Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends, The
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| Jul 2012
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The Groovemachine
Reviewed 2012-09-27
Reviewed 2012-09-27
A new Flaming Lips collaboration with various artists. It's all over the place, even by Flaming Lips standards.
1: FCC (shit, fuck) at beginning, careful. Starts robotically (You must be upgraded) Features Ke$ha
2: FCC (fucked up throughout) Bon Iver helps out with ethereal vocals.
3: * Sounds like a track from the Yoshimi era. Sweet and Dulcet. Funny track name.
4: Noisy and frantic.
5: We're going to climb to the moooooooooooooon. Wayne Coyne's classic falsetto is abundant here.
6: Heavy bass and bells. Voices are almost drowned out.
7: Haha, it's like a motivational speaker took some mushrooms and is trying to lead his congregation to a new land. The ravings of an insane individual set to Flaming Lips style instrumentals.
8: * See ya, Space Cowboy. Working at NASA on acid has its advantages. Honky Tonk guitar with spacy vocals. Long fadeout
9: Do it! Lots of potential energy at the beginning. Are they going to do it? Yoko Ono is almost as weird as the Flaming Lips.
10: Sounds like a squawking robot parrot nearing death. Electronic beeps begin sounding like a heart monitor.
11: Long track. I wish it developed more than it does.
12: * Track, you're so weird. Slow with minimalist vocals. Then in the final minute it switches gears. Sounds like an air raid siren playing and the tempo goes faster. The vocals become garbled and distorted.
13: A spoken word story of a musician running from the cops and getting tasered and maced. A nice way to end this bizarre album.
1: FCC (shit, fuck) at beginning, careful. Starts robotically (You must be upgraded) Features Ke$ha
2: FCC (fucked up throughout) Bon Iver helps out with ethereal vocals.
3: * Sounds like a track from the Yoshimi era. Sweet and Dulcet. Funny track name.
4: Noisy and frantic.
5: We're going to climb to the moooooooooooooon. Wayne Coyne's classic falsetto is abundant here.
6: Heavy bass and bells. Voices are almost drowned out.
7: Haha, it's like a motivational speaker took some mushrooms and is trying to lead his congregation to a new land. The ravings of an insane individual set to Flaming Lips style instrumentals.
8: * See ya, Space Cowboy. Working at NASA on acid has its advantages. Honky Tonk guitar with spacy vocals. Long fadeout
9: Do it! Lots of potential energy at the beginning. Are they going to do it? Yoko Ono is almost as weird as the Flaming Lips.
10: Sounds like a squawking robot parrot nearing death. Electronic beeps begin sounding like a heart monitor.
11: Long track. I wish it developed more than it does.
12: * Track, you're so weird. Slow with minimalist vocals. Then in the final minute it switches gears. Sounds like an air raid siren playing and the tempo goes faster. The vocals become garbled and distorted.
13: A spoken word story of a musician running from the cops and getting tasered and maced. A nice way to end this bizarre album.
Recent airplay
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Random — Nov 15, 2012
Helping The Retarded To Find God (Featuring Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros
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You, Man? Human??? (Featuring Nick Cave)
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Supermoon Made Me Want To Pee (Featuring Prefuse 73
B-Ball Fill (Post) — Nov 01, 2012
Charting
2012-09-28 — 2012-11-30
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Nov 18 | 2 |
| Nov 4 | 3 |
| Oct 21 | 2 |
| Oct 14 | 3 |
| Oct 7 | 3 |
| Sep 30 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | 2012 (You Must Be Upgraded) (Featuring Kesha, Biz Markie And Hour Of The Time Ma | ||
| 2. | Ashes In The Air (Featuring Bon Iver) ? 6:13 | ||
| 3. | Helping The Retarded To Find God (Featuring Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros | ||
| 4. | Supermoon Made Me Want To Pee (Featuring Prefuse 73 | ||
| 5. | Children Of The Moon (Featuring Tame Impala) | ||
| 6. | That Ain't My Trip (Featuring Jim James) | ||
| 7. | You, Man? Human??? (Featuring Nick Cave) | ||
| 8. | I'm Working At Nasa On Acid (Featuring Lightning Bolt) | ||
| 9. | Do It! (Featuring Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band) | ||
| 10. | Is David Bowie Dying? (Featuring Neon Indian) | ||
| 11. | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Featuring Erykah Badu) | ||
| 12. | Girl, You're So Weird (Featuring New Fumes) | ||
| 13. | Tasered And Maced (Featuring Aaron Behrens Of Ghostland Observatory) |