Pyramid Song

[jjpmaestro]

puts me in a high place mentally 

[talk45]

Wish they could've played this one when I saw them, but I really shouldn't complain.

[kingoflimbs1]

@talk45

d'you see 'em recently, you mean? If so, where at? They played it in Tampa actually, I saw 'em there, it was a bit suprising.

[talk45]

@kingoflimbs1 Saw them in Miami. But like I said, I can't complain because they did play You & Whose Army -- probably my favorite song by them.

[staphinfection]

Guys, it's 666/666 trust me, I'm the devil.

[MrNickMMM]

Guys, it's half 9/8 half 6/8.

[William6likes6Rock]

I can relate to the album cover. One of the reasons why I love this band so much....

[Burn121212]

tempo from hell :D

[Lindsc237]

This song is beautiful.

Thank you.

[jimmycanion]

3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,3,3,3,4,3,­4,3,3,3,4,4,4,3,3,4,3,4,4,4,4,­4,4,4,4,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,4,­4 beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeepppppp..........­...

[carlosfelipe5150]

I thought this song would be about a pyramid, but then I remember it was a radiohead song. Awesome song.

[rattytwoshoes]

Sorry - I mean 3,3,2,3,3,2 (equalling 16)!

[rattytwoshoes]

Correction - the drums phrase it as 3,3,2,3,3!



[rattytwoshoes]

The overall pattern adds up to 32 beats. The piano phrases the sequence 3,3,4,3,3,3,3,4,3,3 (equalling 32) and when the drums come in properly, they play half time and phrase the sequence 3,3,5,3,2 (equalling 16). You could call it 4/4 because 32 is divisble by 4, but really it's in 3/4 with two 4 bars thrown in, imo.

[01DRH]

Its in 4/4 or 9/8 depends on how you score it. Can you people not count?

[69idiocy]

I'll just end the debate now. It's written in 4/4. It's just hard to spot because of it's 3 bar phrasing and is highly syncopated so that nearly all the strong beats have avoided emphasis.

[obxpalma]

"There was nothing to fear, nothing to doubt." amen.

[misterbrow]

Raping that replay button

[mastercrowly]

@misterbrow Me too. I'm gonna bust a load right in it's face.

[facecheek]

hey everyone, entire song is in 4/4. Just count, its there.

[kewlnrd]

@facecheek Correct, the piano plays a 3/2 clave...3 chords in one measure, 2 chords in the next

[paleguyalden]

@facecheek careful... its actually not 4/4 timing... I hear it as 3/4 and 2/2 timing

[01DRH]

@paleguyalden It depends how you score it out. 4/4 or 12/8. But really the divisions imply 9/8

[apestosocoati]

11/8¿?

[godsstillbornson]

I love Radiohead...To the right of the screen is advertisements of single Christian women that are obviously looking for something other than Christ to satisfy them....How does this song relate to that?...Its trivial I guess....Thom Yorke is the fucking man...

[hippyable]

okay.

[KinnieTheExplorer]

this is what it sounds like to be the eye of providence

[Radiohead4121]

Sounds like a song you play when the world slowly dies off from nuclear war.

[JWflikz]

i will never stop listening :)

[thegoods480]

Justin Bieber: God sent me here to make music.

Radiohead: No I didn't.

[MAUR1C1OX]

life in a song i'd say.

[xKiDFRESHH]

Best song ever recorded. 

[MyEarsAreHumongous]

@xKiDFRESHH Na, that goes to Good Vibrations, regardless of opinions - or a few of the tracks from 1966's Revolver like I'm Only Sleeping for example.

[JWflikz]

STILL listening !!

[MAUR1C1OX]

@JWflikz you go, girl!

[JWflikz]

@MAUR1C1OX i am not a girl

and still listening

[ThatZevGuy]

@JWflikz "im not a girl" that shit has to be awkward to who ever responded to you lolol

[gremby]

PORCA MADONNA

[udkenpoole]

this song is incredible.. unbelievable

[JWflikz]

still listening bitches !!

[CreepyLizard]

@JWflikz Still?

[GamecubeLPs]

When those drums kick in, it ALWAYS gets me on the pattern he throws lol. Now THAT is good drum section :P

[JWflikz]

i will always be listening

[JWflikz]

still listening 

[JWflikz]

I WILL LISTEN TO THIS SONG 4 EVER :)

[Dublinstranger92]

Slightly Disturbing.... but slightly intoxicating lol

[JWflikz]

i am still listening :)

[JWflikz]

cant stop listening to this song :)

[JWflikz]

i still like this

[JWflikz]

i like this 

[pikeflyfisherman]

This is serious depression music, but there is something fantastic about the depression it provides. Even though it's a hopeless depression, I can't help but love it !

