New Years Eve with the Flaming Lips

[Andy]

Love them or hate them, they put on an awesome show.

[TL]

Ten Commandments be damned - I COVET that lucite double neck SG!

[Andy]

does that thing have an ipod in it?

[Josh]

looks good andy where was that?

[Andy]

Oklahoma City. If was a hometown show.  If you ever get a chance to check them out, even if you're not into their music, you should definitely do it. 

I've read some music message boards that complain that the show is not original or inventive because they've been doing the same things for the last 5 years of so, but they really get into it, the crowd enjoys it and it's still a lot of fun.

They gave everyone in the arena a laser pointer and then filled the place up with smoke and had them all shoot the lasers at a mirror Wayne was holding.  It was a pretty neat effect.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

It is one of the sadder facts of my life that I got to see them at City Gardens in Trenton in 1986, opening up for The Dayglow Abortions, and mostly ignored them because everyone said they were hippies.  And then I bought a Dayglow Abortions shirt featuring Ron and Nancy Reagan eating a fetus that my mom immediately made me get rid of. 

[samir]

Flaming Lips, London Astoria July 2002 - best gig I've ever seen.

Caught them last summer and they're still great, even if (whisper it) none of their albums are that good.

[Andy]

obviously I'm biased because they're from here, but I really enjoy their albums from every era.  Interestingly, the one that gets the most critical acclaim (The Soft Bulletin) is probably my least favorite.  Also, I wasn't that into this most recent album.

[Matt]

Caught them last summer and they're still great, even if (whisper it) none of their albums are that good.

Shut yer gob, samir!

I think Yoshimi is overrated, but Clouds Taste Metallic and Soft Bulletin are terrific records. I'm not a Lips completist, but from what I've heard, they've never made a bad record. Even their last one (which I'm not a fan of) was at least 50% good material.

I last got to see them in OKC in 2006, at the show that became the UFOs at the Zoo DVD. The guy in the dinosaur suit seen during the costume contest is a friend of mine and actually gave me a free ticket to the show. I thank God that I am seen on the DVD only briefly - during the closing credits, no less. If I were seen on the DVD for more than ten seconds, I would've died of shame.

[bruce]

I love Hit To Death In The Future Head and wish they would at least start playing stuff off that one again. They really need to mix up the setlist.

[Gilly]

I'm with Samir. It would be fun to watch them live but I've never been all that interested in their music. They aren't bad by any means. I agree that they haven't made a bad record but nothing comes out at me as great.

[dave from knoxville]

Me and Andy from Knoxville bonded over Yoshimi, so nothing can top that, past or future. Same with me and my awesome dad, Beanhead from Nashville, watching Pride of the Yankees together while he was dying of cancer. Don't try to claim any film is more important; you will LOSE. I can't say I will beat you with a baby, though. I don't have THAT level of commitment to Gentleman Cooper.

[bobby.]

If you ever get a chance to check them out, even if you're not into their music, you should definitely do it.

Same goes for the Polyphonic Spree, fer serious!

Flaming Lips are so much fun. They do the same show every time, but which bands don't? It's just more noticeable cos they have nun puppets and lasers.

They supported Bob Dylan here a couple of summers ago... a massive stadium show... and me and a friend got onstage... me as an alien. Best day ever! Leading 20,000 people along to Radio GaGa-style handclaps... a Santa proposed to an alien (not me!) during Do You Realize. Such nice chaps too. Bob Dylban didn't stand a chance after them.

[Amplituden]

I never had a copy of "Clouds taste Mettallic" and I found it in a cut out bin for $4 last week.

Its really good, I have been listening to it all holiday season, it even has a Christmas song on it.

They are super fun live, I have seen them in little clubs and in big venues and they always manage to blow me away. 

[Beth]

I love them. I saw them with Wilco and Sleater Kinney on New Years Eve four years ago, and it was awesome. It would have been the best New Years ever if my ex boyfriend hadn't dumped me for another girl 2 weeks earlier.