![]() ![]() ![]() STEVEN DROZD (Band Member, Flaming Lips): I'm Steven from the Flaming Lips and I play assorted instruments. I sing and blow up balloons for the Flaming Lips and this is. WAYNE COYNE (Lead Singer, Flaming Lips): Hello, everybody. The FLAMING LIPS: (Singing) You used your money. The FLAMING LIPS: (Singing) You don't know what to do. The FLAMING LIPS: (Singing "Haven't Got a Clue") You haven't got a clue. Listening to a Flaming Lips song is a bit like getting stuck between stations on the FM dial. MONTAGNE: Recently, the front man for Flaming Lips, Wayne Coyne, and band member Steven Drozd, played some of their songs and spoke with music journalist Ashley Kahn. Now, after major changes in personnel and in their sound, the Flaming Lips have a new album. MONTAGNE: That appearance helped raise the band above cult status, but its popularity never climbed much higher. The FLAMING LIPS (Rock Group): (Singing "She Don't Use Jelly") She don't use jelly or any of these. In 1994, the alternative rock group, the Flaming Lips, entered the pop mainstream after appearing on the T.V. Please help me welcome the cool, the crazy, the fabulous-Flaming Lips! When people compare The Flaming Lips to “something unbelievable like the Beatles that we are occupying that space in their mind - it’s hard to believe,” Coyne said.Unidentified Speaker: They're backstage and ready to go. this elevates to make a more powerful, potent moment,” he said. We need them to sing along to make it a bigger experience. The group performs their music but also has large video screens, a truckload of confetti, 35 strobe lights and, of course, Coyne’s signature human-size plastic bubble in which he makes his way through the audience. The group “injected more rollicking and sinister” elements, Coyne said, and the online album has since been released as a CD. Coyne said he “whimsically” suggested the idea to redo the album online only. “‘Dark Side of the Moon’ is a great (expletive) record,” Coyne said. But the band’s longtime fans appreciate the challenge, Coyne said.Ī more readily accepted recording was the 2009 remake of Pink Floyd’s 1973 “Dark Side of the Moon.” The band has continued to release songs that get interpreted in a variety of ways. Ambulance Driver” was on the soundtrack of the 2005 film “Wedding Crashers.”ĭespite commercial success, many of The Flaming Lips’ songs feature unorthodox lyrics and interesting instrumental arrangements. Their song “SpongeBob and Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy” was featured in the 2004 “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie,” and an edited version of “Mr. You’re not a contrived version of it, it’s just being you.” “Willie Nelson - this guy, he is living his life and this is his life,” Coyne said. “With 20 years, suddenly you’re part of why music is important, why rock and roll is important,” he said.Ĭoyne used country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson, who recorded his first single in 1956 and continues to record today, as an example of a musical act that does its own thing. After 10 years, a band proves its longevity and relevance. Wayne Coyne said that after five years, bands can find themselves fighting for relevance. Mark’s brother, Wayne, is now the frontman, but he said the band isn’t necessarily the reason the group has been around for more than 25 years. (The Will Always Negates Defeat),” it might be hard to picture a band that had its songs featured on “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Beavis and Butt-Head” or commercials for Dell computers or Kraft salad dressing.īut the group has remained relevant since its inception in 1983 in Norman, Okla., with Mark Coyne singing lead vocals. When you listen to The Flaming Lips songs like “The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)” or “The W.A.N.D. ![]()
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