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Old February 22nd, 2008, 5:04 pm
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Yeah, pretty sure that there's no thread on the lips, so yeah...they are amazing. Discuss.


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They are indeed amazing. Especially live. They made me not wish that I hadn't gone to Bonnaroo.


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there song Do you realise? is amazing


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Old May 22nd, 2008, 1:36 pm
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You've seen them live?! *holds back jealousy*
I LOVE this band. They are one of my favourites, and I like the way they aren't over-commercialised. A lot of people haven't heard of them.

I love their song Fight Test, I can listen to it over and over whenever I want to. <3


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The Flaming Lips are one of my all time favorite bands, and the band after the SFA I have seen the most. I think Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd are underrated geniuses and think their experiments with music are revelutionary.

To see them live is a fantastic experience, I think I have seen them six times now and each performance is spectacular and unique. The last performance I was at, they handed out Lazer pointers to the whole audience. And they always have costumes, glitter and balloons and of course Coyne in a white suit with fake blood running down his face.
When I saw them in Redding years and years ago, Coyne sang somewhere over the rainbow with a nun puppet.

I just recently watched the the anticipated "Christmas On Mars" and it really scared me. Still I admire there perserverance and all their creative outlets and I really enjoyed watching Coyne savage for movie props in "The Fearless Freaks". A documentry which also dealt with the heroin addition of drummer (and multi-instrumentalist) Steven Drozd with such honesty and frankness.

If you haven't heard them yet, look them up.


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