“Idioteque” - RADIOHEAD | Reaction (FULL SONG)
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Radiohead - “Idioteque”: • Idioteque
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Where does this rank among your favorite Radiohead tunes? Have a great weekend!
A fan favorite during live shows. Thom dances like a man possessed. 😂
My personal favourite.
Some other Radiohead recommendations: Everything in its Right Place, Ful Stop
Just inside my top 10 favorites. It's the best 'electronic' song they've done imo.
This is in my top 15 easy so that means it's an amazing track
Not high. Never done much for me personally, but I'm clearly in a minority
Man, this song is insane to watch performed live - they are using analogue like lo-fi synths and looping tech from the 80's - Johnny Greenwood the lead guitarist and multi-instrumentalist is literally like plugging cords into and out off a giant computer rack to recreate this song live while the 3rd Guitarist Ed who usually does the background soundscape ethereal pedal driven stuff which DL makes much of that Radiohead sound - he is on his knees playing with loopers and sample pads while Thom Yorke just dances like a lunatic at a rave at 4:30am. It is a definite live show crowd pumping up moment - the lyrics are meant to be somewhat menacing as to the advent of the modern world and the crises like climate change and chaotic technology evolving super fast beneath us - or some of it is just random words (Thom literally in some songs on this album admittedly - despite being a truly masterful and poetic lyricist in general - just picked random lines of poems he wrote out of a hat and put them together. He wouldn't be the first nor the last to do this. It took me a while for this song to really hit and stick with me and it does now for sure. I'm hoping you've had a chance to make it to Portishead and their album "Dummy" in your Trip Hop journey - if not even better, then you have such a masterpiece awaiting. Just jump to say "Wandering Star" or "Numb" and enjoy. Radiohead define their own niche unlike few bands ever have which becomes more evident the more deep you go into their music but of course are influenced by so many others and intertwined - as any band playing for over 30 years with the exact same members, producer - even same album cover artist - will be. Kid A is such a leap into new territory musically for no just them but for popular music is is a hard on to dissect, but its definitely cool to hear you go after it. The 4 tone computer sounding chord progression that dominate the song is them emulating an early apple computer electronic music program from the early 80s - they are always searching for that next level of unique influence and touches to keep them an intriguing group to get into. This is definitely one of their more electronic based songs, though they have a pretty cool one called "Ful Stop" I recommend off their most recent album. Thom is heavily into various electronic music genres and used to spend time DJ'ing sets at clubs - and his solo work REALLY leans into that, so anything from his solo albums might be of interest to you. I'd say "The Clock" from his first album "The Eraser" is an excellent song to check out (though of course - he also plays it live on an acoustic guitar and it is even more sick and shows what a seriously talented rhythm guitar player he is).
This is all so cool! Thank you so much for sharing! Happy to have you friend!!! \m/
There's nothing insane about it, the entire appeal of a modular synth is how easy and intuitive it is to use in a live setting
@@wfmmofficial I was in college during the onset of the internet - your email took 6 hours to send then you waited 6 hours for the reply my freshman year :) - but from 94 to 99 it sky rocketed in capability, crazy to think back on now - but musically the 90's were a hell of a time to come of age. That is why I am so in love with all that happened to the musical landscape in the 90's across so many genres - bringing home the first Wu Tang cassette tape as a senior in High School with no idea what I was about to experience, the Grunge 'Big 4', Nine Inch Nails and The Prodigy,, electronic EDM taking flight, for sure Trip Hop and Drum and Bass, alt rock bands of every sort pumping out extraordinary albums constantly, and of course the one above them all ultimately (for me of course, trust me I WORE out "The Downward Spiral" for months when it hit) in Radiohead - specifically "OK Computer" (I remember you doing I think mainly a few "In Rainbows" songs - and that album is just breath-taking - now as you venture into Kid A, I hope you do decide to dive into 'OK Computer' as it remains my favorite and I'll be curious as to how it hits for you. As an English major despite being a proud VA Tech Hokie - I am so inept technologically - it is so impressive to me you and all reaction vid-makers take he time and skill to make these videos and challenge yourself to new music - as you get older is gets easier to stick with your old favorites, though I know I am missing out even if some of it - as was then and always - is either bad or just won't click for me. But I am cheating myself of new influences, particularly as I also play guitar and a regular keyboard style Novation Ultra Nova Synth just for fun jamming with my buddies pretending we still have a chance to make even a few songs that move someone somewhere, and mostly enjoying the untouchable zen thrill of clicking with other musicians in the moment - few things compare in life - though my skills on keys are very limited it is a sweet piece of gear - but I am so technologically idiotic - as the 'modular synth' guy was so super cool to point out - well done there buddy - I'm sure he is right however, but to those of us who aren't familiar with it does looks nuts, you'll see if you catch a good live vid of "Idioteque" - Austin City Limits" is an excellent one I am familiar with - the whole point of that way too long ramble is to say thanks - I do kind of get why I enjoy reaction videos so much though I neve expected it to be like a nightly decompress after work, life, etc. But thanks man, you do it well and I'm glad to see you back hitting RH - challenging ones at that on this album - like i love them all now but some of them took literal years to finally click. It is one of the things/reasons as to how and why I revere them so much. Props to you - I was so into the first 2 NIN albums but then stopped travelling along Trent's journey and I can only imagine there is so much (I know a handful of later songs) I ought to take that ride. Something to look forward to. Keep up the great work bro. And watch this song live - it is so cool even if I was wrong and the modular Synth is easy to play! If you read all that you deserve a freaking award.
