Optimistic (cover) - Radiohead

[PogieJoe]

Future Radiohead member, circa 2016

[nightmissle]

The whole time I was waiting for you to sing!!!

[Ryan115121225]

Excellent job. Love how those chords fit the positive... but not really... mood of the song.

[nass15]

This where I come to relax and think.

[aaw2313]

Awesome



[dgmc09productions]

wuuuuuut

no singing?

[Nathanial317]

This is a great cover, practically exact too. I wish I could get a recording of ur cover (: I played this live for my 2nd class in joplin high school and all the girls liked it. I wish u could of been there to back me up. Lol. I'm a good singer.

[cleanpalette]

This is so smooth. You're lovely as well :)

[canadiananny86]

Awesome!

[MattSavage2006]

Flawless. This is so beautiful. I was waiting for you to start singing, though!!

[MicahBuzan]

i LOVE your radiohead covers!

[TooCooLFoRYou123]

Awesome

[MissMastanehN]

Smooth Sailin'

[superwiicrazy]

wow you're really good

[ankhamon2000]

My fav album and fav song from this awesome band and you just rock the hell out of it ! Congrats man !! the bassline on that track (specially the end) drives me crazy too !!

[jimcorneliu]

the guitar sounds so warm! love it. thank you.

[DJHallertau]

GREAT JOB!!!!!! Also I really dig the guitar. 

[peopleintrees]

Pretty black girl covering Radiohead songs is okay in my book. Thumbs up beautiful.

[PawlikDoc]

+++++

add you as a friend

[radiohead419]

no matter what guitar you play this song the drop d really gives it that awesome low "ting" sound

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its simply a sin to not play the open d along with the progression

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wonderful cover

[antoz1973]

you have spent the night for something of good.. great job

[NevermoreFan]

This might be a stupid question i havent been playing guitar for very long so my question is how do you know what chords to play? do u just have the chords memorized or is there a method of finding them? idk if that makes any sense but GREAT COVER AND THANKS.

[THE0PTIM1ST]

Knowledge of standard chords didn't really help because this song has a lot of odd ones, but I'd been playing guitar long enough to be familiar with where different tones are on the fretboard. That, and I'd been listening to this song for years before I ever attempted to play it, so I had a rudimentary idea of how it went. If I couldn't figure something out, I'd listen to the chord in question over and over, concentrating on hearing and finding each note seperately, and then piece them together.

[THE0PTIM1ST]

@NevermoreFan Also, one of the hardest things about guitar is that the same exact note can be played in many different places, so you've got to figure out which place makes the most sense in relation to the other notes you're playing. On the bright side, this piece relies heavily on open strings so many times I was only looking for two or three notes to play instead of a whole chord.

Hope that helps, and thanks for watching... keep strummin :)

[KIDiotequeA]

Lovely arrangement.

[Mummer85]

This is really awesome. Nice job!

[blochead555]

this is really really wonderfull, flawless, and so beautifull. thank you ! (:

[mallardvasey]

Nice job! Really nice job. And the arrangement does sound spot on, unlike a lot of covers you hear!

Brilliant stuff! Vocals? :-)

[zechs77]

This deserves more views

[nass15]

@zechs77 I've been on the front lines of this initiative.

[SilentBombr]

Beautiful cover :)

[wimpievm]

Jaw-dropping. No other words for this.

[THE0PTIM1ST]

thank you :) and to everyone else as well for the kind words...reading through my comments today makes me want to post more vids. really you guys are so supportive <3

[wimpievm]

Thank *you* for giving us something that beautiful to listen to ;)

[pkd46]

wow!! congratulations beautiful woman!! grettings from Lima for you!!! great job!!

[leeble611]

u got dat

[spindleneedle]

great cover, and thats an amazing guitar lol

[THE0PTIM1ST]

thanks man...in retrospect it seems weird that i'd play radiohead on a danelectro but i didn't have my tele at the time so i made do :)

[musfutmuj]

Wow!

amazing your cover girl

Really good

[cisco1225]

I know just how it is to be playing at 4am and trying to record a song. Most of my videos are made right around that time frame :-) Well, this is the best cover of this song I've ever heard. And I'm in awe that you did this by ear. Keep up the good work. I'll keep watching your videos

[Adsy511]

please post tabs this is the best optimistic cover i have ever heard

[TheBrooklynRadio]

Nice!

