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Yeah Yeah Yeahs — Zero
Album: It's Blitz!
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Released: 2009
Length: 4:22
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Shake it like a ladder to the sun
Makes me feel like a madman on the run
Find me, never, never far gone
So get your leather, leather, leather on on on on

You're a zero, what's your name?
No one's gonna ask you better find out where they want you to go
Try and hit the spot, get to know it in the dark
Get to know it whether you're a crime, crime, crime of love
Can you climb, climb, climb higher?

Shake it like a ladder to the sun
Makes me feel like a madman on the run
No you're never, never far gone
So get your leather, leather, leather on on on on

You're a zero, what's your name?
No one's gonna ask you better find out where they want you to go
Try and hit the spot, get to know it in the dark
Get to know it whether you're a crime, crime, crime of love
Can you climb, climb, climb higher?
Was it the cure? Shellshock! Was it the cure? Hope not!
Was it the cure? Shellshock! Was it the cure? What's your name?
You're a zero, what's your name?
No one's gonna ask you better find out where they want you to go
Try and hit the spot, get to know it in the dark
Get to know it whether you're a crime, crime, crime of love
Can you climb, climb, climb higher?
Was it the cure? Shellshock! Was it the cure? Hope not!
Was it the cure? Shellshock! Was it the cure? What's your name?
What's your name? What's your name? What's your name? What's your name?
Comments (116)add comment
 derekd wrote:

Suzie Sioux or Chrissie H?

 




i hear definitely no chrissy here. maybe sioux a bit. more berlin, though.
Posted 9 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 shellbella wrote:
{#Puke}
 

Scoot over, I feel like it too...
Posted 12 years ago by redtex    [ Reply ]
{#Puke}
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
Meh,meh,mehs.
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Who you gonna call?
Posted 13 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
This is kind of cool. That buzzy synthesizer sound reminds me of the Whizzers I had when I was a kid.
Anybody remember Whizzers? 
 
Yea, I had a bunch of those things.  One was red and blue with white strips and stars.  I wonder if they are still buried somewhere in my moms house?

Posted 13 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
Missing Persons

 derekd wrote:
Suzie Sioux or Chrissie H?
 Jelani wrote:
Who from the 80's does this remind me of?
 
 


Posted 13 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
 1wolfy wrote:
makes me remember The Plasmatics
 


god rest Windy O
Posted 13 years ago by zerosomething    [ Reply ]
Berlin?
 derekd wrote:
Suzie Sioux or Chrissie H?
 Jelani wrote:
Who from the 80's does this remind me of?
 
 


Posted 13 years ago by mikexican    [ Reply ]
This is kind of cool. That buzzy synthesizer sound reminds me of the Whizzers I had when I was a kid.
Anybody remember Whizzers? 
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
makes me remember The Plasmatics
Posted 13 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
One of my faves
Posted 13 years ago by zerosomething    [ Reply ]

Gives me the goosies. In a good way.
Posted 13 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
Suzie Sioux or Chrissie H?
 Jelani wrote:
Who from the 80's does this remind me of?
 


Posted 13 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
Who from the 80's does this remind me of?
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Highly repetitive noise.  I can turn my table saw on to hear more interesting sounds.
Posted 13 years ago by sinnicam    [ Reply ]
OMG!!!!111 Thats's RP or not?!
Posted 13 years ago by Netto    [ Reply ]
Joan Jett

Get your leather on....!
Posted 13 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
Guilty pleasure! Don't know why, but it is.
Posted 13 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
{#Stop} Please stop it, thank you!

Posted 13 years ago by TeleFrank    [ Reply ]
 Shaker wrote:
Does anyone else find this cover erotic?

 

After listening to Karen O makes those sounds, anything looks erotic.
Posted 14 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
This song is SO perfect for doing crunches... I just love the hell out of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!  {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajumprope}
 
Whatza crunch?  My mind goes berzerk !!

Posted 14 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
 
This band is so under-rated that is disheartening.  I think there is still a reluctance to give a female rocker due props.  I think it is precisely because she is the genuine article that this band has not been recognized as the truly revolutionary one that it is.  Even the savvy RP crowd cannot accept a female rocker.  It's sad.

