Song · Kid A / Amnesiac era (2000–01)
The Amazing Sounds of Orgy
An Amnesiac B-side that waited eleven years for its first night on stage.
2001
the b-side
Thom Yorke named the four new songs for “Pyramid Song”, the first single from Amnesiac, on the band's message board on 7 April 2001, and this one came out on the first CD that May, its title a little longer than the one he posted. It is a repeating, krautrock-leaning groove, with Jonny Greenwood's ondes Martenot over the top.
2012
one spring
It had never been played live when Radiohead put it into the set in Dallas on 5 March 2012, on the King of Limbs tour, the same night “Skirting on the Surface” had its first full-band outing. “Hold onto your seats,” Yorke told the crowd, and Greenwood worked the electronics towards the end. It stayed for the spring, six nights in all, the last of them Tinley Park on 10 June 2012.
On 13 March, at the 1stBank Center outside Denver, Yorke explained why it was back. It had been written at least ten years before, he said, about the banks collapsing, and forgotten, and brought back in rehearsals because now it made sense.
on stage
A live take.· suprefanwatch on youtube →
the record(1)
on stage(2)
Live history
| Times played | 6 shows |
|---|---|
| Live debut | Monday 5 March 2012 · Dallas |
| Last played | Sunday 10 June 2012 · Tinley Park |
Nights played include broadcasts; opened and closed count gigs only. A cancelled night has no setlist. All setlist stats →
sources5
- The site's own catalogue note, based on Genius and fan archives.
- The site's news story “‘Pyramid Song’ enters the UK chart at number five”, 27 May 2001, for Yorke's message-board post and the single's track list.
- Rob Hakimian, Beats Per Minute, 6 March 2012, and Spin, 6 March 2012, for the first performance, Yorke's introduction and the electronics.
- Dave Herrera, “Review: Radiohead at 1STBANK Center, 3/13/12”, Westword, 14 March 2012, for Yorke on the banks.
- Performance dates from this site's own setlist archive.