if you ever see this, you should watch blastula - the making of embryonic if you haven't already. I'm pretty sure it's still on youtube, but if it's not I can send you the full thing edit: if anyone else wants it either, i can send it. just let me know. i have the file on my computer
'Evil' is not noise, and is one of their most beautiful to date. Same for 'The impulse' and 'I Can Be A Frog'. You can't judge an album you haven't truly listened to.
Ive seen hundreds of bands live, and the flaming lips is probably the best live act i ever saw. Top 3 at least. And that was 2003 bonnaroo. I have always wanted to see them again but seem to always miss them =(.
Happy Belated Birthday Wayne! Thank you Flaming Lips for being awesome and for bringing so much fun to our lives. Your messages of peace and love haven't fallen on deaf ears. Happy 2011 to you and everyone else!
dude i'm 14 years old i listen to this shit flaming lips are on a much bigger scale than sonic youth hands down. FLAMING LIPS are fucking crazy and i love every minute of it check out worm mountain on embryonic that shit is masterful in musicianship
I think we all ought to pool resources and buy Drozd the six string neck for his Gibson SG doubleneck, as fan appreciation for his battle against drug addiction.
@MrAjax246 I noticed this too, I think he just turned his shirt around a lot or something (the back of his shirt is red sometimes and black sometimes) But yes, he certainly has speed.
Syd "Roger Keith" Barrett Steven told me about a story one time with him tripping on acid and listen to "Opel" over and over. I thought it was so funny cuz I had done the same thing. Oh the things we do sometimes... ;)
these guys are so cool. i met the drummer outside of jimmy kimmel and he actually gave me his home address in kentucky or something so i could send him a demo. crazy.
Great stuff. This is like going on a trip across the universe. Totally tripped-out madness. Makes me think of when Pink Floyd was in their hey-dey, pre-Dark Side, of course, around 1968-1971: totally destroying all competitors and making people wonder if they were even human.
@mcbeastable Have you heard some of their recent stuff that is more crazy Avant Garde, that is the only stuff of theirs that does it for me a lot, but I am a huge fan of Flaming Lips, and unlike Sonic Youth EVERYTHING by them is insane!
@Tehtify There is no real offensive thing about the FL's music, at all. You could possibly bring your 6 year old's to this. If you listen to some more of their music, I'd find it hard to believe that you could be worried about her.
@YoungJaedong did this person say that? no they did not. the flaming lips are a thousand times better than janes addiction, and hey i enjoy janes addiction but give me a break. mitchell420 is right.
@DavidKinner No way i think Sonic Youth have never been that edgy. wayne coyne is damn edgy., most of his music is full blown intensity. and the fact they are mostly recovering drug addicts and anorexics. in fact, most of Sonic Youth's music is pretty childish. they have not matured, they still play the same childish punk rock. Whereas the Flaming Lips experiment. they play free form jazz jams as the basis of their records. thats awesome, they are genius without a doubt.
@mcbeastable Evol is crazy edgy. So is Sister. Those records are also mature. The same standards befall many other Youth albums. The Flaming Lips are my favorite band but throwing the Sonic Youth under the bus for them is unnecessary and stupid.
@hovelfrog Yes I agree, Unfortunately pop culture makes it "Cool" to wear shirts like this. To me , I remember how many millions of people Communist regimes killed, or starved to death to implementt their agendas. But to the Pop masses, it's just another T shirt. Kinda sad really,
This the song on the album I love, I like powerless but the rest of the album is so weak and to me just is just noise. I wish they went back to the old days like the Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi. Those songs were amazing