@@dreww1609 My MAN! There is so much passion in your words! I can feel the love you have for creativity and music in the way you were able to romanticize your youth. This is the greatest string of comments i’ve ever received! Thank you for being an inspiration today. I’m so happy to be surrounded by good people!
Cheers to you friend!
Catch you in the next one.
Seeing this performed live from 3rd row center is definitely a highlight of my concert/show history..the whole band is talented but watching johnny making all of those amazing sounds left me in complete awe..when I hear rh, I'm left feeling like Dali took his paintbrush and created a masterpiece all over my brain..lol
Radiohead is heavy! A ton of their songs are about (lyrically, energy-wise) anxiety, tension, destruction, powerlessness, hurt, collapse...
How to Disappear Completely is from this album, and the leader singer Thom Yorke once said it's the greatest song they've done. So I would definitely recommend that one
That song is one I send sometimes to younger friends or fellow amateur musicians to intro them to Radiohead, and for a fact 3 of them (not a chauvinist remark just so happens, all girls - younger too now that I think about it) all texted me saying they had tears streaming down their face on their first listen. I have no other song to reference that I can that about. It is a gift these guys gave to us, I mean so many gifts right - but that one is special in its own specific way.
Yes!!!!!
Unbelievable tune.
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found this while looking through some reaction
I think he's said that about Pyramid Songs too. Neither of them suck
My favorite Radiohead song. I mostly like fast punk, but this song is the same kind of intensity, with their psychodrama style. Just this constant sort of panic and timing that never lets up and always a bit unpredictable. Love the synth chords.
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This was the song that got me into Radiohead after only knowing them as the band that did Fake Plastic Trees and Karma Police in 2000. Saw one of the Kid A blips on MuchMusic and I was highly curious to who and what I just witnessed lol Since 2001, I've been lucky enough to see them at least once every single tour when the come around into Canada.
i love how your vids start with the reaction and not 5 minutes of you telling us to subscribe or telling us what you had for breakfast or some shit
HAHAHA
I like the way you kick off with the track first - then follow up with the reaction. Without all the usual shite at the front end urging us to click and subscribe. Thank you for that.
You’re the man for commenting! I was a long time reaction watcher before I began recording… I know what I would have wanted to see! Happy to have you!
@@wfmmofficial Hey well that really works - keep up the great work!
You should check out Life in a Glass House. It's a crazy jazz rock, it's awesome and will surprise you for sure
Definitely concur with this
2:53 "This is really happening" a callback to How to Disappear Completely
I thought this EXACTLY after hearing the whole album!
In the context of whats happening in the world now....... wow.
Live versions of this track (They Might Be Wrong : Live Recordings, is my favourite) are off the scale.
As with so many Radiohead songs, especially from the Kid A/Amnesiac era, it is near impossible to determine any actual meaning behind the lyrics or melodies. We have clues, snippets of interviews and off-the-cuff remarks from Thom and the others (mostly Thom) about what events or emotions or feelings certain songs may or may not allude to, but for the most part this period of Radiohead is one giant Rorschach test.
There is one notable exception, off the top of my head: How to Disappear Completely is almost definitely about Thom’s nervous breakdown during the OK Computer tour a few years prior. Other than that, we, the listeners, hear what we want to hear, and our interpretations are filtered through our own personal experiences.
My interpretation of this song is one of information overload. This album came out around the turn of the century, just as the internet really started on the path to becoming what it is today, when the 24/7 cable news cycle was still a relatively novel medium for the average person, and when the phrase “Global Warming” was still newly introduced into the zeitgeist.
