Why Radiohead Hated Creep
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INFO: So, we all know Radiohead, right? Arguably one of the most groundbreaking, influential and critically acclaimed bands of the modern era. Yeah, it’s already been talked about over and over again. But what about Radiohead’s lowest points? I mean, surely even the greatest bands of all time have made some mistakes along the way. And if you asked the band members themselves about their slip-ups i think the song Creep most likely would come to mind. Hardcore fans do enjoy it, but find it to be a misleading song in terms of what the band really has to offer. And the band members used to say the exact same thing too. They knew they had more to offer, but were glorified as a one-hit wonder because of the song’s popularity. A reputation that took its toll on the members, especially vocalist Thom Yorke. Let’s take a closer look.
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What band/artist should be next? 🎸🤘💥
CHARLES MANSON.
Charlie Manson.
Lie Likes Music *BAXTER DURY*
Neil Young or Talk Talk
Annie Clark/St Vincent!
Imagine going to a Radiohead concert never realizing creep was written about you.
OH YES! It's written about You, RICHARD MILLHOUSE NIXON, as TRICKY DICK, for it was "CREEP" that got U RE-ELECTED in 1972, in that LAND-SLIDE victory....Til WATERGATE..........!
@@albertkundrat814 you havin a seizure bro?
@@maikatideibaskapanaumrqlatupa No! I'm not havin' a Seizure! And I pray I never will have one, Brother! But, I was simply making a PUN between CREEP, the Radiohead Rock Band, and CREEP, that is C.R.E.E.P.:(the) Campaign( to )Re-Elect President (Nixon) in 1972! If U truly KNOW your American History.....!
@@albertkundrat814 I am very agreement
@Xero Know! I'm having a Leizure, but not a Seizure!
In a nutshell, they feel like how us artists feel when our doodles get more likes than our actual finished artworks
Ha thats a mood
Thats how *pretentious artists feel
@@sadslavboy im pretty sure its a normal artist feeling to be annoyed over an artwork that you put tons of time into not being appreciated as much as a quick sketch or doodle
It's like playing a game you get bad stuff at your main account and gets good stuff at your 2nd account.
People like that uncertainty and tension coupled with what appeared to be genuine raw emotion and aggression. It's what resonated the most. Everything else by them just feels like melancholy for melancholy's sake.
Creep was to Radiohead, what Teen Spirit was to Nirvana basically. Both were super powerful rock songs that hooked the listener in. Every band wants to write a song like that but after playing it for the thousandth time, they probably can’t bear to play it anymore.
You are so very correct about that!
Yep. Someone gets it
For me it's almost like they are alternate dimension versions of each other.
Facts
Nirvana hated teen spirit cause they wrote it kinda as a joke and didn’t want/expect it to be that popular. People wanted it played so much to the point the band would destroy their equipment at concerts so they wouldn’t have to play it
I always associated "creep" with just being someone who felt ugly.. not a "creeper" in the stalker sense. I never got that vibe from the song at all. It's one thing to adore someone from afar and not have confidence to approach and another to literally stalk someone like an actual creeper. I think it resonates with more people today than ever before.
Well its the same thought, different angle
@@elijahaitaok8624 Same, I always thought he was just top shy to talk to her, but saw her regularly from afar anyway
If people actually read the lyrics to this song, this is what the song is about and not a creeper. The songs actually about a guy who goes to a cafe and is in love with the waitress, he wants the waitress to notice him when he’s not around and have a perfect body so she’ll be attracted to him
I'm not a native speaker and the first couple of times I listened to creep without even realizing what the song is about and I loved it, simply because it's such a beautiful song.
i associate "creep" with someone who feels like a "freak", like, someone who doesn't fit in the society, someone who feels weird and misunderstood, yk? but that's because i relate to the lyrics in a personal way and that's how i feel about it
Every band in the world hates their most successful song. Nirvana refused to play Teen Spirit, Blink 182 hated All The Small Things, Oasis got into a fight over Wonderwall because the singer hated... the list goes on
Yupp the funny thing is that i was gonna mention that in the video. But i cut out the phrase because
i thought it was too off topic. I guess not xD
Nirvana not playing teen spirit was a rebellion against the producer
Another song that is a 4 chord song throughout that got huge. I think bands hate when this happens because they know it is such a simple song but people absolutely love it. It would be like making your master piece cake as a pro baker and people passing it for the yellow cake you made because you were just trying to eat cake without too much effort.
Slash hated Sweet child of mine.
Wait a second, people think Wonderwall was good?
it probably got so popular because a lot of people related to it.
Yes that's my guess too. The subject matter plays a huge role.
It really relates to me.
The lyrics is what makes that song so good imo. Was just thinking that before i saw your comment even.
It sorta relates to me.
Draifu it’s also relatable to people who’ve done what has happened in the song, I’ve done it before, but a lot of people who “relate” to it probably don’t even know what it’s about
“What the hell am I doing here ? I don’t belong here “
That line hits me in my soul.
kind of ruined this thing i had with a girl once. kept singing that in my head lmao.
@@banepussame here, I relate to Creep way too much.
Same here also
I love this song, it hits hard but I never really felt like "creep" meant something like a stalker, it's more associative to failure or imperfection.
