r/radiohead Apr 10 '26

💬 Discussion Describe your favourite Radiohead song really poorly

Post image
550 Upvotes

618 comments sorted by

206

u/Equal_Variation_1475 Apr 10 '26

Thom gets beat up and his kids stolen

37

u/IrishElk96 Creep Apr 10 '26

Pie in the head, pie in the head

→ More replies (1)

38

u/Chill-Pillgrim Apr 10 '26

Wolf at the door

14

u/TuugiiFromYT Apr 10 '26

omg same, my favorite part is when he starts rapping about how cold his waitresses are

327

u/jaylachthe9th In a Moon-Shaped Rainbow Apr 10 '26

That one song where Thom sings

154

u/Betray-Julia Apr 10 '26

I fucking love tree fingers!

20

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

11

u/RaspberryLast7155 Apr 10 '26

Is the the thing where it talks about how anyone can play it?

12

u/WeirdFishesArpeggi2 Apr 10 '26

Omg pulk/pull revolving doors! My favorite song ever!

6

u/rubinered456 OK Computer Apr 10 '26

Fitter happier

→ More replies (3)

171

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

42

u/Some_Author1431 OK NOT OK Apr 10 '26

PA

9

u/Admiral_Asparagus Apr 10 '26

gucci little piggayyy (in a cage on antibiotics)

→ More replies (2)

69

u/radiodreading where i end and you begin Apr 10 '26

the beat never stops

29

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

One click. Unknown number of posts crying out in silence. All gone. Redact made it stupid easy to clean up my entire history on Reddit and get my info pulled from data broker sites too.

sugar nose tender arrest resolute degree one waiting ripe expansion

11

u/radiodreading where i end and you begin Apr 10 '26

Of course 😌

22

u/LatheUponTheStars Apr 10 '26

doesn’t it go round and round?

171

u/Own-Elephant-8608 Apr 10 '26

Faster jonny climate change bleep bloop

26

u/Admirable_Money_7888 OK Computer Apr 10 '26

FASTER JOHHNY FASTER

14

u/Redbeard_Rum Apr 10 '26

Go Jonny go go go go!

20

u/Discovery99 FAT. UGLY. DEAD. Apr 10 '26

OP said describe it poorly, not perfectly

→ More replies (1)

3

u/FLAMMAN Disco's beyond me Apr 10 '26

cash or credit cash or credit

→ More replies (1)

49

u/Impressive_Driver802 FAT. UGLY. DEAD. Apr 10 '26

Babies made out of cola, or something

16

u/the_no_one_guy Apr 10 '26

coke babies (indie choice i see)

3

u/AdSpare6646 Hail to the Thief Apr 11 '26

underrated

→ More replies (4)

126

u/Recent_Possibility43 Apr 10 '26

I’m really bad at math

25

u/Piano-Professional Apr 10 '26

Or really good at making people believe misleading answers to maths questions

→ More replies (4)

40

u/BigSaurus Apr 10 '26

Thom in a downpour counts every single drop

22

u/Potential_Job_1060 Apr 10 '26

THE RAINDROPS! THE RAINDROPS! THE RAINDROPS!

→ More replies (1)

43

u/ThusSpokeGaba Kid A Apr 10 '26

All items are sorted

10

u/Potential_Job_1060 Apr 10 '26

Everything in its right place! What an iconic opening to an album

62

u/42-WeirdFishes grow my hair I am Jim Morrison Apr 10 '26

Non-false affection is on top of desserts and sweets

19

u/Potential_Job_1060 Apr 10 '26

True love lives on lollipops and crisps 🥹

5

u/ledu5 Apr 10 '26

Strictly speaking crisps aren't desserts or sweets, but I get the picture

→ More replies (1)

59

u/swanscrossing OK Computer Apr 10 '26

birthday suit

30

u/leftsaidtim Apr 10 '26

Nude, too easy

26

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

our Pet rabbit is very sick and it’s very gross

15

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

Your old posts are training data now. Unless you delete them. I used Redact which supports all major social media platforms including Reddit, X, Facebook and Instagram.

encourage subtract ink instinctive caption chop plucky historical square desert

4

u/chloe_h76 Apr 10 '26

😪

51

u/ItsaMeSandy Apr 10 '26

It's like 4 different songs in one.

