Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 1 (Video)

[funkmike]

I, for one can't believe this song is nearly 10 f*cking years old.

[gutdwprock1]

I hear it from NME RADIO

[mrbrightside712]

They completely wasted an opportunity with the music video. Should've been more like the video for Intergalactic by Beastie Boys. Great song nonetheless.

[laptop703]

@sternelvis

[Glatiator36]

Did anyone notice the singer sucks ass? I Did.

[hork13]

@Glatiator36 they shoulda got christina aguillera

[darthmoop]

@Glatiator36

Did anyone notice that you're a big douche? I did.

[Alucard767676]

@Glatiator36 Vocalist no. Singer, songwriter, composer, musician, human, yes.

[thebabarams]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WAYNE !

[H4553N]

I heard it first from Chocolates skatemovie :D

[MsAshturp21]

love the beat, love the song love love love!!!!!!

[greenjelly01]

Official video at 240p??

[angelusgabrielus1982]

Does it matter where people heard it first? I heard it when I bought the damn album, however, my girlfriend and her friends heard it on RB, however, they got into them through RB, and I'm glad for it, if RB can introduce people to music they'd otherwise never give a chance, what's the fucking problem? It doesn't make me any better than my girlfriend just cos I was fortunate enough to buy the album

[gingerbreadboy]

Talk about dropping the ball by having a shit video.

[agjc1222]

Love the Lure sticker!!!

[obesegypsi]

how did i get here from watching blues clues... oh yeah because steve burns is a boss

[bernardo9144]

esta é para mim a melhor musica do flaming lips

conheci ela no rock band 3 !!!

emfim 'amo' esta musica

[TooManyDumbasses]

gotta say... Wayne was goofy looking as a young man and didn't become hot until he started turning gray and started rockin the facial hair. Sucks that it doesn't work that way for us women... lol

[TooManyDumbasses]

Yoshimi eats like I do when I get way too drunk at parties.

[nicolyoly23]

this is the worst song ever. I dont even know how people can listen to this crap

[smileman66]

furries.

[dhonzik]

lol, This guy doesn't know how to pronounce Yoshimi correctly. It pronounce correctly in Japanese as YOH shee mee

[evey0259]

@dhonzik And we should care... why?

[larukulunaseas]

@dhonzik Ok, Naruto.

[EllBelmont]

An old guy suggested that I watch this and I am eternally grateful to him. This song is amazing.

[saffronicus]

Boo... Not available on mobile!!

[MarcsYooToob]

oh Steve Buscemi...

[Saintpic33]

@MarcsYooToob That's quite funny. Good times. Incidentally, I really like Steve Buscemi. Classic :)

[BKXer97]

Weezer's my favorite band, But The Flaming Lips are pretty damn awesome.

[Asgaurdii]

I think the Rockband thing is the musogeek equivalent of Comic Book Guy snorting about some 1st issue...... whatever makes you feel better dudes :)

I would suggest a brisk walk though.....

[Malichormusic]

the singer looks like robert downey jr in this video...

[Beatalsrock]

I love this song! I'm only 12 but, my mum and dad have sown me great bands and songs! I listen to all kinds of music and i love it. I play 2 instraments (clarinet and piano) I am in chor and i practis batmington. Somtimes it's a little hard, but music family and friends make me soo happy ;)

[cocobunny2121]

@Beatalsrock haha omg I thought I was the only young person to like good music :) Im 13. I play flute, piano and im learning how to play guitar. My dream would be to perfect all of these and learn how to use a synthesizer :) awesome how ur like the first 12 year old iv met that has great music taste,

hugs x

[Beatalsrock]

@cocobunny2121 Nice man! I play clarinet and piano. I am in chor too :) My mum is a oprah singer so I listen to lots of opera too. But my dad has a great music taste and showed me many good bands :) He showed my the beatles and they are my favorite band!!

[universanjar]

this is how to make fun (for the sake of envious and jealousy) of japanese culture and technology advancement.

[Mila437]

This is beautifull!!!!! I love the song!!! I am Yoshimi :D

[AVenGer777rocks]

Fuck all of you with "like of you didnt hear this on RockBand" i heard there 1st and I had fun playing it

[TheWrongWindow]

you know, the first time i heard this song i thought these guys were stoned when they wrote it, still fantastic song

[rocalocko]

sing along, out loud, on top of your lungs. It will be the best music your neighbors will be listening to. Whether they like it or not..... JM

[potterfan9198]

WHO ELSE IS SEEING THEM TODAY IN CHARLESTON????? HUZZAH!

[jeca0812]

I think my uncle is an evil robot!!! Yoshimi please help me!!!

[potterfan9198]

@jeca0812 is he pink?

[IheartConverse121]

i think the people are disliking the video not the song, they wouldnt have click on it if they didnt like the song

[scbikerdude]

Reminds me of Singring and the glass guitar-totally nonsense but fun to listen to. I assume this is about some video game character? I'm an old man, dont play vid games, but I remember Yoshi on Mario Brothers

[TheProjectMJ]

Geez. Why does it matter how people came to different music?

[sternelvis]

heard this on ricky gervais xfm show. kicks ass

[MrGroogly]

@sternelvis same

[1995bobbygirl]

i rlly dont understand this video hahahaha

[Soundgarden97]

Rob Halford at 1:47

[MrGroogly]

'scuse me... WHERE ARE THE ROBOTS??! I love the band, but i fricking hate this music-video! Where in the song did it indicate that Yoshimi just ate fruit all day??! (1) That's in no way disciplining her body, and (2) How on earth is she preparing herself to fight those robots?? I know fruit is good for you, but Jesus Christ...

This video. What a let-down. Of all the songs of Flaming Lips to do a relevant music-video, THIS WAS THE ONE! I am not entertained... DISLIKE!

94 other people agree.

[zimpelskinsk]

It's funny how 350 people are proud of knowing this song before it was on rockband and still all this people would be absolutely proud if they had their music on this awesome game... stop being hipocrits.

[xRuskii]

@zimpelskinsk yeah, how true. Good music is good music, i dont give a shit if fuckin barney played this shit its still great. would be nice tho....

[magikaru]

Not a single robot in this video =(

[pindle]

@magikaru yoshimi beat them all. we would be eaten otherwise

[DREWVIX1992]

i dont wanta cure bad breath i want to learn how Yoshimi battles pink robots

[TheRaisedThumb]

I like the live version 100 times better.

[ElizabethTK]

Part 2

[jazzthekami06]

I hear the same stupid crap about songs from LittleBig Planet and other mainstream things too "like this if you didn't hear this on (such and such game or movie)" Dude who really gives a rats *ss where you heard it? It's a good song either way. Sorry I'm not part of your exclusive cool kid club.

[DragonslayerDavis]

It's a song about cancer

[pattycolm]

@DragonslayerDavis

Originally it wasnt written about cancer- that was a concept that came up later when the Lips were approached about turning it into a Broadway type production. The song simply came about from Coyne listening to a recording of Yoshimi P-We screaming on an album and thinking it sounded like intense fighting.

[DKCarlidon]

love song but wtf?

[Lutoniro]

Well hell with it, I heard this in Rock band and now love the record so what, thank God for rockband or i would've keep wasting my ears without this songs.

PS. Morning of the Magicians is pure bliss, utter beauty.

[NoelleNabob]

There forreal needs to be a "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" rock opera.

[PeanutButterZombie00]

This album is awesome. I remember when I first bought it, I had to rush to turn down Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2 before anyone could complain.....there's a lot of high-pitched screams in that one. Not everybody can appreciate it. =P

[BeastOfTheEast07]

at 2:25

there is a man to the right

and once you see it,

you can"t unsee it.

[cuteNOBITA]

@BeastOfTheEast07 haahahha,,, you' rite!!! yaakkkkkXP

[thermaikoss]

@BeastOfTheEast07 The Unknown Hero!

[Soapbox824]

when I get married, it's the my first dance I love this song

[bakersk8r13]

Heard this song like 6 years ago in the Chocolate video and never new what it was called until I found it on pandora

[BeastOfTheEast07]

I must have seen this video like 20 times. And today I saw 2:25!

I don't think I can ever be the same again! [in a good way (i guess)]

[TheSqueakyLizard]

Definitely one of the most definitive songs of our time. Love this song, and never played Rock Band.

[classicgamerguy112]

whats rockband?

[jcahillpg]

flaming lips 1, vevo 0

[xployalist]

This sounds like it would be good with FLCL.



[einXtein]

I listen to this song almost everyday, but I don't think I've ever watched the video. But I feel I have... Maybe I had a weird dream similar to this. I don't know. I'm gonna lie down.

[ellenmeilee]

Saw them live for the first time at Alexandra Palace this summer, Nothing wrong & absolutely everything right.

[Thatjahkid]

thumbs up if you heard this song for the first time on hot chocolate!

[l33tpwnzord]

Like this if you remember how fucking happy this song made you the first time you heard it.  (Not on Rock Band.)

[queenkari]

@l33tpwnzord appreciate greatness don't be an ass.