I always thought that as well
Yeah, creep is usually more associated with a stalkerish or uncomfortable vibe, which I like that York very much based it off of that situation. He admits to an obsession and creepy behavior towards a woman he liked, yet he never spoke to her, it was a crazy turn of fate that she showed up at one of their shows. For a lot of people though, this song means more, it resonates with everyone that feels insecurity, that feels like a freak or an outcast.
It's pretty easy to understand why Thom would hate playing this song...I mean, it's basically going out every night and reliving a time in your live when you felt shitty, insecure, and unworthy of love - that's gotta be emotionally draining...not to mention just getting sick of playing ANY song EVERY time you perform.
Well the question is if he's willing to work through those 4 minutes to get to an even better headspace.
You gotta admit that playing that song has brought him a lot of new friends and opportunities.
The value he's getting in return far outweighs what he's putting in imo.
I've always wondered that! The singers that have a lot of sad songs, how hard would it be to play that song so often!
@@BobbyLewis I just saw Cage the Elephant last year December! The lead singer Matt just got thru a divorce and some people close to him died during the making of their latest album, but on stage his energy did not show that! This was my first time seeing the band so I was not sure what to expect, but from what I could tell he was redirecting negative feelings and using them to energize himself for the show. There is no way to tell what he was feeling, but in an interview that same year he talks about how it can be therapeutic to write and perform songs about troubles overcome or enduring.
@@Kosmopoli Wow!
@@LieLikesMusic I feel it's just a level of emotional pain and discomfort he doesn't like to often revisit on the whim of others.
Playing that song initially brought him a lot of success, but I'm not sure how revisiting it in shows today gets him new friends or opportunities today.
He does it as an act of appreciation for the fans who have a connection to it and enjoy hearing it, not to attain "value" imo.
When I saw them perform last year, at the encore Thom started Creep with "I guess we have to play this.." and you could feel the heaviness in his words while the crowd went wild. Such a bitter contrast
Hahah damn. He really hates playing that shit. I wonder what he thinks and feels since it's such a burden for him...
Thanks for watching and sharing Peter.
Saw them twice and they didn't play it either time.
Lie Likes Music
He doesn’t hate it
@@LieLikesMusic "I wonder what he thinks and feels..." Umm isn't that what the fucking title of your video is? WHY THEY HATED IT?????? Your channel is a piece of shit.
It's very rare for them to ever play it. I've seen them five times and have never heard them play Creep.
I had no idea people thought they were a one hit wonder, both my parents were radio head fans so I grew up knowing a couple of their bigger songs. And now that I have my own taste in music I listen to them regularly
People throw around that word a lot. Like people call billie eilish a one hit wonder, but she has many hits. I notice its with pop/rock artists a lot. Radiohead has many hits. But some people who have no idea how the music industry works thinks a hit is a smashing number one that breaks many records and is forever remembered as the greatest of all time.
I’m not even a huge fan and I didn’t know that lol
Same for me. I have very clear memories of me falling asleep in the back seat of the car while my parents blasted Radiohead CDs. Now I too listen to them myself, and I’ve never even heard the concept of them being a one hit wonder until now. And even then, I would have expected that it’s for No Surprises rather than Creep.
Its only the US that thinks that. they don't get that life goes on outside the US
Are you from UK? I don’t think their musical style bled over well to the US.
The reason why Creep is the most famous Radiohead song is because EVERYONE can relate to it... Every normal human being have at least one story (or a shitload like me 😅) of unrequited love, specially while growing up, in which no matter what we did, we were irrelevant to the person we were in love with... people we would had given our bloody skin just to be noticed and yet we were discarded like we didn't exist... There's just so much reality in the lyrics, so much feeling of despair and sadness on the melody and the vocals... a sadness and despair that we've all had felt when we were rejected... Listening to this song after being rejected gave me catharsis and allowed me to let it all out and go on with my life despite the pain
Imagine being the girl who was followed by a guy and causing him to create one of the biggest bands of all time
They are one of the most talented bands of all time, but they are not one of the biggest. Creep is actually bigger than the band themselves
@@ben1ben2ben1 are you sure? In the UK whenever they release a new album it always gets high on the charts.
@@lamasu8060 radiohead fans hate admitting that their favourite band is one of the most popular bands of all time. they think popularity = mediocrity when it obviously doesn't
Many big people have become big because of rejection of some girl they liked. It wakes up some extra energy in a man.
Yeah probably wouldn't apreciate this. I hope Thom could see how false his sentiment was.
If Creep was performed today
He’d be called a simp
Just replace the word creep with simp in the lyrics and you got yourself a modern version
Simp is when a guy sucks up to her, putting her up on a pedestal and fawning over her. Creep is a shaming label women call lower-tier guys who show interest. Not the same.
@@northernguy8860 Although squirrels in my pants works as well
Northern Guy uhhhh that's a simp too according to like everyone on the internet
Simp is thrown around as a common insult, it's the new clown emoji.
I think it can arguably be their best song because it's so raw and honest even about the darkness about the context of the song. He's saying exactly what he felt in that time of his life without hiding the ugliness. It feels so real.
I like "High and dry" a lot. It'sm y favourite. but I don't like the more hispter albums.Sorry , I know it makes me very not hipster.
@@backintimealwyn5736hey, not everyone can be a hipster, in fact that’s kind of the point
@@Batt-man oh everyone can, it's just the epitomy of lacking a personality. But it's too much sacrifice for me for the sakes of "being better than everyone else".
