Radiohead - Paranoid Android LIVE Vancouver 08/19/08

[genuinepizza]

i jizzed my pants when it started raining at that moment.

[Nitroxide]

This was probably the best show I've been to in a long time. Rain down, come on rain down. *SKY FUCKING OPENS UP*

I love it.

[Hutticus88]

I'm glad you got a perfect shot of that part of the song. sooo unbelieveable!

[DDaviddd]

agreed.

[thomasmolander]

does someone have footage of thom asking "paranoid android or idioteque"?

[xlegionx]

I think you should all calm down.

[billiebutton18]

How could you not want to hear this with the rain? It was an amazing moment I'll never forget. Even if it wasn't raining I'm a "mainstreamesque fan" who would have picked it over Idioteque.

[MidnightCowgirlBlues]

it was a religious experience, really.

and this song just summed it all up so perfectly.

thank you thank you for filming it.

[inepti2d]

Looks like an evangelical church service with all those upheld hands waving in the air. A new religious sect with no creed.

[roxanne77]

pretty CLOSE! ;)

[ziltoid1014]

iam so happy there wasn't a tone deaf guy singing right by your cameras mic

[BrotherBullied]

i thought it was so fitting that it was POURING RAIN the whole time...

[rytnelle]

cant believe people are telling you how to hold a camera, thanks for recording this period, this was the best part of my night , thanks again, i am glad there is record of this glorious moment !!

[tasticle]

i was trying to film it while still watching the show. it's tricky to do.

[ktnarnia]

learn to hold a camera!!

i loved this part... i was totally grateful they played this song.

[handen]

should have zoomed out a bit...

[BleachGrimmjow17]

ya i was right up front too and this song was soo epic in the just pouring rain. i kinda wished they played idioteque since i cheered for that.

[tylerromes]

just so you know...they played idioteque the next night in seattle, it was the best song of the night, easily.

[fourwalledworld]

I cheered as loud as I could for Idioteque.. but damn those mainstream-esque fans! I saw them play it in 2003 at t-bird and it was definitely my favourite.

[emilyjade7]

I don't know if the crowds desire to hear paranoid over idioteque had anything to do with their being 'mainstream-esque'. I'm sure it had much more to do with the fact that it was pissing rain (from a great height, if I may) and considering the lyrics in the breakdown of the song it couldn't possibly have been more fitting. Sadly it seems you missed the boat on what for many of us was a religous experience, lol.

I wasn't fair to make us choose in the first place!!

[RoacAttack]

Fucking front row right here!!

crazy shit, Couldn't even breathe..

[lemursgalore]

Me too! And agreed! Almost had my wrist broken.

[RoacAttack]

haha yeah man it was crazy.

As soon as Colin Greenwood came on everybody just tried running to the front.

[backofhouseadmin]

I was there. I was there. Still processing. Everyone was crying... or was it the rain?

PEEPS!

[DDaviddd]

There There was the best then Paranoid android then Optimistic then just

[mjl8485]

Oh man, I've been telling everyone that this show was a complete religious experience. During the "rain down" part of this song, if you looked back, there were 22,000 people with their hands in the air, it was absolutely beautiful.

I'm gonna say my favorite song of the night was "Optimistic." I loved the intro, too:

"Sorry 'bout the rain, mates. Oh well, this one's called "OP-timistic."

[phaser753]

Agree 100%. Was it me, or did it actually rain harder when that verse came up? Its like we made it rain harder. lol.

[billiebutton18]

I know it's cheesy to admit but I honestly get teary thinking about it.

[billlyr]

yeah it was amazing - couldn't believe it when they came back out and played Reckoner though.

[rolf86]

This was an amazing show in the rain! I'm glad we voted Paranoid over Idioteque although Idioteque would have been awesome too!

Favourite song of the night goes to Banger's and Mash.

[screamingtreez]

How can anyone say bangers and mash was their favourite,I can think of maybe 10 songs that were ahead. Amazing show none the less though