We Got it Covered!: John Mayer does Radiohead

We Got it Covered!: John Mayer does Radiohead

Today I’m introducing a new blog segment, We Got it Covered!, that explores covers of songs by different artists. This post looks at John Mayer’s cover of the Radiohead song “Kid A”. The cover version can be heard on the B-side to “Bigger than My Body”, a single off of Mayer’s album Heavier Things.

The link to the song on YouTube can be found here:

The lowdown: “Kid A” was originally a track from Radiohead’s October 2000 album of the same title. Radiohead’s version of “Kid A” is a mysterious sound in both lyrics and music, and while John Mayer strayed away from its original mood a little bit, but he brings a mellow-ish, understandable (because honestly, wasn’t it a little difficult to heart what Thom Yorke was trying to say in Radiohead’s Kid A?), enjoyable sound that isn’t better or worse than the original, but manages to be its own special sound. The guitar in the background is a cool touch as well.

My final verdict: 9 out of 10. I love both John Mayer and Radiohead and thought this was an excellent cover from an excellent singer.