4 Minute Warning music origin: "The four minute warning was a public alert system conceived by the British Government during the Cold War and operated between 1953 and 1992 when the system was dismantled after the cold war ended. The name derived from the approximate length of time from the point at which a Soviet nuclear missile attack against the United Kingdom could be confirmed and the impact of those missiles on their targets." @ Wikipedia. :)
@eyebal Thom doesn't like some of his best songs... He apparently almost disowned "High and Dry". Too much sweetness in the melancholy for his taste? If only he knew how large the song could have been...
Such an under rated song, the first time i heard it i thought it was meh. Then when i bought the single for Nude, it's become one of my faves :D. Remind anyone else of a Pink Floyd The Wall sort of song? Not lyrically but instrumentally?
I really wish they would start to play the album version live. They should walk on for the encore with the static of the album version, lights still off. The dark blue lights come on and Thom is sitting at the piano and colin starts banging the tamborine. jonny starts doing his thing on the guitar and ed comes in a little later,making etheral sounds with the guitar. No one would suspect the song to be played and it would blow everyones mind. At least the real radiohead fans
It's long over due for another "LIVE" album there guys..this song in particular has been consistently way better live then on rainbows 2. Mainly cuz Jonny Freaks out all awesome. New live album.. please guys.
this version is brilliant. i like the studio version, it echoes atmosphere by joy division but it doesn't compare to this whatsoever, the subtle notes that thom and jonny both play in this make it superb
This is sheer musical genius - Radiohead at its very best. They can take such a haunting subject and shed some beauty on it like no other band in the world. Their enigmatic style is what keeps them so relevant. You never know what is coming next and that is what makes them so special. Forty years from now, they will be remembered as one of the greatest bands of our generation. This song only adds to this reputation.
this song is so beautiful. something about it reminds me of when i was a kid or something. it gives me this weird feeling... like when i would climb the ropes in gym class.j/k
:) love this song. yet another gem from our dear friends radiohead. cool vid, cool guitar part by johnny too. i didnt notice it on the bonus track album. its a nice touch. i can listen to this song at least a dozen more times
Radiohead has travelled in their very own direction from the beginning. To this day, they continue to reinvent themselves with out-of-this world tunes. It amuses me when people mention other Brit/Uk bands in the same sentence. Some describe silly puppet groups like Colplay as being similar. It's because they have attempted to copy the masters of sound...Radiohead! They cannot be replicated & if attempted, they will be revealed as phonies.
It seems like the album (well, bonus disc) version of this song was almost ashamed of itself... this version is so earnest and straight-forward. You can really see the Neil Young influence coming out. It's like "I Am a Wicked Child" that way.
AHHHHHHH! I can't believe that I was there to hear this and I didn't even know at the time how awesome it was. They didn't play it that much during this recent tour. Maybe they got sick of it.
Pure sonic beauty. The lyrics both devastate and redeem. The sound soothes and dazzles. Radiohead = five absolute musical geniuses. Thank you, Colin, Jonny, Ed, Phil and Thom!
According to Rolling Stone magazine, apparently people 'lovingly' referred to it as Radiohead's Coldplay song. I always will disagree with that. Coldplay's music is often, solipsistic, where this is a song with tragic lyrics about hypothetically the end of the world with redemption in the music. Lovely song, and since Coldplay in many ways tried to copy Radiohead's sound, to me it's Radiohead's 'Radiohead' song.
For the very gifted, there comes a time in a band's progression when they come to a fork in the road; one way is signposted BIGGEST BAND IN THE WORLD and the other GREATEST BAND IN THE WORLD. I think U2 and Coldplay went one way while Radiohead went the other.
Well said, and I fully agree. Radiohead played the game well. By refusing to be pigeonholed by constantly changing their sound they ensured that they will have support no matter what style they choose. U2 was bogged down by their political posturing and Edge's 'trademark' (i.e. repeated) reverb guitar. Coldplay became limited in their approach altogether by being consistent (i.e. barely altering their song structures). Long live Radiohead!
Long live Radiohead indeed. I liked Parachutes, and The Joshua Tree is a classic album that still sounds good today, but as both bands tried to capitalise on these launching pads to world domination I became increasingly irked by what I can only describe as 'product' being churned out and heavily promoted by these groups.