 
Female rocker?  Where?  I don't hear a rocker of any gender.

Posted 14 years ago by spigolli    [ Reply ]
Love the beat of this song - up to a 9.  And dancing...{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Does anyone else find this cover erotic?

Posted 14 years ago by Shaker    [ Reply ]
 helgigermany wrote:
Not bad , but what genre is this? Cover art super!
 
dance punk indie rock

Posted 14 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 helgigermany wrote:
Not bad , but what genre is this?
 
...eighties synth pop, of course!..


Posted 14 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
I've been waiting for this one!
Posted 14 years ago by pawnmanrob    [ Reply ]
Not bad , but what genre is this? Cover art super!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 socalhol wrote:

YES!!  I've put my finger on it — this song reminds me of both Berlin & Missing Persons (no wonder I like it)

 
Ooooo - Berlin!  Have you heard their "Count Three And Pray" CD? Terri Nunn had so much fun exploring new vocal ranges and lyrical styles on this CD!  I love it - personal favorites are "Like Flames" and "Live A Little Trash." It's a total departure for Berlin, but it's a delight.

Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
This song is SO perfect for doing crunches... I just love the hell out of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!  {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajumprope}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 wbeaver wrote:
Like the 80's-retro sound of this one....
 
YES!!  I've put my finger on it — this song reminds me of both Berlin & Missing Persons (no wonder I like it)

Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
I guess it was only a matter of time till someone wrote the soundtrack for Paris Hilton's sex tape.
Posted 14 years ago by Welly    [ Reply ]
this song is growing on me — pop-a-licious! 
Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
 CCSandman wrote:
6.5?!? Serious?!!?

This song is great; should make you jump up and kickoff something! Probably the best album released last year too.
  
This band is so under-rated that is disheartening.  I think there is still a reluctance to give a female rocker due props.  I think it is precisely because she is the genuine article that this band has not been recognized as the truly revolutionary one that it is.  Even the savvy RP crowd cannot accept a female rocker.  It's sad.

Posted 14 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
6.5?!? Serious?!!?

This song is great; should make you jump up and kickoff something! Probably the best album released last year too.
Posted 14 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:

This title needs to return to the section reviewing, for at least six months, to see what your panel of expert and very selective reviewers , 30 or 40 members, has to say or vote on these performances.
 

{#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by Bluesgrrl    [ Reply ]
 Frater_Kork wrote:

"Karen O may have turned down Playboy's offer to have her pose for the cover, but she agreed to have a plaster cast made of her breasts by famed artist Cynthia Plaster Caster."

This is one fun woman! 

 
Guess so!
Posted 14 years ago by Albert1967    [ Reply ]

This title needs to return to the section reviewing, for at least six months, to see what your panel of expert and very selective reviewers , 30 or 40 members, has to say or vote on these performances.
Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]

"Karen O may have turned down Playboy's offer to have her pose for the cover, but she agreed to have a plaster cast made of her breasts by famed artist Cynthia Plaster Caster."

This is one fun woman! 


Posted 14 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
still does nothing for me..... {#Puke}
Posted 14 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
 weez wrote:
One of those bands that when I see them live I wonder "How did they get a record deal?" I mean they don't sound completely horrible in a studio, but then, well, you know what a studio can do.
Pretty annoying self-indulgent group imho.
This album is so, so much slicker and more "produced" than their earlier studio stuff, which I think actually more closely captured their wild-ass live performances. Frankly, I find them almost completely unrecognizable on this album as the punks they were back in 2004.

Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
One of those bands that when I see them live I wonder "How did they get a record deal?" I mean they don't sound completely horrible in a studio, but then, well, you know what a studio can do.
Pretty annoying self-indulgent group imho.
Posted 14 years ago by weez    [ Reply ]
 Zoonhollis wrote:
The more I listen to this track, the wider the hook gets. C'mon, it's a stone effin' groove!
 
Yeah, I have to admit I'm sitting here drumming on the desktop with two pencils  . . .
Posted 14 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
I'd call it positively orgasmic, but it's more like songus interruptus.  {#Shifty}
Posted 14 years ago by George_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Just crazy for sick minds.  



