The Flaming Lips...

wayne coyne introducing miley cyrus to lsd is the new bob dylan introducing the beatles to weed

think i decided conye was irredeemable c the badu video business. haven't look back, and what i catch peripheral isn't pretty.

but yeah go old dude yay w/e

http://i.imgur.com/RhApKFw.png

lol the flaming lips

“But they’re real musicians – they can change keys on a whim. I’ve never seen anything like it."

this is just spectacular

I'd like to think MC's banks of programmed safety backups feature all her songs in several different keys, so that on a moment's notice her band knows which version to queue up.

"OK, we're doing 'Wrecking Ball."

"In D minor?"

"No, let's shake it up a bit tonight. Follow my lead, boys!"

lol the flaming lips

― brimstead, Friday, May 16, 2014 10:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

what does m/l mean

teen text code for "mom looking"

does that mean miley is 1. married 2. preggers?????

yes and yes

Countdown to Wayne involvement in...

https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/blogs/celeb-news/khloe-kardashian-becomes-latest-celeb-slammed-for-wearing-native-american-headdress-155456158.html

I knew we knew about this but seriously this is just the most horrible thing to read:

"Flaming Lips Finalize Sgt. Pepper Tribute With Miley Cyrus, My Morning Jacket, MGMT, Foxygen, More"

Finalize, like a finality suggesting no one will ever be able to listen to those songs without thinking of Wayne Coyne's spacejizz all over it

Last couple of albums have been great, but Wayne Coyne both personally and professionally has made it easier than ever this past year or so to never want to see or hear his band ever again.

Why so, Josh?

Seriously? Oh, maybe you misread "personally" as me personally. No, I just meant him as a person and him as a music professional. That headdress thing, rumors of his groupie hunting, all the silly stunts, musical or otherwise, the very notion that he has even covered both "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Sgt. Pepper." Etc. It's all kind of like your favorite Looney Tunes characters being voiced by new, not quite right actors.

didn't beck shit out one of these a month for a while

Beck did them as free live-in-studio videos, not ltd-edn expensive LPs

sucker

the Oar one is really good imo

Recall the drummer of the Oar one is that rad session guy who played with Bill Withers, etc.

James Gadson?

I've not really followed Coyne enough to detect anything to dislike about him as a person, Josh, so was intrigued - thought I might have missed something major.

I don't give a toss what WC's personality is like; I just wanted to kick the band in the face after I heard Yoshimi.

djh - Coyne also pulled a really shitty stunt with the video that featured Erykah Badu and her sister naked, he released the video without her permission and tried to justify it with a really shitty "apology" that just made the whole thing worse.

And then there was his friendship with the right wing OK gov's daughter and his totally shitty defense of her appropriation of Native American tradition in the most asshole of fashions (in every sense). And then the totally shitty way he fired their drummer.

And yeah,Yoshimi was pretty lame, too.

how did I miss this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbujal3IcZM

Weird thing is that many many people loved Yoshimi when it came out. I always found it a bit too precious.

Well, there was the "New Jersey" principle in effect, for sure. I recall plenty of people agreeing with you, though, esp. following "Soft Bulletin."

I don't have either record now, but I liked Yoshimi better than Soft Bulletin at the time.

xpost Bon Jovi "New Jersey"?

BEST/MOST "BON JOVI'S NEW JERSEY" ALBUM EVER

the very notion that he has even covered both "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Sgt. Pepper." Etc. It's all kind of like your favorite Looney Tunes characters being voiced by new, not quite right actors.

― Josh in Chicago

Of all the cover albums i've listened too, their reinterpretations of these classic albums are different enough that i actually find them pretty refreshing. DSotM was ruined for me and i doubt i've listened to it all the way through in 20 years, however, the Lips version i've actually listened to several times. BTW, they've also done a cover of the Stone Roses debut that, again, is different enough from the original to merit multiple listens (and i think the original is just about perfection).

Also, ITCOCK

http://thetalkhouse.com/music/talks/charlotte-church-talks-the-flaming-lips-with-a-little-help-from-my-fwends/

Boom!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV6XLTM5PdU

It's hard to believe I still like a few of their albums.

I got as far as 'I read the news today oh boy' and couldn't do it. I don't think I've gone from liking a band to never wanting to hear them again so quickly... and I even thought the 6 hour track had merit. I guess Wayne's shenanigans (which I only knew about from this thread) really turned me off.

he's like an alternate reality marc bolan where he lived and really got into styx

I liked Miley's interpretation of Paul's bit.

Mainly by virtue of it being an interpretation rather than a tired bar-band retread like the Flaming Lips portions of the song.

The Flaming Lips have become a really bad band. Going to stop giving Drozd the benefit of the doubt. He went down with the ship.

One thing I quickly discovered after watching that is that Flaming Lips CD's actually make very good frisbees.

I mean, seriously, can anyone please tell me what the fucking point of this is?

the money goes to an oklahoma veterinary charity and the publicity goes to the flaming lips

also wayne coyne used to go to parking lots, give 40 car drivers 40 cassettes and "conduct." this isn't a pragmatic individual.

I have a suspicion all the charity money will go to purchasing headdresses for all the animals in veterinary care.

Charlotte Church:

So what purpose does this record serve? Even the Crazy Frog had the purpose of earning its creators huge wads of cash. By pledging the profits of this record to an Oklahoma City animal charity, Flaming Lips have decided not to raise awareness for a universal concern, and as laudable as it is to be supporting any charity, it does seem like another missed opportunity. It does not satirise or pastiche, it offers nothing new that hasn’t been employed to greater effect on previous Flaming Lips records. It is no accomplishment at all, as far as I can see. There is no thought and no purpose. What the shitting hell is the point of this record?