flaming lips soft bulletin nye freakout 2010

The identity of the Flaming Lips isn’t easy to describe and is best experienced at their concerts, which typically include animal costumes, dancers on each side of the stage, fake blood and, occasionally, a giant UFO.The more dedicated readers of Audio Overflow will remember that I last saw the Lips perform in September of 2007 as they toured in support of their awesome 2006 record (and Best of the Decade Top 15-er), At War with the Mystics. I want to be the guy who made a movie called ‘Christmas on Mars.”’ They have created their world for themselves to live in. They don’t just go up there and play their instruments. “I’ll talk about groups like the Beatles or Pink Floyd or whatever. “We want this identity,” explained Coyne. “The Soft Bulletin” had a cinematic concept to it, and those ideas bled into “Christmas on Mars.”

But they took a new direction with the sonic explorations of 1997’s experimental “Zaireeka,” which paved the way for their masterpiece, 1999’s “The Soft Bulletin” and their breakthrough, 2002’s “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.”īut in 2001, Coyne wanted to disrupt the regular band pattern of tour-record-tour. The New York Times called it “destined for cult status.”Ĭreating their own worldThe Flaming Lips have been around since 1983, experiencing the occasional success (including a guest appearance on “Beverly Hills 90210” - the first one).

That Coyne and company even finished the movie has been a surprise to fans who for years have seen trailers promising its imminent release. The 86-minute movie is playing in theaters this fall and was released Tuesday on DVD by the band’s record label, Warner Bros. With moviemaking experience only from music videos, Coyne directed “Christmas on Mars” by casting friends (including professional actors Adam Goldman and Fred Armisen) and bandmates (the band’s multi-instrumentalist Steve Drozd stars). “I’m kind of that smelly, weird, almost insane guy making his weird outsider art in his backyard.”

“I do know, for sure, I would be one of these guys who built a city out of bottle caps in his backyard if I didn’t have the Flaming Lips,” said Coyne in a recent interview, dressed in his trademark, always slightly rumbled silver suit, with a bow tie that never gets tied slung around his neck.

Flaming lips soft bulletin nye freakout 2010