this ones optimistic. this one went to market.

@elspookyboi3874

11 ай бұрын

This one just came out of the swamp

@stereocranium

11 ай бұрын

This one drops a payload Fodder for the animals Living on animal farm

@JulianSanchez-fk7ly

11 ай бұрын

You can try the best you can...

@KillaB777

11 ай бұрын

​@@critiqueeverything3297You can try the best you can, you can try the best you can

@monkeylaser

11 ай бұрын

@@critiqueeverything3297 dam dam daram daram dam dam dam (guitar riff)

Love how he phrased this. Like listening to sad music is embracing the truth of reality and not living in denial. But that doesn't mean life is sad, it just means that there are terrible truths about life that we can acknowledge yet still live anyway. Thom and gang's music comforts us, there, there, despite everything, true love waits. And that's optimistic.

@harperfultz7627

11 ай бұрын

I see what you did there

@supaidoruno4040

11 ай бұрын

True. One of the important things I've learned from this band is that while on the surface it focuses on melancholy or something depressing, it actually helps us face things in life easier. The more that we are aware of how deep sadness or pessimism can get, the more we can face it and confront our feelings.

@user-jf1ib2ml8c

11 ай бұрын

Your comment is what makes me feel optimistic😊

@francoistouchette4954

11 ай бұрын

What you guys are talking about is the turning point in the life of most of the truest artists... I think it comes to you in time by a lot of pain/sadness endured here on Earth with the other humans and their obscure system everyday. I just say that because I'm going through it at this very moment and it really feels like some kind of deeper understanding of oneself by considering himself as much important and equal as his exterior world ...that are perceived by his senses and which are making one and only! At a certain turning point in his life... I never thought this would happen to me and I just turned 40!! And now I realize that this same message has always been expresssd in about 95% of the music bands I had been listening too since ever... The lyrics of the poetry are the same, but their meaning is way clearer. According me, this proves that notes can talk to you without words and that all arts should be cherished forever as they are probably humankind's salvation no matter whats coming in the future... Light/Dark/Mask/ Mirror

@francoistouchette4954

11 ай бұрын

@@supaidoruno4040 Personally, I think the main problem for the human race now is that the way to reach a better state of existence would be in giving instead of taking... And capitalism makes you take by using money. If you really consider it, why would you need to buy anything with money ...if you never gave away anything at the beginning??? 😶

Radiohead are melancholic and procure a beautiful perspective to the tragedy of life. They transmute pain into beauty.

@kingshawukee

6 ай бұрын

👍

@janisg7409

5 ай бұрын

Nicely said

@Shade_Tree_Mechanic

3 ай бұрын

Very eloquently stated.

@GreyMan45762

Ай бұрын

Life is not a freakin tragedy guy. You can choose to stay that way though.

@nnahler

24 күн бұрын

@@GreyMan45762I don’t believe OP was labeling all life as tragic but rather recognizing that life is filled with tragedy along with many other wonderful and terrible things!

I don't know if I would be here without Radiohead, they have got me through some seriously tough times over the years.

@MarsMcCarthy

9 ай бұрын

Me too.

@inafridge8573

9 ай бұрын

Same here.

@SolaceWhore

9 ай бұрын

Give yourself some damn credit. If it wasn’t Radiohead you would’ve found another way to cope. Melodramatic. You would’ve made it through regardless because you’re more than likely stronger than you realize.

@Mariagracewhoplaysthebass

6 ай бұрын

I've said that many times before. Their music got me through years and YEARS of tough stuff.

@dannye7612

4 ай бұрын

They may have helped but don't sell yourself short. You kept yourself here.

Wow,I've never thought of Radiohead as "sad"...just self-aware. I'm really amazed this is the general opinion...it proves what he said.

@wonderwalledit

9 ай бұрын

Same

@RC-hv1yx

9 ай бұрын

I mean, they’re my favorite band, but this is surprising to you guys? Their top hits are Creep, Exit Music, No Surprises, & Karma Police. That’s at least how the general public knows them, by those songs.

@wolfzmusic9706

9 ай бұрын

Imo loads of their songs are sad

@n.ringheim7720

8 ай бұрын

Not sad but melancholic

Music from Radiohead and Tom Yorke, They have help me to get out of my 25 years depression and to repairs myself and get forward. Thank you for all Tom

@shekeib

10 ай бұрын

radiohead only kept me depressed for 20 years, rip bro

“Never trust a happy song” - Grouplove

@GreyMan45762

Ай бұрын

laughs in KGLW. there is way more to life than feeling sorry for yourself.

“The moment people stop listening to sad music, they don’t want to know anymore” ❤ Wow! Never thought of it that way. If we can no longer connect with the empathy within us, then we are indeed in trouble.

