Radiohead’s new song: Super Collider
As reported in our live updates last night, Thom Yorke played a new song in Radiohead’s second encore of their show in Dublin.
At Malahide Castle, Thom played the piano in a song that hasn’t been played before. It’s unsure if this is the new song the band have been working on in previous soundchecks. A video of the performance has turned up. And for now the song is titled ‘Super Collider’ until we hear otherwise. Enjoy!
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40 Responses to “Radiohead’s new song: Super Collider”
Paul
June 7th, 2008
Great, another fucking piano-based Radiohead song. Way to go, Thom…
Barry
June 7th, 2008
what do you mean barry? Radiohead don’t do enough of these – don’t you like fog (live) or videotape?
spike
June 7th, 2008
maybe in the recording jonny will come crashing in with distorted guitar before the chorus. dont worry barry boy.
Dawson
June 7th, 2008
I’m excited to see what comes of this little ditty.
Very excited.
James Nauman
June 7th, 2008
reminds me of Cuttooth.
m
June 7th, 2008
perhaps it has something to do with the CERN Large Hadron Collider being switched on soon?
David
June 7th, 2008
Yeah that sounds pretty good. I love it when Thom does this kind of song. Whoever mentioned Backdrifts before was right, it’s got that feel. The chords are a little like I Froze Up too.
Thom continues the genius! This eclipses anything on the new Coldplay record (it really is mediocre if you haven’t heard it yet).
performingmonkey
June 7th, 2008
I love piano songs, but this particular one, as Videotape, is kind of boring.
I love Radiohead for not being repetitive, and I’m afraid this ishighly repetitive (at least in my opinion).
Nacho
June 7th, 2008
I like it will sound great with drums
yeah i can hear the backdrifts thing but
it sounds better lol!
anon
June 7th, 2008
it sounds wonderful – a few electronics or weird guitars noises would be apreciate it maybe when they record the song – i haven t have a taste of much electronic on inrainbows and i really miss that ! but the song is absolutely beautiful – let see the final product ! ! !
pantrus
June 7th, 2008
Boring.
Tom Piltoff
June 7th, 2008
It’s nice; reminds me mostly of “Analyse” from “The Eraser,” only a bit more elusive. It’s silly to argue that this sounds boring or repetitive; it’s an early version. Plus, they’re minimal melody writers, so a lot of their songs sound the same on guitar or piano. I thought “House of Cards” was the most boring thing they’d ever written ’till I heard the studio version. Point is, once the full band adds their contributions, this’ll sound brilliant.
lieutzip
June 7th, 2008
I don’t hear backdrifts at all. But I do hear Cuttooth. Very much so.
Not_my_salad!
June 7th, 2008
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June 7th, 2008
hopefully Thom Yorke’s not one of the people who thinks the LHC is going to destroy the earth. I really really hope he’s not one of those people.
abductee
June 7th, 2008
Plays guitar please!!
Lord Wotton
June 7th, 2008
[...] via COS & At Ease [...]
Oh lucky Irish!
melmel
June 8th, 2008
This is utterly horrible. Thom is really off his game here. Videotape was a wonderful piano ballad, but this is just SHIT! Give me back the Radiohead I know and love!
Dan
June 8th, 2008
It’s statistically provable that most pop/rock songwriters tend to go into serious decline, once they get to around the age of 40.
At least Thom has almost an album’s worth of old songs he can still use…
mjd180
June 8th, 2008
It’s too optimistic sounding until the bridge. It really needs work, but then so does nearly every song’s premiere – with the exception of the 2006 tour songs!
By the way, I love most piano songs, including “Sail to the Moon”.
Muldfeld
June 8th, 2008
song has some interesting lyrics and is absolutely wonderful because it is new…don’t fret because it sounds like so so…its new…it will always become amaZing…because thats what radiohead does
sungumph
June 8th, 2008
It’s lovely. Why are so many peeps whining?
T
June 8th, 2008
^because they have nothing else to complain about.
true story
June 9th, 2008
hmmm.. not super impressed, sounds like its still a work in progres…
BUT, anyone who remembers the original “No Surprises” will know that from “Sh*te” can come amazing songs!
SuperPablo
June 9th, 2008
I was at this gig. As always Radiohead never disappoint. Here is Super Collider from a different angle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8tpg8xF10k and 30 pictures I took at the event. http://www.flickr.com/photos/flynch/sets/72157605517421811/
ROCK ON RADIOHEAD !
angle
flyswat
June 9th, 2008
reminds me of U2,in the verse anyway. pretty cool though
bored at work
June 9th, 2008
Very nice – i thought the melody was reminiscent of DITNU, and the rhythm similar to Analyse.
jimbo
June 9th, 2008
Yeah. I think it sounds a bit like Analyze too. However, I like these lyrics better.
And we all know it will sound a lot different (and better) after everyone else from the band is involved, right? Just imagine some great stuff (guitar, electronic bips, strings) from Johnny! Or a sick bassline from Colin! Amazing drums from Phil! Or some cool effect from Ed.
Erich
June 9th, 2008
LOL everyone saying oh its sounds like this oh it sounds like that, the thing is it doesnt really sound like anything. NEEDS ALOT OF WORK.
the positive feel of the piano could be a good thing.
TDL
June 10th, 2008
Guys, “supercollider” is ONE WORD.
Fastnet
June 10th, 2008
sounds like u2
alejandro
June 10th, 2008
[...] Radiohead tocou uma música nova durante um um show em Dublin, diz o site de fãs At Ease. Ela se chama, por enquanto, “Super [...]
Supercollider is a piece of software. It allows users to create their own codes for the shaping of sound. Artists such as Squarepusher and Aphex Twin are rumoured to have used it. As far as I can gather, it can also be used to create that improvised, complicated, glitchy effect on beats, a la Venetian Snares.
It could also be nothing to do with that.
Reasonable song. As mentioned above, I often find that Radiohead songs sound pretty ordinary at first, but evolve into amazing pieces of music. That said, I thought IMBW sounded incredible on pre-Amnesiac live recordings, but poop on Amnesiac.
Thom is flat in toooo many places too.
Paul
June 11th, 2008
LP7 is gonna kick ass!
drmnoleary
June 11th, 2008
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June 11th, 2008
A nice tune for the most part, except for the bits where Thom doesn’t quite hit the high notes. Sounds like he’s really straining — must’ve been near the end of the night.
Frank
June 14th, 2008
It’s not phenomenal but with a little work could be great actually. Certainly got potential.
Ben
June 15th, 2008
I’ve learned to play this song on the piano and believe me, it’s not simple. It’s actually pretty hard to play and more complex than it seems which, if anything is a sign of maturity in the growth of their music. Complex but subtle. Complex but not distractingly so. And yes, there are a lot of major chords thus contributing to a more uplifting sound but it does more to add to the contrast when he switches to the minor chords anyway. Give them a break, guys. I think they have enough downer songs to warrant one or two uplifting ones. Besides, it’s Radiohead. Without them what would we listen to? Christina Aguilera?
chickenbrothel
May 29th, 2009
Brilliant!!!!!!!