Radiohead - The National Anthem (Live @ Reading Festival 2009)

[LiverAcid]

If you listen closely, the short string sample at 0:38 in this video sounds like the string section melody from 1:13 into "Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken" by Camera Obscura.

[mussman717word]

Ed O'Brien is the man.

[TheSexyCory]

Does everyone notice thom singing the horn part?

[01sharpka]

Needs more BASS

[AreaCode978]

They're just so badass. There's no other way to put it. They all are the baddest mother fuckers on earth.

[amusisized]

how does ed always get this endless sustain? is it a kinda chorus/reverb thing? he obviously doesn´t use an e-bow..



[HelterSkelterSOR]

@amusisized he has a sustainer pickup on his guitar.

[nge1301]

jonny plays the radio very well

[MuSeMaN1000]

this just pretty much warped my mind. the 15th time i've watched this today lol!

[Hawkish3131]

I love how they sped up the tempo. Just about shat myself when I heard this. It's amazing.

[nflhester3]

when the camera was motioning around them, that was pretty fucking sick

[ZulrockTv]

I have a doubt, is this the national anthem of United Radioheads???

[MasterOfRanger]

Everyone

Everyone is Colin

Everyone is Greenwood

It's really good

[birdsong62]

ooooh i feel the love....amazing version.

[jodysoldman]

my kid farts louder than the audio for this video

[patluff]

can't believe i saw this over 2 years ago! one of the best songs of the night.

[myuesrnameisbad]

I hope my neighbours like radiohead

[Galfadez]

FUCK THIS IS COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :O

[4lifethestrokes]

THUMBS UP IF YOU ALSO THINK THIS IS THE BEST SONG WHEN HIGH

[squerintain]

I was there

[christian661199]

i love everything about this down to the stage

[downrodeo2112]

dirtiest bass line ever

[superhawkbros]

i don't think we give enough credit to the sound board guys here...tough job!

[chrisd555]

This live version is so hypnotic, reminds me of Neu!

[CTeamAwsome]

can someone plaes tell me the bass line on this son g

[StillLifeWithMangoes]

@CTeamAwsome takes 2 seconds on ultimate guitar dot com to find it man

[CTeamAwsome]

@StillLifeWithMangoes Thanx bro

[SoMusic15]

@Bahamutdordi can you ever make out what Thom Yorke is singing? hahah, goddamnit I love radiohead. Geniuses.

[ArseneWengerIsGod]

WHY IS THIS RECORDING SO QUIET!?$^!?#$^#!$?^$#

[echoingheads]

@ArseneWengerIsGod turn the sound up?

[hollowharmony1]

how does ed get that sound on his guitar?

[joseph02251]

,@hollowharmony1 He uses a fernandes sustainer pickup or a sustainiac pickup

[AmuseMe543]

0:50 "Ohh fuck ya.."

[Bahamutdordi]

What is Yorke singing at the end? I cant make it out.....

[Rothes1959]

@Bahamutdordi Who, Dwight Yorke?

[hobbsmusic]

DAMN that set looks unreal!

[AreaCode978]

Hah Thom is always getting pissed at the sound guys. Shit is never loud enough.

[Ewhuraazih]

@AreaCode978 fuck u

[AreaCode978]

@Ewhuraazih I didn't mean that in a bad way. You small dicked fuck.

[Ewhuraazih]

@AreaCode978 You said "shit is never loud enough" and now you're saying that you didn't mean bad. Idiot. If it is not loud for you try to turn the sound up. It's only your false that you're fucking deaf

[AreaCode978]

@Ewhuraazih Thom sometimes yells over to the sound guys when his mics or instruments are not loud enough for him; in other words, since you are a fucking moron, he wants his sounds guys to "turn up the volume" for his stage mics. So since "shit is never loud enough" sometimes for Thom, I think it's funny when he yells over and makes gestures toward them. You are a faggot. Stop wasting my time before I a make a fool out of you.

[Ewhuraazih]

@AreaCode978 Oh, yeah, I realy scared by you...you know I met a lot fools in my life but you're the most stupid. you can't even spell right, a little shit

[AreaCode978]

@Ewhuraazih I have a joke for you: Knock, knock...

[SDLeeming]

@Ewhuraazih * I'm really (had to be done considering your comment about spelling) and talking on youtube is not meeting someone... if you think that you need to get out more mate haha anyway...

I <3 Radiohead!

[cletusMcFart]

Whoa! These guys just turn up a couple of notches in their live performances! National Anthem was always one of my favourite songs. But this performance? Man, it looks like they're playing something completely different! Even the lyrics are somewhat changed.

At 4:05, Colin looks like he's enjoying the show as much as any fan. That says a lot for the character of this band.

They could ask for a thousand bucks a ticket for the show, but damn, they earn every cent of it

[loudspeaker003]

Damn that bass line is NASTY!

[talkingbeatlehead]

I love how ed randomly walks behind thom at 1:36



[BeerBaron73]

Ed looks like God

[SnollHabbo]

Eu sempre me impressiono com essa música e a incrível atuação do jonny g. , abraços , Amo radiohead ( brasil ) :D

[filmtime166]

thats just one of the best bass lines ever.

[flo6473]

thom j. r. tolkien lives in manhattan 

[51yourtimeisup]

"It's important to be sucsessful. and I've been fortunate enough in my life to have had...."

[C3ment]

This is awesome, but the best national anthem is the one they did at glastonbury in 2003. Its amazing

[villiparis]

@C3ment no way this version is far superior to the one at Glastonbury 2003

[51yourtimeisup]

@villiparis you think so? this is good, but he's right, the one at Glastonbury was awsome.

[b0rris1979]

@51yourtimeisup You should hear the Santa barbara version!!!!

[EdwoodCA]

@51yourtimeisup Thom's vocal performance at Glastonbury 2003 was better. The band's music in this one is better than Glasto '03. This is polished... and I like it. But, I was hooked on this song when they played it on Saturday Night Live in 2000. Thom was way more possessed, to put it one way. And way more pissed off at the end. Too bad the NBC/Universal bastards keep taking it off of Youtube. Maybe at SNL's site on NBC.com will have it... search for the October 14 2000 episode.

[flaoidawds]

@C3ment this is kinda faster but both the are really great and in someway the version of this song is hard to compare becouse always is diferent and really good

[tombola1990]

Jonny just reminds me of some mad genius. He's so damn awesome...

[flo6473]

@tombola1990 yes iam to

[mets6891]

@tombola1990 ed reminds me of dr. who/dr. house in this video. i'd say he's pretty genius too.

[gozondor]

to think when i watched this on tv last year i hated it ive come along way in appreciating geniuses

[olesya20090113]

какая мощная красота...

[MrBenben4]

This song is so overlooked the new live version is amazing

[frusciante39]

@MrBenben4 yeah i really like the faster version

[folken4461]

awesome !!!