I had heard of Big Boots and about how it was this great legendary unreleased song but never really bought into the hype... then I was watching Meeting People is Easy and I heard this song and I thought "wow, this is a great song, wonder what it is?" and then the end came...
for me, best part of this recording is the guitar while thom sings in the beginning. it sounds so.. raw. i dont know what the right word is. its just sexy and amazing
ahhhh!! i feel their frustration but dang they are picky! this song would have been the pinnacle of ANY other band's recording career....if only things had gone better that day. shoot!
What an asshole you are man! How they can be bored in this video if they were doing thier music, if they were doing what they love the most in their lifes... Think a little bit more your comments, your words back up your thoughts, think about that. Bye!
wow, dont get so defensive. you can tell that they are getting stressed out and it doesnt exactly look like they are having fun. i love radiohead, and all i was saying was that they just looked kind of miserable.
really? sorry didn't realise i was in the company of a genius?! forgive me but fuck you! get back to whatever it is you pass off as music..educate me!
I don't know, Radiohead has said that they abandoned the song. Yeah, there are a ton of songs they have written that have been released much later in their career or was a difficult process (like Knives Out). I hope they do release it but maybe its one of those songs that they just keep screwing up and fighting over.
From this version it sounds like they are trying to add too much. The live version is pretty simple.
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This video almost makes up for the fact the song never got a propper recording. I really like the way the song sounds in bits... It's actually really interesting to hear all the separate elements coming together
i think they have always been closely approaching musical perfection
that's gotta be difficult to follow
cuz they're always improving somehow anyway. they could do a track that would sound awesome to me but how do they impress themselves when they are already so good
hey, any secret b-sides from in rainbows kicking around on?
I don't believe that they haven't released this because they can't get it right...I think they know that the world isn't ready for this yet, I mean something so beautiful could have a very dangerous effect on society, I mean I would assume that everyone would just lay down where ever they heard it and never get up again...WAIT THAT"S IT, That's what's uttered at the end of the Just video, the guy says big boots, even the name is enough!
Drift all your life from ocean to ocean search the whole world for drunken confessions and hijakced afairs that make you more aware if you come home I'll bake you a cake made out of your lies I wish you could see me dressed for the kill what a nasty surprise
If memory serves, the lyrics were written somewhere on the DVD case of Meeting People Is Easy. They were also buried in some early incarnation of the Radiohead website.
I just find it unusual that anyone could use the two in the same sentence? I've always thought of muse as a kind of 'poor mans' Radiohead maybe but each to his own I suppose.
Pure and the most strong chemistry, control, many deceptive confusing mechanisms. So it just wont let u understand anything. And if u try, it hurts, prevents so hard that u feel a real physical tearing away of true thoughts.Very strong and difficult.
@norfnorfnorf huh? Sure it is a pretty overused and insipid theme in most pop songs, it really does my head in. But actual love? If you have ever really loved someone, surely you must know it is anything but simple. It has been scientifically proven that love and madness are not really that different.
actual love? love between 2 genders(or gay love nvm)? I meant it. It's like madness because u r being controlled by your brain and that logic is not yours but your brain's logic. It controls you, corrects and helps you in any other situations but not that strong. Normal emotions for example: It makes you angry to help you to fight, it works awesome sometimes, you know=). Just take a look on any aspect(when u're not in love) and u'll see how does nature work, it lies you.
i really hope their next album is based around this song, like extremely gritty OK computerish dark songs with synths dissonant distorted guitars and drum loops..
haha i like that user name.. i've been thinking that quite a bit... and man o war is definitely one of their best... i really hope they studio record it
This has been my favorite Radiohead song since I bought "Meeting People is Easy", 7 or 8 years ago. It's a shame they've never recorded it or really played it live.
"We've been actually wOrking ALLLLLLLLLLL day" yeah he lOoks very exhausted at 2:00! Love, lOve, LOVe RadiOhead. Napalmit I'm goina buy thOse damn mOvies, I can't wait! PeOple tresOrs are on the virgin megastOres, and I'm gOina buy them!! And, yes, ThOm fuckin' recOrd all the Big bOOt's sOngs you've dOne, pleeeaaaaz!
