The Smile - Skrting On The Surface (6 Music Festival 2024)

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The Smile perform Skrting on The Surface at 6 Music Festival 2023.

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[hestonblumenthal]

Unbelievable performance, just breathtaking in beauty. The whole performance with the orchestra was otherworldly and the new songs were the icing on the cake

[abadmansorry]

Jonny can make even the humble barre chord sound as cool as all get out.

[booled]

the fact that they can play in 11/8 this well just shows the talent of these three people.

[holisticactivismandfinetun]

This song came out at just the right time in my life.

[th.nd.r]

I hope the full show gets released for those of us who couldn’t watch it

[grahamstedman]

The best Smile song in my opinion. Love the accompanying orchestra, really raises the live recording to another level. Thom and Jonny compliment one another but Tom Skinner deserves a mention for his performance too. Sublime!

[elkurtz]

to me, this song is a prayer... on and under the surface 💛

[Tortuosit]

This came out when I had some joyful holidays by the sea. It's now forever linked.

[deadpatronus]

Man.. the evolution of this song.. from the live Radiohead version a decade plus ago to the piano version to the Smile debut.

[ifeelsane]

Я не хочу умирать, пока не увижу и не услышу Тома вживую
Ни один музыкант и ни одна группа не доставляли мне столько музыкального наслаждения

Maybe one of the sweetest song Thom & his friends wrote.

[MDE]

Thom’s vocals are amazing on this song.

[tomoko]

Very beautiful and lyrical. I feel "The Smile" is more lyrical than Radiohead and experimental sounds more freely. This is a song that highlights his wonderful voice. The guitar sound is also beautiful.
I think Thom Yorke is the person who established that rock is beautiful thing, lyrical, and social.

[lou-the-blue]

@ 2:25 Love that part of the track, it’s so beautiful as the strings come in

[StephenReid-hkhs]

Can't wait to see them in Glasgow 🎸👍

[matheeshanethmaka]

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
When we realize, we have only to dive, then we're out of here (oh, oh, oh)
We're just skating on the surface (oh, oh, oh)
We have only to click our fingers, and we'll disappear (oh, oh, oh)
We're just skating on the surface (oh, oh, oh)
Dull eyes, trying to pull you through the ice (oh, oh, oh)
Being drawn to the ledge (oh, oh, oh)
When we realize that we are broken, nothing mends (oh, oh, oh)
We can drop under the surface, ooh
When we realize we are merely held in suspension (oh, oh, oh)
Till someone comes along and shakes us (oh, oh, oh)
As the pattern lines cross our fingers like a web (oh, oh, oh)
Do we die upon the surface? (oh, oh, oh)
Dull eyes, trying to pull you through the ice
Being drawn to a ledge (oh, oh, oh)
When we realize that we are broken, nothing mends
We can drop under the surface, ooh
Ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

[sofraYT]

The thumbnail is of an acoustic guitar…

[Ominous]

This song gave my depression a depression. All I can do is smile with a tear. :'-)

[Listlesscheese]

Is The Smile before and beyond King Crimson? I'm not a musician, I love KC and TS, am I sad to compare them musically? Love them both

[robertovicente]

Qualquer músicos de radiohead fica perfeito musical 😎👏