Thom Yorke - Atoms For Peace

[GreenPixieGirl30]

"Peel all the layers off. I want to eat your artichoke heart." That might be the most perfect lyric I've ever heard.

[RockBuddyProductions]

anyone else think of Megaton from Fallout 3 when they read the title?

[TheNuclearcatpower]

the title is perfect!thats the way i feel this song!love it! again thom reinventhimself so gracefully and thanks to share your soul whit us!love!

[RVBOY2]

I think this song exemplifies Thom's lyrical brilliance.

[ThePowerlungs]

Advert for the only way is essex before it?? Vomited a little bit in my mouth.

[HelterSkelterSOR]

God doesn't exist, but Thom Yorke does ....

[ATwentyCharacterName]

The first time I heard this song I was cold and I (thought I) was in love with someone. Isn't it weird how when you leave a song alone for a while you can return and feel the memory of the first time you heard it? I just wish I could remember who I thought I loved though...

[dantebassz]

"So many lies" or "So many allies"? 

[bootyswang77]

@dantebassz so many allies

[robinheil]

if you were ever doubtful that electronic music couldn't have soul....

[thehungryduck]

The eraser and this song are my favorites from the album. I could probably listen to them on repeat for the rest of my life but the people around me might not like that.

[destiny66]

Whole song is about Rachel giving Thom the business...

[biozastron]

Just greatly the beauty of the music

[lukepaivamovie]

Best album ever. Best compositions, best melodies. 

[lukepaivamovie]

Best album ever. Best compositions, best melodies.

[qwyudvb]

I heard this fool is rude as fuck

[hanaryukoku]

@qwyudvb I don't see why thats really relevant.

[zbeckwith21]

Just saying I think its "so many allies" not so many lies. It's a reference to the Atoms for Peace speach by Eisenhower I think.

[coreo881]

I have no idea why I love this song but I do.

[diegopelandic]

Take me in your arms! :)

[diabloslay2]

Who is Hutch?

[shamz0rz]

Thom somehow manages to put words to indescribable emotions. Fucking amazing.

[beckybellamy72]

I would LOVE to take you in my arms Thom Yorke!

[MrFozzapuskas]

I can actually state with absolute linearity that after listening to In Utero and Nevermind by Nirvana, and thinking I knew music, that I spent 8 months listening to The Bends every night. The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac and In Rainbows are works of genius. Although There There is my favourite Radiohead song. What I'm trying to say is that I know this Band inside out; loved and hated; and can be critical if warranted. Too many pony-boy-college-avant-garde-M­ilesDavisMotherFuckers on here

[oliwalsh1]

@MrFozzapuskas you sound up yourself

[ThomasScottCarson]

can i get som feedback on my remix of thios song?

/watch?v=9mk_9nS3-6A

thanks! i love this soooooooo much

[paultheg]

This song reminds me a lot of volcano choir, lovely.

[DancesWithMrsWoolf]

Hm, I like more his solo stuff here than King of Limbs.  And that's saying quite a lot, bc I like KOL a lot.

[smittenburrito]

123 Likes, 4 Dislikes

What? What.

[CreeprThaReaper]

no one gives a shet where you came from

[talkingbeatlehead]

who the hell is hutch?

[libelle156]

I think it could be "so many allies, so many are lies". Also, I don't think he sticks to one lyric live. Other songs like Idioteque for example, I hear him skip around from "Here I'm allowed" to "Here I'm alive" pretty randomly. I guess he just sings what he wants.

[Josenovich]

it's:

so many allies, so many allies,*

so many allies, so many allies,*

so feel the love come off of them

and take me in your arms.

[rodirider]

Mi tema favorito de mi album favorito,autentica exibicion de voz de Thom,solo el podria cantar este tema.

[ninanintendoo]

I want to eat your artichoke heart.

[XxshiggymanexX]

I think hutchs minions have arrived ;}

[mrfanlogan]

the beat in thom yorkes music is always amazing!

[Jammaneatu]

Nice. I love hutch...

[ZamoraForEngland]

It's ccrap ;l

[StoneColdHedgeHog]

Shame Hutch shares some genuinely good music and then all then all the stupid children swarm around it like flies to shite.

