Radiohead's most complex song
376,181
Published 2023-03-20
Radiohead are no strangers to odd time signatures, modes and unusual song structure, but there is one song in their back catalogue that pushed the bands musicality to the limit, Sail To The Moon š
In this video I had to use @JoeEdelmann3 cover version of Sail To The Moon to avoid a copyright strike. Check out his fantastic Radiohead covers: Ā Ā Ā ā¢Ā RadioheadĀ -Ā SailĀ toĀ theĀ MoonĀ (CoverĀ b...Ā Ā
My re-uploaded Chromatic Mediant video: Ā Ā Ā ā¢Ā SongsĀ thatĀ useĀ ChromaticĀ MediantĀ chordsĀ Ā
SOURCES:
Background on 'Sail To The Moon': citizeninsane.eu/music/httt/sailtothemoon.html
Interview with Thom Yorke (2003): Ā Ā Ā ā¢Ā (2003/04/xx)Ā HailĀ toĀ theĀ ThiefĀ interv...Ā Ā
And, an extra special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channelās Patreon saints! š
SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/davidbennettpiano
All Comments (21)
-
Thanks to Tape Runs Out for sponsoring this video! Check out their music: www.taperunsout.co.uk/pages/Floodhead/ š
-
Hail to the Thief is definitely the dark horse of their discography. Itās surrounded by more well-known albums and often gets overlooked for it.
-
As soon as I saw the title, I knew it was definitely going to be Sail to the Moon. It's such a beautiful song, and one of their best in my opinion
-
Really appreciate the kind words David! Your channel is a fantastic resource and I love this video (and the song āŗļø).
-
Iām not surprised itās from Hail to the Thief. The album is a masterpiece.
-
That wasn't the original recording?? That is absurdly accurate
-
I never anything weird about this song and used to listen to it all the time back when the album was new. Itās funny that this can sound so ānormalā but have the sheet music look so strange, while Pyramid Song sounds so weird but ends up just being in 4/4.
-
ice age coming ice age coming
-
I didnāt expect that this song was that complex. Iām intrigued.
-
I can't believe that was a cover of the song. Massive respect to the band who did it. I'm a massive fan of Radiohead and I love this song and the album as a whole and I didn't even realise it was a cover until you said at the end. Really impressive
-
The way this song ends is one of my favorite musical moments, just in general
-
I have no idea, as a musician for almost 40 years, how you can be this creative and still come up with an almost perfect sounding song. It's insane to me.
-
I've played this and many other Radiohead songs dozens of times on acoustic guitar, and I have to admit that I never consciously think about time signatures, I just play the song exactly as it sounds. Discovering how complex it is is actually very eye-opening!
-
This song is an absolute pleasure, from Thom's slightly diffuse vocals, to the crisp guitar from Jonny, to that mournful, almost funereal piano throughout.
-
that guy made such a accurate cover that it involved jonny greenwood himself
-
This was strangely one of the first Radiohead songs that made me fall in love with them. I was on a bus trip through Costa Rica with headphones on and the song plus the scenery drifting by was almost an out of body experience.
-
I always heard this as a beautiful piano ballad. I had no idea it was this complex. Truly a testament to Radioheads musicianship.
-
It's such a breath of fresh air to see someone cover a song from Hail to the Thief. It's always OK Computer, Kid A, In Rainbows. HTTT is my favorite of their albums and this is probably my favorite song of theirs. So thanks for covering it
-
I listened to Sail To The Moon for the first time in a while last night, re-affirming how much of a haunting yet blissful song it isā¦life truly is a simulationā¦
-
this is the first time iāve seen a band sponsor a youtube video, thatās pretty cool.