How To Disappear completely wants to talk to you.
all of their songs are like this lmfao
Creep is outstanding because of it's simple and honest lyrics that most people can relate to at on time or another in the life. What makes Creep genius is the beautiful melody and the breathtaking vocals.
This is a song that will be special for a long time.
When a person sings about the deepest desires, worries, ideas, this song is almost always a hit. Why? because we understand the human being, because that's the truth.
Yes. I think it's very easy for people to see/hear and feel when someone's just telling their version of the truth.
No, no, no. It's not always a hit.
The opposite is true. When something is a hit, it's because the person sings about something we relate to.
There are countless unsuccessful truth tellers.
I wish you were right my friend but you are incorrect especially in this era
It’s funny how creep used to be considered a depressing Radiohead song
When did it stop being depressing?
@@KingNexusMOCs after $$$ roolz
Because everything else is 1000x more depressing.
@@KingNexusMOCs After how to disappear completely got released
Till No Alarms, No surprises
This song is no rip-off, it is hauntingly beautiful and unique. Worthy of being called a masterpiece.
The song is a classic because we all have experienced, even if just once, what it’s like to feel like an outside looking in on what we don’t belong to.
Honestly yeah
'Creep' is by no means a bad song, but a lot of fans like to shit on it because it's a song that most people know, and it eludes to being a fake fan. I personally love 'Creep', and I'm a huge fan of Radiohead. It's FAR from their best song, but it's a good song.
Weezer Memes Are Shit exactly! Not their best song but it is a good song!
It's their best song :P
Indo Bule Oh? You've listened to Kid A, Amnesiac, In Rainbows, A Moon Shaped Pool and decided that Creep was the best song out of all of those albums
@@xiuxiu1108 you should have gone for ok computer. For most people the albums you mentioned are just electronic no-chorus garbage
Weezer Memes Are Shit no such thing a fake fan, but I get what you’re saying
This song is basically the equivalent of Smells Like Teen Spirit.
I was gonna say hell no it's completely different, but then I got exactly what you meant.
Except nirvana never really changed its genre and that song can describe all of their discography
No, it's not wtaf?
@Antoine Pouliot it'll probably fade to black just like other grunge bands. Other bands arent really any different and the grunge genre was short lived.
@Antoine Pouliot one thing's for sure, dave grohl wouldn't make the mess foo fighters haha
I heard them play Creep in Atlanta in 2003...had no idea it was THAT rare for them to play live in that era
it is very remarkable how much the members of this band support each other
I consider the line “I want you to notice when I’m not around” the very best. Who hasn’t wished that? Think a lot of bands don’t wish to be reduced to their 1st radio success
Thom is a great lyrics writer
Its Iconic 👌🤯💫💖🔥
I bet you a lot of bands wish a line that beautiful was in their first hit!
That’s def my favorite line from the entire song
My favorite line too!
they will always be known to me as "Exit Music (for a film) song is actually a masterpiece.
that’s my favorite too. fucking incredible
Reckoner is my fav
(Nice dream) is my fav
@dontcallmeNicholas I love both masterpieces, but nothing matches those haunting, ascending eight notes in exit music.
good taste bro
It's so full of emotion and teen angst which makes it popular because there are those out there who can totally relate to the song. Their first crush who never notices them. Amazing vocals.
Doesn't want to be reminded of his first heart ache. You very rarely get over the first one.
I was a big hip.hop fan through the 80'sand into the 90's. Then one night driving down the interstate, I somehow ended up on a rock station when the song came on and was floored. It hit me everywhere. All my internal feelings of doubt & insecurities rose to the surface. I considered myself a confident guy at the time, but it brought me back to when I was an insecure and awkward teen. Missing opportunities because of my shyness and regretting it later. Anyway, the next day I rushed out and bought the CD and have been a Radiohead fan since. Even my kids are into it😅
It's their Wonderwall.
For sure! Wonderwall sucks
Wonderwall is amazing
But after all...
@@LieLikesMusic Wonderwall is an amazingly well written song. It's just not that representative of the band.
GeForced Well than, you missed out...lol.
I think this is the most well-known Radiohead song because it's so damn relatable. Everybody feels goes through that awkward limbo phase of obsessing over someone but being mortified to approach them which inevitably leads to self-hatred and loathing. 'Creep' makes this a little easier to deal with because it is soothing and it reminds us that we're not alone and that other people feel the same way. At least that's how I interpreted it.
It's also a great tune. It was a great tune when it was Air That I Breathe.
It's a wise interpretion.
Not everybody is dysfunctional. Some people have no issues with talking to whoever. I want to vomit every time I hear this song somewhere, amount of spineless self pity in it is just disgusting, like, remove two ribs to give yourself a fellatio already, holy shit.
Well I know its decades too late for some people I knew!!!!
Especially that successful band people feel that way. It’s a classical human condition.
Creep is such a magical song. It will be in my playlist forever. Thanks Radiohead.
I think what the song does best... and still does... is make you feel something. For everyone out there who feels numb... this song makes you feel again.
As a socially anxious person this song describes exactly how I feel whenever I see someone I want to get to know better, and because of that it’s become one of my favourite songs of all time.
