Con il permesso di coloro che sono stanchi di leggere recensioni su questo disco, non potevo resistere dall’incidere sulle tavole di Debaser le mie personali riflessioni.
Il suono del piano elettrico dopo un istante è già entrato nel cervello dell’ascoltatore per comunicare che “ogni cosa è al suo posto” . La voce di Thom, a tratti filtrata e rovesciata, si confonde con i suoni alieni a formare un unico tappeto sonoro in grado di raggiungere i luoghi più remoti e confusi dell’animo umano. E’ lì che alberga il disordine. Ma ecco che atterra l’astronave, si tratta del giocattolo del “bambino A” !!
Le percussioni ipnotiche anticipano l’ingresso del basso che fa così la sua comparsa nel disco. La voce processata al vocoder consente di intonare un testo molto cupo. La sensazione è che anche in queste condizioni il cantante riesce ad essere espressivo. The National Anthem irrompe con il basso tagliente di Colin, a cui presto si aggiungono le percussioni di Phil e le distorsioni radiofoniche di Jonny. Si prepara così l’ ingresso alla voce straniante di Yorke. Il ritmo è serrato ed ha la giusta presunzione di un inno nazionale. Al minuto 2.39, improvvisamente entrano in gioco i fiati per regalarci le atmosfere jazz del terzo millennio. “That there that’ s not me” sono le parole che introducono “how to disappear completely”.
Il suono del violino si contrappone al cantato ed insieme ad un giro di basso dolce e sognante crea un atmosfera di sospensione dallo spazio e dal tempo. E’ una sofferta riflessione di Thom sullo status di rockstar. La voce per la prima volta non campionata, sottolinea che il messaggio proviene da un essere che rivendica la sua umanità: “io non sono qui, ciò non sta accadendo, io non sono qui, io non sono qui”.
Al successivo brano strumentale “Treefingers” spetta il dovere di portare a compimento il processo di annientamento iniziato con la traccia precedente. Per ripartire c’è bisogno di qualcosa di familiare, che assicuri che i radiohead vogliono esserci ancora, anche se a modo loro. “Optimistic” rappresenta il nodo di congiunzione ai vecchi lavori, ed al suono più tipicamente rock. Anche i testi tornano ad essere di denuncia politica nei confronti di una società devastata dai giganti dell’economia, che Thom ama definire “dinosauri in giro per il mondo”.
Ma c’è anche un senso di speranza splendidamente urlato: “you can try the best you can, if you try the best you can, the best you can is good enough”. Nel finale, un netto cambio di direzione fa da intro alla track successiva. “In Limbo” è in grado di disorientare anche il più grande musicista, incapace di comprendere quale sarà la direzione prossima del suono.
In alcune interviste la band ha dichiarato che la genesi del pezzo fu proprio una mancanza di ispirazione, una confusione mentale trasformata in musica. Ma adesso cosa succede ?? “Idioteque” !!.. a mio giudizio questo è il pezzo cult del disco. L’elettronica dirompente di Aphex Twin non è molto lontana. La band sembra sbarazzarsi degli strumenti e Phil ci mette del suo per radioheadizzare il suono. Non è un pezzo rock, ne un pezzo techno: l’età del ghiaccio sta arrivando, siamo coinvolti nell’idioteca e non si può restare immobili. La campana del mattino richiama all’ordine. E’ un ordine sonoro: “Morning Bell” è incredibilmente regolare. Qui si parla della famiglia e di bambini divisi a metà. Ancora una volta il cantante riflette i problemi di una vita apparentemente normale ma profondamente contraddittoria.
La chiusura del disco è concepita, sin dal titolo, come la colonna sonora a conclusione di uno splendido film. Jonny Greenwood si diverte con le onde martenot ed il suono di un’arpa sembra dilatare il tempo. “Motion Picture Soundtrack”, contiene al suo interno 1 minuto di silenzio assoluto dopo il quale un tappeto di suoni campionati ci riconsegna ad un nuovo e definitivo silenzio. E così l’ascoltatore resta ad attendere che qualcos’altro giunga a sorprenderlo.
