Wow i have read over a lot of these interpretations of this song (and the album as a whole) and i think that EVERYONE is right. I also think that is what the band was going for! As Radiohead fans we all know that the band has had some major influences on their work by other artists, musicians, and authors. One of these being Thomas Pynchon who is the author of The Crying of Lot 49 (for christ sake Radiohead named their merch and email site W.A.S.T.E.!). Anyway, in the book Pynchon deals with the complexity of the mediums of communication (radio, TV, Books, Art, Film, etc.) and how people can become lost and misguided by what they, their senses, interpret. How the 'mis'communication of mediums affects them. As Radiohead became more popular they, Thom especially, became more and more agitated by the media making assumptions about the band, their lyrics, their business practices, and how they were reaching out to their fans (remember Napster?). So the band decided to make Kid A (and im talking about the album not just the song). The reason why the lyrics are so hard to decipher is because the lyrics are just part of the music. The band has left the meaning of the songs up to you, the listener! Thom Yorke especially, is a guy who i feel would say, "people need to think for themselves. they need to decide how something makes them feel and how it affects their life. Dont let some asshole with a microphone and record contract tell you what to think. the meaning of the album Kid A is completely up to you listeners.".......any thoughts on this??
@Peet08 This is the kind of comment that is clearly based on a well-researched and passionate, impartial study of a band. Not only the meaning pulled from the lyrics, but pulled from that and also the intentions of the band itself. Well done. Comments like these make me feel much more confident in the similar comparison of my own interpretation. I'd much rather see these well-informed explanations than those of those people who just contribute their own particular farfetched theories on the meaning on a particular song. Well done!
@Peet08 This is the kind of comment that is clearly based on a well-researched and passionate, impartial study of a band. Not only the meaning pulled from the lyrics, but pulled from that and also the intentions of the band itself. Well done. Comments like these make me feel much more confident in the similar comparison of my own interpretation. I'd much rather see these well-informed explanations than those of those people who just contribute their own particular farfetched theories on the meaning on a particular song. Well done!
Wow i have read over a lot of these interpretations of this song (and the album as a whole) and i think that EVERYONE is right. I also think that is what the band was going for! As Radiohead fans we all know that the band has had some major influences on their work by other artists, musicians, and authors. One of these being Thomas Pynchon who is the author of The Crying of Lot 49 (for christ sake Radiohead named their merch and email site W.A.S.T.E.!). Anyway, in the book Pynchon deals with the complexity of the mediums of communication (radio, TV, Books, Art, Film, etc.) and how people can become lost and misguided by what they, their senses, interpret. How the 'mis'communication of mediums affects them. As Radiohead became more popular they, Thom especially, became more and more agitated by the media making assumptions about the band, their lyrics, their business practices, and how they were reaching out to their fans (remember Napster?). So the band decided to make Kid A (and im talking about the album not just the song). The reason why the lyrics are so hard to decipher is because the lyrics are just part of the music. The band has left the meaning of the songs up to you, the listener! Thom Yorke especially, is a guy who i feel would say, "people need to think for themselves. they need to decide how something makes them feel and how it affects their life. Dont let some asshole with a microphone and record contract tell you what to think. the meaning of the album Kid A is completely up to you listeners.".......any thoughts on this??
@Peet08 This is the kind of comment that is clearly based on a well-researched and passionate, impartial study of a band. Not only the meaning pulled from the lyrics, but pulled from that and also the intentions of the band itself. Well done. Comments like these make me feel much more confident in the similar comparison of my own interpretation. I'd much rather see these well-informed explanations than those of those people who just contribute their own particular farfetched theories on the meaning on a particular song. Well done!
@Peet08 This is the kind of comment that is clearly based on a well-researched and passionate, impartial study of a band. Not only the meaning pulled from the lyrics, but pulled from that and also the intentions of the band itself. Well done. Comments like these make me feel much more confident in the similar comparison of my own interpretation. I'd much rather see these well-informed explanations than those of those people who just contribute their own particular farfetched theories on the meaning on a particular song. Well done!