[xHolyHandGrenadex1]

@JMAssault i dont see you posting this response to the even more stupid comments ... oh like ... HUTCH SENT ME

[xDnAxTriumPhanT]

no thanks

[BoltActionPanda760]

this song is freaking amazing

[EPBaseballer14]

Thank you hutch

[OfreakinBAMA]

HUTCH IS YOUR DADDY!!!!

[xVersity]

Hutch Sent Meh

[TheElfsChannel]

shehutch

[xHolyHandGrenadex1]

YO Dont just come to this link and not even enjoy it, dont come here nad instantly post OH HUTCH SENT ME, his tweet was less time ago then this song is, jesus christ.

[TunaMloohnahz]

Thumbs up if Hutch brought you hereree!

[XboxDouchetage]

Hutch? <3

[Razorkutwolf1]

Vary nice

[runearrow737]

Hutch <3

[cainmartel]

@runearrow737 shut the fuck up about hutch already. i came here to listen to thom yorke, not see a bunch of hutch fanboys saying they're radiohead experts after watching a black ops video. The reason they watch black ops videos in the first place is because they suck so bad at the game that they have to watch other people play.

[PatricktheDoody]

@cainmartel Well, if you get that stuck up because someone says they came here from some other source of media, you should just stop reading the comments, hm?

[pantapdiazho]

@runearrow737 He sent you here? can you give me the link to the video where he did?

[itsCindybietch]

Is it normal to fall in love with everything that Thom Yorke creates??

[exbklynbabe]

@itsCindybietch Quite normal! If you have a pulse at least.

[vayama100]

I don't think the lyrics are right here. You have "So many lies" but I think it's "so many allies" as in "so many friends." The title of this song is a reference to a speech made by US President Dwight Eisenhower about nuclear weapons. I also think of it as a person saying to his or her spouse, "please don't fall into depression, we're all here for you."

[ccaaaiiooo]

In rainbows is, no doubt, the best album I ever heared and maybe the best I'll ever hear... That depends on radiohead

[Sierrabelle]

If music had a dick, I'd suck it.

[OperationGeneside]

@Sierrabelle yes

[Echoxxx]

"Peel all your layers off, I want to eat your artichoke heart."

[jazzpazazz]

@Echoxxx is that what he said? O.o i was wondering it sounded backwards....

[damniellewandowski]

Kahuna since you know so much about music, then you also know that the "rules" change, or bend if you will, depending on the era music is written and depending on where on the planet that music is written.

[shamz0rz]

Man, the chorus is just absolutely beautiful.

[GabrieleFrigerio]

Como continuo sem vc? Como posso lidar c a memoria de vc cantando essa musica e eu ouvindo sua voz, deitado em seu peito? Como? Vc era minha felicidade.

[elandreso5]

Thom Yorke = GENIUS!!!!!

[kahuna3901]

radiohead were ok for about 3 albums. as soon as they stopped caring about melody is when i stopped listening

[Kozfather]

@kahuna3901 No melody? I'd like you to explain that one for me, especially since you think 3 albums were just OK.

[kahuna3901]

@Kozfather there is no structure to the melody. i didnt say they're albums were ok simply that they were ok to listen to for someone who is studying music. you could gain alot of information from their albums like ok computer and so on

[kenrben]

@kahuna3901 The meandering, free form, continually unfolding melody is what makes their more recent shit interesting..They've evolved as musicians even if were just talking in terms of technique...ha sorry but your talkin' out your arse..keep studying man ;)

[kahuna3901]

@kenrben one word, motif? where is it? they understood in the main part of their careers that melodys cant be "free form", just look at classical and romantic composers. the idea of a free form melody which btw defies the point of a melody if its free form would have been stupid. yes by all means use some of these ideas for effect but by over using these ideas dosent mean its good music. just look at 12 tone serialism, something that should only be used in burts and not as a type of music

[kenrben]

@kahuna3901 Ha well, I guess your the authority on what constitutes as "good" music ...sounds like pretty limited perspective and appreciation to me...IMO music is all about expansion and freedom...But I do think that sometimes experimental musicians stray too far from what resonates just for the sake of strangeness and abstraction...most of Autechre's shit for example, but I guess that's their function and contribution to music...relentless uncompromising experimentation..

