Director Shynola takes Yorke's references to Dante and imagines a future society that might find our current one akin to hell, resting on the floor of the river Styx.īut as our protagonist (first video to not feature any members of the band) passes street lamps and stained-glass windows, he or she does not hesitate at the gates of suburbia. One can almost imagine the video reflecting the production of the songs themselves, moving from a volcano of conceptual ideas into a multi-faceted and highly produced snowstorm.Ī visually engrossing journey through one of Radiohead's finest moments. Much of the images resonant quite well with the music of the album as a whole, which fluctuates between these polar opposites of fiery heart and cold distance. This is not necessarily a full-fledged video, since it is chiefly a collage of pieces done for the promotional campaign of Kid A, but it is at parts gorgeous and at others maddeningly thick. You get a real sense of how spacious and layered the tracks on Kid A really are. Though Yorke once again takes center stage, it's nice to see Johnny Greenwood and the rest of the guys doing there thing. The song that the band plays is an alternate take from the version that appears on the album, which is partially why it's so interesting to watch them come up with it. None of these vids where meant to be seen on YouTube, but without it we wouldn't probably ever see any of them, so let's move on. While they hold firm the connection with the modern world and technological existence, these videos showcase a changing sensibility as the band moves further into the 21st century.Ĭlick here for Part One, which contains every video from the early years of Radiohead.įirst off, this is a fairly terrible copy of the video. We continue our look at Radiohead's oeuvre with the post-OK Computer era videos.
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