I'm crazy for sick minds, myself. This band too.
Posted 14 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]

Just crazy for sick minds. This song reveals the moment of decay across the world of music, like all Ga Ga that roam around. Diversity  and ecletic does not explain everything, while, in parallel, RP is "deaf ears" to the music of renowned quality, but from other sources than the American "fashion" market. This is the drug of today. Bahhhh. RP, do not go there ......

** 2 **
Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
NO NO NO..... man just a really bad string of songs here.... come on Bill... lets turn this streak around
Posted 14 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
putt'in my leather on right now!
Posted 14 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
The more I listen to this track, the wider the hook gets. C'mon, it's a stone effin' groove!

Posted 14 years ago by Zoonhollis    [ Reply ]
Egg-smashing at best
Posted 14 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
 Dillinquent wrote:
Yeah, yeah, yeahs - oh yeah. Hell yeah!
This is growing on me.{#Dancingbanana} up from 7 to 8
 
Yeah!

Posted 14 years ago by plaice3    [ Reply ]
 Frater_Kork wrote:
A dancefrenzied Siouxie!
Love it!
8!

Btw... Am I the only one thinking of Ghost Busters in the end?
 
Not feeling the GhostBusters but definitely the Siouxie part!  And that's a good thing.
Posted 14 years ago by bhallmark    [ Reply ]
this one grew on me...plus the video was shot in my hometown, so bonus points for the band's good taste...
Posted 14 years ago by lostintokyo    [ Reply ]

7 > {#Sunny}


Posted 14 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
A dancefrenzied Siouxie!
Love it!
8!

Btw... Am I the only one thinking of Ghost Busters in the end?
Posted 14 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]

** 2 **

Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 wbeaver wrote:
Like the 80's-retro sound of this one....
 
I find it more like '90's Garbage, seems a bit too frenetic for 80's to me.  I'm just sayin'...

Posted 14 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
I really liked their last CD, but this song really annoys me.
Posted 14 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 14 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

Pass the ectasy.

 
Me too. Make mine a 99.

Posted 14 years ago by Dillinquent    [ Reply ]
Yeah, yeah, yeahs - oh yeah. Hell yeah!
This is growing on me.{#Dancingbanana} up from 7 to 8
Posted 14 years ago by Dillinquent    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Sounds great when played VERY loud.
 
So you're saying if I turn UP the speakers, this will stop annoying the bejeezus out of me?

Posted 14 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
Very catchy...like it
Posted 14 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Like the 80's-retro sound of this one....
Posted 14 years ago by wbeaver    [ Reply ]
 johnyqd wrote:
More Yeah Yeah Yeahs..... Yeah!
 

What he said!
Posted 14 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
First time I've heard this on RP, but I've heard it a ton on the radio while driving, and I don't even drive that much. Definitely overplayed on ota radio.
Posted 14 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]

Pass the ectasy.

 

Naw, I'm too old for that.  We tripped on MDA in the mid-70s and grooved to live Black American blues.


Posted 14 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
More Yeah Yeah Yeahs..... Yeah!
Posted 14 years ago by johnyqd    [ Reply ]
Quality 80s-ish tune.
Posted 14 years ago by Rick_V    [ Reply ]
cool tune
Posted 14 years ago by moon13    [ Reply ]
That girl has got verve.
Posted 14 years ago by FrankMc    [ Reply ]

More than once lately I've stopped what I'm doing to see who the artist is, and it's been the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. 

Off to download ...


Posted 14 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
Sounds great when played VERY loud.
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 LongGoneDaddy wrote:
Berlin?
 

and the whole lot of it's night life atmosphere
Posted 14 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite CD's of this past year.
Posted 14 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
Are the drums hexagontal?
Posted 14 years ago by Captn_Pea    [ Reply ]
Dreadful dreadful stuff, horrible singer, horrible band. Next up, I tell you how I REALLY feel - they suck.
Posted 14 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
This by far has some of the best comments for one of the worst songs I have
heard on RP, hats off to my fellow RP listeners!
Posted 14 years ago by lattalo    [ Reply ]
Karen O'Jockstrap, Laird of the Dance!{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 14 years ago by The_Shrike    [ Reply ]
This song is growing on me....like a fungus.
Posted 14 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:


gimme a break - Bjork couldn't carry Karen O's jockstrap
 

I'm sorry, I read "Karen O" and "jockstrap" in the same sentence, imagined it was my jock strap, and had to excuse myself for a few minutes.
Posted 14 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
 newwavegurly wrote:
Oooh... me likey.
Reminiscent of Missing Persons with a little dash of Goldfrapp. 
 