One of my favorite things ever in the history of the world is watching Radiohead create this fucking awesome song. No, they never recorded it but they do play it live at there shows occasionally- and it never sounds as good as this.
I totally agree. This is probably one of the 5 best unreleased songs ever... but the way they cut this in MPIE with Thom's commentary cutting in and out was just brilliant. Sometime, though, it would be nice for them to release this properly. I'm sure a tape of this session exists somewhere...
I had this one rough version of the song (it was occasionally interrupted by them talking, like this) that had this cool electronic break after the chorus. I always wondered why it wasn't included in any other version of the song I've heard. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
It sounds good doesn't it? But to Radiohead, this wasn't good enough. They have such quality standards. Thing is, it sounds as good as anything off 'Hail to the Thief' doesn't it?
its vintage radiohead, and one hell of a tune, the early versions of the song were a little more straight forward and bendsy, this version fits the ok computer mould which makes sense, maybe they'll resurrect it again like they did with motion picture soundtrack on kid a
I had heard of Big Boots and about how it was this great legendary unreleased song but never really bought into the hype... then I was watching Meeting People is Easy and I heard this song and I thought "wow, this is a great song, wonder what it is?" and then the end came...
"the worms will come for you
big boots."
Mind. Blown.
StudioScarecrow 4 months ago 6
the ending is just perfect. this should have been released like this
gabito87 1 year ago 2
It seems to me a place where they play, is now used for filming "Live from the basement".
357number 1 year ago
I actually like the way it sounds here. Recorded this part of MPIE as audio only and love listening it as a recorded song:)
Someone should cover it the exact same way it sounds here (minus the talking:))
TyakaB 1 year ago 4
@TyakaB I know exactly what you mean, it sounds haunting but perfection.
tomgilbert 11 months ago
you can actually use this beat in a hip hop tune
radiohead rules!
juanyboy 1 year ago
BIG BOOBS
TehWinnerz 1 year ago
for me, best part of this recording is the guitar while thom sings in the beginning. it sounds so.. raw. i dont know what the right word is. its just sexy and amazing
danielinsporto 1 year ago
So this is Radiohead failing to nail a track. Just makes you wish they'd show some footage of when they get it right!
soyunpreditor50 1 year ago 3
2:22
Shit it wasnt me guys!
HybridHalfie 1 year ago
still to us...it's per genius !
VALIS1974 1 year ago
well done with the editing from meeting people is easy
jfishcake 1 year ago
1:20 when everything is pulled together, sooo epic.
shlomr 1 year ago
this song and lift are two of the greatest radiohead songs that never were. hope this one gets on lp8.
cynthiailly 1 year ago
awesome
wonderchergio 1 year ago
The one song that should have been on a studio album.
mrtibs100 1 year ago
fuck fuck fuck. i want this song. i want this song. i need this song on the new album. i need it
i just watch this vid over and over and i love it so much.
TheDevilWearsPradaa 2 years ago 3
ahhhh!! i feel their frustration but dang they are picky! this song would have been the pinnacle of ANY other band's recording career....if only things had gone better that day. shoot!
Fatwood07 2 years ago 6
2:46 omg ghost
;-)
Confuzed89 2 years ago
Seeing Thom get really excited about Jonny's synth playing at 2:28 was the best.
toofargone06 2 years ago 6
I originally taped this old school thru my television, always loved it!!
Gamble47 2 years ago
haha, they look so bored
fallensniper15 2 years ago
What an asshole you are man! How they can be bored in this video if they were doing thier music, if they were doing what they love the most in their lifes... Think a little bit more your comments, your words back up your thoughts, think about that. Bye!
grungeland 2 years ago
wow, dont get so defensive. you can tell that they are getting stressed out and it doesnt exactly look like they are having fun. i love radiohead, and all i was saying was that they just looked kind of miserable.
fallensniper15 2 years ago
lo malo de radiohead es que suenan tan bien en vivo que las versiones de estudio nunca superan estas
23111681 2 years ago
Well, fingers crossed they will get it together with this studio session. This could make an appearance on LP8 (or whatever is next released)
Play it at Reading Festival please!