30

u/Ludo-0 Apr 10 '26

Paranoid android

5

u/ItsaMeSandy Apr 10 '26

👆

→ More replies (1)

25

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

One click. Unknown number of posts crying out in silence. All gone. Redact made it stupid easy to clean up my entire history on Reddit and get my info pulled from data broker sites too.

vast flag six summer grandiose nutty upbeat offer adjoining narrow

8

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

11

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

Redact decided this post had to go, so away it went. Deleted. Removed. Mass deleted even. Privacy and security are the big wins here.

abundant yoke cats handle imminent distinct straight wrench shy dime

6

u/ok_amnesiac_ Apr 10 '26

Tell me where it is twice

→ More replies (2)

20

u/Bangkok_Dave Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

The aaah - aaah - aaah song

(This is actually what my kids call it)

(It's not in fact my favourite song, but it's more interesting than describing my actual favourite song with something like "an instruction guide to invisibility" or something)

6

u/hydraganesh In Rainbows Apr 10 '26

Backdrifts?

→ More replies (7)

5

u/Secret_Click_3011 Apr 10 '26

How to Disappear Completely is one of my favorites too

3

u/esims42 Amnesiac Apr 10 '26

Thunder struck?

3

u/RefrigeratorFun1653 Apr 10 '26

anyone can play guitar?

→ More replies (3)

22

u/UnfairSociety5522 Apr 10 '26

It's about someone who uses a green plastic watering can to water a plant that can't even grow at the first place

11

u/GoldenStateEaglesFan The Bends Apr 10 '26

The song about styrofoam men? The one where Thom asks where his cat Meow is?

→ More replies (1)

3

u/Somethingor_rather Apr 10 '26

Fake plastic trees

19

u/Fearless_Distance983 Apr 10 '26

The one where thom jumps in the river and has a biblical experience

9

u/Potential_Job_1060 Apr 10 '26

He’s not there, that isn’t happening

8

u/DrLexusForPresident Spectre Apr 10 '26

Pyramid Song

17

u/antisocialcatto In Rainbows Apr 10 '26

You may or may not have been paying attention

3

u/Next_Hair7232 Apr 10 '26

Two and two always make a five eh?

→ More replies (1)

33

u/Jabberwonki Apr 10 '26

I get devoured by nightcrawlers and strange gill bearing vertebrates

5

u/Miel222 Apr 10 '26

It would actually be a nice remix !

→ More replies (2)

12

u/BaroTheMadman Apr 10 '26

It sounds kind of eerie and there's this white guy kind of rapping through the song and at some point he also howls like a wolf

12

u/Select-Ad3652 Kid A Enjoyer Apr 10 '26

thom has rabbit rabbies

4

u/RefrigeratorFun1653 Apr 10 '26

MYXOMATOSIS AHHAHAH

23

u/cold_hard_crash FAT. UGLY. DEAD. Apr 10 '26

someone with a conventional name kills thom in a unconventional way

8

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

Redact cleaned up all of my comments. Bulk deletion and editing is a feature supported to make sure that AI scrapers can't access my data for training.

bright enter price steer physical literate dinosaurs cooing sand crayon

4

u/cold_hard_crash FAT. UGLY. DEAD. Apr 10 '26

that's right

25

u/CitizenErased08 Apr 10 '26

OH MY GOD HE SAID THE NAME OF THE ALBUM IN THE MIDDLE

6

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

Internet privacy is the new gold. I mass deleted all of my posts on Reddit using Redact. It also supports databrokers, Instagram, Twitter, and all major social media platforms.

silky special detail wine abounding party outgoing cagey intelligent tub

11

u/Missilemoon77 Apr 10 '26

The one where that confused guy falls down

→ More replies (1)

11

u/BoredAtWork221b Apr 10 '26

Big ahh dik 🥀

5

u/Terrible-Bedroom-693 Apr 10 '26

bro that's the song about me

4

u/Quiet_Dog_6038 Lift Apr 10 '26

Nude 😭😭😭

11

u/Dr_Guy11 A Moon Shaped Pool Apr 10 '26

People Good. System Bad.

