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15. Radiohead's Kid A, Part 1: "Everything in its Right Place," "Kid A," and "The National Anthem"
15th March 2022 • Anyone Can Play Guitar • Nick Kindelsperger and Austin Diaz
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Season three delves into the wilds of Radiohead's Kid A and Amnesiac. Prepare for multiple semi-serious discussions of the unconscious, the terror of fairy tales, and the late 90s phenomenon of adding a DJ to every rock band. They start by exploring the first three tracks of Kid A, but can you play any of them on guitar? Nick also tries to dispel some common narratives about Kid A, while Austin wades into the world of free jazz.

Songs Discussed:

4:18 - "Everything In Its Right Place"

18:15 - "Kid A"

31:30 - "The National Anthem"

"Fly" by Sugar Ray

Jacques Lacan "What’s so Unconscious about the Unconscious?"

"Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman

How to make a dadaist poem

T.S. Eliot on escaping personality

"Mr. Brightside" by The Killers

"Freedom" by Charles Mingus

Kid A guitar part by Fitter Happier More Acoustic

Grimm's Fairy Tales

The Shades

"Kid A" performed by Chris Thile and the Punch Brothers

"Kid A" performed by John Mayer

Anil Seth's Being You: A New Science of Consciousness

Free Jazz

"Ascension" by John Coltrane

"Blues and Roots" by Charles Mingus

Ondes Martenot

"The National Anthem" live on Saturday Night Live

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