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jude111
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Topic: Kid A Posted: March 29 2013 at 17:22 |
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I do. I don't know if we're supposed to or not... Some see it as like a B-sides collection, or discarded songs... If Kid A is like one re-born in a kind of matrix or virtual reality, then Amnesiac is about the 'amnesia' or forgetting the past...? Haha. Maybe it wasn't quite that thought out as I'm making it seem. I don't think Yorke was trying to make concept albums like DSOTM, but I do think he had some kind of singular vision that he's been following...
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Fox On The Rocks
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 16:25 | ||
Are you considering Kid A and Amnesiac as one whole package?
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Fox On The Rocks
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 16:25 | ||
Wow, that's so true. I'm having an epiphany right now man. Edited by Fox On The Rocks - March 29 2013 at 16:26 |
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memowakeman
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 14:54 | ||
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jude111
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Posted: March 26 2013 at 23:02 | ||
I'm a huge fan of Radiohead. I started getting into them when Pablo Honey came out (which I liked a lot, and thought that the band was clearly going places; this is a better album than normally given credit for, although clearly it's dated now). Concerning In Rainbows, this album is over-hyped. I get why. The marketing strategy, the pay-what-you-want - it was huge, and scored the band all kinds of respect. I get all that. But I just don't consider the album itself top tier Radiohead. It certainly has some awesome songs. It also has some really annoying ones. I'll take the best songs off of Hail to the Thief over the best songs on In Rainbows. And I think The Eraser is a better album than both.
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jude111
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Posted: March 26 2013 at 22:50 | ||
I see Kid A as a sequel to OK Computer - and a brilliant one at that. I can't imagine enjoying one without the other. OK Computer is a fin-de-siecle work, charting the end of an age, and the world on the cusp of a new, virtual reality. Pyramid Song is key: "I jumped in the river... All my lovers were there with me, all my past and futures... There was nothing to fear, nothing to doubt." OK, computer. You win. Erasing oneself by escaping into virtual reality. What's interesting is that in Radiohead's scenario, it's not robots forcing us into virtual reality (a la Matrix), but man himself willingly seeking the blessed relief from the disapointments recounted in "Let Down." A philosopher has published a terrifying book, arguing that the statistical odds are that we are all probably computer programs. I think that Radiohead's work expresses these anxieties. Radiohead has continued to explore this theme about erasure ("The Eraser") beyond Kid A/Amensiac; see, for example, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi: "Why should I stay here? Why should I stay?... / I follow to the end of the earth and fall off ... / I'll hit the bottom and escape / Weird fishes." (Which sounds a lot like "we're fishes.") It's no accident that "Everything In Its Right Place" was featured prominently in the sci-fi film "Vanilla Sky," in which Tom Cruise's character is living a virtual world, without his knowing it. Edited by jude111 - March 26 2013 at 22:55 |
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rogerthat
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Posted: March 26 2013 at 22:31 | ||
Oh, I am not hating on their later albums but I suspect resurrection hasn't heard them. Because if he disliked Kid A, then these albums depart even further from their 90s sound.
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Fox On The Rocks
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Posted: March 26 2013 at 15:30 | ||
I can see that. He probably digs the experimental stuff more. OK Computer is a monster, don't get me wrong, but Radiohead really reinvented themselves in the new century, basically stripped all of their old rules and tricks, and changed their career around. The past five albums have been key sources of innovation and experimentation for Pop Music, and I'm just fortunate that we've had the pleasure to listen to them, because they really are incredible records. |
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Melomaniac
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Posted: March 26 2013 at 15:21 | ||
My two cents on Kid A : this album left me with the feeling that the band took off in a Space Shuttle and I was left behind, thinking : Bon Voyage, guys, too bad I could'nt follow you, but this is where I draw the line. To the point where I actually sold the album in a used record shop. Never could get into it.
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Fox On The Rocks
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Posted: March 26 2013 at 15:17 | ||
In Rainbows was fantastic album though. |
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Chozal
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Posted: March 26 2013 at 11:20 | ||
One of my current bandmates is a rabid fan of Kid A and In Rainbows and is pretty adamant about the fact that the worst Radiohead album is ... OK Computer.
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rogerthat
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Posted: March 26 2013 at 10:01 | ||
I wonder whether you've heard the albums AFTER Kid A. And worse than Pablo Honey...wow, that's a bit difficult to work out.
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Fox On The Rocks
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Posted: March 25 2013 at 22:35 | ||
Well it's one of my favourites, I'll tell you that. What I really appreciate about it though, is that every track has a unique personality within itself. Everybody has a different favourite - it's so varied.
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Fox On The Rocks
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Posted: March 25 2013 at 22:20 | ||
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Padraic
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Posted: March 25 2013 at 22:16 | ||
Not only does he not like it, but apparently you're an idiot if you do. |
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Fox On The Rocks
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Posted: March 25 2013 at 22:13 | ||
That's great. Hey, that's a little slice of pride right there - good spirit. |
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Fox On The Rocks
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Posted: March 25 2013 at 22:12 | ||
That's interesting. So many people slave over this album, you don't like it? |
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: March 25 2013 at 14:48 | ||
My sister's nickname is Kid M because she loves Radiohead, I don't really like them but just felt like bringing that up
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Padraic
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Posted: March 25 2013 at 09:30 | ||
I'll have to give it to the opener.
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jude111
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Posted: March 25 2013 at 09:22 | ||
I prefer some live versions of Idioteque. That track really comes alive at concerts.
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