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'''Astro''' is a song by [[The White Stripes]].
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==Releases==
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* ''[[The White Stripes (album)|The White Stripes]]'' (1999)
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==Song Meaning/Band Quotes On The Song==
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* ''[[Live in Mississippi]]'' (2011)
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* Jack White :
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==Other Appearances==
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**"The Astro is whatever you do in secret that nobody knows about. Everybody does the Astro. Jimmy does the Astro. Actually for awhile there, right before we recorded the album, that song Astro was just an instrumental-I was just mouthing syllables, I didn't say anything, I didn't write lyrics to that until just a few minutes before we recorded it. And that ended up becoming about something I had been thinking about. It's about the things that people do in secret-I called that the Astro cause it just had a ring to it, but the things people do, like I guess the clue to that was 'Thomas Edison is AC/DC.' He was only into direct current, he didn't believe in alternating current, and that was supposedly his downfall of delivering electrical power to people. But maybe he secretly knew that was the right way to do things. That was my only attempt at trying to do a meaningless one. I had another dog I said that Astro - Astro's something people do in secret - things people maybe do in secret - I said maybe jasper does the Astro - that was my other dog - but uh I never wrote a song about Elroy though."
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==Credits==
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===Performers===
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* [[Jack White]]: electric guitar, lead vocals
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* [[Meg White]]: drums
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===Production===
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* Originally performed by [[The White Stripes]].
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* Written by [[Jack White]] and [[Meg White]].
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* Produced by [[Jack White]].
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* Co-produced and engineered by [[Jim Diamond]].
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* Recorded at [[Third Man Studios]], southwest [[Detroit]].
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==Meaning==
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* The Astro is whatever you do in secret that nobody knows about, or more specifically, doing something hypocritically in secret. AC (alternating current) and DC (direct current) are different ways of providing power via electricity. [[Thomas Edison]] did the Astro by being for AC/DC, when in reality, he was strongly against AC/DC and actually favored DC. [[Nikola Tesla]], on the other hand, favored AC. As a result, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents a rivalry ensued] over which was better -- alternating current or direct current. Ultimately, alternating current prevailed, as AC systems overcame the limitations of the direct current system used by Edison to distribute electricity efficiently over long distances, even though he attempted to discredit alternating current as too dangerous. Eventually, Tesla went insane, invented a death ray, and became engulfed by his intense mysophobia and obsessive-compulsive behavior. Shortly before he died, Edison said that his biggest mistake had been his attempt to develop direct current, rather than the superior alternating current system that Tesla had put within his grasp.
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* Jasper and Lily are two characters in the Virginia Woolf novel ''To the Lighthouse''. The book is written in third person, but frequently delves into what each character is privately thinking and doing.
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* [[Jasper]] is also the name of a dog that Jack had. Jasper and one of Jack's other dogs, [[Elroy]], are both thanked in the liner notes for ''[[Icky Thump (album)|Icky Thump]]''.
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* Jimmy presumably refers to the titular subject of "[[Jimmy the Exploder]]".
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==Band Quotes==
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* [[Jack White]]: "The Astro is whatever you do in secret that nobody knows about. Everybody does the Astro. Jimmy does the Astro. Actually, for awhile there, right before we recorded the album, that song was just an instrumental. I was just mouthing syllables; I didn't say anything. I didn't write lyrics to that until just a few minutes before we recorded it, and they ended up becoming about something I had been thinking about. It's about the things that people do in secret -- I called that the 'Astro', 'cause it just had a ring to it, but the things people do -- like, I guess, the clue to that was 'Thomas Edison is AC/DC.' He was only into direct current. He didn't believe in alternating current, and that was supposedly his downfall of delivering electrical power to people. But maybe he secretly knew that was the right way to do things."
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==Trivia==
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* Live guitar: The [[Airline]] in standard tuning.
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* This is usually performed live (typically much faster) with the song "[[Jack the Ripper]]".
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
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Maybe Jasper does the Astro. <br>
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maybe jasper does the astro
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Maybe Lily does the Astro.<br>
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maybe jasper does the astro
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Maybe Jackson does the Astro.<br>
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maybe jasper does the astro astro
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Maybe Momma does the Astro.<br>
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Maybe Tesla does the Astro.<br>
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maybe lily does the astro
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Maybe Edison is AC/DC.<br>
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maybe lily does the astro
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==External Links==
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maybe lily does the astro astro
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woo
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hey
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well maybe jackson does the astro
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maybe jackson does the astro
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maybe jackson does the astro astro
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maybe mama does the astro
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maybe mama does the astro
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maybe mama does the astro astro
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well maybe tesla does the astro
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maybe tesla does the astro
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Current revision as of 02:45, 24 January 2012

Contents

Releases

Other Appearances

Credits

Performers

Production

Meaning

  • The Astro is whatever you do in secret that nobody knows about, or more specifically, doing something hypocritically in secret. AC (alternating current) and DC (direct current) are different ways of providing power via electricity. Thomas Edison did the Astro by being for AC/DC, when in reality, he was strongly against AC/DC and actually favored DC. Nikola Tesla, on the other hand, favored AC. As a result, a rivalry ensued over which was better -- alternating current or direct current. Ultimately, alternating current prevailed, as AC systems overcame the limitations of the direct current system used by Edison to distribute electricity efficiently over long distances, even though he attempted to discredit alternating current as too dangerous. Eventually, Tesla went insane, invented a death ray, and became engulfed by his intense mysophobia and obsessive-compulsive behavior. Shortly before he died, Edison said that his biggest mistake had been his attempt to develop direct current, rather than the superior alternating current system that Tesla had put within his grasp.
  • Jasper and Lily are two characters in the Virginia Woolf novel To the Lighthouse. The book is written in third person, but frequently delves into what each character is privately thinking and doing.
  • Jasper is also the name of a dog that Jack had. Jasper and one of Jack's other dogs, Elroy, are both thanked in the liner notes for Icky Thump.
  • Jimmy presumably refers to the titular subject of "Jimmy the Exploder".

Band Quotes

  • Jack White: "The Astro is whatever you do in secret that nobody knows about. Everybody does the Astro. Jimmy does the Astro. Actually, for awhile there, right before we recorded the album, that song was just an instrumental. I was just mouthing syllables; I didn't say anything. I didn't write lyrics to that until just a few minutes before we recorded it, and they ended up becoming about something I had been thinking about. It's about the things that people do in secret -- I called that the 'Astro', 'cause it just had a ring to it, but the things people do -- like, I guess, the clue to that was 'Thomas Edison is AC/DC.' He was only into direct current. He didn't believe in alternating current, and that was supposedly his downfall of delivering electrical power to people. But maybe he secretly knew that was the right way to do things."

Trivia

  • Live guitar: The Airline in standard tuning.
  • This is usually performed live (typically much faster) with the song "Jack the Ripper".

Lyrics

Maybe Jasper does the Astro.
Maybe Lily does the Astro.
Maybe Jackson does the Astro.
Maybe Momma does the Astro.
Maybe Tesla does the Astro.
Maybe Edison is AC/DC.

External Links

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