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'Kid A' at 20: A Look Back at Radiohead's Masterpiece

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The Dangers of a Great Artist

I think there was an element of Kite of like wanting to make it difficult. Some of the stuff literally sounded like commercial suicide, probably to the other guys in the band. And also just like a bad idea. Like he was pushing, he wanted to do things that sounded kind of impossible. There was an element that could have destroyed the band's future. I mean, really like when you listen to Kite, you know, I think this is more clear now than it was in 2000.

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