eggy13 2 years ago
What Albim is this on???
colbypizza20 2 years ago
hasnt been released yet....such a shame
Lickmereet 2 years ago 10
Unreleased
norfnorfnorf 2 years ago
The speakers on top of the mixing desk at the begining, look like faces
digitalcucumber 2 years ago 4
can't put it any better....fucking brilliant...
ghandinthero 2 years ago 20
I prefer this version to any other tbh
even if they did release it officialy, I'd still just listen to this :)
blackblackgrey 2 years ago 5
Come on!!! this song its great!!!, i don't know why they don't like it..... =(
boboly33 2 years ago 3
brilliant
mynameisyibble 3 years ago
Thom is always so mean to Johnny because he is like the youngest one..Poor Johnny =[
nitter123 3 years ago
He said fucking brilliant. He wasn't being mean.
simmy403 3 years ago 6
it was just so fucking brilliant, he had to emphasize the fuck. that's all.
wtdeuce 3 years ago 2
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Dreadful, dreary taken to new lows.
spitss1 3 years ago
what are you on about? please explain!
morris1888 3 years ago
... In case you didn't notice, this is Radiohead. You want happy, you came to the wrong place.
IronSea123 3 years ago
Fair point, well made. now where did I leave my gun....
spitss1 3 years ago
this song is amazing
hmmm yup
so good!
xxxx
SENORITA1666 3 years ago 4
hopefully this will mirror the development of nude, they work it over for 10 years and it turns out as one of the most butiful songs ever written.
hughbie93 3 years ago
the bohemian rhapsody of the twenty first century! I hope to god radiohead get off the blow and realise that. the fans need this to be released!
morris1888 3 years ago
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spitss1 3 years ago
really? sorry didn't realise i was in the company of a genius?! forgive me but fuck you! get back to whatever it is you pass off as music..educate me!
morris1888 3 years ago
Company - not to my knowledge.
A tad profane arent we? Time of the month perhaps?
I forgive you.
spitss1 3 years ago
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Company - not to my knowledge.
A tad profane arent we? Time of the month perhaps?
I forgive you.
spitss1 3 years ago
I don't know, Radiohead has said that they abandoned the song. Yeah, there are a ton of songs they have written that have been released much later in their career or was a difficult process (like Knives Out). I hope they do release it but maybe its one of those songs that they just keep screwing up and fighting over.
From this version it sounds like they are trying to add too much. The live version is pretty simple.
felizginato12 3 years ago
i hope to god they DO record this song. it's great.
vixx 3 years ago 6
there are vids on here of it from 98
OCIRELCNU 3 years ago
This will be in the next album, just watch.
Nude was in the works for 8 years at least, I have a live album that had em playing it from 2000.
IronSea123 3 years ago 4
That's ten years.
Radiohead have been remaking their abandoned stuff since The Bends anyway.
A few examples are: Sulk and High + Dry are Pablo Honey leftovers, and The Bends (song) was written in 1993.
theleo2004 3 years ago
there is a live preformance of Nude from 1998
hughbie93 3 years ago
orly??
nitter123 3 years ago
geniuses at work
ignaciaruiz 3 years ago
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junkyourhead 3 years ago
god this is such a good song...hopefully in the future they'll release this on a new album cuz this is just amazing
bzradiohead18 3 years ago
where did u get this video
enoughnoise 3 years ago
It's from the film, 'Meeting People is Easy'
digitalcucumber 3 years ago 2
Ed wrote half of this song.
WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT THAT BITCHES
theleo2004 3 years ago 37
Im acually surprised..The only member of the band that writes songs besides Thom is Johnny..Never expected Ed to write. thanks for the info :D
nitter123 3 years ago
@theleo2004
Ed wrote the guitar for Street Spirit and Go to Sleep, if I'm not mistaken. He can be awesome when they let him out of his cage.
ToddyWinkerton 1 year ago 3
@theleo2004 bitches generally bark, so "woof" i guess
cameorole 1 year ago
@theleo2004 hahahahaha. Brilliant!
