![]() Here’s the thing: the Lips have always excelled at excess. Yes, I’m aware I’m talking about the Flaming Lips when I’m complaining about “excess”. Those performances are covered in clumps of audio fuzz, grime, and over blown excess. ![]() It’s a real shame, too, as underneath it all there’s some great performances by The Autumn Defense, Dr. ![]() They let special guests(and there were quite a few) in the studio, locked them in, and proceeded to pump in nitrous oxide through the vents to see what would happen. It’s as if Coyne and company weren’t even there. This album really comes off as a big, noisy mess. How could Wayne Coyne and company screw this up? I don’t know, but they did. I was 24 years old when that album came out and it affected me much like Sgt Pepper affected so many folks 32 years before. It encapsulated the wonder and fear of life and death, all brought together by Wayne Coyne’s wavering and breaking voice. That album was pure, child-like honesty put to otherworldly and ethereal music. The Lips created that for me in 1999 when they put out The Soft Bulletin. A milestone, and an album that in many eyes can never be replicated or matched. I mean, Sgt Pepper was a massive statement. If they were to do that with Sgt Pepper, then we were going to be in for a real treat. I felt that in their own way The Flaming Lips stayed true to that album without compromising any of their weirdness. I was and still am a huge fan of their take on The Dark Side of the Moon. When I first heard the Lips were covering Sgt Pepper I was thrilled. Let me first say that I’m not some Beatles extremist. He needs to seriously get his head out of whatever fumes he’s been inhaling and breathe in some untainted oxygen. Take away his gummy molding machine, and all of his plastic doo dads he covers himself in on stage. ![]() There needs to be some sort of intervention for Mr. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band? Nah, I just can’t do it anymore. I championed The Terror, that Peace Sword S/T, and that 7 Skies H3 album they released last RSD(I honestly thing 7 Skies H3 is some of the best stuff they’ve done since Embryonic.) Man, I’ve taken every bitter pill they’ve sent my way and I’ve loved every weird trip they’ve taken me on. I think I’m honestly one of the remaining few that have held on up to this point. But the same can no longer be said of the Flaming Lips and their extremely old and stale shenanigans. What would you think, if I sang out of tune, Would you stand up and walk out on me?įamous words sang in a famous song, sung by a famous drummer. ![]()
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