La melodia? Noiosa. Qualcuno me ne dia una definizione.
"È inutile insistere con gli stessi suoni, se poi ti danno il voltastomaco. Quello che ho fatto è semplicemente mettere su nastro quello che avevo in testa".
Kid A è un disco che pretende attenzione; il primo ascolto è spiazzante.
Per i fans sarà difficile accettare quest'album, infatti le classiche linee melodiche sono praticamente assenti o affiorano istintivamente qua e là. Di melodia ce n'è poca, dell'armonia si può anche fare a meno.
Thom non ha composto nemmeno una pop song completa e le registrazioni di Kid A hanno seguito questa nuova filosofia. Una specie di purificazione.
Nulla deve essere dato per scontato, come prima, o seguire percorsi rassicuranti e banali. Ci sono piuttosto nuovi suoni, quasi tutti grandiosi e molti al limite dell’esperienza umana, dove avvertiamo l'abbandono e la desolazione, dando all'album un'atmosfera distintamente surreale.
Il reciclaggio elettronico e le melodie liquefatte compaiono nella maggior parte delle tracce; Kid A suona come un cervello appannato che prova a ricordare un'abduzione straniera, e ha l'effetto di intorpidirlo dopo l'ascolto.
Con questo disco i Radiohead mettono in scena la crisi dell'espressione artistica e, contemporaneamente, la sua rinascita. Ci vorrà del tempo e un'infinità di ascolti per capire se questo lavoro avrà l’impatto del suo predecessore, "OK Computer".
Certo è che non lascerà indifferente nessuno. Lo si amerà o lo si odierà. Io continuo ad amarlo.
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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 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.
Di JULIANHAMPSHIRE
Il confine tra il profondo e il troppo noioso è labile.
Idioteque è uno dei pochi pezzi ad avermi addirittura fatto piangere.
