Radiohead - Polyethylene (live)

[SoundLoudBand]

Imagine Tom Yorke playing this in the The Bends Era!

[udo7]

awesome video, great song but did he botch the lyrics? he forgot "leukemia, schizphrenia, polyethylene" and instead sang "decaffinate, unleaded, polyethyelene" in both stanzas? I wish they still played this song at shows. MY GOD!

[PlanetAirsoftPlym]

thats how you play a rickenbacker!

[agrumch11]

merci!

[NystagmusAlbino]

AW THOM <33 THOM <33

[SoundLoudBand]

@NystagmusAlbino Colin Greenwood is the creator of this song

[aortegacristian]

Same day, same month. I always hear this song, just on my birthday:)

[09livvy09]

Colin doing some kick-ass stomping in the background

[hyeonhee1023]

I love this song!!!:D

[vanslash88]

Great track, and a very nice moment between Thom and Nigel, the real sixth Radiohead...

[amlabella23]

Wow, I was listening to the '98 Radio City Music Hall bootleg earlier today, was wondering if there were any live vids of Polyethylene, and this turns out to be that same performance that I was listening to. Great vid, thanks for the upload. I'd be really interested in more vids from that concert, it's great.

[antisadism]

4:13 AWWWWWWWWWW

[keilj07]

oh wow, this is from '98 Radio City Music Hall in NYC right? Do you have any more videos from this concert? Please upload if so.

I was there both nights, but this one was great! They played a ton of B-Sides and they were all happy that it was the last show of the OK Computer tour (documented in Meeting People is easy).

[mumraaaaa]

Not only is this the best Radiohead song ever, it is also one of the best songs ever written full stop, and makes me so sad that after Pablo, the Bends, and Ok computer, they put out one of the most disappointing albums of all time and totally disappeared up their own arses. Don't Kid A yourselves, this was Radiohead at their screaming best.

[baronmorris]

@mumraaaaa

listen to it again. :-P

[Kamatzu]

@mumraaaaa While our opinions differ, "Don't Kid A yourselves" is one of the greatest things I've ever read. Props to your brain.

[BrokenBassBin]

@mumraaaaa YEah, these damn modern kids & their electricity music, turn it down!

[DONOTPOSTHERE]

@mumraaaaa OPEN your MIND, man! Music's just vibrations, how could you hate a vibration? Pay attention to where they take you. Kid A is seminal in that it opened up the door for future electronic musicians to be taken seriously, which was very difficult in the 90s. People overlooked a lot of amazing stuff simply because it was beep boop music. How stupid is that? Answer: incredibly stupid.

[C3ment]

This is the best b-side ever made.

[antisadism]

This song is a hero.

[luke72801]

sounds like thom stated the guitar part slightly differently or something, i'm talking about the first 2 seconds

[harrymuse]

the hug was really beautiful

[Oliverware23]

Haha love Phils drum roll ;)

[dopebozoish]

AMAZING

[gabyx95]

from what year is this concert??

[KyostiG]

hah thom was so skinny here

[Suvuksanovic]

This is such a brilliant song - these guys are truly musician's musicians: they can carry a tune live as well as in a studio and for that I applaud them - as well as the amazing quality of the songwriting.

[Nathaniel5672]

this so should have been on OK Computer. In fact i would say it could have been a single for it.

[WillsMP92]

@Nathaniel5672 I almost agree with you there. Its a fantastic song, But then again, I think it may have been a little overstated and drawn from the overall impact of the album. Besides, I kind of like this song being a little more obscure; shows a bit of depth in radiohead's discography when songs as good as this are in EPs

[jocobain21]

"another obscure one"

and everyone still knew it!

[blueblac92]

where is part 1!!

that 'short' song is my favorite song of radiohead..

i'm looking forward to they playing part 1....someday...

[seapockets]

that hug at the end is beautifull

[bleach6bleach]

thoms using ed guitar unless he has one too

[bremen93]

Nigel is great! I'd hug him too!

