The Flaming Lips

[foxyluva]

How effing cool are these guys!!??

I have only just been introduced to them, and already the album "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" has become one of my all time favourite albums!

Who else here is a Flaming Lips fan??!! :D

[carrie721]

How effing cool are these guys!!??

I have only just been introduced to them, and already the album "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" has become one of my all time favourite albums!

Who else here is a Flaming Lips fan??!! :D

:eek:

oh, sorry, at first i thought you meant you had some horrible STD. :confused: :laugh:

i like "do you realize?" but overall, they're a little too soft-art-rock for me.

[trackaghost]

I feel almost this thread is for the benefit of me, because I adore the Lips and my obsession had re-emerged with the release of their new album, At War With The Mystics (click on the chart in my sig and you'll see they're my most played band).
I'm a long time fan, I first saw them live in the mid 90s.
If you love Yoshimi you definitely have to buy The Soft Bulletin, which IMO is their masterpiece. I also love their rockier stuff like Hit To Death In The Future Head, Transmissions From The Satellite Heart and Clouds Taste Metallic - all great!
Happy to see other Lips fans here. It warms my heart. :D

[foxyluva]

:eek:

oh, sorry, at first i thought you meant you had some horrible STD. :confused: :laugh:


You would wouldn't you :rolleyes:

I feel almost this thread is for the benefit of me, because I adore the Lips and my obsession had re-emerged with the release of their new album, At War With The Mystics (click on the chart in my sig and you'll see they're my most played band).
I'm a long time fan, I first saw them live in 1995.
If you love Yoshimi you definitely have to buy The Soft Bulletin, which IMO is their masterpiece. I also love their rockier stuff like Hit To Death In The Future Head, Transmissions From The Satellite Heart and Clouds Taste Metallic - all great!
Happy to see other Lips fans here. It warms my heart. :D

I have got quite a few of the groups albums at work, I just took home "Yoshimi" to listen to a couple of nights back. Now that I know I love them you can be sure I will be getting the other albums :thumbsup:

My friend however did tell me that the new album is on the boring side - he did rave about "The Soft Bulletin" though.....

[xxxmx]

i loooooove the flaming lips! they are the BEST live. wayne crawls into an inflated bubble and rolls over the crowd. i've had a few dreams where i shared that bubble with him....

yoshimi is a great album, Do You Realize?? is hands down my favorite track from that album. the new one is good but i'm not obsessed with it. the Hit and Clouds albums are probably my favorites - they're the ones i've listened to for years and years and years. Satellite Heart got me started on them, but i lost that album almost immediately and never bothered to replace it.

mmm. wayne...

i have band friends who were thisclose to getting me onstage to dance with the band at langerado but that didn't work out. i'm fine with that. i had a better time staring at wayne from the front than i would have sweating my ass off in a furry costume, waving a flashlight for two hours. wayne...

[trackaghost]

The new album is patchy but there's still some fantastic stuff on it: The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song, The WAND, It Overtakes Me, Free Radicals, Haven't Got A Clue, they're all top stuff.
I would recommend listening to The Soft Bulletin, then Clouds Taste Metallic. If you like Clouds then try Transmissions From The Satellite Heart and At War With The Mystics. I warn you though that their 1980s stuff is very different. They were hugely influenced by the Butthole Surfers back then, and it's very trippy, weird and punky. Their first few records aren't much cop but from In A Priest Driven Ambulance on it's pretty solid stuff.
You should check 'em out live too. Now that is an experience.

[foxyluva]

There are some really heavy lyrics on "Yoshimi" - like this one;

"Do you Realise that everyone you know will die?"

