After some more listening to Radiohead's The King of Limbs, one thing that occurs to me is that the material on this record is going to be very difficult for other artists to cover. The group's song-writing has always been of such originality and excellence that it has led to musicians from all genres and backgrounds doing versions of their songs. First on the list of these, simply due to the sheer number of tracks he's recorded from the Radiohead repertoire, is the classical pianist Christopher O'Riley, who has made a very interesting career out of arranging and performing works from some of the more advanced rock composers such as Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Radiohead of course (two full albums worth, in fact), and others. But The King of Limbs strikes me as so complex, even by their standards, that I'll be amazed (and very impressed) if Mr. O'Riley (or Brad Mehldau, or any of the other jazz musicians who've tackled their music in the past) can do so with songs from this album. And it isn't only the rhythms that are demanding, the melodic material is also full of surprise with lines taking unexpected turns and sometimes suggesting two or more tunes being referred to at once. It's music that asks a lot of its listeners, to say the least, and of those who would like to play along. We'll have to wait and see. In the meantime, here's O'Riley's version of "Talk Show Host": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj4zFWnaF7U&feature=related