"KID A", profeticamente uscito nel 2000, ha distrutto il rock per poi ricostruirlo. Non uscirà alcun singolo, ne alcun video: essi appartengono alla realtà da cui sfuggire. Le TESTEdiRADIO, venute dal nulla, vogliono ritornarci. Ma nel frattempo sembrano sussurrarci che la musica è cambiata.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 Everything in Its Right Place (06:04)
Kid A, Kid A
Kid A, Kid A
Everything
Everything
Everything
Everything in its right place
In its right place
In its right place
In its right place
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Everything
Everything
Everything
Everything in its right place
In its right place
In its right place
Right place
There are two colours in my head
There are two colours in my head
What, what is that you tried to say?
What, what was that you tried to say?
Tried to say
Tried to say
Tried to say
Tried to say
Everything in its right place ... (to end)
02 How to Disappear Completely (06:37)
That there
That's not me
I go
Where I please
I walk through walls
I float down the Liffey
I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here
In a little while
I'll be gone
The moment's already passed
Yeah it's gone
And I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here
Strobe lights and blown speakers
Fireworks and hurricanes
I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here
03 Idioteque (04:12)
Who's in a bunker?
Who's in a bunker?
Women and children first
And the children first
And the children
I'll laugh until my head comes off
I'll swallow till I burst
Until I burst
Until I
Who's in a bunker?
Who's in a bunker?
I have seen too much
I haven't seen enough
You haven't seen enough
I'll laugh until my head comes off
Women and children first
And children first
And children
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
Here I'm allowed
Everything all of the time
Ice age comin'
Ice age comin'
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both
Ice age comin'
Ice age comin'
Throw it on the fire
Throw it on the fire
Throw it on the
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening
Happening
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening
Happening
Mobiles skwrking
Mobiles chirping
Take the money and run
Take the money and run
Take the money
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
Here I'm allowed
Everything all of the time
Here I'm allowed
Everything all of the time
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
04 The National Anthem (04:43)
Everyone
Everyone around here
Everyone is so near
It's holding on
It's holding on
Everyone
Everyone is so near
Everyone has got the fear
It's holding on
It's holding on
It's holding on
It's holding on
It's holding on
05 Optimistic (04:39)
Flies are buzzing round my head
Vultures circling the dead
Picking up every last crumb
The big fish eat the little ones
The big fish eat the little ones
Not my problem, give me some
You can try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
This one's optimistic
This one went to market
This one just came out of the swamp
This one dropped a payload
Fodder for the animals
Living on animal farm
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
I'd really like to help you, man
I'd really like to help you, man
Nervous messed up marionettes
Floating around on a prison ship
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
If you can try the best you can
If you try the best you can
Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
Dinosaurs roaming the Earth
06 Morning Bell (04:25)
The morning bell
The morning bell
Light another candle and
Release me
Release me
You can keep the furniture
A bump on the head
Howling down the chimney
Release me
Release me
Please
Release me
Release me
Where'd you park the car?
Where'd you park the car?
Clothes are on the lawn with the furniture
Now I might as well
I might as well
Sleepy jack the fire drill
Round and round and round
Cut the kids in half
Cut the kids in half
Cut the kids in half
I wanted to tell you but you never listened
You never understand
I wanted to tell you but you never listened
You never understand
Cos I'm walking walking walking ...
The lights are on but nobody's home
Everybody wants to be a
The lights are on but nobody's home
Everybody wants to be a slave
Walking walking walking ...
The lights are on but nobody's at home
Everybody wants to be a
Everyone wants to be a friend
Nobody wants to be a slave
Walking walking walking ...
