Kid A is what happens when you're one of the best rock bands to have ever existed, but your lead vocal has an existential breakdown, and your multi-talented lead guitarist suddenly remembers he never wanted to be a rock guitarist to begin with.

Fun fact the line “Im not here this isn’t happening” from how to disappear completely came from Michael Stipe, the lead singer of R.E.M.. He told Thom to say that to himself to get through the large amount of touring they were doing post ok computer.

'it must have weird being a Radiohead fan when this album come out' It was

12:12 'Is he a ghost in this?' Your dad has got this song spot-on, on the first listen. Bravo.

Thanks for clarifying 'the national anthem' is not in fact the national anthem.

Timestamps! In Rainbows will be the next video, then we're gonna react to one of the albums you guys have been recommending! Thanks for the support and we'll see you all next week. Also we're in high definition now! 0:00 Intro 02:50 Everything in Its Right Place 05:03 Kid A 07:13 The National Anthem 10:29 How to Disappear Completely 14:15 Treefingers 15:14 Optimistic 18:02 In Limbo 20:32 Idioteque 24:10 Morning Bell 26:49 Motion Picture Soundtrack

The first few bars of Everything In Its Right Place is by far my favourite opening to any album. Such a strong intro. The riff, the tone of the instruments, the groove, everything is SO PERFECT.

I like how your guy’s setup gets better every episode

How to Disappear Completely floors me every time I here it. I love how the Orchestra gets all twisted up towards the end, then the bass comes in and resolves it. It is like a being stuck in a storm at sea, then you see the lighthouse. The bass pulls you back to safety. Stunning. Radiohead have said that it one of the songs that they are most proud of. All the best. Rich in Sweden.

Besides being a radiohead fan myself, what really works for me is that your 'roles' are inverted. Your dad is discovering the world through your eyes (or ears, for that matter) with this playful and childish approach to it, while you're more serious and centered, kind of already knowing what's going to happen with each song. Keep it going guys, 1k subscribers could be 100k tomorrow! Greetings from Argentina!

my god, your father is such a cool guy and always has a great view point on every single track, his excitement with radiohead makes my RH fan heart so warm

0:00 Intro 02:50 Everything in Its Right Place 05:03 Kid A 07:13 The National Anthem 10:29 How to Disappear Completely 14:15 Treefingers 15:14 Optimistic 18:02 In Limbo 20:32 Idioteque 24:10 Morning Bell 26:49 Motion Picture Soundtrack

Mentioning the strings, Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood, is now a very accomplished classical composer and has done many movie scores including There Will Be Blood

Man, as a long time radiohead fan who's heard all of these songs a million times, it's so enjoyable to vicariously live through your first listen. Really looking forward to In Rainbows and Hail to the Thief. And I know you're getting a lot of suggestions, but I think Tame Impala would be a good "post-radiohead" venture when you guys exhaust the discography. Especially the earlier albums like Lonerism and Innerspeaker.

Motion Picture Soundtrack hits me in the feels everytime I listen to it. That sadness that Thom is so good at communicating.

“Melody is dead, Rhythm is king” Love the videos. Keep ‘em coming!

Your dad should listen to the album in it’s entirety without pauses. He’s missing out on those transitions! Thank you both for this wonderful series of reactions. Can’t wait for In Rainbows.

A friend of mine once said, "Radiohead creates the soundtrack to worlds we've never been to." Kid A is the perfect embodiment of that. Your dad is cool as shit. Really digs in and listens. It's so hard to find that quality in people where they actually lean into the music and try and extract as much as possible in a short amount of time. For most people you play them :15 of anything and they're mentally looking for a way out instead of looking for a way in. Your dad is always looking for the way in.

I still remember vividly the first time I listen “everything in its right place”, it takes me away to the another world of cold dystopia future and then finally I had a chance to understand the ppl livin that world through “how to disappear completely” that song hit me so much.

Motion Picture Soundtrack is probably my favorite of theirs. Many of Radiohead's final songs are such high notes to go out on. This, Wolf at the Door, Life in a Glass House, Street Spirit (Fade Out) all perfect endings to the albums...