"The moment people stop listening to sad music, they don't want to know anymore" I'm gonna tattoo that

@russkiy6ot

9 ай бұрын

Please don’t

@Edward-yq5oj

9 ай бұрын

Please don’t. Just stop being a woke liberal

@tyrone-dh6iy

9 ай бұрын

she is well documented conservative@@Edward-yq5oj

@Ixe2077

9 ай бұрын

​@@Edward-yq5ojPointlessly political

@Edward-yq5oj

9 ай бұрын

@@Ixe2077 Go take the knee for George Pink Floyd

OMG! He is exactly right. This is why sad music is so beautiful. Where is the beauty without the tragedy? (William Shakespeare agrees).

@intellectually_lazy

9 ай бұрын

i wish i could thumbs up your cute face

That is absolutely right. The saddest music, the most meaningful keeps us listening. Street Spirit being on my list of the greatest of all time.

I agree with Thom... Radiohead is one the most incredible bands in the world I ever knew! And God I wish that ...when I AM sad, Radiohead's music will always be there and available for me to listen to!! And so I really wanted to say "THANK YOU!!!!!" for what Thom and his bandmates have been giving us through all the years!! ✌️❤

So true…. I feel the same… scary when people aren’t capable of feeling their emotions

@GreyMan45762

Ай бұрын

thats all this band does lmao

Thom, so simplistic yet so profound ❤❤❤

Radiohead is badass.

@user-og7fg2lo3k

8 ай бұрын

why？

@user-og7fg2lo3k

8 ай бұрын

please tell me

@syrup-

3 ай бұрын

@@user-og7fg2lo3k'cause their music is badass. they themselves are badass. everything they draw inspiration from is badass.

Thom Yorke is an absolute legendary artist of all different times..,. He would have been good 2000 years ago and his music will be good still 2000 years from now

@nothabad

2 ай бұрын

100%

Radiohead has never made me feel sad. It’s like they create a sad feeling that makes you feel at peace and calm. There are other bands that make sad music with the purpose of making you feel the sadness, and this optimism in RH is why they’re one of my favorites ever in any gente

Apart from Thom’s insight, I dig the interviewers point as well: “Don’t think the fight doesn’t lead to optimism or a brighter future”. There’s value in trying than not trying at all.

gotta love this man, one of the few famous people who address directly negative emotions and emotional problems

I love Thom, one of my biggest heroes

Radiohead is one of my favorite bands!!!

@underated17

6 ай бұрын

Thom Yorke is so gorgeous especially in Fake Plastic Trees which is my favourite song and music videos!

That's true. The only time I ever start looking at Radiohead as "sad" is when I'm emotionally exhausted and don't want to "know" anymore.

@John.Christopher

4 ай бұрын

Exactly

People ask me a lot why I like so many “sad” songs, and until I’d gotten asked a few times I hadn’t ever thought of the songs I like as “sad”, they’re just beautiful songs. They’re the most cathartic songs to sing. I don’t listen to “Yesterday” when I want to cry, I listen to that song when I’m at peace and I want to sing along to something, when I feel open to falling into those deep, simple emotions. There’s such raw passion in sad music, I hear someone singing honestly and passionately. “Sad” doesn’t cross my mind, it’s just real

Sad or rather melancholic music always helps me crawl out of the pit of despair into having joy again.

Poetic it works as a quote in whole. He is a great artist.

Team Radiohead are geniuses ❤

Yeah I always defend them because their music actually uplifts me. The soundscapes, minor modes, expressive, emotional singing. It makes you FEEL something. It’s the same with sad movies. They’re so loved because they make us feel SOMETHING in this apathetic, numb world.

@AzinCT

8 күн бұрын

And major modes too

Always found their music uplifting actually ❤

They gave me immense succour. They still can. In the ninetees, they were as,or more important to me,than everyone and everything else. Literally. Profoundly important to me.

The moment you stop listening to sad music is the moment you stop embracing your own humanity

Tom Yorke makes art out of music if you know about arts you can appreciate the the master pieces he can make!

I’m ALWAYS inspired by Radiohead

@dreznoryorkekeenanbuckley2226

6 ай бұрын

Me too❤

Ive noticed that fully allowing myself to feel the sadness and less comfortable feelings gives me more of an appreciation for the happiness and most beautiful things in life. I love music that acknowledges the sadness, pain, anxiety, and frustration in everyday life because it reminds me that I'm not alone and its okay to feel these things... its okay to not be okay sometimes.

I use Radiohead when working out. I find it's good for reflection, and moving onward from my sadness or bad situations. It's the light at the break of dawn that's really in their music, but you have to endure the darkness to appreciate it. Everything is just a moment or momentary emotion, healthy people move on.

Thom deserves all the hugs :3

Thom gives great eye contact as a live performer and is inspirational to his fans through his passion and joy alone

Radiohead is bliss

Thom as usual on point abd sharp.

