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Radiohead - Creep (Reading 1994 is the best video it there first live as u was saying you see all them the crowd as u said in you reaction but see how many doing the same thing are doing was u said
Great video I watched it probably 8 times and I put it on my own channel so that I can Watch it again. The way you explain it that's exactly how I feel....
8 times because I keep going back to To the beginning and hearing it all again...And... Yes I subscribe to your channel You have such empathy and a good taste in music 😊😊😊😊 I am also a broken.Person I love this song so much... When I was a child I watched my father try to kill my mother. And that's not even the worst of it I think that's why I love people so much but I stay away from them Because I too feel like I don't belong here I am very handsome and I could have pretty much.. Any girl I wanted but I stay away. Because I know that Eventually they're going to want to have kids that I don't want to bring kids to this horrible world anyway Great video. I hope you have a great life...
This was the anthem of the rejected and invisible people for my generation. I've found very few people back then and now who it didn't affect. It's a timeless song, there will always be unrequited love and this song expresses it beautifully. And, this performance is I think one of the best ever.
I think more than that, it's not just unrequited love. It's feeling so overwhelmed by someone that you don't even try, because they are so far above you. Divine even. Different people probably feel this to different extents, but I think everyone has had at least a version of this, where you become infatuated with someone who is off limits for any reason, and coming to terms with the fact you'll never get to show them how you feel. It also then covers impeccably the complete dejection and self loathing you then feel about yourself as a result. Even if normally you have quite a good relationship with how you look/your inner faults etc.
Same here. Also the "I wish I was special" line (the "clean" version, not the f-bomb version, lol), cos a lot of of crap happens where I usually end up feeling like I am never good enough for anyone or anything.
Yeah to me it feels like wasted potential. Finding someone you have belief in and wanting them to have the same belief in you because you struggle to believe in yourself. You want them to light the blue touch paper so you can let it all out but then you realise you barely register in their life.
This song is about a girl at university who Thom liked but she never noticed him. Apparently years later she turned up to a Radiohead concert, Thom heard she was there and was so nervous he struggled to make it onstage. They never dated. I love Radiohead, they are my all time favourite band, I suggest you watch their Glastonbury 2003 appearance. One of the greatest performances I've ever witnessed.. ❤️
This is the story behind it! When asked about the song in 1993, Thom Yorke said, "I have a real problem being a man in the '90s… Any man with any sensitivity or conscience toward the opposite sex would have a problem. To actually assert yourself in a masculine way without looking like you're in a hard-rock band is a very difficult thing to do… It comes back to the music we write, which is not effeminate, but it's not brutal in its arrogance. It is one of the things I'm always trying: To assert a sexual persona and on the other hand trying desperately to negate it." So it’s quite deep really, so there you go!
take it for it is..some times musicians say different shit in interviews, they didn't have anything to prove...nor do they divulge the intent of the meaning.." sometimes a song is just a song" any good musician will tell you that..married to one
This is the first time I’ve seen one of your videos and I don’t think I could have picked a better one. I was touched by how emotionally intelligent you are and your interpretation of the song. I 100% agree :)
Yeah first for me too - not the last - I’ve seen a few others on this song ( making jokes about his tic - “his boobs”?! Omg 😱. ) But she gets it - completely ❤❤❤❤
Your ability to empathize with the musicians performing their songs is what makes your music reactions so special... it takes more than musical knowledge to really "get" a song, and you have both the knowledge and the emotional IQ.
If you enjoy great songwriting, musicianship and vulnerable honest engaged performance, you won't beat Radiohead. And they've only gotten better. If you want some tear jerkers, try "Fake Plastic Trees", "Pyramid Song", "Nude", "Daydreaming", "Codex"... but pretty much half their catalog should make any grown man cry. Radiohead's a full album type of band. If you enjoy their music, well worth indulging on your own. Every album since The Bends is a masterpiece.
@@jamesleodelacruz lol I avoided suggesting those because those are next level sad. They are typical Radiohead album closers which might be something you should hear after a full album to end it, much like Street Spirit or Videotape.
@@DarkLordoftheMeme Interestingly enough, I Will is an older song than Like Spinning Plates (despite their releases), and Like Spinning Plates came out of Thom reversing an old more electronic version of I Will and being inspired by how the progression and melody sounded backwards. So a backwards version of I Will inspired Like Spinning Plates... which ended up being its own song with the studio version being recorded by having Thom listen to the reversed version of Like Spinning Plates, learning the reversed melody, singing the reversed melody which was then reversed it to put it back in the right order, but have it still have that reverse suction effect. My head hurts now.
The emotion and soul he puts into this performance reminds me of the Pearl Jam live performance of Black that you reacted to. So much emotion, they really feel it.
Broken hearts and unrequited love have created some of the world’s greatest art. Thom Yorke wrote this song while still at university, after falling for an ”it girl”, and the sentiment I suspect is something we’ve all felt at some point in our youth: While we’re still not entirely sure of who we are, or what we are truly worth, a rejection can build up to a catastrophe. The song dropped in the early 90s though, so I’m sure Thom has bounced back. ;)
Loved everything you said about Thom's emotion in his voice. It was a song that meant a lot to him but not one that he felt represented the sound of the band, which was moving in another direction. Which was why this 90's performance was one of the last times they performed the song until I think, at Glastonbury in 2017. This is, as your face showed and your words described, a majestic performance from Thom, especially those held notes, and a very skilled piece of playing from the guitarist too.
It was definitely rare for them to play it but they did play it occaisonally. Saw it live at Summersonic in 2003. He actually changed a couple of the lyrics then as well. Amazing performance.
Glad you enjoyed lassie. I had the privilege of seeing them live in 2007. So many songs of theirs to recommend but one of my favourites is "How to Disappear Completely". Hauntingly mesmeric. Enjoy and be well. Cheers from Scotland 🍻❤
I’m so glad it moved you like it moves me…it’s their most commercial song but it’s drenched in pain and that’s what makes it so appealing. Everyone has felt the pain of being (or feeling) like an outside or imposter and that’s why this song connects with so many people. Oh and Thom’s performance is just the icing on the cake!
