Official video: “Fight Test” is the first track off of The Flaming Lips’ wonderful 2002 album, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. As it happens, elements of the track are very similar to “Father and Son” by Cat Stevens: Stevens is … Continue reading
Official video: “Talkin’ ‘Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Wants to Live Forever)” was the debut single off of The Flaming Lips’ 1992 major label debut, Hit To Death In The Future Head. It was also, I’ll add, their … Continue reading
Fan video: The big hit from their breakthrough 1993 album, Transmissions From The Satellite Heart was this song: I never cared for that song, though. I do, however, really dig “Turn It On,” the rocking number that opens the album. … Continue reading
This may be a fan video of the remix: The final song on The Soft Bulletin is the Mokran remix of “Waitin’ For A Superman.” You may recall that the album begins with the Mokran remix of “Race For The … Continue reading
Official video: Subtitled “Sacrifice of the New Scientists,” this second “Race for the Prize” leaves one with the feeling that the problem the scientists were trying to solve wasn’t solved. Now new scientists have picked up the challenge and are … Continue reading
Live, preceded by “Feeling Yourself Disintegrate.” Track starts at around 5:04: The subtitle of this instrumental is “excerpt from ‘Should We Keep the Severed Head Awake??’” The Soft Bulletin has a number of “lasts.” The song prior to this, “Feeling … Continue reading
Album cover video: “Feeling Yourself Disintegrate” feels like an ending – and, while its not the last song on The Soft Bulletin, it is the final song with original lyrics. It starts with this cool bit of A Capella percussion … Continue reading
Live: This is one of my favorite songs on The Soft Bulletin. Let me quote the middle section of the lyrics of “The Gash:” Will the fight for sanity be the fight of our lives? Now that we’ve lost all … Continue reading
Live, because their shows are pretty amazing: Wayne Coyne apparently approaches songwriting the way he’d approach scoring a film. He tries to create music that communicates the emotions he wants the listener to feel. Yes, all musicians do this, but … Continue reading
Live on Jools Holland in 1999: “Waitin’ For A Superman” was released as a single from The Soft Bulletin in 1999, and had some moderate chart success in the UK. Its an unusual single (aren’t all of their songs unusual … Continue reading