probably the best of their unreleased songs. only radiohead could have something like this and not really do anything with it. a lot of bands would kill to have this song in their catalogue
+Micah Buzan agree, and the the lyrics could be interpreted as maybe commenting on things like government surveillance fitting the whole hail to thief subject matter
This video is taken from the Meeting People is Easy documentary released in 1998, so it was actually written in OK Computer era or earlier. The songs released for the OK Computer OKNOTOK (I promise, Man of War, Lift etc) are all old songs, I remember downloading them on my 28K modem in '98.
This version is it for me. Got me through some hard shit. So much respect for these guys. You can see how depressed they are in this video. They hate the tour. You can hear their pain in this ballad. But they fought through. Their strength gave me the strength to get away from my abusive ex. You all deserve more. I will be your backbone of you need one. This gem is beautiful and brings me to tears still from 1998.
I think this will always be the best version of this song. It's not only the perfect "tempo"... it's all the spirit of this video... and how the song is perfectly coherent with that sketches of interview and the idea of repetition they give... and that impulse of sincerity that takes Thom when he speaks about becoming liars and hypocrits. Incredibly moving.
Is it? I hope it sounds just as good. I had an old mp3 of this when I was about 10 in 2000 when Napster first came on the scene. I’d love to hear it again.
I love MPIE. I just wish there was a recording of this version of the song without all the talk over. For some reason the bass of Thom's acoustic hits harder in here than anywhere else I've heard it. It's F&*king awesome.
''You will become a hypocrite. You'll become a liar. You'll try and paper-up your own cracks and... you know. And everybody does it. And that's what being an adult is. And then you have babies and... that's it.'' Thom Yorke, Meeting People Is Easy
jackielegs I really wish they would. So long ago I had this version when I was about 12, without the talking obviously, and I lost it after going through computer problems. This is by far their best version of it
ah god they're so good i can't stand it!! please release an album with follow me around, big boots, true love waits and others like it! i'm begging you! that was the best era!
I had hours upon hours of Radiohead live and bootleg songs, borrowed off Napster and Limewire. Those were the Wild West days of music “sharing”. I miss the hard drive with all that music. (I’ve also always supported my boys buying albums, merch, and saw them play in support of Ok Computer).
@iamthebubb Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't change a thing a thing about MPIE. But I would like to see Radiohead do another docu type film. I think the mood of it would be completely different this time around. They've all grown up and seem a lot more comfortable with themselves and where they're at.
That's how I feel too. Same with True Love Waits. Still ace just doesn't live up to my expectations. Nothing would after you've been waiting for it for 20 years.
I LOVE this song! I wish it would make it onto a rarities release. NOT a bootleg, a real release from Radiohead themselves. Thom is so brilliant. I love everything I ever heard from him and Radiohead. PEACE OUT!
They should release this version on spotify or whatever (without the talking over it obviously) they will have the MPIE stuff if good quality I assume.
I wish they would release this exact version minus the talking. I've been listening to this since I was super young. Napster had this version without the interview, it was just cut a lot shorter. It was about 1:35 seconds and I would play it over and over again.
@wurble To be honest i liked that it was so depressing, not that you want non radiohead fans having another excuse to call them depressing but the documentary was amazing.
@LongviewRocks I agree with you in one point: its a shame that a great song like this one never had been properly published, like many others who are constantly on the concert lineups. But if you listen to Radiohead long enough, you'll realize that they simply cannot be cast in one genre. They're always trying new things, keeping their sound fresh. Sometimes it pleases a lot of people (Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows) sometimes it doesn't (Amnesiac, King of Limbs). But that's why they are great!
"You will become a hypocrite, you’ll become a liar. You’ll try and paper up your own cracks… and that’s what being an adult is all about. Then you have babies and…that’s it."
Damn.... reading in here that some of you have this recording without the interviews over the top??? If any of you lovely lot that had that would be so kind to get that to me, I would be beyond happy/grateful!!! I've been obsessed with this version for years so when it came out and it was just Thom and a guitar, I was underwhelmed. Again, you'd make a mega-fan mega-happy!
@@moonshapedbear Thank you for the clarification... Note to Radiohead, or the filmmaker from Matthew McConaughey.... "It'd be a lot cooler if you diiiid...." ;)
@sodacakeblues We've already got "True Love Waits". I feel that just like with "My Iron Lung" (the version on 'The Bends' is the same one featured in the 'Live at the Astoria' concert, if you weren't aware), I don't think a studio version could match the live version's brilliance. It's not too hard to find an mp3 of the Pinkpop '96 version of "Lift" if you look for it, and again, I don't think that could be topped by a studio version. As for the other two, I agree, they need to be released.