Thom Yorke is hands down one of my favorite vocalists in rock history. To think they hated this song and didn't play it live for a long time, but I think it hits almost everyone who hears it because almost all of us have felt the emotion in it at some point. Great reaction and glad you felt it. I'm so glad I've gotten to see them perform this live. As soon as the first notes ring out, the crowd just goes wild and then sings along through the whole song.
You nailed it, good job. People like him are so hard to live with because of their talent. They tend to be multiple people all at once which makes them hard to live with, or even know who they really are at any given time.
Nailed it! This song is perfect and so is your reaction. You really connected with it the way so many others have over the past thirty years. That guy you see on the mic is Thom Yorke. Story goes that he had a major crush on a girl at university but couldn't approach her - just didn't feel worthy. He admired her from a distance for a while, following her around (creeping) but only summoned the courage to talk to her on one particular evening when he'd had a few drinks. Appatently he opened up a bit too much/early about his strength of feelings for the girl, she got weirded out and ran off, leaving him feeling emotionally a bit 'fragile'. I suppose writing this song was his way of coping with the pain ..... a pain most of us have had a taste of at some point. Most of us just don't possess the talent or the sheer guts to put it in an iconic song like this one though. Thanks again
as the story goes...well who really knows, musicians may not actually say what a song they wrote is about, sometimes they make up shit, true artists don't "explain" their creativity and personal events, for writing a song, some are just songs, not to read too much into them..even if Thom said that who knows if he's actually divulging the "true" story, even if there was one..if you know what i mean..musician here.
Excellent comments on the song. As a songwriter I am in awe when a performer can pour his deepest feelings into a song. This is the real thing. You understood the song completely.
No one can emulate with such precision a real emotion within vocals without really feeling it. This guy feels what he sings, and that's really touching to hear
Great reaction! I can't pretend I'm the biggest Radiohead fan, but the emotion Thom puts into his vocal performance elevates this song into something special.
1st part of song. -Start of depression episode . Insecurities , rejection , self-loathing / hate e.t.c 2nd part of song. -Mental / pyscotic breakdown / episode , self harm e.t.c 3rd part of song. -broken / defeated , hopelessness , in hosipital , jail or worse death ( suicide ). That's my quick brief interpretation of this classic anyway.
Yorke says this is about being in love with someone, but not feeling good enough. He describes the feeling as, "There's the beautiful people and then there's the rest of us." When he was in college he wanted to be with a girl but thought of himself as never good enough therefore a creep
Yup apparently the girl the song is about actually showed up to the first show they played this song and she had no idea it was about her feel really bad for thom
@blacknoir606 I wish there was a way to show people like that the effect they have on people like us. And simultaneously I wish there was a way for people like us to recognize the effect we ourselves have on others who might feel this way about us even. When I, a guy who never felt worthy of anyone I desired, who felt like i was always the creepy loser, when I realized that there were in fact others who desired me that I myself didn't even notice.... It's a mind fuck.
@@jldude84 I realize I've probably made somebody feel like him as there was this girl in the grade below me who in retrospect was giving me signs of interest, I bumped into her a few times since high school, she was very friendly with me (and I was oblivious at the time, probably due to my own insecurities) and I was completely oblivious. I often think about how that must have made her feel. There was at least one other girl, this one I talked to more regularly and she was in my grade, in both cases it was more my own insecurity than any lack of interest on my part, at the time I just interpreted their interactions with me as just friendliness and not interest. I could of course be misinterpreting things, but thinking about the body language etc. I don't think I am. I've always tried to treat people with respect and empathy, so it bothers me that I might have inadvertently hurt somebody.
Jesus Christ lady, you’re killing me with your reactions to this song. I’m smiling and crying. I LOVE how are feeling this song. Your reaction is genuine and heartwarming and how much you seem to care is just beautiful. When you said, “if you have ears or eyes” that’s exactly right!!! Like how can you not appreciate what you’re hearing or seeing! Thanks for another great video. I truly hope you are well over there and Germany and wish nothing but peace and love! Take care
He wrote this when he was in college about a girl at a party he went to! And yeah we have all been there! And later it became the song for his wife. She died before this performance and this was a huge release for him from her death!
His wife didn't die before this performance your talking nonsense 🙄 his wife passed few yrs bk this was over at least 25 yrs ago he sang this actual performance don't say things unless you truly know plz thankyou give the man and his wife respect
@@tracyhudson1674 Sorry I had read somewhere that she had dies just before this performance! And I was giving respect! He went through a lot and I know he hurt so much!
There is a reason why they don't play this song at concerts any more. It takes such an emotional toll on Thom, he just can't do it. And, I don't blame him for not wanting to do the song anymore. I also love when the audience says you are at the end when he sings "I wish I was special". You can tell that meant something to him.
"Creep" is one of those songs with an amazing original version and an equally amazing cover (PMJ - Haley Reinhardt). I really enjoyed your reaction to both versions. Another song that I would recommend is "Nothing Compares 2 U" ... original by Prince but with two amazing covers (Sinead O'Connor) and (Chris Cornell - SiriusXM). Would be a pretty neat to see a reaction to all three. :D
Abolutely crucial song to listen to, the sinead o'conner one is truly emotional, haven't heard cris's version..going to check it out..he had been hurting inside for a long time
Love your reaction to this. I have not seen this version of the song, but every ounce of pain is sung about showed in your face - you really felt it. Love you and your channel. Keep the reviews coming.
I know this is almost a year ago however I just wanted to say that this song is so POWERFUL, and just like the lady down below said it is TRULY an ANTHEM of the REJECTED & INVINSIBLE. Your reaction is so GENUINE
Your analysis is pretty spot on. One thing that some people do miss (although I don't know if you did or not) is what he is saying during that very emotional part. He says "She's running out the door, she's running out, she run, run, run, ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!.............ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!" Someone he adores so much, her reaction to him is she can't get away fast enough, making him feel like a freak. Knowing that makes the pain in that part so much more understandable.
