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  • i prefer this version then in the rainbows version the same goes for the original versions of 4 minute warning and videotape. but who am i to judge they are only the best band in the world ever so i should'nt judge.

  • Amazing vocals

  • Just a few words: people can't say this version "doesn't sound like Radiohead", "the organ is poor"... if you listened to Kid A songs before 2000 you'd say the same thing, and Radiohead is this, being sometimes not like Radiohead... that's why they're one of the best bands in history.

  • Radiohead shouldnt have released a different version... I waited for this song since 1998 and it came different... so comparisons are always made, but the final lines are just amazing, it's a shame they didn't put it on album version.

  • I don't know what I prefer. I HATE the organ shrieks in this version, especially around 3:35 and 4:08. New version: I really dislike the funk shuffle, Thom's voice is too bare, he sounds like the child molester from Family Guy. I do love its moments of climactic silence and the use of arpeggiated guitar support, but think the guitar is better in this earlier version around 3:55-4:15. The ending of this version is god awful. Main component I miss from this version is the glockenspiel.

  • @exogeographer I agree, but we can't unrate this version, cause everything they've experiences in 1996-2001 was just a huge transformation. That's why they're the best

  • i guess I am one of the few (or only who likes this version better han the one in in rainbows but I can only think it os because I spent years listening to this one and now it seems just perfect...makes me wanna cry everytime

  • Very enjoyable indeed :)) simples yey

  • This is the best version as there is Tom's layer of notes under/over the other guys. In the 'basement' version he just sings......leaving out the organ. A shame! But this is incredible.

  • This version makes me want to scream "FREE BIRD". It's the organ. I'm Southern, so of course I would think that, but still...

    With that said, this is a fantastic version of it, but I have to say that I prefer the one that showed up on In Rainbows or - even better - the one that showed up in Meeting People is Easy.

  • it's amazing to watch how a masterpiece is being born

  • by far my favorite youtube video come on how can that not blow your mind

  • this lyrics remembers me the book "The Old Man And The Sea" by Ernerst Hemingway

  • Im sorry but both versions are amazing :) 

  • This is definitely a good version, but the album version is so polished that it doesn't really compare for me. I think the instruments they used to record the album version are perfect. There's something about the organ that just doesn't quite fit the song.

  • I love the In Rainbows version but this performance is beautiful! I like that it's longer and the glockenspiel makes the melody so much more enjoyable.

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  • FUCKIN BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!

  • I like the In Rainbows one. The beginning is so cool.

  • Not even in same league as real version

  • the best version and most complete

  • minute 4:57

  • minute 4:57

  • This version sounds like Christmas!

  • So damn cheesy

  • i too prefer this version

  • sounds a bit like `A Whiter Shade Of Pale'

  • Oh wow, this is the song that made my young self fall in love with Radiohead... when I first heard the newer version on In Rainbows it brought all those amazing feelings back.

  • The magic is missing for me.

  • version from meeting people is the best with eds rock out ending

  • Listening to this version just makes the In Rainbows version more beautiful.

  • I liked the nude version when it came out, but Big Ideas (don't get any) is what I will always come back to. I'm surprised so many of you like the in rainbows version better. A lot of the instrumentation on Big Ideas is outlandish and inadvisable, but somehow it worked with the song to create an effect that has resonated with me for over 6 years. I guess you had to be there.

  • The definitive version (in my opinion).

  • the glockenspiel didn't make it into the final version, too bad.

  • And the funky bass octave-switching part that meshes so well with Thom's funky singing style on the album version is absent here. The resultant, natural swaying feel is thus absent. The brilliant string parts are missing. The drums in the album version are simpler but sound much better. As I mentioned before, the dramatic silence that makes the album version so memorable is missing. The eerie vocal backs are missing. The excellent ascending line Thom does to end the song is missing.

  • I'll restate what I said before. This version is inferior. Parts of it are just low quality because it was obviously underdeveloped at the time this recording took place. But mostly it's missing all the great elements of the album version. Plus, lyrics like "She kisses..." don't even sound like Radiohead lyrics. They sound like Dave Matthews' Band lyrics. The long, long "Raaaaaaaaaaa (breath) aaaaaails" is just obscene. AND THE ENDING, organ going 2-1, with the little drum thing... bad.