I know there is a version on the Italian BBC Sessions album "Other Colours". Not sure how easy it is to come by those, but I have a U.S. reissue, possibly unofficial, from a few years ago. There isn't any talking on that version.
when will they release this onto an album? This & Big Boots (Man-o-War), Lift (fast version) & True Love Waits. Not that it matters if they are commercially released - it won't make them better songs - just that they deserve to be released as much as anything else they've done because these 4 songs all amongst their greatest songs (hard choice).
@wurble I thought the documentary wasn't open enough. I don't want a jovial Radiohead, I want a Radiohead open about what their songs mean and how they feel about their place in the world.
she starts to ask him a question about ok computer and then becomes too nervous to continue. Then he makes a comment on what type of watch she's wearing to ease her nerves
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As much as I love the studio version, I can't help but come back for the bass on this guitar, it's just amazing
exactly... I feel the same.
This version is far better than the studio one
This will come in Kid A/Amnesiac 20th Anniversary remember this!
Wtf you're a prophet
wtf
Whoa
Yes but which version?
It’s nothing on this version
No matter how many versions they played after this one, I think the tempo of this version is just the best they ever tried for the song...
The tempo and that acoustic guitar. Perfection
tempo is the god
probably the best of their unreleased songs. only radiohead could have something like this and not really do anything with it. a lot of bands would kill to have this song in their catalogue
13 years later, it's time
@@commentmanwhoeatsgahbage3022 closer to 24 years later but… lol😆 I get you
Thom Yorke, what can I say.
Music flows through him, the man and musician being so prolific for so long. I love his whole back catalogue.
Anyone here after seeing the premiere? I wish they had cleaned up this version and released it. Love the band joining in.
Yeah, I was underwhelmed by the studio version... Wish it was like this or like the video of Atoms for Peace doing it in Oakland. Needs the full band.
would have worked pretty well on hail to the thief, if it would be on any of their albums it would have been that one
+Matt Wilkinson Yeah, his voice even sounds like 2003 Thom Yorke here.
+Micah Buzan agree, and the the lyrics could be interpreted as maybe commenting on things like government surveillance fitting the whole hail to thief subject matter
+Matt Wilkinson Yeah it also sounds Amnesiac-y I think.
This video is taken from the Meeting People is Easy documentary released in 1998, so it was actually written in OK Computer era or earlier. The songs released for the OK Computer OKNOTOK (I promise, Man of War, Lift etc) are all old songs, I remember downloading them on my 28K modem in '98.
Maybe they're saving it for the next album
This version is it for me. Got me through some hard shit. So much respect for these guys. You can see how depressed they are in this video. They hate the tour. You can hear their pain in this ballad. But they fought through. Their strength gave me the strength to get away from my abusive ex. You all deserve more. I will be your backbone of you need one. This gem is beautiful and brings me to tears still from 1998.
I’m glad you got away from the abuse. This beauty of this song can heal
'have you got a teletubbies watch on?
'yeah.'
I think this will always be the best version of this song. It's not only the perfect "tempo"... it's all the spirit of this video... and how the song is perfectly coherent with that sketches of interview and the idea of repetition they give... and that impulse of sincerity that takes Thom when he speaks about becoming liars and hypocrits. Incredibly moving.
Agree 100%!!!
Good lord thankfully this is finally getting a studio release.
Is it? I hope it sounds just as good. I had an old mp3 of this when I was about 10 in 2000 when Napster first came on the scene. I’d love to hear it again.
@@Sebadoh1994 yep it’s on this upcoming reissue & we’ll see. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_A_Mnesia
@@auzzieamerican awesome 👏🏼 thank you 🙏
Curious as to what you think of it now that it is out lol
Jonny Greenwood sat their reading a book calmly while Thom displays casual genius is just so epic
NOVEMBER 5TH, 2021.... STUDIO VERSION COMIN' IN HOTTT!!! :)
If it wouldn't be for Thom high voice the song would sound very grunge
PetroleumPelle You're right. The guitar is very Nirvana Unplugged.
Totally agree!!! I love it
I can already picture Chris Cornell's voice over this
I would follow Thom to the end of the earth.
This is incredible. Love the little interview snippets, etc. that were inserted.
It's from the "Meeting People is Easy" documentary that came out shortly after OK Computer
Love how this song comes alive the moment jonny picks up his guitar.
I love MPIE. I just wish there was a recording of this version of the song without all the talk over. For some reason the bass of Thom's acoustic hits harder in here than anywhere else I've heard it. It's F&*king awesome.
''You will become a hypocrite. You'll become a liar. You'll try and paper-up your own cracks and... you know. And everybody does it. And that's what being an adult is. And then you have babies and... that's it.'' Thom Yorke, Meeting People Is Easy
They need to release this exact recording
jackielegs I really wish they would. So long ago I had this version when I was about 12, without the talking obviously, and I lost it after going through computer problems. This is by far their best version of it
youve got a teletubbies watch on. OH GOD JONNY IS THE KING OF EVERYTHING ALL OF THE TIME
My favorite Radiohead song. I harbor the sad suspicion that they've moved so far past it that it'll never see an official release.