I was like - Wow :laugh:

[trackaghost]

i loooooove the flaming lips! they are the BEST live. wayne crawls into an inflated bubble and rolls over the crowd. i've had a few dreams where i shared that bubble with him....

yoshimi is a great album, Do You Realize?? is hands down my favorite track from that album. the new one is good but i'm not obsessed with it. the Hit and Clouds albums are probably my favorites - they're the ones i've listened to for years and years and years. Satellite Heart got me started on them, but i lost that album almost immediately and never bothered to replace it.

mmm. wayne...

i have band friends who were thisclose to getting me onstage to dance with the band at langerado but that didn't work out. i'm fine with that. i had a better time staring at wayne from the front than i would have sweating my ass off in a furry costume, waving a flashlight for two hours. wayne...

I love you xxxmx! I've had two opportunites to meet Wayne and both times fate has stood in my way. I guess I too am meant to just stare at him from afar.
Let us share our Wayne love with this picture:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v117/trackaghost/waynepink.jpg

[estranged4life]

but they do have my respect since they are originally an Oklahoma based band (Originally from Norman-Home of the University of Oklahoma).

They have an upcoming gig at the OKC Zoo Amphitheatre which will be sold out.

[BlackWidow]

I thought you meant an STD - Like "Your walls are flaming!"

[foxyluva]

I thought you meant an STD - Like "Your walls are flaming!"

What is it with you people and STD's :shrug: :lol:

[foxyluva]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v117/trackaghost/waynepink.jpg

He is hot!!!! :D

[carrie721]

I thought you meant an STD - Like "Your walls are flaming!"

um, way to steal my joke! :mad: :laugh:

[xxxmx]

a) yes, trackie, we will be BFF.

b) do you realize how hott wayne is?? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6faJ8_3STY) (youtube might be on the sketch right now)

c) do you realize that the chick at 1:09 looks like christine??

d) wayne... :xoxo:

[xxxmx]

even when he looks like this?? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf_oJUAq7-w) drool. DROOL.

[trackaghost]

Haha! Maybe Christine is a fan.

Have you seen this? It is soooo cool.


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[xxxmx]

Have you seen this? It is soooo cool.

how do you put youtubes in posts? i only see < > on the site?

[trackaghost]

how do you put youtubes in posts? i only see < > on the site?


On the side under the URL is Embed. You just copy and paste that onto your post :)

[David]

Who else here is a Flaming Lips fan??!! :D
I have enjoyed them for years. They make smart, off-kilter pop.

[foxyluva]

I have enjoyed them for years. They make smart, off-kilter pop.

Well put :cool:

[David]

Well put :cool:

Don't make fun of me. I can't help the way I am.

I love music & laughter.

[Livia]

I just watched their cover of Bohemian Rhapsody, up on youtube, earlier today. They're opening for Tom Petty at ACL. I'm looking forward to it!

[foxyluva]

I just watched their cover of Bohemian Rhapsody, up on youtube, earlier today. They're opening for Tom Petty at ACL. I'm looking forward to it!

Really? That is so cool - you Americans are so lucky, you get to see all the famous band/groups all the time - in New Zealand we only get to see them if they are kind enough to stop by for a show or two :(

[Livia]

Here ya go!

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[foxyluva]

Here ya go!


Thanks, but its not the same :( I would really love to go to one of these Petty/Nicks shows, but alas, I instead have to live in paradise :laugh:

[macfanken]

How effing cool are these guys!!??

I have only just been introduced to them, and already the album "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" has become one of my all time favourite albums!

Who else here is a Flaming Lips fan??!! :D

I'm a little late to this thread... but I LOVE the Flaming Lips! Like everyone else said, you have to get "Soft Bulletin" next. I saw them with Beck (another fav. of mine) a few years ago... great show!

[DavidMn]

The only way I've known about them is that theyre always right next to Fleetwood Mac on the cd racks.:lol:

[trackaghost]

I have enjoyed them for years. They make smart, off-kilter pop.

