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What Is The Light? – Echoes, drums, and ghostly singing from Mr. Noisy guitar comes over top of everything before everything fades to feature Wayne’s voice. Slow Motion – Slightly abrasive feeling after the earlier songs – an electronic feel to the song with orchestrations hanging in the background. The song progresses into a 70’s rock band kind of jam section with bass by Michael Ivins being a clear highlight. On previous records Wayne Coyne’s vocals hinted at nuanced beauty – throughout this record it comes to fruition (I worked my way though the band’s back catalogue after discovering this record). Backing orchestration sounding like something out of The Wizard of Oz. The Spark That Bled – Drums once again very high in the mix, slower tempo song. A mutation of the old Flaming Lips (noisy with melody) with the new way of doing things. Orchestral opening with aggressive bass and guitar coming into the mix at the 2 minute mark. Wayne Coyne’s vocals show just the right mix of emotion and theatrics. It does remind me of Mercury Rev, very much so.
Key lyrics:Ī Spoonful Weighs a Ton – Tempo slows way, way down for track #2.
Have you ever heard the song about scientists racing for the cure for mankind? Yes – this is the one. The drums simply explode of the speakers before the tune segues into more reflective passages. Orchestrated pop featuring gong and theremin throughout. And what a statement for this opening track. Race for the Prize – The 1st time I saw The Flaming Lips on the tour for this record I overheard multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd whisper right before the show “this is gonna be loud”. My review features all the songs since I ended up purchasing both versions). (Note: The UK and US albums had different track listings. 13 years has done nothing to dampen the appeal of this record. I was absolutely blown away – not only by the music, but by the philosophical nature of the lyrics. I made the familiar trek to The Princeton Record Exchange to pick up the CD, and played it twice on the way home.
The press for the latest record The Soft Bulletin indicated that the new record was the best of the ‘Lips career and had possibly even outdone 1998’s opus by Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs(led by former Flaming Lips member, Jonathan Donahue).
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None of that really appealed to me (though I am a closet fan of the TV show in all of its early 90’s glory). I also knew that they had made a guest appearance on the television show Beverly Hills, 90210. In 1999 I only knew that The Flaming Lips had one hit song – “She Don’t Use Jelly” – that was part catchy / part annoying (my opinion has changed a bit over the years). The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips asks all of these life questions and brilliantly ties everything into a package of hope, sadness, and longing. As with anything that pops up unexpectedly in life – I sought solace in music and struggled to make sense of this absurd injustice. Just a few days ago I had been getting fed up with the non stop political barrages, but they (almost) seem welcome now. Mortality stares me in the face daily – my “social network” feed is suddenly filled with condolences from the class of 1995 and heartbreaking pictures of my classmate in action. I recently was reminded of the fragile nature of life while reading a Philadelphia area newspaper (you can never leave home, remember?) and discovered that a middle school / high school classmate of mine had been killed in the line of duty – leaving behind a pregnant wife and young child.
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Part 27 of a series that will run every Friday throughout 2012 as I discuss records that have affected me throughout the years – Flashback Fridays
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