Jimmy the Exploder
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| - | '''Jimmy the Exploder''' is a song by The White Stripes that can be heard on their [[The White Stripes (album)|debut album]]. It is about a monkey who explodes everything that isn't red. Jack thought that this song was the perfect song for Meg to play. | + | '''Jimmy the Exploder''' is a song by The White Stripes that can be heard on their [[The White Stripes (album)|debut album]]. It is about a monkey who explodes everything that isn't red. Jack thought that this song was the perfect song for [[Meg White|Meg]] to play. |
==Band Quotes== | ==Band Quotes== | ||
| - | Jack White : "She was playing so childishly, everyone I'd ever played with was, like, male drummers. I'd been writing all these childish songs, like 'Jimmy the Exploder' from our first album - this story I made up about this monkey who exploded things that weren't the colour red. So when Meg started playing that way, I was like, | + | * [[Jack White]] : "She was playing so childishly, everyone I'd ever played with was, like, male drummers. I'd been writing all these childish songs, like 'Jimmy the Exploder' from our first album - this story I made up about this monkey who exploded things that weren't the colour red. So when Meg started playing that way, I was, like, man, don't even practice! This is perfect." |
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
| - | Jack once was [http://smashintransistors.homestead.com/MonkeyJimmysFriend.html interviewed] by a young White Stripes fan whose favorite song was Jimmy The Exploder. Many of the questions were about Jimmy The Monkey. | + | * Jack once was [http://smashintransistors.homestead.com/MonkeyJimmysFriend.html interviewed] by a young White Stripes fan whose favorite song was Jimmy The Exploder. Many of the questions were about Jimmy The Monkey. |
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
| - | + | Now, Jimmy, well, do you want an explosion now?<br/> | |
| - | + | Yeah, Jimmy, do you want to explode now?<br/> | |
| - | Now Jimmy | + | <br/> |
| - | + | Yeah, monkey, now you seeing [[Colors|red]] now.<br/> | |
| - | Yeah Jimmy | + | Yeah, monkey, jumping on the bed now.<br/> |
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| - | Yeah monkey | + | Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...<br/> |
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| - | Yeah monkey | + | [[Colors|Green]] apples on the tree and growing now.<br/> |
| - | + | [[Colors|Green]] apples are gonna be exploding now.<br/> | |
| - | Hoo hoo hoo hoo | + | <br/> |
| - | hoo hoo hoo hoo | + | Yeah, monkey, are you seeing [[Colors|red]] now?<br/> |
| - | hoo hoo hoo hoo | + | Yeah, monkey, jumping on the bed now.<br/> |
| - | hoo hoo hoo hoo | + | <br/> |
| - | Green apples on the tree and growing now | + | Woo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...<br/> |
| - | Green apples are gonna be exploding now | + | |
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| - | Yeah monkey | + | |
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| - | Yeah monkey | + | |
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| - | Woo hoo hoo hoo | + | |
| - | hoo hoo hoo hoo | + | |
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Revision as of 02:24, 8 July 2008
Jimmy the Exploder is a song by The White Stripes that can be heard on their debut album. It is about a monkey who explodes everything that isn't red. Jack thought that this song was the perfect song for Meg to play.
Band Quotes
- Jack White : "She was playing so childishly, everyone I'd ever played with was, like, male drummers. I'd been writing all these childish songs, like 'Jimmy the Exploder' from our first album - this story I made up about this monkey who exploded things that weren't the colour red. So when Meg started playing that way, I was, like, man, don't even practice! This is perfect."
Trivia
- Jack once was interviewed by a young White Stripes fan whose favorite song was Jimmy The Exploder. Many of the questions were about Jimmy The Monkey.
Lyrics
Now, Jimmy, well, do you want an explosion now?
Yeah, Jimmy, do you want to explode now?
Yeah, monkey, now you seeing red now.
Yeah, monkey, jumping on the bed now.
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...
Green apples on the tree and growing now.
Green apples are gonna be exploding now.
Yeah, monkey, are you seeing red now?
Yeah, monkey, jumping on the bed now.
Woo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...
