Covered by jazz pianist Brad Mehldau in live concerts and recorded on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic radio show and the Deregulating Jazz radio promo. This instrumental version takes some liberty with the song structure, going into some pretty wild abstractions of the melody during soloing sections. He has also altered the harmony somewhat which, to my ears, makes it sound even more darkly modern than the original. Check this one out, Radiohead fans; I've seen it available on Napster. Mehldau also covers Exit Music (For A Film) on two of his albums, Art of the Trio vols. 3 & 4.

In essence, this three-part song represents the journey of the decade.

1) It begins, like the decade after the mercurial musical period of the late 80's, with an early sense of outlook conjecture by a melodious opening acoustic riff.

"...Please could you stop the noise I am trying a get some REST? From all the unborn chicken, Voice sin my head. Huh what's that? When I am king you will be first against the wall with your opinions, which is of no consequence at all huh what's that? ..."

2) Later, it transforms into a period of embroiled crunching guitars, illustrating the quick surge of alternative rock towards the mid-nineties.

"...ambition makes you look very ugly kicking squealing gucci little piggy "You don't remember "why don't you remember my name? Off with his head. Off with his head man. Why wont he remember my name?" ""i guess he does" ..."

3) The closing of the song returns to a radiantly melodious section, which I compare with the death of true alternative rock in the late-nineties.

"...Rain down rain down come on rain down on me from a great height. rain down rain down come on rain down on me froma great height.from a great aaaaaaeeeeee rain down rain down come on rain down on me. froma great height from a great height..."

I challenge you to give Radiohead's Paranoid Android a fair listen and find a song that better exemplifies the decade of the nineties.