When you're a band member (me, a drummer) sometimes the frontman will introduce a new song that we rehearse to death. You hear the lyrics and you genuinely start becoming concerned for them. Thing is, it fuels the way you play and your emotions effect the way you play. It's like their energy and feelings fill your body and you're able to channel their emotions through your instrument.
Yh, one of the reasons I wish I had musical talent because music imo, is the language of the soul. Where words fall short to express ones self, music is able to do so. So I have this kind of positive jealousy I'm not able to express myself the way musicians do, nor do I have the balls to do so haha.
@@venezzrok871 I got lucky. I started with the guitar and was as average as you could be but the drums were my calling. No lessons needed, I just had a knack (not to blow my own horn) But when I'm sat a kit, I feel at home, which is why, when I'm not having a great session, I feel like I've been kicked out. But I come back and nail it You are absolutely right; music is a potent ingredient to life. PLEASE, if you have the desire, persist with an instrument, it is a natural high! I wish you well and I hope you find your calling in music. It's there somewhere, buddy.
@@ajaxlewis7664 Thanks! I actually got motivated to try an instrument after your comment haha! I'm already searching on the internet on how to start playing an electric guitar :)
@@venezzrok871 I wish you all the best, dude. Don't be disheartened if your progress is slow. I remember being frustrated at first, but if you dedicate enough time, something will click. You've made my day with that comment 😊 I hope you're killing it soon! All the best 🤘
I was 15 years old when I first heard this song and 30 years on, it’s still one of my favourite songs and I sink a few beers reminiscing about those years….
Thom was in college, he liked this girl but was afraid to approarch her. Finally one night he got drunk enough to work up the courage to talk to her. She didn't respond. Later Creep put on a concert. He heard she was in the audience, he had a panic attack. I bet today she's sorry how she treated him back then though.
I’m glad you gave a thoughtful reaction to Creep. It’s pretty well known that Thom dislikes the song and they rarely play it LIVE. You’re right, when he’s singing, there is no one else there but him… it’s very personal to him. Radiohead is probably the most underrated bands going, right now. There discography, including solo and experiment CD’s and singles is mind boggling. Once you take that step and slip into that rabbit hole… there’s no gettin’ out. I’ve been following them since the late eighties and I can honestly say that they are the only band that actually gets better with each album. Do everyone a favor, react to “LET DOWN,” the LIVE version. Geniuses…..
U should listen to the studio version(official video) for this song.. It will hit u differently for sure.. He gave 100% on this live performance tho..❤
This woman rolled her r's right into my heart, goodness gracious. It's amazing to me that she did this to one of my favorite songs that resonates with me the most, in the worst (best) of ways ;D
This live version of creep, with or without U2 live in Boston, Heaven by Bryan Adams live at Slane Castle will always be top 3 performances ever for me.
Thom's longtime girlfriend/wife died of breast cancer some years ago. But she was a very intelligent scientist. So he actually did pretty well finding the woman that was meant for him in the long run.
If you can, check out Damien Rice singing "The Blower's Daughter" (an amazing song in its original recorded version) live, when he segues into "Creep". Two hauntingly beautiful and painful songs back to back. Incredible.
@@Nellywetlegs It was written as that, and then changed to "Elephant". But, if you follow the lyrics, it's clearly a sequel, in which he realises he has to change his behaviour from the first song.
My all time favourite recording of Damien Rice is the one of The Blowers Daughter/Creep live in Firenze 2004 with the full band, the dynamic shift is incredible with drums and guitar. That whole live show is incredible though, some real deep cuts.
This is the story behind this song, as posted by this young lady: Sofia 1 year ago (edited) He wrote this song about a crush (I mean he was completely in love) he had in college, she was the most beautiful girl and he felt he was too ugly for her, like out of her league, so one day he got a little bit tipsy to have confidence and confess but she got scared of him and run. Later when this song got popular and they did a concert for mtv or something, that girl went and he got so emotional and kinda cried, his vocal wasn't the best in that concert but for a lot of people that was the best performance because of the emotions he transmitted
I’ve just listened to this in bed it’s 12-30am and I have tears streaming down my face. The utter raw anguish and emotion rips my heart right out. This is rock opera at its very finest. Just incredible ❤❤❤
Sweetheart.. Every single teenage boy has felt his emotions when we are rejected by our crushes.. That is the pure reason why it is such a huge hit, it is an anthem for men who has been rejected. We all know these feelings so so deep!
To me it's the grunge sound of the band that makes people feel, along, of course, with his voice, but if either one of those elements were missing, it wouldn't be the same. Which is why I prefer the Haley Reinhart version much more. Because Haley can illicit the same effect more or less with her own voice alone. He needs the background music and all Haley needs, is her voice to accomplish he same effect.
Thom overwhelms this performance, but if you listen, Jonny is killing it too, so aggro and all over the place. This is truly one of my favorite performances of my all-time #1 song. the variations they've done through the years just reminds me what masters they were to put this out on their first album, crazy.
I know this is a year or more old. The dancing is Pogo (like the stick). Came into common place with the Sex Pistols and other punk bands in the 70s and 80s. In the 90s it kinda gained its own thing as an alternative to moshing. I totally agree Thom is in his own bubble and the crowd is vibing/pogoing to the music.
Rejection feom someone who you have feelings for hurts so much and leaves a scar on the soul. Being hurt emotionally leaves you empty and destroyed and questioning yourself but you never find answers just more questions. Beautiful song❤
In order to understand the song on a deeper level, you have to remember some people don't ever feel that they belong, not just to a certain group of friends, but to the human race.
'Who hurt him'? Society since the 80s was gradually being taught more and more men are born wrong, corrupt and evil. Guilty until proven innocent, never good enough unless you're renounce your own biological imprint. There's been no celebration of traditional family values in media since then, rather a gradually increasing condemnation of it. Fathers in media have been every more portrayed as the incompetent, if not down right malicious fathers. You can see how far it's come. This song resonates with men growing up in a society that ever increasingly disenfranchises, alienates and ostracize them.
