Live at the Astoria

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Live at the Astoria
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Video by
Released13 March 1995 (VHS)
21 November 2005 (DVD)
Recorded27 May 1994
Venue London Astoria
Genre Alternative rock
Length66:53
Label
Director Brett Turnbull
Producer Sarah Bayliss
Radiohead chronology
Live at the Astoria
(1995)
7 Television Commercials
(1998)

Live at the Astoria is a live concert video by the English rock group Radiohead, taken from their performance at the London Astoria on 27 May 1994. It was released on VHS in 1995, with DVD and streaming releases in later years.

Contents

Content

Live at the Astoria features performances of songs from Radiohead's first two albums, Pablo Honey (1993) and The Bends (1995). [1] The performance of "My Iron Lung" was used for The Bends, with Thom Yorke's vocals replaced and the audience removed. [2]

Release

Live at the Astoria was released on VHS on 13 March 1995, the same day as Radiohead's second album, The Bends. [3] A DVD release followed in 2005. [3] On 28 May 2020, Radiohead added Live at the Astoria to YouTube. [3] [1] [4]

Track list

  1. "You" (3:48)
  2. "Bones" (3:08)
  3. "Ripcord" (3:17)
  4. "Black Star" (3:44)
  5. "Creep" (4:10)
  6. "The Bends" (3:56)
  7. "My Iron Lung" (5:06)
  8. "Prove Yourself" (2:24)
  9. "Maquiladora" (3:16)
  10. "Vegetable" (3:14)
  11. "Fake Plastic Trees" (4:29)
  12. "Just" (3:43)
  13. "Stop Whispering" (5:16)
  14. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" (4:16)
  15. "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (4:24)
  16. "Pop Is Dead" (2:22)
  17. "Blow Out" (6:14)

Personnel

All songs written by Radiohead and published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

References

  1. 1 2 Graves, Wren (28 May 2020). "Radiohead streaming 1994 show Live at the Astoria on YouTube: Watch". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. Garcia, Sandra (July 1995). "Decompression". B-Side (51).
  3. 1 2 3 Skinner, Tom (27 May 2020). "Radiohead to stream classic 'Live At The Astoria' show in full". NME . Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. Shafer, Ellise (8 April 2020). "Radiohead to Stream Weekly Archived Live Shows During Quarantine". Variety . Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  5. "Radiohead - Live At The Astoria". artistdirect.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2009.