Well i hope you learn to become more familiar with those feelings, although they can be insanely
intense at times.
Lie Likes Music thank you.
Same here dude. I'm 22 and think I shouldn't be like this but damn it's not that simple to change.
NO FUCKING WAY! IT'S SQUIDDIT
This is true and leads to some weird effects: I was in a mental health institution in Germany once and in conversations about music, everyone knew Creep. (While I don't really like it) The held karaoke events and you can imagine what they were singing all the time.
This is so extreme that I'd call the song their Anthem. The Anthem of the Broken ones
Something's missing here. There has been an interview of Thom, around 1997, where the idiot girl asked him: "does it matter to you that you will have to play the song Creep for the end of your life ?" And Thom didn't say a word, as if he was in shock... A friend told me that in a show in Montréal around that time, the crowd was going insane at the end of a Radiohead gig, shouting: Creep, Creep, Creep, endlessly, and Thom shouted something like : fuck you, we won't play that song.
Damn they really have something against that song.
Can you link the interview?
Omg. My dad attended that concert. He said that Yorke told the crowd that the song was a joke 😀
It sounds like the girl was not an idiot, but the musicians were being jerks. I guess, however, that most people willing to shell out a lot of money for their concerts know by now (because of videos like this) that they won't play the song, so at least they are not left completely disappointed.
Jonathan Farley It’s not them being jerks. It can be insulting when you have other music that you think is just as good but all crowds only want you to play one song over and over because they feel it’s your only good song
To this day, that song is my anthem and sooo many antisocial people (like myself) can relate. Before this song, I can't think of a single one that gave us such a voice to be heard/relate to. In high school (30 years ago), I didn't know how to be (or even have a strong desire to be) social so I used alcohol to overcome my awkwardness and fears. Anti-social wasn't a term back then and kids my age didn't understand why they felt like outsiders for not wanting to socialize. This song, TO THIS DAY, is sooo relatable to me and one of my go-to's.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY ,THAT IS HELPFUL ... i wish you well , but .....
It's not antisocial, it's asocial
@@JoseRojas-hl7snThe term ”Antisocial” according to the Oxford Dictionary can be defined as: “contrary to the laws and customs of society, in a way that causes annoyance and disapproval in others.”
But it can also mean: “not sociable or wanting the company of others.”
Asocial can mean: “avoiding social interaction; inconsiderate of or hostile to others.”
These terms can overlap significantly, feel free to use other words like: unsocial, reclusive, unfriendly, reserved, withdrawn. These are more simple and have better connotations.
@@theorangeoof926 Oh, didn't know that. Thanks 😁
I like this song and gave you a thumbs up, but there were some songs out before this that resonated with antisocial me. They were a little on the heavier side though.
As you say, it's a song that resonates because it's so genuine. We all felt like that back then. We probably still do now.
i’d hate it too if my song became the niceguy™️ anthem
Fr man, I’d wipe it from existence
LMAO nice guy anthem
Idk man. It help ppl deal with there insecurities of not feeling good enough for ppl. It show that they aren’t the only ones to go through these thing that at the end of day we are all creeps to someone or other
@Filthy Weeb exactly lol
@Filthy Weeb see but a nice guy would read the song in a different light. He would see it as a sort of “oh woe is me I’m sad and I hate myself and it’s all because this girl won’t love me”
can’t believe i went 16 years thinking they were heavy metal
@Michael H. now now children. Play nice
I can't believe that I used to think that Pablo Honey was their best album bc the cover is very cute, yes, that was so stupid. thank god I finally found out the truth
@@carissanami5824 why does pablo honey get so much hate
@@c6el I personally don't like it because the songs are boring, but I guess there are multiple reasons of why people disliking/liking Pablo Honey out there
@@carissanami5824 i don't think Pablo Honey sucks per se, but the quality of the rest of Radioheads discography blows it out of the water
It’s a very relatable song. As a songwriter myself I can understand why he doesn’t prefer to play it. I have a song that I wrote that’s very relatable yet kind of emotionally “unwoke ”. Everyone likes the song but I get tired of playing it because everyone these days are all about confidence, being your best self and throwing red flags at everyone who is slightly cynical or “toxic”. The days of the attractive but sad grunge boy are over. So I get it.
Radiohead became one of the most honest bands of nowadays... They really do just what they like and not playing such a hit like creep is part of this creative awareness... But its a nice song and very nostalgic, nice to listen to once in a while but not even close to whats the band has become. Such a great band by the way.
I’m really glad that I am a gen Z because when the songs were overplayed I wasn’t born yet, so now I can enjoy them for myself.
P.s The clean version makes me wanna bash my head into the sidewalk.
Ava'sLittleCorner Same here.
I think I get why they (he) hate(s) it.
When I was in seventh or eighth grade I met this girl. I was just a dumb and lonely fool (and still am), but I saw something in her. She was awesome, and she saw through me in a way that it’s hard to explain. What I saw in her was, aside from love interest for a while, a companion. A friend.
Just think of having no friends and feeling like shit, but then you suddenly have this beautiful, smiley and kind girl who wants to do some schoolwork with you. I wanted her to have a great time. I did my best. And she made me happy! She wanted to take pictures with me, she laughed at my silly jokes, almost as if she was interested in me.
But she wasn’t. And I knew. Because she had a boyfriend. Even though I saw her as my friend, it seriously hurt me.