There is a new religion out there that is soulless and manmade, the newly converted are always the most zealous, you're comment is not so much what anyone could conclude rationally without targeted nefarious guidance, more an indication of what has been done to you. I hope Thom Yorke never reads your monstrosity of a comment, for fear that his propensity to blow his own head off would grow exponentially.
I AM FRENCH OK ,,, SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH . NOW THIS PERFOMER TOUCH ALL PEOPLE BECAUSE HiS FACE WANT TOO HELP IF I CAN SPEAK , AND WHEN HE SING THE NOTE IN THE FINAL OF THIS SONG , IT'S INCROYABLE CAUSE IT'S LONG AND IT'S PERFECT ; FOR FINISH , IT' S SIMPLE, YOU TAKE THIS IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR MIND , SAD VIOLENT AND SO BEAUTIFULL EMOTION WHO THE SINGER GIVE TOO YOU AND ME OFF COURSE. BISSCUTE I LOVE YOUR REACTION BECAUSE YOU IN THE REAL WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HIM. I LOVE THIS , DON'T CHANGE. kisses from france.
Sorry to be so late to this party .Thank you for your reaction, i have watched this many times and your reaction is by far the best. You totally get it ,it broke your heart to see his broken heart. It was great to see your empathy and care . Keep doing what your doing
this is a story as old as time and has been sung with different lyrics. In 1955 there was You Don't Know Me by Ray Charles. 1993 Creep by Radio Head. 2018 Peach Scone by Hobo Johnson. They all came from different generations but they all still sing to my broken heart.
This song is an adolescent anthem. Jonny Greenwood, the guitarist was the mean composer and was written as Yorke and Greenwood were students at the University of Exeter. There's no known story around the composition but I know Thom Yorke got tired of sing it live because its great popularity. He felt that Creep was displacing other songs that he liked better.
What a fantastic reaction. You have such a great ear and so much empathy. Totally in tune with the artist and also so articulate in a second language as you describe your reaction.
This song was written by Tom Yorke (lead singer) while in university about a girl he liked. His lack of confidence and vulnerability is expressed as his self conscious telling him he is a creep and a weirdo as it is what he thinks she will see. I love the long note he holds on "ruuuunnnn" it reminds me of the howl of a trapped animal. Great song, great band.
Thank you for a great reaction to an amazing song by an amazing singer, you understood his pain straight away , had a troubled life at times in his life, consummate entertainer.
what a powerful, beautiful, and incredibly intimate performance by the band...considering they're playing in front of a few thousand people, that's not easy to do...great track!
Considering English is not your first language you have an amazing depth of expression with it. A great reaction. I heard the song with new ears after listening to your interpretation of it. Nice job!
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Radiohead - Creep (Reading 1994 is the best video it there first live as u was saying you see all them the crowd as u said in you reaction but see how many doing the same thing are doing was u said
Great reaction. Love your accent.
Great video I watched it probably 8 times and I put it on my own channel so that I can Watch it again. The way you explain it that's exactly how I feel....
8 times because I keep going back to To the beginning and hearing it all again...And... Yes I subscribe to your channel You have such empathy and a good taste in music 😊😊😊😊 I am also a broken.Person I love this song so much... When I was a child I watched my father try to kill my mother. And that's not even the worst of it I think that's why I love people so much but I stay away from them Because I too feel like I don't belong here I am very handsome and I could have pretty much.. Any girl I wanted but I stay away. Because I know that Eventually they're going to want to have kids that I don't want to bring kids to this horrible world anyway Great video. I hope you have a great life...
This was the anthem of the rejected and invisible people for my generation. I've found very few people back then and now who it didn't affect. It's a timeless song, there will always be unrequited love and this song expresses it beautifully. And, this performance is I think one of the best ever.
Its a great song, hope you liked it ❤
I think more than that, it's not just unrequited love. It's feeling so overwhelmed by someone that you don't even try, because they are so far above you. Divine even. Different people probably feel this to different extents, but I think everyone has had at least a version of this, where you become infatuated with someone who is off limits for any reason, and coming to terms with the fact you'll never get to show them how you feel. It also then covers impeccably the complete dejection and self loathing you then feel about yourself as a result. Even if normally you have quite a good relationship with how you look/your inner faults etc.
Rejected and invisible people of your generation? Big dramatic imho. I was neither rejected nor invisible.
Not just your generation
couldn't say it better
That line "I want you to notice, when i'm not around" always make me shiver and it resonates so deeply within me personally
Same here. Also the "I wish I was special" line (the "clean" version, not the f-bomb version, lol), cos a lot of of crap happens where I usually end up feeling like I am never good enough for anyone or anything.
Same, it hits so fucking hard when you've been through that situation. It literally gives me a lump in my throat
@@BlackieNuff same
@@BlackieNuff the "f-bomb" version is the good (and real) one. don't censor emotion just because your religious propaganda pretends cursing is evil...
Yeah to me it feels like wasted potential. Finding someone you have belief in and wanting them to have the same belief in you because you struggle to believe in yourself. You want them to light the blue touch paper so you can let it all out but then you realise you barely register in their life.
It's the perfect song for all people who feel rejected in their lives, he captures all of the feellings that you can feel like that
Its a great song ❤
This song is about a girl at university who Thom liked but she never noticed him. Apparently years later she turned up to a Radiohead concert, Thom heard she was there and was so nervous he struggled to make it onstage. They never dated.
I love Radiohead, they are my all time favourite band, I suggest you watch their Glastonbury 2003 appearance. One of the greatest performances I've ever witnessed.. ❤️
Low key, I would have gone up there and sang it directly at her if I was him...
I heard he didn’t find out she was there until after the show and he almost had a panic attack
@@albertozenemij9490 Wise up, knobhead, you know f/all about the crack.
@@albertozenemij9490 No you wouldn't...
@@albertozenemij9490 If you were him, you would act as he did
Thank you for reacting to this one. I think this truly must be one of the very best music performances of all time.
Here’s another one of the very best music performances of all time th-cam.com/video/bm03wqLY3Nc/w-d-xo.html 🔥
Agreed Bjorn. Tom left his heart and soul on that stage right there. Astonishing emotions from him.