[crashtester123]

@l33tpwnzord but what if i did hear it first on Rock Band? who gives a f*ck where people heard it from?

[matinism]

@crashtester123 TOO RITE TOP TUNE :-)

[jonaguify]

@l33tpwnzord I actually know this because of a ukulele playing social studies teacher, does that count?

[neilo86]

@l33tpwnzord YES!

[fgr03]

@l33tpwnzord whats wrong with hearing it for the first time on Rock Band. Discovering music is still discovering music. Unless you're some kind of elitist asshole that prides yourself on your pre-mainstream listening.

[Cheatsy1989]

@fgr03 That's right, I heard it for the first time on rock band, and now, I absolutely love this band. Remember when everyone complained that rock music and rock bands weren't mainstream enough, or put on radios with those other crappy z 100 songs. Well, people get what they want and they still aren't happy, wow....

[TheSchimmi]

@Cheatsy1989 Hello fellow Flaming Lips fan. I do not care how you discovered this song and am simply glad that you did.

[l33tpwnzord]

@fgr03

lol u mad, 13 year old?

[ImoenOfTelengard]

The real Yoshimi died about 10 years ago from cancer :(

[ScoTTishN1NJA]

which rockband is this on?

[cliffythehippie]

@ScoTTishN1NJA 3

[xXladedia]

@ScoTTishN1NJA rock band 3

[gamer1xbox360]

Yay! The url says lolz at the end!

[Ruben00021]

My dog is called Yoshimi. She's a newfoundlander, and the greatest dog in the world. She has a black belt in karate, and she disciplines her body. She takes alot of vitamins and although they dont believe me, I know she won't let the evil robots eat me. Thank you Wayne, and thank you Yoshimi.

[SkuzzySpeaks]

This is the greatest band, album, song, ever.

[freezze12]

I had this as my ringtone for two years and the start makes me thnk I am getting a call!

[pico5694]

Fucking Pink Robots FUCK YOU

[obscuremagpie]

Check out 'Take Your Medicine' by TRANSFER...It's good!

[waytobluee]

wtf chewys wat!!!!!!!!

[ThatTolkenBrownGuy]

thank you nanalew

[TheFerWinkler]

los Flaming lips son increibles, sin tocar estridentes guitarrazos metaleros son capaces de transmitir una energia y pasion pesadisima!! gran banda!!

[jenirocksotb]

wayne.. i love you...

[Soapbox824]

I'm a pink robot

[randomstuffandy]

Hard to believe but this song gave me the strength to trust my wife to fight the evil natured robots when they were trying to destroy me. Having got through that period in my life I now have the Lips lithograph set of the the album proudly and forever mounted above the sound system in this lounge. It willalways be a part of me. Thanx Wayne! from the heart, soul and head.

[randomstuffandy]

My issue wasn't cancer - it was post-traumatic stress disorder made so much worse by workplace managers.....nuff sed.

[captxxchaos]

this song is actually about a Japanese tour guide with cancer.

[laptop703]

Like this if you didn't hear this on Rockband.

[fatJsFilms]

@laptop703

Im guessing 47 people haven't played rock band.

[oneeye589]

@Denyernator Why? You think that someone stating that they didn't hear it from Rockband makes them feel superior to you? You don't like that someone has an opinion that they like the fact they knew about this song before Rockband? You don't like that they love the band and music enough to be educated about it before everyone else? I think you just don't like other people's opinions and want to put people down just because they feel proud to be a fan from the start.

[filabreu]

@laptop703 no, I am listening on Youtube...

[mattfried74]

@laptop703 is pandora cool???

[laptop703]

@mattfried74 Nope.

[sono2351]

@laptop703 I don't care where you heard this song. Maybe you heard it on Rockband. Maybe you heard it while you were jacking off to German scheisse porn. It really doesn't matter. If hearing it on Rockband causes anyone to go out and watch the Flaming Lips at a live show, that's all that matters, because that is an experience you will never forget. Don't be lame, man. Not everyone is the same age as you are and.or has the same music acumen as you do. Be glad that other people are hearing it.

[Zodibigh]

@sono2351 Saw them Thursday. Awesome experience,

[riacirca84]

i seen these guys while they toured with the chilis ... man from the contact high i got and the trippy show they put on... fucking genius...

[fredo39]

This song is literally about a woman battling cancer. I wonder if she's recovered? We need a sequal. Stay strong Yoshimi!



[johndivy]

@fredo39 It's not - it's a tribute to Yoshimi P-We who played drums on some of the tracks on the album. The Musical BASED on this album will be about a woman suffering from cancer. Yoshimi is very active and does not have cancer.

