RADIOHEAD MUSICAL ANALYSIS // Paranoid Android

Sdílet
Vložit
  • čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
  • Welcome to Radiohead, can I interest you in some patterns? 🎶 My song breakdown videos cannot be monetized due to music copyright laws. I'm a full time composer, teacher, and content creator. If you'd like to support my channel:
    👍 Like, subscribe, ring the notification bell, comment, and share!
    💵 Include a "Super" thanks with a comment!
    🤚 Join my PATREON - song requests, listening parties, sheet music, & educational content: / iximusic
    💄 TIP JAR (BUY ME A LIPSTICK): www.buymeacoffee.com/iximusic
    ___________
    🙏 SPECIAL THANKS to my amazing Patrons, without whom these videos would not be possible, credited at the end of this video.
    0:00 - Hi hello
    0:52 - Section 1: Psychedelic
    17:55 - Section 2: Rowdy
    28:02 - Section 3: Church funeral
    43:41 - Rowdy again
    48:56 - 🐈
  • Zábava

Komentáře • 260

  • @Marig_The_Mage
    @Marig_The_Mage Před rokem +41

    It's interesting that early versions of paranoid android transitioned from the churchy mid-section back into the chorus of the 1st section. That version was great too! czcams.com/video/BNZ2pauQezc/video.html

    • @iximusic
      @iximusic  Před rokem +12

      wowww was that cool or what. Hearing the differences and how it evolved. Thanks for linking this!

    • @anabell7184
      @anabell7184 Před rokem +6

      they were front act for alanis morissette when they played the earlier version of paranoid android live (before ok computer was released)... one hell of a rockstar moment for alanis, i bet, and foo fighters taylor hawkins was her drummer at that time too

    • @Marig_The_Mage
      @Marig_The_Mage Před rokem

      @@iximusic no problem!

    • @andrewbriggs5066
      @andrewbriggs5066 Před rokem +1

      This girl's fantastic.

  • @bobbeckishere
    @bobbeckishere Před rokem +150

    This is my favorite 3 song songs ever.

  • @the.emc33
    @the.emc33 Před rokem +33

    Also have been singing "what's there" my entire life. Sticking with it.

    • @iximusic
      @iximusic  Před rokem +4

      excellent.

    • @raffytwoscoops
      @raffytwoscoops Před 2 měsíci +2

      I’ve been singing “what’s this?” Feels right.

    • @GucciButNotGuilty
      @GucciButNotGuilty Před 2 měsíci +2

      I notice that a lot of singers pick interesting pronunciations to maybe sing it better or more comfortably. May just be a British thing here though idk lol

  • @iainjames03
    @iainjames03 Před rokem +20

    The vibrato control when Thom sings "What's that?" is *_So. F*!@ing. Beautiful._*
    I mean the whole song is incredible but still...

  • @monsieurmitosis
    @monsieurmitosis Před rokem +52

    Jonny plays through a Small Stone Phase Shifter in the first section…that’s how the swirling watery effect is achieved.
    But my favourite of Jonny’s contributions is the lead guitar at the end, where he processed the signal (twice) with a Mutronics Mutator. It’s more of an electronic music/DJ tool but it produces one of the most inspired and original guitar sounds I’ve ever heard. Just awesome.

    • @matthewsaul3533
      @matthewsaul3533 Před 10 měsíci

      Absolutely love his use of the Mutator. I wish he'd used it more. I think the only other tracks I can remember him using it on were B-sides like Palo Alto and maybe Pearly? Although they did use it on the drums on Airbag I think as well.

    • @monsieurmitosis
      @monsieurmitosis Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@matthewsaul3533 He may have used it on those b-sides you mentioned...it would make sense, because those are both OK Computer era tracks and that is the period he obtained it and used it most. Subterranean Homesick Alien is definitely another example. To his credit, Jonny never overused it and to my knowledge he never played through it again post 2000. He didn't bother bringing it on tour either...it does seem to be more of a studio tool. I think he uses some type of envelope follower stomp box for Paranoid Android, which unfortunately will never sound quite the same.

