In celebration of the return of Flimsy Cups' contributing philospher and resident lunatic...I give you something totally unrelated to Nat's homecoming....The Flaming Lips.
If you strip away the self importance of the late 60's, the pomposity of the early 70's, the anger of the late 70's and the paranoia of the 80's...you're left with left with loud guitars, soap suds and Christmas lights...The Flaming Lips.
(I love this video...it's fun...and the dark haird girl makes a very passible Martha at 20 years old...scratch passable. I've watched it a few more times now. If I had been across the room from her 20 years ago I would have thought it was Martha...same hair, same eyes, same complexion, same shape.)
Nirvana was packeged for the teenage angst dollar...good show they made of it too, sorta. Pavement spoke directly to the over educated, willfully univolved and bored with anger, middle class record collector.
The Flaming Lips were something else though. They seemed to be effortlessly channeling all that music from the past without any of the baggage.
What fun....what brilliance.
I don't know what they are now. I bought the Soft Bulletin when it came out and didn't really know what I was supposed to do with it...Grandiose, Sweeping...self aware and kinda boring really. But, who cares? They've made a mark for themselves and hopefully some money. They deserve every penny.
Oh yeah...welcome back Nat.
The Flaming Lips sounds like some groupie yeast inflection – yes, I know: I disgust myself sometimes, but obviously not enough to qualify for polite society. Speaking of which, brass monkey weather here: one of those days when you know turning on the central heating is going to eat into the food budget.
ReplyDeleteI was reading the Guardian today – bastion of guilt-ridden champaign socialism – when they quote US author and leading Zeitgeist exponent of the American Novel, Jonathan Franzen, saying, “The people making the decisions in Europe are bankers," and "The technicians of finance are making the decisions there. It has very little to do with democracy or the will of the people.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/30/jonathan-franzen-ebooks-values
Which struck me as odd, since that very model was – and is - perfected in the States. Communism did win the heated battle of the Cold War in America, at least insofar as welfare handouts for the financial elites is concerned. I suspect, despite the plaudits, Mr Franzen doesn't have his thumb on the pulse of America, rather it is firmly lodged up his own narrative passage.
Great to be back!
What's that coming over the hill? Is it a Munster?
The Flaming Lips... a form of cystitis you could make west country cider with. Did I win the grimmness contest?
DeleteY'all nasty...but mainly I'm disturbed by the lack of love for In A Priest Driven Ambulance - Transmissions From the Satillite Heart era Lips.
DeleteI was under the impression, perhaps a bad education, that the kind of cozy...cozy as in it will get you arrested on the street...relationship between state and corporations that you speak of had a different name.
ReplyDeleteWe do have an ever increasing entitlement class and the public sector, thanks to "stimulus" spending, has remained stable and seen some growth.
As for the pulse...well, other than trying to squelch these prickly conversations (which seems impossible)...most people in this vicinity really don't care what happens to Yankee banks. We have a history with destitution...we're like Gloria Gainer...I couldn't say about the rest.
The Flaming Lips !!!
As for the weather here...sunny and 65 but, I'm sitting in the shade so it's a bit chilly.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite bands, still trying to get my hands on their re-interpretation of Dark Side of the Moon.
ReplyDeleteHey Snark.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I'm talkin'...a little love for the lips.
Was that thing an official release. I know of it but, I've never heard it.
Absolutely!
ReplyDeleteIt's on Amazon UK now:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Side-Moon-Flaming-Lips/dp/B003D8O8FY/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1329785994&sr=8-8
So yes?