Wow, really? I must admit I can't imagine you listening to tracks of theirs like Psychiatric Explorations Of The Fetus With Needles, but that's cool. I am duly impressed :D

Really? That is so cool - you Americans are so lucky, you get to see all the famous band/groups all the time - in New Zealand we only get to see them if they are kind enough to stop by for a show or two :(

I wish I could have gone to the Petty/Nicks shows too, esp when Eddie Vedder made a guest appearance on stage. That would be one of my dream gigs. Come to England Michael and we can go see The Flaming Lips. They're playing London in November, it'll be great :nod:

[chiliD]

Haha! Maybe Christine is a fan.

Have you seen this? It is soooo cool.


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What a rip-off of the video of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues".

[trackaghost]

What a rip-off of the video of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues".

Steve are you taking the piss? :rolleyes:
It's meant to be a joke. Of course it's a "rip off" Subterranean Homesick Blues, a hugely famous and influential video. That is the whole point. Don't you understand a homage when you see one?

[shackin'up]

. Don't you understand a homage when you see one?

whooooooo, don't get me started sharon. we are slowly matching up again!:D

[foxyluva]

I wish I could have gone to the Petty/Nicks shows too, esp when Eddie Vedder made a guest appearance on stage. That would be one of my dream gigs. Come to England Michael and we can go see The Flaming Lips. They're playing London in November, it'll be great :nod:

Sounds like a plan :wavey: Now if only I could find an extra $2000 dollars for the plane tickets :laugh:

I went to work this afternoon and picked up a further 3 Flaming Lips albums: At War with the Mystics, The Soft Bulletin and Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell - so I will give those a good listening to, and let you know what I think :)

[trackaghost]

So did you listen? Tell me what you thought... :D

[foxyluva]

So did you listen? Tell me what you thought... :D

So far I have listened to half of 'At War with the Mystics' and half of 'The Soft Bulletin' - I have only had the time to listen to them in the car on the way to class, but I promise to listen to them by Sunday :D

Some of those tracks on "At War..." are not to good - the first and second tracks made me almost cringe :sorry: But maybe they just take some getting used to....

[trackaghost]

Yeah, a lot of people are disappointed by AWWTM. I kinda like the first song though, it does grow on you and it's awesome live. The WAND is really cool too. That's nearer the end of the album.
The Soft Bulletin, now that's a kick-ass album. Let me know what you think! :nod:

[foxyluva]

The Soft Bulletin, now that's a kick-ass album. Let me know what you think! :nod:

Will do :nod: If the thread has died by the time I get around to it, I will PM you :D

[Mari]

Sharon, that vid you posted made me laugh:thumbsup:
anyway, I LOVE their last album, but it's the first thing of them I know. So I didn't have anything to compare it to, yet.
Only just got to know The Soft Bulletin as well, quite different, isn't it? Very good though! Hope to catch them live some day.

[trackaghost]

Mari, have I told you lately that you ROCK! :D
I thought that video was a pretty funny take-off of the Bob Dylan video too.

Anyway, yeah the new album is pretty different to The Soft Bulletin and then that's quite a bit different to their grunge-era stuff. And then there's their really weird, out-there 80s stuff. They're a band that have certainly changed a lot over the years, that's for sure.

I can post some MP3s if you want to hear some of their other stuff.
Let me know. :nod:

[shackin'up]

putthemupyoumusiclover. start with new stuff please.

[Mari]

please post some!:xoxo:

[trackaghost]

Okay, I think I went a little crazy and I don't know if anyone will be bothered enough to download them all but I think they're all pretty cool so I'll put up all the links.

Here's some recent stuff for Gerald.

Firstly, my favourite song off At War With The Mystics, The W.A.N.D.:

This is a recent b-side called The Gold In The Mountain Of Our Madness. It's absolutely fantastic, I can't understand how it didn't end up on the album:

And this is a very different, very beautiful piano version of their recent hit The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song:



Earlier stuff:

Now this is cool. This is a very rare stereo mix of the first song on their experimental album Zaireeka. If you don't know about it, well it was released as four CDs which you had to play on four separate stereos and try to synch up somehow to get the full experience. Pretentious? Probably. Awesome? Definitely! It's called Okay, I'll Admit That I Really Don't Understand:

Finally two earlier pop songs they did from their breakthrough album Transmissions From The Satellite Heart from 1993, Turn It On and their 'novelty' hit She Don't Use Jelly, and one from Clouds Taste Metallic from 1995, which is a little nearer to their current sound.

