Radiohead - The National Anthem (Reading and Leeds 2009)

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Radiohead perform The National Anthem at Reading and Leeds Festival 2009.

[nolanr]

Radiohead: we need less guitars
Ed: fine I'll make a weird guitar that works
Jonny: rAdiO!!!

[ktakyon]

imagine being here and only knowing creep, then witnessing this fuckin masterpiece.

[werewolf_]

Didn't know Britain had such a cool national anthem!

[starman_]

Colin Greenwood, ladies & gentlemen. That bass is m a s s i v e.

[EVILTRICKZ]

12 words, 6 minutes, one of the greatest song ever made

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

This has layers, man. Colin with his fuzziest tone. Phil entering "human drum loop" mode. Jonny playing a fucking radio AND his odnes martenot. Ed with infinite sustain. Thom riffing on a fucking disco song and scatting the horn section's part.

[mattyglen]

Ive come to really love Johhny's stage presence more and more over the years. He is like the mad scientist working in the background in a lot of songs and I really enjoy watching him. Whether its on the Odes Martenot, playing a guitar with a fucking bow, or a....radio?

[gdropp]

Man, Ed O'Brien is loud and on fire. If this was the only thing you ever saw about Radiohead, you'd think he's the badass lead guitar

[diegom-a]

Jonny puts the "radio" in Radiohead

[gpeddino]

I love it that they opened this set with Creep (with Thom looking uber pissed) and this fucking violent song right after it.

[rabbitsandcarrots]

0:47 Realizing, finally, that it’s been Ed creating that otherworldly sound. The sound that for me is the heart of National Anthem. ❤️

[thevidguy]

Ed ripping on this one is like seeing your history teacher at the store.

[innerspearmusic]

0:46 Ed starts Johnny is like NOT YET EDDY and they immediately start again. Amazing band. AMAZING HIGHEST EVER ENERGY.

[halt.halt.halt.]

I never knew Richard Hammond was singing for Radiohead back in 2009.

[rockstar]

I love this live version of The National Anthem. You got Philip Selway and Colin Greenwood laying down the beat, Ed O'Brien providing the guitar tones, Jonny Greenwood giving weird effects like a mad scientist and Thom Yorke playing the guitar, dancing like the enigmatic frontman he is, while chanting "I Feel Love". It's really mystifying.👍

[mathias]

Ed O’Brien fills in for an entire horn section and nails it.

[muhammadnaufal]

This is the most badass live version of National Anthem

[xSuagg]

awesome to hear Thom start singing Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” at 3:16

[ryann]

Never seen a band mesh this well on a live performance. They are one whole instrument on their own

[childofthesun]

Radiohead have so many "Towering Above the Rest Songs". Songs that'll make you question everything, but "The National Anthem" might be the King.