The Flaming Lips
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Lancemc
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This is their first since Mystics correct? I really dug their last few albums, but somehow still managed to avoid really exploring their work before like... whatever that album from the late 90s was that made them big.
Wow, I totally phail at flaming lips.
Wow, I totally phail at flaming lips.
onebloodonelife
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Yep, first since Mystics. You haven't heard anything from before The Soft Bulletin?!? Oh man...start with Clouds Taste Metallic, then Transmissions from the Satellite Heart for sure. Both are absolutely fantastic albums, with Clouds probably being their peak before the late 90s/2000s work that made them famous. It's got Ronald Jones as their lead guitarist, and he's just insane.
Lancemc
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I actually have both of those album on my ipod I believe. I think I tried listening to them a couple years back and didn't care for them much. But I'm hardly pretending to have given them a fair shake. I'll return eventually.
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The Soft Bulletin, a true classic of American music.
One of my top 15 favorite albums EVAR.
And considering the recent exchange in Random, I hope 1B1L sees my photos from my 07 show in here what with her not realizing I'm a huge Lips fan.
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Looked back, and the funny thing is that I actually remember seeing your pictures, but I didn't realize they were yours. They're awesome, especially the one at the end with all the confetti strewn across the stage.
Three more weeks until my next Lips show, so I'll share some pictures from my past couple...
This is the 2007/2008 New Year's show in OKC (which, slight shameless self-promotion here, I actually reviewed for this site):
Over 5,000 balloons all released during the countdown, so fucking amazing to see
And, the show earlier in 2007 in Minneapolis:
This moment made my life that night
Shit, just looking at these again makes me sooo pumped to see them again!
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LMP
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Back off, motherfuck... er.
onebloodonelife
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FUUUUUCCCCCK!
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EitS + Flaming Lips. My mind would be positively blown if I could make it to one of those shows.
Well, you did get to have a beer with the National, so count it as even.
Explosions In the Sky
EitS + Flaming Lips. My mind would be positively blown if I could make it to one of those shows.
Well, you did get to have a beer with the National, so count it as even.
GirlsAloudFan
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THE FLIPS!
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Lancemc
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I haven't been to a concert since last summer. I think I'd really like to see a Lips show more than anything too at this point, just because it feels like they really know how to put on a show. I mean, fuck, I'm not even seeing Shuttlecock this time around.
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LMP
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I'd rather see a F'lips show at this point. Lance, you haven't listened to Yoshimi? That's got your name written all over it.
I'm FED UP with this world!
Lancemc
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Pretty sure Yoshimi came after The Soft Bulletin, YLB. I've listened to and adored both of those and At War With The Mystics. Yoshimi is my favorite actually. One of the most playful, theatrical, and sonically rich albums I've ever listened to in fact.
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LMP
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I misread your earlier post then. Sorry about that.
Hell yes.
Do Transmissions, too.
LemonMelon
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Agreed on both counts. Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi are wonderful and all, but Ronald Jones-era Flips will always be my favorite.
onebloodonelife
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"Lightning Strikes the Postman," FTW. The opening guitar riff to that song gets stuck in my head so often, more than any other Lips song for sure, and probably more than most songs I listen to.
Agreed, that would be a stellar bill.
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LMP
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You'd have to clean bits of brain off the floor if I had a chance to see them both. Wow.
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LMP
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Crank up the Bowie, or find your best Portuguese singer/songwriter friend and you've got a hell of a shindig.
onebloodonelife
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MGMT and Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are going to be on "Embryonic." Apparently the Karen O part was, literally, done over the phone.
Pitchfork: MGMT, Karen O Guest on Flaming Lips LP
Pitchfork: MGMT, Karen O Guest on Flaming Lips LP
onebloodonelife
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Dave Fridmann produced MGMT's album, so it makes sense in that regard. It'll be interesting to see how they're incorporated into their song and how much they contribute to it.
GirlsAloudFan
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Apparently the Karen O part was, literally, done over the phone.
Needless to say, that is really fucking cool.
qft
I heard some band on the radio last week that apparently used to be the Flaming Lips road crew and one of the band members are apparently nephews or somehow related to one of the Flaming Lips members. They sounded quite a bit like the Flaming Lips, but they were still quite enjoyable. I can't remember their name though, so my entire story is pointless. I'm sorry for having wasted all your time. I'm going to punish myself by listening to MGMT.
onebloodonelife
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Stardeath and White Dwarfs? The lead singer is Wayne's nephew.
He's the dude second from the left, kinda looks like Wayne in his younger days. They've got an album that came out last month, I believe, called The Birth. I also saw them open for the Lips on New Year's 2007/2008, and they're good. Pretty sure they were part of the "Borderline" single that the Lips put out on Record Store Day too.
He's the dude second from the left, kinda looks like Wayne in his younger days. They've got an album that came out last month, I believe, called The Birth. I also saw them open for the Lips on New Year's 2007/2008, and they're good. Pretty sure they were part of the "Borderline" single that the Lips put out on Record Store Day too.
