Idioteque cover

[101freakshow]

So creative and innovative. Just like Radiohead.

[thecerp1ntaxt]

I love Radiohead this is my favorite song of theirs

this is one of the most creative, original cover attempts I have ever seen

I wanna hear a studio version of this some day

[loolajeppe]

This is amazing. Simply astonishing, big love!

[Icix1]

covering radiohead is like trying to imitate god...you can try but you will always fail

[kpgpwi64]

@Icix1 accept radiohead is real..

[elliotnicklin]

This is epic. All you dire radioheads can fuck off.

[foreveragox]

Lol @ Hardcore Radiohead fans. Weaver did a good job!

[metallica3411]

shit is not a comedy act

[metallica3411]

FAG



[Fondmental]

who the hell is this idiot? screw him. He certainly does not understand what the fuck is radiohed

[aCloudOfHaze]

@Fondmental I'd absolutely love to see you do better. What do you expect, a carbon copy of Thom Yorke? Then you'll bitch about copying him and not having an original style. It was a good attempt

[futurfry]

@Fondmental well at least he spelled it right, and uses proper grammar in basic speech.

[dory974]

LOVE

[peanutismint]

Is that Imogen Heap's piano in the background

[HomebrandMusic01]

great audience! makes the whole thing so much better

[RXillusionist]

amazing stuff man, thom yorke would be proud!

[Someonewholovespie]

omg this man is amazing. humor wise and music wise. <3

[LMChaser31]

amazing attempt. good job

[jbudd]

genius

[RibbidBrick]

this man is a genius.

[langers37]

oh my fucking god this is so GOOD!!

[derflotr]

I didn't know Cole Hamels could sing...?

[facehex]

thank god this song exists. I can't be bothered with any more bullshit from the likes of miley cyrus. thank you so so much mr and mrs yorke, your son is my life.

[lufc550]

Better cover i've seen of this song and it's really hard to pull off, you've done a brilliant job

[AmazingPurpleCat]

Amazing cover

[franolvido13]

Fucking GOOD

[lufc550]

This was astounding.

[Dantso]

pretty unique cover, i say it's amazing!

[JulianosKahlonos]

Incredible

[everuck]

very creative

[capguild]

Fun Video!

[claudiofullxd]

maestro hueno !! es como Kramer en Chile xD

[rrenne]

nice try, but he didnt actually get the rhythm. which is - imho - an essential part of the song

[motofart]

@rrenne A good cover shouldn't sound exactly the same as the original. That way it's pretty uninspired. This is a great interpretation, better than a lot I've seen.

[enrizjedi]

Grande!

[spdbmp3]

I have no idea who you are, but that was epic!

[surgeoner]

Magical

[Rh10HailToTheThief]

Bueen Videeo.. Creativo El Hombre :)

[BodMaudit]

THIS is a great cover

[slashoasis156]

where can I see more covers from this guy?

[slashoasis156]

that ending was very trippy, i felt like on drugs.

[cosmogang]

I saw this guy open up for Imogen Heap, he was great. His performance was super short, but I also don't remember him using anything besides his guitar. There was definitely no melodica when I saw him. A great night for sure.

[perrolandia1]

all i have to say is "AWSOME!"

[stubbyfinger2010]

you are very good mr. one-man-band!

[nigxlgtr]

this is the best cover!

[Cuyut982]

Fucking awesome cover.

[TERRANCIO]

i would say Jonny and Thom would be proud of your attempt!

[KidAtlas7]

buen cover te felicito

[usrnaim]

that was pure gold. so amazing haha.

[Alienatorus]

this guy is a fucking good singer and musician :D !! well done...enjoyed!

[Dorcrocop]

great job

[sichadeb]

i love this

[JWallDW]

sick cover man

[HybridHalfie]

I think Thom Yorke would be proud of your attempt.

It was very creative :)

[saklaktak]

very creative idea

[mossimo654]

uh... beat is off yeah?

Here's to using live loop based song structure when you can actually pull it off...

[irAkaH]

Superbe !

[JanJoosdt]

Idea = good.

result = worthless.

Sorry, but this doesn't respect the brilliant tune Idioteque of the brilliant band Radiohead with the Genius Thom as a lead and the best electronic music sample ever used.

Fuck this version!

Fuck me, too!

[kyurah]

Awesome cover man, don't listen to the people on youtube who bash to make themselves feel better. Radiohead has been my favorite band for years and you did a fantastic job with it.

[hellocaiti]

this guy is so cool! lol

[CymbalRushBand]

perfect

[konradharla]

omfg loops lol

[dynamitewalls]

this is hilarious, imaginitive, and very well done. Plus, does anybody else think this guy looks like Orlando Bloom?!

[binkymio]

it is difficult to see a nice cover for this song, but he did a good job! congrats..

[cybertooth49]

I laughed out loud.

