Kid A - The Reinvention of Radiohead

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  • Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
  • 20 years ago, Radiohead took one of the biggest left-turns in history by releasing stepping away from rock music and making an experimental electronica record that completely changed the way music would be released.
    Special thanks to the Citizen Insane fan website which provided much of the interviews/magazine clippings used throughout the video: citizeninsane.eu/index.html
    00:00 Intro
    01:15 Strobe Lights and Broken Speakers
    04:37 You're Living in a Fantasy World
    11:27 Everything In It's Right Place
    15:08 Kid A
    18:10 The National Anthem
    21:59 How to Disappear Completely
    25:38 Treefingers
    26:35 Optimistic
    29:09 In Limbo
    31:02 Idioteque
    34:29 Morning Bell
    35:24 Motion Picture Soundtrack
    38:01 The Big Fish Eat the Little Ones

КОМЕНТАРІ • 58

  • @rationalmuscle
    @rationalmuscle Рік тому +68

    You know you're depressed when you're Thom Yorke and you don't like your own voice.

  • @jameshannagan4256
    @jameshannagan4256 2 роки тому +99

    Man I can not tell you how much I hated this album when it came out. I gave them one more chance with Amnesiac and that was even weirder so I put Radiohead aside for 10 years or so and somehow I heard a song from In Rainbows while listening to some music on You Tube and I loved it fast forward a few months and I was listening to them every day b-sides everything I could find, Now I can say they are my favorite band without a doubt and their music got me through a very dark time when my wife died at 48 suddenly the supposedly sad music was was not sad at all it was cathartic and helped me grieve when I could not I was still in shock and catatonic.I tell people that their music is not sad if you are sad already, but beautiful and changed my life in a meaningful way.

    • @t.andrewhanes872
      @t.andrewhanes872 Рік тому +2

      That was a beautiful review and aside from the loss of your wife (my sympathies) I too first hated these albums and yet learned to love them and they too got me thru a hard time. Brilliant band. Shalom y Salaam.

    • @jameshannagan4256
      @jameshannagan4256 Рік тому +5

      @@t.andrewhanes872 Thank you I found joy again mostly in my daughter ( who looks like her mother} she just graduated from college and is starting grad school in the fall. More importantly she is kind and fair and treats strangers and unpopular people with kindness and respect. Right now I am digging the Smile and I hope you enjoy the record as much as I am.

    • @markcarey67
      @markcarey67 Рік тому +3

      I had the opposite reaction - OK Computer needed time to grow on me so I told myself I wouldn't judge Kid A straight away but from the first bars of "Everything in it's right place" I got it instantly - I had been listening to a lot of things they were influenced by like the Warp label artists and Migus by then though

    • @synaesthete81
      @synaesthete81 Рік тому +2

      Damn man.. that is so sad yet so on the nose. This band has been somehow getting me through the hardest time of my life, with the rug pulled from under me and not knowing where or how hard I will fall. I listen to their music every fucking day.. and somehow I'm still here, not taking the easy way out just yet.

  • @JasonMeem-qv2wl
    @JasonMeem-qv2wl 11 місяців тому +17

    I love how the general summary when you listen to the development of each album is basically, 95% of the time Jonny is right. He’s a genius.

  • @paranoidandroid1997
    @paranoidandroid1997 3 роки тому +37

    I remember not liking this album, it was too experimental for me. Now i love it.

    • @jameshannagan4256
      @jameshannagan4256 2 роки тому

      Ditto

    • @mikeking683
      @mikeking683 2 роки тому

      I just can't like it. I've tried and tried. There are songs I like on it, but some of the tracks use too much repetition. For instance, "everything..." says the title line too many times, for me. I think their best is "in rainbows" or "ok computer".