I kept her as a friend, knowing she didn’t want me as nothing more and learning not to want her as anything else either. Nice times spent with her, all of which cheered me up in a part of life in which I felt really awful and depressed.
Then, just before it’s summer vacations, I learn she’s about to leave school and go live in another place. That devastated me. It seriously did. I stupidly tried to avoid her as I felt bad when I saw her, until that last day came. I saw her saying good bye to a bunch of people, and I couldn’t even bring myself to get closer to her and tell her how important she had been for me.
Which turned into serious depression when I got home. I felt like shit. All I wished was to forget, everything, maybe start somewhere new, even though I knew I couldn’t.
As years went by, I kind of forget her, but as you can see I do remember her sometimes, specially when I’m feeling bad... And when I listen to Creep. It talks about an unreachable, special, kind and beautiful angel which you could only follow. That was precisely how I felt she was. Felt, though not knew. I knew of course that she was human, just like me. A really special human which I never really got to thank for all she did. That is what I wish to forget.
Just like I think Thom wishes to forget that time of his life, which is reminded to him all the time as Creep’s ironically their most popular song.
Pequeño Perezoso wow,
That’s honestly the most touching story and I think it’s beautiful how much you identify with this (ironically) popular song. Thank you for sharing your story :)
@@pequenoperezoso3743 yeh I can relate, and youd sit in your room singing this song wishing you were something you're not and couldnt possibly ever be. Life is a bitch, I guess it's worse for Thom because he couldnt even get close, just got to wonder what's it's like from the shadows. I'm glad as an adult things numb a bit and you just get on with it.
Then bash your head into the sidewalk
oh dude you're so fucking cool
Creep is my favourite song of all time. I've never been able to relate to any song more in my life.
That's great! Glad you resonated and wanted to share :)
Fuckboi_Factory Listen to the stone roses I wanna be adored
@Yin NOT WEEZER
So you are a creep
that’s not a good thing but ok bro
I feel in love with the melody, and the way it made me feel. Long before I even knew what the lyrics were.
“I want a perfect body, I want a perfect soul” made me really think. Which of these 2 are more important to me?
Also, “I want you to notice, when I’m not around”.
Who hasn’t felt that about someone?
Any great song has to talk about an experience all people feel, aka: the human condition.
These are real stories I appreciate reading about,
The rawness of emotions from Creep,
I can just imagine it, but living it in real time is something that only Yorke can explain.
I like Radiohead since the late 90’s, but I never really knew their story until now.
I truly can’t wait to see their biopic, I need it!!!!!
Imagine being one of the most groundreaking and succesful bands of all time but casuals still remember you because of an edgy song that you wrote when you were a teenager
Boo hoo. Poor multi millionaires who are well loved 30 years into their career. If you played to crowds of approximately 10,000 every show would care what outsiders think? Doubt it.
@@deathmetaldouglas69 The point is not what people think about it but what THEY think about it. They may be ultra successful and rich but they’re still humans, they have likes and dislikes like any of us. If you’re asked to perform a song you hate like you’re some kind of walking jukebox you would be pissed too.
Those people aren't very open minded for sure but it's mainly teenagers that are like this just to "fit in" but they can be jerks about things, i was never like that as a teen really i was one of those that was in a weird place that didn't understand a thing lol just floated through my teens and my 20s too, but i always hated those that were just clowns urgh...
Those are the same ones that overplay these types of songs, and men born in the 60s and 70s that get drunk too often and sing Hey Jude while drunk all the time and just keep going even after it's ended even when they can't sing🙄been there... lol when i wanted to sing next, the rest of us though just enjoy the songs alone in our rooms not bothering anymore.
Lol love how “true” radio head fans like to put down others for enjoying this song to make it seem like there’s an issue with it. Calling it just an “edgy” song is disrespectful honestly, as much as no one will admit to save face, creep is one of there best songs produced.
Creep speak to so many young people. It can literally be the theme song for internal feelings during late teens early twenties for single and insecure people. I love it dearly and I wish I was special
Love this comment 😭
I can't even count on my two hands how many times I thought something close along the lines of "What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here" during those awkward years. It's such a universal aspect of formative, painful self awareness.
Spoke
😭
Don't worry - you're so fucking special.
For me, it s not about the words, but the music and the emotional feelings of this song that just tears me up.
Love, love, love it !
I think the reason Creep became so famous is because everyone, especially people who feel separated from society, can relate to the song. We feel like creeps and weirdos, and we pin this image upon ourselves as a reason for why we may feel lonely.
I have to say "High & Dry" and "Fake Plastic Trees" are my favorite Radiohead songs and those are both from the album The Bends.
Those two and nice dream ❤
Black Star
I would add No Surprises to :)
I rlly like karma police but tbh creep really hits me in the feels
Marko garcia try out some more Ok Computer and In Rainbows stuff- Exit Music For A Film and Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Why Nirvana hated Smells Like Teen Spirit
Same reason. Overplayed and overrated song that launched them into the mainstream and alienated them from their true fanbase. It’s a good track but not their best
James Kovacic so many better songs and i love nirvana but i xant stand smells like teen spirit
Same reason, they're both Pixies songs with the lyrics changed.