To me, it’s about the the sheer panic that can result when a person is inundated with too much sensory and mental stimulation, the feelings of euphoria (“Here I’m alive / Everything all of the time) and confusion (“Lemme hear both sides”) that such an environment can breed.
Anyways, that’s just my $.02.
And I co-sign everyone who suggested How to Disappear Completely and Life in a Glass House.
Love your in depth analysis!!! This was great. Happy to have you! \m/
This song has multiple means and depths in itself, but for me it highlights the struggle of a man whose wary of information overload and changing global climates. But subtly I think it’s a man whose also worried that life will become be more about existing rather than living: trying to kept up with trends and news.
For other songs I’d recommend:
Myxomatosis - the heaviest track in their albums - about how the media can twist someone’s image into something it’s not
- Ful stop (like most Of this comment section)
- Pyramid song
- Airbag
- Let down
- Climbing up the walls
Last thing: I’d recommend listening to the whole song and then the lyrics. Radiohead love to make songs beautifully haunting, and it can sometimes not fully sink in.
Thanks for listening the whole way through the song and then commentating.
10/10
Pyramid Song off the previous record Amnesiac, but same sessions as Kid A, is insanely clever - the time signature describes the sides of a pyramid, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3.
I never realised that. Thank you
Trip Hop band suggestions... Massive Attack and Portishead.
I appreciate that you let the song play uninterrupted. Great song from my favorite band. Liked and subbed.
So glad to have you!!! \m/
you should try Reckoner, from In Rainbows, one of their best albums ever.
heres the lyrics if you were wondering
Who's in a bunker? Who's in a bunker?
Women and children first
And the children first, and the children
I'll laugh until my head comes off
I'll swallow 'til I burst
Until I burst, until I
Who's in a bunker? Who's in a bunker?
I have seen too much
I haven't seen enough, you haven't seen it
I'll laugh until my head comes off
Women and children first
And children first, and children
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
Ice Age coming, Ice Age coming
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both sides, let me hear both
Ice Age coming, Ice Age coming
Throw it in the fire
Throw it in the fire, throw it on the
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening
Mobiles skwerking, mobiles chirping
Take the money and run
Take our money and run, take our money
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
Great reaction! Kid A album is a masterpiece! I'm from Brazil and I'd like to see a reaction from Sepultura's most recent album Quadra. Tracklist suggestion: Isolation, Means to an end, Agony of defeat. 🤘🏻🇧🇷
Great stuff! Second the suggestion for life in a glass house
Since you really liked The National Anthem and this, I would definitely check out Ful Stop. The rhythms are intense and the song similarly goes off the rails in a sense halfway through. Very atmospheric and gloomy. The live version is bonkers. Very intense.
Also, fun fact: Kirk Hammett really loves Kid A!
Also per what the song is about: Idioteque is a pun on the words "idiotic" and "discoteque". The sense of confusion and shock is dead-on for the mood of the song. It also feels very apocalyptic - it's essentially a dance song for the end of the world, the song is meant to evoke people dancing and partying away when the world burns around them (the bridge of the song and the lyric "I'll laugh until my head comes off", "take the money and run") - the first verse evokes a feeling of nuclear war, and the second verse does something clever where it switches out the catastrophe to be about impending climate change and the confusion due to information overload in the 21st century internet era ("everything all of the time", "let me hear both sides"). The lyric "the first of the children" is in 5/4 against the 4/4 groove (grouped in five and very dissonant with the Ebmaj9 and Gm(b6) chords) which adds to the confusion of the piece, and also is a callout to the album title, which could either be the first kid born after an apocalyptic event, or the first kid in the bomb shelter mentioned in the beginning of the lyrics.
@@danielplainview2584 So cool!!!, love your oil business by the way.
Thank you for your analysis. I love this song but mostly I remember it when i saw them on tour (I have seen Radiohead at least 4x). Radiohead's strength is also their live performances. They just change/switch the sounds around so you are never gonna hear the same exact version of the song. So for Idiotheque, I remember the sounds at the end that were completely insane and that they held for a very long time. It was more intense and out of this world!
The song is about global warming/climate change and our inevitable demise due to human nature.
"Ice age coming, let me hear both sides"
"We're not scare mongering, this is really happening"
"Here I'm allowed, anything all of the time"
Which is why it's so powerful.
Just a note - it’s not human nature, it’s human brain damage due to childhood trauma. Naturally, humans are sustainable and respecting of their environment - that’s how we lived for most of our history. It’s only in the past few millennia that things have started to go awry.
You should definitely react to how to disappear completely it's an amazing song
hey man, i'm from Brazil and I love your reactions and analysis, keep it up!!
