The Golden Path (song)
Encyclopedia
"The Golden Path" is a single by The Chemical Brothers
, featuring The Flaming Lips
, taken from the Chemical Brothers' Singles 93-03
album.
The lead vocals were performed by Wayne Coyne
with Steven Drozd
performing harmony vocals.
(Fran Kranz
) walking into his office, where he is depressed. He is told to count figures, and begins to look them over in a small room. He sees the binary code, studies it, and it transforms into a more colorful world full of hippies seen outside. He has a great celebration with them, but it transforms into the office again. He is then told to work a copy machine, when as the lyrics tell about meeting the devil
, the photocopy machine roars like an animal. Then, a pot of coffee
erupts like a volcano
, again referencing the lyrics. He sees a doughnut resting on the photocopy machine, and it transforms into the surreal environment again. He kisses a female hippy, but it transforms back into the real world, and he has his face resting on the doughnut with his head resting on the copy machine. The machine prints out copies of him and the female hippy kissing. He is then sent back to his cubicle. He then begins to pull himself into his shirt, and he finds himself in a white room in the underclothes, and then he is back in the hippy environment, with his clothes as a large sheet the other hippies throw him into the air with. He rejoices with them, and begins kissing the female hippy again. In the office, his boss sees the printed out sheet from the copy machine and rushes to his cubicle, where a crowd of fellow employees see he has disappeared. The final shot shows the man happily in the hippy environment.
As with many of the Chemical Brothers
' other albums, the duo make a brief cameo appearance
, in this instance in a Siamese twin suit as the only figures commemorated on a wall of "employee of the month" plaques.
The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...
, featuring The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What...
, taken from the Chemical Brothers' Singles 93-03
Singles 93-03
Singles 93–03 is a compilation album by English big beat duo The Chemical Brothers, released on September 22, 2003. It is a collection of singles published by the band from 1993 to 2003 , plus new songs "Get Yourself High" and "The Golden Path". Early copies of the CD came with a bonus CD...
album.
The lead vocals were performed by Wayne Coyne
Wayne Coyne
Wayne Michael Coyne is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter for the band The Flaming Lips.-Early life:...
with Steven Drozd
Steven Drozd
Steven Gregory Drozd is an American musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist and lead guitarist for The Flaming Lips.-Early life:...
performing harmony vocals.
Track listing
- CD CHEMSD18
- "The Golden Path"
- "Nude Night"
- "The Golden Path (Ewan PearsonEwan PearsonEwan Pearson is an English electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Cortney Tidwell, Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode,...
Extended Vocal)"- DVD CHEMSDVD18
- "The Golden Path (Video)"
- "The Golden Path (Edit)"
- "Dexter's International Scribble Mix"
- "The Golden Path (Ewan's Rave Hell Dub)"
- 12" CHEMST18
- "The Golden Path"
- "Nude Night"
Music video
The video, directed by Chris Milk, involves a manMan
The term man is used for an adult human male . However, man is sometimes used to refer to humanity as a whole...
(Fran Kranz
Fran Kranz
Francis Elliott Kranz is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Topher Brink in Joss Whedon's science fiction drama television series Dollhouse.-Early life:...
) walking into his office, where he is depressed. He is told to count figures, and begins to look them over in a small room. He sees the binary code, studies it, and it transforms into a more colorful world full of hippies seen outside. He has a great celebration with them, but it transforms into the office again. He is then told to work a copy machine, when as the lyrics tell about meeting the devil
Devil
The Devil is believed in many religions and cultures to be a powerful, supernatural entity that is the personification of evil and the enemy of God and humankind. The nature of the role varies greatly...
, the photocopy machine roars like an animal. Then, a pot of coffee
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
erupts like a volcano
Volcano
2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...
, again referencing the lyrics. He sees a doughnut resting on the photocopy machine, and it transforms into the surreal environment again. He kisses a female hippy, but it transforms back into the real world, and he has his face resting on the doughnut with his head resting on the copy machine. The machine prints out copies of him and the female hippy kissing. He is then sent back to his cubicle. He then begins to pull himself into his shirt, and he finds himself in a white room in the underclothes, and then he is back in the hippy environment, with his clothes as a large sheet the other hippies throw him into the air with. He rejoices with them, and begins kissing the female hippy again. In the office, his boss sees the printed out sheet from the copy machine and rushes to his cubicle, where a crowd of fellow employees see he has disappeared. The final shot shows the man happily in the hippy environment.
As with many of the Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...
' other albums, the duo make a brief cameo appearance
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
, in this instance in a Siamese twin suit as the only figures commemorated on a wall of "employee of the month" plaques.
Chart positions
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
20 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
17 |