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It would be easy to anoint Radiohead as yet another in a long line of saviors of rock. But rock doesn't need saving because, as Young said, it can never die. What Radiohead has done is provide new testament to the music's adaptability: rock is no dinosaur. It's a warm-blooded thing, still changing, still evolving. Perhaps Yorke's last line on Kid A isn't some mournful pledge but a gift: if Radiohead is this good in this life, we can't wait to hear it in its next one.
