Episode 28

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Published on:

9th May 2023

Radiohead - In Rainbows (Pt. 3)

Before Nick and Austin reach the pearly gates, they first have to make it through the last three songs on In Rainbows. Things start off strangely, with Prince-like lyrics and mentions of wife-swapping. That's before Nick says the word "love" about 100 times and Austin brings up death again. Along the way, they struggle to pronounce Mephistopheles and discuss the Nietzschean concept of Eternal Return. Join the discussion on Facebook.

Songs Discussed:

1:40 - "House of Cards"

15:55 - "Jigsaw Falling into Place"

25:40 - "Videotape"

"I Wanna Be Your Lover" by Prince

"The Ice Storm" by Rick Moody

"House of Cards" music video

"Jigsaw Falling Into Place" music video

"This Charming Man" by The Smiths

The secret rhythm behind Radiohead's "Videotape"

"After Life" by Hirokazu Kore-eda

"Videotape" at Bonnarro (June 2006)

Ezra Pound and the drafts of The Waste Land

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About the Podcast

Anyone Can Play Guitar

Learning every Radiohead song on guitar in order

Listen along as writers in Chicago and Switzerland learn to play songs from The Smashing Pumpkins on guitar. To prove they've put the time in, they're forcing themselves to record versions of each track to play for all to judge. Armed with this knowledge, they'll discuss each song, while simultaneously admitting to potentially embarrassing personal stories from more than 20 years of fandom.

In the first season, Nick and Austin learned every officially released Radiohead song. For season two, they are making their way through The Smashing Pumpkins from 1991 to 2000. While we'd love to learn every one of the band's songs on guitar, Billy Corgan is simply too prolific. We apologize.

About your hosts

Austin Diaz

I've trained for this music podcast by teaching Latin and English in German in Switzerland for the past nine years. I ride my bike a lot, but not for fun. I live in the same apartment as my wife and two sons.

Nick Kindelsperger

Like all good music podcast hosts, I have been a food and dining reporter for the Chicago Tribune since 2016. Most days I can be found eating a questionable number of meals for research purposes.