Thom & Jonny play Portishead’s ‘The Rip’

Posted on June 8th, 2008.

Radiohead have soundchecked Portishead’s ‘The Rip’ various times on the first leg of the North American tour in May, but the song from Portishead’s latest album never made it to the setlists.

Colin Greenwood posted a version of the song on Waste Central, performed by Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. Have a look:


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Not a big fan of portishead, but it sounds good. What the hell is waste central though?

jeffery
June 8th, 2008

Go on waste-central.com AND CHECK IT OUT!

jacobanko
June 8th, 2008

my god. i’d die for a double bill.

stefano
June 8th, 2008

[...] jonny do "the rip" , Portishead song. The vid is on waste.. here’s the link from atease:Radiohead At Ease [In Rainbows]

[...] covering “The Rip”, a song off Portishead’s lastest album, Third. According to At Ease, the song has been performed during recent sound checks, but never before in front a live [...]

Im in love

attackofthewargs
June 8th, 2008

Amazing. They should really add this to their setlist. It would be really great to hear this when I see them in Toronto!

Khristopher
June 8th, 2008

Ha they’re just as bad as the rest of us on youtube.

(not bad as in performance but as in doing a cover and posting on interwebs)

Basith_07
June 8th, 2008

Awesome

Brent
June 8th, 2008

third is one of the best albums that I’ve heard since a couple of years, and these guys are just amazing. see you on Daydream

dano
June 8th, 2008

That’s awesome.

I saw this song’s music video on TV and I didn’t know who it was but I loved it!
I made sure to wait until the name popped up on screen but my dog distracted me as it happend and I only got the end of it as it zoomed off screen. Somehow my brain caught the word “Portishead” and I typed it on youtube and found it!

Now one of my fav bands are covering it!

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YEAH GOODF
June 8th, 2008

[...] via ateaseweb [...]

this is so cool!

Kervin
June 9th, 2008

PLEASE, PLEASE RECORD THIS FOR A PROPER RELEASE!

luke
June 9th, 2008

Radiohead are the best, Portishead are the best, this is the best!

Eggy13
June 9th, 2008

very Faust-Arpy wouldn’t you say??

A fan
June 9th, 2008

[...] (via Radiohead At Ease) [...]

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I keep watching and listening to this video. I really appreciate the fact that they posted it up for us.

A proper b-side or compilation release for this song would be great

luke
June 9th, 2008

this reminds me of those funny youtube videos with a fan in front of a webcam making a fool out of himself trying to passionately cover his favorite band

teeteetah
June 10th, 2008

Thanks Thom and Jonny! x :-)

Antonia
June 10th, 2008

Oh Colin for recording!

Antonia
June 10th, 2008

[...] of Jonny, he and Thom did anĀ impromptu live performance of “The Rip,” a track off the new Portishead album, Third. It’s a nice [...]

Third is an AMAZING album. I hope they record this properly or play it when i see them in New Jersey.

Ange
June 12th, 2008

actually this is a mac ad

beware
June 13th, 2008

[...] emailed me to say they had been playing it and that they’d put it up on their site of them playing it in the dressing room - Thom and Jonny: “Thom sounds beautiful singing it, it was amazing, such a buzz.” | [...]

That is dynamite. So beautiful.

Johnny
June 14th, 2008

i do and i don’t regret to say this… portishead’s version is still 2 chafillijonion times better. it feels so raw. “disappointed and sore.” wow, what a line.

alegriadeamores
June 14th, 2008

[...] Nick Uff, here’s an interview. Here’s a version of the song performed by Thom Yorke and Jonny [...]

[...] Nick Uff, HERE for an interview. HERE is a version of the song performed by Thom Yorke and Jonny [...]

[...] out a version done by Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. [...]

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