    • @matthewsaul3533
      @matthewsaul3533 Před 10 měsíci

      @@monsieurmitosis I’m definitely certain he used it on Palo Alto. Nothing else would’ve gotten that sound. Not sure about pearly though. Doesn’t really sound like it but I don’t know how else he would’ve made his guitar make those sounds on pearly lol oh interesting, did he use it on subterranean homesick alien? I’ll have to listen again. Where does he use it? Oh, is it during that “I’ll tell all my friends but they’ll never believe me” part?
      Yeah I agree. It’s awesome that he didn’t over use it. And unfortunately I agree that the filter pedal he uses live really doesn’t come close.. but honestly for 90% of listeners or more I don’t think they’d know the difference so I don’t blame him at all

  • @wiidlbeetle3857
    @wiidlbeetle3857 Před rokem +11

    I feel like this channel is seriously underrated

  • @ValmonteCristo
    @ValmonteCristo Před 4 měsíci +3

    About Jonny's magical guitar tone, more or less it looks like that :
    EHX Small Stone V2 > Demeter (for tremolo) > whammy > DOD440 env filter > and the famous Roland RE-201 space echo ... and the magic happens
    And by the way thank you so much for your musical analysis. Such a great job !

  • @duncanmacphee200
    @duncanmacphee200 Před rokem +11

    There are moments in life that are so pivotal, that they always feel so vivid. I remember sitting at my mother's dining table, listening to BBC Radio 1 (when it was worth listening to) and they premiered Paranoid Android. To this day I could swear that I didn't breathe for the six or so minutes. I couldn't compute what I had just heard/witnessed. It's the closest that I've come to experiencing what it must have been like to live in 1967 and hearing Sgt Peppers for the first time.
    On a side note, I hope this is the first of many Radiohead deep dives!

  • @yungkimchee7172
    @yungkimchee7172 Před rokem +13

    your analysis is so fucking perfect and your edits are hilarious, especially going from psychedelic to rowdy 😂

  • @Interstellore
    @Interstellore Před rokem +10

    The first time I heard this song I said to my friend angrily “They blown it”. About a week later I liked it, a month later I loved it, and now I think it’s probably the best song ever written.

    • @GrantValdes
      @GrantValdes Před rokem +1

      Lol. It's interesting to know there was a guy who had that initial reaction. I was 12 and saw the video on MTV. The rain down part blew my mind - until then I thought a Babyface ballad was as powerful as music could get.

    • @pulykamell
      @pulykamell Před 4 měsíci +1

      Radiohead are not my favorite band by a long shot, but I enjoy them. However the first time I heard Paranoid Android, I was f-Ing floored. My roommate in college was blasting it, and I wanted to hate it so bad, but holy shih tzus this song was such an ever changing mood. Interesting, textural, great rhythms and time signature changes. Oh god, to hear it again for the first time! I can’t even imagine hearing it and being like … “meh.”

  • @wojciechd1613
    @wojciechd1613 Před rokem +4

    Now it's time for the true masterpiece: How to disappear completely. @ixi

  • @Fuzzfooger
    @Fuzzfooger Před rokem +42

    I love this song. I got this album when it came out, I was 17 and It was one of the first songs I fully worked out by ear. I played the beginning section in the first position on guitar compared to how Thom plays it further up the neck. My way was so much harder to play and inefficient, even though note perfect. I felt pretty silly many years later when I realised how much easier it could be to play, but am still strangely proud of my obfuscated version

  • @_ProTrax
    @_ProTrax Před rokem +17

    Incredible content please keep it up cannot wait for Let Down because that is one of the 5 greatest songs ever made even if it's pretty simple harmonically

  • @DeeTeaDee
    @DeeTeaDee Před 21 dnem +1

    Love this channel. This is such an enjoyable breakdown.
    I remember buying this album just because of this song. It blew me away. I taught other boys at school how to play it on guitar.
    The “church” section was the DRAW for me. Pulls you in.
    Always reminded me of the middle-8 from Flash by Queen actually
    Masterpiece is thrown around alot in modern culture but if someone called this a masterpiece you wouldn’t really argue with it
    Oh and I like the “raucous” sections btw 😉

  • @epicrampage3041
    @epicrampage3041 Před rokem +9

    Some videos you just have to like before you even watch.

  • @chrisahrens4023
    @chrisahrens4023 Před 18 dny +1

    Thanks. The turquoise is striking.

