Flaming Lips fans?
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Flaming Lips fans?
from the rehearsal footage, it appears that they might actually be playing like a real rock band (i.e. no backing tracks) on tonight's VH1 tribute to the Who. Should be pretty great.
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That is cool...I really revel in the memories of my Flaming Lips concert experiences from their early years. The original three-piece line-up was truly amazing...one of the very few concert experiences I consider to be genuinely life-altering. The following four-piece lineup that carried them into the '90s was nearly as transcendent. Anyone who was lucky enough to be there knows what I'm talking about. Their first drummer even played in a VERY Keith Moon style. Me and my crew of Flaming Lips devotees caught pretty much every Michigan performance over the course of several years. In a strange and surreal turn of events, they even played a basement show in my home town of East Lansing. That was kind of an "am I dreaming" experience watching them turn that basement into an alternate universe with their sonic goo, strobes, smoke machines and liquid lights. It became a cornerstone of the E. Lansing cultural mythology. I still dig the Lips and think it is amazing and great that they forage forward into new territory, but I was always bummed that Wayne decided to put down his guitar.acjetnut wrote:Very cool! I like the Flaming Lips a lot - ill have to check this out.
Sorry I missed that show...I'll have to scope out Youtube.
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Well...it wasn't my basement. But it was a basement just down the street. This would have been right around the "Oh My Gawd..." era of the Lips. Man, was that awesome. Gives me some goosebumps thinking about it.dr.ona wrote:DAMN!!
Flaming Lips in your basement???!!!!
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that's at the dawn of creation for them, if i'm not mistaken.centurymantra wrote:Well...it wasn't my basement. But it was a basement just down the street. This would have been right around the "Oh My Gawd..." era of the Lips. Man, was that awesome. Gives me some goosebumps thinking about it.dr.ona wrote:DAMN!!
Flaming Lips in your basement???!!!!
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Yeah, that is correct. This would have been around 1987-88...'88 if I had to guess - and they had been together as a band for a good 4-5 years at that point. To my mind, they were pretty much at the height of their powers at that point. It wouldn't have been too long after this that Richard English, their orginal drummer would be leaving the band.subatomic pieces wrote:it was their second full length. They had been around for a few years at that point.
Good times.
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I'm pretty well versed from Clouds Taste Metallic forward - what is an essential 'earlier' Lips album?
I hate to say it, but I was a little underwhelmed by them during the Who tribute. I didn't necessarily enjoy a full orchestra behind Pearl Jam either (reminded me of late-90's alternative heavyweights, when everyone was getting an orchestra behind 'em!).
I hate to say it, but I was a little underwhelmed by them during the Who tribute. I didn't necessarily enjoy a full orchestra behind Pearl Jam either (reminded me of late-90's alternative heavyweights, when everyone was getting an orchestra behind 'em!).
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That basement show must have been pretty magical.
I think In a Priest Driven Ambulance is a watershed record.Rolsen wrote:I'm pretty well versed from Clouds Taste Metallic forward - what is an essential 'earlier' Lips album?
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I'd agree. That really was a big "turning point" record that introduced the band's new sound with a four piece / two-guitarist lineup. They were also coming off what was arguably their weakest record "Telepathic Surgery" - pretty much written in the studio with no solid direction and in the midst of a band breakup. The records before that were pretty cool, though I'm not sure how well they stand up today to someone who wasn't there experiencing the band and their live shows. The incredible psychedelic punk rock roller coaster ride of their concerts really just sent the songs from those first few records into hyerspace. That being said, both 'Oh My Gawd...It's the Flaming Lips' and 'Hear it Is' have some awesome stuff on them. There is this sort of subliminal kind of vibe and depth in those early records that, if you can tap into it, really brings something out. I actually haven't pulled those records out in years. I think I might do that this weekend.littlesongs wrote:That basement show must have been pretty magical.
I think In a Priest Driven Ambulance is a watershed record.Rolsen wrote:I'm pretty well versed from Clouds Taste Metallic forward - what is an essential 'earlier' Lips album?
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bingo! They didn't quite have amazing musical chops at that point. And, they were primarily what you might consider a punk band... but, there was definitely this weirdness that seemed just bursting to come out.centurymantra wrote:That being said, both 'Oh My Gawd...It's the Flaming Lips' and 'Hear it Is' have some awesome stuff on them. There is this sort of subliminal kind of vibe and depth in those early records that, if you can tap into it, really brings something out. I actually haven't pulled those records out in years. I think I might do that this weekend.
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