ima robot - an introductory playlist

these songs, found on lost tapes, only ever played live, or were only released on obscure compilation CD's, make up what i feel best represents one of my favorite bands, Ima Robot. there's a specific raw, ripe energy in these songs that is unmatched in a lot of their other work, and i wanted to showcase this energy in a ten-song playlist i call a primer of sorts. the goal of this video and playlist is to introduce you to the band at what i feel is some of their best work, and hopefully generate some new fans for this band that deeply changed the way i view music as a whole.
ima robot is an incredibly important band to me. upon discovering the band and hearing a few of their studio releases on streaming platforms, i was deathly confused to find that there was a treasure trove of more tracks the band produced in other locations like youtube, revealing a totally different side to the band that i grew a heavy appreciation for. since then, i have done a lot of work with a few other dedicated fans and friends, and located lots of their unreleased music on social platforms (myspace - facebook) over the years since the band's inception. this playlist contains ten of those otherwise unreleased tracks, and if you are interested the rest of the band's music is available on a youtube archive channel.
0:00 yes, of course
2:26 black money
5:23 bitches on fire
8:39 jesus candles (live)
12:54 my number
16:07 step right up
20:16 i am the son
24:57 losing it all
29:51 apples (live)
33:45 sink or swim (restored)
jesus candles and apples lives were remastered by myself.
sink or swim was restored by nerddog using bitwig.
ima robot please release more of your old music, we love you.

[@JaquinS]

thank u for ur hard work on preserving a lot of this band's music and sharing them, it was somehow one of the first bands i really loved and got into with friends because of your archive channel back in 2016. I still love and appreciate this music a lot, hearing some of these in this video for the first time rly brings me back to how much i loved this band, still holds up.

[@hellfire3D]

it means a lot knowing that i was able to share something so important to me and how it ended up leaving such an impact on others too :>

[@JasonParkSucks]

Hi, thank you so much for the work you’ve put into this! Ima Robot has been one of my favorite bands for a huge part of my life, and I’m only discovering these new songs now thanks to you. They’re incredible. I was wondering if there was any way I could get in contact with you and if you’d be able to send me the files for these songs?

[@madmarsrocks2012]

sink or swim is one of, if not, the best demos I've heard from any band or musician ever. the track just carries such a raw and dark energy, yet still manages to be very catchy. I also really appreciate how as the song progresses, alex slightly raises his volume and his lyrics descend sort of into rants, then his tone comes right back to that somber tone the song starts off with, as if he's exhausted and tired. It's criminal how underrated that song and this band as a whole is, and I hope more people find this playlist and spread it like wildfire. very great presentation! :)

[@loser4766]

hey, i dont comment on your stuff much but i've been following you since you posted lbp4 e3 tech demo around 5 years ago (still one of my favorite levels btw lol) and i've loved your stuff since then and i wish you had a bigger following, but also, thank you for getting me into this band that i otherwise would have never known about, it's something i really needed at this point in my life

[@hellfire3D]

thank you for sticking round!!

[@greasejoint]

didn't know u were the dude who archived ima robot before, rlly cool :)

[@EmariePeach]

the guitars in step right up are crunchier than dry fruit loops 😩

[@hellfire3D]

so crunchy you can almost feel the inside of your mouth all scraped up but it's okay cause those apples jacks just taste too good

[@noctarin1516]

I don't remember why I subscribed to you, but I enjoy this a lot.

[@porwitsend]

:D

[@hellfire3D]

:D

[@Thelargermichaeljordan]

hey man, idk if u use this channel anymore but i first found u on LBP and u influenced me. I've been led to philosophy at this point in my life and ive seen on your channels that you like philosophy too. Im just curious, who are some of your favorite philosophers?

[@hellfire3D]

what in the world kind of question is this

[@Thelargermichaeljordan]

@@hellfire3D lol i swear one of your vids you had Deji reacting to the Infinite Jest and I thought u had an alt account called philosophee?

[@hellfire3D]

no and philosophofee is the name of an ima robot song

[@-throat-]

I already commented this on a community post you did, but in case you didn't see it: Really odd request I know, but since I'm trying to archive all of 'um: Can you sort the "Greatest Videos of All Time" videos in order of when you added the videos to the playlist [sort: Date added (newest)]? It'll make them easier for me to preserve them as you update the playlist. Btw I'm using a program called "Stacher", if you're wondering. Thanks!

[@hellfire3D]

funny you mentioned that playlist because i wrecked it yesterday on accident. i wouldn't put it past you to have backed up the whole thing for some reason, do you have a backup?

[@-throat-]

I only started downloading the videos onto my hard drive just last month, so I don’t have the deleted/private videos. Other than that, with just a few clicks I downloaded all the available videos. They’re all sorted by date uploaded because Stacher automatically puts the upload dates at the beginning of the file names. If you mean backing it up in playlist form, I tried that using a workaround I found to make a personal copy of the playlist, and it worked! But I couldn’t sort it by date added. Sorry. Hope this helps. Btw the video of that guy reacting to The King’s Unreasonable Demands got privated, but before it did I got it on me hard drive!

[@hellfire3D]

@@-throat- can you message me on discord - hellfire2345