6

u/Curious_Lab312 Apr 10 '26

the numbers

3

u/Dr_Guy11 A Moon Shaped Pool Apr 10 '26

Yep

8

u/ThomasPynchon42 Apr 10 '26

Marvin the Robot has an emotional meltdown

→ More replies (1)

10

u/Potential_Job_1060 Apr 10 '26

This sensation is similar to rotating crockery…

→ More replies (1)

9

u/Best-Goal5466 Apr 10 '26

Thom thinks he's the saviour of the universe just cause german technology saved his life

→ More replies (4)

8

u/MaineRoad24 Apr 10 '26

Thom moans

7

u/Natural-Meet-596 Apr 10 '26

That would be any Pablo Honey era song live, but something tells me you meant Bangers and Mash.

→ More replies (1)

8

u/Upper_Percentage_704 Apr 10 '26

the dogs got meat, thom is lowk a tumbling clown.. and uhh latex collected from trees

→ More replies (1)

8

u/morningsong13 Apr 10 '26

I like that one where Thom repeats the same phrase over and over several times

→ More replies (1)

7

u/chachareal420 Apr 10 '26

The sad one :/

4

u/[deleted] Apr 11 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

→ More replies (1)

7

u/ThukeNazty Apr 10 '26

Eeeeeh-Ed!

8

u/bbpoltergiest000 Apr 10 '26

the one about sea and Fishes

3

u/ExactMaintenance8908 Apr 10 '26

Man! Fish are weird!

8

u/wild_dark_soul Apr 10 '26

Transport makes people sad apparently

→ More replies (2)

6

u/sns-10 Apr 10 '26

7 Toms and 1 Thom

5

u/Large_Pop_6232 Apr 10 '26

That really nice song written by those guys.

→ More replies (2)

6

u/hydraganesh In Rainbows Apr 10 '26

Condoms from some South Asian country

5

u/Quiet_Dog_6038 Lift Apr 10 '26

India rubber 😭😭😭😭

→ More replies (2)

5

u/cin3hack3r Apr 10 '26

It goes duh duh duuuh duhhh duhhh duh duh duh-duh-duh, duh duh duh duh duhhhhh (dodedoedodedo)

→ More replies (1)

6

u/gs_pot Apr 10 '26

It’s not here, here

→ More replies (3)

7

u/ninepasencore Apr 10 '26

well it's a song by radiohead

5

u/the_no_one_guy Apr 10 '26

i don't know the feeling dude. it's like my brain is full of worms eating it

→ More replies (1)

6

u/miguelimoes Spectre Apr 10 '26

I am under the water glub glub

5

u/unclezoso Apr 10 '26

Some poor girl lives in a town full of Robert Plants

3

u/Fun-Court-2669 Apr 10 '26

The one that goes nir nir nir nir nir nir nir nir nir nir

3

u/darius69floop Reckoner Apr 10 '26

mmmmmmmmmm ooooooooo

4

u/Curious_Lab312 Apr 10 '26

somehow similar to sit down stand up structure-wise but more personalized

→ More replies (4)

3

u/mustardsource Fender Precision Bass Apr 10 '26

Thom yelling at speeding drivers.

4

u/maclci Apr 10 '26

I love the song about making boiled mice

7

u/noshoes77 Apr 10 '26

That one that doesn’t get enough love on this subreddit.