Mine too, but have faith my brother! :)
That’s what I have been fearing. Seems like that was the case 9 years ago as well.
Lucky me
I just discovered it
Kid A and Amnesiac reissue happening this song might be on it!
Got news for ya buddy
Of all the unreleased songs of Radiohead's that I've discovered so far, this is probably my favorite.
ah god they're so good i can't stand it!! please release an album with follow me around, big boots, true love waits and others like it! i'm begging you! that was the best era!
Omg do I miss the old true love waits and big boots. You’re taking me back to 2nd grade
So glad you've uploaded this; it was up before but was removed. Really hope that this (and this version) makes it on the new album!
I enjoyed this! Continue the awesome work you are doing here! I for sure will subscribe to your channel! 😊
crazy to think this was around 14 years ago and know they are finally releasing it officially
24*
Kid damn Amnesiaaaaac :DDD
I had hours upon hours of Radiohead live and bootleg songs, borrowed off Napster and Limewire. Those were the Wild West days of music “sharing”. I miss the hard drive with all that music. (I’ve also always supported my boys buying albums, merch, and saw them play in support of Ok Computer).
Love this tune
When Johnny kicks in with the wail! Amazing
@iamthebubb Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't change a thing a thing about MPIE. But I would like to see Radiohead do another docu type film. I think the mood of it would be completely different this time around. They've all grown up and seem a lot more comfortable with themselves and where they're at.
I like this version better than the new one? Is that just bc I’m used to this one as a long time Radiohead fan?
That's how I feel too. Same with True Love Waits. Still ace just doesn't live up to my expectations. Nothing would after you've been waiting for it for 20 years.
@@jezdixon4480 I’m the same way with True love waits as well! I guess it’s nostalgia that I will always prefer
i can't wait for their next album!!
4:10 the luckiest guy in the world, working while Radiohead plays this piece of art :D... don't know if it's Nigel but he loves it!!
Please release a studio version of this. Please, pretty please.
Kid A/Amnesiac 20th anniversary
@@alejo7365 What
@@lewisgray4398 yes
Ayeee confirmed to be on the setlist for Kid Amnesia
Sure
brilliant, tuning now
AMAZING!!!
Great song!
This was definitely the best version of the song... I'm flabbergasted that they never made a proper rendition.. of this version.
they're releasing one now
radiohead saved me.
I LOVE this song! I wish it would make it onto a rarities release. NOT a bootleg, a real release from Radiohead themselves. Thom is so brilliant. I love everything I ever heard from him and Radiohead. PEACE OUT!
good news
Wish granted
i learned how to play this on guitar it is in drop d tuning
goddammit I love this
The best song they never released
They should release this version on spotify or whatever (without the talking over it obviously) they will have the MPIE stuff if good quality I assume.
This song rules!!!!
Cool, thank you!
Wow ;') THAT made me tab my very first song! And THAT made me buy Meeting People is Easy. I've listened to the sample and I just had to buy it
I had a VHS copy of this documentary on VHS and would watch it often. The cover was fantastic.
Was it on VHS?
@@samblackledgeitv yes I wish I still had it.
gorgeous, all the way...
es sencillo, triste, y hermoso
soy mazoquista con este tema
"I feel absolutely nothing
the words are out of ink"
RAWR🖤
Golden era radiohead
Follow Me Around is to Radiohead as Blind Willie McTell is to Bob Dylan.
Absolutely. Hopefully it will have a studio recording as well.
drums are my favourite thing about this track
This is my absolute favorite Radiohead song. Alas, no proper release, so I was forced to rip the audio from this film.
I wish they would release this exact version minus the talking. I've been listening to this since I was super young. Napster had this version without the interview, it was just cut a lot shorter. It was about 1:35 seconds and I would play it over and over again.
Quinn oh Napster. I spent so much time on that site.
Rebecca I still have that mp3 👍
@@beckyschade2359 Me too!
@@Mrsilenciobackgammon Rebecca didnt reply but I would love that mp3 if you still have it :)
@@ledzeppole10 I have it on a super old hard drive. I used to build computers when I was younger. I want it so bad
GUYS, ITS FINALLY HAPPENING! KID A MENISIA!!!
@wurble To be honest i liked that it was so depressing, not that you want non radiohead fans having another excuse to call them depressing but the documentary was amazing.
Is this song not even on any of their EPs or singles? It's so good. D:
It took me 13 yrs. to FINALLY finf out what the hell the title of this song was !!!!!!!!!!