  • @handreieiacasa
    @handreieiacasa Před rokem +21

    It was years I waited for someone to do a such in depth analysis of this song. I ve spent so much time arranging it in more than one style and so I’m happy to see I’m not the only one so obsessed with Paranoid Android. Love the fact that you gave the church section so much time, it is often overlooked while it has some of the most interesting cadences of the entire album. Looking forward watching more of your content!! :)

  • @dylanz4791
    @dylanz4791 Před rokem +8

    I always thought this was Radiohead’s attempt to make a song that is impossible to cover. Almost too complicated to fully enjoy or appreciate. Kinda beautiful and playful with touches of ugly, haunting and tragic. Which eerily mimics life. Only they could depict such a roller coaster of emotions all in one song and somehow make it work.
    Well done, Ixi. So talented and eloquent! No one can break down a song like you. 💜

  • @broonton
    @broonton Před rokem +11

    It's amazing how you can show me things about music I've listened to thousands of times. The way you highlight the underlying prettiness of Jonny's solos was mindblowing. You make me want to learn piano!

  • @moscowguitarman
    @moscowguitarman Před rokem +12

    Brilliant and fascinating analysis. You showed me new things in a song I’ve known very well for nearly 26 years. Well done!

  • @kennykenny5043
    @kennykenny5043 Před rokem +11

    YESSS, IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS THANK YOU IXI

  • @IcyMidnight
    @IcyMidnight Před rokem +16

    Something that I think is often missed in musical analysis, is how much the physicality of an instrument influences the music that people make with it. Something that you might not realize as a pianist is just how much fretted, stringed instruments lead you to chromaticism. Just like C-major is the most likely scale for someone to play notes out of on their first time sitting in front of one (I certainly assumed that the black notes were there for special occasions only when I first saw a piano), the chromatic scale is the obvious one on fretted instruments. Obviously a skilled played can play whatever their instrument is capable of, but some things are unusually difficult or super easy and that has an effect on what ends up being actually played.
    As a pianist, what with the two types of keys, it may not be obvious that chromaticism is a comfortable thing to fall into on guitar. I'm an on-and-off amateur bassist, and when I learned this bass line, Colin's chromatic bass parts were so physically satisfying to play regardless of how they sound! In that little F Gb Bb B C lick, one way you might play it in standard tuning is 3rd fret, 4th fret on the D (3rd lowest) string, then 1st, 2nd, 3rd fret on the A (2nd lowest string) (though, if I recall, I ended up playing it higher on the neck). So you're playing frets 3, 4, 1, 2, 3 only separated by one string which I find immensely satisfying and I suspect played a part in why those notes came to be. An equivalent run on the piano might be something like C# D# C D E.
    I've seen you call out that you're not a guitar player a few times in your videos. I think that's really cool, and something that not enough CZcamsr types do, since it highlights where your expertise lies which is what made me think of this, so thanks for that! :)
    Anyways... long comment for such a short section of the video, but I thought the idea was interesting. :)

  • @worsthandleever
    @worsthandleever Před rokem +7

    Smashed it. Great job! Did you noticed that Thom actually says ‘boop’ on the fourth click of the opening metronome!?

    • @iximusic
      @iximusic  Před rokem +4

      ha what? No I didn't!

    • @billyalarie929
      @billyalarie929 Před rokem

      Is that actually true? I’ve heard that but I didn’t realize it was Thom, if you’re right.

  • @DavidFedele
    @DavidFedele Před rokem +30

    I'm really curious about their writing process. Do they write songs together as a band? Or does someone (I assume Thom or Johnny) come up with most of the parts, and then .... they come together to try to "fit" them all together. With all of these complex parts, complex vocal performances and playing ..... it would be fascinating to know more about this process!

    • @StuartQuinn
      @StuartQuinn Před rokem +19

      They're rarely that explicit about how songs take shape, but the impression I get from reading many interviews is that you're basically right - Thom normally brings the nucleus of the song, which the band workshop, sometimes over very many years. Jonny seems to be the next most involved. For example for A Wolf At The Door, Jonny provided the chords and the guitar arpeggio and The Tourist was entirely written by Jonny. And of course, he does all the string arrangements.
      From an interview with Colin about his biggest contributions to songs he brought up a baseline he wrote that changed the tonality+feel of the song, which he was "allowed" to keep. There's no doubt that all of them are in the room, chipping in ideas on how to improve the song, but in terms of input, it's Thom first, then Jonny, then the rest of them.
      I think it's pretty wise for them to credit the songs to the entire band for every song, it just takes the thinking and the jealousy out of it. It certainly seems to have worked for them, given the longevity of the band.
      Sorry I couldn't find links to back up my memory, but I think that's the jist.

    • @liamjenkins244
      @liamjenkins244 Před rokem +7

      Thom or Jonny come up with the skeleton of a song, whether it just be acoustic or piano chords, and show the other & flesh out the idea more.
      Then the others fill out the arrangement & turn it into a full song.
      They're also pretty strict about if you don't figure out a part nobody else will come up with one for you, and you won't be on the song. Ed O'Brien has missed out on playing on some songs because he didn't come up with a part.