Bcs its pure shit of a song.. like most of their songs
I mean u can give it a few yeara but if u stay true to rnr u will realise nirvana its just shit
Regardless of how they feel, it is responsible for a large part of their fame and fortune. And it is a beautifully written and performed piece of music that has touched millions and which will live forever. No artist can ask more than than that of one of their works.
I think it’s the same exact situation with Doja Cats unreleased song called “4 Morant”. The song simply hurt the artist to make and was too personal, which is funny because, as personal as it was to them, it was extremely relatable to their audience as well. Two songs about inevitable rejection and social anxiety are the two most relatable things.
"You're so very special" lmao
I wish you would've used the original version and just beeped out the F word.
i hate the clean version. its just not the same
@Dmitry The Kebob Remover yeah it sounds like it was poorly edited. if they wanted it done right they should have re-recorded the whole line just for the clean version
i was wondering why i remembered it as ''so fucking special''.. i'm glad i'm dutch because i hate pc america for censoring stuff like the word ''fuck''. sad to say though, the netherlands is slowly turning into america with all the pc bullshit.
It pisses me off the clean one
Jesus you guys are over reacting. It’s just a word. Get over yourselves.
The Bends is an incredible album. It marked when Radiohead became Radiohead. Pablo Honey doesn't really sound like the same band, Creep included.
Every album of them is a universe for itself
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The Bends is still epic to this day , that and ok computer are masterpieces
@@6foot951 Yes.
Most of their works are masterpieces
Just found this, thank you for a serious, informative, interesting piece about Radiohead who are an amazingly iconic British band.
Thom has had a hard time personally but I am so glad they are still friends and supportive of each other.
I listen to Creep constantly purely for the emotive build up and melancholy resinence which portrays such sadness.
IT'S 2023 AND I JUST FOUND CEEP...HOW COULD IHAVE MISSED THIS ONE?
That's a great analysis but I feel the guy left out the biggest point of why 'Creep' is such a great immortal song... Aren't we all that creep? Aren't we all in love of that one unreachable angel? Aren't we all self-conscious of our own imperfections?
Maybe not, but when I hear that song which is far from being one of their best, I can feel I am so in love with someone but I'm such a miserable monster and the feeling becomes yours for the time the song lasts, and that my friends is pure art.
Maybe he doesn't feel that way anymore, but he can be sure someone in the world does and that should be enough reason to embrace 'Creep', at least until we all become robots.
Good point. And yes i guess we are. Lol. Transhumanism VS the creeps.
That's a topic for another video
Felipe Silva most of this is wrong.
abandonedmuse no u r
For the record, Thom Yorke wrote the song Creep as a joke and has said it himself
i get really pissed when i listen to the version on youtube and it says "so very special"
Why do you get pissed? They're just words.
Lie Likes Music I’m guessing it’s not the actual words per se that annoy him/her rather the choice of using the re dubbed radio friendly version over the profanity the song was originally recorded with.
Lie Likes Music censorship is for communists and kids. If you can’t handle words you probably shouldn’t listen to music or read. In literature and music profanity is used to emphasize an emotion or idea, taking that emphasis out is like neutering the weight of the song.
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Remember hearing "creep" from a guitar hero/rock band game. Don't remember which one i was really young. Decided to check out their other stuff. Amazes me how much better the rest of their discography is. Paranoid android is one of my favorite songs of all time
I can sort of regret watching this to find the true meaning and origin behind the song, I never really thought I needed to find it because it felt like it was all on display in the lyrics. But I guess I appreciate it since I would've never looked up the meaning on my own. Thanks for making this video all the same
I relate but not because I've 'creeped' but because I've just felt like an outcast, someone that was shunned by lots and perhaps viewed as a weirdo just because I didn't fit in with any one group, not even the weirdos. This song is beautiful and raw, that's why I love it.
i have literally the same feeling. that's what this song means to me
I've never been in a friend group where I belong, just individual people, I feel you
I feel what you’re saying on a spiritual level, stay safe my guy. I know your pain.
this song hits me deeply not only because of this reason, but also because it depicts what I felt towards a guy I was (and still kinda am) in love with.
I was going through a bad period, and I wanted to let that big rock off my chest. just like him getting drunk to declare his love, I wasn’t thinking straight when I declared mine. it was all in a rush. he got scared and blocked me. forever. I lost him, but at least he knows how much my love for him was raw.
Ok, "Creep" is not as good as "Paranoid Android", "Nude" or "Idioteque", but it's a good song, and as a huge Radiohead fan, I will say that I love it!
ROMMEL IVAN totally agree
it is a fucking good song.
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LET DOWN is still Radiohead's best song
And Let Down, EIIRP, Karma Police, Wierd Fishes... and so many more. Creep is good but far far from the best
Nude is too beautiful for words.
One of my most favorites by them.
This is wonderful. It's interesting to see the kind of healing they went through after the kind of wounds that lead them there.
i recently listened to exit music and fell in love with it. Then I started listening to lots of other songs. And Radiohead is probably the first band that amazed me by lyrics
Radiohead hates ‘Creep’ because The Hollies get a 1/3 of royalties for it
I remember hearing the air that I breathe for the first time and knowing it reminded me of a song then obsessing over it for a week
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It not the Hollies who get the money, it's this guy..
