The Flaming Lips...

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.

Loving the two new singles (especially "The Castle"). The Flaming Lips are classic n' Wayne is such a nice dude.

I thought it was well known around the net that the dude is a delusional, creepy pervert and not very nice.

^ There's those stories, yeah. I met Wayne around the time Yoshimi came out and he was one of the nicest musicians. Perhaps that's changed, don't know.

Haven't heard a good horrible Wayne Coyne story in a while, actually.

Just checked and the headress fiasco was two years ago.

Probably because they've been busy making a new record!

I heard one of the new songs. It doesn't have drums, and it isn't good.

After an initial listen through of the new record I am struck at just how bad it is. Aimless and middling. Keyboard based but without the eerie tension that makes The Terror so interesting. It's almost like they have been so enamored with re-making other bands music that they have forgotten how to craft their own songs. There is a real paucity of ideas here. Doesn't bode well for the upcoming tour.

Haven't heard the album yet but the two singles go absolutely nowhere. This is probably the least excited I've been about one of their albums (not counting the covers albums) since I got into them 18 years ago.

http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/01/dissected-every-flaming-lips-album-with-guest-commentary-from-wayne-coyne/

Interesting to read Wayne's thoughts here.

cool interview. too bad they didn't get Wayne's Words on "Hit to Death".

is "The Terror" album cover really that bad? it looks like a blown-up JPG full of artifacts. this was a big reason i didn't buy it, i think even the vinyl release looked like that. yuck.

imo the new album cover looks like something one of their interns whipped up one afternoon in Illustrator. not really excited about the new stuff.

fwiw, I think the cover art on "The Terror" suits the music perfectly.

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** Is the "Terror" worth another re-listen? Heard it when it came out and liked it, but it seemed too bleak for my current mental state at that time.

i thought it was great when it came out, havent re-listened yet tho

I loved The Terror when it came out and played it a decent amount. I went back to it last year for the first time since around the time it came out, but I don't think I was quite in the mood for it. It's a tough listen if you're not in the right mood.

I just checked and I called The Terror a masterpiece on this thread when it came out. It is definitely not a masterpiece.