07 The National Anthem (05:01)
Everyone
Everyone around here
Everyone is so near
It's holding on
It's holding on
Everyone
Everyone is so near
Everyone has got the fear
It's holding on
It's holding on
It's holding on
It's holding on
It's holding on
08 How to Disappear Completely (05:56)
That there
That's not me
I go
Where I please
I walk through walls
I float down the Liffey
I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here
In a little while
I'll be gone
The moment's already passed
Yeah it's gone
And I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here
Strobe lights and blown speakers
Fireworks and hurricanes
I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here
09 In Limbo (04:42)
Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea
I got a message I can't read
Another message I can't read
Being the first in the Irish Sea
I got a message I can't read
Another message I can't read
I'm on your side
Nowhere to hide
Trapdoors that open
I spiral down
You're living in a fantasy world
You're living in a fantasy world
I'm lost at sea
Don't bother me
I've lost my way
I've lost my way
You're living in a fantasy world
You're living in a fantasy world
You're living in a fantasy world
This beautiful world
Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea
I got a message I can't read
Another message I can't read
10 Idioteque (04:12)
Who's in a bunker?
Who's in a bunker?
Women and children first
And the children first
And the children
I'll laugh until my head comes off
I'll swallow till I burst
Until I burst
Until I
Who's in a bunker?
Who's in a bunker?
I have seen too much
I haven't seen enough
You haven't seen enough
I'll laugh until my head comes off
Women and children first
And children first
And children
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
Here I'm allowed
Everything all of the time
Ice age comin'
Ice age comin'
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both
Ice age comin'
Ice age comin'
Throw it on the fire
Throw it on the fire
Throw it on the
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening
Happening
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening
Happening
Mobiles skwrking
Mobiles chirping
Take the money and run
Take the money and run
Take the money
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
(The first of the children)
Here I'm allowed
Everything all of the time
Here I'm allowed
Everything all of the time
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
The first of the children
11 Everything in Its Right Place (06:42)
Kid A, Kid A
Kid A, Kid A
Everything
Everything
Everything
Everything in its right place
In its right place
In its right place
In its right place
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon
Everything
Everything
Everything
Everything in its right place
In its right place
In its right place
Right place
There are two colours in my head
There are two colours in my head
What, what is that you tried to say?
What, what was that you tried to say?
Tried to say
Tried to say
Tried to say
Tried to say
Everything in its right place ... (to end)
12 Motion Picture Soundtrack (03:55)
Red wine and sleeping pills
Help me get back to your arms
Cheap sex and sad films
Help me get where I belong
I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe
Stop sending letters
Letters always get burned
It's not like the movies
They fed us on little white lies
I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe
I will see you in the next life
'''Original last verse not included on Kid A:'''
Beautiful angel
Pulled apart at birth
Limbless and helpless
I can't even recognize you
I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe
I think you're crazy, maybe
I will see you in the next life
13 True Love Waits (05:04)
I'll drown my beliefs
To have you be in peace
I'll dress like your niece
And wash your swollen feet
Just don't leave
Don't leave
I'm not living
I'm just killing time
Your tiny hands
Your crazy kitten smile
Just, don't leave
Don't leave
And true love waits
In haunted attics
And true love lives
On lollipops and crisps
Just lonely, lonely..
Don't leave..
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Altre recensioni
Di serestoppone
Kid A suona come un cervello appannato che prova a ricordare un'abduzione straniera.
Lo si amerà o lo si odierà. Io continuo ad amarlo.
Di Mellon
Kid A è verità, Thom Yorke è il messaggero giunto da terre lontane a rivelarcela.
Per questi quasi perfetti 50 minuti chiudete gli occhi e aprite il cuore... dall’altra parte qualcuno vi sta cercando per portarvi via da questo inferno.
Di wheredowegofromhere
La musica che trascende ogni retorica, che si libera dal suo essere musica per diventare uno stato del cuore...
Grazie RADIOHEAD, la mia vita grazie a voi è un susseguirsi di avvenimenti fantastici.
Di Mr_Iko
Radiohead, ossia trasmissione di onde fortemente reattive, che producono il fenomeno della combustione degli stati psicologici dell'organismo ospite.
L'effetto dell'esposizione prolungata ai resoconti analitici dei Radiohead determina perdita di conoscenza, aerofagia, dolori mestruali, gengivite e nevralgie.
Di TheBlackAngelsDeath
Viviamo all’interno d’un grande cubo di ghiaccio.
La follia trova un’armonia nella serenità della coscienza dell’uomo.