Thom Yorke Personal (on The Big Ask)

[FakePlasticShrimp]

why is he against nuclear power i dont get it?

[oblivionmaster77]

@FakePlasticShrimp Because when Nuclear power is in the hands of the wrong people, it kills thousands if not millions of people, and our leaders are the wrong people.

[AwesomeCoasters]

Global warming aint a crisis

Look it up

Enjoy capitalism

Concentrate on the water crisis if you're like Thom Yorke and have too much time on your hands.

[dreadedwheat26]

fuck off thom yorke

[talk45]

@dreadedwheat26 Excuse me? Someone's jealous.

[dreadedwheat26]

@talk45 jealous of his money,granted. certainly not his ridiculous hairdo.

[Keidoupe]

@dreadedwheat26 he wasnt born rich dude, look at the things he did, look at the talent he has, instead of posting comments, go be him

[dreadedwheat26]

@Keidoupe never said he was rich. i dont care if he care if he grew up in the slums of calcutta,i do not like his attitude.global warming? homeless polar bears? get the fuck out my face thom.he makes me wish for nuclear holocaust.however good a band radiohead were is irrelevant.he is a prick.

[Keidoupe]

@dreadedwheat26 lol thats your opinion brother

[dreadedwheat26]

@Keidoupe tis indeed sir.

[barackrabah]

he only blinks his right eye!! coooool!!!

[VeronicaFric]

0:15 Thom's got so lovely smile when he's talking about Rachel! You can feel his deep love for her :)

[TheNuclearcatpower]

@UnclassicalPiano1 youtube is about all and everything…thats whats makin it sointeresthing…plus u knew by the title what you were gonna wathch so stop bitchin about others people’s life and what they got to say..

[RainboColour]

@UnclassicalPiano1 If this guy says that.. then gets one of the top comments.. Wha.. Wha.. what does that mean? Did he just create a paradox?

[MrMonasm]

@UnclassicalPiano1 oh the irony...



[SMELLYCHOCOLATE]

Environmental problems such as these have inspired me to want to get a green career.....AH fuck but I have to finish college.

[supperunknown]

Did he just said he was an erotic person by nature?

[Varvara0]

@supperunknown

No! xD He said "neurotic". ;)

[supperunknown]

@Varvara0

oow haha thank you xD

[THEH0WLER87]

@supperunknown neurotic u whop!

[cprostudio]

why dies thom yorke remind me of a young yoda?

[eylookasqurrel]

@paranoidandroid505 It probably was thebigaskDOTcom

[schoolofmusic13]

he wink like 100 time through the video. what wrong with left eye that it wont close when he blinks.

[RodCow]

@schoolofmusic13 From Wikipedia - "At birth, his left eye was fixed shut; his doctors believed that his eye was paralyzed and that the condition was permanent. Yorke's parents took him to an eye specialist, who suggested a muscle graft. Yorke underwent five eye operations before he was six years old..... He has stated that the last surgery was "botched," leaving him with a drooping eyelid"

[TheNuclearcatpower]

@RodCow thanks i didn’t know!i personelly find it REAL SEXY!!!it adds to is charm!

[gl0gg]

@schoolofmusic13 he had surgeries when he was younger because his eyelid was fused shut

[supperunknown]

@elliepell1994

lol, he didn't said that? ^^'

[euronymousism]

i agree.

[Matthitizidu]

His eyelids each have their own thought process. :D

[Cloress1]

Weeehehehelll, he's fucking spot on, Didcot should have been shut down 10 years ago. And most of the rest of our power stations are fucked too. But we're building more, because Labour, after 12 years of power, finally had to swap theri sanitary beliefs for actual fact. Usually a tough transition.

[mijnvoornaam]

The government is all into climate change..:)! But the way they want it. Chemicals, distractions, drama's, playing god for what money can buy. These sad people don't see distinction between good and bad any more.

