Radiohead - Daydreaming

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Producers: Sara Murphy, Albert Chi & Erica Frauman
Editor: Andy Jurgensen
Production Companies: Ghoulardi Film Company & m ss ng p eces

Assistant Directors: Adam Somner & Trevor Tavares
Gaffer: Michael Bauman
Key Grip: Jim Kwiatkowski
Steadicam Operator: Ari Robbins
Production Designer: Carmen Ruiz de Huidobro
Camera: Josh Friz, Aaron Tichenor, Ryan Creasy, Drey Singer & Eric Anderson
UPM: Deanna Barillari
Telecine Colorist: Gregg Garvin

CREW: Anthony Bradshaw, Ben Brady, Bart Dion, Eric Fahy, Clark Gapen, Sean Gossen, Chad Hladki, Se Hoh, Grace Illingworth, Jessica Jazayeri, Jacob Kubabojsza, Micah Minor, Mike Misslin, Adam Morgan, Rene Parras, Jr., Peter Rybchenkov, Charlotte Townsend, Kasia Trojak, Cymbre Walk & David Yoon

Written by Radiohead
Produced & mixed by Nigel Godrich
Engineered by Nigel Godrich and Sam Petts-Davies
Assistant engineer at La Fabrique Studio: Maxime LeGuil
Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig at Gateway Mastering

Strings by the London Contemporary Orchestra, conducted by Hugh Brunt

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[NoName-lirx]

Probably important to know that in 2015 he and his partner of 23 years split. She passed of cancer in 2016. The year this album was released. He was going through the deepest grief. She was gone. He and his children were left to mourn. It puts this album into focus.

Watch the video again. He is searching everywhere, through every door, in a hospital, ends back up in a home and there is a woman there reading a newspaper ...notice all the times he goes back into this house...looking for that which is lost. When he opens the last door he is in the snow, into a cave. And he has no discernible language to describe it. That’s grief.

[guitarplayergeek]

I lost my wife a year ago and I can't breathe sometimes because of the pain. All of her clothes are still in our bedroom closet. I sleep in my stepson's old room sometimes. One day I had a wife and a son, the next day I lost everything. There is this silly part of me that hopes she will knock on the front door and say it was all a sick joke. I guess life's sick joke is on me. I miss you Crystal, see you soon.

[iprefernotosay]

This is actually what daydreaming feels like. You don't look at faces or the places you go, you don't pay any attention at all in the world around you. You open doors and pass lonely and crowded places and yet the only thing that travels through your head is your own thoughts. So the ending is like you finally find the place you were always searching to find or you weren't even searching, you just walked and the place found you.

[tommywhyso]

this song doesn’t feel like I’m listening to it it feels like it’s happening to me

[MrWhite-guin]

I was in a bar in Florida and they had an empty piano sitting there. In walked a very large Russian guy speaking broken English and he asked the bartender if he could play the piano. He started playing popular show tunes and no one was really paying attention to him . He seen me looking at him and he said to me what would you like to hear and I said I'm sure you don't know the music that I like and he replied try me. I said Radiohead. He started with this song, Daydreaming, and played about 10 songs by Radiohead before he left. I asked the bartender who he was and he said I have no idea I've never seen him before. It was great almost like a ghost walked in played Radiohead and then disappeared. It was an interesting night that I enjoyed immensely.

[sebastianschoeler]

Thom Yorke is probably one of the most gifted musicians of this century

[jonb]

"hello, 911? Yeah...Thom Yorke just walked through my house."

[michaelkayser]

Thom Yorke exploring the world after finishing story mode

[TomoyoTatar]

Ive been homeless for a while and now Ive finally found a small place to call home. Since I see so many in worse situations than I am I dont think its possible for me to have the want to feel bad. I am greatful now. I hope I can find my place in this world slowly. For whoever is reading this, I hope you find your home here too. I hope the world is kind to you stranger. -- Yes I am fine now. I live in a nice apartment with my dog. I got help from a violence shelter. Thank you for your support! ♡♡♡ Thank you to all the people who responded. I just want to let you guys know there's hope. No matter what people say, don't ever let anyone look down on you because you're homeless or call you anything bad. I love you all folks. God bless.

[akshaysingh]

This is such a correct depiction of functioning depression, like watching life happening in front of you and not for you.

[leosiayo]

This is like a reverse Allegory of the cave. He's seen everything, gone through all stages in life. He's gone as far as he needed to go and he gains nothing from being outside. He is still alone, so rather than be outside in the cold lonely world, he chooses to go back into the cave and stare directly into the fire; only because it's more comfortable, to daydream.

[karnesaur]

"Honey did you leave the door open?"
"No, why?"
"Thom Yorke just walked through the house, again"

[mr.birbman]

People say Radiohead makes you depressed, It makes me feel that there is good left in world.

[j.r.stewart]

Can you imagine, that after you passed and died, this is what the initial afterlife would be like. You walking through moments in your life, through different doorways, into memories from your childhood, all the way up to the moment of your death. Amazing.

[KingPivot]

No one does shit when Thom walks into their house, Thom goes where he wants

[MjauDuuude]

This song is grief for me, I listened to it while going through the biggest trauma in my life and it helps me cope. I'm so thankful to Thom for creating music

[alessiap]

Thank you radiohead, I'm a rape survivor and I listened to this after a PTSD attack and anxiety, Your music always helps me and sometimes I cry listening to your songs. You always touch my soul.

[SaintTrinasTorch]

I'm thankful to have grown from a child to a man listening to Thom and disappearing from the world every time I listen to Radiohead. Love.

[sillyclown]

crazy that this song is 6 mins i always thought it was short i genuinely had no idea it was this long. Radiohead is the only band that can make songs that are long and only make them feel like 2 mins i always think they end way too soon and end up listening on a loop

[SorooshMhs]

Rare footage of a college freshman trying to find his class