Radiohead - Pyramid Song

Director: Shynola
Producer: Paul Fenelly
Production Company: Oil Factory
Commissioner: Dilly Gent

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[nayth]

each bar of this song has two dotted quavers, a crotchet, and two more dotted quavers. if you think about this in 16ths per bar, this equated to the notes equaling 3, 3, 4, 3, 3. a pyramid has four triangles and one square that make up the shape. this rhythm LITERALLY makes this song a pyramid i it i radiohead

[lewis__]

“It’s just myself talking to myself about myself”

[williamjamesclarable]

Years ago i used to work as a tour guide for a travel company, worked across loads of places around the World taking tourists on the "typical" kind of experience of popular attractions. I was a big Radiohead fan in my youth. Around 2002/3 I was working in Egypt for a few months, living on the outskirts of Cairo. I took a group of American tourists, most of whom couldn't understand my northern english accent! We headed out to Giza, did the whole "posing for photos" thing we always did, then I turned and saw a couple who I just assumed were with our group. Then I thought "shit, I think that's Thom Yorke", then I had that thing where you doubt yourself when you see a celebrity in real life. Then one of the American tourists actually shouted "Thom, I loved Amnesiac even if no one else did", quick as a flash he said "how did you find Pyramid Song?" I've never laughed so much in my life.

[Moony-clxd]

I think this is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard

[suckmykiss]

The section of comments in Radiohead’s songs are my favourite. I always learn a lot about a bunch of random shit

[jopvos]

Jumped in the river what did I see

A music video in 240p

[WHCAudio]

The reason you feel comfort when listening to this song is because at the deepest level you know what he's saying is true; there's nothing to fear, nothing to doubt.

[christianr]

My dad killed himself when I was 14, 8 years ago. This came on the radio a few days after and this song spoke to me. I cried to this song so much and listening to this song brings me back.

[alexthed]

This song is an enigma to me. I can’t understand how it evokes such a nostalgic comforting feeling to me. Like I’m traversing some new woods that seem and feel oddly home-like. Just me?

[martindytham]

A truly unbelievable piece of music..the hesitancy of the piano, the eeriness, the apparent discordancy and - of course - Thom's voice all add up to a veritable masterpiece. Probably my favourite Radiohead song

[estebantedesco]

I jumped in the river and what did I see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me
A moon full of stars and astral cars
All the things I used to see
All my lovers were there with me
All my past and futures
And we all went to heaven in a little row boat
There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt..

One of the best lyrics I've ever read

[proseminded]

RIP my friend. You took your life a few days ago. I hope you found relief from your pain, I hope that all has been resolved. I love you brother.

[valeryandreev]

My sister killed herself and this was one of her favourite songs. Knowing what the song is about brings me a lot of sadness. Hope she and all sharing her fate find refuge and the peace their souls yearned for.

[sij]

8 years ago to the very day I took an overdose in an attempt to end my own life. This is the first song I listened to whilst in hospital and it has stayed with me. Life is fragile, I understand that now. Men don't keep the pain to yourself, talk to someone

[mazrio]

Pyramid Song is one of the most Genius pieces of music to have ever been recorded.

[aprilharrison]

This song played on repeat on my tiny boombox in the pitch black endless nights and was the only solace I knew for a spell during my 20s, it kept me alive honestly. The entire Amnesiac album is sublime.🖤

[Owega]

The narrator jumps into the river of existence, of time, and is carried away by its endless flow. Therein, all along the way, he sees the visage of death: black-eyed angels. And in that journey, he beholds a future he'll never see: humans traveling among the stars. But there also are the unsettled things from his past, the people and things in his memories that have decayed into mere figures. All his lovers are there with him, all his pasts and futures, at life's end, all together, all in the same boat, fading into Heaven.

There are five lights dancing at the end. Five beats per measure. Five points on a pyramid.

The pyramid is a portal to death. It points to the heavens, guiding thereto the souls interred within it. This is the Pyramid Song.

[supermono]

Philip Selway's masterpiece - the drumming of a man at the very top of his game.

[dtice]

There's no way the dev team for Cyberpunk hadn't watched this video before developing the Pyramid Song sidequest. It's an homage to this video. It has to be.

[spongelean]

I heard this in Peaky Blinders, and immediately knew it was Thom Yorke singing. I love this, and love that this was in the show.