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Anyone Can Play Guitar

By: Nick Kindelsperger and Austin Diaz
  • Summary

  • Listen along as a food critic in Chicago and a Latin teacher in Switzerland make their way through the Radiohead catalog, learning how to play every song on the guitar. To prove they've put the time in, they're forcing themselves to record versions of each track to play for all to judge. Armed with this knowledge, they'll discuss each song, while simultaneously admitting to potentially embarrassing personal stories from more than 20 years of Radiohead fandom. As a guide, we are following the Radiohead Complete: Lyrics & Chords (Faber Edition). What we can't learn there, we'll be looking up on sites like Ultimate Guitar and Songsterr.
    Copyright 2024 Nick Kindelsperger and Austin Diaz
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Episodes
  • 1. Radiohead's Drill EP
    Apr 19 2021

    Ready to learn every Radiohead song on guitar? Nick and Austin set up the rules, and then dig into the band's first official release, the Drill EP. Released in 1992, the four songs cover a range of different styles, though it quickly becomes clear that some work better than others. Austin has harsh words for two of the tracks, while Nick admits to playing the most profane one at a church function when he was a teenager.   

    Songs Discussed: 

    6:18 - "Prove Yourself"

    15:35 - "Stupid Car" 

    21:13 - "You" 

    32:30 - "Thinking About You" 

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    46 mins
  • 2. Radiohead's Pablo Honey, Part 1
    Apr 27 2021

    Is Radiohead's 1993 debut album an underappreciated gem or a blemish on an otherwise spotless discography? The two make their way through the first half, where they drop some surprisingly strong opinions about the band's most popular song, which may lead to an unprecedented amount of hate mail. Along the way, Austin ponders whether "The Air I Breathe" has creepier lyrics than "Creep." Nick becomes despondent while describing his least favorite track.     

    Songs Discussed: 

    5:35 - "You" 

    6:05 - "Creep" 

    22:33 - "How Do You" 

    25:47 - "Stop Whispering" 

    31:40 - "Thinking About You" 

    33:30 - "Anyone Can Play Guitar" 

    40:22 - "Ripcord"

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    47 mins
  • 3. Radiohead's Pablo Honey, Part 2
    May 4 2021

    This week the two wrap up Pablo Honey by exploring the album's less discussed back half. Austin ponders why his high school band's cover of "I Can't" didn't win the talent show, while Nick contemplates how many times Radiohead can end a song by turning the guitars all the way up. Plus, the two hold a lightning round discussion for the album's mostly unloved b-sides, only to find out one of them has a secret favorite.  

    Songs Discussed: 

    1:46 - "Vegetable" 

    8:20 - "Prove Yourself" 

    9:15 - "I Can't" 

    17:14 - "Lurgee" 

    22:07 - "Blow Out" 

    31:15 - "Coke Babies" 

    33:40 - "Inside My Head" 

    34:40 - "Million Dollar Question"

    37:10 - "Yes I Am" 

    38:02 - "Faithless the Wonder Boy"

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    48 mins

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