"He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot." is a song by American indie rock band Grandaddy, released as the third single from their second studio album The Sophtware Slump (2000).
| "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot." | ||||
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| Single by Grandaddy | ||||
| from the album The Sophtware Slump | ||||
| Released | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Label | V2 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jason Lytle | |||
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Writing and composition
editRegarding the song's conception and its position as The Sophtware Slump's opening track, Jason Lytle noted: "It was definitely a struggle to get all the three parts to actually sound like they were intended to live together. I usually get into this space where, once the album starts to come together, I start to figure out what's missing or what needs to be added, and I realised that it really needed something like that to set it off in a certain direction. It's just a struggle putting something like that together and making it not sound forced, y’know?"[1]
Release
edit"He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot." was released as the third single from The Sophtware Slump. It reached number 82 in the UK Singles Chart.[2]
Touring
editGrandaddy toured with Elliott Smith in 2000 and he would occasionally join them onstage and sing lead vocals on parts of this song.[3]
Legacy
editThe song was featured on the soundtrack of UK hidden camera show Trigger Happy TV[4] and the films Jackpot (2001), The Forest for the Trees (2003), and Occupation: Dreamland (2005).[5]
Actor Jason Lee has cited this song as the inspiration to name his child Pilot Inspektor.[6]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot." | 8:56 |
| 2. | "Wives of Farmers" | 3:40 |
| 3. | "N. Blender" | 3:59 |
References
edit- ^ Wisgard, Alex. "Grandaddy's Jason Lytle Revisits The Sophtware Slump". thelineofbestfit.com. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Grandaddy | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ "Elliott Smith with Grandaddy – He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot – YouTube". YouTube. February 23, 2013. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ "Images for Various - Trigger Happy TV - Soundtrack To Series 2". Discogs. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Grandaddy". IMDb. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ Wong, David (2008-01-02). "The 20 Most Bizarre Celebrity Baby Names". Cracked.com. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
External links
edit- "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot." at Discogs (list of releases)