Radiohead - Screaming Bears

KID A ANTI-CAMPAIGN
Sound Blip: "The National Anthem"

No conventional music videos were initially released from Kid A, but short films called "blips" were set to its music. They were usually around 30 seconds in length. The blips were shown between segments on MTV, occasionally as TV commercials for the album, and were distributed free from Radiohead's website.

Each blip was made by one of two collectives: The Vapour Brothers or Shynola. Most blips were animated, often inspired by Stanley Donwood's album artwork. The blips have been seen as stories of nature reclaiming civilization from uncontrollable biotechnology and consumerism.

Characters in the blips included "sperm monsters" and blinking, genetically modified killer teddy bears, the latter of which became a self-conscious logo for the album's advertising campaign.

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• Radiohead
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• Kid
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• campaign
• blip
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• Donwood
• Shynola
• killer
• teddy
• bear

[omega790]

i'm a big radiohead fan, but i've never really understood the point of the whole modified bear thing.

...does anyone know what they represent?

[Zedetnik]

IMO, the killer teddy bears represent the genetic evolution, and they are always in wasted, destroyed landscapes, representing the war of consumism and technology on the world.

[vladnek]

GENIAL

[libelle156]

@omega790 Stanley Donwood tried to write a kid's book about forgotten toy bears left up in the attic that were hungry....

[D00m0g]

These are what you see just before you die. 

[citizenerased4567]

That is so jacked. hahahahaha gotta love radiohead. their artwork and their music is the most original stuff in the biz

[ybrik222]

This is so funny...

[vsl61]

definitely the creepiest for me..

[JAKEOLOLOL]

this is the best one apart from the one with thom dancing

[Luvinhas]

this makes me think that there should one more thing to vote for a comment

thumbs up , thumbs down

and a question mark ...

[ybrik222]

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly

Kicking, squealing, gucci little piggy

You don't remember

You don't remember

Why don't you remember my name?

Off with his head, man

Off with his head, man

Why don't you remember my name? I guess he does...