The Flaming Lips cover Sgt. Pepper

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The Flaming Lips cover Sgt. Pepper in it's entirety (calling the album "With a Little Help from my Fwends") ... and the result is essentially unlistenable in my opinion.  I really don't understand the band's acclaim.  I think Yoshimi is decent, even good, but their most recent stuff baffles me.  It seems like it's all just schizophrenic, incoherent, trip-gone-bad, nonsense (in a bad way ). Anyways, here it is available streaming from NPR.  They have guests including My Morning Jacket, Moby, and Miley Cyrus.
http://www.npr.org/2014/10/19/356125413/first-listen-the-flaming-lips-with-a-little-help-from-my-fwends 

Edited by Earendil - October 23 2014 at 17:30

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Earendil Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 17 2008 Location: Indiana, USA Status: Offline Points: 1584	Topic: The Flaming Lips cover Sgt. Pepper Posted: October 23 2014 at 16:56
	The Flaming Lips cover Sgt. Pepper in it's entirety (calling the album "With a Little Help from my Fwends") ... and the result is essentially unlistenable in my opinion. I really don't understand the band's acclaim. I think Yoshimi is decent, even good, but their most recent stuff baffles me. It seems like it's all just schizophrenic, incoherent, trip-gone-bad, nonsense (in a bad way ). Anyways, here it is available streaming from NPR. They have guests including My Morning Jacket, Moby, and Miley Cyrus. http://www.npr.org/2014/10/19/356125413/first-listen-the-flaming-lips-with-a-little-help-from-my-fwends Edited by Earendil - October 23 2014 at 17:30

Horizons Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 20 2011 Location: Somewhere Else Status: Offline Points: 16952	Posted: October 23 2014 at 17:15
	I'm listening to A Day In the Life and loving it, pretty cool. Sorry to hear you find it unlistenable, and even worse that you find the band bad. One of the best bands out there.
	Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.

HolyMoly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26133	Posted: October 23 2014 at 18:16
	I like em more now than i ever did before, and i first jumped on the on-againoff-again train in 1989 with "Oh My Gawd". They're finally making music i can get into fairly consistently, though i have to admit they've been really heavy on the gimmicks.
	My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran

Luna Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 28 2010 Location: Funky Town Status: Offline Points: 12794	Posted: October 23 2014 at 19:26
	I also don't care for the gimmicks, but I think they really made something great with The Terror. Will listen to this soon, but I'm not expecting much as it appears to be yet another gimmick.


Michael678 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 02 2013 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2466	Posted: October 25 2014 at 07:47
	so right now im the only one against this crap... ....great.... i mean, a twerkaholic singing on something progressive (and my favorite track here!!!), now that is just disgusting.... guess im forever alone now.....
	Progrockdude

dr wu23 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20468	Posted: October 25 2014 at 08:33
	I liked the early Lips things better than what they have done in the later years but not a big fan anyway. here's a link to a bit about the album on WIKI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_a_Little_Help_from_My_Fwends 'All proceeds from record sales will go to The Bella Foundation, an organization in Oklahoma City that helps provide veterinary care to needy pet owners.^[5]'
	One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin