Radiohead - Faust Arp (Live at 93 Feet East)

[Maryonpark]

Beautiful song. Gets kinda stuck in ya head though.

[blinkziggy]

how is this a problem? haha

[mamakin1973]

PARANOID ANDROID!!!!

[GunslingerXYZ]

I'm annoyed by the person screaming for "Paranoid Android." lol

They had just played "15 Step," "Bodysnatchers," Nude," "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi," and "All I Need" -- didn't the person notice a rainbow pattern?

[GunslingerXYZ]

LOL! True.

[GunslingerXYZ]

Sadly, it was my idea of a joke. =(

[HappyFuriousMonkey]

I know P:

So now three people have rated my comment as a poor comment...

Probably this one will be, too.

Cool.

Sincerely, I don't care. See you!

[bodysnatchers324]

lol, i hate dumbasses

[insearchoftreason]

i was the guy screaming for paranoid android!

they should have played it! DAMN IT!

PARANOID ANDROID!

[maduraelknockout]

@insearchoftreason

i see what you did there...

[Maquilapinto]

Wath a beatifull song

wath a great concert

thanks!!! eeiciap

aNd Thanks radiohead, of course

[pulpapple]

i was there when they did this. (looks smug)

[sadieonfire]

uh lucky. i'd be smug too.

[21rush12]

Whatever the song/album means/stands for... its a kick ass song/album

[wahWahwahHendrix]

actually i am German and also know much about Faust tragedy ..

The connection with a Rainbow and the different aspects of life is cool, because mephisto says "first i show u the little and then the big world"

Maybe they dont put a focused meaning behind it like many writers do but let it inspire u how YOU understand it ..

THats my opinion, that you neednt relate it to one thing

[wahWahwahHendrix]

what does "fuast arp" mean ?

I really try to understand it, but can't.. :(

[combatcori]

There's an intersting explanation that goes a long way to gaining some understanding of the entire album let alone the metaphore of this beautiful piece of music. It's way too long to be posted so I have to break it up.

Firstly let me set the premise.Faust is a philisophical character of german legend that enters into a pact with the devil to find true happiness. This story has been interpreted by many philosophers and play writes in order provoke discourse on the human condition. end of pt.1

[combatcori]

pt.2 I was reading reviews on reckoner when i happened upon this passage. I wanted to post it because we all need to read it to either, confirm what we already thought or reveal a new dimension and reason to love radiohead even more. This isn't "the definitive article" however I thought we could all do with another lens to go in our rose coloured glasses. end pt.2

[combatcori]

pt.3

Reviewer: Michael Young | 1/25/2008

I am stunned by the depth and artistry of Radiohead's music and lyrics. My background is literary and so I keep finding or making literary associations with their songs and perhaps they are intended. For instance, Reckoner keeps reminding me of a line from the opening of Book II from Goethe's Faust, "Life is not light but the refracted color." The meaning is that life is not pure but mixed, like rainbows. end pt.3

[combatcori]

pt.4

Radiohead's album title, "In Rainbows," and this song from which it comes, suggest there are deals made, and reckonings to be made by the life we live and these deals mean we live multiple lives, not a singular or pure one. Thus, as the song, Reckoner, says, "Because we separate like/ripples on a blank shore." That is to say, we fragment and in the fragmentation make and are "in rainbows." We are clothed and bathed in the colors of life.

end pt.4

[combatcori]

pt.5

This is the exit door from the moral dilemmas that would condemn us to hell for the choices we make, the inflexible codes that demand we live an impossibly pure life. It is redemption and is similar to the redemption of Faust at the end of the story, at least in Goethe's version. Interestingly, the song preceding this one is currently called "Faust Arp." This further leads me to think it was intended.

end pt.5

[combatcori]

pt.6

And Mephistopheles, shows up in, "Videotape," which interestingly enough is a song about a kind of redemption. The album has the vague structure, to me, of the Faust story.-------

To wahWahwahHendrix, hope this helps with looking at this song and the rest of the album in a new light and uncovered a new depth to the mystery of their music...

[thyy]

According to combatcori,"The album has the vague structure, to me, of the Faust story.-------"

You think that he whole album is indirectly related to FAUST? Well....

Radiohead's songs are always literature-related since a long time ago. But it is only "related", not meaning that the whole album is about the same thing, right?

