Made a compilation of all the bits of Last Flowers from Radiohead's 2019 Minidisc leak

So this is my first video where I actually used video editing software to put it all together. It isn't anything major, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, mostly due to it not taking all day. The actual editing was minimal.

Last Flowers is a song by Radiohead, released in 2007 as a b-side to In Rainbows, but was originally intended to be recorded along with OK Computer material in 1996/1997. After some really touching demos from Thom, for one reason or another, the boys just couldn't make a full band arrangement work in rehearsals, so the song was shelved for the time being. The 2019 Minidisc leak gives us a glimpse into that period before its shelving with several demos and recordings from rehearsals.

There's a quote from Ed regarding the song in this period where he says, "it sounded shite." Too harsh, Ed. Listening to these recordings, you can tell that there was something there, and they knew it, but they just couldn't quite get it to work. One of my favorite bits is the one Thom labeled "the cupboard monster". It's obviously a little further along than some of the other takes from the same disc. I love how it starts at the chorus with this slow vibey guitar and then just explodes. I can totally imagine a finished full band arrangement of the song in that same vein.

Another standout is the first couple of demos Thom did solo on acoustic guitar. I absolutely adore the early lyrics from the first one and how they give more context for the second verse of the reworked 1997 and final 2007 version. Even the ending of the second demo where the "too much, too bright, too powerful" mantra from the final version hadn't yet developed and is simply just "believe" repeated; Thom gives it his all and delivers a tear jerking performance in a recording that only he was ever meant to hear.

It's real good stuff.