  • @optichumora Have to agree with you. The album version is a far more cohesive song. The funk elements that were introduced helped to make it tighter and simpler, while the string arrangements and effects are the lynchpin to the whole song around which everything else revolves. This early version sounds like Radiohead's impression of Procol Harum, and I can't say it suits them that well. The whole Hammond B3 and minor arpeggio thing is out of sync with who they are.

  • @optichumora Shut up.

  • @optichumora Yet, the lines "Now that you've found it, it's gone, Now that you feel it, you don't, You've gone off the rails" is still strong and just perfect, and maybe shouldnt have be removed.

  • @optichumora You are most probably right, but I still like this version better than the album version. Just sounds like theres so much more feeling in this song than the album version, and all these flaws you mention, well, i enjoy them. I enjoy the ending with the "raaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (breath) aaaaaaaaaaaaails". So, i think i disagree with you, even though you are somewhat right; this version is superior to the album version.

  • This version is simply amazing, beautiful, i totally prefer this

  • i really love the organ

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    グロッケンとオルガンがめちゃめちゃいい。

    ミーティングピープルのDVDでちょっと流れてたのしか聴いたこ­となかったらフルで見れて感動。

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  • i really wish the organ and what they did with the song at 3:35-4:00. but i do love the first 30 seconds of the album version as well. so i guess it works its self out

  • In Rainbows version is slower, more sensual... in fact, way better.

  • i love this, shows how they develope a song too..

  • this just doesn't feel right, but i like the "She kisses you with tongues and pulls you to the bed Don't go, you'll only want to come back again" and i don't understand why they cut it out

  • @takovarra maybe they cut it because the meaning of the song had changed over time for thom? take out that line and the song's meaning is far more cryptic.

  • @takovarra

    I think it's because this way the song is less literal and so you can apply the meaning to a lot of things and not just feeling powerful/loved through sex ... I think Thom said the song was about feeling to be great when you know you're not or something like that ... Hope that makes sense ^^

  • I love hearing the early versions of my favorite songs, but I definitely love the album version of this one much better. Notice how Thom's voice wavers on some of the lines? It's because they hadn't yet committed to the lyrics, changes, etc. I'm sure he also didn't feel totally comfortable singing such a bare line.  The funk-like elements he added in the album version took care of that.

    Biggest change: the climactic silence missing at 4:16. That's my favorite part of the album version.

  • @optichumora My favorite part too. It brings the house down. Strong lyrics as well.

  • @optichumora

    That's my favourite part of the album, period =)

  • @optichumora Nothing is accidental... imagine if you listened to album version without having listened to this... I say the album version is technically better because we once heard to this piece of art, even not perfect :)

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  • this is f****** history!

  • johnny says: "listen to mine glockenspiel! you will like!"

  • When i hear the organ i automaticaly think that they are about to play the Farther Ted theme tune.

  • what are u fucks talking about?,,,, toms solo album is awesome

  • @rwizzard7 Not really

  • @Oliverware21 think what u like hommie.. i loves it foo!

  • @rwizzard7 k

  • to the anathema kid, it's called an EP. would've been easier to say, keep it mind

  • @cheesecakedeath , its a slow burner, songs like cymbal rush, analyse and harrow down hill is great after a few listens

  • No no no the pipe organ kicks ass

  • The "In Rainbows" version so much better. Its haunting, spare arrangement showcases Thom's incredible voice and beautifully conveys the quiet despair of the lyrics

    This version? It's just too bouncy and busy to suit the lyrics. And that cheesy organ is intrusive--Thom's voice gets drowned in all those overwrought flourishes. Johnny's glock is pure genius on "All I Need", but here it's like an obnoxious toddler wailing on a toy xylophone.

  • @NoCatStrangling yeah. exactly.

  • i think that this song on the cd is one of the best songs in the world!!!!!!!

    its just a huge masterpiece

  • you know, if they had put this version of the song on OK Computer, and nicked "Electioneering"...

    that would be awesome.

  • Radiohead wrote all there songs in their youth. I doubt they will produce anything of Kid a, Amnesiac, or Hail to the Thief's caliber again.

  • @downeykid555 radiohead is still coming up with great material. personally i think in rainbows is a much better album than hail to the thief.

  • @cynthiailly HTTT IS MY FAVORITE. To me it marks a turning point in the band's ideology were their lyrics became more spiritual and introspective and not as dower and outrospective. Not to mention the sonic textures of HTTT are amazingly colorful/unbound and not as immaculately rigid like the majority of their post Ok Computer recordings.

