]

what would you know about his direction eh?

[YourRole]

I only know what I can hear.

[iamthewaaalrus]

hahhah did he spank himself when he said "brand spanking new"? i love him

[reckonerZildjianK]

me encanto la cancion!!!

es genial///

[fenerp1090]

"If you want to have a chat fuck off outside, 'course you wont get back in."

haha thom is the best

[choopp04]

At the beginning, this girl kept requesting "all for the best" over and over again, it was kind of embarrassing.

[BartusCompater]

That's an amazing song and if he had played it live I would have shot myself for not being there.

[RadioheadSnatcher]

What is he saying at the beginning ?

[sniggirb]

Somebody yelled out Come To Your Senses as well.

[awkward91]

Sounded like Super Collider, but it was obviously something the audio didn't pick up as he said he hadn't written whatever it was.

[cokursh]

beautiful song, Thom is the fuckin man

[catwomanjean]

nice thom. like the comments about the chatters. what are those idiots thinking and why doesn't someone knock em out!

[bluejeans121]

oh wow, now that is some gorgeous piano playing.

[HansIslandTV]

thom yorke is better than god. FACT

[cokursh]

Thom>God  :D

[aciddmc]

God made Thom York so God>Thom, but yeah I see what you're saying haha he's amazing.

[bluejeans121]

@aciddmc no, god couldn't possibly have made thom yorke, he's not that great - god i mean...

[frrVegeta]

@aciddmc

God didn't make Thom Yorke; Thom Yorke's parents made him.

[matooli]

you got great shots thanks for posting!

[jahmbo]

If you wanna have a chat fuck off outside. LOL

[bluejeans121]

haha, that's awesome lol

[kalenpaints]

ahhahahabasbflsadhg;jfkhglafhg­lg gfh!!!!!!!!!!1

[Confuzed89]

Thank you! :)

[pieeetr]

Great, you didn't happen go get the Lotus flower song as well?

[antithesis02]

THANK YOU. so beautiful.