Everyone talks about the amazing instrumentation, structures, rhythm, experiment with time signatures radiohead have in their songs but more often than not we forget to talk about how haunting and beautiful those melodies are. Absolutely masterclass in songwriting. Thom with just a guitar a make you weep for hours.

I think the Dad’s interpretation of the How to Disappear lyrics are quite interesting & insightful.

That was an amazing interpretation/analysis of How To Disappear Completely from your dad. That’s my favourite Radiohead song and that interpretation just added a new layer to the songwriting. I interpret it as also being about social anxiety.

This is such an amazing series! It put such a big smile on my face to hear that your dad has already started to learn some guitar parts from OK Computer.

Your reactions motivated me to listen to Radiohead and might already be some of my favorite albums. My passion and love for music was reignited by your reactions. Thank you!

Thom Yorke said in an interview that the success of Ok Computer was totally unexpected and at the same time frustrating for the band and especially for him, because they were not looking for the album to be listened to, but on the contrary they wanted to move away from the "mainstrain" success that had come from their first album and especially from their hit creep, because they did not want to fall into the standard of being a rock band with bass, guitar and drums. Therefore after ok computer thom fell into a deep depression, one of the strongest of his life according to him, and it is here where he finds his greatest source of inspiration and according to him, the greatest he has had in his life, and he tries to evoke it in this album (kid a), trying to move away from what they had as a band and try something new that would satisfy him after the success of ok computer.

Your dad didn't seem as crazy about this album as he was with Ok Computer. I wouldn't worry about it, though. Kid A is a grower.

I remember when this album was released - I was a huge ok computer fan and loved the bends and listened to both every day - the anticipation for The new Album was huuuge - I was expecting another ok Computer - then this came out and I was like WTF!!!! Didn’t know what To make of it - especially as a lover of guitars and a hater of all Things sampled - then a few days after the release I saw them play the National anthem and idiotec on SNL - and I was like wow! Those songs live blew me Away - stuck with the album - and now It may be my favorite Radiohead album and it opened my mind to all kinds of new Music! Also the songs that excite Me Most when I see them live

I’ve never even thought of the ghost concept of “How to Disappear Completely” that your Dad brought up. That’s cool to think about

In Rainbows reaction tomorrow!

Such a cool father and son relationship - love this shit. And Kid A is phenomenal

i love this series because not only does your dad have incredibly based opinions but he also seems very musical himself, he plays guitar and even has a good ear for telling great mixes and textures from bad which a lot of people don't. keep it up

Love these videos! Great to see a son and dad share something with so much love. Keep it up, I'll always be watching!

This was great, love you dad’s excitement and insight!

He should listen to an Aphex Twin album like 'I Care Because You Do...'

I've been binge watching all your Radiohead videos these past few days and I've been loving it!! You guys are great!

You could do Massive Attack "Mezzanine".

The production is getting better every video. Love the vid

Really love what you guys do and your dynamic. It's illuminating hearing your dad's perspective on the tracks, makes me go back and re-appreciate a catalogue I thought I'd burnt out due to overlistening. Came in thinking it was just another run of the mill react channel but stayed for your dynamic. Keep it up guys!

Album Recs that would be cool to react to: - Twin Fantasy, Car Seat Headrest - Grace, Jeff Buckley - Strawberry Jam, Animal Collective - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel - Those Who Throw Objects at the Crocodiles Will be Asked to Retrieve Them - Bruno Pernadas :)

"Everybody see the painting different" That's exactly how I define the Radiohead discography experience. This channel is great man, i'm staying

These are my favorite Radiohead reactions to watch by far. Great insight into the songs but also accepting that the meaning can be ambiguous. Looking forward to In Rainbows 🌈

So beautiful to listen to your dad's take on each of these songs. I envy how he gets the opportunity to listen to these for the first time, seeing his mind blown to pieces and how he just catches all those nuances perfectly placed in there. A great video and a great activity to share with a parent. Keep it up!

i've been waiting for this one!!!

