I’m still reeling from the awesomeness of the Radiohead concert last week, so I’ve been playing through a lot of their albums.
On Kid A, the 2nd track is Kid A and the 3rd is The National Anthem. This tunes work so well together that Kid A seems incomplete to me on its own. It’s meditative, jazzy and wandering… all fair enough if a little dull when taken by themselves. But when you follow it up with the thumping intro to The National Anthem, my little heart goes pitter pat.
As usual, I can’t really recommend these videos, but the recordings are pretty decent. (For two Radiohead videos that are completely on-par with the music, see this earlier Vinny post.)
Postscript: Am I supposed to italicize album names, or song names? I always forget.
I suggest italicizing the album title and enclosing “song titles” in quotation marks.
Sort of in keeping with MLA style, which stipulates that book titles are italicized and article titles are enclosed in quotes.
My favorite album of all time is The Bends. I can listen to that album over and over. Kid A, I hated when it came out. Then two years later I’m listening to it again and it was genius. They were just a little bit ahead of their time. I didn’t go this time to see them though. I saw them the previous time they played Whiteriver Ampitheater and I didn’t really like the venue. Now if they go back to the Gorge…
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