[greenlike]

That has to be the cutest hug ever seen. For some reason things like that make me love Thom even more.

Needless to say, that's one mind blowing song right there.

[PearlJammer07]

This is a great song. Very relaxing to listen to. I recommend listening to Radioheads music on noise canceling headphones for the full effect.

[jackwearing]

The lyrics on this version are slightly different to in the studio version...

Brilliant song though :)

[RanulfoKnox]

This is one of their best songs! how come they didnt put it on Ok computer is beyond anyones knowledge, but well ok computer is probably perfect so it's ok anyway. but i love this song =)

[rubenikhaatjouook]

@RanulfoKnox I agree, although everybody says this about any of their b-sides. So maybe every album should just contain 25 songs and then everybody is happy:P

[googenshlagen]

I wish they would play Part 1...

[mrgfunkyman]

Me too. I thought that Part 1 was as good as any part of Paranoid Android, and Part 2 is as good or better than any song on The Bends.

[gibbsy100]

Bringer of good news. he very rare Airbag/How Am I Driving? is now available for download!!!!!

[closetemo32]

is it really rare? i've found it in most stores i shop at.

[martinsisgod]

it used to be rare, as it was on limited release in the us. it was rereleased sometime around 2007 if i recall correctly in the uk and internationally, so now its pretty common.

[fizzlewinks]

Very rare? My local FYE has at least 5 copies of it lying around.

[ljm531]

aw cut hug xD

[rawwqq]

lol Nigel's just as part of the band as the band themselves.

[sparklingdark]

whoa, how come I've never seen this before? And more importantly, how come they don't play this anymore...?

[TomPiltoff]

I just like seeing Jonny strutting around being the badass he is.

[sylmebyne]

Yeah, it's a really good song...not my favourite one, but one of them. A lot of energy going on.

[destiny66]

I remember when I saw them play this at Worcester Centrum during the "OK" tour. At the time I was like "this song is good....JUST!!! PLAY IT!!!" Didn't know at the time this would turn out to be my fave

( r ) song...

[kemotkemot]

Thanks for this. Finally on youtube.

[OCIRELCNU]

this song is OK. THen at 2:50 it turns into mr awesomepants.

[421ikoom]

amazing song but not my fav...sorry the bends, karma police, motion picture soundtrack, nude and true love waits are joint first.

[TesoDude]

this song is one of the better (if they had a whose?) song i heard, part1 & part2 is just kick ass!!

[ASCAB]

Radioheads best song

[skly24]

its great, but id put it under the best song you've never heard lable

[musicpro9456]

id KILL to see this live...so amazing. radiohead i love you

[thebobbyshow]

FANTASTIC SONG!!!!!!!!!!

[trojanpony]

wow, great video...pretty good quality of a rare live song given when it's from, plus a nice moment between thom and nigel. this is a 6-star video if there ever was one.

[nimmrod1102]

live in NYC?

[emmbee]

As much as I love the electronica of Kid A, which is my favorite album of all time by any group, Radiohead can put out a kick-ass guitar rock song. Brilliant.

[TheLameGoat]

@emmbee Ditto. Favorite album ever. Got me through high school

[demonguitarist92]

this is by far one of the top radiohead songs of all time

[cherith]

i really love this song! thanks for posting.

[tarrantinoFann]

oh thom huging nigel

[benngooch]

Thom's voice is ethereal on this one... Oh I miss 1997

[JuicyOrange]

Thom loves Nigel and so do I.

Amazing performance too. Thanks so much for sharing.

[sunlightleak]

That was Nigel...aw.

[ThatHansonCover]

was that nigel?

[AnutaO]

Exactly))

[d3p3ch3mod3]

grr they didn't play part 1

[billyhigdon]

what an amazing band

[0Atlantis2Interzone0]

where did you find this! its really rare

[josehidalgo]

Wow great video....