Contrast this with how Radiohead followed up their landmark album OK Computer with Kid A (and Amnesiac). There's more to this story of course, as Radiohead fans well know...
...but after initially having some of my own issues with both albums I have come to utterly appreciate the entire Radiohead oeuvre as a wonderful and diverse collection of outstanding music. What really gets me about their stuff is the depth of emotion both instrumentally and vocally, and Thom's
ability to succinctly and repeatedly capture the zeitgeist of the moment in his lyrics, often with a single line.
@kiwidavid72 Radiohead is band of musicians, a band of men who want to improve themselves, who aren't afraid of musical exploration and they don't consider it a commercial risk but something they have to do. In U2 you have the biggest hypocrit and piece of shit of the world, Bono, who owns 1.5% of facebook and claims to be a philantropist. In coldplay you have a band of bland men, who aren't such a piece of shit as Bono, and aren't nearly as talented as Radiohead. Pure mediocrity.
also disagree that it's better than the studio version. this sounds way more epic...but the studio one with the white noise at the start sounds like someone dealing with panic. i think it's represented in the music on the album version.
not exactly sure, i think that maybe the piano is either a piano that can be switched to a piano/strings one, or like you said it is hooked up to an amp w/ a synth.
The studio version makes sense in the context of In Rainbows, but this version has this lilting, ethereal majesty of a band firing on all cylinders. Amazing guitar work from Jonny, and I love Ed's backing vocals. However, like I said, the studio version makes sense and it grew on me, and now I love it as well.
wouldnt say its simpler really, the album one is so stripped back. this one has so much optimism in it, even despite the lyrics. you're right this one's much better, same as down is the new up, and go slowly.
I remember being slightly disappointed with the CD version when it came out, but now I like it more than the live versions. Love both, of course. Brilliant performance.
Can't really agree with that, both are exceptional brilliant.. for me they complete eachother to 1 amazing album worth waiting 4-5 years for. You really can't get sick of radiohead :)
I think I'll go the opposite. The album version takes the rather standard arrangement of the whole thing and obscures it; leaving only the most important components: like the piano after the chorus, etc.
I agree, I like the album version for what it is. Just think of the album as sort of a private listening while the live songs are for a group of people; would you really want to be at a concert falling asleep listening to the album version? No. Would you like to be sitting at home enjoying the soft, gentle sound of In Rainbows and then all of a sudden have this loud, crashing live sound come into your ears? Don't think so.
i trust radiohead. After all they are the people who wrote the song. So there must be a reason why they play it live this way, and why they recorded it that way. I'd love to hear and see this one live.
Actually vangel this is one of the most relentlessly unsweet songs they have ever written. It is about having 4 minutes left to live before a nuclear bomb hits. The dont want to grow old part means that you dont care if you live a long and full life you just want to get the fuck out of there.
The fact that the song sounds so pretty only adds to the complete brilliance of it.
I guess i didn't pay much attention to the lyrics..i was probably refering to the bitterwseet feeling that's growing into you as you listen to it(it's probably caused by the music)..''i don't want grow old''
i thought that partit was refering to people who lose their innocence as they grow old..but anyway ..thank you,and sorry for my bad english!take care!
i'm soooo glad i heard the in rainbows version of this first...i mean, this is OK, but the bonus disc version is haunting, the way it sounds peaceful, but the lyrics are totally scary....that to me is REAL authentic amazingness!!!!
if coldplay had written this song it would be by far the best thing they had ever done. Radiohead showing them how it should be done. In Rainbows version is beautiful.
I actual wish that they would put out alternate versions of a couple of the songs from In Rainbows. Songs such as, videotape along with this. It's just that I was quite surprised to see the studio versions of both songs ended up quite the opposite of what I expected having seen the live versions. Maybe someday? Hopefully!
4 minute warning is such a tremendous finale for an album. the simplicity of it almost gives you the feeling that this the last album radiohead is going to make, not saying it in a bad way, just that, the way its made, the mood of it. i love this song.
Yeah, I like the CD version better. It's more "The Bends" quality than "Hail to the Theif". Not that there's anything wrong with either... I just prefer the subtleness of the quiet version.