[maddym075]

Love this song :)



[kiffinhater]

80 dislikes???!!! you ungrateful people, yoshimi risks her life on a daily basis fighting the pink robots for us, the least you could do is not dislike her video

[69snix]

@kiffinhater wait till she meets those purple robots !!

[RuggerDubDub]

@kiffinhater The dislikes ARE the pink robots!

[XCEfiles]

I loved dat.

[tacodude1998]

80 americans watched it and disliked the rest were japaniese

[wilbert77777]

Thumbs Up if you saw this in Rock Band

[DONTFEEDTHEDINO]

such a chill laid back song :DDD i love it i enjoyed playing the drums with this song in rock band 3 ;p

[alegarcianuro76]

todavìa no se como hice para ser tan idiota como para NO ir a verlos cuando vinieron a Buenos Aires...

[TheGatosarnoso]

Is there a part 2? Cuz if there is, I fucking want Part 2.

[PDALICIOUS]

@TheGatosarnoso

There is a part 2. Its the battle.



[beybladeboy2010]

Is there some sort of hidden meaning behind this song or were they just high when they wrote it? I like it either way.

[carcrash89]

@beybladeboy2010 I don't know the full story but apparently Yoshimi was the name of something made to fight Cancer which are the pink robots the song talks about.

[mab30arb16]

@beybladeboy2010 hahaha when i first heard this i thought exactly the same thing

[johnnymac1986]

seeing them tonight at jones beach with weezer :)

[SKelleyRichards]

I went to their concert last night, met Wayne Coyne, and we all sang along to this song. It was perfect.

[hockeyyismylife]

im tired of this chubby bitch always telling me the benefits of cox hi speed internet before i can listen to a flaming lips song.

[CaptainIcy]

@hockeyyismylife That's why I have ads blocked. ;)

[Ozzmaster2112]

@CaptainIcy

how do i get it.

[CaptainIcy]

@Ozzmaster2112 Well, for Firefox, just search for "Adblock Plus" for Opera it's a bit more complicated. (Which is what I use) I'm not sure there is one for IE, never checked…

[Ozzmaster2112]

@CaptainIcy

I use google chrome...

[CaptainIcy]

@Ozzmaster2112 Okay, then just Google "Adblock Plus Chrome" and you should find it easily.

[Ozzmaster2112]

@CaptainIcy

:D

[CaptainIcy]

@CaptainIcy Oh, Adblock Plus is for Chrome and FF,

[r3dfl4ck4l1]

I never knew why so many people loved this band until I listened to their music on loads of drugs.

[lothariam]

Robert Downey Jr is in one of the best bands of all time:D Nah but seriously long live the lips and coyan:D

[sydbarrett5]

I love this band.

[everybodywuvsraymond]

i smell drugs! yummers!

[AfroSamuraiTheMaster]

777,777th viewer

[ArachnusPorkus]

@raralovesmiley and @minaishamyce You do realize, that all you're gunna get, are thumbs down, for bringing in a Miley Cyrus reference to this video, right?

[mrspurple98]

thumbes up if miley cyrus did'nt bring you here!

[alanfrankielee]

top of the pops japan 1978

[FalseMemorySyndrome]

It's nice to know that all it takes for a load of preteen girls to flock to a new band is for some teen idol to tweet about them.

[mrdaihatsu]

@FalseMemorySyndrome What new band are you referring to?

[raralovesmiley]

thumbs up if miley cyrus brought u here!!!

[seanlikesrebbits]

i saw mileys tweet n i googled the flamign lips n i found dis video lol

[minaishamyce]

thumbs up if miley brought you here 

[seanlikesrebbits]

@minaishamyce am tryin 2 giv u a thimbs up butt its not workin lol

[callofthedeadfreak]

The Video for Powerless is creepyer then Iraq flash backs lol

[THEGUITARSHAMMAN]

god the music video blows more than the song

[ttk1opc]

@THEGUITARSHAMMAN It can't possibly blow as much as you do, go fuck yourself.

[NineMonthMedia]

They're post-grungers cum psychedelic pop nutjobs. You gotta love it

[josejonesify]

Google Wayne's bath picture.

[josejonesify]

If you can find Wayne's house on Google Earth, he's in his backyard taking a bath. No joke, seriously, it's rather epic.

[RepentantDuck]

@josejonesify

where is his house?:D

[KrisMcCracken]

"I'm not usually a fan of 'alternative music', but these guy's ROCKED THE HOUSE!"

[I0IdjkingIOI]

Wow the effects on the evil robots look great. You can tell the good robots were digitally created.