[mijnvoornaam]

Hello there. Are we falling asleep ? Great talk about climate, but can a rich really feel the real problem..? And he is on a commercial with keanu reeves...?! Thom is doing naive. He's not open to what his music could be about. In a hurry to fix stuff, he uses his fame. He's falling for a theatre show. Things are a little more complicated then this.

[kman5473]

just cause you feel it, doesn't mean it's there

[octohorse]

I fell in love with the music of Radiohead quite recently. Been seriously political for a few years now . Really a relief to hear a musician be as political (well, nearly) as myself. It freaks me out that EVERYONE isn't a RAGING POLITICAL. But we are as courageous as our shapes allow us to be, And we are all doing our best to take the best shape possible. Our circumstances upon arriving (birth) weren't the best is all

We'll get it right soon, hoping anyhow

[earthtovenus]

@Nevordan no mate,I m sorry it happend to you but it has nothing to do with Libras.

Best of Luck.

[69Frets]

Thom has "Ptosis" or basically a paralyzed eyelid. He went through several surgeries, but apparently the most recent was botched and he could have ended up blind.

[andytomas07]

@69Frets no he doesnt

[MrsDreamsequence]

I'm sorry of being a little bit rough, but I can't understand the reaction of some people if something is not according to scheme X.

In our to death designed and operated artificial world is really imperfection the real perfectionism! Maybe I'm also in certain respects visually controlled but he looks great, that's a fact!

[MrsDreamsequence]

yes, his eyes move independently, like his brain too!

This can't be said of some people writing comments here!

[priced80]

do his eyes move independently??

[Kingqotsa]

lol was this playback or did he really keep on playing like nothing happend?

[NERDkingHERE]

what is wrong with his eyes. I ahve always wondered what is wrong with them lol

[talk45]

Droopy eyelid. I think it adds character and makes him look oddly attractive.

[dudejohnny]

Droopy eyelid TM.

Things like that do add character. It just sort of works with the rest of his face. Like Obama or Taylor Swift couldn't rock the eyelid like Thom does.

[MultiBodysnatcher]

Jimirocks stfu and go die in a hole

[wateryleaf]

I'm blown away by Thom Yorke's art... he is beautiful beyond the concepts of this world...

[didgemonster]

He may be ugly by superficial standards but he has the one of the most beautiful voices in the music biz flat out. Who gives a fuck what he looks like? He makes DAMN good music and he hasnt lost the tradition of lyrics actually meaning something deeper than getting cars and girls.

[Genevievus]

lol who cares if he's ugly?

tbh i don't even think he is, i mean he ain't great but he's not as bad as people say.

[OrangeySnicket]

He's definitely not George Clooney, but I can't lie - I think this guy looks beautiful. And there are many females out there who agree.

[Soljenta91]

Like me! They're beautiful...

[MrsDreamsequence]

I like George Clooney, but if I compare him with Thom Yorke, George looks meaningless und run-of-the-mill. Thom Yorke looks fantastic, he has very very beautiful facial features, has a sensational figure and his special charisma knocks me over, his boyish charm is the "final straw" for me. And his voice........what shall I say...

needs no more comments!

[Annaa97]

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and a final YES.

[andytomas07]

@Annaa97 no

[Huuezoos]

@OrangeySnicket I am one of that females

[TheSonicchick]

@OrangeySnicket I think why he is so appealing is that he is musically brilliant, compassionate, humble, and so passionate about the things he feels strongly about. He also has a great sense of style and seems so approachable.  Yeah, and he's adorable...

[TheJesterRace86]

@OrangeySnicket Yeah ever since I saw the no surprises music video, I always found him strangely attractive. I knew he wasn't everybody's idea of good looking but to me he was delightful to look at :P

[hubert1klimt]

@OrangeySnicket we could find him beautiful cause he's a genius

[0x0snowflake0x0]

@OrangeySnicket i agree

[brobro1920]

@OrangeySnicket

said like a dumb ass,you evaluate people on looks and your content with that,dumbass!!!