    • @theodo9158
      @theodo9158 Před rokem

      trueee in this song thom make the first part and johnny the raindown chords for example, and the other members add things to the song

    • @sagittated
      @sagittated Před rokem +4

      To add to what others have said:
      Thom is frequently the source of the initial outlines of the songs. Rhythms, guitar, melodies, vocal melodies, and lyrics are often from Thom.
      Jonny sometimes brings songs, but often writes strings that back up or solo over Thom's work.
      Phil often is left to figure out how to play the beats Thom writes on a computer. It's so difficult that he has grabbed the help of a second drummer, Clive Deamer, to work out & play the songs with him.
      Colin sometimes is given a baseline (national anthem) and sometimes contributes that part (famously on Nude, making the song work.)
      Ed has described his role as trying to find a way to justify his place on stage. He provides the experimental ambiance and ethereal notes that give them that overall dreamy texture. He also plays rhythm guitar on several tracks, or bounces between those roles.

    • @matthewsaul3533
      @matthewsaul3533 Před 10 měsíci +2

      As other's have said they don't talk about it much, on purpose lol but I have heard them say a little about Paranoid Android. As far as I remember, Jonny wrote the chord progression for the Rain Down section.. not sure about the rest.. He may have had some parts of the solo before the song was really written as well. Honestly my impressions is that Thom writes the core of most of the songs, Jonny writes the core of a few songs (like Just, The Tourist, Kid A, The Gloaming (composed completely of tape loops made by Jonny), Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, Daydreaming, Present Tense.. those are pretty much confirmed to have been written by Jonny, music-wise.. possibly In Limbo [it really sounds like Jonny to me] and Faust Arp as well [also sounds like Jonny's harmonic style].. there are probably a few others that I haven't heard about.. I tend to think Thom and Jonny came up with Glass Eyes together.. but those three I haven't read anything to back up my thinking on lol) and then perhaps some come together more organically as a band. If that's true I'd imagine 15 step to be one of the songs that everyone had a hand in writing... seems like Jonny wrote the guitar part for the verses, Thom wrote the vocal melody, Ed wrote the chords for the ending, Colin wrote that amazing bass line, and the drums seem like a collaboration between a few or all of them.. again, more speculation.. I think Dollars and Cents may have been more of a band collaboration, I feel like I read something about that.. Perhaps Bloom as well.. which I think started with a bass line that Colin wrote. Honestly I think the writing process changes a lot. But it seems to remain that Thom remains the main source for the core of songs.. But I'm pretty sure that even with that, he shows the band members pieces of songs he's writing as he's writing them and their reactions and input informs where he goes with them. I've read something to that effect in some interview somewhere. Ed contributes things as well. Ed wrote the chord progression for Street Spirit. He also wrote Hunting Bears. And Treefingers is composed of guitar loops made by Ed which Thom edited. Ed also wrote the loop for Meeting In the Isle. I think the writing process is perhaps a bit more collective than people usually imagine.

  • @bringthedooable
    @bringthedooable Před rokem +5

    What a brilliant way to showcase the sections with the outfit/makeup changes. You're a great storyteller of storytellers!

  • @nino87474
    @nino87474 Před rokem +4

    that melody in the middle part of the song almost reminds me of intro to Prodigy-Breathe

  • @LudvikM
    @LudvikM Před rokem +3

    What do you mean "looong video"? Oh, right, it's 2:27 AM now... hadn't noticed. It flew by.
    Thanks for another extraordinary video.

  • @gonesavage
    @gonesavage Před rokem +7

    Ah the 90s, when this song can be the lead single from a major label album. I liked Radiohead at this time, but owned nothing of theirs, just enjoyed when their videos came on. Paranoid Android entranced me and I couldn't shake the feeling. Bought OK Computer and was just mesmerized. I saw them on that tour in Chicago and it was an amazing show. Thanks for this breakdown, really shows how much damn thought and care they put into their songs. Really great stuff, thanks ixi.

  • @le6005
    @le6005 Před rokem +4

    my wife and I recently discovered your channel and your music taste is EXTREMELY similar to my wife's so we are really enjoying it all. anyway you are a queen and this is a great and funny video have a nice day

  • @kindnessasgreatasthesea1158

    Please more Radiohead videos... yeah. It's so satisfying listening to you interpreting them! Thank you!

