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  • just in time for the reissue of Cans back catalogue too. he he

  • Is this the thief radiohead told us to hail to? :)

  • what is this song about?..

  • Fuck

    Standard Radiohead magnificence.

    I have no idea how time and time again they pull-off effective covers of bands which just aren't meant to be covered (cf The Smiths, Joy Division, Can)

  • This is shit, Can's original crushes it. Tweendie rock.

  • Respectful cover.

  • i think this is bloody amazing!!

  • I don't get all the hate over this version, I think it's better than the original actually, but I didn't like Malcom Moony's voice anyhow... I prefer later can... lets see how much unwarranted flames this gathers, oh no, I don't have the same opinion as everyone else.

  • @kristina80ification I agree with you.

  • @kristina80ification its not better its just different, and CAN has had a huge influence on Radiohead sound; especially the Malcom Mooney CAN sound...is really astonishing how much Malcom Mooney's sound has impacted music.

  • I don't get why people complain about this cover, I think it's an awesome cover with GREAT instrumentals.

  • "Go Slowly" was originally referred to by Radiohead as "Canstyle", btw.

  • possibly the first radiohead cover i've heard where i just don't think it does justice :/

  • perfect band to cover can, brilliant. people saying underrated about every band that isn't massive grates on me. can aren't exactly a pop band

  • The voice doesn't fit, sounds weird

  • ORGASMIC

  • this must be the best cover you can ever listen to. its stunning.

  • I have no idea how people don't like this verson more. The CAN verson sounds like some guy with a cold singing. But with this, you have Thom Yorke, God himself singing. His voice is clear, smooth and doesn't make you want to kill yourself.

  • @Kingma1997 The CAN version is him conveying the pain and the voice of simple thief hanging on a cross, abandoned by God, who asks his son "Why must I be the thief??". It's about the brutality of compassion and the worth, sorrow and desperation of a simple thief who never had a break, and in the end gets no break from Jesus himself nor the Romans. He dies alone.

    Malcolm Mooney wrote it as a semi-autobiographical piece and it's a 100% real as he was having a mental breakdown at the time.

  • @interista7878 Luke 23:39-43. "39] One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"

    [40] But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? [41] We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."

  • @interista7878 [42] Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."

    [43] Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today YOU will be with ME in paradise."

    Fuck the thief...

  • @interista7878 Can't think for yourself eh

  • @interista7878 I never knew that, I didn't think of it that way, thanks.

  • @Kingma1997 you fucking idiot. can is awesome. everyone has their own voice and sound when singing. can's singer;s performance is beautiful too. who the fuck needs to have a "clear" and "smooth" voice to be considered good?? SO many great singers have rough voices you narrow minded little dickass.

  • @roejogan8

    Ha! I laughed so hard at dickass...rofl!!!!!

  • @tubbythug92 haha! thanks buddy! i just reread my comment too and started laughing. i don't even remember using that word. LOL!

  • @roejogan8 >:| Read the other comments before you call me a "fucking idiot".

  • @Kingma1997 they're all fucking idiots too:)

  • @roejogan8 No no no, I mean some one else told meh why the Singer of can sounded that way. So yeah.

  • @Kingma1997 never mind them. you listen to me, and you listen close. the singer sounds like that because he's singing from his soul. not his ego or what he's supposed to sound like by other people's standards. think about that. thom yorke is singing from the same place. an internal place. not what all these pontificating fucks on youtube want to hear.

  • @roejogan8 love the word "pontifiicating", great use

  • pooh, thats a bit whimpy. but it was brave to cover this song, if your name was radiohead.

  • sounds kinda like Climbing Up the Walls. Hail to the thief amiright? Radiohead must love some Can.

  • The original was recorded in 1968. Can is amazing.

  • i think this sounds great.

    --from an old time CAN fan!

  • Does it make me cool if I heard the Can version first?

  • @FondlingReply

    the cooliest

  • @Yokonono99 Thanks broheim. We're bros now.

  • So intense, I'm crying :(

  • instrumental part is so similar to 'go slowly'.

  • i'm glad to see that Can was played to a whole theater of people. i bet that was the first time many of them ever heard Can.