Agree 100%
Big ask, but it is great.
I had to check to make sure this is really you, Bjorn.
I’m jealous of you. I wish I could hear that song for the first time, and even live. Such a timeless song. It’s devastatingly beautiful.
This is the story behind it!
When asked about the song in 1993, Thom Yorke said, "I have a real problem being a man in the '90s… Any man with any sensitivity or conscience toward the opposite sex would have a problem. To actually assert yourself in a masculine way without looking like you're in a hard-rock band is a very difficult thing to do… It comes back to the music we write, which is not effeminate, but it's not brutal in its arrogance. It is one of the things I'm always trying: To assert a sexual persona and on the other hand trying desperately to negate it."
So it’s quite deep really, so there you go!
take it for it is..some times musicians say different shit in interviews, they didn't have anything to prove...nor do they divulge the intent of the meaning.." sometimes a song is just a song" any good musician will tell you that..married to one
@@betts_simone SOMETIMES. John Lennon's "Julia" was about his mother for example.
I think alot of guys relate to this song. The back story I can too.
Bands sometimes just make up stuff on the spot too..
OK, now in English? 😢
"I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul." Is in my top lyrics of all time. 😢
crazy deep bro
This is the first time I’ve seen one of your videos and I don’t think I could have picked a better one. I was touched by how emotionally intelligent you are and your interpretation of the song. I 100% agree :)
Aweee thats so sweet, thank you. hope you like the rest of my videos ❤
Yeah first for me too - not the last - I’ve seen a few others on this song ( making jokes about his tic - “his boobs”?! Omg 😱. ) But she gets it - completely ❤❤❤❤
I have not heard this live version before. So absolutely powerful and beautiful. And your reactions were perfect.
Good word, Powerful."
Your ability to empathize with the musicians performing their songs is what makes your music reactions so special... it takes more than musical knowledge to really "get" a song, and you have both the knowledge and the emotional IQ.
I really love how this song touches u to the core and how it gives us the goosebumps when he says "RUUUUUUUUNNNN" This guy is so awesome
That performance was like therapy for him,to vent his pain publicly in front of his fans,where he wouldn't be judged but supported! Great reaction!
If you enjoy great songwriting, musicianship and vulnerable honest engaged performance, you won't beat Radiohead. And they've only gotten better. If you want some tear jerkers, try "Fake Plastic Trees", "Pyramid Song", "Nude", "Daydreaming", "Codex"... but pretty much half their catalog should make any grown man cry. Radiohead's a full album type of band. If you enjoy their music, well worth indulging on your own. Every album since The Bends is a masterpiece.
Fake Plastic Trees is a goddamn HYMN
Also motion picture soundtrack and true love waits. Those are the 2 saddest songs I’ve ever heard in my entire life
@@jamesleodelacruz lol I avoided suggesting those because those are next level sad. They are typical Radiohead album closers which might be something you should hear after a full album to end it, much like Street Spirit or Videotape.
Like Spinning Plates (live version) and I Will are truly gut punching
@@DarkLordoftheMeme Interestingly enough, I Will is an older song than Like Spinning Plates (despite their releases), and Like Spinning Plates came out of Thom reversing an old more electronic version of I Will and being inspired by how the progression and melody sounded backwards. So a backwards version of I Will inspired Like Spinning Plates... which ended up being its own song with the studio version being recorded by having Thom listen to the reversed version of Like Spinning Plates, learning the reversed melody, singing the reversed melody which was then reversed it to put it back in the right order, but have it still have that reverse suction effect. My head hurts now.
The emotion and soul he puts into this performance reminds me of the Pearl Jam live performance of Black that you reacted to. So much emotion, they really feel it.
Broken hearts and unrequited love have created some of the world’s greatest art. Thom Yorke wrote this song while still at university, after falling for an ”it girl”, and the sentiment I suspect is something we’ve all felt at some point in our youth: While we’re still not entirely sure of who we are, or what we are truly worth, a rejection can build up to a catastrophe. The song dropped in the early 90s though, so I’m sure Thom has bounced back. ;)
This song always hits me hard...in the 90s, I was very depressed in high school, and Creep really expresses everything I felt as a teenager.
Loved everything you said about Thom's emotion in his voice. It was a song that meant a lot to him but not one that he felt represented the sound of the band, which was moving in another direction. Which was why this 90's performance was one of the last times they performed the song until I think, at Glastonbury in 2017. This is, as your face showed and your words described, a majestic performance from Thom, especially those held notes, and a very skilled piece of playing from the guitarist too.
Indeed, Jonny shredded his guitar out of tune, and fixes it mid song at 8:41... nobody even noticed.
It was definitely rare for them to play it but they did play it occaisonally. Saw it live at Summersonic in 2003. He actually changed a couple of the lyrics then as well. Amazing performance.
They played it again at Reading in 2009. And I think the Glastonbury was 2016, not '17.
Glad you enjoyed lassie. I had the privilege of seeing them live in 2007.
So many songs of theirs to recommend but one of my favourites is "How to Disappear Completely". Hauntingly mesmeric.
Enjoy and be well. Cheers from Scotland 🍻❤
This version in particular is amazing. Other worldly. His voice. That note is difficult to get to and remain
I’m so glad it moved you like it moves me…it’s their most commercial song but it’s drenched in pain and that’s what makes it so appealing. Everyone has felt the pain of being (or feeling) like an outside or imposter and that’s why this song connects with so many people. Oh and Thom’s performance is just the icing on the cake!
Thom Yorke is hands down one of my favorite vocalists in rock history. To think they hated this song and didn't play it live for a long time, but I think it hits almost everyone who hears it because almost all of us have felt the emotion in it at some point. Great reaction and glad you felt it. I'm so glad I've gotten to see them perform this live. As soon as the first notes ring out, the crowd just goes wild and then sings along through the whole song.
Thank you, glad to see you like the reaction ❤️
I had never watched this live performance of Creep before. It really was incredible! Your reaction was terrific, as well. Thank you!