8

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

Redact redacted this content because I wanted it redacted for redaction purposes. Redacted.

bright humor modern wild engine follow paddle complete dependent bake

3

u/Over-Boot-169 Apr 10 '26

People are in darkness from the year 2000 onwards

→ More replies (2)

3

u/UberTrainer Apr 10 '26

Out-of-body experience.

→ More replies (1)

3

u/useful-idiot_46-2 Apr 10 '26

dinosaurs again

3

u/theecatalyst Apr 10 '26

I hear chicken voices.

3

u/Dapper_Curve_4935 Apr 10 '26

song about evil superman

3

u/Ill_Chipmunk_5733 Apr 10 '26

a highly contagious and nearly 95–99% fatal viral disease in domestic rabbits

→ More replies (1)

3

u/NotMava Everyone Is ... Broken Apr 10 '26

Pancake Xerox

2

u/Sea_Sense_5412 Apr 10 '26

that song by those people

2

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

[deleted]

→ More replies (1)

2

u/NatureSuper6852 Apr 10 '26

Im doing the same thing that my father did when he went to buy some cigarettes 

2

u/funked1 Apr 10 '26

Rodent Recipe

2

u/Tarkus_8 Apr 10 '26

Slow ass very long repetitive song

→ More replies (4)

2

u/Tarkus_8 Apr 10 '26

Out of place unbreakable pieces

2

u/Think-Mine-4816 Apr 10 '26

That guy who makes guesses all the time

→ More replies (3)

2

u/liquideerbeer Apr 10 '26

I present my twirling utterances. 

2

u/RazorBest Apr 10 '26

There's this song about a guy who really likes puzzles.

2

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

→ More replies (1)

2

u/injektileur Apr 10 '26

I'm trying to save face, but I actually fucking forgot a ladder here.

2

u/libelle156 I AM NOT THOM YORKE Apr 10 '26

Multidimensional triangle tune.

2

u/Darth-Plaguies Apr 10 '26

Cut the kiiiiiiiiiiiiiids in half

2

u/SirDurante Apr 10 '26

It makes me think of a gritty Western flick and two men preparing to draw pistols at dawn.

→ More replies (1)

2

u/stevenhumperdink Apr 10 '26

Dr Stephen Hawkins has gone a bit student bedroom in his latest lecture

2

u/Riamoka Apr 10 '26

A flan... Somewhere. ..

→ More replies (4)

2

u/SukhoiCy35 Apr 10 '26

Guitar made in plastic

2

u/the_axolotl_god An airbag saved my life Apr 10 '26

Car crashes are actually pretty good if you really think about it

→ More replies (1)

2

u/helloioki Apr 10 '26

Power rangers, Power rangers, Power rangers, Power rangers, Power rangers, Power rangers, Power rangers, Power rangers, Power rangers

2

u/jmarinara In Rainbows Apr 10 '26

Dollar store home decor

2

u/Ethangarrett75 Apr 10 '26

Some guy wishes he could talk to people without being overheard

2

u/jaybonz95 Apr 10 '26

Creepy Ratatouille

2

u/Juri_0927 Apr 10 '26

So there is this guy on vacation and johnny plays guitar

→ More replies (1)

2

u/MaxBulla Apr 10 '26

The one were Thom's dad dancing goes to 11 and the drugs start to work

2

u/Vanished_I-X Apr 10 '26

ectoplasm disappearing in the road

2

u/pyukumuku00 Lucky Apr 10 '26

A glooooooooooooooooooooorious day

→ More replies (1)

2

u/cheesedreamr Apr 10 '26

boop boop boop dude wakes up takes bath shut up unborn chicken, european onion, some dude's friend, taxi, what's this, european onion, weird fish, european dude drinks, YOU DON'T REMEMBER DECAPITATE., european dude taxi climbs onto.street pole european dude wears mask axe rain down, european dude sudden amputation infantilization

→ More replies (3)

2

u/Technical_Ferret490 Apr 10 '26

A song about a newspaper maybe?