[kenrben]

@pikeflyfisherman I dunno, i sort of get a sense of awe and being completely arrested and neutralized by the fucking majesty of it all.. But that's just me.

[pikeflyfisherman]

@kenrben I can see why the song would make you feel like that ! Its like a story is being told through the music, you can hear the relief of the pain towards the end, its weird. But Thom really created a masterpiece with this one !

[hayzay89]

It's a book on its side

[happybirthdayto007]

@hayzay89 holy crap ive had this for 2 years and never realized it was just a book on its side. i always thought it was just a really crappy artsy drawing or something....holy crap

[MyNameIsNeutron]

@hayzay89 It's the Codex!

[rockomundo]

@hayzay89 Oh shit, you´re right!

[GoddessYoga]

I can't help but imagine under water bull fighting.

[kyussrock29]

was lost then found when I found you

[punk1rock2]

There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt.

[huggiehuggie1]

I might be wrong but when the pyramid song played and all the knives where out... There were no surprises I began to figure out how to disappear completely and I thus isolated myself into the powerline fields where the chords wrapped around my neck and even the utmost power of electricity inhibited beyond my social nerves and spinal verbs didnt break bends to cancer upon me and I began to breathe again into the wind and shadow of God's mysterious planet...A God made of science will *Analyze

[sansdeity420]

@huggiehuggie1 shut up

[KellieCrosby]

@sansdeity420 Leave 'em alone. >:P

[toobmeister1]

@huggiehuggie1 OK. Now do it without mushrooms.

[imitebwrong]

@spuddypablo Nah Jazz is a prick

[kramafole]

WOW

[spacebrat311]

I just noticed for the first time today that the strings don't enter in the time between the first two verses, but are present the whole time, playing textural sounds until then.

I mean, I always noticed the sounds, it just never hit me that those are strings.

[FarmerHeard]

well that was a let down

[5AU5AGEROLL]

I feel like the whole world is playing some sick joke on me. Everywhere I look it says that Pyramid Song, Street Spirit, How To Disappear Completely and Weird Fishes/Arpeggi were all written by the same band, "Radiohead". That's preposterous - there's no way one group of human beings could have written all of these unbelievable songs in just a few years.

[hidalgo699]

Who stole God`s ipod???

[bukk3t]

@hidalgo699 fantastic comment.

[SellTheBenefits]

Poor little Minotaur. Bring him back Radiohead!

[splarrrrk]

You in cold tent in the night with your woman. You and woman begin procreation to strengthen the Motherland's numbers. Your woman's phone begins to ring. She answer it, and her face drop. The weak one begins to weep; you ask about call. She says,"It was papa! He was sent to Siberia for talks of liberty!".

NO PHONES IN SIBERIA! WOMAN LIES AND GOES TO GULAG!

[beatles820]

4:48 cried when he heard this song, and was so embarrassed he left.

[MichaelLeroi]

@beatles820 this isn't the top comment... but it deserves to be

[TheFlaggingFlag]

I find this song very easy to have sex to.

[davidmar43]

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOIIIII!!!!! THIS SONG FUCKING OWNS.

[blashininyourface]

omg, let me die again

omg, it's pure art

[GeekStinkBreath21]

Thanks for uploading. I think after you've listened to this, you should look for the official video, even though I'm dead grateful for the upload 'cause it's awesome. It's based upon Thom Yorke's dream. Even when Yorke is asleep, his mind still creates beautiful things.

[MCshlthead]

great drumming, phil is the king of limbs

[nicklol2]

Got dat kert!

[Nakkinak]

the drum part is boss

[ColtonBrassie]

im 105 years old and i love this!

[Meegzter]

@ColtonBrassie That's Amazing! I propose a toast to a longer, beautiful life.

[TheAndrewj96]

@Meegzter No he's not. Look at his channel.

[AncientAeon]

The piano player sounds like he's just beginning playing. Had to make sure that he's on top on the right keys before pressing them.

[: p) Well, of course he didn't, but that's what I first thought.

[imXaXteapot2112]

What the fuck was up with the ad in middle of the goddamn song?!?!?!

[TheCashmoneybros]

listen to the zeds dead remix its great!

[topcatiscool]

@TheCashmoneybros no-one should make a 'remix' of radiohead :L

[AnxietyDepression]

theres something extremely haunting and alien about this song.. its unreal.