YES Missing Persons...been trying to put my finger on this song for weeks :)

Thanks!!

<3 Goldfrapp, too.

Posted 14 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
I really liked Gold Lion, but everything else I've heard from this band just grates on the nerves. 
Posted 14 years ago by Marley    [ Reply ]
 LongGoneDaddy wrote:
Berlin?
 

My thoughts exactly.
Posted 14 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
Nice tune. As newwavegirl said, VERY reminiscent of Dale Bozio/Missing Persons.
 
Right on the money

Posted 14 years ago by weevilkinevil    [ Reply ]
Blech. Sounds like 1980's crap.
Posted 14 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
 LongGoneDaddy wrote:
Berlin?
 

Oh yeah! I hear it too.
Posted 14 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
Yep this song is a zero...how in the world does this rubbish end up with the same rating as 'keep yourself alive'?
Posted 14 years ago by yodasan_magoo    [ Reply ]
get your leather on?

get your leather on!

that's what I'm talking about - just put it out there baby!
Posted 14 years ago by raerae333    [ Reply ]
 LongGoneDaddy wrote:
Berlin?
 
Hah - I was just going to say "When did Kraftwerk make an album with Cyndy Lauper?"


Posted 14 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:

This isn't over yet?
 

Oh come on. At least admit you like the dancing cat.
Posted 14 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
Berlin?
Posted 14 years ago by LongGoneDaddy    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
This is just plain ANNOYING.
 
This isn't over yet?
Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I dig it...yeah the song too! SmackDaddy wrote:

 


Posted 14 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
{#Puke}
Posted 14 years ago by glassbuteo    [ Reply ]
I cant stop watching that damn cat!
Posted 14 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
This is just plain ANNOYING.
Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:

 
How'd you get my cat?!  Give 'er back.

 and Bjork (who I like) it ain't,  but this is cool too

Posted 14 years ago by dedawson    [ Reply ]

Posted 14 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
This song really turns a proper shade of apeshit... I like it!!!
Posted 14 years ago by bkrontz    [ Reply ]
Bad egg.
Posted 14 years ago by bkrontz    [ Reply ]
yes yes yes..{#Cowboy}
Posted 15 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Voice has always reminded me of Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders). Good band too.
Posted 15 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
Bjork couldn't carry Karen O's jockstrap
 
  Mean (and not really true), yet hilarious.

Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:
Is she trying to out Bjork Bjork? {#Eek} That's impossible...but nice try.

 

gimme a break - Bjork couldn't carry Karen O's jockstrap
Posted 15 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
I like what I'm hearing!

Posted 15 years ago by flatpicker    [ Reply ]
Nice tune. As newwavegirl said, VERY reminiscent of Dale Bozio/Missing Persons.
Posted 15 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
Is she trying to out Bjork Bjork? {#Eek} That's impossible...but nice try.

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Oooh... me likey.
Reminiscent of Missing Persons with a little dash of Goldfrapp. 
Posted 15 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
I rate this.......0.....like the title.


Posted 15 years ago by j7    [ Reply ]
Egads, the longer this goes, the more it grates on my nerves.  Not looking forward to this receiving heavy airplay...
Posted 15 years ago by andrewmi    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of an 80's song. Not saying that's bad...just sayin'
 
Posted 15 years ago by wbeaver    [ Reply ]
Doesn't do it for me, but tolerable
Posted 15 years ago by AdyMiles    [ Reply ]
Boy, they're really smoothing out the edges. Much slicker production then e.g. Machine. Not bad.
Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
I like it!
Posted 15 years ago by billybob123    [ Reply ]