#yeah yeah yeahs

2001 was quite a year for the garage rock revival. More specifically July 2001 was quite a month in history for classic garage rock albums from that revival. Here's some I am saluting:

July 3, 2001: White Blood Cells released

The breakthrough album from The White Stripes was released in July 2001. By this point in the rock world, rap-metal and nu metal was starting to get stale. There were a lot of articles coming out about how garage rock was going to be the next big thing and The White Stripes were becoming the poster band for this revival genre. After releasing 2 great indie albums, 1999′s The White Stripes and 2000′s De Stijl, the third album White Blood Cells was the one getting a lot of attention. In 2002, the album was re-released on V2 Records and they started to get a lot more radio and video play with “fell in love with a girl”. Around that time, Garage Rock became the buzz genre with the Stripes, The Strokes, The Hives and The Vines taking the world by storm. I picked up this album in 2001 after hearing a little of it in a record store. There was something about hearing this album before they got over-hyped. The album is considered by many to be their best album and one of the best of the 00s. Happy 25th White Blood Cells!

July 9, 2001: Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP released

The self-titled debut EP from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs was released in July 2001. I don’t know that I would call this their best album, but it definitely announced the group in a big way. The YYYs were formed in NYC in 2000 and were a part of the early 00s scene that The Strokes emerged from. The band was garage and indie rock like The Strokes, but there was an art rock edge they had that made them rise above all the others. The YYYs full-length debut album Fever to Tell wasn’t released for almost 2 years later, but this EP was enough to whet my appetite for what the band had up their sleeve. They are the greatest band to emerge out of the 00s and this is where it all began. Happy 25th YYYs!

July 30, 2001: Is This It released (in Australia)

34. Four songs that would be featured on the soundtrack of a movie you directed

39. "You'll know I've been cloned if I ever forget the lyrics to this song"

26) omg there’s sosososo many I could say but I’ll probably say immortality or indifference by Pearl jam…. Suchhhh emotional songs

34) OMGGG I actually always think of this!! Definitelyyy these:

And finallyyy 39) toooo hard but probablyyyy

When I learned of Lindsey Graham's passing I was at a loss for words. Then I found the words in a song by the Yeah-Yeah-Yeah's. I offer this as Lindsey Graham's obituary.

Spitting off the Edge of the World

Cowards! Here’s the sun So bow your heads In the absence of bombs Draw your breath

Dark, dark places shall be none She’s melting houses of gold

And the kids cry out We’re spitting off the edge of the world Out in the night Never had no chance Nowhere to hide spitting off the edge of the world Out comes the sun Never had no chance Nowhere to run

Mama what have you done I trace your steps In the darkness of one Am I what’s left Silver lines whisper to me Wounded arms must carry the load

And the kids cry out We’re spitting off the edge of the world Out in the night Never had no chance Nowhere to hide spitting off the edge of the world Nowhere to run Never had no chance Out comes the sun spitting off the edge of the world Winds from the sky Never had no chance Will watch us rise