Turn It On:

She Don't Use Jelly:

Placebo Headwound:

I was going to upload their version of Black Sabbath's War Pigs but I stopped myself, as probably no one is going to download these. Sorry, I did get rather carried away. If you do download I hope you like them, let me know! :D

Edit: downloads removed. BUY all Flaming Lips' albums now!

[shackin'up]

I was going to upload their version of Black Sabbath's War Pigs but I stopped myself, as probably no one is going to download these. Sorry, I did get rather carried away. If you do download I hope you like them, let me know! :D

No I didn't download them at all and I'm not gonna burn these to a CD to listen in the car at all, So I don't need a suggestion for the tracklist at all.:rolleyes:




PUT THE FOCKING OZZYCOVER UP!!!!!!!!:lol:


oh...thanks sharon:xoxo:

[trackaghost]

Here's the cover of War Pigs for Gerald :D

http://www.sendspace.com/file/rn52q0

My suggestion for a tracklist would be pretty much in the order I posted them from most recent to the oldest track (starting with The WAND and ending with Unconsciously Screamin')


These were in the original post but I've just moved them here so not to overwhelm: two songs from when Jonathan Donahue was in the band. He left and formed Mercury Rev, another great band. Unconsciously Screamin' from 1989's In A Priest Driven Ambulance (one of Greg Dulli's all-time favourite albums apparently) and Hit Me Like You Did The First Time from Hit To Death In The Future Head from 1991:

[shackin'up]

Burning! This is what I did, sharon...

1. The W.A.N.D.:
2. The Gold In The Mountain Of Our Madness
3. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
4. Okay, I'll Admit That I Really Don't Understand
5. Turn It On
6. She Don't Use Jelly
7. Placebo Headwound
8. Pilot can at the queer of god
9. War Pigs
10. Hit Me Like You Did The First Time
11. Unconsciously Screamin'

Of course I knew the brilliant "jelly". I'm freakin'out totally On Turn it on. What a masterpiece popsong. Sounds familiar. I'll check my cd-collection.

[shackin'up]

:blob1:

I knew it!

Seems like already fell for them 13 years ago: I found the jelly single-cd in my collection-totally forgotten, and guess what's there?

Do you know this version?

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=3D5EB9C06E43F29C

[shackin'up]

Thanks, sharon, sounds like a perfect 11-track album!:thumbsup:

[trackaghost]

:blob1:

I knew it!

Seems like already fell for them 13 years ago: I found the jelly single-cd in my collection-totally forgotten, and guess what's there?

Do you know this version?

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=3D5EB9C06E43F29C

No! That sounds awesome! Thank you :xoxo:

That looks like a good tracklist :nod: I'm just really, really happy you like the tracks. :D

[Mari]

what's the matter Gerald, not at lowlands? Twilight singers are on right now:

http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/festivals/index/index.jsp?portal=2534202&event=29080997

and for anyone who doesn't speak dutch, just click on webtv for a live stream video :)

[estranged4life]

of the Flaming Lips show from Red Rocks 2006 for those of ya who may be interested:

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=108361

BAND: Flaming Lips
DATE: 2006-07-29
VENUE: Red Rocks
CITY: Morrison, CO

SOURCE: Oktava MC012 (hypers) > Edirol UA-5 > Optical > Creative JB3

LOCATION: Row 19, DFC

CONVERSION: JB3 > Firewire > Sound Forge 7.0 (EQ > Waves L1-Ultramaximizer+ > Waves L2) > CD Wave (tracking) > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

SETLIST:

DISC 1 [55:15]

1. Race For the Prize
2. Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Free Radicals
4. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1
5. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2
6. Vein of Stars
7. Yeah Yeah Yeah Song

DISC 2 [

1. The W.A.N.D.
2. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion
3. She Don't Use Jelly
4. (marriage proposal on stage)
5. Do You Realize??