[kenrben]

@kahuna3901 Also, are you familiar with Jazz music? ha...Its all about not being limited by rigid melodic structures..think of it like talking but with instruments. I guess you don't consider John Coltrane or Miles Davis to be "good" musicians who understand "motif" and "proper" melody or whatever the fuck...lol Sorry dont mean to be abrasive you just sound pretty confident in your own limited subjective definition of music, and its kinda irritating. lol

[kahuna3901]

@kenrben you cant compare radio head and miles davis, do you know anything about music? jazz musicians have such an understanding of harmony and keys that they are capable of thinking at such a rate in music that no other type of musician can. the difference between radiohead and jazz is that jazz is mindful of old theories but takes these theories either to new levels or simply introduce new musical ideas. tell me what have radiohead introduced? half ass'd ambient sounds?

[kenrben]

@kahuna3901 Either your astoundingly dense and you just don't get it..or your a Troll.

[kahuna3901]

@kenrben grow up

[kenrben]

@kahuna3901 If your not keen on a band and it doesn't resonate with you that's cool, different strokes, but your narrow minded, bullshit, critical reasoning for not liking Radiohead and your criterion for what makes "good music" is...bullshit ha. Maybe when you "grow up" you'll be able to grasp the sublime beauty of Radiohead... Then again maybe not, like I said different strokes...What are you 14..15 years old? :)

[kahuna3901]

@kenrben just because i dont like one band dosent mean im narrow-minded. if anything just liking one band would make someone narrow-minded. i look at radiohead from an educational point of view just a i would with holst, prince, beethoven, Tchaikovsky, the beatles, bach or even lady gaga if needs be. and quite frankly radiohead have alot of great work, but the majority of their new stuff is just simply not following the rules of music. put it this way, if mozart wrote this, no one would like it

[kenrben]

@kahuna3901 That's the beauty of music my friend...There are no rules, music is ~flowing~ freedom of expression.. pure spirit :) That is all..end of discussion.

[kahuna3901]

@kenrben just as there are rules in twelve tone serialism there are also rules for conventional music styling. for example the most important part of a key is the tonic and dominant. if there was no rules then how would we know this. im not saying people have to follow the rules but simply its harder to make great music following than it is if you dont. the rules are there because all of modern music has been built on them, not to mention romantics and classical music

[kenrben]

@kahuna3901 Man as much as i have enjoyed this stimulating conversation.. it's reached the point now where its become (O) circular..we would just be re-iterating to no avail if we continued...So good luck on your musical path :)

[damniellewandowski]

@kahuna3901 Since you know so much about music you would also know that the "rules" you speak of change through time as peoples "tastes" change. That's fact.

[kahuna3901]

@damniellewandowski however the ruls from the classical and romantics period still apply, you dont have to follow them hence why we have modern and post modern musics but if we made a direct comparison between radiohead and the modern composers then we'd see who has more educational value

[leyshjonoe]

@kahuna3901 why would radiohead be educational? they make music as it sounds good to them. people like it as it sounds good to them. i find the drone in thom's voice appealing and lyrical. the notion of complaining that radiohead's music isn't educational enough is like complaining that a football game isn't educational. i feel it misses the point. theorists come after the music is made, to "organise" it so it's easier to emulate. rules in music are as nebulous as they are in any art form.

[kahuna3901]

@leyshjonoe yeah but Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Tchaikovsky all made music that sounded good to them. the difference is that the skill they had to make the music is at a higher level. look at it this way, who will be remebered for longer. we have all heard beethovens 5th hundreds of years after he made it, and yet not all of those people have heard atoms for peace or infact radioheads more famous and/or commercial offerings. thats the differnce in innovation

[eclecticderby]

@kahuna3901

That's the beauty of radiohead - the rhythm in their music is so unique, that it takes centerstage. They made music without giving the obligatory melody that so many artists focused on. That's the beauty of Radiohead.