[Henckques]

This is my favorite from In Rainbows. ^^ I like odd time signatures and stuff hehe.

[h3llo2602]

If you a Radiohead fan and Like faust arp check this out

watch?v=UfylTlN6Mag

[MrGrieves14]

his voice cracks alot

[deeznaps]

I want to understand why I love this song so much but I can't describe it.

[andrdprnd]

i wonder why always choose UK,Us,France or similar countries to prepare such kind of good and strange concerts..and wonder why they never think to visit Turkey despite they have a lot of fans here..well somethings reminds me kinda "God Loves His Children??!!??..Applauds go to Radiohead who let to please Colonist Countries children..Yeah,however They are god's children....What a great Pity!!!

[Souffrage]

They do what they can....

[NNJ007]

and cuz it's cheaper and less complicate to do it in their own country

[thecandycat]

This is the better way to listen to RH live: a small place, a small stage, not too much people and a more intimate atmosphere.

I love this song, it's simply perfect!

[soupinabox]

yeah its cool that a bigger band does a club show when they could easily sell out a stadium

[Mambuto]

was anybody else expecting the whole band to come in after the first "stuffed, stuffed" part?

[kidamathias]

no...

the song only has accoustic guitars and strings.

[Mambuto]

right...

I mean, they can't change a song when they play it live, thats too crazy for Radiohead

[aromancandle]

so beautiful

[reihead]

this is the most cruel song in a long time by them. Amazing! I cant believe after some months now i realize this is their best album.

And I'm a long time fan.

[josecarlosramone]

Menuda maravilla de canción...

[bonovoxmofo]

To me this song reminds me a bit the so called "A wolf at the door" don't know exactly why...

Wish the find their way to Mexico it would be insane to see them here.

[MitchS4350]

Yeah I always found the 2 songs alike also

[midgemton]

wolf at the door is much much better

[Cuoin]

Me too, now that I think about it.

[IJUSTWANNACDVID]

probably because of the timing.

[glikshizzle]

yea its most likely because in the first verse he isnt doing much singing, almost "rapping" like wolf at the door

[sonnet423]

I thought the exact same thing when I first heard this track on Oct. 10. It sounds so much like "Wolf at the door" It took me soooo long to get into Gaust Arp, It was the only song on the album I didnt like, but it came around. The lyrics are so childishly sweet and innocent, just like what you would expect from Thom..

[chukoska]

radiohead is better than beatles!:D... i know it's tastes but thats my vote:D

[radioheadyorke]

mine too

[thalai21]

mine too, obv

[opi3z]

not mine, obv

[mendm1]

indeed

[GNRsakuL]

Anyone knows if this song is about doctor Faust?

[dMoniker]

its amazing how simple yet effective this song is,lyrics are fuckin unreal

[markgodenho]

Radiohead's equivalent of "Blackbird" by the Beatles.

Simply Beautiful.

[Snakekillerrrr]

crowd sucks

[drummerdickens]

The crowd are awesome, they keep their mouths shut and let me listen to the awesomeness

[jackbruce992]

great song

it must really piss em off when people yell out "paranoid android" or like "Creep"

[radioheadyorke]

YEAHH THIS IS THE REAL RADIOHEAD

[eraseyourself]

creep sucks but shit come on paranoid android is insane, thats a good song man

[susanpatriciawalker]

you've got a head full of feathers

you're going to melt into butter...

oh the lyrics that don't make it onto the lyric sheet...

[yorkism]

From 1.40 is beautiful :) as the rest :)

[plmooney]

Agreed. I always am tempted to skip ahead to the next track when this comes on, but then I recall the payoff....

[yorkism]

Haha, that's is exactly what I do :) But also because I hate skipping Radiohead, it feels blasphemic...

[FlyBird]

I used to do that......until I listened to the song 3 times. Now I'm in love with it.

[rafael28]

the beatles influence is so obvious in the song, love it

[aisfle]

beatles and syd barrett influence too... i was just going to write this and i read your comment...

[rafael28]

& a pinch of nick drake

[radioheadicta]

my fave song from in rainbows, indeed.

[TheMugava]

wow

[mortaleye]

I would like to see them play this straight into Exit Music... the 'voice' in both seems similar and I think it would transition great...

[battousai51088]

cool how they're doing it electric

[adamfizz]

yeah, it definitely works.