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This and Last Flowers really could have been great, great tracks. Unfortunately, it seems they couldn't be bothered to spend more than 5 minutes making them sound like anything other than shitty, tossed off demo's with karaoke vocals on top. Atleast the main album turned out good, and we'll always have this Youtube :/
I don't think having an opinion makes someone self important, and I don't think being disappointed makes someone a piece of shit. It's not like I attacked the band personally anyway. You need to get off their nuts and stop being such an oversensitive dork. Also you fail at not regurgitating stupid insults that were lame about 4 years ago.
Since there are many fans who see the In Rainbows CD2 version of this song as one of the best things they've ever done, I think we're discussing personal likings here which are not to be discussed...
Anyways...absolutely great song in both versions at least imho.
i liked the album, but to be honest. I would of liked it more if not given the tracks so early before the album came out. I've been waiting for them to grow on me, but its just not the same as compared to Amnesica.. oh well. ROCK ON RADIOHEAD!
im pretty sure radiohead has a better idea of what they should do than you. so shut your fucking mouth because your insulting the greatest contributers to art in the history of our planet. go find a band to apprecieate dwell on how they disapointed you. fuck right off you must be deaf
This is such a terrific song! I can't believe someone would even dare to call this boring. Seriously, if you think its that boring then skip out on the buying the cd and purchase a coldplay or snow patrol album. Just give this band the respect that they deserve.
Obviously you missed the point as well. The point being that you should give the band the credit that they've come to earn over the past 14 or whatever odd years. They're one of the greatest bands in the world, so don't compare them to Coldplay. I won't lie, I happen to like Coldplay, but at the sametime I know there's no comparison between the 2.
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dariendave24 1 month ago
"Radioactive fall-out can kill. You cannot see it or feel it, but it is there."
MaghoxFr 3 months ago
4 Minute Warning music origin: "The four minute warning was a public alert system conceived by the British Government during the Cold War and operated between 1953 and 1992 when the system was dismantled after the cold war ended. The name derived from the approximate length of time from the point at which a Soviet nuclear missile attack against the United Kingdom could be confirmed and the impact of those missiles on their targets." @ Wikipedia. :)
OneManAndHisToaster 5 months ago 4
Wow, had no idea this song was this old... awesome for them to bring it on B side of In Rainbows. Very cool footage of a gig, ty so much! :)
OneManAndHisToaster 5 months ago
i wish i was there so bad
callmejake22 6 months ago
where were you're seats
caitlinhihi 7 months ago
Colin is awesome here, best tambourine player ever
DRodri90 10 months ago
This song should have been an A-side. Why wasn't it!?!?
eyebal 10 months ago
@eyebal because they're radioheads
ftasic 9 months ago
@eyebal Thom doesn't like some of his best songs... He apparently almost disowned "High and Dry". Too much sweetness in the melancholy for his taste? If only he knew how large the song could have been...
IamYouNYC 1 week ago
Please can someone send me a guitar tab?
nathan.corp@yahoo.com
I need it so bad! And please don't send that A-D-E shit :D
Artingence 1 year ago
Such an under rated song, the first time i heard it i thought it was meh. Then when i bought the single for Nude, it's become one of my faves :D. Remind anyone else of a Pink Floyd The Wall sort of song? Not lyrically but instrumentally?
hchn333 1 year ago
@hchn333 not the wall so much as stuff on meddle, but defiantly pink floyd esc
swimfreak430 11 months ago
Damn i love this song! it gets me off!
hollowhostile01 1 year ago
i think the sleeve's cut so it doesnt get in the way while hes playin
drow229 1 year ago
You are my rockstars guys! You don't need to be cooler than you are.
gadamer102 1 year ago
No one in the world could get away with the different-lengthed sleeves except for Jonny.
cowboyspwn23 1 year ago
This song proves the greatness of radiohead.
This song didn't make the album? Is there any other band who would determine that this song isn't strong enough for the cut?
schadworld1 1 year ago 4
fucking awesome song, but jonny make this song so much fucking better with that guitar.
arpeggifany 1 year ago
i love playin this on geetar n singin.. soo nice :)
StarvedHaddock 1 year ago
Soon im gonna wake up..
leytonwellon 1 year ago
class.i think this song n videotape sound much better live than studio version
zebrahead32 1 year ago
fucking awesome!!