[dlm79]

dude... i never get tired of this. especially watching you set it up.

[Ryuuzaki145]

very goods!

[kachimint]

This made me have a giggle fit. lol Got the chills when he started singing!

[optionaxis]

Pretty awesome. I love the original. But considering how skeptical i was from the look he did a great job. Cool idea

[ravingdave900]

hard song to cover, good job

[xIloveRandom]

good sense of humor, and nice voice.

he's awesome.

[sodoffufus]

That takes some serious thought - hats off my man

[rogelyosep]

Ohmygod, the way he just stopped in the middle of the song... WOW. xDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[LemonOperations]

This is an awesome cover! =D

...I dare say, it's almost better than the original... almost lol

[bethoberkid]

no mames q mil usos.!! eh muy buen cover..sin necesidad d musikos.!1 hahahaha q chingon ese cabron.!

[Dr3aMD3m3nTia]

not the good rythm ...

[ZachGannon]

Was this at City Hall in Nashville?

If so, I was backstage with Imogen Heap watching your set! You did wonderfully, and I LOVED this cover.

Thanks for making a fantastic show even better!

[camobaseball]

brilliant!

[nosamrer]

unless a word is so poorly misspelled that you dont know what word to correct it with, why bother? this is a youtube chat. same the grammar for the term papers. and fine its you, my comment wasn't directed toward you, mainly the people that discredited my posts over and over again blindly depsite you largely agreeing with me

[LeviWeaver]

fair enough.

[nosamrer]

well i can't be sure that that is legitametly levi there but, if so, enough of the bashing of my comments. I was right so get over it, I didn't say the musican sucked, mearly he messed up this one song, that is all, so get over yourselves.

[LeviWeaver]

it is actually me -

If I wanted to bash your comments, I would start with telling you how to spell "Legitimately"

let's go over my last comment one more time.

Part 1:

You are right - I screwed it up.

Part 2:

I think saying that it changes the meaning of the song is a bit exaggerated.

Part 3: (re: "how would you feel if..")

I do know how it feels. People have screwed up my songs before. Trust me, you are 500% more annoyed by it than anyone in radiohead is; they're making money from it.

[Cobhammar]

nice cover.

[KarmaPaym3ntPlan]

Possibly the greatest video on youtube

[colorbarsat4am]

i really would like to see everyone who's bashing this guy doin' something better than this.

First: it's an electronic tune done with an acoustic guitar.

Second: he has a great voice

Last but not the least: he's not thom yorke nor is trying to sound like him.

[nosamrer]

you don't have to sound like someone to read a lyric book. next, this song is easy as hell to play acoustically. capo 3, open Em, closed Cmaj, closed Em, open Cmaj intro...and the verse is even easier

[LeviWeaver]

no, you're right - i totally screwed up the lyrics when I started playing it live, and for no good reason, stuck with it.

That said, I don't think it changes the entire meaning of the song much. It's not like I inserted "everyone should litter more, the human race is in great shape!"

Trust me, as someone who's had lyrics mangled far worse than this by people covering my songs - Thom Yorke's not bent out of shape about it - he makes 9 cents every time I sell a CD.

[LeviWeaver]

The one who SHOULD be irate is Ben Folds, who I panicked and totally ripped off with my explanation of my mid-song stoppage. He's not getting paid crap for that.

[cosmogang]

@colorbarsat4am Hey, this guy opened up for Imogen Heap, if you can do that - you've got to be pretty awesome.

[robyverdena]

noooooo.....fa schifoooooooo

[NoRespect0]

@robyverdena Invece io la amo. L'originale è irraggiungibile ma questa versione è spettacolare lo stesso. *.*

[robyverdena]

vabbè so gusti! ;-)

[Jinxiford]

I also saw this on the guy that shot this's website....room 203.

[Jinxiford]

Its a cover guys. Calm the hell down. He sings it a million times better than you could, screwed up lyrics or not.

[nosamrer]

thats not the fuckin point. someone said it was nailed..meaning pefectly covered..which it wasn't. how would you like it if someone covered your work and changed the damn lyrics? its one thing to improvise your own melodic portion, but to change the meaning of the song?

[nosamrer]

he clearly says the fathers and the children..that is wrong

[DeathMcGunz1]

Who cares?

[felain2]

everyone who likes the original song!

[thelegendmarko]

Totaly agree!

[dillonlanethedrummer]

levi weaver is one of the coolest musicians i have had the honor to talk to. He is down to earth, and really friendly. i saw him just two nights ago live in Nashville, and i was most impressed with his stage presents, performance and how open he is to conversation with fans. i say he ROCKS!!!

[cramram6666]

wow

[funfriend55]

lol cool

[nosamrer]

not nailed...lyrics are wrong at the end

[stormyandcold]

the 1st of the children.

[120441617]

很帅气..我是第一次看到拉吉他..太搞了!哈哈!

