In response to preinfixed's first words, I agree. This is THE best version of Videotape. It's so epic in nature. So grand. It blossoms into such a beautiful ensemble of emotion. Phil's drumming is so in the pocket too. Sigh. This recording/version made this song my favorite song on the album. I'll try to get around to recording a cover one of these days.
@valticp I disagree completely. I respect you have your own opinions but In Rainbows changed my musical perspective completely and there are many classic Radiohead songs on there - like Videotape, Reckoner and Nude.
I love this band and the song is sublime. Every once in a while you get a band or an artist that really changes things, and this is one of them. BTW If you like this check out my music, it has a similar kind of vibe.
does anyone know the movie where dis song was play. the movie is bout dis german dude dat like hates mis dad n his dad is like a nazzi n and dat one guys always has camera recording everythign
just as long as you guys understand thom is not religious. Thom also wrote pyramid...Thom was also in the video there there.. atheism is not evil, and thom has helped me understand that there are beautiful things in religion that even atheists can admire
cool thanks. my opinion is that early videotape >>> videotape.. there is an amazing version recorded at hammersmith apollo that I think that is the best one recorded... 100%-breath-taking
if you like this version check out the from the basement version. restores live drums but they're better and less obvious (drums here are kind of coldplayish) and Ed plays the guitar part more subtly. that version made me miss this less because the best thing about it is the guitar counterpoint, and Ed does it better than Jonny and without the chops which dont quite fit
@citizeninsane101 HAHAHA...like, every fucking time. EVERY TIME. And I hate to admit, I listen to this song at least once a week since In Rainbows came out. I suppose it mostly makes me think about those I've lost and those I will leave behind when my condition gets the best of me. Being alive is so great! Cheers!
I have the only raw copy. Reformatted my HD. Gotta dig it out of my dvd backups. If someone wants to host this somewhere, let me know. Please don't try and make money off of it though. Send me a message if you will host it somewhere.
Radiohead -this one is great-:-) there is something what is on album version missing...this is much more better and deeper-maybe because it was a new song..
hi seen them in pizzin rain at "glasgow green" glasgow , scotland,encores were brilliant 2 m8 . yip this 1 is for all you whom like me endured the elements for 1 helluva show eh?
Both versions are great but the way the rest of the band compliments Thoms chords on piano, I think was just too good to leave off the album version. They both work but this would have been a great climactic finish to In Rainbows.
I could not stop laughing at that poor tortoise!! It was so random!
However, I looked him up..lol and it turns out "Lonesome George" is the only surviving member of one of the sub species of Galapagos Archipelago. He is incredibly old and has yet to find a "mate". There is actually a reward for someone who can find him one..lol...interesting... aww... 100 yrs of lonliness...that's so sad! :p
very great respect to the king of the world who recorded that! and if i had a hat i would take it off for radiohead, they are just unbelievable, just too great to even talk about
this song reminds me of philedelphia. after tom hanks dies of aids all those people are watching that video of him at his funeral. i know house of cards is a reference to The Ice Storm, maybe theres a movie theme to this album. or maybe i have no clue what im talking about
I heard this song is a reference to a Japanese movie translated as "Alive" where once you die you are given a week to decide what your fondest memory is. When you decide its put on a videotape for you and you are sent into "eternity". Also Mephistopheles is a reference to the demon in the Faust legend. Hope this helped!
Weird, I just went to radiohead's website to order the download of the album and when you add it to your cart you get to enter in your own price for it. Nice. They are the best....
I really want to make a video for this song. My parents recently put a bunch of the old family videos from the 1950s onward onto dvd. I think it'd be really cool to rip and place such old images of lost loved ones to this music.
I just have this idea that it would create a simple, haunting video that was, at the same time, beautiful. Either way, thank you so much for posting this.
I bet they don't. I remember thinking back to 'There There', will they take out the cool guitar explosion part right after Thom screams the 'There There' bit. And they did.