4andtwenty 1 year ago
I will learn this song. And i will play it during the third world war :)
This is something what makes the humanity worth existing
(sry for bad eng)
sNAiTHnAg 1 year ago 3
Fantastic!
Igin001 1 year ago
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I think I got up to go get a hamburger during this song at the concert. I was staaaarving,
dropbows90 1 year ago
I think I got up to go get a hamburger during this song at the concert. I was staaaarving,
dropbows90 1 year ago
@dropbows90 munchhieesss
chunkymilk 1 year ago
super chills the entire song, every time
also, its good to see ed on acoustic. kinda rare
BuddyWillis 1 year ago 2
I'd be happy to spend the final 4 minutes of my life listening to this
kiwidavid72 1 year ago 16
Beautiful song. This is the first time I have ever seen Ed play the acoustic guitar on a Radiohead song. And this album came out in 2007.
tellytubies123 2 years ago
wonderful it moves to tears
Desaintexupery 2 years ago
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all im saying is you have no idea what your talking about you flaming homosexual
tgeer123 2 years ago
lol alright buddy
ItsWhatever24 2 years ago
im sure they need your help planning how to perform
tgeer123 2 years ago
yea, well you don't gotta be a dick about it.
ItsWhatever24 2 years ago
I really wish they would start to play the album version live. They should walk on for the encore with the static of the album version, lights still off. The dark blue lights come on and Thom is sitting at the piano and colin starts banging the tamborine. jonny starts doing his thing on the guitar and ed comes in a little later,making etheral sounds with the guitar. No one would suspect the song to be played and it would blow everyones mind. At least the real radiohead fans
ItsWhatever24 2 years ago 7
o my god what a way to end a show
milesmetsox4 2 years ago
@ItsWhatever24
I like that idea.
However, Radiohead prefer to open energetically - and this may be wise.
fuzzvid 2 years ago
both the live and studio versions of all of their songs are epic you just have to listen to the studio versions on kick ass stereos.
OCIRELCNU 2 years ago 3
This is great, thanks for sharing
ryan7908 2 years ago
Well, I had a really bad moment in my life, and this song helped me out a lot... now I know that you will wake up no matter what the nightmare is....
panochas 2 years ago
Sometimes it is just best to "run and hide."
Psilocbin 2 years ago
you dont know how much i appreciate u for upload this, sounds soo nice ^^
thesoftshiver 2 years ago 4
I looooooove Ed's backing vocals on this. Just amazing.
lordmeowmeow 2 years ago
lucky guy !
crisogno 2 years ago
I love this song
Desaintexupery 2 years ago 4
somebody will play this during third world war
mikemty 2 years ago 57
@mikemty geez, i bloody hope not... :s
OneManAndHisToaster 4 months ago
@mikemty At least me.
Artingence 4 months ago
@mikemty We all ready are !
Ringadoon 4 months ago
@mikemty I bloody hope not! :|||
OneManAndHisToaster 2 months ago
they have a lot of beautiful songs! i think 4min warning live is the best!
1. 4minutes warning
2. like spinning plates
3. the tourist
this is my opinion.
15amnesiac 2 years ago 7
It's long over due for another "LIVE" album there guys..this song in particular has been consistently way better live then on rainbows 2. Mainly cuz Jonny Freaks out all awesome. New live album.. please guys.
chasemelendez 2 years ago 5
Wow this version is great! I wonder if they have a studio version with Jonny and Ed..
erminatti 2 years ago
to me the perfect opening song for a concert :D
lu15dav1d 2 years ago
Or the closing :)
Hughesta74 2 years ago
simply beautiful
drow229 2 years ago
i prefer the cat power version
plist219 2 years ago
hahahhaha
drow229 2 years ago
@plist219 How is it called?
