October 17, 2004

Thank you Jack White for the fiber-optic Jesus that you gave me

Posted by John Holbo

I’d just like to point out that the best album of 2002, The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, is fully audible on the band’s homepage. (Click ‘music’, then ‘album audio player’.) This is particularly notable in light of the recent inclusion of a bonus track, “Thank You Jack White”. I would also like to mention that the artwork for the album is lovely, and the videos are all worth watching. And all good Christians, I trust, trust that 2005 will be the year “Christmas On Mars” finally enoys some sort of cinematic release, so we can stop just watching the trailer.

Posted on October 17, 2004 03:49 PM UTC
Comments

That is such a great album. I hadn’t heard the bonus track.

Posted by Keith Ellis · October 17, 2004 11:44 PM

I really like the drawings in their album player window. I heard them live opening for Beck, and apart from “Tangerines” I didn’t really care for them. But the album is good so far, the first song reminds me a lot of Cat Stevens “Father & Son”

Posted by roublen vesseau · October 18, 2004 03:05 AM

Before I read roublen’s comment I was going to say that the Flaming Lips rule but it’s unfortunate that the first song on “Yoshimi” is a rip-off of that famous terrorist anthem. Anyway, there was apparently a big hubbub about it when the album first came out and the band claimed they’d never in their recollection even heard “Father and Son,” which may be true but I’d doubt the recollection is correct. Stevens apparently took ‘em to court and they agreed to a profit-splitting settlement.

Posted by EH · October 18, 2004 05:38 AM

If you think Yoshimi is great, you should check out the Soft Bulletin from 1999, some critics’ pick for album of the year. Even though Yoshimi outsold SB (and is probably more “fun”), the Soft Bulletin is an amazing listen. And not to geek out too much, but it’s “She Don’t Use Jelly” not Tangerine, and “Thank You Jack White” was originally off an EP released after Yoshimi.

Posted by binky · October 18, 2004 03:14 PM
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