“And so, he gave us the fiber-optic Jesus,” the singer added. “I took it dwelling after which we had been performing some session the place we wanted some further songs. We didn’t have any further songs, so we might generally simply make a track up proper there. And I made up that track.”
He added: “So, he gave me the fiber-optic Jesus, and I bear in mind plugging in pondering, “Man, that is cool.” I imply, it’s not that cool if it doesn’t come from Jack White, nevertheless it’s cool that it got here from Jack White. I believe individuals assume that’s one thing that I might have. It’s probably not one thing I might have. I wouldn’t accumulate stuff like that. But when Jack White offers you one, you then preserve it.
“I took it dwelling and I plugged it within the entrance of my home on the mantle. It was plugged in for a few yr, after which it stopped working. I by no means turned it off. And after I went to see it, I used to be like, “Hey, I suppose the sunshine burned out or one thing.” Then I noticed there was a sticker that stated, “Don’t depart this on for greater than eight hours at a time.” And I left it on for like a yr.”
Admitting he “[doesn’t] know the place it’s now” however is “certain I nonetheless have it,” Coyne stated: “You simply don’t have room for every part in your home, so I’m certain I nonetheless have it. I wouldn’t throw it away.”
Elsewhere, Coyne has spoken a few misplaced Flaming Lips musical which he stated screenwriter Aaron Sorkin wished to be about 9/11.
The band are set to go out on a 2023 tour, the place they’ll play ‘Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots’ in full to have fun its twentieth anniversary.
