Through playing around with imovie, I discovered how beautiful the Live from the basement version of Videotape by Radiohead is when played in reverse. Enjoy.
These are the lyrics I hear for this reversed tune Oh ohh oh ohh Please survey the naked fork Some ribs and ears Our eyes lock if we move our, our handsome hair Now our lip These would need a farmer It would satisfy me with snake noise while sniffing Sift the world's like owl's would What's happening is... Well, it rhymes with this Ooh ooh ooh ooh Please your ear more x4 Push me clear out near your lips Hotter than the summer highway We would never x2 Eat all them apples in the lake Enough... Arms race In my lab coat all those years I've been obsessed Says he, the fine servant Hits my eardrum x2 Falling voice Sickening lovebird I'm all unwound
I was just thinking the same thing. My native language is somewhat related to Icelandic though, so Sigur Ros' doesn't sound completely fantasy to me. I can actually almost hear some English lyrics in this too, it would be fun to try and write down what you hear, probably different from person to person. But it doesn't have to mean anything, Thom's voice is amazing in itself.
If by some miracle you managed to persuade Thom Yorke to make a rare private appearance (I'm guessing for no money) at a venue of your choosing, wouldn't you prefer to be not dead and watch him?
If you want something really interresting, put the same foreward version with this one in same time. The must is to mix the volume as the original is louder than the reverse version. If you start on the right time (together) the rewerse version goes like an echo.
you can reverse a radiohead song, slow it down, speed it up, disjoint it, turn it inside out--it survives every time, gives you something new and beautiful no matter the fuck what. this is why radiohead is my favorite band. the songs are timeless, enduring, endearing, and human.
my inteperetation starts at 1:13, Its a wave, Its beautiful, Someone leaves it here, All eyes on him, Im here for you more, Oh answer me, Oh what am I, This boy is far more, He looks at sky, we use signals, I see a face here, Whos naked eyes on me, Whats happening is, all you wanted its, More.... This boy is more x4 Whos looking at me, Evil its silenced, and were somehow here, You're groovy, you're groovy, Hey holyman, signalling, In the arms race, Lean back, all this news,
They say a masterpiece is that which is perfect from any angle.... From any perception... No amount of scrutiny ever reveals flaws..... This song is being played backwards for fuck's sake.... And it's blowing mind!
Radiohead actually released a song that they reversed. The music for "Like Spinning Plates" is actually another song "I Will," played in reverse, then Thom Yorke recorded vocals over it.
I swear the editing only defines the idea of videotape. I think it is even more artistic and expressive because of the idea to be played reversed on purpose. Looks like we are living backwards to the past that made us who we are in present
Listened to this around the time I was always in the hospice, heavy. This music is sacred, I'd had their songs in the hardest time of my life. I want to repay Radiohead somehow, too bad I can't, whatever.
it's indeed quite amazing how such a beautiful "backwards"song (such a powerful piano line towards the end) was being created probably without even thom yorke being fully aware of it O_o . Dimitri Martin said wisely "“there’s a parallel world right in front of us that’s revealed with a small shift in perspective.” ...
Listen to the early live version of this from Bonnaroo in 2006 - th-cam.com/video/pde2p--qwus/w-d-xo.html. In it you will hear Jonny guitar sounds just like the melody created by the reversed piano that you hear on this between 2:09 - 2:45
I hope there's no record of how many times you've listened to a certain rewound videotape... it might be as embarrassing as that vhs porno that was all warn-out it that particular place.
Thumbs up man! Awesome attempt. They say people can "hear what they want" with backwards speech.... But what you want to hear is fucking beautiful. I particularly like the "Niece is covered in worms" line. Which at first glance you might think is silly until you think of it like she's dead and buried and the singer is destroyed with grief at how ridiculous it is, messing with his happy memories of her.
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Jesus Christ, you know you're a Radiohead fan when you start listening to their stuff in reverse and are actually enjoying it.
heheh we're so quirky heh heh
We've been doing that since Amnesiac
"What kind of stuff do you like?"
"Palindromic rock"
Agreed
Or time streched 😅
Are you telling me you REWOUND a Videotape???
CountZurich gODDaMMIT
well played
Man what a knee slapper
These are the lyrics I hear for this reversed tune
Oh ohh oh ohh
Please survey the naked fork
Some ribs and ears
Our eyes lock if we move our, our handsome hair
Now our lip
These would need a farmer
It would satisfy me with snake noise while sniffing
Sift the world's like owl's would
What's happening is...
Well, it rhymes with this
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Please your ear more x4
Push me clear out near your lips
Hotter than the summer highway
We would never x2
Eat all them apples in the lake
Enough...
