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Post by Jazzmaster on Apr 20, 2007 11:21:24 GMT -5
Hi, I really know absoutely nothing about the Flaming Lips except that they tend to be really awesome live (according to all of you and others I have talked to). So, could I get some album recommendations and maybe some other info about them? Thanks guys, I appreciate it.
Post by stallion pt. 2 on Apr 20, 2007 11:24:22 GMT -5
Their last 3 albums (The WAND, Yoshimi battles the Pink Robots and Soft Bullitin) are the closest to what you'll hear at a lips live show right now. Of those, Yoshimi and Soft Bullitin have the best songs. Their older stuff is much more noisy and rockin, and Clouds Taste Metallic and Transmissions from the Satallite Heart are my two favs there.
John: We don't even understand our own music Spider: It doesn't, does it matter whether we understand it? At least it'll give us . . . strength John: I know but maybe we could get into it more if we understood it
Post by Jazzmaster on Apr 20, 2007 11:27:26 GMT -5
Awesome, I will probably like the more noisy, rockin stuff as opposed to the other albums. I will try to buy at least Yoshimi and one of the older albums.
Are there any live performances I should see, or any live albums that are good?
Post by stallion pt. 2 on Apr 20, 2007 11:53:07 GMT -5
The Fearless Freaks DVD is a pretty cool documentary that spans their entire career. It has clips from their newer concerts as well as going over some of their more interesting sonic experiments (Boom-box concerts, parking lot concerts etc.). I don't know of any essential bootlegs or live albums, but honestly their concerts now sound almost identical to the studio CDs.
John: We don't even understand our own music Spider: It doesn't, does it matter whether we understand it? At least it'll give us . . . strength John: I know but maybe we could get into it more if we understood it
I'd personally recomend going straight to Soft Bulletin, it's easily one of the best albums of the nineties and as said before, you will probably hear some of the songs at this year's show.
Post by acidcherry on Apr 20, 2007 12:34:24 GMT -5
Every album is fantastic. I started with Yoshimi. Give it a couple of listens, Wayne's voice can be difficult to get used to! You'll fall in love with them, everyone does!
Post by penstarfifteen on Apr 20, 2007 13:04:01 GMT -5
acidcherry said:
Every album is fantastic. I started with Yoshimi. Give it a couple of listens, Wayne's voice can be difficult to get used to! You'll fall in love with them, everyone does!
Post by ziggyandthemonkeys on Apr 20, 2007 15:09:26 GMT -5
Theres no point really in getting a live recording, you'd be much better getting a live dvd. The music isnt really any better live, if at all, its just the show they put on.
I'd start with Transmissions from a Satellite Heart or Clouds Taste Metallic. From there, go directly to Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi. That'll give you a sense of the revelation Soft Bulletin was.
I'd personally recomend going straight to Soft Bulletin, it's easily one of the best albums of the nineties and as said before, you will probably hear some of the songs at this year's show.
i second that...soft bulletin is one of very few albums i would call "perfect"
just saw them last saturday and they played A LOT from Mytics
are the mods here cool with posting YSI's??? if so i will upload some samples from each album
Post by Jazzmaster on Apr 20, 2007 23:33:42 GMT -5
Well I got Soft Bulletin, and I like it. It was the only album I had access to via my online music provider atm (legalsounds). I will get more albums that have been recommended by you guys as soon as I can.
A friendly suggestion: try a local library. You'd be surprised how much you can expand your musical pallette by just getting a library card. That's how I first came across Soft Bulletin.
Post by dogfighter28 on Apr 21, 2007 1:51:44 GMT -5
If you really want a mindfuck, get Zaireeka. Holy shit, I just had an idea! What if we get 4 boomboxes at the Inforoo camp, and play zaireeka? That would be so awesome!
Post by stuckinutero on Apr 21, 2007 8:24:47 GMT -5
dogfighter28 said:
If you really want a mindfuck, get Zaireeka. Holy shit, I just had an idea! What if we get 4 boomboxes at the Inforoo camp, and play zaireeka? That would be so awesome!
There's been some chatter about that here. I also believe the fine folks over at the FLips board are planning on doing so.