[itsbeadyeyes]

@OrangeySnicket Oh he's far better in my opinion.

[DizzyPuke]

@OrangeySnicket He is beautiful to me.

[somewhathumanlike]

@OrangeySnicket Just females? Cool it with your heteronormativity there.

[talk45]

@somewhathumanlike Haha, as a guy (I assume), are you admitting to a bit of an attraction to Mr. Yorke?

[somewhathumanlike]

@talk45 Huge understatement there.

[melovespigs]

@OrangeySnicket whos george clooney i only know that thom yorke is gorgeous

[JFguitar22]

and we don'T care about your fucking asshole comment

[Cthulhussama]

Ugly doesn't mean anything.

[Jimirocks]

how about you go crawl back into the hole you came from?

[ajsledzep]

thome is different than most people he doesnt wanna be a sheep and a sell out he is an artist and all great artist are strange ,, normal is overated and boring,,,,

[moJomittens]

I agree, a great artist of all sorts are different because they have been saturated in their art instead of the boring world around them :)

[Catch33]

lol, didcot.

[Poopshooot99]

tits or GTFO

[Barbero1992]

you hate a man who works his cock off to bring people good music, just because of something he cant control? good luck getting a wife mate, cos when she screams my name while your fucking, your gonna hate it :)xx

[laVeritas13]

wow. some comments here are just really lame...

[BrendanOC]

Love Thom, so smart

[somerandomer]

partner generally is used by middle aged people as girlfriend and boyfriend seem immature by that point. doesnt mean gay

[Supaduck0]

No, partner is used by the English (especially people who grew up in the 80s and early 90s) to refer to their girlfriend/boyfriend/whatever relationship they're in. Thom's married to a woman as far as I know.

[Juanjolead]

malditos gringos solo critican los europeos pensamos diferente

[Poopshooot99]

he should be because he 'looks' retarded?

what are u 12?

[Poopshooot99]

shows how old u are

grow a penis and a brain, and please comment again so i can further mock your ignorance.

[111volcom111]

i dont think anything about what i said showed anything except that i dont like retarted looking people. and what if im a girl? why the hell would i want a penis?

and pls.. this is just a fail. all you did was make me laugh. you call this mocking some1? step up your game. you just sound like a fagget.

[Poopshooot99]

u dont like retarded looking people, then dont like yourself as well as your mother. and because I typed a word you haven't learned yet, it's a fail on your part. And if Thom Yorke is a little off in looks, so be it, because he will be greater than u ever will be, no matter how much u hate him

[111volcom111]

again, more fail. im damn good lookin, so that rules out your first comment, but maybe not my mother. she is a little on the plump side.

"and because I typed a word you haven't learned yet, it's a fail on your part. "

uhh i understand every word you wrote... sorry bro. your an idiot for getting that impression from what i said... =/

and thom yorke is pretty fail. in fact i am already better than him.

so why dont you get off Thom Yorkes dick, and go die in a ditch somewhere?

[Poopshooot99]

u are a girl, aren't u?

and it isn't his fault he was born with a shut eye

[111volcom111]

do you just suck at life? did you go to school and learn how to read? idc if its his fault or not.... figure it out bitch

[Poopshooot99]

well then wtf do u hate him so much u bitter prick

[TurdMafia27]

yeah seriously kid. You have to atleast commend him for making amazing music for the past 15 or so years. Just because his appearance isn`t aesthetically pleasing to your eye gives no reason for you to criticize him. People who watch this like Thom Yorke, so stop posting comments...you just make yourself seem very unintelligent.

[Poopshooot99]

i commend him for making wonderful music, its fucking 111volcom111 who thinks he should be in a mental hospital for 'looking' like that.

[TurdMafia27]

that statement i posted previously was completely directed at that volcom kid, i was merely agreeing with you lol.

