Astro - Revision history

SeanGlover at 02:45, 24 January 2012

SeanGlover — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:45:12 GMT

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	==External Links==		==External Links==

-	[[Category:~~Songs~~]]	+	[[Category:The White Stripes songs]]

SeanGlover: /* Trivia */

SeanGlover — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:01:38 GMT

Trivia

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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."		* [[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==		==Trivia==
		+	* Live guitar: The [[Airline]] in standard tuning.
	* This is usually performed live (typically much faster) with the song "[[Jack the Ripper]]".		* This is usually performed live (typically much faster) with the song "[[Jack the Ripper]]".
		+
	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==
	Maybe Jasper does the Astro. <br>		Maybe Jasper does the Astro. <br>

SeanGlover at 00:46, 12 August 2011

SeanGlover — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:46:35 GMT

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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]]''.		* [[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]]''.
	* Jimmy presumably refers to the titular subject of "[[Jimmy the Exploder]]".		* Jimmy presumably refers to the titular subject of "[[Jimmy the Exploder]]".
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	==Band Quotes==		==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."		* [[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."

SeanGlover: /* Meaning */

SeanGlover — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:52:21 GMT

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.		* 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.
	* 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 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 (album)\|Icky Thump]]''.	+	* [[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]]''.
	* Jimmy presumably refers to the titular subject of "[[Jimmy the Exploder]]".		* Jimmy presumably refers to the titular subject of "[[Jimmy the Exploder]]".
		+
	==Band Quotes==		==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."		* [[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."

SeanGlover at 23:39, 10 August 2011

SeanGlover — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:39:37 GMT

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-	'''~~Astro~~''' ~~is a song~~ by [[The White Stripes]], ~~which can be found~~ on the ~~band~~'s [[~~The White Stripes~~ (album)\|~~self-titled debut album~~]].	+	==Releases==
-		+	* ''[[The White Stripes (album)\|The White Stripes]]'' (1999)
		+	* ''[[Live in Mississippi]]'' (2011)
		+	==Other Appearances==
		+	==Credits==
		+	===Performers===
		+	* [[Jack White]]: electric guitar, lead vocals
		+	* [[Meg White]]: drums
		+	===Production===
		+	* Originally performed by [[The White Stripes]].
		+	* Written by [[Jack White]] and [[Meg White]].
		+	* Produced by [[Jack White]].
		+	* Co-produced and engineered by [[Jim Diamond]].
		+	* Recorded at [[Third Man Studios]], southwest [[Detroit]].
		+	==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, [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.
		+	* 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 (album)\|Icky Thump]]''.
		+	* Jimmy presumably refers to the titular subject of "[[Jimmy the Exploder]]".
	==Band Quotes==		==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 ~~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."	+	* [[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==		==Trivia==
	* This is usually performed live (typically much faster) with the song "[[Jack the Ripper]]".		* This is usually performed live (typically much faster) with the song "[[Jack the Ripper]]".
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-	~~==Personnel==~~
-	* [[Meg White]]: Drums
-	* [[Jack White]]: Electric Guitar and Lead Vocal
-	* Written by White/White
-
	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==
-	<~~pre><nowiki~~>	+	Maybe Jasper does the Astro. <br>
-	~~maybe jasper~~ does the ~~astro~~	+	Maybe Lily does the Astro.<br>
-	~~maybe jasper~~ does the ~~astro~~	+	Maybe Jackson does the Astro.<br>
-	~~maybe jasper~~ does the ~~astro astro~~	+	Maybe Momma does the Astro.<br>
-	;	+	Maybe Tesla does the Astro.<br>
-	~~maybe lily~~ does the ~~astro~~	+	Maybe Edison is AC/DC.<br>
-	~~maybe lily does the astro~~	+	==External Links==
-	~~maybe lily does the astro astro~~	+
-	~~woo~~	+
-	~~hey~~	+
-	~~well maybe jackson does the astro~~	+
-	~~maybe jackson does the astro~~	+
-	~~maybe jackson does the astro astro~~	+
-	~~hey~~	+
-	~~maybe mama does the astro~~	+
-	~~maybe mama does the astro~~	+
-	~~maybe mama does the astro astro~~	+
-		+
-	~~well maybe tesla does the astro~~	+
-	~~maybe tesla does the astro~~	+
-	~~maybe edison~~ is ac/dc	+
-	<~~/nowiki~~>	+
-	~~</pre>~~	+

	[[Category:Songs]]		[[Category:Songs]]

Shaun the Ripper: /* Trivia */

Shaun the Ripper — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:53:56 GMT

Trivia

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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
-	* This is usually performed live (~~usually~~ much faster) with the song "[[Jack the Ripper]]".	+	* This is usually performed live (typically much faster) with the song "[[Jack the Ripper]]".

	==Personnel==		==Personnel==

Shaun the Ripper at 03:53, 10 December 2008

Shaun the Ripper — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:53:39 GMT

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-	'''Astro''' is a song by [[The White Stripes]].	+	'''Astro''' is a song by [[The White Stripes]], which can be found on the band's [[The White Stripes (album)\|self-titled debut album]].

	==Band Quotes==		==Band Quotes==
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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
-	* This is usually performed live with the song "[[Jack the Ripper]]".	+	* This is usually performed live (usually much faster) with the song "[[Jack the Ripper]]".
		+
		+	==Personnel==
		+	* [[Meg White]]: Drums
		+	* [[Jack White]]: Electric Guitar and Lead Vocal
		+	* Written by White/White

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==
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	</nowiki>		</nowiki>
	</pre>		</pre>
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		+	[[Category:Songs]]

Shaun the Ripper at 06:53, 30 September 2006

Shaun the Ripper — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:53:54 GMT

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	==Band Quotes==		==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 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."	+	* [[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 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."

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==

152.163.100.197: /* Song Meaning/Band Quotes On The Song */

152.163.100.197 — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:55:47 GMT

Song Meaning/Band Quotes On The Song

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	'''Astro''' is a song by [[The White Stripes]].		'''Astro''' is a song by [[The White Stripes]].

-	==~~Song Meaning/~~Band Quotes ~~On The Song~~==	+	==Band Quotes==
-	* Jack White :	+	[[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 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."
-	**"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."	+

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==

Shaun the Ripper at 20:07, 9 September 2006

Shaun the Ripper — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:07:29 GMT

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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."		**"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."
		+
		+	==Trivia==
		+	* This is usually performed live with the song "[[Jack the Ripper]]".

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==