Really diggin' this--you should have sang though :-/ ...regardless nice playing.

Peace

BkRadio

[jarvii]

This is perfect!

Keep the chords to yourself if you wish, but could you tell me what tuning you're using? :D

[THE0PTIM1ST]

It's just drop D tuning DADGBE

thanks for the comment!!

[jarvii]

You're welcome, thanks for the answer!

[jellymiu]

I love it!!!! Awesome!!! Thanks for the cover!!

[GreenyMcgreen]

You fucking rock!!

[jddove]

optimist is my favorite radiohead sont and I was so glad that they started playing it again on the last tour!

[ROORWANT]

amazing. i think its great that u conceal your hand movements. let them figure it out on their own. its lonely at the top...! keep at it, as relentlessly as u have been. it shows....!!!

[collage3000]

You're a Star !!

[PTeezy16]

this is the best optimistic cover i've heard. you need to post tabs... please....

[adam8or]

Man, you're awesome :O!

[skttrbraind]

this is perfect. seriously. what are the tabs though? :\

[frooshante]

i enjoyed your videos, keep it up.

however...

if you're not gonna sing in this one, why not at least enlighten us with your fretting hand?

[pereiraelcristian]

niceeeee.

;)

[autoinfanticideband]

its like you and radiohead were made for each other =]

[THE0PTIM1ST]

:-o

thank you.

[fUnNyViSiOnsStudio]

awesome!

[JonnyRainman]

unbelievable.

absolutely awesome

[watashiwanachodes]

you have tabs for this??? i need those it sounds as good as it can be done with one guitar

[vikingmog]

do u have any original stuff

[brrnay]

pause at :04. ha, you look mad almost.

[damerz0405]

lol what attention to detail you have

[muhubrenmuhu]

great sound!

[blackraven15205]

phenominal intrepretation, keep more posts coming!

[perfectupper90]

Great cover! Keep it up! What guitar do you use?

[THE0PTIM1ST]

that one is a danelectro, though i think a tele would've sounded better

[almagenes]

it's great but COME ON!!! why didn't you sing??

[THE0PTIM1ST]

i know, i know...it was my first video! i wasn't ready, lol

[radeon110]

Eternal respect

[DreadyDreadyDready]

RESPECT

[graphitesoul]

you are nice with it!

[TobiasRieper]

shiz

wish i knew the tabs : \

you played great, i sang along with it

[Landser067]

This is the best cover of Optimistic that I've seen on youtube so far. Very good job.

[mytfew]

great job, I can play this song too but this version is better than mine.

[kerberos2009]

5 starsss!! amazing!

[Apslac]

amazing cover...like all of yours, you should try singing it...

please, oh pretty please make a tab out of this...sounds so full being the mixed parts of jonny and thom...i can only play thom's parts & from your video i can't tell what are any add-on notes...i'm trying to figure it out by ear, but i'm having a bit or trouble...

[THE0PTIM1ST]

check your mortigitempo PMs ;-)

[cipriomus]

that was really great execution. sounds clean and beautiful.

[treerose1]

I of course love your performance, but your initial pose with the intense look into the camera and the pik in your mouth is classic! You should make a photo of that.

[warrenmusic]

very nice...

i think i want to post a tutorial of this soon!

[THE0PTIM1ST]

you definitely should...I really admire what you do man, you've a great ear.

[BassicAeol]

Nice!

[robskyler]

very nice. check my radiohead if you get a chance, thanks :)

[kevincurtisnyc]

ur the coolest person i know!

[THE0PTIM1ST]

omg.

[antonioromello]

like a young ndegeocello.From Tha God Antonio Romello.Arlington/PHP

[dmonkeyland]

Good collage.

[Halcyon91]

Try a G minor instead of G major after the 2nd chorus. Other than that, it's awesome.

[csluvmusic]

I luv it!! Indeed well done!! Thanks for sharing....

[kafkadoodle]

well done, well done.