[Poopshooot99]

ok lol good :)

[Poopshooot99]

theres no reason to hate someone for looks its just ignorant

a brand whore like u wouldn't know the difference for obvious reasons

[TurdMafia27]

He obviously doesn't belong in a mental institute if he can fully function throughout an interview like and make great music. And the thing about "retards" is just a bit wrong, i'm not criticizing you for being politcally incorrect but saying he belongs in a mental institute is harsh. I also believe that you have further made yourself look like an idiot....you just seem ridiculous.

[Leptir1981]

u are stupid maaaan ;p

[shotgunblues03420]

whoa whoa you think your better than thom yorke?

[111volcom111]

*claps* you can read =D

[shotgunblues03420]

*claps* your a tosser :D

[shug6009]

*claps* you can't spell

[shotgunblues03420]

get a life?

[mainstreamluke92]

he has a wife

[McFroeggelle]

why do you assume partner = male? His girlfriend is female ;)

[annettecls]

Here in America, whenever the word "partner" is used in reference to a personal relationship, it usually means "homosexual lover". Anyway, I'm glad he's not gay. oops, I'm not supposed to say that now am I?

[restlesspride666]

I'm glad too D: What would happen to all the fan girls huh?

[chrian09]

usually people use the term boyfriand or girrlfriend and people who are gay say partner its just true that way.

[McFroeggelle]

well, maybe it's an american vs. british english thing, but i think partner is the generic term... so it's really hard to tell if it's "just true that way". for you it might be...

[CharlesWanlessVideos]

That would have been interesting..

[meatballllll]

He's referring to his wife, rachel owen(I think) as his partner. Remember dude, he's from england, they think and talk a little different than we do.

[deadspaceastronaut]

i like how he appreciates that most ordinary people don't have time to think about big issues & he's not holier-than-thou about it.

it's really easy to become contemptuous & misanthropic about people, seeing them as ignorant & vaccuous but it takes alot more to be empathetic and realise that people are under a system of control that doesn't allow them a minute to think, lest they get restless and want to participate in the political arena. the public are oppressed. wage-slavery is just that.

[marjemagnolia]

Love you Thommm!

[julijalia]

thom is so sexy

[chrian09]

are you blind or insane?

[knobrot1980]

The music guys x

[StevieSwigginburger]

Go Friends of the Earth. Love you Thom.

[harcnir]

what happen with his eye?? is it a disease??

[jwoods2715]

yes, he had multiple surgeries as a child

[BorrachoPuto]

He had facial paralysis...

[1stanblues]

I don't think he had a facial paralysis.He had this disease from birth.And had severeal surgical operations.

[marxengels16]

Yes, that's right. His eye was closed shut as a child, and they had surgeries to fix it. However, they botched the left eye, leaving him as he is today.

[hipera]

fat

[saybowiebasquait]

oh my god)))) what u r thinking about....)))

[Zerusuke]

I'd fuck you. =)

[ECMuse]

I love how Thom goes all smiley when he talks about his son.

[LonelyBunni3]

I like that too but I didn't even know he had a son till now.

[maggieskaggs]

What will government implementing a carbon tax on us change the habits of deforestation, over development, pollution and raping of natural resources facilitated by our governments?

[ThomYorke07]

we need more people like thom and radiohead

[TheLordHodne]

@ThomYorke07

That's so true. he makes great music, AND is active to stop Global Warming. What more do you need?

[viewer1112]

theres alot more too it than that, ALOT more too it

[EvanAllen91]

Can you really be that ignorant?

[jirdimaster]

You'd be surprised, the world is full of massive dumb-asses like our friend up there.

[KyostiG]

oh you...if only there were Less people like you

[bridgesmatt]

'people dying'

Global warming will be the death of the human civilization one day, dickhead.

[FinalKenny2]

Well... No, but it WILL be the biggest pain in the ass since the ice age.

[Supaduck0]

wait... global warming wont kill us all?