AND you're right. The song is mostly piano and the drums come at the end. The instrumentals sound COMPLETELY different, aside from the piano. And they also took out the intro piano, of course.
7 people own a Cadillac VIP
WickedLiquid 4 months ago 2
I would fuck the SHIT out of a girl to this song
dubaT88 8 months ago
@dubaT88 gross
MicahBuzan 5 months ago
This is the version that opens with M1 from In Rainbows disc 2
daytripper57 1 year ago 2
does someone have an mp3 of this??
dmbband87 1 year ago
The "From the Basement" version is pretty powerful as well with O'Brien's ambient guitar and Selway playing along to the drum machine. Good stuff.
YoshimizRobots 1 year ago
What does he say at the end right afer the cadillac VIP?
pablodmdp 1 year ago
I love this version !!!! :))
fanthy 1 year ago
im being released
mrsDeathZepp 1 year ago
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In response to preinfixed's first words, I agree. This is THE best version of Videotape. It's so epic in nature. So grand. It blossoms into such a beautiful ensemble of emotion. Phil's drumming is so in the pocket too. Sigh. This recording/version made this song my favorite song on the album. I'll try to get around to recording a cover one of these days.
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batflash 1 year ago
what person could seriously dislike this?
It is not possible!
curtisstearn 1 year ago
Amazing. Nothing short.
~Spaceboy
slowdivr2 1 year ago
This version is incredible. I can't believe the crap that they put on the album
valticp 1 year ago
@valticp I disagree completely. I respect you have your own opinions but In Rainbows changed my musical perspective completely and there are many classic Radiohead songs on there - like Videotape, Reckoner and Nude.
101commentary 1 year ago
I agree with you, many of the songs are classic, I just think a lot of them sound better live
valticp 1 year ago
@valticp Hmmmmm, i do agree with you with some songs. Like Spinning Plates for example
101commentary 1 year ago
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I love this band and the song is sublime. Every once in a while you get a band or an artist that really changes things, and this is one of them. BTW If you like this check out my music, it has a similar kind of vibe.
fingerpistolsuk 1 year ago
thanks for uploading! i love the scotch mist version + this. this is the best "upbeat" recording, and the scotch mist is the best soulful one.
aavindraa 1 year ago
oh man i wanted to cry a little bit at hearing this. few songs can do that.
alphashadow3 2 years ago 3
does anyone know the movie where dis song was play. the movie is bout dis german dude dat like hates mis dad n his dad is like a nazzi n and dat one guys always has camera recording everythign
perrolandia1 2 years ago
try again in english?
sinkingship101 2 years ago 4
@perrolandia1
i dont think this song was in that movie, but the movie you're talking about is American Beauty
zwest135 1 year ago
@perrolandia1
American Beauty
zwest135 1 year ago
just as long as you guys understand thom is not religious. Thom also wrote pyramid...Thom was also in the video there there.. atheism is not evil, and thom has helped me understand that there are beautiful things in religion that even atheists can admire
stpcreepstp 2 years ago 10
10/5/08 in Japan is my favorite performance of this song. Its perfect. Check it out, its on youtube
cisco1225 2 years ago
Reupload! But not on Rapidshare. If anything, try MegaUpload.
MisterSnig 2 years ago
is this the version that was on deezer?
geebus316 2 years ago
reup the rapidshare link please!
cheers a bunch for this version, so good.
willfulviolation 2 years ago
There's another version better than that.
It's more euphoric I think was london 06/06. I get it on a cd, but now a cannot back it to computer.
Radioco21 2 years ago
omg! this is...undiscribable really
bsp159bsp 2 years ago 4
the may 18 2006 one is the best
kevin2671 2 years ago
Is this Bonnaroo 2006? Great version.
raedeeohed 2 years ago
Boston '06
preinfixed 2 years ago
link rapidshare broken
zeddel 2 years ago
yeah I need to reupload.
preinfixed 2 years ago
great version...i saw them do this at Bonnaroo in 2006, and it was very percussive towards the end like this.
