new lips
 

well, it's not quite yoshimi (which is good, because they've already made one yoshimi), but i'm still enjoying the new flaming lips record. how about you guys?

No offense, but I just hate the Flaming Lips. I don't see what the deal is why people like this group.

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Wow, I'm finally off of chabib's ignore list, I think. Looks that way.

i have no users on my ignore list--just their sig pics

Then why can't I view your public profile?

mild retardation?

Ha Ha. Seriously, I look up your profile, & it doesn't tell me what your viewing. Sorry if I bother you too much.

singles suck, rest of the album is pretty good. not their best, though...

sonikold:

Are you still up for making that Prog Rock thread?

Yeh the new Lips record is amazing. It's been said, but it's a good balance of the newer electronic/orchestral elements of Yoshimi & Soft Bulletin, and the more guitar-based stuff from their earlier period...I also dig the funk element present in a few songs, not overpowering, but done with good measure. Steven Drozd has yet again outdone himself with his arrangements (seriously he doesn't get enough credit, the guy is a fucking genius.) and it's probably the first Lips album that Coyne doesn't sound like he's straining with the vocals.

And Pompeii Am Gutterdamerung is one of the most mindblowing tracks I've heard in a while. That melody is ridiculous.

The new record is horrible.

Free Radicals sounds like David Byrne doing a disney film.

I saw the letterman thing. Not sure if I like that song.

I absolutely love it.

I hated Yoshimi and actually lost alot of interest when that came out. This is the PERFECT bridge from Zireeka & Soft Bulletin. Glad to see Steven back on drums(more drums please!).

I step up from Yoshimi.

I think this is the album that should've came after Soft Bulletin.

They've renewed my interest, so I got nothing but love for the lips.

Also, I find the album a bit "dark" in content at times, which is what was missing on Yoshimi.


Favorite: Hit to death in the future head(by far)

most complicated lips album, i'm writing an article on it

but yeah, i love it

The songwriting is incredibly boring. Where in the pre-Soft Bulletin days the songs were inherently eccentric, all of a sudden their quirkyness is limited to silly sound effects and dressing as animals. Without the stellar production, recent Lips would be absolute garbage. Hell, I think At War with the Mystics is garbage anyways.

Pompeii Am Gutterdamerung is my favorite song as well. But you have to give Floyd some credit since the bass line comes from "One of These Days"

Indeed it does. The whole song is very Floyd infuenced.

I think a lot of people get the wrong idea about the flaming lips nowadays. Originally and for a long time they were a crazy psychedelic noise pop rock band up until about Clouds Taste Metallic. Then they tried out synthesizers with Yoshimi and Soft Bulletin adn got huge exposure. I'm glad a friend turned me on to the earlier stuff.

Here's some great early songs you should hear if you dont like the stuff off their last two records:
Lightning Strikes The Postman
Pilot Can at the Queer of God
Everything's Exploding
Moutain Side
Charlie Manson Blues
Jesus Shooting Heroin
Unconsciously Screaming
God Walks Among Us Now
Frogs

I like the Lips a lot, but I think the new record is kind of boring. It's vaguely fun to listen to on headphones but that's about it. I'll take Hit to Death... or Clouds Taste Metallic any day over this stuff...