*uses loads of deoderant*

[FinalKenny2]

Nah. Just loads of animal species and maybe (in some climate-models) steal loads of space which sucks in times of over-population.

But if we wouldn't chop them down so much the extra CO^2 actually would boost the growth of the fauna'n'flora. Nature IS trying to adjust to the changes but we won't let it. That's the bigger problem.

[whatsername14]

the ice age is still happening. god.

[FinalKenny2]

Depends who you ask.

It also depends who you ask on if/how/when/how long/etc. global warming will take place.

But no matter who you ask, no one can explain to you HOW CO^2 interacts chemically, so that this is happening.

And that is why we have to be very careful about how we should take action.

[embran]

we need more people like thom and radiohead

[DreamerM]

Thom starts spazzing out when he's excited. He cares a lot about this.

And that's not a bad thing! Global warming IS scary: more people should be as upset about it as Thom is. And more people should be willing to risk looking like an idiot TRYING to do something about it.

[kiwidavid72]

SinfulStuart is a homo.

[funkydafunker]

wonderful wonderful man

[Pointingtothereality]

he had botched eye curgey to fix a lazy eye

[SinfulStuart]

"Lazy eye" is actually a completely different disorder.

[shetownguitarist]

hes a cool guy i feel like i know em

[withthebirdillshare]

Hey, has Thom Yorke developed a face tick? I'm not trying to put him down or anything like that, I just want to know. I notice in the latest videos, he shakes his head erratically for no particular reason. If he did, I wouldn't really care (and possibly adore him more. I love imperfections) but I would like to know if he does. Just curious really. Great interview though. He's such a great guy, musically and personally.

[Brettkatze]

what does he say about what his son likes to do? The pronounciation is very bad for a "non-english-mothertongue"

[ELIZABETHGUNN]

he says he likes to draw polar bears man? hahaha hahahah ur wacked

[Brettkatze]

I'm sorry... after you told me it was clear but as I said.... English isn't my mother tongue so I sometimes have problems understanding people with bad pronounciation (like thom) but thanks for answering :D

[blackandwhite445]

tad haggard here thommy

[awyren]

them polar bears have had it good up to now , all good things etc . i prefer the old days when they hung around foxes and stood on mints. tell your son to draw crows there`s fucking loads of them around

[Ob1420]

it boggles my mind... I love radioheads music, and hav e great respect for the bands talent, but if your a multi millionare, as Thom certainly is, why the hell wouldnt you fix those chompers? Like, escape the stereotype of "All english people have bad teeth" i Know its not true, but hes adding to the stereotype.

[therising1]

Because it isn't even remotely important whatsoever.

[Ob1420]

if i was rich, and i had crazy yellow snaggle teeth.i would have them fixed.. Its that simple...

[4lph4num3r1sm]

What are you a dentist? Lose the vanity.

P.S. Fuck You

[JODQ11]

in complete honesty the few british people that ive met through my young live are succesful have families are happy and have yellow teeth but they dont have bad breath

so its really irrelebant...

a harmless and rather true stereotype

[ztoigo]

I couldnt imagine how that polar bear thing would work out. probably something along the lines like

thoms son (i wanna say one of his sons name is noah) drawing a polar bear

thom "whatcha drawing there"

son "a polar bear"

thom "a polar bear eh?"

son "yea"

thom "well son, polar bears will all be dead when you my age, because we need to heat this house for you, so you can be warm. you're killing the polar bears.

son "daddy?"

thom "killing"

son starts crying

[robagetep]

ztoigo, you are a great artist :-)

[AGirlAndHerBass]

Wait, his partner?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is he gay?

[02nothing]

if he is, we don't know it. he's got a kid.

[ztoigo]

no, he is not. he has a wife and child.

[Ewokfordeath]

No he's got a wife and a kid with her.

[fcolon08]

lol, silly fool, you made me choke on my pancakes