  • @thevoid99
    @thevoid99 Před rokem +5

    i first heard the song when i was 16 during that summer as it was like "what the fuck is this and how did they get from "creep" to this?" it is my 2nd favorite album of all-time (behind the stone roses' first album) as i was reading all of these reviews from the magazines i was reading at the time including some local magazines. when i finally heard it in full. it was like unlike anything that was happening at the time. i heard the song was partially inspired by the beatles' "happiness is a warm gun" due to its time signatures and tempo changes.

  • @taz454
    @taz454 Před rokem +4

    As an avid music fan, as well as an avid Radiohead fan with limited musical knowledge, I found this fascinating.
    You're immensely talented, too.
    Thanks for your video. Much love from England

  • @nickyb7185
    @nickyb7185 Před rokem +7

    Love Radiohead, love this song, love your content. I was in punk bands my music scope was punk, ska and punk/ska.. then I heard Radiohead, and my life changed in a single moment.

    • @nickyb7185
      @nickyb7185 Před rokem +3

      At one point during the last solo you said “sounds like a film score” and now Jonny is writing film scores. Even back then (and I’d dear say from birth) he just had that sound. It’s so beautiful and fucked up like the human condition. I love that about Radiohead. It’s that dichotomy of the beautiful and ugly, dark and light, soft and hard that we all experience through out our experience.

  • @StuartQuinn
    @StuartQuinn Před rokem +3

    Interesting observation about the vocal section being like a stand-in for strings. Now I'm betting Jonny arranged this section.

  • @SystemOfStrings
    @SystemOfStrings Před rokem +3

    Every time I see an in-depth analysis of Radiohead, my admiration for them only deepens. This is one of the best!

  • @Lady_Vengeance
    @Lady_Vengeance Před 2 měsíci +1

    I would love for you to break down and analyze Radiohead’s closing track Videotape from In Rainbows some day. Aside from the interesting time signature, the fluidity and ever-changing nature of the drums on that song is astonishing to me. I would love for you to help me make sense of why that song is so powerful.

  • @fatimalago8784
    @fatimalago8784 Před měsícem +1

    I loved the way you broke down my first favorite song by Radio head and you have a beautiful singing voice as well thankyou it was great fun watching this video ❤

  • @tyisnt
    @tyisnt Před rokem +6

    Your videos are amazing. As someone who loves music and especially Radiohead that makes music but has no idea about music theory I feel like your videos are so open and fun yet informative and I thank you so much for your passion and care for the craft!!! It goes a long way!!

  • @von675
    @von675 Před 28 dny +1

    Watched a good handful of your vids now,
    You’ve earned my sub.
    Wonderful breakdowns.
    👍🏻

  • @SomethingImpromptu
    @SomethingImpromptu Před rokem +2

    It starts with what I can only assume are 4 hits of acid drenched blotter.
    As a guitarist I suspect that the effects you called “swirly” & “marblized” are either a flanger or some other kind of filter (maybe a very subtle comb or notch? But I think it’s just a flanger, which creates the up & down waves oscillation without it being vibrato or fluctuating the pitch of the fundamental frequency of each note), & then I’m confident that a thicker, more intense sounding phaser effect comes in during the more intense parts, like when he’s singing “what’s thiiiiis” or “what’s that” or whatever it is supposed to be.
    Also harmonic minor is THE VIBE. On guitar very little is as enjoyable as janming around the E harmonic minor scale over a 6th string E drone. It can evoke everything from an Egyptian vibe to Persian to Spanish Romantic era classical guitar to orchestral black metal to baroque classical music, to a really edgy rock & roll sound, it modulates to & from E minor well- it’s just a phenomenal scale for the instrument. Since the next lowest string up is A, I’m sure the same applies to A harmonic minor if you are fluent enough with it. I never picked out A harmonic minor in Paranoid Android! Sick analysis. Enjoyed it very much so far. Back to it.
    P.S. I’m not going to lie, at first I thought you were saying “it’s an aharmonic minor scale” & I was like 😮 An aharmonic minor scale!?… Is there a whole category of minor scale I had somehow never heard of?! It sounds amazing!
    Lol

  • @goosemcgoosey902
    @goosemcgoosey902 Před rokem +8

    "He says what's that, I always thought it was "what's there""
    Me: I thought it was what's this...