TehWinnerz 1 year ago
@theleo2004 maybe thats why they never recorded it!! Just jokes - love Ed :-)
mmwfreek 1 year ago 2
This video almost makes up for the fact the song never got a propper recording. I really like the way the song sounds in bits... It's actually really interesting to hear all the separate elements coming together
RH98 3 years ago 6
i think they have always been closely approaching musical perfection
that's gotta be difficult to follow
cuz they're always improving somehow anyway. they could do a track that would sound awesome to me but how do they impress themselves when they are already so good
hey, any secret b-sides from in rainbows kicking around on?
TheStoicAgnostic 3 years ago
disc 2 is the the b-sides :-D and it fuckin rules.
the wormz will come for you.....big boots..
dMoniker 3 years ago
loved it
JohnnyMarr03 3 years ago
it was only a joke...granted that it might not have been a good one anyways cheers to an incredible song.
pinkfloyd5422 3 years ago
I don't believe that they haven't released this because they can't get it right...I think they know that the world isn't ready for this yet, I mean something so beautiful could have a very dangerous effect on society, I mean I would assume that everyone would just lay down where ever they heard it and never get up again...WAIT THAT"S IT, That's what's uttered at the end of the Just video, the guy says big boots, even the name is enough!
pinkfloyd5422 3 years ago 2
society doesn't exist
deathadder 3 years ago
It's such a shame, they really seemed to be onto it, despite what Thom says, the way the song sounds around 2:00-2:30 is amazing.
Jammonstrald 3 years ago 3
its nice to see thom so encouraging to jhonny at the end :)
wickerpony 3 years ago 5
waaah.. waaah WAAAH why they not record this great song?
2brave2handle 3 years ago 4
WickedLiquid 4 years ago 4
So unplug the phones
stop all the taps
from poisioned elves
to poisioned dwarfs
what a nasty surprise
the worms will come for you, big boots
for you, big boots
WickedLiquid 4 years ago 7
Corrections in capitals.
"Drift all YOU LIKE..."
"...WILL JUST make you more ALONE"
"...Made of all THEIR EYES"
"...Stop all the taps,
IT ALL COMES FLOODING BACK,
From poison CLOUD..."
If memory serves, the lyrics were written somewhere on the DVD case of Meeting People Is Easy. They were also buried in some early incarnation of the Radiohead website.
potiphar 3 years ago 3
the lyrics are on the blurb of the dvd. In weird format.
MuseandRadiohead 3 years ago
Muse. . . and Radiohead!? what's all that about?
digitalcucumber 3 years ago
My two favorite bands...
MuseandRadiohead 3 years ago
I just find it unusual that anyone could use the two in the same sentence? I've always thought of muse as a kind of 'poor mans' Radiohead maybe but each to his own I suppose.
digitalcucumber 3 years ago
Jeez... I'm not even gonna start.
MuseandRadiohead 3 years ago
MOOG ROGUE!!
Cyberneticlovers 4 years ago
Any1 know if they have actually recorede a version of true love waits yet?
JoansyOfArk 4 years ago
they recorded it on the "I might be wrong" EP
Fiddlersgreen42 4 years ago
classic song
2brave2handle 4 years ago
The bass line kicks my ASS!
Caulfield789 4 years ago 3
Soo deep
I love In Rainbows, but it's such a shame they didn't make it a double album with more tracks on the second cd, like True Love Waits, Big Boots ...
damn it, i hate to love soo much Radiohead.
TheRaindrops 4 years ago
cake is a lie
cake is a lie
cake is a lie
mayernaise 4 years ago
DESU
DESU
DESU
also, cocks.
OldiexOldie1134 4 years ago
fag memes are for fags
FLETCHAROIT 4 years ago
What is this song about? If u can tell me of cource(I'm not English-talking)
norfnorfnorf 2 years ago
it's about loving someone and letting them be free to find out for themselves that you're the one they love.
calvinmontgomery 2 years ago
That's all? About love? Are you sure? How disappointing... Btw I have a dvd of "MPIE"=)
norfnorfnorf 2 years ago
yeah, I have it too. Great dvd.