Radiohead was always about being real with your emotions. About facing how you feel and not pretending. It was always that for me. It's okay to be sad and not pretend all the time.

Radiohead is about there being something more to life than just suffering and struggling

The beauty with many of their songs is they take you to a low point before building and rising with this hopeful energy

Fake plastic trees is accutualy suprsingly optimistic Edit: I never said Fake plastic trees wasn't sad, I said it had optimisim. In it's lyrics it talks about "being the real thing" saying either there are a lot of fake people and she is a real pesron on she is just another fake person. It is very similar to creep(forgive me rh fans) but is shows different points. Creep is about a guy wanting a girl but he knows he isn't good enough for her. Fake plastic trees on the other hand, is about why she is worth it, why he is not just some simp. Also Fake plastic trees is sad and melancholy while street spirit is literaly about all this pressure building up on someone making them want to "fade out". I im trying to do is reprove the point that Thom made about how it can be sad but with a reason. Not a pointless whining. Edit: please don't argue with me, you can have your own interpretation to the songs as long as we agree that fake plastic trees is a great song

@unacuentadeyoutube13

10 ай бұрын

why? I just got into The Bends and that one seemed one of the most pessimistic of the album

@Mcperson823

10 ай бұрын

@@unacuentadeyoutube13 street spirit? Besides fake plastic trees compared to other songs is a breath of fresh air

@user-yj7cu5sk2w

10 ай бұрын

⁠@@Mcperson823i wouldn’t consider street spirit to be a pessimistic song any more than fake plastic trees is. fake plastic trees is imo actually a bit more bleak than street spirit, and street spirit is a PRIME example of radiohead songs that seem pessimistic and quite needlessly dreary when in actuality they’re kinda like snapshots of overarching humanity. overflowing with misery and hopelessness, but also twice that amount in love. fake plastic trees feels more like a traditionally pessimistic “creep” type of song in that it’s a picture of a life that sees no good in itself. a song that almost pities, or regrets the love it’s been written in. really, it’s actually quite a similar song to street spirit, now that i’m thinking about it. the two songs almost feel like cousins.

@Mcperson823

10 ай бұрын

​​@@user-yj7cu5sk2wI made an edit just for you

@inafridge8573

9 ай бұрын

Out of all Radiohead songs I DO feel that Fake Plastic Trees is one of their most depressing... but obviously the hope comes from the recognition that this isn't the real thing, that it's not real life and not real love. When you realize you're not going the right way, you can finally turn around.

I love Thom Yorke so much

I could not love Radiohead more than I do. Have ruined me for most other music. Everything they do is a masterpiece.

I listen to sad music to think and be on my personal zone

Love you Thom. You and your crew have been joining people through difficult times, giving them a bright spot in a world full of darkness.❤

Ваша музыка меня слезами очищает от дерьма и я снова готова жить❤

The optimism of a brighter future and finding a better path usually only comes with a clear understanding of how lost we are in the first place.

Street spirit suits my soul so well💚

@CharlotteRothmeier

10 ай бұрын

and the part at 3.34 in paranoid android is pure bliss to hear...ahhhh aahhh ahhhh ahhhh ahhh...love that part

Music is a way to transmit feelings and emotions in a poetic way that isn’t able to be done through any other medium, and Radiohead just feels real and visceral and raw and that’s why I love them and so many people do

Dude, you couldn’t meet a more optimistic man. He knows exactly what’s going on.

I find radiohead helps me confront complex or obscure emotions within me, which is something i do to move past them or just know them better. I dont see it as sad, it's just challenging. If you're not willing to look at your feelings properly then i think that leads to a less rich life expirience.

i guess, the moment someone stops listening to sad music, is the saddest moment off all. because they are tired of knowing.

i listen to sad music to be happy, thanks Radiohead

I fkn luv Radiohead I am sad music forever

Radiohead is my silver linings playbook

i only started listening to radio head this year. i mean yeah, i knew creep, but i had no idea. i got hail to the theif and ok computer at the starvation army when i was taking a break from having a cell phone, and all i could do was wonder why i spent so much of my life not listening to radio head, so fn amazing!

To be optimistic starts knowing where we are. Which kind of world we're living in. That's what these boys has showed us. Thanks god.❤❤❤

I've never felt any songs sad, I always feel nostalgic and beautiful. It never makes me feel depressed, it makes me feel reassured and warm and happy.

Thoms super deep

climbing up the walls. amazing song honestly

For alot of people I feel sad music can enlighten the mood when your sad but when you're happy it's not the mood anymore doesn't mean it's bad now, it could be your exit but If you're a overthinker sad songs may re enter you into a sad mood when your fine it just depends on the person.

melancholy, the beauty of heartache, immeasurably deep, makes this love so clear ... i cried for her river, it lead to the sea

Society is sad. Music is therapy. Through hard times, my choice of music is mostly grindcore and jazz 🫠

I stopped listening to sad music when my only child died at the age of twenty-four. I don't want to know anymore.