  • I love everything they do, EVERYTHING!!.. :D <3

  • Does anybody know which performance this version is from?

  • @powerbub1228

    victoria park i think, but there's a version from Salamanca Spain that's better.

  • Radiohead didn't make the song to be better than Can's, so why the fuck did you start arguing?

  • this song was also played in Victoria Park in 2000

  • Bring tears to my eyes. SO POWERFUL. SOSOSOSOSOSO MUCH Energy...I mean.....Can and Radiohead, they are gods.

  • I think Yorke's voice is a great match for the song, and his upper register is great. Mooney could actually sing in a conventional way (see She Brings the Rain), but whatever he was doing, he did it best in his lower register.

    On the one hand, this is a pretty straight up cover, but on the other hand, it's a testament to Can's influence on Radiohead that they could play it like that and it would pass for a Radiohead song.

  • Two of the greatest band ever...

    One wrote the song and influenced many of the best band out there

    The other covered it and went on to become the greatest band ever..

    Its Mesmerizing...dont u think?

  • Btw way I own Kid A and Ok Computer xD Both Can and Radiohead are amazing. Can being way harder than Radiohead to "get into". But The Can is really good when you get what they are good for! =]

  • Link to a good sounding video of Can's Moonshake (Tons of bad ones lol)

    /watch?v=up2pL_3D8Gc

  • The difference between Radiohead's cover and Can's original is that Thom Yorke can actually hold some semblance of a tune and the original singer could barely sing at all. This is going to piss off alot of Can fans, but when I heard the original it was almost comical, the singing actually made me laugh.

  • @knockknock909 I like Damo Suzuki's voice alot also because he doesn't choose to sing like anyone else. Listen to Vitamin C and Moonshake by Can (some good singing and drumming). Can's Drummer Jaki Liebezeit is one of the best drummers of all time! Unfortunate Can is an acquired taste.

  • @Anirml, Well theirs acquired tastes and there's objectively bad singing. Radiohead itself is an acquired taster for many but like them or not, people have to atleast admit Thom Yorke is a good singer. It was like someone with a sore throat and who was sick day of recording deciding to do it. I never said anything about the drummer.

  • @knockknock909 Damo sing Thief in his own great and very emotional way! Can's music have another purpose than Radiodiohead's music. Also there is not much Objectively bad singing, even screaming can be good singing. Check out Art Bears song Freedom. Dagmar's singing is perfect for that song but most people don't see the beauty of it (the genre is RIO/Avant Prog).

  • @Anirml Malcolm Mooney sang Thief.

  • @knockknock909 Many people know very little about music, they say they know that a certain piece of music sucks but after having listened to more music they may find that they now understand and like it! I also enjoy music like King Crimson's song Lark's Tongues in Aspic Part 1 (It's not just random noise it's groovy and dark =D). I'm very happy Radiohead did a cover of a Can song! Can made Indie rock in 1968 xD and hip hop in 1973/74 with their song Vitamin C. No Can no Radiohead

  • I must say that Thom's voice fits really well with Radiohead's cover!

    Although it might not suit the original that well.

  • This was also played in Oct. 2000 in Warrington, UK at Victoria Park

  • awesome

  • "and how come you're the only on who's brrlblrgh" wtf?

  • @Klowpapier *one

  • @Klowpapier "who is beggaring" through Yorke phonetic, but if you hear the original you will notice that Malcolm Mooney voice it's even more difficult to understand xD

  • what's wrong with his voice?

  • @Gimp1994 he is out of tune non? certainly at the beginning...any musical experts out there who can verify this? btw i mean properly out of tune, not deliberately discordant

  • @gamester57 I don't care if he is singing out of tune, as long as it sounds good to me.

  • Damn Thom Yorke's voice doesn't suit this at all. :P

  • @CanRarities

    it suits it perfectly.

  • @magicstar911 No, it doesn't.

  • @CanRarities

    well i think it suits well

    i dont want to argue :)

  • I gotta say , I prefer this to Can's version... I dislike Can's singer's voice. Just a personal opinion.