    • @agnomenamedgrimblegromble3735
      @agnomenamedgrimblegromble3735 2 роки тому +10

      @@mikeking683 that's understandable, I think this is their best album to listen from front to back because there aren't many songs in it that could be singles
      I love the atmosphere, it's cold and dark, but sometimes cozy

    • @zeth7109
      @zeth7109 Рік тому +1

      @@agnomenamedgrimblegromble3735 Exactly, Kid A is a whole experience

  • @angryprimalbug5417
    @angryprimalbug5417 2 роки тому +44

    This is really high effort and also really underrated. I wish more people would see this

  • @mhoppy6639
    @mhoppy6639 2 роки тому +21

    I will happily admit to being profoundly disappointed when I first played this record. I vividly remember buying the record from my local “Fopp” store. ( it was a long time ago!). And it took me a long time to listen to this again. It wasn’t just me, all my colleagues were Radiohead nuts and we all felt the same sort of let down feeling. However what turned me was listening to the live version of national anthem where the radio becomes one of the instruments and I’m shamed to say I didn’t recognise it as Radiohead and thought my God that’s amazing. So I went back listen again with older and More forgiving ears. This thing is genius. Still prefer ok computer though!!

  • @d3fault511
    @d3fault511 3 роки тому +31

    This was a really cool video, Kid A mate

  • @curly_wyn
    @curly_wyn Рік тому +6

    I definitely love Kid A more than Ok Computer. It has an even better vibe and sound to it knowing it was a daring left turn that was successful!

  • @Poloolpp
    @Poloolpp 2 роки тому +8

    how does this only have 700 views

  • @maximuzmusic1261
    @maximuzmusic1261 3 роки тому +11

    here before the youtube algorithm grants this video 1M views

    • @benframpton9302
      @benframpton9302 Рік тому +1

      Still got a while before it reaches 1M views

  • @TenHundred
    @TenHundred 3 місяці тому +2

    Great video!

  • @mistapeper1283
    @mistapeper1283 2 роки тому +8

    as person that wants to make music in future this video is suprisingly helpfull
    well we will see what future brings...
    *i will see you in next life*

  • @joelgodfrey3799
    @joelgodfrey3799 Рік тому

    Loved your video Man!! great job!!

  • @findeevy
    @findeevy 2 роки тому

    this is a great retrospective 🥺

  • @Itsyaboy88
    @Itsyaboy88 2 роки тому +1

    Fantastic!

  • @Itsyaboy88
    @Itsyaboy88 2 роки тому +3

    Great job on this

  • @paulgrace3439
    @paulgrace3439 Рік тому +4

    I immediately liked this upon release. More daring and just as original as O.K. Computer. I was into bands such as Can previously so I took to this release upon first listen and repeated listens only got better. A truly progressive band.

  • @Aaron_Djela
    @Aaron_Djela 3 роки тому +4

    This is really great content right here :) keep up the good work

  • @Newbie-dk1fy
    @Newbie-dk1fy 2 роки тому +2

    Love the video, you just earned yourself a new subscriber

  • @mrbonham3295
    @mrbonham3295 8 місяців тому +1

    This album is just amazing

  • @themamat
    @themamat 2 роки тому +4

    Good video essay brother. Hope you'll be more recognized soon.

  • @dailynutrients5223
    @dailynutrients5223 11 місяців тому +1

    fantastic video dude, i don't know how it hasn't gotten more attention. well done.

  • @galesito1733
    @galesito1733 2 роки тому +7

    I remember when this came out, I read a review of it in Q Magazine. The reviewer bitched about the nonsense lyrics, in particular the words "yesterday I woke up soaking animal" from Everything In Its Right Place. He was really dismissive and vitriolic about it which is funny because those aren't actually the words. That was around the time I stopped buying Q.

  • @GoviaM
    @GoviaM 2 роки тому +4

    this should have more views

  • @joeydanielski962
    @joeydanielski962 2 роки тому +8

    Thanks so much for the in-depth view. I've never been a big Radiohead fan but have always heard about how polarizing this particular record was.. Learning more about it and the circumstances it was created in has convinced me to give it a serious listen.
    Great video, I love it.