You guys rule! Kid A is my fave album of all time. I was a die hard fan before this album dropped...and it was a HUGE shock when I listened to it the first time! But I was in love. I think you should keep going chronologically w/ their albums. Amnesiac was composed of Kid A leftovers that didn't fit. ALSO... Check out Stars of the Lid for ambient music. Big influence on Radiohead around this time.

I must admit, after seeing your reaction to this album it would be a treat to see you digest an Aphex Twin album, or maybe even Boards of Canada.

i get so hyped seeing you guys upload

Your dynamics together are *awesome* it's so so so special a feeling to share music with your family, Radiohead was because of my older brother when i was young. And I'm forget grateful.

Man I wish I could talk about music like this with my parents

So great to see. Just wanted to clarify if no one else has in regard to How To Disappear Completely, the lyrics are about being on tour. They toured virtually non-stop for I believe over a year and the experience of flying everywhere, never knowing where you are, a huge industry response to Ok Computer, session with magazine photographers flashing their cameras in his face rapidly, etc, it wore very heavily on Thom Yorke's psyche. He had become friends with Michael Stipe of REM and asked him how he got through the craziness of touring and Stipe said something like you just repeat to yourself "I'm not here, this isn't happening".. so the song is about distancing yourself psychologically from an overwhelming and impossible reality in order to get through it.

love the thoughtful reviews, thank you!

Big fan of you guys!!! Keep em coming! It’s like I get to re-live it all again !

Funny that he mentioned The National Anthem sounding more like OK Computer because the drums were actually originally recorded for that album. If someone hasn't already pointed that out in the comments section

Just discovered your channel. I'm a big radiohead fan so it was really interesting watching and listening to your take on the albums. I play guitar along with some of them but probably don't listen to the albums start to finish often enough. Anyway - I will be giving them a full listen again now. Great show. Thanks.

Your dad is my favorite person to watch react to my favorite albums rn. His appreciation for it reminds me of all the things I liked about each song when I first heard these records.

I'm in love with these reactions! Your dad is such a charm, I love the humour between the listenings and the analysis for each track. It's lovely to see someone so deeply in love with a band this brilliant, it's truly refreshing. Love this channel guys, keep the good work up! PS, this setup might be the best one!

Wish more was said about the opening tracks outro. The opening of the song is brilliantly cold, jarring, soundscape building, the outro inverts the sound, it’s the same melody but now it’s warmer and utterly goosebump inducing. It’s the unrelentingly somber build up and then Yorke sings ‘tried to saaaaaaaay’ and the warm synth kicks in till the fade out. I could listen to that outro for another 5 minutes if they added it in.

Great video! I remember hearing once that Thom Yorke had chosen lyrics for Kid A by drawing the lines from a hat while he was struggling with writers block. Not sure if all that is true but they have definitely always seemed very open to interpretation to me. Such a wonderful album

What a great reaction from you both. Thoroughly enjoyed seeing you appreciate through dissection of the album. There has been times I've cried listening to Radiohead whilst watching the rain outside and times I've been totally uplifted the next. A great review 👍🐻

One of my favourite channels on KZfaq. Can’t wait your 808’s and heartbreak reaction. Going back watching your earlier releases i’m glad yous started recording longer videos so you get to see more of a reaction to each individual song.

dear god Iove the KZfaq algorithm. love the videos. it's so refreshing to see someone experience something for the first time that Im already familiar with

wish i had a dad. this is so wholesome

That experience of listening to music with your father, introducing awesome sounds and having discussions about it is just beautiful, man! My father was a drummer, guess it had a big impact on my music journey. Kid A is a masterpiece.

This channel has grown incredibly fast, i saw the first video 1 day after it came out, and you guys, you keep it nice, your dad is really cool man, i hadnt commented of any of the other videos, but, line the way this channel came out of nowhere and ended up being this good is amazing, at first i thought you guys had been making this for a while, because thats the way it feels. anyways, lots of love from Argentina.

If you're still reading this, and if no one mentioned, I know there was a mention of Thom writing random lines and throwing them into a hat, and then picking them out and making lyrics for songs. Love what you guys are doing. Lost my dad in 2012. Would have Loved to do something like this.