    By the way I do love In Rainbows it's just Thom's releases such as "Hearing Damage" and "The Hallow Earth" that have me concerned.

  • este es el mejor video y la mejor version de big ides ( nude)

    this is the best video of big ides or nude tanks men

  • the end with johnny greenwood in the piano is amazing...truly amazing!!!

  • fucking love the glockenspiel

  • La canción que inspiró mi mail.

  • WAY better than in rainbows version. Plus Ed O'brien still had something to do!

  • i like this version better. it's original and it's about cheating.

  • To me the In Rainbows version has a completely different mood than this one, this version builds and swells, and Johnny's Farfisa organ with the xylophone is just magical. This is by far one of my favorite Radiohead songs, especially this particular live version.

  • Rock that Glock, Jonny!

  • if u like this version better check out Spor's remix of it.

  • This version lives in my heart forever. Please Thom, release this when it was first recorded back then, as well as big boots, follow me around, lift (1996 pinkpop version), last flowers (which was also recorded back then) & i promise!

  • this version sounds more emotional and raw, absolute genius.

  • Original version of this song way, way, way better than In Rainbows recording. PERIOD!

  • new in rainbows version much much much better, but you can see why it took so long to perfect

  • yo dawg i heard you like radiohead, so i had her give me radiohead while listen'in to radiohead

  • i can hear all the nuances that they instilled into the in rainbows version

  • In my opinion this version is far superior than the in rainbows version. But it's an opinion so it can't be right or wrong.

  • 1998????????

  • nah it doesnt hit the spot for me, to much parts

    i prefer the more minimalistic version

    its ambience and isolated feel makes it better

  • This is not just great song, it's a masterpiece...Radiohead forever!

  • jesus, como eles podem ser tão bons?

    (jesus, how can they be that good?)

  • i think the in rainbows version is better... it's just more appropriate for a song called "nude" to be stripped down. also, i like how the melody of the organ and glock eventually turned into thoms falsetto

  • I find this version superior, but i do miss the break at "What your dirty mind is thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinking"

  • beautiful

  • I prefer this version, they should have released this along with the other version. Maybe, one or the other, as a bonus track or something.

  • amen!

    amazing and brilliant version!

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  • oh my that organ is cheesy.

    I think I prefer the In Rainbows version, though this is still interesting to see. Honestly can't think of any other bands that develop their songs so much as this.

  • i like thom's strong voice in this version

  • Radiohead are so fucking good!

  • es mejor version que la nueva personalmente, es mas instrumental/artesanal, y coincido con varios, se me eriza los pelos, maestra

  • it's called "nude" because, when it comes down to it, this song is about the bare essentials of who people (or a certain individual) really are. "you paint yourself white". you try to appear pure. "and fill up with noise". you tell yourself everything is alright. "now that you feel it, you dont". now that you have it, really, whats the point of having it anymore? listen to the song.

  • It's called Nude because we called it that before it had a title. We also called it Big Ideas.

  • no, we called it "big ideas (don't get any)". THEY called it "nude".

  • Or "Nuet". But I can argue that even they called it "Big Ideas" (2002-08-07 Salamanca, Spain), as they referred it as such as well. It wasn't officially called "Nude" until the 2006 theater tour.

  • possibly when all is said and done their best song

  • sublime, no la conocia en esta version y cuando la escuche casi me muero

  • Dude... this is awesome!... I gotta play this with somebody, that organ kicks ass! Fuck, I wish I had it.

  • Les tomo 9 años perfeccionar esta belleza... mejor no pudo haber quedado =D

  • By far the better version of this song. The album version is weak and lacks any of the raw emotion of the original composition.

  • I think the emotion is still there...but ten years seperates them. His voic is much softer now he couldn't have put the exact same type of emotion in as here

  • La mejor canción de Radiohead...

    sinceramente a mi me para los pelos!!

    Gracias RH, una vez más

  • I love the arrangement of this version but I do think that the album version feels better if you know what I mean. Both versions are brilliant!

  • Wow!!

    he sings briliantly live!!

  • I also love this version!

  • Ah I miss this.

  • going through years of evolution and refining has made nude imo their best song

  • Why they named it nude?

  • Bare, unadulterated, violent sexuality.

  • because sometimes one verse said something about a girl naked "she's nude and.." i think

  • Beautiful and Wonderful, no more words to describe : )

  • what times this in? 6/8?