  • @AH-cc9dd
    @AH-cc9dd Před rokem +4

    no way ixi finally did it

  • @dermoooojj255
    @dermoooojj255 Před rokem +3

    Looking forward to the rest of this album being stripped down, great job!

  • @ritchiewiii
    @ritchiewiii Před rokem +3

    I know you are singing to demonstrate the melodies and harmonies on the 'church' part but my gosh the soft femininity of your voice adds an extra level of beauty to a song that I didn't know could be more beautiful. I hear those notes in a whole new way when you sing them. Your videos are so great as usual. Thanks for posting!

  • @ayalaliran9137
    @ayalaliran9137 Před 3 měsíci

    Love your analysis and flowing presentation and without all the gizmos Mr Beato is using, just your voice, piano AND your hands, love your hand movements!

  • @davidgerrard8661
    @davidgerrard8661 Před rokem +3

    Bohemian Rhapsody for miseries.
    2 of my favourite songs

  • @adamgoulder8019
    @adamgoulder8019 Před rokem +5

    Fantastic break down. Love what you do. The bit around 45:20 with Johnny's solo reminds me a lot of Tori Amos for whatever reason.

  • @markwayne
    @markwayne Před rokem +2

    i love that you are still discovering while showing us what you already found.

  • @ismaelsantana8250
    @ismaelsantana8250 Před rokem +6

    I love your musical breakdowns Ixi 😊. As a drummer I’m more used to time signatures so when I hear you speak in “chords” even tho it’s foreign to me , it’s very fascinating. I commented on the Airbag video as well - which is one of my all time favorite songs - anyways, love your work and commitment.
    Peace and much love from Portland , Or ✌🏼

  • @experimentalsoundrecordings

    So I knew this guy who wrote for AMG and your reviews and analysis of music are so pro.

  • @TheBrody1986
    @TheBrody1986 Před rokem +4

    My fave Radiohead song since I was a kid. Thank you for this.

  • @nicholaswilson1310
    @nicholaswilson1310 Před rokem +3

    I could listen to your Radiohead ramblings for ever. Can't wait till you get round to doing Let Down.

  • @shanebilowitz7261
    @shanebilowitz7261 Před rokem +1

    The downward chromatic motion and the Romantic aesthetic of the harmonies in the "funeral" section remind me of Chopin. (Funeral March vibes?)

  • @arthurjames9807
    @arthurjames9807 Před rokem +2

    I can’t wait for subterranean homesick alien that was the start of my Radiohead journey and is still probably my favourite song of theirs

  • @beszt95
    @beszt95 Před 4 měsíci +1

    21:09 when you played that chord for a second I was transported to the In This Twilight breakdown, sounds exactly like one of the chords in the chorus for that song

  • @gonesavage
    @gonesavage Před rokem +2

    "He's still swirling it up!" 🎸🌀

  • @justinjohnson5478
    @justinjohnson5478 Před rokem +3

    Hee Hee, more wonderful music analysis to throw on while I get some work done. Tysm!

  •  Před rokem +2

    also, holy shit your singing voice has improved a lot in the last year!

  • @jocamiah
    @jocamiah Před 11 měsíci +2

    I believe the blips at the beginning come from a old Mac.

  • @JM-wr2fo
    @JM-wr2fo Před rokem +2

    00:30 you're a very smart cookie 🤣🤣Loving your editing, and I'm happy I found you!

  • @S.G.Wallner
    @S.G.Wallner Před 3 měsíci +1

    When I hear Paranoid Android I can't help but feel it is my personal favorite/most iconic song of my life. Then I remember...there's also Airbag. Wow, what an album.

  • @dannyleuber8218
    @dannyleuber8218 Před rokem +3

    this lipstick looks really good on you btw!❤

  • @drunkship12
    @drunkship12 Před rokem +3

    I jumped out of my skin at that noise at 0:35. I have ptsd now

    • @iximusic
      @iximusic  Před rokem +1

      Send me a bill for your therapy 😭

    • @drunkship12
      @drunkship12 Před rokem +2

      @@iximusic Let's call it quits because you taught the song so well 😄

  • @dj10thompson
    @dj10thompson Před 9 měsíci +1

    Came here by mistake. Captivated I stayed. Never would I normally watch a 40+ min breakdown video about anything.
    Thank you so much (even though a fair chunk went over my head) just brilliant content and presentation.

  • @metathorn_square
    @metathorn_square Před 2 měsíci

    Some Radiohead songs make me automatically count along with the beat, and what a pleasure it is to feel a bit off kilter. The 7 in Paranoid Android, the 5 in Morning Bell, and the glorious 10 in Everything In Its Right Place.