@@TheMbhvisby nah that version is in public domain so the hollies were allowed to copyright theirs
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It still is his and I really hope that no one can copyright things in the public domain (I’ll take Beethoven and Bach please).
Albert Hammond wrote the air that I breathe. The chord structure is the same - G, B, C, Cm. The Hollies recorded his song.
Creep melody is different, but Thom acknowledges it was the basis of Creep.
Albert Hammond gets included as a co writer with Thom Yorke and of course a third of the royalties.
Personally, I love the "Creep" song it has been and always will be my favorite that he has ever done. Not that I relate to it. But I just truly enjoy the words, the emotion and the man's beautiful voice as he sings something he wrote that meant something to him.
Well, now I feel like shit. I thought everyone could relate to it at some point in their lives.
@@shannoncopeland4506 Most guys can relate to it...I'm sure a few girls can too, but it's not as common a feeling among them because of the roles male and females tend to have. It's more of a song for guys though I think, because guys tend to have to be the one to approach girls, and as the 'fairer sex' sometimes the most beautiful of girls can look so angelic and unattainable - particularly when you're young and hormonal - that you can never have the courage to approach them.
You'll always be worried about being seen as a creep, a weirdo, which is what a lot of women tend to think if they don't find the guy attractive. Some girls will also feel like this but guys wouldn't typically call a girl creepy for showing interest and they'll never be seen as a predator/stalker etc.
@@JackRabbitSlim The creep and weirdo parts I can totally see being more relevant to what guys experience. Some of the other lyrics can resonate with anyone whose ever felt ignored, unwanted, unattractive, or unlovable. That's more what resonates with me and is more universal, I think.
same. Doesn't matter now. Beautifully put Jessica.
It's a brilliant song. Damn near anyone can relate with it at some point in their life.
Pablo Honey is always going to be one of my absolute favourites..i fell in love with it when it was fresh, unlike much else; & free from retrospection
See creep is like coming from heart when someone is hurt..he must not be hurt anymore. That's why they don't like singing it anymore.
For sure. But most of his fans care about the song. Not about what Thom Yorke feels. He didn't get famous
and wanted because of his feelings.
Lie Likes Music well if they care about his song they should recognise how amazing this song is. And artist is allowed to produce song he feels like, he is free to do whatsover. Radiohead is free and don't owe anything to their so called fans. That's what I am trying to say. And if at that moment they feel like doing it they will.
He probably just grew up. There's lots of times in life when you get hung up on a particular girl and think it's important, only to not give a fuck 3 years later.
petef15 exactly my point. Now he doesn't want to be reminded of that song..song written in pain
Lie Likes Music bec humans care about themselves and utterly a disease on this planet
Why Morrissey hates people, planet, space and time ?
Haha. Is he really such a negative dude?
Yes, hes a musical genius and I love his music, but he's a total douche
He's like a Hulk. He's always angry.
Because he's kind of a jerk.
You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
"Creep" has given me so much adrenaline and helped me up so many hills during my many jogs and workouts. I'm so happy they made it.
One of my favorite songs, it is a masterpiece, because I think so many people feel this way, wanting to feel special and not be a creep. I also love Radiohead's song Pyramid.
I personally like creep for the beautiful clear high notes he sings,they are really, really lovely.
My Mum went to Exeter university at the same time as Thom Yorke, so theoretically, she could supposedly be be the subject of Creep (I mean I seriously doubt she was but it’s nice to dream, right?)
Nice dream
Timothy Netherlands haha, thanks
depends on your version of "nice", dude.
True love waits, so it might happen yet. That would be, lucky.
I might be wrong, though.
Ur thoms son in another universe 😳
glad he's in a better place emotionally.. many of us is still in that place, perhaps never leaving.. so, let us cheerish this anthem..
They've rarely played the song live since "The Bends" era and onward. When I try and explain RH to other people, one of the first things I say is imagine any band not wanting to play their biggest hit at their concerts. If you can get your head around that concept, you start to get RH.
I was in that show in Amsterdam, during the whole concert a guy was shouting CREEEP CREEP on the back, and when Thom teased the song on guitar everyone went nuts. But after he said : "this is for the funny guy in the back shouting Creep" during the first encore, they started playing Give Up the Ghost "Only to shock you" he said LOL. I was kind of mad to know that they played Creep two days later, but It was kind of amazing to see the whole process of "redeption" of the song. Only to shock you :D
Haha i didn't know that there was a guy in the back. Well it sure was a shock or like lighting a fire.
People went nuts haha. Must've been fun to be Radiohead during that night.
Why Morrissey hated everything next? Great video my man!
Ahh I mean as much as I love his music in The Smiths and Solo, you're not wrong haha
He's low on iron and needs to eat some meat.
Arlo Dante jpegmafia reference
he is not
Morrissey is a god
Glad this is up still. Keep it going!
I saw Radiohead in 2003 and they played Creep. The crowd went absolutely nuts.
Personally, Creep is my favorite song. I loved a girl in high school, but I was too afraid to talk to her. I then heard this song for the first time, and cried immediately after.
Next time you see a hot girl, you approach!
@@LieLikesMusic No. She could be a bitch
+Anthony Fernandez but she might not be. Girls have your careful. Some men are shits.
+Anthony Fernandez no. Some men are shits.