  • I heard The Thief the first time ever today, it was in the ending credits of 'Steal This Movie Part I'. It was the original Can version. The song was beautiful in the movie, perfection.

  • good cover

    but no one can do it like Can can

  • did anyone ever see the video someone made featuring scenes of different b&w movies for this song? what happened to that video??  i really enjoyed seeing it and never got the chance to download it.. :,o(

  • this is not the best version - look for Salmanca aug 7 2002 - far superior and possibly my favourite RH cover - so fucking sexy

  • @biitumen

    i looked for it and this is what came up:Ciudades Culturales (Salamanca) 7

  • 0:49 whos begarang...lol

  • Nice to hear the 'musical background' of Radiohead, and to bring forth Can's awesomeness to a degenerated tobogganed generation; but this cover is rather shittey and ingorant in terms of transpose atmosphere, than anything else ..

  • Can radiohead cover anything?

    Yes we "can"

  • stry

    well put

  • Radiohead may not be my favorite band, but you have to give them a lot of credit for doing an excellent cover of a Can song!

  • @RH98 I know what you mean but Youtube comments section isn't a microcosm of society - generally speaking only the most opinionated and/or idiotic leave comments on videos (I regard myself as both btw ;) ) so don't forget all those that wisely say nothing. Great song, I love the original and I love this, fair play to Radiohead for acknowledging one of their influences - Can - and doing what for my money is an excellent cover. There there will inevitably be those that disagree with me...

  • @raedeeohed i agree.

  • CANNNN

  • Reading Youtube shoutboxes makes me feel that humanity is fucked. It is only a matter of time

  • so good live

  • people here who spend their time worrying about this inane competition, "so and so did it SOO much better," should consider what the actual artists would think of you acting in such a childish way

  • Usually bands will cover a song live as a tribute to a band that inspired them, so I don't understand the Radiohead hate. It's not like they re-recorded it and released it as a single.

  • @raedeeohed right on.

  • the thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeee­eeeeeeeffffffffffffffffff!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    radiohead, always da best

  • why singing why must i be the thief while your stealing a song?

  • @jeroenvlas lol

  • Again I say - COMPARISONS ARE ODIOUS. Without trivialising people's opinions, different artists are going to put themselves into a cover. It's impossible to avoid.. and if we want something just like the original, well, we can just listen to the original and ignore any covers. Personally, I find Thom's vocal on this track quite emotive, but it obviously isn't doing anything for some who are passionate about the original.

  • CAN's ver shits all over this in every possible way.

  • @interista7878

    without this version, generations would never hear the original. i was born in 81 and never wouldve thought to read up on a german band from the 60's. so whether you prefer the original or not, this version is still highly relevant.

  • @calvinmontgomery i heard of can in johnny rotton's book. they were an influence on pil.

  • this cover is brilliant....thom's voice is great

  • I think the problem with the way Yorke is singing this is that he is sort of warbling the lyrics, while Mooney's vocals on the original were raw, cracked and convincingly anguished, giving the song its power. Similarly, the band descends into a neo-psychedelic, swirly mush, while every note was clear as water in Can's original.

  • can

  • This got me into Can. They are far too underrated.

    The instrumental part of this version is really really epic.

  • great to see them bringing back one of the forgotten geniuses of the 70's... its alright for a cover i quite like it

  • can didn't need thom'ss help to do that...

  • I know im guna get abuse hailed at me but /careface. Who did the original then? :)

  • I believe the band Can made the original

  • Cheers mate :)

  • Can.

  • ya it was Can,...considering they have a recording of this song and theyre from the 70s....idk unless of course Coldplay was around in the 70s? maybe?? I dk but something tells me they weren't

  • The original is soooooo superior, but is nice hearing Radiohead covering a band so good and forgotten as Can.

  • dont like the vocals

  • great song, CAN was awesome.

  • ahora si....RADIOHEAD....de la basura haces oro y afinado..jaja

  • Slide away - and give it all you've got

    My today - fell in from the top

    I dream of you - and all the things you say

    I wonder where you are now?