Arms race
In my lab coat all those years I've been obsessed
Says he, the fine servant
Hits my eardrum x2
Falling voice
Sickening lovebird
I'm all unwound
In revers Radiohead sounds like Sigur Ros and write lyrics like Neutral Milk Hotel
***** I was just thinking this lmfao
Beautiful...
It should be "Embrace it" instead of "arms race" in my opinion.
"Our handsome hair" should be "our hands and feet."
Sounds kinda like Sigur Ros normally sounds to me
+Peter Herz you, my friend, are goddamn right
+Peter Herz hahaha. Bang on mate.
Too accurate, Peter. Too accurate.
Spot on mate! Secret Sigur fans! haha
I was just thinking the same thing. My native language is somewhat related to Icelandic though, so Sigur Ros' doesn't sound completely fantasy to me.
I can actually almost hear some English lyrics in this too, it would be fun to try and write down what you hear, probably different from person to person. But it doesn't have to mean anything, Thom's voice is amazing in itself.
sounds like a Sigur Ros song now.
Radiohead is so good even their music backwards makes you feel a trance.
That little passage from 2:28 to 2:40 is musical perfection to my ears. It sounds so beautiful and haunted.
In that part Thom plays a symmetrical melody, that's why it seems deliberate in reverse.
entremaleza oh nice
Here is further proof that Radiohead is perfect.
No matter what direction you play the song in, it's still goddamn beautiful.
If I could pick anyone to sing at my funeral it'd be Thom Yorke. Even backwards he's transcendent.
If by some miracle you managed to persuade Thom Yorke to make a rare private appearance (I'm guessing for no money) at a venue of your choosing, wouldn't you prefer to be not dead and watch him?
fake your death and then you have a free show
2:06 the chord progression is exactly same..! with the normal version. Palindrom!!!
I love this German song a lot
Eyal Levy interestingly, this song IS actually based on German folklore...just a fun fact...;)
Krautrock
Sing along. .
"nees reve ev'I yad tcefrep tsom ehT
neeb sah yadot wonk I esuaceb
diarfa eb tn'dluohs uoy
won sneppah tahw rettam oN"
LOL 😂😂😂😂😂
epatoediv
epatoediv
epatoediv ym no eb lliw siht
setag ylraep eht ta m'I nehw
Its a Raaaadiooooohead!!! Doesn't matter which way its played, still sounds amazing.
If you want something really interresting, put the same foreward version with this one in same time. The must is to mix the volume as the original is louder than the reverse version. If you start on the right time (together) the rewerse version goes like an echo.
RomaOne Kenobe That just made my trip ten times better, thanks man.
RomaOne Kenobe oh my god, this is not bs, blew my SOBER mind
Rusty Shakleford you're welcome
YOU'RE PRECIOUS
Or just filter the song through a delay pedal with a reverse mode
that 1 dislike was just someone reversing the like button
you can reverse a radiohead song, slow it down, speed it up, disjoint it, turn it inside out--it survives every time, gives you something new and beautiful no matter the fuck what. this is why radiohead is my favorite band. the songs are timeless, enduring, endearing, and human.
Indeed! It's my favorite band also!
Try to superpose them with 17s delay... Kid'A never disappoints
my inteperetation starts at 1:13,
Its a wave, Its beautiful,
Someone leaves it here,
All eyes on him,
Im here for you more,
Oh answer me,
Oh what am I,
This boy is far more,
He looks at sky, we use signals,
I see a face here,
Whos naked eyes on me,
Whats happening is, all you wanted its,
More....
This boy is more x4
Whos looking at me,
Evil its silenced,
and were somehow here,
You're groovy, you're groovy,
Hey holyman, signalling,
In the arms race,
Lean back, all this news,
I was really hoping that it sounded like “this boy is more times four”
These lyrics are hauntingly beautiful
This could very possibly be the most beautiful thing I've ever heard. Oh my god
They say a masterpiece is that which is perfect from any angle.... From any perception... No amount of scrutiny ever reveals flaws..... This song is being played backwards for fuck's sake.... And it's blowing mind!
This is like David Lynch packed me a brown bag lunch
Funny, I keep hearing bits of How I Made My Millions in there.
Radiohead actually released a song that they reversed. The music for "Like Spinning Plates" is actually another song "I Will," played in reverse, then Thom Yorke recorded vocals over it.
I swear the editing only defines the idea of videotape. I think it is even more artistic and expressive because of the idea to be played reversed on purpose. Looks like we are living backwards to the past that made us who we are in present
This is PERFECTION!
Like Spinning Plates (Part 2: Videotape In Reverse)
this is so bloody beautiful. thank you op.
Whoever discovered this, decoded how life feels like.
I'm high... and this one sounds great
ssiiaabb exactly!
I'm not and it still does!
What if you reversed your high and this was played vertically ?