Lietuvaitis2 8 months ago
this version is brilliant. i like the studio version, it echoes atmosphere by joy division but it doesn't compare to this whatsoever, the subtle notes that thom and jonny both play in this make it superb
bluejeans121 2 years ago
i was seriously depressed when this song was not on the 08 tour.......why Thom?
cruzer619 3 years ago
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i hate the in rainbows version
fdopcs 3 years ago
You need psychiatric help.
drryangibbons 2 years ago
the lyrics of this song are amazing so desperate and painful
Desaintexupery 3 years ago
This song really helped me through a shit patch of my life, they should've ended In Rainbows with this after Videotape.
richh4000 3 years ago
This is sheer musical genius - Radiohead at its very best. They can take such a haunting subject and shed some beauty on it like no other band in the world. Their enigmatic style is what keeps them so relevant. You never know what is coming next and that is what makes them so special. Forty years from now, they will be remembered as one of the greatest bands of our generation. This song only adds to this reputation.
cjc26miles 3 years ago 5
thanks for posting
ThroughtheFence 3 years ago
im surprised they performed this however it sounds great.
imbongg 3 years ago
this song is so beautiful. something about it reminds me of when i was a kid or something. it gives me this weird feeling... like when i would climb the ropes in gym class.j/k
bones22j 3 years ago 2
This version is 10 times better then the in rainbows version. the same goes with a version i have heard of nude which has glockenspiel in it
ceiley1234 3 years ago
like videotape i much prefare the live verison than in rainbows version
zebrahead32 3 years ago
:) love this song. yet another gem from our dear friends radiohead. cool vid, cool guitar part by johnny too. i didnt notice it on the bonus track album. its a nice touch. i can listen to this song at least a dozen more times
pvtjoker86 3 years ago
love jonny's guitar part in this
wikum3 3 years ago
Radiohead has travelled in their very own direction from the beginning. To this day, they continue to reinvent themselves with out-of-this world tunes. It amuses me when people mention other Brit/Uk bands in the same sentence. Some describe silly puppet groups like Colplay as being similar. It's because they have attempted to copy the masters of sound...Radiohead! They cannot be replicated & if attempted, they will be revealed as phonies.
MelloSpeed 3 years ago
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caelenlim 3 years ago 9
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cevdett123 3 years ago
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ROUGE218 3 years ago
Radiohead's not so subtle hint to us humans, the worlds gone a little cockeyed if you haven't noticed, so WAKE UP!
TooLateforagoodone 3 years ago 5
It seems like the album (well, bonus disc) version of this song was almost ashamed of itself... this version is so earnest and straight-forward. You can really see the Neil Young influence coming out. It's like "I Am a Wicked Child" that way.
sprunkner 3 years ago
i dont know why, maybe its just me
but this song reminds me a lot of Motion Picture Soundtrack.
anyone else agree?
KidAmnesiac111 3 years ago
AHHHHHHH! I can't believe that I was there to hear this and I didn't even know at the time how awesome it was. They didn't play it that much during this recent tour. Maybe they got sick of it.
Ionemitten 3 years ago
Pure sonic beauty. The lyrics both devastate and redeem. The sound soothes and dazzles. Radiohead = five absolute musical geniuses. Thank you, Colin, Jonny, Ed, Phil and Thom!
GunslingerXYZ 3 years ago 3
According to Rolling Stone magazine, apparently people 'lovingly' referred to it as Radiohead's Coldplay song. I always will disagree with that. Coldplay's music is often, solipsistic, where this is a song with tragic lyrics about hypothetically the end of the world with redemption in the music. Lovely song, and since Coldplay in many ways tried to copy Radiohead's sound, to me it's Radiohead's 'Radiohead' song.
MiIIenia 3 years ago 10
For the very gifted, there comes a time in a band's progression when they come to a fork in the road; one way is signposted BIGGEST BAND IN THE WORLD and the other GREATEST BAND IN THE WORLD. I think U2 and Coldplay went one way while Radiohead went the other.
kiwidavid72 3 years ago 56
Well said, and I fully agree. Radiohead played the game well. By refusing to be pigeonholed by constantly changing their sound they ensured that they will have support no matter what style they choose. U2 was bogged down by their political posturing and Edge's 'trademark' (i.e. repeated) reverb guitar. Coldplay became limited in their approach altogether by being consistent (i.e. barely altering their song structures). Long live Radiohead!
MiIIenia 3 years ago 6
Long live Radiohead indeed. I liked Parachutes, and The Joshua Tree is a classic album that still sounds good today, but as both bands tried to capitalise on these launching pads to world domination I became increasingly irked by what I can only describe as 'product' being churned out and heavily promoted by these groups.