  • hahaha, this is Malcolm Mooney when the shrinks sedated him

  • Why does it always come down to "this version is better" bullshit. It's a COVER. And they did a good job. Im sure they wern't like " oh let's try and play it better than the guitarists in Can"

  • It's a very good cover, in my opinion. I like Thoms voice in it.

  • c´mon. all of you seem to be specialists, when it´s about music.

    just tak the fact, that a band like radiohead is payin tribute and respect to a band like can.

    a band which they´ve been influenced by, obviously as it is.

    things went worse, when eric clapton covered the wailer`s "i shot the sheriff"

    that´s some kind of raping.

  • wow. this song rules. and you all suck.

  • That was a cool comment, mochacoffee, not for telling me that i suck, but for the fact that no one can rate this comment without insulting themselves or Radiohead.

  • the original is so much better... the guitar sucks in this version

  • Mhhhh the guitar playing cannot compete with the original version by Karoli.

    They actually drown the sound with too much effects !

  • this is the proof that...

    ART IS ERROR !!!

  • C'est un super moment de rock merci beaucoup rdh !!

  • you could see Can's influence on them in this song.

  • this IS a can song...

  • No shit

  • do some research please

  • You can see how much you fail as both a Can and Radiohead fan in your comment.

  • you cant fail at being a fan. Fans have opinions. He had his.

    Super-fans scare me 0_o

  • It was a joke obviously...

  • it was a joke...fundamentalism,what a shame

  • Hail to "The Thief"! This is awesome

  • this song is wild; it really explodes

  • Brilliant song, Radiohead is my favorite band but I prefer the original Can version of this song.

  • Same opinion.

  • I wish Radiohead recorded this cover for the HTTT album.

  • Ad hominem doesn't make for a very good argument, maybe you should give us some actual reasons why you think this is bad, rather then throwing a bunch of immature shit at it.

  • That isn't ad hominem.

    And if it was... If you are attacking art, you are attacking the person no matter what you say - as art is the emotion of the artist.

  • Yes it is . . . since you said it makes its you vomit. I agree that the Can version is better, but this is a tribute. I'm sure Can is happy to know that a band has covered them at all, that would be such an honor, especially by a highly respected band like radiohead. Either way, you haven't made any actual arguments yet. You've just been using ad hominem, and criticizing people who disagree respectfully and non-respectfully.

  • It isn't adhominem. why is saying 'it makes me vomit' attacking the person?

    Unless you think that the 'attacking the person' is implied. I.e. You think by saying that the music makes him vomit, you can assume that he also thinks that the artist makes him vomit?

  • Alright, ad hominem isn't the right word, but its not meaningful criticism, it has no merit, your not actually saying anything other then "I don't like it." I'm fine with you saying that you don't like it, but have some respect for the people who do.

  • the same happens to me when i see your mother's face

  • ... was für eine unzumutbare cover version ...!!!!

  • a truely amazing cover does the amazing original a great tribute

  • for those who haven't heard it, Radiohead's Go Slowly ("Can Stylee") is a beautiful nod to Can (this very song) as well as an amazing song in its own right..look it up

  • Great cover! Viva Can!

    There's a gap at 2:26???

  • good version...but it is not better than Can...

  • this song must be what radiohead was trying to sound like when they made big boots. Awesome

  • good shit

  • wut

  • Radiohead does covers as a tribute to bands they like. Nobody in the band says that they play these songs better than the original so I don't see where these arguments are coming from.

  • Your mom has a horrible voice

  • ok this is pretty sick, and i mean common dude its fucking radiohead covering FUCKING CAN!!!!!!!!! but... i'm not gonna lie the original has sooo much more feeling man,i mean i'm not one to always side with the original, i like a lot of covers more then the originals, but CAN'S VERSION MAKES MY HAIR STAND ON END

    41/2 stars i say, just becuase the overlaping/looping kinda makes it lose something, (i think)

    PEACE!

    &

    HALLELUWAH!

  • they need to record a studio version!

  • i would buy it

  • They also played at warrington, England, not sute of the date.

  • this is awesome.

  • wow these comments really blew up!

    great song by Can, covered really well by Radiohead.

  • This song is amazing ! and Thom rules !!