Encore:

6. War Pigs

[shackin'up]

what's the matter Gerald, not at lowlands? Twilight singers are on right now:

http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/festivals/index/index.jsp?portal=2534202&event=29080997

and for anyone who doesn't speak dutch, just click on webtv for a live stream video :)

No mari. The moment I wanted to purchase a ticket, the news about lindsey's tour came out. If I want to have a tiny chance of making it across, I'll have to sit on my "music"money for a while.

[shackin'up]

I'm just really, really happy you like the tracks. :D

Well, I'll let you know what I really think of it in a couple of days, or even weeks, after I really digested it. Alot of good wine has to ripe, but I certainly like it at first few listens.

[trackaghost]

Well, I'll let you know what I really think of it in a couple of days, or even weeks, after I really digested it. Alot of good wine has to ripe, but I certainly like it at first few listens.

Okay, cool. I appreciate the feedback. :)

I've also uploaded When You Smile, from Clouds Taste Metallic, which has an awesome drum sound.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/72vunz

I'm going to stop now I promise. :laugh:
I'm always annoying my friends by making compilations for them, I can't help it, I just get excited about music and want to share. Unfortunately they're never quite as excited as me!

[shackin'up]

Okay, cool. I appreciate the feedback. :)

I've also uploaded When You Smile, from Clouds Taste Metallic, which has an awesome drum sound.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/72vunz

I'm going to stop now I promise. :laugh:
I'm always annoying my friends by making compilations for them, I can't help it, I just get excited about music and want to share. Unfortunately they're never quite as excited as me!

Well, I can relate to that completely. But here's a point where you can share until you drop!!!

[Mari]

No mari. The moment I wanted to purchase a ticket, the news about lindsey's tour came out. If I want to have a tiny chance of making it across, I'll have to sit on my "music"money for a while.

well, looked like the weather was godawful, you didn't miss anything there (ok, ok, traditional festival weather)

And I can understand your choice completely!!

[Mari]

I'm going to stop now I promise. :laugh:
I'm always annoying my friends by making compilations for them, I can't help it, I just get excited about music and want to share. Unfortunately they're never quite as excited as me!

No no ("no no, no no no no" ), it's very much appreciated :thumbsup:. Enjoyed all of those a lot, yesterday!

grbml, oh yeah, don't ask me about Midlake... uh.. didn't go. **** the Dutch railway company that won't get me out of Amsterdam late at night. I was so bummed by the prospect of having to leave the concert half way through, I decided to wait until they come to Groningen (which is early november, anyway).

[shackin'up]

1. The W.A.N.D.:
2. The Gold In The Mountain Of Our Madness
3. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
4. Okay, I'll Admit That I Really Don't Understand

Four wonderful songs, quite different and the sound of them need some more time for me. I can't say too much about them although Nr 2 has real heartbreaking lyrics.

After that, I drove quite some miles today, These tracks build up into total headbanging dangerous driversnoise. What a joy to hear False singing sqeeking pounding, racing guitarnoise with supermelodic voicelines although the voices -one way or another -are all insecure and fragile. Beautiful, it makes me long for J. mascis again. Gonna dig them dinausaurs up too this week. An incredible joy this compilation. Thanks thanks thanks.:xoxo: :xoxo: :xoxo: :xoxo:


5. Turn It On
6. She Don't Use Jelly
7. Placebo Headwound
8. Pilot can at the queer of god
9. War Pigs
10. Hit Me Like You Did The First Time
11. Unconsciously Screamin'

[shackin'up]

Oh, and Turn it on is one of the best songs I've heard in ages.
War Pigs rocks the hell out of me, but hey those last 7 songs all did.
:laugh:

[trackaghost]

grbml, oh yeah, don't ask me about Midlake... uh.. didn't go. **** the Dutch railway company that won't get me out of Amsterdam late at night. I was so bummed by the prospect of having to leave the concert half way through, I decided to wait until they come to Groningen (which is early november, anyway).

