RADIOHEAD’S KID A: AN ODE TO CLONING
June 25, 2008 in true? (slide)
The song you are listening to is the title track of a Billboard number one CD. The song and CD specifically written and dedicated to the first putative human clone.
(Billboard stats link | audio)
Thom Yorke apparently said this*:
POSTED BY Thom ON JULY 30, 2000 AT 23:39:21:
IN REPLY TO: Thom, why Kid A?
dedicated to the first human clone.
i bet it has already happened.
Basically, illustrative of just how pervasive some of this “science” stuff is in popular culture. In fact, I do remember one particular summer (2002 specifically) when a Star Wars, a Star Trek, and a James Bond movie, all had genetic undertones in the plot.
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