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Kid A – Radiohead

4/27/20261 hr 39 min

You've never heard Kid A like THIS. Jazz musicians Adam Maness and Peter Martin break down Radiohead's 2000 art rock MASTERPIECE track-by-track to uncover what's really happening in the music that makes this album so incredible. 

Why do we love Radiohead's Kid A so much? Watch to find out.

PLUS - Jazz musicians play Radiohead's "Everything In Its Right Place". One shot, one take, no AI. FULL video: https://youtu.be/c5w9BHKe0rc

Chapters Legend:
 🎧 Listening to a track     🎹 Music theory breakdown     🎵 Live studio jam

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Adam Maness· Host0:00

    At the peak of his success, Thom Yorke went silent. In 1997, his band was on top of the musical mountain with an art rock masterpiece, but all he can think is that guitar music was dead. And now the world was waiting for their next album, and he had nothing. Every recording session was a failure. They went back again and again. The band was split. Some wanted to make guitar-based music that made them famous. Others thought Radiohead might be done. Then Thom Yorke disappears into a country house with a piano, and he walks out with a kernel of an idea, the start of an album that would define the decade and predict the future.

  2. Thom Yorke· Soundbite0:40

    [singing] Everything.

  3. Adam Maness· Host0:43

    This is Kid A.

  4. Thom Yorke· Soundbite0:52

    Everything. Everything. Everything.

  5. Adam Maness· Host0:58

    I'm Adam Annus.

  6. Peter Martin· Host0:59

    And I'm Peter Martin.

  7. Adam Maness· Host1:00

    And you're listening to the You'll Hear It podcast.

  8. Peter Martin· Host1:02

    Music explored.

  9. Adam Maness· Host1:03

    Explored, brought to you by Open Studio. Go to openstudiojazz.com for all your jazz lesson needs, Peter.

  10. Peter Martin· Host1:10

    Yes.

  11. Adam Maness· Host1:10

    Big day?

  12. Peter Martin· Host1:10

    Well, I was gonna ask you. I thought you might say biggest day.

  13. Adam Maness· Host1:15

    Am I shaking right now?

  14. Peter Martin· Host1:16

    [laughs] You are.

  15. Adam Maness· Host1:16

    I'm shaking a little bit.

  16. Peter Martin· Host1:17

    You've been, like, uh, you know, electric all day, scurrying around here like a, like an ixennial.

  17. Adam Maness· Host1:22

    [laughs] My skin has been buzzing- [laughs] Your skin is glowing ... all week. [laughs] Everything feels more vibrant. [laughs] The colors of the trees are unbelievable

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