Optimistic (From The Basement)

Recorded at The Hospital Club in London in 2008.

Director: David Barnard
Producers: Nigel Godrich, Dilly Gent, James Chads & John Woollcombe
Director of Photography: Brett Turnbull
Editor: Jerry Chater
Sound Engineers: Fred Jackson & Martin Dineley

Produced and Mixed by Nigel Godrich
Recording Assistant: Richard Woodcraft

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[umerfb]

Love how Phillip Selway starts of the song like he's about to perform a ritual or something

[boi]

Ed's guitar left
Jonny's guitar right
Philip's drums left and right
Thom's guitar and voice, and Colin's bass at the center

Perfect ✨

[Koshirozation]

love how optimistic is already a multidimensional hypnotic journey of a song, but this version is probably the most of all that! so good!

[shashankjamloki]

Radiohead is the best thing that has happened to this planet.

[mehranrahmandiab]

Radiohead can take you to another world. I promise.

[AZ-hgkw]

This makes me appreciate Collin's bass playing so much more. So smooth and grooving.

[hoelefouk]

The band should be quarantined together in a Basement once again! The time has come!

[Diego-ueur]

When it opens up at 3:59 it's like ffs YESSS

[laci]

the intro in this song feels like breath of morning air. can’t explain it, it just makes sense.

[maticant]

03:59 is absolutely stunning to the ear.
Will never get over this outro.

[coolpooh]

Thom and friends, the sounds you make will always be welcomed by my ear canals

[Kitchyyy]

4:00 this is why the term *eargasm* was invented

[wafiyudin]

This song feels like an adventure. You progresses through the song and at the end you rewarded with the beautiful riffs

[chandraabudiman]

Allright, this one's pretty optimistic

[luisgarciavallecillo]

This song probably would fit perfectly on In Rainbows too... That's the level of talent of these guys.

[nicholasfrench]

It must be so good to play that ending when it kicks in. So so good

[IAMTHEBROCODE]

The greatest version of Optimistic apart from the album version. When Jonny aggressively strums at the end. Perfection.

[pooeyrooey]

I’ve always thought optimistic perfectly represents the exploding volcanoes on the cover

[kosmashalaris]

Flies are buzzing round my head
Vultures circling the dead
Picking up every last crumb
The big fish eat the little ones
The big fish eat the little ones
Not my problem, give me some
You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can?
The best you can is good enough
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
This one's optimistic
This one went to market
This one just came out of the swamp
This one dropped a payload
Fodder for the animals
Living on animal farm
You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Ah ah ah
Oh oh oh
I'd really like to help you, man
I'd really like to help you, man
Nervous messed up marionettes
Floating around on a prison ship
You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can
Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
Ah ah ah (oh oh oh)
Ah ah ah (oh oh oh)
Ah ah ah
Oh oh oh

[MyVictor]

That outro is just perfect ! Underrated song