Still sounds ahead of it's time, 20 years later

Fantastic video again chaps. There's a great video out there which explains How to Disappear Completely, which is Thom's favourite track. Essentially they had an awful time during the post OK album, a year of touring, writers block, depression etc; the band was pushed to its breaking point. Michael Stipe advised Thom to say to himself on stage "I'm not here, this isn't happening", the floating down the Liffey lyrics refer to a dream Thom had before a gig in Dublin, where he was being chased down the river by a tidal wave.

Loved watching your pops find the groove on “Morning Bell.” 5/4 is a vibe!

As a long-time diehard fan of Radiohead…I was so hyped during the entire promotional run for Kid A. I followed them on tour from city to city, corresponded with members of the band through their short-lived message board. I bought the album at midnight, smoked a spliff, and put on my headphones. As Thom’s synth wafted in with that most beautiful progression, I became entranced. When he sang “there are two colours in my head” with trippy stereo separation, I floated above my body. The entire album was a mystical transmission that rearranged my DNA and has stayed with me ever since, as if it is my own child. It is my favorite album. There is no other.

This album literally changed my life. I wasn't big into music in 2000. If anything i was listening to TRL and anything super popular (Limp bizkit, Kid Rock, Korn etc). Then i heard Idioteque and I haven't stopped digging for the last 21 years. TY Radiohead.

Incredible group. Cheers to 30 years! Kid A is a well done record. I love the mix and production and creativity. Just when people expected ok computer part ll, they deliver this sideways masterpiece..

Really amazing dad you got there son! Radiohead is such a trip. What a great video. Thanks! I enjoyed that.

Very glad I found this on such a random excursion. I don't have my dad and I also don't have the appropriate words to describe how unexpected but satisfying this was for me.

I recommend listening to Sparks's "Kimono My House", one of the earliest art pop and new wave-y records, all the way back from 1973. Definitely worth checking out.

Another great listen-thru guys, nice 1. Had 2 listen 2 Kid A straight away afterwards & then did Amnesiac aswell. Bit gutted U're missing that 1 out - was looking forward 2 Ur reaction 2 Pyramid Song but In Rainbows will (obviously) B a revelation! Can't wait!

I just checked my KZfaq notifications on my desktop computer and I never do that, haven't done that for years for real and I just happen to stumble upon your notification and I just want to say I'm so excited to watch this and I hope you keep this series going I love it very much and I just enjoy seeing other people's reactions to bands and albums that I grew up on and that have helped me through difficult times tremendously. I really hope you do TOTBL by Interpol after In Rainbows, I know I requested it on the previous video but as a die-hard Radiohead fan I consider Interpol to be my 2nd favorite band of all time and if it wasn't for the sentimental attachment to Radiohead, Interpol would've probably been my number one. Seeing as you're a Radiohead fan yourself I'd bet you'd enjoy Interpol as well but of course it is up to you and I'm just throwing suggestions like everybody else and you're entitled to pick whatever you and your wonderful father react to and whatever you'll enjoy the most.

7:10 "Is not the actual national anthem" love it hahahahahahah

18:11 this is interesting because they are grooving at different speeds. That's one of the cool things about radiohead is you can sometimes "lock in" to a song in many different, even polyrhythmic ways. Cool to see that happen spontaneously.

Luv the old timer's breakdown of How to Disappear Completely. He knows his stuff. Was waiting to hear the review of that song and he didn't disappoint. Get busy livin and set new goals champ, don't worry about the end. 🙌🔥❤

Hey guys, I'm new here, massive music fan, I've been loving watching your radiohead album reaction/dissections. I'm 20 and have a really similar musical relationship with my Dad, growing up he influenced my love of playing and listening to music. Watching these videos reminds me of going through albums with him and makes me feel like I'm also there in the room experiencing/appreciating the music with you whilst im watching. I love everything you guys have to say about the music, it shows how genuinely interested and passionate you both are about what you're hearing. Officially a huge fan of you guys from New Zealand 🇳🇿 keep up the awesome videos!

Hi guys don't forget Ammnesiac, you don't missed please.

