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Radiohead: Pyramid Song - Analysis
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‘Pyramid Song’, written by Thom Yorke with contributions from Jonny Greenwood and Philip Selway, is one of Radiohead's most enduringly popular songs. In this essay, I analyse the harmony, rhythm and form of the song and suggest that the hypnotic feeling you get whilst listening to it comes about as a result of the music’s complex substructure. A lot of the content and inspiration for this essay comes from Brad Osborn's fantastic book 'Everything in its Right Place: Analyzing Radiohead'. If you're interesting in diving into the complex theory behind Radiohead's songs, then I thoroughly recommend you purchase this book (link below).

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EXPLANATION OF MOTIF NAMES
- Intro: First motif to be heard in the song
- Pyramid: Most used motif in the song
- Radix: When the notes of the major/minor thirds in each the chords of this motif are plotted against time (number of beats), the sequence looks like a square root sign (√), called a 'Radix' (Radix comes from the Latin for 'root')
- BACH: The major/minor thirds in the chords in this motif are, in order, A♮, G#, B, A#. If you transpose this sequence up a semitone (half-step), you get B♭, A, C, B♮. This is known as the 'BACH' motif - in German musical nomenclature, 'B' signifies a B♭ and 'H' signifies a B♮.

FURTHER WATCHING
Radiohead - Pyramid Song [Music Video]:    • Radiohead - Pyramid Song  
Everything In Its Right Place: A Conversation with Brad Osborn:    • Everything In Its Right Place: A Conv...  

FURTHER READING/RESEARCH
Everything in its Right Place: Analyzing Radiohead (Brad Osborn) - global.oup.com/academic/product/everything-in-its-…

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@ListeningIn

2 years ago

Hi everyone - you might notice that there is a period in the video for about a minute where the video is blurred. This is to get it unblocked for the time-being while I contest the copyright claim. Hope you still enjoy it!

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@eracli0

3 years ago

What’s crazy about Radiohead is i can see them intentionally doing this all on purpose but i can also see this all being one big coincidence because they’re just THAT good.

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@tonyaiken9612

2 years ago

Always felt the lyrics to this song referred to Jeff Buckley’s tragic swim in the Wolf River in Memphis. The Pyramid is located there, the falsetto, “black-winged angel,” so many references

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@TylerTylerTyler

2 years ago

I was lucky enough to see Radiohead perform Pyramid Song, it felt like the outdoor stadium was going to disconnect from the Earth and fly us into outer space. I had to walk outside during the next song to gather myself. FEELING that song live has an effect on my body and mind

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@rotisseriepossum

3 years ago

I’m starting to think Radiohead is WAY different than I assumed

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@ScamboliReviews

4 years ago

Insane production value, keep it going :)

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@darchipelago6695

4 years ago

Hi. Brad Osborn here. Absolutely fantastic work, and very generous toward my own scholarship!

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@Torispets

3 years ago

When this song came out, I was a musicology student in my third year and spent ages analysing the form of the song just in my bedroom, counting the beats and making the patterns make sense in my own mind. This video reminded me of those days, and it was delightful to see the notes written out, too. Thank you.

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@DavidBennettPiano

4 years ago

I've just stumbled across your channel and I'm blown away! If you keep producing such stunning and thoughtful videos I predict that in 12 months time you'll have 100k subscribers for sure! Well done and keep going ✨✨

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@timflatus

3 years ago

Great analysis. Tonal uncertainty is a marvellous thing. I find it fascinating how some of the greatest pieces of music actually defy modern musical analysis to a certain extent. This shows us that music theory is primarily descriptive and shouldn't be considered to be proscriptive - if it sounds good, it is good.

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@AndyChamberlainMusic

4 years ago

Oh my god your graphics are getting even better than they already were, that's incredible. Holy shit man

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@vldmr_videohead

3 years ago

This has to be one of the best edited videos I saw in my life. I know huge part of it was the Pyramid Song itself, but I got goosebumps from listening to this video. Excellent job.

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@gmmgmmg

3 years ago

I remember when I first heard this song, it was on MTV, I was hypnotised by the music and the video. As soon as it finished I run to the record shop to buy Amnesiac.

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@tikirifernando4324

4 years ago

Please make more Radiohead content, this is AMAZING!!

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@linseyspolidoro5122

3 years ago

Pyramid song always reminds me of Satie’s gnossienne no. 3. I know it’s a weird comparison and I’m not sure why exactly but I think it’s just that they both have that dark ethereal quality to them.

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@VarunDhabe

4 years ago

Absolutely lovely analysis! The production quality is insane

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@mistapeper1283

2 years ago

i love those quiet string noises at beggining sounding like crowd talking and those weird noises sounding like police sirens

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@andrevita2793

4 years ago

I don't understand why this channel has so little recognition. Your analysis was fantastic, and the video is made with great expertise. I hope you go big!

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@joooooooooooe

3 years ago

As aggravating as it can be to hear theory applied to music - like revealing the mechanics of emotion - you do an excellent job of balancing the academic and analytical with the mystic and wonder of the listening experience. Enough so, that I realize any frustration to the analysis of one of my favorite songs, did not spoil the secrets of the experience, but expanded it. Reminds me of the first time I ever heard this song; the feeling of letting go of the familiar and floating into the unknown - a feeling of uneasy followed by a deep and primal sense of awe and wonder.

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@samuelhillmusic

4 years ago

My dude, the production value on these essays is insane! You're doing amazing work, keep it up!

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