{"id":805595,"date":"2020-03-23T19:14:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T01:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=971996"},"modified":"2020-03-23T19:14:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T01:14:43","slug":"watch-james-blake-cover-radioheads-no-surprises-via-livestream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/watch-james-blake-cover-radioheads-no-surprises-via-livestream\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch James Blake Cover Radiohead\u2019s \u2018No Surprises\u2019 Via Livestream"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_editorial_10442527an.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/james-blake\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-blake\" data-tag=\"james-blake\">James Blake<\/a> played a solo rendition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/radiohead\/\" id=\"auto-tag_radiohead\" data-tag=\"radiohead\">Radiohead<\/a>\u2019s \u201cNo Surprises\u201d on Monday, tackling the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/ok-computer-189802\/\"><em> OK Computer<\/em><\/a> anthem during a livestreamed Instagram performance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The singer-songwriter \u2014 a noted Radiohead fan who previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7s78nSS-3OQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">covered<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/in-rainbows-189650\/\"><em> In Rainbows<\/em><\/a>\u2018 \u201cVideotape\u201d onstage \u2014 magnified the song\u2019s melancholy core with his stripped-down take. Over rich piano chords, the singer-songwriter ascended to a fluttering falsetto as he sang about \u201ca heart that\u2019s full up like a landfill, a job that slowly kills you.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fans were clearly onboard with his version, replying on Instagram with a flurry of crying face and heart emojis. But Blake followed his performance by laughing and playfully apologizing to Radiohead\u2019s Thom Yorke: \u201cThat I\u2019ve never done before,\u201d he said. \u201cI tried it last night, and I just thought, \u2018I\u2019m gonna do it\u2026in front of, now, 26,000 people. Sorry, Thom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wPEa3BA8Bo8?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Blake\u2019s livestream also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/setlist\/james-blake\/2020\/private-venue-london-england-5b997fa8.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">included<\/a> some original tracks, along with covers of Billie Eilish\u2019s \u201cwhen the party\u2019s over,\u201d Frank Ocean\u2019s \u201cGodspeed,\u201d Joni Mitchell\u2019s \u201cA Case of You,\u201d Feist\u2019s \u201cThe Limit to Your Love,\u201d Bill Withers\u2019 \u201cHope She\u2019ll Be Happier,\u201d Don McLean\u2019s \u201cVincent\u201d and Aqua\u2019s \u201cBarbie Girl.\u201d Before the set, he teased the post by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B-C3-HMngyx\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">noting<\/a>, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOk looks like we\u2019re in this for the long haul so I\u2019m jumping in\u2026gotta play for you guys somehow.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/covid-19\/\">COVID-19<\/a> confines people around the world to their homes, numerous artists are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/coronavirus-livestreaming-concerts-967169\/\">utilizing the livestream format<\/a> to maintain a direct connection with fans. Death Cab for Cutie\u2019s Ben Gibbard has been playing daily sets, and he even debuted a new folk song, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/ben-gibbard-life-in-quarantine-song-970428\/\">\u201cLife in Quarantine,\u201d<\/a> inspired by the pandemic. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3> Popular on Rolling Stone <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/james-blake-radiohead-no-surprises-cover-971996\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Blake played a solo rendition of Radiohead\u2019s \u201cNo Surprises\u201d on Monday, tackling the OK Computer anthem during a livestreamed Instagram performance. The singer-songwriter \u2014 a noted Radiohead fan who previously covered In Rainbows\u2018 \u201cVideotape\u201d onstage \u2014 magnified the song\u2019s melancholy core with his stripped-down take. Over rich piano chords, the singer-songwriter ascended to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-805595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-18 14:27:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}