As a Boomer in high school in the 80's We are all feel that way.
creep has a very special place in my heart, for the sole reason that it was played on my uncles funeral.
thats uhhh.... interesting
Well that got weird.
😂😂😂
Hold up-
taking "I don't belong here" to a whole new level
That song put Radiohead in my radar when I was about 10 and now they’re one of my all time favorite bands.
I never thought of them as grunge or knew that's what they were labeled. More alternative rock if anything. I love every single one of their songs. Each one is its own work of art. I can't fully express into words how Creep makes me feel. It's horribly depressing yet can pull me out of a depressive state like musical therapy or something. It gives me chills, makes me cry, makes me smile, makes me feel every note and every word. Thom Yorke's voice on top of the instrumental part just...words are hard. I'm glad they released it. Sad about the repercussions.
I think the song was so good because it's a feeling almost everyone has had. Especially as a young person
Echo & The Bunnymen
Please do it.
There’s so many of us who’d appreciate this very overlooked band of the golden age of music.
Yesss!
Hell ye
I saw them a few years ago. Great band.
I was very lucky, I got to see them live in their 2009 Chile Concert. They played the first note of Creep and the crowd went silent for a moment, then I knew, they were really playing Creep ( we knew it could be possible he didn't play it) Then all of us begin singing with Yorke.
It was magical for me, I WAS 16 when I first listened to this song, and I was a married woman now, and my lovely husband was also a great fan of Radiohead when we met. We sang all night to every song and it is still the BEST concert I have ever been (maybe rivaling with Pearl jam...❤️)
Thank you for the informations. It's such a great song that means so much to me. I didn't think that the band itself stopped liking it.
Karma Police was the first one I heard.
Cool! And that turned you into a fan? I can't remember the first song i heard by them.
I wasn't even born when they released their first album.
@@LieLikesMusic no, I didn't really follow then outside those two songs. My music tastes mostly go about ten years prior.
Awwww me too
Same but I listened to Patd!'s cover of it
Similar here. I'd heard vaguely of Radiohead especially after the Romeo + Juliet movie, which they did some of the soundtrack for. Karma Police was first song of theirs I heard that I thought was actually good. Paranoid Android was the song I remember hearing on radio a lot back in the 90's.
I'm 59 years old and I dig em. The early 80's all over again
I’m 65 and I still dig em, too.
i’m a 14 year older with early 80s music taste!
the crazy thing about creep is if it was a song by any other band it would probably be their best song, but it's not because this is Radiohead we're talking about.
as people mature, they start to understand that chasing artistic credibility and wanting to force your audience to look at your new work is a fool's errand based on elitist principles. you delivered this beautiful thing into the world and the world loved it so much you grew to hate it because they loved it more than you. with the passage of time, you can see more clearly your contribution to the zeitgeist will outlive you and its best to be at peace with what will be your legacy. standing on the stage and belting out that "run" that we all know is as close to god, perfection, zen.... whatever you want to call it. you should share that with your audience not only for your own gratification, but to recognize that the song belongs to us now as much as it does to thom and when they play it, they're playing that association back at us in an infinite loop of love and appreciation. we buy the ticket to buy the experience. to show our love and respect to the time that's now gone. to dance with those ghosts one more time before they're buried in the progression of all that is to come. we will live, we will die, and on a universal measure its only a blink in time. you once created something that every artist aspires to create and to do that once, if only once, is to be immortal. you touched the hem of the garment of the beat of the human heart. what a thing to despise.
As a Songwriter myself, I second his reasoning about performing songs that are true to him. When I first started writing music back when I was 12 (23 now), I wrote songs that reflected my image and experiences at the time. Songs that resonated and corresponded or coped with what I felt and thought. Now, those thoughts are a completely blank wall to me. Playing them, much like thom, makes me feel strange and "off-balanced" if I may say to what I really am behind the words/lyrics
can we listen to your songs?
Creep is a fantastic song but waaaayyy overplayed by radio.
For sure!
I don't know if you're into covers but Eric Emery from Skyharbor did a fantastic cover of Creep. czcams.com/video/urjF25Y0eak/video.html
Ha, my creep moment was in senior year of high school. There was this girl in one of my classes that just seemed perfectly like my type. She was pretty, yes, but there were more conventionally attractive girls in the school. But for some reason, my mind just latched on to her to the point where I started feeling like a creep for thinking about a girl I've never talked to so much. I like to think now that if I actually got the nerve to go talk to her, I would've realized I didn't really like her. I remember her because of how she made me feel during that time. I doubt she ever noticed me, unless she noticed that I stared at her a lot. This song perfectly describes all that teenage angst I was feeling, and it makes me feel kind of better that I'm not the only one who ever did that. I guess we're all just a bunch of creeps.
Creep is one of the classics I need to listen to every now and then. Draws me back all the time especially when we get all up in our own emotions lol
this song makes me cry. its one of the songs he puts so much emotion into, it makes me feel his pain and sorrow.
Try listening to True Love Waits or How to Disappear Completely, some great emotional tracks by them.
Black star as well
@@sgt.purp1e in all honesty Thom Yorks voice just sounds sad and broken. He is amazing and I love his song karma police, that's a really good one
I like creep fine. Karma police, paranoid Android and No Surprises are probably my favorite Radiohead songs.
Same here. Ok Computer is the real deal! Cheers from Norway
After Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 i feel more Bound to creep