Are you kidding me? Love is the most complicated thing ever.
calvinmontgomery 2 years ago
Of course I'm not. Love is simple and not interesting. Theme for pop singers.
norfnorfnorf 2 years ago
Pure and the most strong chemistry, control, many deceptive confusing mechanisms. So it just wont let u understand anything. And if u try, it hurts, prevents so hard that u feel a real physical tearing away of true thoughts.Very strong and difficult.
norfnorfnorf 2 years ago
@norfnorfnorf huh? Sure it is a pretty overused and insipid theme in most pop songs, it really does my head in. But actual love? If you have ever really loved someone, surely you must know it is anything but simple. It has been scientifically proven that love and madness are not really that different.
RH98 1 year ago
@RH98
actual love? love between 2 genders(or gay love nvm)? I meant it. It's like madness because u r being controlled by your brain and that logic is not yours but your brain's logic. It controls you, corrects and helps you in any other situations but not that strong. Normal emotions for example: It makes you angry to help you to fight, it works awesome sometimes, you know=). Just take a look on any aspect(when u're not in love) and u'll see how does nature work, it lies you.
norfnorfnorf 1 year ago
@RH98 fan of hamlet?
hobomafonie 1 year ago
If u r talking about love between 2 persons. Another type of love - love to all. And it has many different reasons and no mechanisms.
norfnorfnorf 2 years ago
i really hope their next album is based around this song, like extremely gritty OK computerish dark songs with synths dissonant distorted guitars and drum loops..
d3p3ch3mod3 4 years ago
I actually own "Meeting People Is Easy" and had completely forgotten about this segment! Thanks!
Muldfeld 4 years ago
i think they tried just about every instrument in the studio and it just wasn't doing it for them.
TheKarmaPolice113 4 years ago
yeah well it was doing it for me by god lol.. especially in the middle when the drum and bass really kick in
d3p3ch3mod3 4 years ago
sur in rainbows, ça aurait été super! elle est très belle cette chanson!
karmajessye 4 years ago
thom said he'll bake us a cake! :D
friedegg3000 4 years ago 5
oh putin avant 3 min les boutons bougent tout seul :O Nigel Godrich est un magicien c'est verifié !
Belgarath314 4 years ago
Wow I think this might be my favourite Radiohead song now...
SECRETARYofOFFENSE 4 years ago 4
haha i like that user name.. i've been thinking that quite a bit... and man o war is definitely one of their best... i really hope they studio record it
d3p3ch3mod3 4 years ago
This has been my favorite Radiohead song since I bought "Meeting People is Easy", 7 or 8 years ago. It's a shame they've never recorded it or really played it live.
monkeys37 4 years ago 3
how the hell did they not think that was good, it was sounding awesome!
kidamathias 4 years ago
lol at 2:18
xtremeholymuffin 4 years ago 5
Please please release this materpice radiohead!We luv u guys!Also please release lift another masterpiece!
HOPINGAGAINSTHOPE 4 years ago
they scrapped this?! why would the scrap this!
notjustahatrack 4 years ago
i agree with you! This is good stuff I cannot understand why they are releasing it..
jollymah189 4 years ago
Why are they soooooooooooooooooooo good
ervenegille 4 years ago 2
this would have been perfect on in rainbows....
intro85 4 years ago
I love seeing them work in the studio. Evidence of brilliance.
mobyremix 4 years ago
wish this was on hail to the theif to be honest. great song.
madmatt3000uk 4 years ago
I was hoping this would bo the new album
HOPINGAGAINSTHOPE 4 years ago
Hey, radiohead, how could you throw this song away?! It is such an amazing song..
sardine1 4 years ago
that guitar part is so awesome.
pinholedstars 4 years ago
If only this could come out sometime this year
And I heard rumors that it their album might come this winter or fall
daylightdude 4 years ago
Only a band as amazing as Radiohead could even think of throwing a song like this away. This would be the seminal work of almost any other band.
jflex 4 years ago 3
o know, but they have gone too far in HTTT, some songs just cant be taken easy no matter how
PekaSnake 4 years ago
they've done it live a couple times (even after this recording period), and it is sweet like candy.