[duckman531]

You're a CommunistNihilist, but you put ads at the beginning of your videos.

[Stickrazyinsane]

@duckman531 HE doesn't put any adds on, that's youtube's job. lol.

[duckman531]

@Stickrazyinsane Youtube sells the ads? I never knew how that worked.

[ktoimil]

@duckman531 And for the Men's Warehouse nonetheless!

[jkaraszk]

@duckman531 It's not his song, hence, he doesn't get copyright rights to it, therefore he doesn't get to choose whether or not there's ads on the video, I'm fairly certain.

[GeoMcEvan]

@duckman531 Do uploaders get a choice?

[bigchill123a]

@runenoodle I just might. That sounds fun.

[thegreathistorian7]

This is the song that will be played in a movie a hundred years from now in the scene documenting the rise of the one world government following the collapse of the economies of the west in the 2nd decade of the 21st century. The police state moves in, the carbon taxes are imposed and camps set up.... all the while the dialogue in this scene will be silent and all you can hear is this music.....

[mukkohaha]

@thegreathistorian7 So you know this stuff, Do you Also know Who is going to Cause this ? are you aware that this is not just a fight of the flesh ?

[thegreathistorian7]

@mukkohaha if the oligarchs want to worship their "devil" then so be it. I will fight this, the revolutionary party will be set in motion, a constitutionalist republican will no longer be on the periphery of British politics..

[mukkohaha]

@thegreathistorian7  you think it's " their " devil ? Lucifer is working very hard making the path to salvation narrow. Through every mean possible, i guess you haven't done your research.

[thegreathistorian7]

@mukkohaha god and the devil is 100% bullshit neither universally defined or proven or even likely. The enemy is human u dumb christian, stop getting distracted by the mythical soul battle, stop praying and do something useful. Thanks for wasting my precious time as existence is finite. Ill go back to writing an new constitution for the UK u go back to sucking off your invisible skydaddy like the New World Order want you to.

[mukkohaha]

@thegreathistorian7 Yep your completely in the dark, you know nothing about this world or the next, try check your inbox noob

[thegreathistorian7]

@mukkohaha got ur reply, and owned it oooo umad

[TheMosert]

EL MEJOR DE TODOS SUS TEMAAASSS GRAMDE THOM YORKE :DDD

[Squinal]

Also, there is no defined time signature. It's played by feel.

[Squinal]

So beautiful. Whenever I need to get some serious thinking done I put this on.

[Glenn1967ful]

Can this be released againsr the X Factor winner at Christmas?

[mcmcerson]

whats that insturment in the backround that sounds like bubbles look?

[bigchill123a]

@Ozonator279 just count the ride cymbal

[Ozonator279]

i still cant believe this is in 4/4.

[SubsistenceSC]

@Ozonator279 How do you know?

[pelleas08]

@Ozonator279

it's not 4/4 ... it's always four 3/4-bars followed by one 4/4 bar.

- like four triangles and one quare = the structure of a PYRAMID!

it's simply ingenious!!! :)

[Bebopopotamus]

@pelleas08 4 bars of 3 is just 3 bars of 4. It's 4/4 the whole time. It's just displaced.

[jkucharsky]

@pelleas08 true that!

[mull20641]

@pelleas08 it's been listed in several different ways, but the most accurate is probably 5 bars of 4/4 followed by one bar of 3/8

[apestosocoati]

@pelleas08 i think it's 11/8, or one 3/8 followed by one 4/4

[srmanu]

It's like flamenco music. They use the chords of the flamenco cadences

[TheRazecah]

@srmanu flamenco? lol its arab music , thom and jhony love classic arab music

[srmanu]

@TheRazecah All is very similar. Its because of that why we can observe the influence of arab culture in the flamenco music, In this song you can listen, if you know, the flamenco cadence, "frigia" cadence, i dont know how is its name in english, and sorry for my english jejei

[gernebrodt]

not from planet earth...

[JennnBe]

@ScavengerData

I'm glad to know that someone else agrees and feels the same way :)

[FlyingFuckstorm]

egytp song by tom york & the Radio Heads is my favourite

[TheCheshiredream]

c'mon now, it's way too hard to pick a favorite radiohead song. but this is def my fave for when i feel like i do right now. a true radiohead fan knows that your favorite song depends completely on your mood.

[Unnamed0909]

I love how strange the rhythm of this is.

[vxmortal15]

We all went to heaven in a little row boat...

[Naff83]

@vxmortal15

..the oars are broken and the boat won't row...