Contrast this with how Radiohead followed up their landmark album OK Computer with Kid A (and Amnesiac). There's more to this story of course, as Radiohead fans well know...
kiwidavid72 3 years ago 4
...but after initially having some of my own issues with both albums I have come to utterly appreciate the entire Radiohead oeuvre as a wonderful and diverse collection of outstanding music. What really gets me about their stuff is the depth of emotion both instrumentally and vocally, and Thom's
ability to succinctly and repeatedly capture the zeitgeist of the moment in his lyrics, often with a single line.
kiwidavid72 3 years ago 2
I agree! WOOOO RADIOHEAD!
ehwPOP 3 years ago
best comment i've ever seen on youtube
hewasthewalrus 3 years ago
@kiwidavid72 I think you take your poetic skills a little too seriously.
They're a GREAT fucking band. Period.
MattParksTallahassee 1 year ago
@kiwidavid72 U2 and Coldplay have nothing on these guys
spongey222 8 months ago
@spongey222 Agree. They're not even in the same street. They're not even in the same timezone.
kiwidavid72 6 months ago
@kiwidavid72 Radiohead is band of musicians, a band of men who want to improve themselves, who aren't afraid of musical exploration and they don't consider it a commercial risk but something they have to do. In U2 you have the biggest hypocrit and piece of shit of the world, Bono, who owns 1.5% of facebook and claims to be a philantropist. In coldplay you have a band of bland men, who aren't such a piece of shit as Bono, and aren't nearly as talented as Radiohead. Pure mediocrity.
MaghoxFr 6 months ago 4
Thank you Millenia
Mygalej 3 years ago
You're welcome. Though you need not thank me at all. I simply state my opinion. Nevertheless, cheers!
MiIIenia 3 years ago
best radiohead song
tommasosciotto 3 years ago
Beautiful song!
Kadajismine 3 years ago
also disagree that it's better than the studio version. this sounds way more epic...but the studio one with the white noise at the start sounds like someone dealing with panic. i think it's represented in the music on the album version.
canutewaves 3 years ago 2
hmm, who's playing the weird synth sound in this?
cos its not jonny, or colin, or ed. unless they delayed it or are just using a backing track??
canutewaves 3 years ago
it's thom... his piano is playing both synth and piano
thegloaming09 3 years ago
really? that's well cool, but how does it work?
like is the piano hooked up to two amplifiers, one with synth settings?
canutewaves 3 years ago
not exactly sure, i think that maybe the piano is either a piano that can be switched to a piano/strings one, or like you said it is hooked up to an amp w/ a synth.
thegloaming09 3 years ago
If it's a MIDI piano it can be hooked up to control multiple devices (like a string module and a piano module) at the same time.
pidgin 3 years ago
The studio version makes sense in the context of In Rainbows, but this version has this lilting, ethereal majesty of a band firing on all cylinders. Amazing guitar work from Jonny, and I love Ed's backing vocals. However, like I said, the studio version makes sense and it grew on me, and now I love it as well.
lordmeowmeow 3 years ago 3
it's not the same version as the one on disc 2 dipshit
CapoStatuz 3 years ago
i wish they'd make this into a studio version. great song either way
CapoStatuz 3 years ago
? There is a studio version. On In Rainbows disc 2.
oboztas 3 years ago 3
Maybe the best song in "in rainbows".For one moment i thought that it was spacemen 3, the sounds at the bigining. It´s so precious...
CEIVE4EVER 3 years ago
this is much better than the in rainbows version
guccililpiggy1 3 years ago
what a heartbreakingly beautiful song
brithecunt 3 years ago
jonny does awesome work on this
knivesout1234 3 years ago 2
greatness.
CapoStatuz 3 years ago
simplier and better than the studio version. period
fdopcs 3 years ago 3
wouldnt say its simpler really, the album one is so stripped back. this one has so much optimism in it, even despite the lyrics. you're right this one's much better, same as down is the new up, and go slowly.
canutewaves 3 years ago
I remember being slightly disappointed with the CD version when it came out, but now I like it more than the live versions. Love both, of course. Brilliant performance.
1956andallthat 3 years ago
ed and phil doing the "oooh"s in the background is great
brenchen 3 years ago
I am on the verge of getting divorced with my wife.