TheJulianoFlex 2 years ago
lonesome george rock
maximeML 2 years ago
the best version on youtube.
willfulviolation 2 years ago 4
rapidshare doesn't work
Jacobo3040 2 years ago
ive found my favorite version thank you very much
kalenpaints 2 years ago 2
rapidshare doens't work
stlouis8 2 years ago
videotape just gets on my nerves, but this version is amazing
KidA2357 2 years ago
I like this version too, but if you think the new one is annoying, try playing it on the piano.
Damn, does that get intense...
coffmantra18 2 years ago
lol
masterpiraka 2 years ago
holy shit this is amazing
moderjoker 2 years ago 10
hey preinfixed, i tried to copy+paste the link you gave, but it doesn't seem to be active anymore... is there a new link maybe?
Zeewei 2 years ago 3
cool thanks. my opinion is that early videotape >>> videotape.. there is an amazing version recorded at hammersmith apollo that I think that is the best one recorded... 100%-breath-taking
paranoidArnold 2 years ago 2
wow i absolutely love this version; with the instrumentation it just multiplies the power of the song
shutteredmemory 2 years ago
someone has the mp3 file??
MSinQ 2 years ago
dudes does somewone has the mp3 of it? rapidshare doesn't work :I
MusicMuts 2 years ago 4
Faust + Radiohead = perfect song = videotape
videotape live = awesomeness!
FoKisx 3 years ago 3
I really like this song but I think it could be more rocking. Am I alone on this one?
juleswinns 3 years ago
Its brutal
itfeelslikenever 3 years ago 3
fantastic version.. i love the energy it makes!
GarethW09 3 years ago 6
if you like this version check out the from the basement version. restores live drums but they're better and less obvious (drums here are kind of coldplayish) and Ed plays the guitar part more subtly. that version made me miss this less because the best thing about it is the guitar counterpoint, and Ed does it better than Jonny and without the chops which dont quite fit
samg46 3 years ago 4
It's just Thom and a piano on the Live from the Basement version. No other instruments
AtomCannister 3 years ago 2
I think he meant the Scotch mist version.
relequel 2 years ago
No, he sent me a message to say there was a rarer version from the basement where the whole bands plays. I think it's on Youtube.
AtomCannister 2 years ago
rapidshare link no work....me sad.
rapta1oo1 3 years ago
i quite like the original version even though this one is really good... i thought at the end... it was just 'too' much i liked simple one :)
littlemissnas 3 years ago
wish they sold this song, such good quality and my favorite version. Simply perfect and beautiful story.
Dolovick 3 years ago
they do. check out "in rainbows"
sethsquatch420 3 years ago
Dude, I hope you never take this video down. This quality is amazing and I love this version of the song so much.
WickedLiquid 3 years ago
hei, very good quality. i think this version is better than the original one.
epic as usual.
giangione82 3 years ago
i agree. i really like this version A LOT better than the original. well, maybe not better, it's just very different. it's extremely powerful.
knivesxout 3 years ago
thank u so much~ i love it.
shallowlife 3 years ago
ok, that was testing.
Youtube really doesn't let me post the link.
Anyways, go to my channel.
It's there.
This song in mp3 for a click to download for sure.
eiderjose 3 years ago
hey, i think youtube doesnt allowed me to post the link here?
wtf.
eiderjose 3 years ago
i can get it mp3 guys :P
eiderjose 3 years ago
really? can you give me a copy? that would be so awesome!
dgat45m16 3 years ago
Does anyone else feel like crying when Thom Yorke says: "Because i know today has been the most beautiful day i've ever seen.."?
citizeninsane101 3 years ago 53
almost yes..