I was born in the back seat of a Yellow Cab in a hospital loading zone and with the meter still running. I emerged needing a shave and shouted 'Time Square, and step on it!
Post by bloomindaedalus on Apr 21, 2007 20:43:26 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]If you really want a mindfuck, get Zaireeka. Holy shit, I just had an idea! What if we get 4 boomboxes at the Inforoo camp, and play zaireeka? That would be so awesome! [/glow]
yeah so this is in the works for Friday night see. i will be making a thread in a week or so.... PM me if you want to help out
"...well yeah the guitar is good accompaniment but you can't like compose with it; I mean you can't base a whole song around the guitar." -Bob Dylan 1965
Post by stuckinutero on Apr 22, 2007 12:19:58 GMT -5
dogfighter28 said:
do you have an actual copy of zaireeka? i was able to find one in a local record store.
I've seen them in a bunch of stores. Just never really felt the need to buy it. I have a 5.1 mixed down copy, and 320 MP3s of it too. I think I'm going to be doing the Zaireeka deal regardless of what goes down at camp inforoo, so I might go search around for some Lossless copies I've seen floating around.
And for anyone trying to get into the Lips I'd suggest this.
Soft Bulletin-->Yoshimi-->At War With The Mystics-->Transmissions-->Clouds Taste Metallic
All their older stuff is definitely worth a listen, but you won't hear much of it live.
I was born in the back seat of a Yellow Cab in a hospital loading zone and with the meter still running. I emerged needing a shave and shouted 'Time Square, and step on it!
Post by greecianlover on Apr 22, 2007 12:44:29 GMT -5
zdlr said:
Well I got Soft Bulletin, and I like it. It was the only album I had access to via my online music provider atm (legalsounds). I will get more albums that have been recommended by you guys as soon as I can.
I have some oink invites, if you would like to check out more. I have 5 (4 more) total to spare, so I will send invites to the first 4 emails posted.
Post by Jazzmaster on Apr 22, 2007 13:46:45 GMT -5
greecianlover said:
zdlr said:
Well I got Soft Bulletin, and I like it. It was the only album I had access to via my online music provider atm (legalsounds). I will get more albums that have been recommended by you guys as soon as I can.
I have some oink invites, if you would like to check out more. I have 5 (4 more) total to spare, so I will send invites to the first 4 emails posted.
Thanks, but no thanks. I like to buy my music, but I really appreciate the offer.
Post by greecianlover on Apr 23, 2007 0:58:45 GMT -5
zdlr said:
greecianlover said:
I have some oink invites, if you would like to check out more. I have 5 (4 more) total to spare, so I will send invites to the first 4 emails posted.
Thanks, but no thanks. I like to buy my music, but I really appreciate the offer.
napydred, thanks for the video, I enjoyed it.
thanks to everyone else who posted as well.
Good for you. So do I. Actually I use oink as a sort of rental/preview system. I download albums, listen to them, and if I like them enough, they go on a list, and I eventually purchase them. The rest I just delete. Because of this site I have not bought a bad disc in almost two years. There is nothing worse then being flat out dissapointed in your purchases when you get home from the record store. I no longer have to worry about this.
Anyone who does want an invite still post your email addresses please.
Post by gOdWesSaTan on Apr 23, 2007 21:18:01 GMT -5
start with soft bulletin then yoshimi then ego tripping then the at war with the mystics then slowly back from that all the lips cds are great in there own way but if you want the craziest cd ZAIREEKA is it 4 cds 4 cd players same time.
Post by danielbosman on Apr 25, 2007 18:44:37 GMT -5
stallion said:
Their last 3 albums (The WAND, Yoshimi battles the Pink Robots and Soft Bullitin) are the closest to what you'll hear at a lips live show right now. Of those, Yoshimi and Soft Bullitin have the best songs. Their older stuff is much more noisy and rockin, and Clouds Taste Metallic and Transmissions from the Satallite Heart are my two favs there.
Their latest album is actuall At War With The Mystics...the WAND is just a single off of it.
I would start With In A Priest Driven Ambulance, it is definitely their best album, not that they have a bad one though. Yoshimi is fantasic, and probably my second favorite.
The problem with going straight to The Soft Bulletin, is you might get a false sence of what the bad usually sounds like.