Thank you so much! Happy to have you!
I also recommend listening to the song "optimistic" from this same album, one of the best in the album, a bit more traditional in an alternative rock sense, but still has that trippy experimental vibe from this album to it
If you like this Radiohead sound and Trip Hop, check out their song PAPERBAG. It's B-Side that's really incredible and has a funky Trip Hop vibe. Good video!
i think once you finish each song on kid a individually you should do the whole album
Full Stop next i guess
Love the music reviews you've done so far, man, you really have a knack for it. Radiohead are one of the greatest bands ever and I'm glad you're covering your music, but I can't help but hope you'll soon also be reacting to some Pink Floyd, who (if you haven't heard them before, incredible though that would be) I can guarantee will blow your mind to a similar degree as Radiohead have. I recommend you isten to one of their absolute masterpieces, 'Echoes' first, the studio version. Like countless others before you, after listening to it you'll never be the same person again. Subscription added.
You’re the man!!! Noted!
I have been a Radiohead disciple since the first time I heard that distorted crunch on Creep back in the 90s. Although I know every single noise and inflection Thom makes, i probably couldnt write down a lot of the lyrics on a sheet.. It occurs to me a lot of the time I can't articulate what he's saying.. I think he's very much from the Bowie style of lyrics where they don't always mean anything specific, a lot of it is really non words.. I guess that's just his natural style but it also serves to really put the ball in our own courts. We can decipher it according to our OWN psyche or emotional state. Keeping the mystery of what his 'point' is, is key.. I think probably there's no real 'point' or 'message' to a lot of the songs, its about the sonic shape. The voice is another instrument rather than a set of instructions or information being conveyed.
Check out the live version on I might be wrong, so raw and powerful.
Other tracks on there are refills versions too (like spinning plates).
How to disappear man, that's the big one
It’s here!
This is probably one of my favorite songs to ever exist!! It surpasses Radiohead, same for some others from OK Computer like No Surprises and Paranoid Android
I loooooove your interpretation of the song too!! Thats such a good way to experience the song
if we're talking metallica then id say orion is a perfect 'trance state' song...that riff...sweet af
Hi,
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Idioteque [which, just as a fun factor, comes as the addition of Idiot and Discotheque, as in a dance hall for idiots] is an oddity that actually took by surprise most of us at that time. I distinctly remember that it reminded me to the Oasis+Chemical Brothers experiments [Falling down and Let Forever Be], for how different it sounded a male voice with a techno bass line that had some lyricism within.
Idioteque tells a story, on the lyrics, that makes no sense. Literally, the translation of all the "idiotic" messages that us, humankind, suffer from overload of information and our preference for bad news [Icecaps melting Icecaps melting, women and children first, and the children first, and the children... I laugh until my head comes off, ...]. It is a very carefully written piece of lyrics, as it portrays not only on the message, but on the phrasing, how discombobulated information is. The phrasing is off by a syllable in reference to the usual phrasing that is used, for instance [a reflection on how information and speech is cut and rephrased and reformulated].
It does make sense as it tells a feeling, not a story. And the song tells it beautifully [in my opinion].
Musically, the obstinato part of the bass and the hammond still reinforces this "zombie" like structure.
I want to point out how the music and the lyrics do not, seemingly, match. Kid A is the poster child of songs where contrast between music and lyrics are used to maximum effect [Hyperballad by Bjork and No Surprises from Ok Computer come to mind, specially if you see the video of the latter, which is very anguishing at least]. All these three songs use contrast between lyrics and music -Hyperballad is a very energetic song to tell a story of a su*cide attempt -I'm back at my cliff, Still throwing things off, I listen to the sounds they make, On their way down, I follow with my eyes till they crash,I imagine what my body would sound like, Slamming against those rocks-; "No Surprises" talks about repetitive life habits until you feel suffocated behind a very ethereal sound of the celesta].
But all in all it is still an oddity in music, this Idioteque.
Best
Just discovered your channel - love your passion and eloquence. Subbed. I think you might enjoy There There, one of my favourite Radiohead tracks from Hail to the Thief, maybe give it a listen?
Keep going down the Radiohead rabbit hole. For something different try Man of War and Spectre. Both of those were meant to be James Bond movie songs. They're also effing awesome and beautiful!!
try to react the full album, 👌🏼
This might sound really random, but some of what you said makes me want to suggest you listen to Björk's "Enjoy".
I mean it.
I'm not sure I can trust the opinion of a music critic who has not heard this music already. Ya know?
No criticism here! Just giving my honest thoughts on new music (to me). I’m in my early 20’s ;) \m/