Radiohead - No Surprises

Director: Grant Gee Producer: Phil Barnes Cinematography: Dan Landin Production company: Kudos (Music Video) Commissioner: Dilly Gent

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[michellecuriel]

Thom: drowns

His face: ( -_- )

[lucinazuma]

I found a guy in the metro of Paris listening this song on his headphones so high that i could hear it too. Was a good travel but he looked very sad :(

[lalukrisyandi]

nothing hurts more than your favorite person turning into a life lesson.

[flora]

A heart that's full up like a landfill
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won't heal
You look so tired, unhappy
Bring down the government
They don't, they don't speak for us
I'll take a quiet life
A handshake of carbon monoxide
And no alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
Silent, silent
This is my final fit
My final bellyache with
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises, please
Such a pretty house
And such a pretty garden
No alarms and no surprises (get me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises (get me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises, please (get me out of here)

[neilfan]

this song sounds like despair, no hope left just acceptance. it feels like what it feels like to be absoloutly crushed, tears streaming down your face but somehow everything is ok

[sambarrett]

This song was played at my mums funeral in 2011 it was her and my dads favourite song. My dad also passed and this song played at his funeral. Rip to the both of them and I’ll always be internally grateful for the music they played to me like this.

[thamsiay]

i'm leaving this comment here, so when someone likes it in the future i'll get reminded by the song i used to play when i was at my lowest

[porcoddi]

It's strange how all these songs with a "sad" meaning to it are always in a major key, it's like a sweet depression or a nice cry... I find it yes strange, but also beautiful.

[Mandude]

I love how his smile at the end is completely genuine because if you watch behind the scenes clips of making this video you see how incredibly frustrated he was in how many attempts it took to hold his breath that long, so when he finally got it he couldn’t help but smile

[abhiramis]

This song hits different when you’re very far away from your home and no place feels like home, nobody is yours, you’re your own, alone and sad.

[EtonDG]

Everything about this song gets me every time. The haunting guitar riff, the lyrics that make you question your existence, the thought of Thom Yorke almost killing himself while filming the music video, it all just brings me to tears every time

[thedogfromraditude]

This song, to me, sounds like what sadness feels like. Not necessarily depression, but more melancholy. It’s like the feeling of mild gloom that hangs over everyone from time to time put into music.

[Kurdt_Kobain]

"you look so tired, unhappy" i felt that

[Flashrock]

July 2024.

I come back to this song every time I feel sad or lonely (which is
happening more lately).

I'm blind, so for me I rely entirely on the music, since if I didn't
have everyone's comments to go on, I wouldn't have a clue what's
happening in the video.

Speaking of comments, it's so interesting to me to read everyone's views
on a song. Even when X artist gives Y meaning to Z song, I love how
every person can still take their own interpretation from it.

For me, this song is somebody's internal dialogue. They are
disillusioned with life, they want things to just be peaceful, and
happy. "I'll take a quiet life." Coupled with the fact the word "Plese"
is repeated several times. They are just so "tired" of being "unhappy"
and they have this longing for things to change.

I'm extremely fortunate that I have a loving family, and a couple
incredibly close friends, but the thing I yearn for the most is a deep,
intimate and emotional connection with somebody. Yes, that horrible 'r'
word: romance. I'm not going to go into details in the comments section
of a YouTube video, because we all know they can be scary (and sometimes
beautiful) places. But all of this to say, I've listened to this song
many times when my heart has felt like a "landfill", and zero shame in
admitting I've cried while listening to this song. It helps me to
realize I'm not alone in my, well, loneliness.

If you got this far, thank you for reading my ramblings, and have
yourself a wonderful rest of your day.

[ForgotHAPPYNESS]

Remembering those old days when we used to watch our favourite cartoon after coming from school😢

[MrWhite-guin]

The fact that this song is on Major key- which represents happiness and positivity- but still sounds deep and sad, is just astonishing...

[lukesk]

Once I cried all I could, the beginning of the song took on a new feeling for me: acceptance. Shit may suck right now, but at least we’re alive.

[Xukkus]

My parents would play this song to me as a baby on long car rides. I've always associated it with sleep and comfort, yet I hear the melancholy overtone listening today. I'm left with a strange feeling. Not joy, not sadness; not even nostalgia. I could only describe it as raw emotion. This song simply makes me want to feel my feelings, and I think that's pretty special.

[unluckygoose]

The song might be depressive but the instrumental behind is like giving you a pat on the shoulders saying "Hey, Everything is going to be fine"

[adisupriyadi]

This is art… you don’t need to show the glamorous things, you don’t need to speak up loudly, you just need someone to understand what the creator meaning. Great video.