:( That sucks. But all is not lost if you can still see them in November and you should! They are great live. In the meantime check out the video for Young Bride, it's pretty cool:


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[trackaghost]

Four wonderful songs, quite different and the sound of them need some more time for me. I can't say too much about them although Nr 2 has real heartbreaking lyrics.

After that, I drove quite some miles today, These tracks build up into total headbanging dangerous driversnoise. What a joy to hear False singing sqeeking pounding, racing guitarnoise with supermelodic voicelines although the voices -one way or another -are all insecure and fragile. Beautiful, it makes me long for J. mascis again. Gonna dig them dinausaurs up too this week. An incredible joy this compilation. Thanks thanks thanks.:xoxo: :xoxo: :xoxo: :xoxo:




Yay! :xoxo: :cool: Sounds like you like their earlier rawk stuff more, but's that's cool. The Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots and At War With The Mystics lean more towards a pop sound, although there's a slight return to a guitar sound on the new album.
I adore Dinosaur Jr btw, one of my favourite ever bands! I saw them on their reunion tour last year with Lou Barlow.

I think Okay, I Admit That I Really Don't Understand from their experimental album Zaireeka is pretty awesome though, although it's definitely the most challenging of the tracks I posted. There's a huge krautrock influence on that track, in fact I think the band are big Can and Neu! fans. The drums are amazing, he's a pretty fantastic drummer Steven Drozd.

Did you like When You Smile?

Hey, why do these threads always end up being just you, me and Mari. :laugh:
I'm still disappointed more people weren't wowed by Midlake. I thought people here would love them, but I guess not :laugh:

[shackin'up]

I think Okay, I Admit That I Really Don't Understand from their experimental album Zaireeka is pretty awesome though, although it's definitely the most challenging of the tracks I posted. Oh no, I love those first four tracks alot! But these kind of songs need some time in my ears: not because they're challenging, but because I don't know yet if that quality sticks after alonger time. They're tricky production and soundwise.

Did you like When You Smile?
Yes I do. That drummer, like in OKAY etc dances like an elephant in a porcelainestore without breakin' anything. WMYTYTO-ish!!!

Hey, why do these threads always end up being just you, me and Mari. :laugh:
Because Gaius is less active over here!:laugh: :laugh:


..................

[shackin'up]

Those first 4 songs are grabbing me. Esp. the Zaireekasong

[trackaghost]

Woah, The Flaming Lips thread resurrected from the dead once again! :cool:

I pretty much suspect we have this thread to ourselves though, Gerald.
Will any other Ledgies venture into it? I doubt it!

Here's another stereo mix of a Zaireeka song, it's pretty cool too.
It's called Riding To Work In The Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now):

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=190CEC0D742B8250

And this is an awesome live version of Do You Realize?? from earlier this year:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=55180981675F403C

[Mari]

What, you two still going on?

More free downloads, Sharon you're spoiling us:D

I really really really like Okay I"ll Admit I Don't Really Understand...

[DavidMn]

They just played our state fair on Thursday night.

[trackaghost]

What, you two still going on?

More free downloads, Sharon you're spoiling us:D

I really really really like Okay I"ll Admit I Don't Really Understand...

Yeah, well you already know this and the Midlake thread are my two favourites of the year. :D Download the live version of Do You Realize?? though, it' superb.
(I'm going to take down the other downloads now :nod: )

[shackin'up]

Just for you, sweet girls. My threethousandth post:o .

[Mari]

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :xoxo:

Sharon, I'm listening to Do You Realize right now, love it. Vaguely reminds me of something?! I can't really pinpoint what though. Uh, something George Harrison, I think.