Me too
You nailed it, good job. People like him are so hard to live with because of their talent. They tend to be multiple people all at once which makes them hard to live with, or even know who they really are at any given time.
Nailed it! This song is perfect and so is your reaction. You really connected with it the way so many others have over the past thirty years. That guy you see on the mic is Thom Yorke. Story goes that he had a major crush on a girl at university but couldn't approach her - just didn't feel worthy. He admired her from a distance for a while, following her around (creeping) but only summoned the courage to talk to her on one particular evening when he'd had a few drinks. Appatently he opened up a bit too much/early about his strength of feelings for the girl, she got weirded out and ran off, leaving him feeling emotionally a bit 'fragile'. I suppose writing this song was his way of coping with the pain ..... a pain most of us have had a taste of at some point. Most of us just don't possess the talent or the sheer guts to put it in an iconic song like this one though. Thanks again
as the story goes...well who really knows, musicians may not actually say what a song they wrote is about, sometimes they make up shit, true artists don't "explain" their creativity and personal events, for writing a song, some are just songs, not to read too much into them..even if Thom said that who knows if he's actually divulging the "true" story, even if there was one..if you know what i mean..musician here.
That first guitar drop defined an entire generation.
Excellent comments on the song. As a songwriter I am in awe when a performer can pour his deepest feelings into a song. This is the real thing. You understood the song completely.
If you want to follow up with more Radiohead tunes, try "Let Down" from OK Computer or any other of the tunes from that album.
No one can emulate with such precision a real emotion within vocals without really feeling it. This guy feels what he sings, and that's really touching to hear
7:55 "so beautiful and so sad at the same time". Radiohead's career in a nutshell :-)
And the reasons I am obsessed with this band.
Great reaction! I can't pretend I'm the biggest Radiohead fan, but the emotion Thom puts into his vocal performance elevates this song into something special.
if this does not get to you, then u are dead inside.................WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You really notice what he's feeling, I always cry with this one, so beautiful ♥
1st part of song.
-Start of depression episode . Insecurities , rejection , self-loathing / hate e.t.c
2nd part of song.
-Mental / pyscotic breakdown / episode , self harm e.t.c
3rd part of song.
-broken / defeated , hopelessness , in hosipital , jail or worse death ( suicide ).
That's my quick brief interpretation of this classic anyway.
Yorke says this is about being in love with someone, but not feeling good enough. He describes the feeling as, "There's the beautiful people and then there's the rest of us." When he was in college he wanted to be with a girl but thought of himself as never good enough therefore a creep
Yup apparently the girl the song is about actually showed up to the first show they played this song and she had no idea it was about her feel really bad for thom
@blacknoir606 I wish there was a way to show people like that the effect they have on people like us. And simultaneously I wish there was a way for people like us to recognize the effect we ourselves have on others who might feel this way about us even.
When I, a guy who never felt worthy of anyone I desired, who felt like i was always the creepy loser, when I realized that there were in fact others who desired me that I myself didn't even notice....
It's a mind fuck.
@@jldude84 I realize I've probably made somebody feel like him as there was this girl in the grade below me who in retrospect was giving me signs of interest, I bumped into her a few times since high school, she was very friendly with me (and I was oblivious at the time, probably due to my own insecurities) and I was completely oblivious. I often think about how that must have made her feel. There was at least one other girl, this one I talked to more regularly and she was in my grade, in both cases it was more my own insecurity than any lack of interest on my part, at the time I just interpreted their interactions with me as just friendliness and not interest. I could of course be misinterpreting things, but thinking about the body language etc. I don't think I am. I've always tried to treat people with respect and empathy, so it bothers me that I might have inadvertently hurt somebody.
How awesome is this song? It is one of a handful of sings that PRINCE would perform at his concert.
Nobody does Radiohead like Radiohead. I know that sounds silly. But really, people try to cover it, but they can’t.
Jesus Christ lady, you’re killing me with your reactions to this song. I’m smiling and crying. I LOVE how are feeling this song. Your reaction is genuine and heartwarming and how much you seem to care is just beautiful. When you said, “if you have ears or eyes” that’s exactly right!!! Like how can you not appreciate what you’re hearing or seeing! Thanks for another great video. I truly hope you are well over there and Germany and wish nothing but peace and love! Take care
He wrote this when he was in college about a girl at a party he went to! And yeah we have all been there! And later it became the song for his wife. She died before this performance and this was a huge release for him from her death!
His wife didn't die before this performance your talking nonsense 🙄 his wife passed few yrs bk this was over at least 25 yrs ago he sang this actual performance don't say things unless you truly know plz thankyou give the man and his wife respect
@@tracyhudson1674 Sorry I had read somewhere that she had dies just before this performance! And I was giving respect! He went through a lot and I know he hurt so much!
There is a reason why they don't play this song at concerts any more. It takes such an emotional toll on Thom, he just can't do it. And, I don't blame him for not wanting to do the song anymore. I also love when the audience says you are at the end when he sings "I wish I was special". You can tell that meant something to him.
"Creep" is one of those songs with an amazing original version and an equally amazing cover (PMJ - Haley Reinhardt). I really enjoyed your reaction to both versions. Another song that I would recommend is "Nothing Compares 2 U" ... original by Prince but with two amazing covers (Sinead O'Connor) and (Chris Cornell - SiriusXM). Would be a pretty neat to see a reaction to all three. :D
I actually like the Mimi & Josefin version as well. Dont know why, it just hits it for me .
Abolutely crucial song to listen to, the sinead o'conner one is truly emotional, haven't heard cris's version..going to check it out..he had been hurting inside for a long time
The amount of pain that men take and hiding and then for cowards to call you trash is unbelievable.
Another Radiohead song to watch live would be 'How to Complete Disappear'. This one is also sung with so much emotion.
One my favs
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He was so coked out of his mind during this era. Bless him.
'Empathy to feel' then Radiohead is the band for you.
Got it, thanks
Love your reaction to this. I have not seen this version of the song, but every ounce of pain is sung about showed in your face - you really felt it. Love you and your channel. Keep the reviews coming.