Phimpan 3 years ago
@citizeninsane101 I feel like crying asoon as that piano kicks in, then thoms voice comes in and boom!
flaperise 1 year ago
@citizeninsane101 I do cry, its a powerful song :)
LordOfTheSmishlings 1 year ago
@citizeninsane101 i feel like hugging someone through the whole song as soon as i hear those piano chords.
wildcomfort88 1 year ago
@citizeninsane101 This is why I hate Radiohead fans.
MBArkestra 11 months ago
@MBArkestra cool story bro.... gtfo now please? we don't really appreciate you trolling us
iasimp1997 5 months ago
@citizeninsane101 HAHAHA...like, every fucking time. EVERY TIME. And I hate to admit, I listen to this song at least once a week since In Rainbows came out. I suppose it mostly makes me think about those I've lost and those I will leave behind when my condition gets the best of me. Being alive is so great! Cheers!
revjimjoelbeam 3 months ago
this sounds great...why didn't phil adapt this beat to the orginal version..or atleast the live version from this performance on out.
eyoshi2020 3 years ago
definitely the best version of this song!
mejdzer 3 years ago
AHHH SOMEONE GET THIS MP3 PLEASE
spidernam 3 years ago
I have the only raw copy. Reformatted my HD. Gotta dig it out of my dvd backups. If someone wants to host this somewhere, let me know. Please don't try and make money off of it though. Send me a message if you will host it somewhere.
preinfixed 3 years ago
whered you get this recording though?
spidernam 3 years ago
Way better than the album version!
SIGNALFARBEGRAU 3 years ago
The most perfect day I've ever seen, fantastic line!
brianshero 3 years ago
I perfer this one much more then the album version.
WickedLiquid 3 years ago 2
Radiohead -this one is great-:-) there is something what is on album version missing...this is much more better and deeper-maybe because it was a new song..
sowhatxy 3 years ago 2
I like the real drums better than the original beat.
Malapiekna 3 years ago
We want this in MP3 please!
babaea 3 years ago 2
yeah, I should really get this up on rapidshare or something.
preinfixed 3 years ago
please please please do so, we would be very greatful, I'm going to see them tonight :D
babaea 3 years ago
hi seen them in pizzin rain at "glasgow green" glasgow , scotland,encores were brilliant 2 m8 . yip this 1 is for all you whom like me endured the elements for 1 helluva show eh?
shug2261 3 years ago
I agree with the comment below, I'd love to have an mp3 of the live videotape that's at this level of quality.
TheNewVibe 3 years ago
do you know where I can get an mp3?
sprunkner 3 years ago
this version is great i think i even like better than the album version
arziankorpen 3 years ago
Both versions are great but the way the rest of the band compliments Thoms chords on piano, I think was just too good to leave off the album version. They both work but this would have been a great climactic finish to In Rainbows.
caseycurran 3 years ago 2
fucking great bass at the perfect moment !
Belgarath314 3 years ago 2
perfect!
mercuryboy086 3 years ago
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what a great version! wow in rainbows could have been decent! sounds good, excepted you totally shittied up the vocal sound
monkeyxx 3 years ago
I have Returned! Thank You!
BELECTRODES 3 years ago
Thank You. Love Radiohead.
Peace
Tom
BELECTRODES 3 years ago
Maybe first drums's beats are too high but, after watching the basement version I've enjoyed them both.
tonibegood 3 years ago
drums aren't anoying!!!!!!! thats the best part!!!!!!1 its the best beat ever!!!!!!!!!
besides remember da name...
guywh0drums 3 years ago
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listen to the live in the basement version, no annoying drums in it!!
aaronwhooley 3 years ago
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That tapping at 1:33 is SO annoying
shahn78 3 years ago
it sounds off at first but its just missing a beat..very clever stuff in my opinion
Khild565 3 years ago
'wow in rainbows could have been decent'
Your life could have been decent if you had the mental capacity to appreciate in rainbows.