@LongviewRocks I agree with you in one point: its a shame that a great song like this one never had been properly published, like many others who are constantly on the concert lineups.
But if you listen to Radiohead long enough, you'll realize that they simply cannot be cast in one genre. They're always trying new things, keeping their sound fresh. Sometimes it pleases a lot of people (Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows) sometimes it doesn't (Amnesiac, King of Limbs). But that's why they are great!
reminds me of drive from r.e.m.
2:58 thru 3:15 is the truth.
"You will become a hypocrite, you’ll become a liar. You’ll try and paper up your own cracks… and that’s what being an adult is all about. Then you have babies and…that’s it."
Anyone here after seeing the new release of this using the drone video
me!
@@fernandojlg8172 🤟🤩👍
Jonny's just sitting there reading a book
@JoyGrenade, regretfully, I agree with you. Yet this and quite a number of other unreleased gems are some of their greatest songs
@sodacakeblues
True Love Waits is on Kid A disc 2 for the deluxe, but i think those songs are quite nice hidden away treats.
@YoshimizRobots yea same thoughts. that would be fucking awesome. this stunning version sums up all the emotion in me, its just magic.
I wish they would release this song. not a studio version, this one minus all of the interviews.
it does
Not sure if anyone commented on this, but Radiohead commissioned Grant Gee to make this film.
I think the title "follow me around" is about the camera crew that followed them on their OK Computer tour for the making of this film.
still the best version of this song....
Damn.... reading in here that some of you have this recording without the interviews over the top??? If any of you lovely lot that had that would be so kind to get that to me, I would be beyond happy/grateful!!! I've been obsessed with this version for years so when it came out and it was just Thom and a guitar, I was underwhelmed. Again, you'd make a mega-fan mega-happy!
there’s no such version online as of today yet
@@moonshapedbear Thank you for the clarification... Note to Radiohead, or the filmmaker from Matthew McConaughey.... "It'd be a lot cooler if you diiiid...." ;)
This has to be on the King of Limbs
Wow, they need to do the studio version
November 5
i'm not a professional, but drop d (on the tab sites i;ve been to) is generally tuning the low e to d. this is more than that.
check out how he played it at Latitude, there are some videos, and its fantastic, he made the guitar more interesting and it sounds great
@sodacakeblues We've already got "True Love Waits". I feel that just like with "My Iron Lung" (the version on 'The Bends' is the same one featured in the 'Live at the Astoria' concert, if you weren't aware), I don't think a studio version could match the live version's brilliance. It's not too hard to find an mp3 of the Pinkpop '96 version of "Lift" if you look for it, and again, I don't think that could be topped by a studio version. As for the other two, I agree, they need to be released.
How have radiohead not released this tune properly? I'd love to get a copy of this version without the mpie intrerviews. Such a good tune....too good!
It seems like some of their best stuff is unreleased like Big Boots, maybe those will be on the new album ;D they're in the studio.
Signia Maple snare with the marching style batter head side hoop on.. sweeeet!! Oh and Thom yeah not bad either.. :)
That Nirvana vibe.
wow ur totally right
Not really. It’s better than anything Nirvana has put out anyway :)
@@yaguzi Why Compare just listen to the music and shut up
It's cool how at first the other band members don't care but then they just decide to join in.
does anyone know where to get a recording off this with just the music and not the talking?
I know there is a version on the Italian BBC Sessions album "Other Colours". Not sure how easy it is to come by those, but I have a U.S. reissue, possibly unofficial, from a few years ago. There isn't any talking on that version.
I'm not sure that version has the awesome ending though...
uᴉɟɟnW ʇuǝʇuoƆ could you link me a place where I can download it or something? :)
*download
@justinorville
actually it does. maybe not exactly country, but surely country/folk blues.
when will they release this onto an album? This & Big Boots (Man-o-War), Lift (fast version) & True Love Waits. Not that it matters if they are commercially released - it won't make them better songs - just that they deserve to be released as much as anything else they've done because these 4 songs all amongst their greatest songs (hard choice).
@notjustahatrack Hey do you by any chance have a link to their song Lift? because i Love that song. And thanks for this link as well.
25 year ago
How has this song never seen the light of day? Bizarre?
fuck yea! soundcheck!
1 person in this world is looking for someone to follow around
right on!
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Mon vrai amour! Xo
@wurble I thought the documentary wasn't open enough. I don't want a jovial Radiohead, I want a Radiohead open about what their songs mean and how they feel about their place in the world.
she starts to ask him a question about ok computer and then becomes too nervous to continue. Then he makes a comment on what type of watch she's wearing to ease her nerves
Does anybody know where I can find this TAB ? Song is so brilliant!!!
they need to release this song. Much much much better than big boots or even lift.
that ending is dope! Too bad they never used it....
@wurble Amen !!!