And this song means so much...
oggi75 3 years ago
ouch... hope that goes well man...
ehfuckit 3 years ago
I'm so sorry oggi75 . I will pray that things work out for you.
jedislave 3 years ago
it aches is it disperate
hypereternity 3 years ago
i love this song more than anything. especially this recording. i was there for it. and i just want to listen to it over and over
:::does anyone have a recording of this show?
veritaangel 3 years ago
what a paradox this song sounds so amazingly beautiful yet its so sadistic in meaning
uskidsknow16 3 years ago 3
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Wow, you are such an existential genius. You should really write a book.
kwernowsky 3 years ago
i wish you could delete comments after you made them lol
uskidsknow16 3 years ago
haha, thats fucked up
thefoolandthefeign 3 years ago
no kidding. just one dude trying to have his input, another guy completely shutting him down, then the sad surrender...
andrewhuculiak 3 years ago
lol.. tough is was easy to make fun of th a-hole
--------> existenial
Hey kwernowsky with how much are you sharing the family braincell??
rusjones 3 years ago
i love this song, wish it was on the album along with bangers and mash, but you cant have everything...
54spiritedwill54 4 years ago
well it is on the bonus cd :)
rusjones 3 years ago
unfortunately the bonus CD was about a million times better than the actual album
rastasoldier 3 years ago
Can't really agree with that, both are exceptional brilliant.. for me they complete eachother to 1 amazing album worth waiting 4-5 years for. You really can't get sick of radiohead :)
rusjones 3 years ago 4
weird seeing ed on the acoustic
ehfuckit 4 years ago 3
this song should have been the last track on in rainbows..replacing videotape...this song is better.
thefoolandthefeign 4 years ago
it is on disc 2
teambrent82 3 years ago
I think this is the one song where I'll have to play the "old version is better" card.
Fabulous!
coyel 4 years ago 2
I think I'll go the opposite. The album version takes the rather standard arrangement of the whole thing and obscures it; leaving only the most important components: like the piano after the chorus, etc.
RadioMuse1 4 years ago
I agree, I like the album version for what it is. Just think of the album as sort of a private listening while the live songs are for a group of people; would you really want to be at a concert falling asleep listening to the album version? No. Would you like to be sitting at home enjoying the soft, gentle sound of In Rainbows and then all of a sudden have this loud, crashing live sound come into your ears? Don't think so.
That's just how I see it at least.
remynash 4 years ago
i trust radiohead. After all they are the people who wrote the song. So there must be a reason why they play it live this way, and why they recorded it that way. I'd love to hear and see this one live.
ruukaoz 4 years ago
so much better than the album version
irishgunner32 4 years ago
ed's most hauntingly beautiful harmonizing
lordmeowmeow 4 years ago 2
among with fog,one of the sweetest songs they've ever written..
i don't want hear it
i don't want to grow old
vangel1s7idi0teQue 4 years ago
Actually vangel this is one of the most relentlessly unsweet songs they have ever written. It is about having 4 minutes left to live before a nuclear bomb hits. The dont want to grow old part means that you dont care if you live a long and full life you just want to get the fuck out of there.
The fact that the song sounds so pretty only adds to the complete brilliance of it.
sushilll111 4 years ago
I guess i didn't pay much attention to the lyrics..i was probably refering to the bitterwseet feeling that's growing into you as you listen to it(it's probably caused by the music)..''i don't want grow old''
i thought that partit was refering to people who lose their innocence as they grow old..but anyway ..thank you,and sorry for my bad english!take care!
vangel1s7idi0teQue 4 years ago
Ha,ha dont apologize!
I think its great for a song to have more than one meaning for people!
sushilll111 4 years ago
oh shit- i always though it was "i dont wanna know"
TehWinnerz 2 years ago
My god! I wish to got the chance to see them live n with Florencia beside me always!!! love u Flo!
nikobolso 4 years ago
it on the new cd isnt it? the 2nd disc
jessicajune84 4 years ago
yup last track disc 2
jamdaz22 4 years ago
I Hope that live version from 4 minutes warning and bangers and mash will be avaiwable one day
hermes41 4 years ago
This song sounds in my mind all the time. Love it, love it, love it! Love Radiohead.