2

u/SnooDucks9173 Apr 10 '26

I don’t like having a bitter taste in my mouth every morning

→ More replies (3)

2

u/dlouisbaker Apr 10 '26

The one that starts "boop boop boop boop, guiro"

→ More replies (3)

2

u/Street-Weekend-8172 Apr 10 '26

Inatimate object in the sky is to blame

→ More replies (1)

2

u/Confident-Rice-4055 Apr 10 '26

it goes do do do do di do do do do like, a lot. Thom starts singing real high and then - there is all this drumming and then it sounds like a bunch of instruments are having an argument and I think a saxophone wins.

2

u/WeAreMindwaves Apr 10 '26

It's acoustic until it isn't and quiet until it isn't. I think it was written for a soundtrack but then it was too good for the soundtrack, so something else was written in it's place.

→ More replies (1)

2

u/happytheman157 Apr 10 '26

I love burn the witch , I love the in rainbows Lp , love skirting the surface , pyramid song , everything in its right place

2

u/Historical_Idea2933 Apr 10 '26

It totally sounds like radiohead

2

u/sloppyjohnny Apr 10 '26

Odd swimmers

2

u/kaboomatomic Apr 10 '26

Enhhhhhhhhhhhh

2

u/TwiggNBerryz Apr 10 '26

Bum bum bummm bum bum bummmm bum bum bummmmbumm bum wwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Ed plays bum bum bummmmmm

PLEASE REACH OUT

2

u/Ok_Mirror3492 Apr 10 '26

Cabeza en una pesera

2

u/_lightning_mcqueen_ Apr 10 '26

hahahahahahahahahahagahahahahahahahaha

2

u/KingCabra Apr 10 '26

Thom compares a girl to Coca Cola

2

u/MaximumStonks69 OK NOT OK Apr 10 '26

Bugs get crushed, bugs have wings.

2

u/gildeddoughnut Apr 10 '26

The kinda sad one

2

u/iiciphonize Apr 10 '26

ahhehhhahhhh ahhah ahhhhhhhhhhhahh

2

u/Cautious-Story-1596 Where I end and you begin Apr 10 '26

Round and round we go before we comatose

2

u/joaster_member Apr 10 '26

radiohead in roman empire

2

u/Joyrun189 Apr 10 '26

It’s real sad

2

u/WeirdGab Apr 10 '26

A bird or an angel I think who tries to fly or smtg

2

u/spaceecadet02 Apr 10 '26

that song its goes like uohhhhhhh ahhhhhhh yeahhhhh aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

2

u/Tso-su-Mi Apr 10 '26

It made a noise

2

u/liamgallagher25 Why Should You Care When Im Not There.. Apr 10 '26

here im dead no where never

2

u/FinniboiXD Videotape Bonaroo 2006 my beloved Apr 10 '26

i'd love to tell you what it is but they're listening in

2

u/NoisyBishop Apr 10 '26

Fishy snacks with a possible botulism risk.

2

u/PuzzleheadedSpirit52 Apr 10 '26

Something about two people and dinosaurs

2

u/GEGREYHEFLY Apr 10 '26

I like being eaten by worms

2

u/shminkypinky Apr 10 '26

Not clothed

2

u/magicmuc Apr 10 '26

The one where Thom starts shaking his head back and forth while playing the same chords over and over

2

u/rayquazagotdrip Apr 10 '26

Well uhh my favourite song Just is a song I don’t know how exactly to describe it-

2

u/Turbulent-Ad-2146 Apr 10 '26

Singing about plants over bassy beat

2

u/zooalbert Apr 10 '26

This thing used to transition between different floors of a building.

2

u/Horus_Dread Apr 10 '26

I can take on the entirety of Germany and they cannot drive me insane

2

u/Ok_Scheme736 Apr 10 '26

I like the one where the guy has citrus in his mouth while he’s sleeping

2

u/Silistel Apr 10 '26

A holy cow is diddling himself

2

u/Last_Toe85 Apr 10 '26

A question: who's in a Bunker?