Copyright Disclaimer: © Copyright XL Recordings Ltd. Merlin Network B.V Beggars Group For non-profit purposes only, no intention of copyright infringement. I do not own the music used in this video - this song was written and performed by Radiohead, and its rights belong to the owners. The video content was created solely as a demonstration of the game and a tribute out of respect and admiration for the band. It exists as research into the individual instrument parts played in the song, which have been transcribed in this video, in order to supplement the music. This video is noncommercial and transformative in nature and I have uploaded it in good faith that it uses no more of the original than necessary and has no negative effect on the market for the original work Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. www.customscreators.com Download can be found at C3 (Customs Creators Collective)! There's loads of other awesome custom songs available there as well, so check them out! The opening track of The Bends, and quite an interesting choice to start the album off. This song is quite distinct from the rest of the songs on the album, demonstrating a more atmospheric and electronic-influenced sound similar to the direction the band would explore on future albums. In fact, it's the only one that wasn't written before the band started recording - and it was recorded in one night while the band were drunk as hell. While it was released as a double A-side single alongside "High and Dry," it was not nearly as widely played. The song starts out with a distinctive drum pattern and piano chords before the rest of the band comes in, and chugs along at a slow and heavy tempo. The lyrics cryptically sing about a mysterious "it" (think of Faith No More's "Epic"), and is speculated to be about depression. I can tell you right now that the drum rhythm in the intro is probably one of the catchiest drum parts you'll ever hear. It's a slow 8th note groove with groups of up to four 16th note kicks, and a fast snare roll every other measure. As the drum parts in this pack tend to be, it's not too simple but not too challenging, and overall pretty fun. This pattern features in the intro, outro, and chorus, while the verse features a slightly modified version on the ride cymbal with more frequent crashes. The bass part comes in halfway through the intro, and immediately demonstrates why Colin Greenwood is a fantastic and underrated bassist. Throughout the song there's a variety of interesting grooves with changes every measure, typically alternating between two notes and then going up and/or down afterwards. Colin also takes many opportunities to throw in fills and licks here and there, especially later in the song. Guitar takes a while to show up, but comes in at the verse with thick, meaty 3-note chords with a slight shoegazey influence in their tone. The second verse also features a simplistic lead riff with some neat HOPOs mixed in. Both choruses are simply measure-long reverberating sustained chords with occasional quick 32nd note strums. The end of the song changes things up with a clean 8th arpeggio pattern. The bulk of the keys part is contained within the piano chord riff in the intro and outro, with the outro featuring a bit more variation. It's pretty simple, but a distinctive and iconic part of the song. The vocals part is deceptively tricky, with slightly unexpected melodic progressions and some notes that modulate out of key. The singer will especially have to be careful in the second verse, where Thom throws a couple significant twists into the melody. The choruses have some fairly big jumps, and the second chorus has Thom belting out some sustained higher notes.