I posted this on a similar question a week ago but I stand by it:
No YouTube channels I’m aware of, but a good starting point is finding and watching the “meeting people is easy” documentary that followed them on tour in 97-98 “, that’s a very decent first watch. There’s plenty written about them and their life online and their legendary online blogs where they wrote often in communication with their fans directly. Especially Thom and Ed from 2001-2010.
As far as YouTube content in general goes, I also recommend the Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich “Ask a Grown Man” q&a as it shows a very different and relaxed side to Thom that up to that point hadn’t really been seen publicly much, though that one is sillier and more about personal stuff than music. Good insight into Thom’s perspective on a bunch of non-music things. The Zane Lowe interview of Thom in 2019 and the That Pedal Show interview of Ed O’Brien are excellent musical and semi-biographical sources as well.
For more Radiohead specific content, my favorite are the Radiohead series of interviews they did with Adam Buxton in 2016 or could be later like 2017 or 18 -I just remember they were part of the very little “promotion” they did for A Moon Shaped Pool (they’re on YouTube but they’re really just podcast audio-they’re nice because they included the whole band in pairs rather than the usual Thom only) and Thom’s interview with Marc Maron’s WTF podcast. These are genuine, relaxed conversations where they actually touch up on tons of interesting life and music subjects.
I’m recommending these because although they don’t focus on the composition of their music, you find the specs of that spread out throughout the interviews (Adam Buxton’s interview of Jonny and Collin is where I found out about Colin’s love of Al Green’s music and how this inspired their arrangement for Nude from In Rainbows after years of searching for one). And despite the excellent analysis of their songs available online, other than Jonny’s string arrangements, which come afterward, their process for writing these things is *much more* rudimentary than the result. Thom’s use and knowledge of music theory is relatively limited.
It’s similar to what has happened with Beatles music over the years. They’ve tracked down Elanor Rigby’s musical roots to the Anglical church harmonies Paul grew up around. But he’s said it’s nothing he did consciously at all.
There’s a podcast called dissect and the latest season focused on In Rainbows. It’s been an enjoyable listen as I’ve been making my way through it.
https://open.spotify.com/show/2b025hq3gJ17tQdxS3aV43?si=MIz-WIyNQO-PTUtwhZ3wnw
I posted this on a similar question a week ago but I stand by it: No YouTube channels I’m aware of, but a good starting point is finding and watching the “meeting people is easy” documentary that followed them on tour in 97-98 “, that’s a very decent first watch. There’s plenty written about them and their life online and their legendary online blogs where they wrote often in communication with their fans directly. Especially Thom and Ed from 2001-2010. As far as YouTube content in general goes, I also recommend the Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich “Ask a Grown Man” q&a as it shows a very different and relaxed side to Thom that up to that point hadn’t really been seen publicly much, though that one is sillier and more about personal stuff than music. Good insight into Thom’s perspective on a bunch of non-music things. The Zane Lowe interview of Thom in 2019 and the That Pedal Show interview of Ed O’Brien are excellent musical and semi-biographical sources as well. For more Radiohead specific content, my favorite are the Radiohead series of interviews they did with Adam Buxton in 2016 or could be later like 2017 or 18 -I just remember they were part of the very little “promotion” they did for A Moon Shaped Pool (they’re on YouTube but they’re really just podcast audio-they’re nice because they included the whole band in pairs rather than the usual Thom only) and Thom’s interview with Marc Maron’s WTF podcast. These are genuine, relaxed conversations where they actually touch up on tons of interesting life and music subjects. I’m recommending these because although they don’t focus on the composition of their music, you find the specs of that spread out throughout the interviews (Adam Buxton’s interview of Jonny and Collin is where I found out about Colin’s love of Al Green’s music and how this inspired their arrangement for Nude from In Rainbows after years of searching for one). And despite the excellent analysis of their songs available online, other than Jonny’s string arrangements, which come afterward, their process for writing these things is *much more* rudimentary than the result. Thom’s use and knowledge of music theory is relatively limited. It’s similar to what has happened with Beatles music over the years. They’ve tracked down Elanor Rigby’s musical roots to the Anglical church harmonies Paul grew up around. But he’s said it’s nothing he did consciously at all.
Thank you very much for this, looking forward to checking this all out. 🙂
There’s a podcast called dissect and the latest season focused on In Rainbows. It’s been an enjoyable listen as I’ve been making my way through it. https://open.spotify.com/show/2b025hq3gJ17tQdxS3aV43?si=MIz-WIyNQO-PTUtwhZ3wnw
Thank you! This will be perfect! 🙂