"You Have To Be Joking (Autopsy Of The Devil's Brain)" by The Flaming Lips

I saw the Flaming Lips at Staches way back when. They weren't full-blown experimental live show crazies yet, but they did have Xmas lights wrapped around every inch of themselves and all the amps, drums and gear. It was pretty wild. They opened the show with A Flock Of Seaguls song (the name of which is now escaping me; no, it was not I Ran) and they f-ing rocked me into another world that night. Brian F's brother Craig got me into the Flaming Lips and I'm so glad he did. I think Hit To Death In The Future Head is still one of their best albums. I missed their last show here with Sonic Youth but I did get to see Wayne backstage for a minute...he was talking to Kim Gordon about the Jon Benet Ramsey thing. Crazy. Anyway, to me, The Lips were my introduction to the idea of really trying anything with recording to get different kinds of sounds, really a mind opening kind of band. They are huge to me so please check them out. And if you only know the current Lips catalog, go back and get a few of the older albums. In A Priest Driven Ambulance is also incredible.

Daryl said...: I bought Clouds Taste Metallic to impress a girl I was infatuated with back in '96. It didn't work so I didn't really listen to it until a year later. Maybe it's sentiment, but it's still my favorite Flaming Lips album. Great cover of 'you have to be joking'.; 11/09/2006 01:14:00 AM