@johnnycochicken

10 ай бұрын

how are you?

@michaelgood4939

8 ай бұрын

I'm glad you are here to post this. You are strong.

Radiohead for life❤

Radiohead songs are deeply optimistic. Yes there are songs like Creep and Paranoid Android. But there's also True Love Waits and Reckoner and How To Disappear Completely. Their songs are more hopeful than sad. They are right around that point when bad things are in the past and good feelings are in the horizon.

Radiohead, Modest Mouse, and The National were the first three bands to pop in my mind with his description of RH’s sound. the melancholy overtones give me sense of coming to grips with the thought that the inevitable IS coming for everyone eventually and there is no stopping it. which you could take as sad and depressing, which, it is a bitter pill to swallow, sure, but like the interviewer says that below the “sad” emotions it pulls out of us their is optimistic messages. it helps bear the day to day tasks we must do on this rock to just accept just how ‘real’ reality is.

I was taking notice of Optimistic from Kid A and now on the same twenty minute bus trip I see this (I did search a Thom Yorke thing to get here) and thought "a little bit of Radiohead's music is literally Opti, Thom... Thom tell him about... ah he can't hear me he's in a KZread Short".

Radiohead siempre será mi banda favorita, sin embargo ya no los escucho con tanta frecuencia. Volver a sus canciones cada cierto tiempo es como volver a enamorarse, aunque suene exagerado.

The best you can is good enough!!

Pablo honey was one of the best albums of the 90s and 2000s.

that description of radiohead’s music resonates with me heavily and i haven’t been able to come up with the words to properly articulate to someone how much the entire aesthetic of their sound just speaks to my soul on a spiritual level.

He s the best ❤

You can try the best you can, you can try the best you can; the best you can is good enough.

Radiohead thrives On Emotion the way that Nirvana utilized loud quiet loud. Every Radiohead progression contains some sort of conflicting minor chord, funny usually leads to a satisfying resolution

melancholy music makes me happy

Let down is optimistic

Radiohead was a huge influence in my music and younger days.

One of my all time favorite bands, hands down.

When someone says "Radiohead is just depressing, that's why I don't like them", it tells me two things: first of all that they probably have a very one dimensional taste in music, and secondly that they probably aren't very interesting to talk to.

A great in the game of music.

we've been blessed w A PIANO SESH its perfect for eding my night ty for the peaceful vibes

He is a great musician.The band is fabulous.

WE WANT YOU IN CONCERT !! Dear Radiohead !!! I don’t want to die without listen to you !!

Sud music makes me happy! That's why I am listing Radiohead !

they are the music Fredrick Neitszche would listen to and recommend.

That's why i love Steven Wilson. ❤

Radiohead communicated with people. You can see it in the reactions of the audiences. Radiohead helps music do what it's designed to do.

Toms the Greatest

It's so weird that ever since discovering Pablo Honey I have not ever thought their music to be sad. Creep made me smile from the start. Old songs like Fake Plastic Trees fill me with peace. I get a feeling that I don't have to be anything else than just who I am. When Bends came out, I was in the military at 20 years old. I also was a metalhead. I hated every single day there, it's mandatory where I live. I tried to listen to metal songs, which had always made me feel brighter and better, but they lost their power during my service and it was really depressing. I also got dumped while I was there. Then I saw the High & Dry music video one day on the mess hall - it was like the sun would have illuminated my heart. That was really ironic considering what the song is all about. After I got out, it was Radiohead and Suede for me and life could not have been sweeter.

To me, Thom’s music doesn’t contain a lot of optimism. As a whole it contains a lot of realism, confessions, and searching. ❤

He is my favorite of all time; I’m the happiest human I know and SAD MUSIC keeps me grounded; so hard to explain! I JUST ADORE HIMMMM

I love Radiohead and im a VERY optimistic person 🎉

Like Gustavo Cerati said "ponés canciones tristes para sentirte mejor"

One of the best live performances for this song man

This made my day. Radiohead makes music for cinematic moments of life.

Beautifully put ,Thom! You too apple music guy!

One of my favorite songs by Radiohead gives an optimistic feeling… the lyrics describe it but the way it’s composed makes it sound almost like a dream… the constant questioning of himself in this particular song makes it sound like it’s not realized and it’s all just a beautiful idea… I think it’s almost as if it’s the second part to Creep. This song I’m talking about makes me cry and feel sad. I love Radiohead

@omiddoesnotomit9320

6 ай бұрын

Was this generated by AI?

I feel the same way about my music