SIlvrest 3 years ago 56
wow u guys r all lovey dovey
08untitled80 3 years ago
album version by a mile
Sacquef 3 years ago
I get tears in my eyes from this song..
choockchoocks 3 years ago
i kind of like this version compared to the album version, especially the end.
brittly14 3 years ago 3
stay outta kingy
SuchisForm 3 years ago
love this...but the album version is way better...this is too cliche
MrGrieves14 4 years ago
this song so sad
princeofexcess 4 years ago
Album version is great, but I gotta say I prefer this one.
kablatekarate 4 years ago 2
what the hell?
cant you hear that they are messing it up?!. i heard flaws two places. this is far from the best on youtube..
diare33 4 years ago
just cuz there may be a screw up doesnt mean it aint beutiful. Which it very very much is.
gooseymoose 4 years ago
beauty is definitely not perfect, the emotion that is put into the song makes up for anything that could've went wrong
soccergoalieforlife 3 years ago 2
ye, i know i didnt mean that it wasnt beautifull, i just meant that if you think this is great there are many others on youtube which is better.,
diare33 3 years ago
americans censor free-speech.
jjj7477 4 years ago
yupp!
You tube fucking banns everything!
princeofexcess 4 years ago
they send it to the pentagon first, they do that,
cos they know nothing of the outside world....
jjj7477 4 years ago 2
No matter what happens now
I won't be afraid
Because I know today has been the most perfect day I have ever seen
1gurel 4 years ago 3
I also think some live versions sound better than the studio version.
synaptonemal 4 years ago
This is my way of saying goodbye
Because I can't do it face to face
I'm talking to you after it's too late
From my videotape
ctzeninsane 4 years ago
wow what a great rendition!!! genious
swalta 4 years ago
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This is what the album version should have sounded like.
Nigel needs to go.
StudioGuyMN 4 years ago
i agree with the first statement. iffy on the second
skaguitarist628 4 years ago
1:17 wtf?
masterpiraka 4 years ago
I could not stop laughing at that poor tortoise!! It was so random!
However, I looked him up..lol and it turns out "Lonesome George" is the only surviving member of one of the sub species of Galapagos Archipelago. He is incredibly old and has yet to find a "mate". There is actually a reward for someone who can find him one..lol...interesting... aww... 100 yrs of lonliness...that's so sad! :p
keiradazi 4 years ago 3
he's found something to hump along the way, it's ok :)
RickChicken 4 years ago
like the pro Iraqi war picture was too....
jjj7477 4 years ago
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oh....ho...
blebono 4 years ago
very great respect to the king of the world who recorded that! and if i had a hat i would take it off for radiohead, they are just unbelievable, just too great to even talk about
justhereandnow 4 years ago
this song reminds me of philedelphia. after tom hanks dies of aids all those people are watching that video of him at his funeral. i know house of cards is a reference to The Ice Storm, maybe theres a movie theme to this album. or maybe i have no clue what im talking about
dannycareyisawsome 4 years ago 4
maybe
rafael28 4 years ago 4
lol
readysaltedchris 4 years ago
I heard this song is a reference to a Japanese movie translated as "Alive" where once you die you are given a week to decide what your fondest memory is. When you decide its put on a videotape for you and you are sent into "eternity". Also Mephistopheles is a reference to the demon in the Faust legend. Hope this helped!
kilon828 4 years ago 8
yeah i definately like this version better
icantfindanamethis 4 years ago
To get the mp3, visit zamzar dot com. It's a file converter
lsotelo 4 years ago
legend, fucking legend. if i were an award show i'd be giving you an award rite now
readysaltedchris 4 years ago
Could I have a copy, or maybe someone could compare the 2 side by side.
LawrenceX13 4 years ago
may I please have the mp3 version, too
ipenk7 4 years ago
Anyone that wants the mp3 just msg me on my youtube box.
Everyone that HAS msg'd me.. I will be sending them all out tomorrow.. 10/31.
preinfixed 4 years ago
i would like it too!!!!!
