Combining ten years of music - the noisier, the catchier, and the weirder - into one solid album can be a daunting task, but The Lips do it with nearly flippant and carefree ease. Every single song could've been a single. The album is a noise-gasm of brilliance, with hooks that'll be stuck in your head for weeks, if not months.
Clouds Taste Metallic is the last album that follows the alternative rock pattern of verse-chorus-verse rock song, which The Lips barely adhered to. He mentioned that Zaireeka was the first time the band went "insane." What he means by this: This (Clouds) was the end of what The Flaming Lips were, at the moment. But, after the "show", I got to talk to Wayne Coyne about a few things about his career - you could call it an interview. Personally, to be from the same state in America as these guys, inspires me greatly. Clouds Taste Metallic In April of 2013, I saw The Flaming Lips live for free. (I've once pointed out that The Soft Bulletin is "the essence of humanity." ) Tracks to Hear: Race For The Prize, Waitin' For A Superman, Suddenly Everything Has Changed, Feeling Yourself Disintegrate/Sleeping On The Roof 2. But The Soft Bulletin fits humanity more than any other idea or concept.
Lush production, highly artistic melodies, and absolutely unforgettable vocal hooks, like "I accidentally touched my head / And noticed that I had been bleeding / For how long, I didn't know" from 'The Spark That Bled' or the chorus of 'Suddenly Everything Has Changed.' The entire album has an incredible amount of thematic issues in the lyrics, mostly including, but certainly not limited to, mortality and death. What became of this was the most powerful music the band could ever create. Starting with the optimistic 'Race For The Prize,' the band chose not to use guitars and stray far away from the norm when it came to their music. Ambitious, symphonic, and nearly perfect, The Lips' 9th album was the afterthought of Zaireeka - the 4 CD experiment the band released two years prior. The Soft Bulletin In almost every aspect, The Soft Bulletin is a landmark achievement. Great! Below is the band's entire discography, categorized by listenability and greatness, from greatest to worst, starting with the very best. But, maybe you're not already aware of this. They're still making tons and tons of music. The Flaming Lips are currently in their 30th (!!!) year as a band, with no signs of slowing down. Bold statement, I know, but The Lips have been one of the most iconic bands in all of alternative music. But, beyond all of their weirdness, their music is some of the best the world has seen in the past three decades, if not the some of the best ever made. The album covers are unique, the singles are completely insane, and the band members are anomalies in themselves. It's completely easy to point out how weird the band's entire discography can be, especially from an aesthetic view.
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The commentaries, deleted scenes and retrospectives may even entice those sated by hours of free daily "Seinfeld" reruns.The Flaming Lips can be viewed (and are most likely viewed) as a truly weird band. "Seinfeld Season 4" (Sony, 1992-93, 553 minutes, NR, $49.95): Deemed "the breakthrough season," the set includes several episodes that transformed the show into a must-see (including "The Contest," "The Bubble Boy" and "The Junior Mint"). But he does come prepared with dozens of additional facts and anecdotes involving his friends, family and the construction of the unconventional film itself. Considering the film's confessional, almost therapeutic nature, Caouette's commentary comes off oddly droll and detached. Caouette's home was hardly typical, however, and his skewed development is set against the backdrop of his mother's severe schizophrenia and his eccentric grandparents. "Tarnation" (Wellspring, 2004, 85 minutes, NR, $29.98): "Tarnation" was cobbled together by filmmaker Jonathan Caouette for just a few hundred dollars with Apple's free iMovie program using hours of home movies, photos and other personal effects he'd been amassing since childhood.
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