Later shows on the tour (see below) would find Radiohead playing to appreciative audiences of Napster-informed punters in giant circus tents or outdoor venues, but this early show in a tiny German concert hall is the sound of five musicians playing like Mephistopheles was just beneath, reaching up to grab at them – the audience is unfamiliar with the songs and frankly bewildered, and even though the group is shit-hot it’s clear that they really have no idea how it’s all going over. Perhaps no other show better epitomizes the mysterious, haunted desperation of the early Kid A tour, from before the album had actually been released, when the band was unleashing these alienatingly weird new songs upon completely unprepared audiences. What is there to say about this gig that hasn’t already been said before? A pre-FM SBD so perfectly balanced that back in the day the word was that it had been specially mixed by Nigel Godrich (presumably for a live release).
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