Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Director: Jonathan Glazer Producer: Nick MorrisCinematography: Steve Keith-Roach Production company: Academy Music Video Ltd Commissioner: Dilly Gent

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[jordantee]

Music can make you feel emotions you never knew existed.

[sillyclown]

“immerse your soul in love”. it’s such a beautiful lyric it always sticks with me

[SweetsourGamer]

This song is easily one of the best pieces of music ever created. 2024 and still listening to it. This song will never not make me feel all kinds of emotions.

[miguelneto]

Radiohead is not depressive. Is not the perfect music to be depressed. It is the perfect music to come to terms with anything that caused grieve, that makes us feel small and powerless. It's the perfect music to remind us that is ok to not be ok. It's part of the human experience.

[victoriaharden]

I can't believe I'm 54 and just discovering Radiohead.  When you live under a rock...

[SamtheAngelFox]

This was my first Radiohead song, I personally think it's one of the greatest pieces of music ever made

[bscengiz]

This is the art, by the best means possible. Thank you, Radiohead.

[mappy]

Thom: “Street Spirit is our purest song, but I didn’t write it. It wrote itself. We were just its messengers; its biological catalysts. Its core is a complete mystery to me, and, you know, I wouldn’t ever try to write something that hopeless. All of our saddest songs have somewhere in them at least a glimmer of resolve. Street Spirit has no resolve. It is the dark tunnel without the light at the end. It represents all tragic emotion that is so hurtful that the sound of that melody is its only definition. We all have a way of dealing with that song. It’s called detachment. Especially me; I detach my emotional radar from that song, or I couldn’t play it. I’d crack. I’d break down on stage. That’s why its lyrics are just a bunch of mini-stories or visual images as opposed to a cohesive explanation of its meaning. I used images set to the music that I thought would convey the emotional entirety of the lyric and music working together. That’s what’s meant by ‘all these things you’ll one day swallow whole’. I meant the emotional entirety, because I didn’t have it in me to articulate the emotion. I’d crack…
Our fans are braver than I to let that song penetrate them, or maybe they don’t realise what they’re listening to. They don’t realise that Street Spirit is about staring the fucking devil right in the eyes, and knowing, no matter what the hell you do, he’ll get the last laugh. And it’s real, and true. The devil really will get the last laugh in all cases without exception, and if I let myself think about that too long, I’d crack.
I can’t believe we have fans that can deal emotionally with that song. That’s why I’m convinced that they don’t know what it’s about. It’s why we play it towards the end of our sets. It drains me, and it shakes me, and hurts like hell every time I play it, looking out at thousands of people cheering and smiling, oblivious to the tragedy of its meaning, like when you’re going to have your dog put down and it’s wagging its tail on the way there. That’s what they all look like, and it breaks my heart. I wish that song hadn’t picked us as its catalysts, and so I don’t claim it. It asks too much. I didn’t write that song.”

[Haroupi]

LYRICS:
Rows of houses all bearing down on me
I can feel their blue hands touching me
All these things into position
All these things we'll one day swallow whole
And fade out again and fade out
This machine will, will not communicate
These thoughts and the strain I am under
Be a world child, form a circle
Before we all go under
And fade out again
And fade out again
Cracked eggs, dead birds
Scream as they fight for life
I can feel death, can see its beady eyes
All these things into position
All these things we'll one day swallow whole
And fade out again
And fade out again
Immerse your soul in love
Immerse your soul in love

[punter]

Thom Yorke said It's one of his darker songs, with strange lyrics and a foreboding message. He didn't especially enjoy playing the song live, but it was one of the most highly anticipated and requested at shows. The band declined playing it live as it was in a dark tunnel moment of Thom's life with his struggles.... and man, don't ask who else is here in 2020, we never left.

[Amber_xo_]

This song is about the passage of time, and the realization that everything is effected by death. If you listen to the rhythm, it sounds like a ticking clock. Also the steady rhythm could represent a heartbeat, and symbolize how much time a person has left. The whole song seems hopeless at first, like death always happens and there is nothing we can do to change it, but it has the best redeeming quality at the end when Thom says “Immerse your soul in love”. Basically he’s saying that life is too short to live in hate, and that we need to make the most of each moment by loving each other.

[zoepike]

This doesn't depress me but makes me feel something really deep
Masterpiece

[ozzieh]

My dear friend died this morning, Radiohead was his favorite band. Saw them with him a few times. Wasn't really into them until he got me hooked, Now I will listen to them and always be reminded of our eternal friendship. I will see you soon Joel. I'm sure you will visit me.  RIP my dear friend.

[myeyeswentdeaf]

Since my wife passed away 3 years ago I can’t listen to RadioHead without crying, but then again it’s the perfect music to be sad to. I wish it was still fun like when we used to go to their shows.

[udkocqn]

The MIX on this song deserves enormous credit. The 2nd half of the song has two separate beautiful guitar melodies weaving in and out of each other, with strings, beautiful shimmering drums, thick low bass, and one of the greatest vocal performances I've ever heard. And every layer is vividly clear and glorious.

[claytonparker]

ONE OF THE SADDEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS EVER.

[Hannah-iues]

I'm sitting on the roof of my house listening to this song and watching the sun set. There really isn't a better feeling than this

[SutekhTheDestroyer]

Thom Yorke has the single most beautiful, haunting voice I have ever heard. It's just incredible.

[gavinthecrafter]

This is real "play this at my funeral" material right here

[labbarak]

I am 13 years old and I have been looking for this song 8 years! When I was 5 years old, I heard it somewhere. I think on TV. It was the first and the last time I heard this song. From that day, all these years this damn melody was in my mind everyday. I was looking for this song everywhere. I couldn't remember even a word of this song to search it. The insane thing is that I could play this song on the guitar the last two years and play the exact three chords! Everything by ear! Even though that I heard this song only one time, when I was 5 years old! Recently, as I couldn't find this song anywhere, I thought-said to myself that maybe this song doesn't exist. Maybe it came out of my own mind. Until two weeks ago. One day, I was sitting on the couch watcing an old series. It was about 8 years old. And finally...BOOM! I heard this song after 8 damn years! I run in front to the tv and fell on my knees. I was so happy and emotional at the same moment. I couldn't believe it! This song exists! I search for the episode right away and here I am! I FOUND IT!