The Flaming Lips...

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?

http://images.publicradio.org/content/2008/12/15/20081215_wayne_coyne_mars_33.jpg

hello my name is wayne ask me about my point

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

― da croupier, Friday, November 7, 2014 8:56 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, but that's a far more interesting idea.

that's like...your opinion man

Church OTM, too.

the point is that wayne chases beauty, and some people think wearing a billowy cape while singing beatle songs with miley cyrus is beautiful

besides the fucker already covered dark side of the moon and the stone roses' first album, everybody needs get their eyes out of the hatorade bottle and catch up

Yes, two more equally pointless exercises.

your mistake is assuming the emperor doesn't realize he's naked

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

This sounds absolutely amazing btw

One thing that annoys me is that Embroyonic was such a great album that really got me excited about them again after Mystics was so underwhelming. I thought The Terror was almost as good but feel like it totally got lost amongst all these other pointless albums. If it had been the only release they put out after Embroyonic it might have got the attention it deserved. I'll never write them off but with these albums and Wayne's general attitude these days it's a crap time to be a Flaming Lips fan.

I loved Embryonic but never got around to the Terror. Now that I've heard all this inbetween I'm irritated enough by Coyne to not want to bother.

Clouds taste shite

Coyne looking increasingly like wizzard-era roy wood

If only they sounded anything like Wizzard. I'd be all over them.

lol

me too (xpost)

Appropo of nothing, the 5.1 surround mixes of Yoshimi and AWWTM are really good.

Also, listening to 7 Skies H3, the 50 minute edit of their 24 hour song. It's pretty good, mostly instrumental so far. Some great great kettle drum choir stuff banging away. It sounds a little like "The Gash" extended.