Radiohead: Three-Headed Street Spirit

This is a very early (dare I say 'earliest' version?) of 'Street Spirit', played acoustically by Thom and Jonny on the French-Canadian music television station MusiquePlus.

There are some talky bits, and the song starts at about :50. The audio isn't great, but you can't expect much from an old VHS tape.

There entire clip with this song + interview are available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzK_CrqBAiQ

Category:

Music

Tags:

• thom yorke
• jonny greenwood
• street spirit
• acoustic
• radiohead

[therealconnjr]

love it

[ik107]

Wow. Very nice to hear a song in its early stages. A few improvements in the lyrics were made. In the beginning, the rather prosaic line `... feel their aggression' becomes `feel their blue hands touching me' which gives it a more ethereal quality. Instead of `take control' it became `swallow whole' which I think gives scope to the listeners interpretation.

And of course the hopeful yet poignant `Immerse your soul in love' ending. It's my favourite Radiohead song from a magnificent list.

[roblowefan1]

my soul is immersed in love with the beauty of radiohead

[xM4JoRx]

wow thom had hair

[Miguelohara563]

Thom Yorke looks like Kevin the Teenager here.

[Yaunzaul]

Awesome! Thanks for posting. I thought the performance was top notch, but I missed the ending of immerse your soul in love.

[JaBenny]

dang!

[seapockets]

very cool! thom uses his full voice in this version instead of fallsetto for the high notes.

[allbearsrule]

thanks a ton, Amy!

[cynthiailly]

this is an amazing find, the first ever performance of street spirit. i had no idea it was originally titled 'three headed street spirit'. so cool to hear thom talking about it beforehand. thanks for uploading this.