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By The Power Of Gummy Skull: Flaming Lips Freaky Format
The Flaming Lips are planning to release an EP in what is fair to describe as an 'unusual' format.
Wayne Coyne explains: "It's a life-sized human skull completely made out of edible gummy bear stuff. It also has a gummy brain inside of it and, inside of that, there's a USB flash drive that has three new songs on it. It's pretty outrageous."
Now I've got the odd picture disc and coloured vinyl. I possess a couple of CDs that came in a tin. But can anyone beat this for an oddball format?
A new solo version of Love Is All Around, encased in a life-size marshmellow statue of Marti Pellow?
A Mark E Smith Retrospective, only available at 'shouting posts' in bus shelters?
A limited edition of Van The Man's Astral Weeks in a USB harmonica, protruding from a cake in the shape of a session musician's bottom?
Do any of the Massive know of any stranger formats - real or imaginary?
(Story here: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/the_flaming_lips_release_music_insi... via @Eamonn Forde)
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I know Datarock are
I know Datarock are releasing their rather fine new single "Catcher in the rye" (very talking heads it is too) in a USB in the shape of a rock (data, rock get it?) and it includes 150 extra tracks and a concert film. Rather extravagant. Song is below.. I like it... Talking Heads in tracksuits.
"it's pretty outrageous"
Presumably Wayne has a sign reading "You don't have to mad to work here... But it helps" hanging behind his desk as well?
Limited Edition Re-Releases
Emerson Lake & Palmer - USB stick, shaped as a knife
Sisters of Mercy - vinyl, available in any colour as long as it's black
Billy Bragg - CD boxset, shaped as a red wedge
Gummy Skull
Is it suitable for vegetarians (like me)?
Remember these from the group FM3
I bought one. Eno bought the rest.
When...
When did The Flaming Lips stop being 'experimental visionaries, re-inventing the possibilities of rock and pop' and become 'slightly tiresome try-too-hard wacky funsters'?
(actually the answer to this is probably 'when you finished the 6th form')
This is just further proof
of why I abjure and abhor The Flaming bleedin' Lips
My thoughts exactly.
Tosspottery of the first and finest water.
Well, yes.
That's sort of the point. I like a bit of tosspottery. It's fun. Long live the tosspots, that's what I say.
But
what will it taste like?
I agree.
I also think that 'Long Live The Tosspots' would be a great Flaming Lips album title.
Take your point Drakey
but there is a difference between tosspottery and smart Alec wankypantsery perhaps.
I understand, Oz.
What I need to do is just work out exactly where Flaming Lips fit into this diagram:
Would it be unfair of me...
to suggest that The Flaming Lips employ all manner of devices (records that only play properly on synched up CD players, dancing animals, glowing skulls with USBs) to disguise the fact that they're not very good?
Long ago there was a King who took a ride on his horse.
He was wearing his new clothes made from the cloth that only people with the finest taste could see.
A small boy pointed out that the King was out riding in the rik.
I do wonder if he got a clip round the ear from Ma Crowther who said "Patrick! That's the King! Behave!"
In an attempt to combat piracy
my next single (which is called "Fuck Off, Wayne Coyne") will only be available in one format, which will consist of a lavish, six foot tall, fleshy coloured, sentient humanoid which, at the appropriate moment, will scream "Fuck Off, Wayne Coyne" into the face of Wayne Coyne, and it will be in a limited edition of one.
Disclaimer:
The vast majority of Flaming Lips records are available only on CD or Vinyl, and can be listened to whilst staring at a blank wall if you like. Not to say that you'll necessarily enjoy the music, but to suggest that these various other 'devices' have tricked lots of people into thinking they like their music is a bit false isn't it?
Flaming Lips' new EP
Will also be available in a limited edition on which Wayne Coyne actually sings in tune. Possibly.