  • @Kmn2
    @Kmn2 Рік тому +1

    underrated vid

  • @ricardopitamusic
    @ricardopitamusic Рік тому +1

    💎

  • @TheNimasan
    @TheNimasan 2 роки тому +1

    tremendous job on this!! Subscribed. ok compeuter, kid A , amnesiac are all my #1 greatest albums from my top ten list greatest albums of all times. its fucking ridiclous, but i can't pick 1,2,3 so i put them all in my #1. #2) bitches brew #3) laughing stock #4) autobahn, #5) lift your skinny fists like antennas to haaven #6) soundtrack for the blinds #7) 9. symphony #8) liquid sword #9) medlle #10 ) tears of the valedictorian. I am a Modular musician myself.

  • @MarcoGosatti42
    @MarcoGosatti42 Місяць тому

    KID A was the album where Radiohead really shifted through the gears of what it's like to be a rock band in the 21s century. And to say to brit pop "right thats over"
    The greatest 00s album of all time it's turned out to be.

  • @suzycat2026
    @suzycat2026 8 місяців тому

    Why am I just finding this today? 😮 Really enjoyed the breakdown of each song.
    I took to Kid A like a cat to water, considering I'm a water cat year, really means I fell into it with sheer abandon.
    Kid A is a masterpiece.. " Cut the Kids in half " > while I been singing " put the Kid to bed ".😂 That's the kind of surprise I love from Radiohead lyrics , even after all these years.
    We're coming to a bend now,, changing down a gear > bends of different sorts have featured in Thoms lyrics. The Smile are another brilliant surprise for me, beautiful first album. ❤
    Still optimistic about another Radiohead album some day.🙏🏻 Big up to Radiohead, the maker of this film & all you humAn beings.x 😻🍄🎵

  • @petsounds3612
    @petsounds3612 2 роки тому +6

    Great video! You mentioned Kid A was in your top 3 OAT. What are the other 2 out of curiosity?

    • @GizmoCh
      @GizmoCh  2 роки тому +11

      My favourite album of all time is Disintegration by The Cure. Number 3 is a toss up between Figure 8 by Elliott Smith and Remain in Light by Talking Heads

    • @petsounds3612
      @petsounds3612 2 роки тому +3

      @@GizmoCh great choices!

  • @magictransistorradio4933
    @magictransistorradio4933 Рік тому +1

    Kid A was the first album I loved by Radiohead. Although I did like some of their songs before. All my friends were into OK Computer, and I liked some of it, but half of it is a bit messy to me.

  • @looselytelling
    @looselytelling Рік тому

    If Kid A is anything it is acquired taste, I like others hated Kid A and mostly stuck to OK Computer and The Bends until one day I got it and never let go same with all the other albums, what I hate about Radiohead is that ever since I listened to them I haven't stopped they are too good

  • @_-_-_-Prof.BoskoBiathi-_-_-_
    @_-_-_-Prof.BoskoBiathi-_-_-_ Рік тому +1

    Fabulous video,,,really,..but in song the lines are : strobe lights and BLOWN speaķers..anyway,.regards

  • @hectorkish6598
    @hectorkish6598 2 роки тому +5

    APEX TWIN WAS DATED BEFORE KID A

    • @shadowchasernql
      @shadowchasernql Місяць тому

      had a girfriend yes, but that was a different one than the one he's actually married(!) to now

  • @davidprior8
    @davidprior8 Рік тому +3

    Great doc, but I’m not hearing the same album many are. Kid A still sucks to me. And I’ve tried so hard to like it.

  • @willrudd6233
    @willrudd6233 Рік тому +1

    Pretentiousness 101 Band.

    • @jorgekech
      @jorgekech Рік тому +4

      there nothing pretentiousnes with radiohead

    • @BeachLifeinDeath
      @BeachLifeinDeath 9 місяців тому +1

      thats what i used to think before i actually listened to radiohead :)

  • @jasonmassplayingmusic5533
    @jasonmassplayingmusic5533 Рік тому

    Their masterpiece imo…

  • @arlindk._
    @arlindk._ 11 місяців тому

    28:00 he's so real for that