Last night, Radiohead showed up on the season premiere of SNL, their first appearance on that particular television institution since 2000. Alec Baldwin hosted for a record setting 16th time, which meant Steve Martin showed up too. Radiohead sadly didn’t appear in any Lonely Island sketches, but they did perform the King Of Limbs single “Lotus Flower” and the unreleased track “Staircase.” They sounded pretty great even through SNL‘s notoriously bad sound, and Thom Yorke totally played maracas on “Lotus Flower.” Watch both performances below.
Here are some sketches from the episode:
Radiohead will appear on a special hour-long episode of The Colbert Report Monday night and will play NYC’s Roseland Ballroom Wednesday and Thursday.
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For someone with tons of indie sex appeal, Thom Yorke just isn’t very attractive.
On another note, King of Limbs tour? That’s supposed to happen in 2012, right? I gotta get one more Radiohead show in before the world ends.
Radiohead… on SNL? BLASPHEMY!
WHAT??? The best SNL Radiohead performance ever!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne7_jd-ruzg
(Sorry I’m late)
Rough start on Lotus Flower… Mix was a bit tough to listen to as well.
Staircase was much better.
Hope they step it up a notch for Colbert.
The sound left a lot to be desired.
Me too.
I think it was pretty spot on, Lotus Flower, especially in comparison to the Basement version. Are you guys like listening to it through laptop speakers or something?
me too, much preferred over staircase
What? Lotus Flower sounds awesome.
thom yorke looks like a miniature person. i kept thinking little dancing hobbit for some reason.
you a hater for that….hobbits are obviously Kiwis not Brits smh
i plus you even though i have no idea what a kiwi is
Kiwi: someone born in new zealand
ah gotcha thx
Every time Yorke would start dancing I’d think of Ian Curtis.
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*Snaps photo. Turns and starts the jeep up again. Scratches off “Radiohead Troll” on the troll safari list and heads off towards an Animal Collective post.”
Gandhi blows, that guy hasn’t done shit in decades.
Who’s the other drummer? Do they often use a second drummer live?
Clive Deamer, previously seen on this “Staircase” http://stereogum.com/736921/radiohead-staircase/mp3s/
I think for some songs, like There There, one of the regular band members does extra percussion, but I saw them a whiles back, so I could be wrong.
Ed & Jonny both play drums during “There There”
I think it would have been pretty awesome if both Ed and Jonny were wearing the same thing. it would like a visual pun
I believe thats Portishead’s drummer Clive Deamer.