Old Composer REACTS to Radiohead How to Disappear Completely - Reaction & Breakdown

you could literally pick any Radiohead song at random and there is a 80% chance it's absolutely incredible. The rest are still good.

Thom has said, without hesitation, that this is the best Radiohead song they ever did. I mean, I can't argue with that.

Background: This song was written during a period of intense touring. The band was getting exhausted and unhappy because they would go to some interesting place they'd never been before, but have no time to experience it before moving on. This finally got to Thom Yorke when they were in Germany and he was in a dark mood, so he called a friend - Michael Stipe from REM - who advised him to lock himself in his hotel room, close the blinds, and chant a mantra of "I am not here, this is not happening." This was also during a time when the band was taking their song titles from oddball books they found for sale, and the one called How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found seemed to fit the song.

I remember buying this album the day it came out, opening the cd and putting it in my car stereo, rolled a joint in the parking lot, lit it and hit the back roads. My intentions were to listen to whole album all the way through. When it got to this song, I found myself crying almost uncontrollably. I pulled off the road, ironically, into an old country cemetery and played this song over and over for an hour. It is still to this day my favorite Radiohead song.

Your next Radiohead song has to be Weird Fishes. It's one of their more most beautiful and interesting works.

“Everything in it’s Right Place” and “Pyramid Song”.

Radiohead is simultaneously one the softest and hardest musical acts I have ever listened to.

Radiohead got me through one of the toughest times in my life - being a lonely teenager. Without Radiohead, I probably wouldn't be here.

That’s it. Radiohead’s “How To Disappear Completely” with Geebz analyzing the living shit out of it while casually reaching out for a mouthful of pub mix. The internet doesn’t comprehend the greatness of this video. What a moment to be alive. I just basically need Geebz to be my best friend.

Its hard to pick "must hear" songs by radiohead because they have so many. I feel like they should be a band that you really dive into like you have tool. "Everything in its right place" "pyramid song" "15 step" "my iron lung" the list really goes on and on

This song is probably the best musical description of mental breakdown in music history. It's meant to be unsettlng, schizophrenic, disassociated, drifting and 'wrong' as well as beautiful.

That dissonance is left there for a reason: it’s supposed to make you feel uncomfortable, the chaos that ensues by the end of the song hides that note and by then everything resolves. The phrase “I’m not here, this isn’t happening “ we’re words given to Thom as advice to deal with some anxiety he had.

some radiohead suggestions: 'everything in its right place' and 'paranoid android'

This song is seriously something else. For me personally, it’s one of the most emotion evoking and moving pieces of music. I almost can’t even listen to it on days when I’m feeling bad but I know it’s almost a catharsis and if I sit through it and let it take over me I will come out better after.

Back in 2001 I was newly married, and my family was all together for Christmas. My 5 year old cousin and my 75 year old grandmother were both sitting in the living room and I played this song. When it was over I saw my grandmother had put her crossword down on her lap and had her eyes closed, smiling. My cousin was now lying on the couch. She looked up at me and said "That's my favorite song." Radiohead, man.

The "trick outro" in this songs is one of my favorite, most goosebump-inducing music moments of all time.

I saw an interview with Thom Yorke where they asked if he could be remembered for one song what would it be. He answered 'how to disappear' before the interviewer could even finish the question. Interesting story behind it worth looking into. Such a great song! Thanks for another entertaining trip, enjoy your break friend

Do "Exit Music" next. That song always brings tears to my eyes.

This song literally saved my life during a prolonged severe depressive episode in my early twenties. It was beautiful watching someone else hear it for the first time and discover it for the subtle emotional masterpiece it is.

The drone that was playing throughout the song is an experimental electric instrument called an Ondes Martenot. It was made in the 1920s and only 1 classical piece features this instrument. It is a keyboard and the player wears a ring attached to a wire that changes the note similar to a theremin.