  • Yes :)

  • this fucking song made me cry... u.u

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  • omg it's so fucking epic with the organ......

  • esta cancion me hace recordar cuando en la vida tuve un roblema super grabe y pues.. cada vez ke me hechaba a descarzar ponia esta cancion y me ponia a llorar..:´(

  • Nice version!

  • Most beautiful song everr. I really may start crying sometimes when i listen it alone whit good headphones.

  • Ahead of their time. Again and again...

  • anyone who loves this song should type in "pawel osmolski" into google, and then go to the first hit, the devilhood page. there you'll find a bunch of mixes, including this, big ideas. he uses thom's voice from a version in japan where it was just thom on guitar, and then builds the rest of the song himself. great studio quality version to have as a fan.

  • I like this one a little more too. It's the "you've gone off the rails" part. It's just as emotional as it gets.

  • i actually like this version a little better...i cant wait to hear theyre next album....

  • Great song indeed, it's so hard to tell which one is their best...

  • I could never tell you what Radioheads best song is, but in my opinion, this is (Both versions) by far the most beautiful song I have ever heard in my life.

  • There you go, both versions are incredible, this song is good to listen whatever your emotional state

  • This is a very good song.  End of story.

  • I think Nude, whether thing version or the In Rainbows version, is the best song Radiohead has ever come up with.

  • well.... That is certainly debatable ;-)

  • But it's his opinion.

  • indeed

  • faggot, its HIS opinion, not yours.

  • i don't think anybody should fuck with allbearsrule. he/she provides excellent radiohead videos. plus somebody had said what you said like 2 replies prior, although in a less aggressive manner, which is best.

  • but there're many "best".

  • nude(live) > Don't get any big ideas > nude

  • all versions are fucking great. beautifull song period.

  • this is just pure ecstasy. what a fantastic voice mr. yorke!

  • 1998...mio dio

  • radiohead has so much emotion its insane

    in my opinion every song is perfect and when i say perfect i dont mean "flawless". I mean it is so good you can just feel the emotion and it actually makes you think you are the antagonist but in actuality its my main man Mr. Yorke! hahaha just kidding ive never met him in my life

    i dont know if i made that much sense but its kinda hard to describe the feelings i get when i hear these "masterpieces" of theirs

  • good..

  • epic O_O

  • At first, I really liked the organ version and was totally down on the studio version...but I listen to it a year later, and there's just no comparison. The studio version is so much more beautiful

  • Holy shit, Jonny's part in this version is ridiculously cool.

  • the organ makes this version soo epic.

    does anyone know where i can get an mp3 recording of this video?

  • download audacity

    to record songs make sure its set for "mono mix" instead of "microphone"

    u can record any song from youtube then

  • the organ makes this version so epic

  • compared to this performance the "in rainbows" version seems almost too stripped down in my opinion. you dont have that fantastic climax at the end with the four part voice harmony, but this version just keeps my interest even more intent with an almost constant rise and fall throughout he entire selection.

  • Proof that Radioheads music is truly timeless. I love the version.

  • beceause it is a beautiful song maybe?

  • This song is like a pessimism anthem. so why do i enjoy it so?

  • I love "She kisses you with tounges and pulls you to the bed / don't go you'll only want to come back again". They shouldn't have got rid of that for the album version, but I think the album one's better overall :)

  • i feel the same with karma police

    instead of "her hitler hairdo is making me feel ill"

    it was "she stares at me as if she owns the world"

    although both very good lines

    when you look at the rest of the song they dont fit very well

  • i love this version... both are great

  • this song rocks on so many levels. Thom Yorke's voice is amazing.

  • You gotta be incredibly wise to have such a beautiful song for ten years, yet resist its release because you feel it hasn't reached maturity.

    Talk about nurturing!

  • I still think this is the best version of the song. I am so "lucky" to have been at this show.

  • i've seen this video one thousand times and at least onece a month i need to see it again...i wish i was there...

  • I wish I could sing even 0.01% as well as Thom...what an amazing voice he has

    and how can Jonny play the organ and the xylophone at the same time?!

    Thom's voice and that organ bit at 3:41... just gutwrenching... I envy everyone in that audience

  • goodgod this is a beautiful performance

    I LOVE the new Nude but I wish they could've incorporated the organ somehow:)

  • I really like the organ, jonny should break that out again

  • they've been mulling this over for ten years. amazing.