TheGreenFishy 4 years ago 2
thats called getting brainwashed !
kev22990 4 years ago
i'm soooo glad i heard the in rainbows version of this first...i mean, this is OK, but the bonus disc version is haunting, the way it sounds peaceful, but the lyrics are totally scary....that to me is REAL authentic amazingness!!!!
fakechic 4 years ago 3
This song is fucking up my world. It's wrecking me and I love every minute of it.
jsev607 4 years ago 4
Krankzinnig goed!!!!!!!
blomssub 4 years ago
i liked coldplay better when it was called U2, but even then it was questionable.
unhappytobehere 4 years ago
if coldplay had written this song it would be by far the best thing they had ever done. Radiohead showing them how it should be done. In Rainbows version is beautiful.
daveyfuego 4 years ago 8
very disappointed with the bonus disc version of this song. but ill always have the memory of being at this show.
sudajmahi 4 years ago
I actual wish that they would put out alternate versions of a couple of the songs from In Rainbows. Songs such as, videotape along with this. It's just that I was quite surprised to see the studio versions of both songs ended up quite the opposite of what I expected having seen the live versions. Maybe someday? Hopefully!
nathannin123 4 years ago
4 minute warning is such a tremendous finale for an album. the simplicity of it almost gives you the feeling that this the last album radiohead is going to make, not saying it in a bad way, just that, the way its made, the mood of it. i love this song.
leoellion 4 years ago
Yeah, I like the CD version better. It's more "The Bends" quality than "Hail to the Theif". Not that there's anything wrong with either... I just prefer the subtleness of the quiet version.
JohnyJoe 4 years ago
i love this song, wish it was on the album along with bangers and mash, but you cant have everything...
mgearyboywonder 4 years ago 2
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This and Last Flowers really could have been great, great tracks. Unfortunately, it seems they couldn't be bothered to spend more than 5 minutes making them sound like anything other than shitty, tossed off demo's with karaoke vocals on top. Atleast the main album turned out good, and we'll always have this Youtube :/
MBArkestra 4 years ago
You are a self-important piece of shit. You fail at life.
bradf20 4 years ago
I don't think having an opinion makes someone self important, and I don't think being disappointed makes someone a piece of shit. It's not like I attacked the band personally anyway. You need to get off their nuts and stop being such an oversensitive dork. Also you fail at not regurgitating stupid insults that were lame about 4 years ago.
MBArkestra 4 years ago
Since there are many fans who see the In Rainbows CD2 version of this song as one of the best things they've ever done, I think we're discussing personal likings here which are not to be discussed...
Anyways...absolutely great song in both versions at least imho.
OldMacBonit 4 years ago 2
i liked the album, but to be honest. I would of liked it more if not given the tracks so early before the album came out. I've been waiting for them to grow on me, but its just not the same as compared to Amnesica.. oh well. ROCK ON RADIOHEAD!
BoyOnAString7 4 years ago
this is gorgeous. thank you for posting.
iscistim 4 years ago 2
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get your heads out of your asses, rh.
the new album blows compared to the live tracks. i kept waiting for the tracks to explode and they didn't.
they shoulda called the album in rainblows.
calvinmontgomery 4 years ago
im pretty sure radiohead has a better idea of what they should do than you. so shut your fucking mouth because your insulting the greatest contributers to art in the history of our planet. go find a band to apprecieate dwell on how they disapointed you. fuck right off you must be deaf
shark15 4 years ago 3
I can't lie, 'rainblows' was a pretty funny thing to say.
And, yes, I was waiting for 'videotape' to nut in my face, but it just didn't.
sandysnowbeard 4 years ago
Ha ha.
l1392503 4 years ago
Hey Scot, why don't you cover it?
LeYasa 4 years ago
correction. why don't WE cover it?
this song needs heavier drums.
calvinmontgomery 4 years ago
i wish they had made the studio version this awesome
jscott21 4 years ago 4
This is such a terrific song! I can't believe someone would even dare to call this boring. Seriously, if you think its that boring then skip out on the buying the cd and purchase a coldplay or snow patrol album. Just give this band the respect that they deserve.
nathannin123 4 years ago
you missed the whole point. this sounds like coldplay. so if i don't like it, why would i like coldplay?
musicfan99999 4 years ago
Obviously you missed the point as well. The point being that you should give the band the credit that they've come to earn over the past 14 or whatever odd years. They're one of the greatest bands in the world, so don't compare them to Coldplay. I won't lie, I happen to like Coldplay, but at the sametime I know there's no comparison between the 2.
nathannin123 4 years ago 4