~love For The Flaming Lips~

rage333
rage333 Posts: 157
edited December 2006 in Other Music
I love them!!!! I know "At War with the Mystics" just came out, but I am already wanting more from these guys!!! Any one know when they will have some US dates next?
"when the power of love overcomes the love of power,the world will be at peace"-Jimi Hendrix
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  • aspoonfulweighsaton
    aspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,067
    As my name suggests, I love them dearly.

    The only scheduled dates right now are Dec. 30th in San Francisco and Dec. 31st in Los Angeles. Gnarls Barkley is opening and those shows, especially the New Year' Eve show, should be outta this world.

    I'm assuming you've checked out all their stuff?
  • alobar
    alobar Posts: 310
    I consider myself a fan, although I don't even have At War With The Mystics and a bunch of the earlier stuff. I do have Soft Bulletin (my favorite), Yoshimi (close second), Clouds Taste Metallic, and Hear It Is.
    "I wanna believe in the mercy of the world again."

    WAR + MAGIC BEANS = PEACE
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    The Lips are great. I've got most of their stuff, including the surround dvds they have for Yoshimi, Soft Bulletin, and Mystics. Rumor is that they will continue to tour in 2007, but no dates have been announced yet.

    There's an excellent video from a recent show up on youtube with all the lasers (they were handing out laser pointers to the audience), but I cant search it out right now, the search on youtube is down.
    "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/
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    i saw them at lolla and was hooked. i have soft bulletin, clouds taste metallic, and transmissions from satellite heart. i wanna get yoshimi and mystics... ive listened to both and love them!

    here's hoping they hit chicago in 07 :)
  • pearljamharmony
    pearljamharmony Posts: 120
    flaming lips are touring in 2007 their drummer kliph said so a couple of months ago.
  • rage333
    rage333 Posts: 157
    This is great news. Me and my friends want to go see them really bad. Has anyone listened to Zaireeka? I havnet and I want to know if I should buy it.
    "when the power of love overcomes the love of power,the world will be at peace"-Jimi Hendrix
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    rage333 wrote:
    This is great news. Me and my friends want to go see them really bad. Has anyone listened to Zaireeka? I havnet and I want to know if I should buy it.

    cant say that i have but i hear it's quite a head trip. i guess everyone thought wayne had had a total nervous breakdown when he was trying to describe the concept to them :)
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    rage333 wrote:
    This is great news. Me and my friends want to go see them really bad. Has anyone listened to Zaireeka? I havnet and I want to know if I should buy it.

    I've heard a mixed down version in 5.1, not the full eight speaker one though. It's pretty wild, there are some good tracks on it. Listening to the individual discs won't make a lot of sense, but it would be worth it if you can get a few cd players together.

    You can get a stereo version of Zaireeka (plus lots of other cool live stuff) on the Big Ol' Bug FTP server, the details are here:

    http://flaminglips.netfirms.com/filetransferprotocol.htm

    Ok, and now that the search is working here's the link to the youtube laser video:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2PkAtoeQ4Q

    And if you haven't seen this yet, it's well worth the 15 minutes. Wayne's commencement speech for Classen High School last year.

    Part 1:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SzWtkMVBRI
    Part 2:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT0qENSrDO4
    "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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  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    Better laser video, this is the one I was trying to find:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRlU_gO64_4
    "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
  • kdpjam
    kdpjam Posts: 2,303
    merkinball wrote:
    Better laser video, this is the one I was trying to find:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRlU_gO64_4

    kool! thank you!!!
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
    ~it is shining it is shining~
  • off_the_record
    off_the_record Posts: 843
    i love yoshimi
    Cheat the odds that made you
    Brave to try to gamble at times
  • olderman
    olderman Posts: 1,765
    fantastic show at wakarusa last year.. hope they return for another show this year.

    preliminary artist announcements will be made in january but the dates are set. june 7-10 in Lawrence, KS

    http://www.wakarusa.com
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • rage333
    rage333 Posts: 157
    I just picked it up yesterday and I am really diggin it.

    so now I have: Transmissions from the satellite heart, Clouds taste metallic, Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi, and at War with the Mystics.

    What is next for me? I really cant get enough of this band and I have loved everything I have heard so far. Should I get Zaireeka? Does anyone like their really old stuff? Let me know.
    "when the power of love overcomes the love of power,the world will be at peace"-Jimi Hendrix
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    rage333 wrote:
    I just picked it up yesterday and I am really diggin it.

    so now I have: Transmissions from the satellite heart, Clouds taste metallic, Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi, and at War with the Mystics.

    What is next for me? I really cant get enough of this band and I have loved everything I have heard so far. Should I get Zaireeka? Does anyone like their really old stuff? Let me know.

    Pick up 'The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg' next. Its a 2 disc set of the Priest Driven Ambulance album, along with outtakes, b-sides, demos, etc. Excellent disc, and there are some very good songs on there: Shine on Sweet Jesus, Mountain Side, 5 Stop Mother Superior Rain, God Walks Among Us Now, Unconsiously Screamin, and the 2 covers: What a Wonderful World, and Strychnine/Peace, Love & Understanding. This is a lot louder and heavier than later lips though. Closer in sound to Transmissions than anything else you have up there.

    I've got also got Hit to Death in the Future Head, but haven't gotten into it nearly as much as the other discs. Zaireeka is worth searching out, but you wont get as much out of it listening to 1 disc at a time.
    "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
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    Want to get a christmas card from the Lips? Sign up on their mailing list here:

    http://hellfireltd.com/

    Look for the christmas card link. I've gotten one the last two years. Haven't gotten this years yet, so there may be time to sign up still.
    "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

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