  • @TheBuckAK
    @TheBuckAK Před rokem +4

    yay amazing videos ixi! i love that swirly guitar tone jonny has too and i'm pretty sure it's achieved through a phaser pedal with a slow rate, so it goes: tele > EH small stone phaser pedal > vox ac30 amp (atleast that's the main gear used i think)

  • @MrStarchild3001
    @MrStarchild3001 Před rokem +3

    Your music perception is out of this world. Thanks for illuminating us mere mortals!
    All I can say: This music sounds super wild, and super awesome throughout. Deeply enjoyable. And really really unusual everywhere.
    Maybe the kind future generations will be listening to after a few centuries like how we listen to Vivaldi, Bach today.

  • @raggedrascal5463
    @raggedrascal5463 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Fantastic video. As someone who plays but is clueless about musical theory, this gives explanation to why this song hooked me and dragged me under 30 years ago.

  • @Danny-wv8ec
    @Danny-wv8ec Před rokem +3

    This song has been stuck in my head for the past 3 days, i got goosebumps when i saw the thumbnail.

  • @benjamink7105
    @benjamink7105 Před rokem +5

    It's always interesting to see guitar parts like this on piano because so much of guitar, at least rhythm or chord based playing, is that all the notes have to be, or at least tend to be in a certain proximity. You can't stretch out like you can on the piano at times (I guess that's where three guitars come in!).
    I think it's the reason (my guess) that those higher notes tend to be "sticky" (like you mention at 11:30) while the lower bass notes of the guitar are positioned around the anchor of those two other notes. If that makes sense.
    On the fret board you need two fingers on those two high notes then you swing another finger around on the bass notes. Some open strings are used if I recall, that's usually a way to get around finger positioning. But again, that's a limit you don't really have on a keyboard.
    I wonder when you play guitar parts like this if you can feel those constraints?

    • @iximusic
      @iximusic  Před rokem +1

      I'm really interested in how the instrument informs the composition as well. I do things like that section at 11:30 on the piano too; in my experience it happens naturally to keep something common (as you said, an anchor) and move a note or two up and down, like exploring the space around your hand and seeing if it sounds good.
      Sometimes it's really easy to play guitar parts on the piano, meanwhile on the guitar it was some really tricky fingering, but sometimes it's difficult to replicate. Like rhythm guitar parts can be hard, or certain arpeggios (Weird Fishes is exhausting!).

    • @edgardevice
      @edgardevice Před rokem

      Thom plays his guitar like a piano. Some of the fingerings he uses are just insane.

    • @lms2932
      @lms2932 Před rokem

      ​@@iximusic Thank you for dissecting Radiohead pieces in this manner. It proves what genius musicians they really are. It also shows how much better the band is compared to their contemporaries, including Muse and Coldplay, who fail miserably as musicians in comparison.

  • @billyalarie929
    @billyalarie929 Před rokem +1

    38:42 that was just awesome. Thanks for being so transparent about rethinking a thing while filming.

  • @exoticnative
    @exoticnative Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thankyou for helping me live in this masterpiece more

  • @gridplan
    @gridplan Před rokem +5

    Thanks!

  •  Před rokem +2

    thanks for making this video! Paranoid Android has been one of my favorite songs for over 2 decades but I never quite knew how genius of a composition it was until now. And I love how you made the 3 personas 😆very nice touch!

  • @dannyleuber8218
    @dannyleuber8218 Před rokem +3

    oh how i love this already!

  • @mocthezuma
    @mocthezuma Před rokem +1

    When I watch these videos I realise I like dancing about architecture.

  • @emilymitchell6823
    @emilymitchell6823 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Realised something super peculiar and interesting about Johnny’s musical style - that whole tone scale arpeggio you play sounds super similar to his soundtrack work on the master - “his master’s voice”

  • @downtowngangstaz11
    @downtowngangstaz11 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Ah you are so cool. I love the way you analyze/teach. Thank you!!

  • @barisbing
    @barisbing Před 2 měsíci +2

    Been binge watching all your videos. What an amazing channel, and what an inspired, joyful person you are. Thanks for sharing your passion!

  • @GruffBillyGoat
    @GruffBillyGoat Před rokem +5

    21:15 Hang on - The Super Mario cadence?! Did I hear that right? 😅

    • @iximusic
      @iximusic  Před rokem +6

      haha yes! when you get to the castle. Congratulations! I didn't make it up, the online music theory community did.

    • @SirLemming
      @SirLemming Před rokem +1

      Also at the end of the... Verse? Not sure what to call it. The "Bum, bum, bum" part.

  • @stevemoisan
    @stevemoisan Před rokem +2

    Thanks for this breakdown, Ixi! Your analysis videos are the perfect background soundtrack for half-naps.

  • @coenpelsrijcken8530
    @coenpelsrijcken8530 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Youre videos are so well researched, and comprehensive. Also the different lipstick colors really help find the parts Im looking for when scrolling through the video haha. Cant wait for your analysis of climbing up the walls, no surprises, and the tourist

  • @agraciotti
    @agraciotti Před rokem +1

    Nothing else in the world was able to breake my heart in more pieces than the rain down part.

  • @MrStarchild3001
    @MrStarchild3001 Před rokem +1

    The best analysis of this song ever!!!!

  • @the_boss45
    @the_boss45 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I love that you have costume for the video on top of how good it already was

  • @matthewsaul3533
    @matthewsaul3533 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Always a pleasure watching you talk about Radiohead. As someone who obsessed about this album when it came out and learned every guitar part and almost every keyboard part, that chromatic transition from the 7/8 section with the killer bass line to the piggy part, I always played as C-B-Bb-Ab-and landing on A.. that's how I always heard it. But I think if any of them are actually playing it, Thom might be the only one on his acoustic guitar

  • @user-gq6nf6vl8c
    @user-gq6nf6vl8c Před rokem +4

    Just wonderful. I've been on CZcams for like 20 years and this is the very first time I've felt the urge to sign up, subscribe and like (and comment) on anything!
    Pitch perfect. Really lovely balance of a fresh enjoyment of the song, just enough knowledge of the band (without being obscurely geeky) with a seemingly super-solid understanding of music theory and practice to offer beautifully nuanced and eloquent musical insight too. Fun!
    Watching this has somehow augmented my enjoyment and respect of this song even more, no mean feet as I have deep listened (and rocked out) listening to this song so often since the record came out! Quite a lovely thing to do; to increase someone's already ecstatic enjoyment of something, even higher! I mean, I've never enjoyed listening to this song as much as now!!
    Had to stop the video midway through to write this message. I was just 'in' from the very beginning, kinda peaked (or I had thought) at 20.08 - (the 'French') then when the bass, does indeed, 'kick ass' - that driven dissonant playing! Then BOOM I suddenly realise what you 'chromatic' means! (I'm a newbie to this stuff so go easy)THEN Thom's wee falsetto THEN at 24.16 you dismantle and rebuild Jonny's poly-complex solo (I just made that little hybrid word up based on yours, hey! this is fun!..) and...well, the urge to tell you how awesome you are was too strong and I HAD to write something.
    A FAN
    (oh, and the costume/vibe changes.👍🏻)

  • @iandavis2108
    @iandavis2108 Před rokem +1

    This channel is amazing, this person has the exact same music taste as me but can articulate things technically in a way I could never do, it really adds a new dimension and I really appreciate it. Subscribe people, come on!

  • @tommylakindasorta3068
    @tommylakindasorta3068 Před rokem +3

    I'm loving this series. That was an epic breakdown!

  • @FeralWorker
    @FeralWorker Před rokem +1

    8:50 Ha! I always thought he was saying "What's this?" Somethin about it.

  • @simoningate2056
    @simoningate2056 Před rokem +1

    This was great - thanks for posting

  • @jaker721
    @jaker721 Před rokem +1

    I really enjoy your content!

  • @jordanestes1997
    @jordanestes1997 Před rokem +3

    I like your lights

    • @iximusic
      @iximusic  Před rokem +3

      I love a good basket on a stick!

  • @damianofonti
    @damianofonti Před rokem +2

    You are a Great teacher

  • @sussurro9
    @sussurro9 Před rokem +2

    Loving this!

  • @janinebedfordl
    @janinebedfordl Před rokem +2

    Love this - thank you

  • @ltandrepants
    @ltandrepants Před rokem +1

    this is great! thank you for sharing your excitement for music!

  • @bann13
    @bann13 Před rokem +1

    love this series! so much work has been put to it. Thank you!

  • @tomblake3780
    @tomblake3780 Před rokem +1

    Worth the wait
    Thank You!

  • @christofcurlz6180
    @christofcurlz6180 Před rokem +1

    Excellent breakdown!!!
    Love your Radiohead stuff!!!!