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29th Mar 2022

17. Radiohead's Kid A Part 3: "Idioteque," "Morning Bell," and "Motion Picture Soundtrack"

Nick and Austin don't need too much wine or sleeping pills to get through the last songs on Kid A. Just get ready for a discussion of old IBM computers, Wagner operas, and Bo Burnham. Nick forces Austin to listen to "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," while they both rave about Alice Coltrane. For some inexplicable reason, the 1997 film Titanic comes up. They end the podcast with their Kid A Awards. 

Songs Discussed: 

2:05 - "Idioteque" 

18:08 - "Morning Bell" 

27:30 - "Motion Picture Soundtrack" 

40:30 - The Kid A Awards 

Paul Lansky "Mild und Leise"

Paul Lansky on Radiohead

IBM 360/91

The Tristan Chord

"Tristan und Isolde" by Richard Wagner

"Idioteque" live at Glastonbury

Bo Burnham Inside

"Short Piece" by Arthur Kreiger

Radiohead parody by Reggie Watts

How Reggie Watts Makes Music in Vulture

Judgment of Solomon in 1 Kings 3:16-28

"Morning Bell" monster blip

Acoustic version of Motion Picture Soundtrack

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

Alice Coltrane ‎– Journey In Satchidananda

"I'll never let go" in Titanic

Westworld's Motion Picture Soundtrack Cover

Motion Picture Soundtrack at a funeral

The "Creep" Award: The Best Song, Begrudgingly or Not

Austin: "Idioteque" 

Nick: "Kid A"

The "Blow Out" Award: Our Personal Favorite Song 

Nick: "Kid A" and "Idioteque"

Austin: "Everything In Its Right Place" 


The "I Can't" Award: Most Improved Song

Austin: "In Limbo" 

Nick: "In Limbo" and "Treefingers"

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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.