You're so compassionate,biss That's what I've noticed about you. That's real beauty❤😊
I know this is almost a year ago however I just wanted to say that this song is so POWERFUL, and just like the lady down below said it is TRULY an ANTHEM of the REJECTED & INVINSIBLE. Your reaction is so GENUINE
First time watching a video and 15 seconds in and I'm suscribing after hearing that beautiful accent of your
Your analysis is pretty spot on. One thing that some people do miss (although I don't know if you did or not) is what he is saying during that very emotional part. He says "She's running out the door, she's running out, she run, run, run, ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!.............ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!"
Someone he adores so much, her reaction to him is she can't get away fast enough, making him feel like a freak. Knowing that makes the pain in that part so much more understandable.
When you're a band member (me, a drummer) sometimes the frontman will introduce a new song that we rehearse to death.
You hear the lyrics and you genuinely start becoming concerned for them. Thing is, it fuels the way you play and your emotions effect the way you play.
It's like their energy and feelings fill your body and you're able to channel their emotions through your instrument.
What every member of linken park must have thought everytime they heard Chester perform "Given Up"
Yh, one of the reasons I wish I had musical talent because music imo, is the language of the soul. Where words fall short to express ones self, music is able to do so.
So I have this kind of positive jealousy I'm not able to express myself the way musicians do, nor do I have the balls to do so haha.
@@venezzrok871 I got lucky. I started with the guitar and was as average as you could be but the drums were my calling.
No lessons needed, I just had a knack (not to blow my own horn)
But when I'm sat a kit, I feel at home, which is why, when I'm not having a great session, I feel like I've been kicked out. But I come back and nail it
You are absolutely right; music is a potent ingredient to life. PLEASE, if you have the desire, persist with an instrument, it is a natural high!
I wish you well and I hope you find your calling in music. It's there somewhere, buddy.
@@ajaxlewis7664 Thanks! I actually got motivated to try an instrument after your comment haha! I'm already searching on the internet on how to start playing an electric guitar :)
@@venezzrok871 I wish you all the best, dude. Don't be disheartened if your progress is slow.
I remember being frustrated at first, but if you dedicate enough time, something will click.
You've made my day with that comment 😊 I hope you're killing it soon! All the best 🤘
I was 15 years old when I first heard this song and 30 years on, it’s still one of my favourite songs and I sink a few beers reminiscing about those years….
Another tear rolling performance. Timeless.
Right?❤️
@@BisscuteReacts you should check out some early Nick Cave...if you like this have a look at Boys next door - Shivers
Thom was in college, he liked this girl but was afraid to approarch her. Finally one night he got drunk enough to work up the courage to talk to her. She didn't respond. Later Creep put on a concert. He heard she was in the audience, he had a panic attack. I bet today she's sorry how she treated him back then though.
Story has it that this is about a woman he thought was out of his league
Beauty should never break your hart , its not the beauty its the empathy , i want to heal others mentality
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Sung with emotion, passion and feeling. He certainly knows how to put it across. Good reaction by the way !
Just saw the short and you’re reaction
Had too see the full version
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I’m glad you gave a thoughtful reaction to Creep. It’s pretty well known that Thom dislikes the song and they rarely play it LIVE. You’re right, when he’s singing, there is no one else there but him… it’s very personal to him. Radiohead is probably the most underrated bands going, right now. There discography, including solo and experiment CD’s and singles is mind boggling. Once you take that step and slip into that rabbit hole… there’s no gettin’ out. I’ve been following them since the late eighties and I can honestly say that they are the only band that actually gets better with each album. Do everyone a favor, react to “LET DOWN,” the LIVE version. Geniuses…..
U should listen to the studio version(official video) for this song.. It will hit u differently for sure.. He gave 100% on this live performance tho..❤
This woman rolled her r's right into my heart, goodness gracious. It's amazing to me that she did this to one of my favorite songs that resonates with me the most, in the worst (best) of ways ;D
This live version of creep, with or without U2 live in Boston, Heaven by Bryan Adams live at Slane Castle will always be top 3 performances ever for me.
Thom's longtime girlfriend/wife died of breast cancer some years ago. But she was a very intelligent scientist. So he actually did pretty well finding the woman that was meant for him in the long run.
If you can, check out Damien Rice singing "The Blower's Daughter" (an amazing song in its original recorded version) live, when he segues into "Creep". Two hauntingly beautiful and painful songs back to back. Incredible.
Elephant by Damien Rice would be a good one too.
@@Nellywetlegs Aka The Blower's Daughter Part 2!
@@ToniMcGinty aaah !....Didn't know that.
@@Nellywetlegs It was written as that, and then changed to "Elephant". But, if you follow the lyrics, it's clearly a sequel, in which he realises he has to change his behaviour from the first song.
My all time favourite recording of Damien Rice is the one of The Blowers Daughter/Creep live in Firenze 2004 with the full band, the dynamic shift is incredible with drums and guitar. That whole live show is incredible though, some real deep cuts.
This is a song 99% of the men on Earth can relate to. We secretly detest the other 1%. I wish I was special. I'm 64 now, however, and I'm still here.
This is the story behind this song, as posted by this young lady:
Sofia
1 year ago (edited)
He wrote this song about a crush (I mean he was completely in love) he had in college, she was the most beautiful girl and he felt he was too ugly for her, like out of her league, so one day he got a little bit tipsy to have confidence and confess but she got scared of him and run.
Later when this song got popular and they did a concert for mtv or something, that girl went and he got so emotional and kinda cried, his vocal wasn't the best in that concert but for a lot of people that was the best performance because of the emotions he transmitted
I see, thanks ❤
I’ve just listened to this in bed it’s 12-30am and I have tears streaming down my face. The utter raw anguish and emotion rips my heart right out. This is rock opera at its very finest. Just incredible ❤❤❤
Jodidamente increíble más en vivo y tiene sus años está rola pero se siente como la primera vez escuchada
Your reaction itself made me 😢. You got it. You got him. I’ve also wondered - what /who hurt him so much. Heartfelt - deep - from the soul song…❤
Great song, great reaction. Thom said about this song, "It allowed us to buy a bigger tour bus". 😅
Thank you❤️. Well he might hate the song but we do love it ❤️
Sweetheart.. Every single teenage boy has felt his emotions when we are rejected by our crushes.. That is the pure reason why it is such a huge hit, it is an anthem for men who has been rejected. We all know these feelings so so deep!