[rockerchick613]

wow i actually love this so much.

idioteque is really hard to cover, but you did it.

you hit the high notes soo well, im actually so in love with this.

[yovallch]

i never thoght i'll see a good Idioteque cover but you rally nailed it...

[gluegum]

super cool!!

[Samoor69]

Wow nice

[Bjornjohann]

This is one of the better Idioteque covers,

but then again this is an exceptionally hard song to cover..

[saladlegs]

one man bands are pretty good because they have total control over everything

[marecorn]

Man, you got it!!!!!! Nice job.

[Jaegar]

At first I thought this was gona be a bit sketchy but for a one man band he put it together really well

[shereadsbooks3]

I would love to see anyone criticizing this try to do what he is doing by themselves, let alone in front of an audience.

This takes real talent, and it's not easy.

Even if you don't like it, you need to give credit where credit is due.

[slagreznor]

*instant fan*

[FloatOn1001]

holy shiiite that was innovative

[cguk2012]

well i didnt hate it, so its better than most the covers of this song

[Musty49]

I enjoyed it.

[jefftravilla]

it's ok, a lack of good taste is not uncommon

[wbarry770]

Wow

A true performer

[MANZANARAusa]

Fantastic ... one man band doing a seriously difficult song ... Nice work, man.

[WhoKilledCallo]

best cover of this ive seen

[mrmchpisto]

now that was sick

[thetruancybot]

this is really just so inventive. kudos to this guy.

[Keel90]

Fcking awesome bro loved it

[Luxvalo]

fucking beautiful

[fosoki]

That's f*cking great!!!!

[mossy3210]

not aas gud as yoav's version but still gud

[sirpsychoalexi]

Who is this guy?!?!

[halokain]

He did the amazing covers of coldplay in the "Coldplayers"

[LeviWeaver]

no i didn't.

[halokain]

yes you did o.o

i'm wrong?

[LeviWeaver]

nope - totally wasn't me.

(sorry)

[Luxvalo]

fucking amazing!!!

[kurdt007]

Amazing!!

I would like to play the notes with the violin bow

could Anyone else help me?

[Owninator666]

best radiohead cover on youtube, by far

[djcloudstrife]

why do the drums sound just a bit off?

[Alchemy1590]

I'm guessing cuz he tapped the drums out on his guitar.

[neuralnoiseband]

mh! you didn't convince me! :)

[uvalax573]

so I saw him live opening up for somebody but I can't remember who--any suggestions?

[answer2cannondale]

outstanding - love it!

[RarisaChan]

what an adorable fellow

[camobaseball]

this is insane. i suppose the crowd has never heard of radiohead... hard to believe

[HawthorneLane14]

this is amazing

[adamdalyband]

he is such a dude....i cant believe how big the crowds have become since he left my city of B'ham, UK!

[fagfaceskeet]

how did u manage to not get the beat right?

[graphitemonkey21]

his voice is spot on.

[Tanikaze2]

my god, this is amazing

[bluejeans121]

this is absolutely brilliant, words cannot describe how good this is

[bbourke85]

wow... fucking hell i didnt this could be pulled off. but there you go. this guys real good

[aferraz43211234]

what's up with this crowd?

It was as if they were watching a stand up comedian

[andrewsurtees]

they sort of were...

well done, but i don't think this sort of thing will replace bands any time soon

[aintgotnosense]

This is beautiful! Very inventive. John mayer's cover of Kid A is great too!

[rodoxpy]

amazing! i loved it!

[chrisisbent]

that was absoloutley amazing!

on a par with radiohead.

[QlavaQpa]

that was BOONKERS!

[nami61]

Wow, man. Simply wow. Good on ya, Levi. Be Well.

[bleach6bleach]

nice

[erikrass]

wow this is great ive never seen something like this before. i always like when artists talk to the audience at live shows while on stage.

[TheGreatGallbo]

Anyone have an idea what kind of looper pedal he uses? I've been interested in buying one for live performance... and what I want seems to be similat to whatever the one he has is capable of...

[LeafyHouse]

rivals chris thile's morning bell cover. classic!

[Knifymoloko]

Interesting and nice cover.

[Knifymoloko]

Interesting and nice cover.

[brayshizzle]

levi weaver is the man

[andreas8larsen]

Very Very good job.. very original.. you have a great voice

[tellit2urkingcharlie]

u shud do stand up comedy aswell lol xx

[styleaddixx]

well done! one man song this melodic! respect!!

[Selfdi]

10 points fucking good..

[Delaparas]

its really amazing best cover ive seen from radiohead

[saib108]

this is so legit.

[d3p3ch3mod3]

I honestly think Looping is my favorite style of solo guitar music.. Can anyone recommend some artists?

[KlausDieSchrecken]

Matt Elliott has some amazing stuff all done with looping.

very good performance! ;-)