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 White|Meg]] to play.
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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]].  
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==Releases==
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* ''[[The White Stripes (album)|The White Stripes]]'' (1999)
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==Other Appearances==
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==Personnel==
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* [[Jack White]]: electric guitar, lead vocals
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* [[Meg White]]: drums, tambourine
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==Meaning==
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* It is about a monkey named Jimmy who explodes everything that isn't red.
==Band Quotes==
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* [[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."
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* [[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 color red. So when Meg started playing that way, I was, like, man, don't even practice! This is perfect."
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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* 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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* Jack once was [http://smashintransistors.homestead.com/MonkeyJimmysFriend.html interviewed] in 2002 by a 5-year-old White Stripes fan whose favorite song was "Jimmy The Exploder". Many of the questions were about Jimmy. It's quite interesting.
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==Personnel==
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* [[Meg White]] - Drums
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* [[Jack White]] - Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals
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* Music and Lyrics by White/White
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==Themes==
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[[Colors]], [[Animals]], [[Food]]
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==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
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Now, Jimmy, well, do you want an explosion now?<br>
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Yeah, Jimmy, do you want to explode now?<br>
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Now, Jimmy, well, do you want an explosion now?
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Yeah, monkey, now you seeing red now.<br>
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Yeah, Jimmy, do you want to explode now?
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Yeah, monkey, jumping on the bed now.<br>
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Yeah, monkey, now you seeing red now.
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Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...<br>
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Yeah, monkey, jumping on the bed now.
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Green apples on the tree and growing now.<br>
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Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...
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Green apples are gonna be exploding now.<br>
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Yeah, monkey, are you seeing red now?<br>
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Green apples on the tree and growing now.
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Yeah, monkey, jumping on the bed now.<br>
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Green apples are gonna be exploding now.
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Woo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...<br>
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Yeah, monkey, are you seeing red now?
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==External Links==
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Yeah, monkey, jumping on the bed now.
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Woo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...
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[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Songs]]

Revision as of 20:28, 10 August 2011

Jimmy the Exploder is a song by The White Stripes that can be heard on their debut album.

Contents

Releases

Other Appearances

Personnel

Meaning

  • It is about a monkey named Jimmy who explodes everything that isn't red.

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 color red. So when Meg started playing that way, I was, like, man, don't even practice! This is perfect."

Trivia

  • Jack once was interviewed in 2002 by a 5-year-old White Stripes fan whose favorite song was "Jimmy The Exploder". Many of the questions were about Jimmy. It's quite interesting.

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...

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