The Flaming Lips

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  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    CM1847 wrote:
    Okay, but Wayne still readily admits that much of their live music is pre-recorded. I really enjoy their albums, they are a very good band, I'm not trying to bash them, it is just a unique decision to put the emphasis on the visual specticle of the live show rather than the music.

    Yeah, it is a unique decision, and normally not one that I encourage or find to be a good trait in a performing band. However in the Lips case, it works. It's not as if the entire show feels staged, or rehearsed. Wayne's enthusiasm for performing really carries through, and still makes every show special.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • Brez
    Brez Posts: 570
    I was listening to some of their stuff on youtube and I was wondering... Have they ever switched vocalists? It sounds so different from "She Don't Use Jelly" to the Yoshimi album.
    And before his first step... He's off again...
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    Brez wrote:
    I was listening to some of their stuff on youtube and I was wondering... Have they ever switched vocalists? It sounds so different from "She Don't Use Jelly" to the Yoshimi album.

    Waynes brother Mark used to sing lead, but only on the first E.P., long before Jelly. After that, it's always been Wayne.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • glasshouse
    glasshouse Posts: 1,762
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  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    CM1847 wrote:
    Okay, but Wayne still readily admits that much of their live music is pre-recorded. I really enjoy their albums, they are a very good band, I'm not trying to bash them, it is just a unique decision to put the emphasis on the visual specticle of the live show rather than the music.


    do you know what year the interview was or what album it was a tour for? i could see some songs, like the gash, having some prerecorded parts...i don't know about prerecorded guitars...

    some of the songs just have too many layers and is just the 3 of them and their touring drummer...on this tour when i saw them wayne did spend a good part of some songs just holding the guitar, i thought it was kinda funny...i got to the last show i saw early and he was out there the whole time they were setting up, moving things, plugging things, testing things....and at the soundcheck (free radicals') and at points in the show he did actually play his guitar.

    the bigger shows w/ the bubble i could see prerecorded stuff, he came out in it at one of the shows and i don't think it was even 5 minutes in the crowd, but it wasn't as elaborate as past tours

    sorry for rambling, they were 2 of the best shows i've ever been to!!!!!
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    maybe this is why wayne's too busy to play the guitar???

    :D

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=JTzMpvdLXno
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • rage333
    rage333 Posts: 157
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    As my name suggests, I'm a fan.

    The Soft Bulletin changed my entire outlook on music and if I had to listen to that album every day for the rest of my life things wouldn't be so bad.


    I Completely agree! The Soft Bulletin is my favorite album of all time. Best Ever. I saw them live.........I cant even say how amazing it was.
    You dont even really notice what they pre-record. Mostly its just string parts or vocal choirs singing. Mosty its a click track for the drummer.

    Some of their live songs sound WAY better live.


    "Free Radicals" from At War With the Mystics sounded 10 times better. Wayne was definately playing guitar. He had a double-neck gibson 12 string, and Steven was also playing guitar. It was sooooo Heavy, and sooooo Intense. I would say they sound more "Full" live. Very, Very good band and I would reccomend anyone to listen to them.
    "when the power of love overcomes the love of power,the world will be at peace"-Jimi Hendrix
  • deadnothingbetter
    deadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    Brez wrote:
    Thanks guys, looks like I gotta go pick up some Flaming Lips cd's!
    defintiely dood... they'll easily become one of your favorite bands.... i like these guys way way way more than radiohead. but you might wanna give it some time to grow on you and after that enjoy it.
    This isn't the land of opportunity, it's the land of competition.
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    Found this link over on the lips 'bored'. Lots of live tracks/b-sides/rarities.

    http://www.box.net/shared/ll1d17yide

    If anything, I suggest you go into the non-album folder, and into the Soft Bulletin Companion folder. Those two discs are a great supplement to the Soft Bulletin.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

    http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
    spotify:user:merkinball
  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    merkinball wrote:
    Found this link over on the lips 'bored'. Lots of live tracks/b-sides/rarities.

    http://www.box.net/shared/ll1d17yide

    If anything, I suggest you go into the non-album folder, and into the Soft Bulletin Companion folder. Those two discs are a great supplement to the Soft Bulletin.


    thanks!!
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    deadnothingbetter wrote:
    defintiely dood... they'll easily become one of your favorite bands.... i like these guys way way way more than radiohead. but you might wanna give it some time to grow on you and after that enjoy it.


    i contemplated this very thing a little over a month...it was close, but radiohead is still my fav...the flaming lips have a nice warm vibe where radiohead can seem more 'gloomy' at times...i can keep radiohead or flaming lips in my car cd player for a week straight
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way

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