The Flaming Lips

[the tourist]

Do You Realize
Race For The Prize (original)
The Spark That Bled
The Gash
Slow Motion

 

[LMP]

There are albums other than The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi.

Do You Realize??
Bad Days
Fight Test
Race for the Prize (REMIX, in all caps)
Watching the Planets

 

[the tourist]

There are albums other than The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi.

Yeah, but my favourites happen to be exclusively on those two albums.

 

[LemonMelon]

I wish I had room to add The Sound of Failure to my list. Silver Trembling Hands knocked it down a spot.

 

[LMP]

"The Sound of Failure"'s a good one. "It Overtakes Me" would be in a 10-deep list, mostly for the second half.

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

Five Stop Mother Superior Rain
The Sparrow Looks up at the Machine
The Gash
Race for the Prize (remix, sorry)
Fight Test

Hard.

 

[onebloodonelife]

Awesome. Just fucking awesome. I think everybody wants to be Wayne Coyne.

Pitchfork: Peek Inside Wayne Coyne's Freaky Oklahoma City Compound

 

[Imperor]

Ha, I saw that on THE GUM! yesterday. After The Fearless Freaks, I was afraid his house was a little too normal. Glad to see that's not the case.

 

[u2popmofo]

There's a moment in The Sparrow Looks Up At The Machine where it makes that sound of feedback you get from a Blackberry, or other mobile device, when they're too close to a pair of speakers or other audio device. Every time it happens I look to see where my Blackberry is.

Damn Flaming Lips.

 

[Imperor]

It took me a few times through the song to stop doing that. You'll learn.

 

[LemonMelon]

A lot of the album sounds like it was recorded in a heating vent, possibly a radiator.

Doesn't beat the fabled refrigerator that could play So Cruel, but they tried.

 

[cobl04]

There's a moment in The Sparrow Looks Up At The Machine where it makes that sound of feedback you get from a Blackberry, or other mobile device, when they're too close to a pair of speakers or other audio device. Every time it happens I look to see where my Blackberry is.

Damn Flaming Lips.

gets me every time. glad i'm not the only one.

 

[onebloodonelife]

More spring tour dates:

03-12 Austin, TX - Austin Music Hall *
03-13 Denton, TX - Hickory Street Stage/NX35 *
04-15 Charlottesville, VA - Charlottesville Pavillon *
04-17 Poughkeepsie, NY - Mid Hudson Civic Center *
04-18 Ithaca, NY - Barton Hall/Cornell University *
04-19 Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theatre *
04-21 Milwaukee, WI - The Riverside Theater *
04-22 Bloomington, IN - Indiana University Auditorium *
04-23 Kansas City, KS - Sandstone Amphitheatre *
04-29 West Palm Beach, FL - SunFest
05-15 Gulf Shores, AL - The Hangout Music Festival *
06-06 Houston, TX - Tinsley Park/Free Press Fest *
06-11 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival *
07-03 Oxford, ME - Nateva Music & Arts Festival *
07-22 Lewiston, NY - Artpark *
07-26 New York, NY - Central Park Summerstage *
08-20-22 Brecon Beacons, Wales - Green Man Festival
09-10-12 Isle of Wight, England - Bestival

Impy, are you hitting up the Austin show?

 

[Imperor]

Yeah, got a ticket in the presale. It sold out pretty damn quick. But I'll definitely be there. And I might be going to Free Press Summer Fest in Houston (June), where I'd see them again.

But at the very least, 8 days till I see the Lips for the first time since 2007.

 

[onebloodonelife]

Very nice! Can't believe you haven't seen them since 2007 though, crazy shit.

I scored a photo pass/ticket for the Milwaukee show, so I'm looking forward to seeing them for the 4th time in 3 years and in a theatre again, no less. Definitely glad they're taking their shows back to theatre-sized venues after doing festivals for so damn long.

 

[u2popmofo]

I haven't seen them since ever!

 

[LMP]

The West Palm date is enticing. Depends on whether or not I get out of school by then though.

 

[onebloodonelife]

I haven't seen them since ever!

Always the cheery one, aren't you, Scumbo?

The West Palm date is enticing. Depends on whether or not I get out of school by then though.

Fuck school, go to concerts.

 

[u2popmofo]

Fuck school, go to concerts.

 

[No spoken words]

Scumbo

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[u2popmofo]

Rebel Scum.

 

[onebloodonelife]

It's a motto that's served me well so far.

.

What the fuck are you doing here? I thought you'd quit again for the umpteenth time...

 

[cobl04]

man i hope they tour here again. i'd give anything to see them now. especially in tour of this album.

 

[cobl04]

The Flaming Lips Announce Physical Release of 'THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON' | The Flaming Lips

 

[Imperor]

I'll have to defer to you guys or whether or not it's worth buying then, having never heard it. Maybe they'll do a tune from it Friday night. Still wouldn't top the last time I saw them when they covered "Moonlight Mile."

 

[onebloodonelife]

Hate to say it, but I don't think it's worth a purchase, especially considering you'll be going for the vinyl, which I assume will be more expensive than the CD. Unless you're into being a completist with their stuff, then by all means, pick it up...after all, it's limited edition, but musically? Not worth it, to me.

 

[u2popmofo]

Hate to say it, but I don't think it's worth a purchase, especially considering you'll be going for the vinyl, which I assume will be more expensive than the CD. Unless you're into being a completist with their stuff, then by all means, pick it up...after all, it's limited edition, but musically? Not worth it, to me.

Based on the 3 or 4 tracks I've heard on the local independent radio station, I agree. Far less enjoyable than I ever would have imagined.

 

[cobl04]

agreed. i was really looking forward to it; but it's something that there's no real need to listen to on a repeated basis.

they could have stuck Breathe on Embryonic, it's essentially the same as See the Leaves.

 

[LMP]

The only worthwhile track was "Time," and that was a Stardeath joint.

 

[u2popmofo]