Check out the message boards at the ateaseweb website in the mutlimedia folder for files. I have the Salamanca '02 version.
radionowhere 4 years ago
gimme? lol
newnamethatnoonehas 4 years ago
they HAVE to master this song!!I love this one so much
TheMrKoen 4 years ago
reminds of talk show host
reminds of placebo too
please put it on the new album
PapavsPretty 4 years ago
I LOVE THIS SONG!
i have a live recording of this and it sounds amazing
xXxKarmaPolicexXx 4 years ago
They can be a monster like Kid A but no recording Big boots? It's incredible!
ranchoelcarajo 4 years ago
This is a part from 'Meeting People Is Easy'.
guotie 4 years ago
"We've been actually wOrking ALLLLLLLLLLL day" yeah he lOoks very exhausted at 2:00! Love, lOve, LOVe RadiOhead. Napalmit I'm goina buy thOse damn mOvies, I can't wait! PeOple tresOrs are on the virgin megastOres, and I'm gOina buy them!! And, yes, ThOm fuckin' recOrd all the Big bOOt's sOngs you've dOne, pleeeaaaaz!
tchocksprincess 4 years ago
I WANT this song! :'(
C'mon guys...
Jemma19 4 years ago
One of my favorite things ever in the history of the world is watching Radiohead create this fucking awesome song. No, they never recorded it but they do play it live at there shows occasionally- and it never sounds as good as this.
zanderbear 4 years ago
I totally agree. This is probably one of the 5 best unreleased songs ever... but the way they cut this in MPIE with Thom's commentary cutting in and out was just brilliant. Sometime, though, it would be nice for them to release this properly. I'm sure a tape of this session exists somewhere...
luckytourist88 4 years ago
yeah shame this didnt come out, so much potential. maybe i'll do a cover sometime
stagg658 4 years ago
Oh, actually I listened to it again and caught it. N/m.
googlyeyedwalnut 4 years ago
I had this one rough version of the song (it was occasionally interrupted by them talking, like this) that had this cool electronic break after the chorus. I always wondered why it wasn't included in any other version of the song I've heard. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
googlyeyedwalnut 4 years ago
Heheh, 1:55, Thom looks exhausted hilarious
JimB667 4 years ago
One of the great unreleased Radiohead tracks. Agree it's a shame they never recorded it.
domco77 5 years ago
I love this song, its such a huge tragedy their not recording it.
paranoidAndroid23 5 years ago
ace track! so did they go back and try to finish it? i dont get how a day in the studio justifies a real attempt to complete a song.
2brave2handle 5 years ago
I've always enjoyed this song
CaptainJennay 5 years ago
incrdible song
ufukozdes 5 years ago
no. "big boots" was a song from the 1995 the bends tour that they could never seem to get right. this movie is from 1998. they've scrapped it since.
protomanhasballs 5 years ago
is this the stuff they are working on right now?
queerp 5 years ago
we can hope so.
TheMember06 5 years ago
It sounds good doesn't it? But to Radiohead, this wasn't good enough. They have such quality standards. Thing is, it sounds as good as anything off 'Hail to the Thief' doesn't it?
Vinelihbe 5 years ago
my favorite part from an awesome movie about my favorite band. thanks!
protomanhasballs 5 years ago
its vintage radiohead, and one hell of a tune, the early versions of the song were a little more straight forward and bendsy, this version fits the ok computer mould which makes sense, maybe they'll resurrect it again like they did with motion picture soundtrack on kid a
bigbootz 5 years ago
Any other band would kill to have a song of this quality. Damn you and your brilliance, Radiohead.
jflex 5 years ago
yeah that was a stupid suggestion of mine its never gonna happen!
reesy619 5 years ago
if they recorded this for LP7, i would probably die. this song is that good. although i think them leaving it at this was a good choice.
ibecomenumb 5 years ago
LOL at the person above me
anyway cheers for this, one of my favorite parts of mpie :)
homeparis 5 years ago
great footage, sounds like it could be awesome i hope they try to record this for lp7!
reesy619 5 years ago
Thanks for posting, really great footage!
kellymuja 5 years ago