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15th Mar 2022

15. Radiohead's Kid A, Part 1: "Everything in its Right Place," "Kid A," and "The National Anthem"

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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About the Podcast

Anyone Can Play Guitar
Learning every Radiohead song on guitar in order
Listen along as a food critic in Chicago and a Latin teacher in Switzerland make their way through the Radiohead catalog, learning how to play every song on the 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 Radiohead fandom.

As a guide, we are following the Radiohead Complete: Lyrics & Chords (Faber Edition). What we can't learn there, we'll be looking up on sites like Ultimate Guitar and Songsterr.

About your hosts

Austin Diaz

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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

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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.