To me it's the grunge sound of the band that makes people feel, along, of course, with his voice, but if either one of those elements were missing, it wouldn't be the same.
Which is why I prefer the Haley Reinhart version much more. Because Haley can illicit the same effect more or less with her own voice alone. He needs the background music and all Haley needs, is her voice to accomplish he same effect.
Thom overwhelms this performance, but if you listen, Jonny is killing it too, so aggro and all over the place. This is truly one of my favorite performances of my all-time #1 song. the variations they've done through the years just reminds me what masters they were to put this out on their first album, crazy.
I know this is a year or more old. The dancing is Pogo (like the stick). Came into common place with the Sex Pistols and other punk bands in the 70s and 80s. In the 90s it kinda gained its own thing as an alternative to moshing. I totally agree Thom is in his own bubble and the crowd is vibing/pogoing to the music.
Lastima que la versión en vivo en glastonbury del 2017 fue eliminada porque para mí era la mejor versión en vivo de está canción
Rejection feom someone who you have feelings for hurts so much and leaves a scar on the soul. Being hurt emotionally leaves you empty and destroyed and questioning yourself but you never find answers just more questions. Beautiful song❤
You should do the Karma Police song of them.
Hi Bisscute, this is why I follow you. You are very observant and always dead on for such a young lady.
In order to understand the song on a deeper level, you have to remember some people don't ever feel that they belong, not just to a certain group of friends, but to the human race.
She said "Emotion Explosion"😂😂😂 thats so great!
'Who hurt him'?
Society since the 80s was gradually being taught more and more men are born wrong, corrupt and evil. Guilty until proven innocent, never good enough unless you're renounce your own biological imprint.
There's been no celebration of traditional family values in media since then, rather a gradually increasing condemnation of it. Fathers in media have been every more portrayed as the incompetent, if not down right malicious fathers.
You can see how far it's come.
This song resonates with men growing up in a society that ever increasingly disenfranchises, alienates and ostracize them.
Wow! Well put… nailed it right on the head.
@@manny3655 Yep, 40 year and counting. Well over a generation of men written out of society before they were even in it.
There is a new religion out there that is soulless and manmade, the newly converted are always the most zealous, you're comment is not so much what anyone could conclude rationally without targeted nefarious guidance, more an indication of what has been done to you.
I hope Thom Yorke never reads your monstrosity of a comment, for fear that his propensity to blow his own head off would grow exponentially.
I AM FRENCH OK ,,, SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH . NOW THIS PERFOMER TOUCH ALL PEOPLE BECAUSE HiS FACE WANT TOO HELP IF I CAN SPEAK , AND WHEN HE SING THE NOTE IN THE FINAL OF THIS SONG , IT'S INCROYABLE CAUSE IT'S LONG AND IT'S PERFECT ; FOR FINISH , IT' S SIMPLE, YOU TAKE THIS IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR MIND , SAD VIOLENT AND SO BEAUTIFULL EMOTION WHO THE SINGER GIVE TOO YOU AND ME OFF COURSE. BISSCUTE I LOVE YOUR REACTION BECAUSE YOU IN THE REAL WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HIM. I LOVE THIS , DON'T CHANGE. kisses from france.
Not taking anything away from this performance but you should've watched the official video - th-cam.com/video/XFkzRNyygfk/w-d-xo.html
Sorry to be so late to this party .Thank you for your reaction, i have watched this many times and your reaction is by far the best. You totally get it ,it broke your heart to see his broken heart. It was great to see your empathy and care . Keep doing what your doing
Love how you are open minded. Thank you sweetheart.
I remember the first time I heard this song for the first time on the radio when it was new. He was speaking for me, and to me. “You’re not alone.”
I love your response to this. Your empathy is truly special.
The performance was pure magic, but what made me cry was your reaction and empathy to the singer.
this is a story as old as time and has been sung with different lyrics. In 1955 there was You Don't Know Me by Ray Charles. 1993 Creep by Radio Head. 2018 Peach Scone by Hobo Johnson. They all came from different generations but they all still sing to my broken heart.
This song is an adolescent anthem. Jonny Greenwood, the guitarist was the mean composer and was written as Yorke and Greenwood were students at the University of Exeter. There's no known story around the composition but I know Thom Yorke got tired of sing it live because its great popularity. He felt that Creep was displacing other songs that he liked better.
What a fantastic reaction. You have such a great ear and so much empathy. Totally in tune with the artist and also so articulate in a second language as you describe your reaction.
This song was written by Tom Yorke (lead singer) while in university about a girl he liked. His lack of confidence and vulnerability is expressed as his self conscious telling him he is a creep and a weirdo as it is what he thinks she will see. I love the long note he holds on "ruuuunnnn" it reminds me of the howl of a trapped animal. Great song, great band.
I watch this a lot. Nice to have another empath to watch this with…so powerful a song.
Thanks, glad you liked this reaction ❤️
Thank you for a great reaction to an amazing song by an amazing singer, you understood his pain straight away , had a troubled life at times in his life, consummate entertainer.
You are most welcome, glad to see you enjoy it ❤️❤️
"it doesn't matter at this point."... My favorite comment ever about Thom's emotion taking over the technical aspects of a song.
Oh? ❤
That was an exceptional reaction video with empathy. You're a good woman who appreciates quality music. "Big clap"
This is one of your best reactions, because it is so sincere. Love you from Argentina.
Your genuine expressions of sympathy and empathy were touching. I am guessing you would make a wonderful and caring friend. Great reaction!
what a powerful, beautiful, and incredibly intimate performance by the band...considering they're playing in front of a few thousand people, that's not easy to do...great track!
Considering English is not your first language you have an amazing depth of expression with it. A great reaction. I heard the song with new ears after listening to your interpretation of it. Nice job!