This album flows so well, wish you let some of the songs transition (like Optimistic into In Limbo). But yeah, this album is definitely a grower. Give it more listens! Glad u already dig

great reactions guys you are nailing this, i think a live radiohead reaction is very justified, keep going, love it

hell yes! subscribed yesterday and already got my favourite reacted to

I remember when this came out it was mind-blowing! Like “same guys that did Kharma Police?!?” I don’t listen to them a lot anymore but they’re freakin incredible musicians and artists.

Every time I hear Tom sing "I will see you in the next life." I feel the tears rush to my eyes.

the coolest dad ever!!!! love you guys, can't wait to watch the In Rainbows reaction!!!

Mannn I literally stumbled across your channel looking for reviews after listening to Donda. Sooo glad you guys cover other genres, especially as a fan of Tool and Radiohead. Can’t wait to see what you guys listen to next 😍

How to Disappear complete is about Thom's newfound struggle with fame and touring post OK Computer. The imagery of walking through walls and his body floating down the Liffey came from reoccurring nightmares. He later asked his friend, Michael Stipe (from REM), how he managed the rigors of touring and going on stage. Michael replied "I kept telling myself, I'm not here. This isn't happening".

You can thank Boards of Canada for all of the influences on the electronics and child-like sounds.

I think you guys have just become my favorite channel on KZfaq at the moment. I just love your relationship and how you are able to enjoy such wonderful music together. It’s a beautiful thing. I would love to see you guys do Deftones - White pony

I am loving your honest, down to earth reactions to Radiohead. Dad's insightful breakdown of How to Disappear Completely, which is one of my all time favourite songs, blew me away! What a great interpretation of the lyrics, I hadn't thought of being a ghost. Keep up these reviews, really enjoying Cheers Brian from Adelaide, South Australia

If you're interested in taking a complete left turn I would recommend Aphex Twin's album Drukqs. When making Kid A, Thom Yorke had been listening to a lot of stuff on the Warp Records catalogue, including Aphex Twin, hence the more electronic direction they took with this album and which would go on to be incorporated in some way in all of their subsequent albums. Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) makes primarily electronic music of various genres but I think his Drukqs album may be something you would enjoy for its sheer scale (it's a double album of 30 tracks), mixture of styles and great mixture of more analogue/acoustic instruments such as harpsichord and prepared piano (which have been programmed via Midi) and traditional electronic instruments like synths and drum machines. It's a real treat for the ears with some ambient tracks and very fast breakbeat stuff but it takes you on a real journey. I think you may get a kick out of it as you seem to have liked a lot of the electronic elements on Kid A and how unpredictable some of Radiohead's stuff is and non-conforming to the usual rules of music. Aphex Twin may be a little much to fathom but he has a very good grasp of rhythm and melody and how to sequence a track so it goes through different movements. He makes me think of classical composers albeit with electronic instruments and programming. It's not just about making you dance and a steady 4/4 beat, it goes well beyond that and conjures up all kinds of images in your brain when you listen to it and wonder how he made those sounds or try to make sense of the polyrhythms and insane programming.

I think a lot of people had the same reaction when first listening to Kid A. I was like "What the hell is this?". Now it is by far my favorite Radiohead album and probably my favorite album of all time. BTW, you benefit from listening to the whole thing without pausing. The transitions are just amazing and you basically go through a journey.

Wow just discovered this video in my feed, love the setup and discussion! Very insightful and it's great to see this bonding, you got a sub!

Do all the albums for sure, but don’t forget Amnesiac and Hail To The Thief!

Everything in its right place gives me chills everytime

Great videos guys. Radiohead are such a talented band and strive to keep moving their music in different directions, sometimes to their fans frustration, but it does keep us all on our toes. If you do get a chance to see them live, then don't hesitate - they are fantastic live. Maybe you should also listen to Alt-J 'An Awesome Wave' - another British band that try to shift the boundaries of contemporary music.

Thanks for all the reactions so far!

"How to Disappear Completely" is supposedly about a dream Thom had. For some other ambient music try "Boards of Canada" , "Sigur Rós", or maybe "Trentemøller".