I kinda like this more than the original, maybe because I’ve heard it so many times lol. Sounds a bit like Daydreaming. Hauntingly beautiful
If this is the music they play in the Black Lodge, I will happily live there.
Rhythm makes more sense now...almost a 3/4. But being Radiohead, it doesn't quite settle.
This is actually amazing!
This performance is so blissful from any angle, doesn't matter if it has been played backwards or properly it is still musical perfection.
This truly is perfect.
I'm honestly memorized by how beautiful this
Almost ten years ago I used this to write lyrics to a song I was working on. Still love hearing it.
I swear it sounds like Sigur Ros ! :p
Lovin' it by the way ! Really inspiring !
And this just feels like spinning plates.
Listened to this around the time I was always in the hospice, heavy. This music is sacred, I'd had their songs in the hardest time of my life. I want to repay Radiohead somehow, too bad I can't, whatever.
Just Some Asian Dude i feel the same. hope you’re better now 🖤
Yeah I hope you're ok.
It's rewind time
your right its beautiful. thanks
Hey, that was actually pretty cool. Thanks!
simply amazing. he is on another plane. i always knew something about this song was not from this world. mind blowing
So beautiful.
this is perfection
Thank you.
What a masterpiece.
it's absolutely gorgeous
Almost a musical ambigram...
I like it because you're not quite sure what you're listening to exactly but the harmonic, melodic and rhythmic value is still present
beautiful
this sounds quite nice in a way! :)
I love this, I'm gonna put this on my ipod. It is quite beautiful!
Wow. I love music played backwards, sounds awesome.
wow, it sounds very great
In reverse it's like another song, beautiful as all Radiohead songs ...
It really made me cry
So so so beautiful
this makes me want to take my piano recordings and put them in reverse and make trance music
Woow still sounds beautifull
This is actually sounds cool ..... just what I need for new inspiration !
it's indeed quite amazing how such a beautiful "backwards"song (such a powerful piano line towards the end) was being created probably without even thom yorke being fully aware of it O_o . Dimitri Martin said wisely "“there’s a parallel world right in front of us that’s revealed with a small shift in perspective.” ...
It's what he wants...
sensacional!
Listen to the early live version of this from Bonnaroo in 2006 - th-cam.com/video/pde2p--qwus/w-d-xo.html. In it you will hear Jonny guitar sounds just like the melody created by the reversed piano that you hear on this between 2:09 - 2:45
i really want to hear what the studio version of videotape would sound like. if you put that version up i would be mighty thankful
I hope there's no record of how many times you've listened to a certain rewound videotape... it might be as embarrassing as that vhs porno that was all warn-out it that particular place.
wow this sound interesting to my ears
This is the definitive version of Videotape.
Thumbs up man! Awesome attempt. They say people can "hear what they want" with backwards speech.... But what you want to hear is fucking beautiful. I particularly like the "Niece is covered in worms" line. Which at first glance you might think is silly until you think of it like she's dead and buried and the singer is destroyed with grief at how ridiculous it is, messing with his happy memories of her.
2:53 *LET’S SMOKE WEED AT HOME*
Let the demons of sorrow speak to our souls in tongues.
you are my friend now.
Yup, that's it. When a singer, song writer, music genius sounds just as beautiful backwards as forward. And see ... Thom is an alien. :)
This song it amazing forwards. So Its going to sound amazing even if its going backwards, left or right.
at some point it seems like he sings "there is more to this, please don't leave"
I prefer !
All I have for you is a word: Tenet. It'll open the right doors and some of the wrong ones too. Use it carefully.
Didn’t realise thom was fluent in Icelandic!…
Prefer this version
They Should of used this version on In rainbows
Masterpiece 😮
i am probably not educated or auditory enough to cherish this LOL
Dat stratch
GUYS ITS IN REWIND
No lo puedo creer
... hermoso
Brilliantissimo! Excellente bravamento eh! This isn't a foreign language, just how I sound when i enter this trance called epat oediv
Yorke sounds so goofy at the start
better than original version.
Sounds a bit like Motion Picture Soundtrack
It is weird, I like it! 🤓📻🏴☠️🏴☠️ Palindrome songs are cool
Holy shit
yes this is gorgeous. also anyone else think he looks like vincent van gogh under this filter?
yeah 😂😂
EVERYBODY NOW
Jesus Christ.... Videotape Backwards.... Is a NEW song!! And it's fucking GREAT!!!! Damn... This is some emotional shit!!
Omg Thom Yorke is stuck in the Black Lodge
Qué perfecto.
true that
When I’m at the pearly gates…
7" please
@itsachickenwiththing Your comments make this video.
oh my god 1:58 he said "not happening all i want is you" so fuckin pretty is this song!!!!
!daehoidar boj ecin doog si gnos siht
Harsh Komal idk why but “daehoidar” sounds so cool haha