[Vincentskater1]

Hybrid Bong By Wadiodead

[ScavengerData]

@Vincentskater1 hahaha absolutely awesome. sounds just like a chum in kindergarten

[cousins851]

I have cried to both this song and Videotape. Yeah, I don't care who knows it. Radiohead is so great and so powerful within their lyrics, they make me cry. They're the only thing that I feel like constantly relates to me. I CRIED TO PYRAMID SONG AND VIDEOTAPE. beautiful songs.

[marcosg1992]

@cousins851 videotape is probably one of my favorites too, the other being fake plastic trees...

[parchment52]

the drums are banging on this one

[Drakko24NicoSuave]

jumpshiin aiber hadisee, blackaahd angil swimimee, nuferstas enestelkaa... inall difigges hiustusee. ahmy ulubas ethereith me, ahmypasi future. Onwialinchili wobo, ih'wasnufin fee, nufin doh.

[fatfuckfucker]

listened to you and now this...

Fuck me.. how did they do it?

[ernest671]

Amazing piece

[Thizzpwnt]

@chesspiece11 Uhhh... you do realize that that's the same thing as number 4... right?

[Vincentskater1]

There are four types of Radiohead fans.

1) Fans that love Kid A, Amnesiac and The King Of Limbs.

2) Fans that love OK Computer, Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows

3) Fans that love Pablo Honey and The Bends

4) Fans that love ALL OF THEIR STUFF.

Out of curiosity, what fan are you?

[FacultyBob]

@Vincentskater1 4 and 1 and 2

[chesspiece11]

@Vincentskater1 5) All of the Above

I choose #5

[Crede06]

@Vincentskater1

There is Radiohead pre-1997 and Radiohead post-1997. Pre-1997 where more standardize songs with regular structure and lyrics that were mostly about Thom himself. Post-1997 to really present time is a creative peak that has done away with classic song structure with a focus on mostly world events with apocalyptic undertones

[Mikefoot1]

@Vincentskater1 number 4 :)

[kfc21194]

@Vincentskater1 4.

a lot of people don't like their first two albums because they aren't as experimental, but personally, i think The Bends is one of their best. that being said, i also think that OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows and The King of Limbs are their best as well. Pablo Honey is meh

[Jell0man]

@Vincentskater1 4)

[poopinlard]

@Vincentskater1

Strangely enough, I'd say I'm an odd combination of 1 & 2. Pablo Honey and The Bends didn't really hit me as anything outstanding (Although The Bends was notable for being a huge improvement over Pablo Honey)

[islandcruiser45]

@Vincentskater1 5

[kingoflimbs1]

I saw this stupid list on Metacritic of the best music of the decade. They said Radiohead (#25) wasn't near the top spot because of Amnesiac. ...Coincidentally, the album that this masterpiece is on.  I know lists don't mean anything, but that's very.. off....

[6KingCooper6]

Is it me or has this been on a soundtrack to something? Love Radiohead and just starting to really grasp Amnesiac. Love IT!!!

[bigchill123a]

if this song isn't playing when the world ends, I swear to God, I will save the world and try it again until we got it right!!!

[WorldOpener]

@bigchill123a

Alright, let's start building some HUGE Speakers and a whole lot of H-bombs.

[rudenoodle]

@bigchill123a drown in a fire.

[EmperorEmpoleon2]

@bigchill123a That would have to compete with Motion Picture Soundtrack.

[cKunke2]

@bigchill123a Bahahahaahaha

[Schumitastic]

Radiohead's offerings since Kid A have been hit and miss but this is undoubtedly the highlight of them all  personally.

[Armarcoarmagedon12]

my favorite song is ''You''...

[moneylessbum]

This song brings such a happiness and joy, tears well up in my eyes everytime. thumbs up if you agree 

[alsa005]

The chords in this are soo crazy

[netty0011]

I was out walking one night & I got lost & was wandering aimlessly by the sea. I had this song playing on my 1980's walkman when I was caught in a terrible thunder storm. The rain got into my walkman & it stopped working. I was soaked through, lost & pissed off but to make matters worse there was some smug so & so in the distance with an iPod on, crying at the view! It overwhelmed me to the point of furious anger! From that day on how I feel about the world has changed, for the worse!

[MEYERS3000]

Arguably Radiohead's best song. Actually no, its not arguable. This IS Radiohead's best song.

[netty0011]

@MEYERS3000 ....In YOUR opinion this is Radioheads best song.......but of course it's arguable as it's only an opinion....& your opinion isn't fact!

[MEYERS3000]

@netty0011 name a better one