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 | |||
| Format | CD, vinyl | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Writer(s) | Jason Lytle | |||
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"He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot" is a song by American indie rock band Grandaddy, from their second studio album The Sophtware Slump (2000). It was released as a single.
Writing and composition
Regarding 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]
Touring
Grandaddy toured with Elliott Smith in 2000 and he would occasionally join them onstage and sing lead vocals on parts of this song.[2]
Legacy
The song was featured on the soundtrack of UK hidden camera show Trigger Happy TV[3] and the films Jackpot (2001), The Forest for the Trees (2003), and Occupation: Dreamland (2005).[4]
Actor Jason Lee has cited this song as the inspiration to name his child Pilot Inspektor.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot." | 8:56 |
| 2. | "Wives of Farmers" | 3:40 |
| 3. | "N. Blender" | 3:59 |
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