Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 2
The Flaming Lips Lyrics
Her name is Yoshimi - she's a black belt in karate
Working for the city - she has to discipline her body -
Cause she knows that it's demanding to defeat these
Evil machines - I know she can beat them -
Oh Yoshimi
They don't believe me
But you won't let those
Robots defeat me
Oh Yoshimi
They don't believe me
Robots eat me
Those evil natured robots - they're programmed to
Destroy us - She's gotta be strong to fight them -
So she's taking lots of vitamins - cause she knows that
It'd be tragic if those evil robots win - I know
She can beat them
Writer(s): Wayne Coyne, Dave Fridmann, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd Copyright: Emi Blackwood Music Inc., Lovely Sorts Of Death Music
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The Flaming Lips is an American neo-psychedelic band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States in 1983. Throughout their career, band members have come and gone, but currently The Flaming Lips consist of original members Wayne Coyne (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Michael Ivins (bass, keyboards, backing vocals), along with members Steven Drozd (drums, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), and Derek Brown (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals). Read Full BioThe Flaming Lips is an American neo-psychedelic band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States in 1983. Throughout their career, band members have come and gone, but currently The Flaming Lips consist of original members Wayne Coyne (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Michael Ivins (bass, keyboards, backing vocals), along with members Steven Drozd (drums, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), and Derek Brown (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals). Former members include Mark Coyne (lead vocals), Richard English (drums, keyboards, backing vocals), Nathan Roberts (drums), Jonathan Donahue (guitar, backing vocals), who went on to form Mercury Rev, Ronald Jones (guitar, backing vocals), and Kliph Scurlock (drums).
The Flaming Lips are known for their lush, multi-layered arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles. They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows, which typically feature animal suits, puppets, streamers, video projections and complex stage light configurations.
In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". In 2006, Oklahoma City named a street Flaming Lips Alley in their honor.
The group recorded several albums and EPs for Restless Records in the 1980s and early 1990s. After signing to Warner Brothers, they scored a #9 hit on the Billboard Alternative charts (and #55 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart) in 1994 with "She Don't Use Jelly". Although it would be their only hit single, the band has maintained critical respect and, to a lesser extent, commercial viability with sonically majestic albums such as 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic, 1999's The Soft Bulletin, 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and 2006's At War with the Mystics. The Flaming Lips' 12th studio album, Embryonic, was released in October of 2009. A complete cover of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was released in May 2010. The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, their collaborative album which features artists like Ke$ha, Bon Iver, Nick Cave and Erykah Badu, was released on Record Store Day, April 2012.
Their next studio album, tentatively titled The Terror, will be released in January 2013.
Their song "Do You Realize??" is the official State Rock Song of Oklahoma.
www.flaminglips.com
The Flaming Lips are known for their lush, multi-layered arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles. They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows, which typically feature animal suits, puppets, streamers, video projections and complex stage light configurations.
In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". In 2006, Oklahoma City named a street Flaming Lips Alley in their honor.
The group recorded several albums and EPs for Restless Records in the 1980s and early 1990s. After signing to Warner Brothers, they scored a #9 hit on the Billboard Alternative charts (and #55 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart) in 1994 with "She Don't Use Jelly". Although it would be their only hit single, the band has maintained critical respect and, to a lesser extent, commercial viability with sonically majestic albums such as 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic, 1999's The Soft Bulletin, 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and 2006's At War with the Mystics. The Flaming Lips' 12th studio album, Embryonic, was released in October of 2009. A complete cover of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was released in May 2010. The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, their collaborative album which features artists like Ke$ha, Bon Iver, Nick Cave and Erykah Badu, was released on Record Store Day, April 2012.
Their next studio album, tentatively titled The Terror, will be released in January 2013.
Their song "Do You Realize??" is the official State Rock Song of Oklahoma.
www.flaminglips.com
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RobotYoshimis
Arguably the most genius track on the album despite being considered the worst.
The song is supposed to be an instrumental envisioning of Yoshimi fighting all the robots. All the effects and sounds are just a musical translation to what is going on in the story. Part 1 was the preparation for the fight through lyrical detail, and Part 2 is the battle underway told through a rough instrumental/effect-heavy jam.
Very well played, Lips. Very well played.
BloodEagle
This is my favorite album of theirs. People are crazy.
Christopher Noia
I’m a huge fan of this album but I’ve never really looked into the reception of fans about it, probably because I only started listening to the flaming lips’s albums in 2016. I always loved this track and feel like it fits so well into the album. Didn’t know that fans thought it was the worst of the record. Also, you’re interpretation makes a ton of sense. This is one of the few big bands today that doesn’t just make albums to be a compilation of songs, but a complete work. I love that.
Wasim Mustafa
This is one of my favourite songs on the album!
William L.
@Gakarekis Ichison considered by ppl....things that were created by ppl
Gakarekis Ichison
RobotYoshimis I understand. The thing is- whenever anything is “considered” anything, it is done so by ppl. And ppl- for the most part, across the board- are idiots. That being said- I’m definitely w you on this one. And what balls some folks have. If they are even going to listen to an album this good (because it’s TRUE, because it’s actual ART, because it’s another human being’s heart and soul but cleverly and beautifully expressed through a VISION), and pick a “worst song” then they have missed the point. And couldn’t get it even if told, probably. Though, I’m sure all these folks can make such hubris-hued reviews. I bet THEIR albums that they wrote and performed are WAY better. 😆. Rock on, dude. Rock on, Lips. Rock on!
Zoomy
Am I only one who actually likes the screams? They don't hurt my ears and I feel like they add a bit of an effect to the music.
Witt King
The screams are the best. And bells.
Merging Marky
Totally
William L.
that is actually in real life a girl named Yoshimi.....Yoshimi Pi