[eclecticderby]

somehow i prefer Radiohead's albums to Thom's solo project.

[kenrben]

@eclecticderby Johnny contributed alot on Eraser, he was there every step of the way. So essentially its the same songwriting duo..But yeah, Im a fan of the album especially Black Swan but its not quite as full bodied as Radiohead's shit, it feels like Micro-music if that makes any sense..and I suppose that adds to its unique character and charm, but yeah minor work in comparison to Radiohead's Epicness (word? probably not ha)

[eclecticderby]

@kenrben

oh Jonny was writing for the album? maybe I should take a second listen.

[ccaaaiiooo]

I don't get it.... Atoms for peace is the name of a track or the band??

[Juni44ever]

@ccaaaiiooo It was first the name of a track, now its both track and band :)

[YumMimixDyes1am]

@Juni44ever Your wrong Thom yorke stayed just by his name its just the track of the album called eraser sorry just needed to clarify ;D you even posted it on the info LOL

[napalmocean]

@Juni44ever No, that doesn't make sense. Thom Yorke is the artist, the name of the track is Atoms for Peace.

[cvg1099]

@Juni44ever Correction -- it was first the name of a track, then it became both the name of the track and the band, THEN it became Thom Yorke's actual legal given, middle, and surname. Then he named the planet, solar system, galaxy, universe, and all infinite multiverses this title. All things humanly comprehensible are now this song. I am now this song and you are listening to me, and I to you.

[pablodaypig]

@ccaaaiiooo iiiigh!! it's the name of the song and it's not a band is thom yorke!!

[whateversunsaid]

@pablodaypig actually Thom Yorke formed a band to play his solo stuff live, and this band's name is Atoms for Peace..obviously they just play thom's music :)

[i69tobigbeaver]

@ccaaaiiooo youre a moron

[tomereinat]

@ccaaaiiooo

The artist of this song is Thom Yorke, a.k.a the singer from Radiohead

This song, "Atoms for Peace", is from his solo album, The Eraser.

If you like modernistic electronic sounds, you should really check this album out. It's amazing.

[1988PEDROPEREIRA]

@ccaaaiiooo WTF????

[Vexed34]

The fucking Keyboard Cat plays makes a more complicated melody than this whiny turd.

[BruisedEyeSockets]

@Vexed34 I'm terribly sorry your musical perception blows that much..

[Vexed34]

@BruisedEyeSockets After a third listen I can't say I like it any better. I do apologize for being so crude in my original comment, though.

[TheZombiePilot]

5 min 20 d'émotions et de frissons. Superbe

[rystrttn1]

bit gay!

[Zornik3678]

My first radiohead album was 'the bends" for my personal best radiohead songs ...street spirit and fake plastic trees.I don't like the later stuf of the band but the solo projects of Thom yorke got me by surprice.

[peter1miler]

No more going to the dark side with your flying saucer eyes

[muspri]

the bassline to this is awesome

[insecurecoma]

heard it on pandora and had to hear it again i did not know that he has a solo cd out its really good

[paigerocks884]

@insecurecoma whoah thats where i heard it lol.

[lauritoon]

cant stop listening to this...such a beautiful voice!!!

[Juni44ever]

Yeah, The Eraser itself is pretty addicting. :)

[lauritoon]

actually this album is the reason i started listening to radiohead...

i know...

but even if i knew the band and liked most of the songs...it wasnt until this played on my cd player for months that i decided to buy Ok Computer..

the rest is history

haha :)

[Juni44ever]

Actually my first album was In Rainbows :P

[marcoscsi]

@Juni44ever mine too!!!!!!

[libelle156]

@Juni44ever As a long time fan, I'm amazed at how they keep drawing in new fans with every album. Not many bands can keep it up for so long.

[ghostmouthzach56]

@Juni44ever Idioteque was oddly the first song I heard of them and I liked it. Then never listened to anything else for a couple of years and now I love them.

[sonnyjimsonnjim]

@lauritoon well done son.

[CinemonHart]

kay, this song totally pwns, :)

[Juni44ever]

True, true... :P