Apparently they've been doing this same sort of show for ages, but it was new to me - and I love that accursed Embryonic album, so that certainly helped. I hadn't seen a Flaming Lips concert since the Transmissions From The Satellite Heart tour and was worried that it would corn me out with all the carnival hullaballoo, but I loved it. Sleazy-looking guys with canisters of nitrous oxide were hiding along the sidewalks of Central Park, loudly blowing up balloons and selling them to brain surgeons to suck on and get a headache and five-second high And sometimes you have a horrible dream, and you wake up and never ever want to fucking go back there again! And then there are other times when you can't tell whether you are dreaming or awake."Ĥ. "This song is about how sometimes you have the most wonderful dream, and it's so much better than your real life that you wish you could stay there forever - but you can't. And revenge is a very difficult urge to overcome." "I don't say 'Fuck war.' I say 'Believe in peace.' Because we're the lucky ones we're not the ones who are out there.
If you can't love people, give love to animals, or trees, or insects." Don't worry about whether you are being loved. All we can do is try to live the best lives that we can, even though life can be brutal and unfair and painful, and sometimes even to smile is impossible." "This song is about living an optimistic life.
These quotes are paraphrased, but each of them meant a lot to me: THE STAGE PATTER - Wayne is an optimist, but he's also a thoughtful realist. Crowd noise-a-long during "I Can Be A Frog"ģ. Wayne using a gun to shoot swirly flying paper out into the crowd Wayne bouncing a big orange balloon all over the place
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A camera on Wayne's mic stand so you could see his face in gigantic form on the movie screen Huge circular movie screen behind drummer Orange-clad cheerleaders on each side of the stage, cheering on the band Cannons on the stage shouting colorful confetti all over the crowd Wayne rolling over the audience in a big transparent ball Other - Taps, an opening jam that's apparently called "The Fear" 1, In The Morning of the Magicians, Do You Realize?Īt War With The Mystics - The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song, The W.A.N.D., Pompeii Am GotterdammerungĮmbryonic - The Sparrow Looks Up At The Machine, See The Leaves, I Can Be A Frog, Worm Mountain, Silver Trembling Hands Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots pt. Transmissions From The Satellite Heart - She Don't Use Jelly Here is a bulleted itinerary outlining why: I saw the Flaming Lips perform in Central Park last night, and it touched a nerve. At their best, they're very adept at creating odd, depressing beauty.
People of my generation and slightly younger just love Britain's Radiohead. The Kids Love It When You Pretend To Be Unhappy special introductory paragraph! Manic Hedgehog demo Drill EP Pablo Honey The Bends OK Computer Lost Treasures 1993-1997 Kid A Amnesiac I Might Be Wrong LIVE Hail To The Thief COM LAG (2plus2isfive) In Rainbows The King of Limbs Supercollider 12"