Anonymousanonymo 4 years ago
hell since everyone is asking, can i have a copy too?
TheRichPoorMan 4 years ago
I'd like the mp3 too :)
musicismyradar92 4 years ago
may I please have copy, I find the live version better than the album version
afroblitz 4 years ago
I attended this show. Most beautiful night of my life.
Treefingers27 4 years ago 3
So damned beautiful! Thankyou radiohead!
zuluamuse 4 years ago 4
I've just captured this as an mp3 so if anyone would like it just send me a message and I'll get it to you soon as I can...thanks whoever posted it
scoliosispony 4 years ago 2
I will happily send the raw data to anyone that asks for it in a msg.
preinfixed 4 years ago
me too please, i'd like the mp3 version.
isaacholl 4 years ago
I would love a copy. Any others?
starlightstar83 4 years ago
may I please have the mp3 version
afroblitz 4 years ago
bravo Bravo¡
CYDONIA2001 4 years ago
the sites been very busy as of late. Seems to be crashing a lot. Go to the site and buy the download. It will then ask you to set your own price.
ScarletandCreme32 4 years ago
Ok, maybe im stupid... but i dunno how to purchase it through online... i mean, i get error pop-uop window all the time. Dia is so frustrating :(
buahbuahanmalaysia 4 years ago
lo mej0oRRR POR LA XUXA LO MEJOr""""....
conoce2 4 years ago
they actually let you set the price?
lol
i couldn't pay less than 15$
it wouldn't be honest *shrugs*
icantfindanamethis 4 years ago 3
Weird, I just went to radiohead's website to order the download of the album and when you add it to your cart you get to enter in your own price for it. Nice. They are the best....
scottreynolds74 4 years ago
yeah...that was kind of why this album is such a big deal...
i mean its even on the news
clemsondux17 4 years ago
TOMORROW! =]
preinfixed 4 years ago
tomorrooooooooooooooooow!!! tomorrooooooooo! in rainbows gonna see the ligt!
elfernandou 4 years ago
I really want to make a video for this song. My parents recently put a bunch of the old family videos from the 1950s onward onto dvd. I think it'd be really cool to rip and place such old images of lost loved ones to this music.
I just have this idea that it would create a simple, haunting video that was, at the same time, beautiful. Either way, thank you so much for posting this.
ThePresidentofWhat 4 years ago 7
Aw, dude, that would be awesome. Please do it! In fact, when the album comes out on Wednesday, you can use the album version.
FlyBird 4 years ago
Good idea man. Don't think about it.... just do it. There's always a million reasons why not to do it! Good luck
nickyboy07 4 years ago
yeah, that would definately be cool.
preinfixed 4 years ago
That's an awesome idea! When you finish it please post it on here so we aall can see it. Good luck.
darklordrandy 4 years ago
majestic is the perfect word to describe it, flybird. i am so psyched for this record.
teardwnyuridolz 4 years ago
I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!
firman76imation 4 years ago
6 days. I'm curious as to whether or not yorke left in the intro piano...
I think it added so much to the full piano @0:36.
preinfixed 4 years ago
He better. It makes the song more majestic.
FlyBird 4 years ago
I bet they don't. I remember thinking back to 'There There', will they take out the cool guitar explosion part right after Thom screams the 'There There' bit. And they did.
Vinelihbe 4 years ago
AND you're right. The song is mostly piano and the drums come at the end. The instrumentals sound COMPLETELY different, aside from the piano. And they also took out the intro piano, of course.
It's still awesome BTW.
FlyBird 4 years ago
Awesome, the drums are more audible in this one.
FlyBird 4 years ago
'Lonesome George'.
Lollage.
bennehbennehbenneh 4 years ago
AMAZING. Favourited.
trickface 4 years ago
i see you're a fan of don hertzfeldt.
PredictionGuY89 4 years ago
Dude this is awsome but how did you get the adio
carebearsarecreepy 4 years ago