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    Posted: August 09 2014 at 08:52
The Flaming Lips have released what's being described as a full-on prog album, under the band name Electric Würms. The CD is called "Musik, die Schwer zu Twerk," and by press accounts is an extension of their previous album, "The Terror." While the Flaming Lips have always flirted with psychedelic and prog (and merit an inclusion in PA, in my opinion), their most recent sound, beginning with the sprawling "Embryonic" album and continuing through their cover of Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and "The Terror," have seen them move to a more Krautrock- and Can-influenced brand of prog.

A review of the Electric Wurms CD: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19598-electric-wurms-musik-die-schwer-zu-twerk/


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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 09 2014 at 11:15

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Points: 1725 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 09 2014 at 11:41
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:


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Wow, is this going to be on the CD? They've covered Floyd and King Crimson in the past, channeled Can, and now they're doing Yes. (I'll bet they still don't get into PA though LOL )
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 09 2014 at 11:50
They haven't quite reached the level of Robert Plant. 
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

They haven't quite reached the level of Robert Plant. 


... Or Tori Amos LOL
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She's pretty so that's ok. 
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For those who use Spotify, the track is already there. But look for "Electric Würms".


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Ok, so I don't necessarily like to be negative, but I've heard a couple songs from this thing so far and It's just reeeeaaaallly dumb. I used to love The Flaming Lips. Yoshimi is in my Top 5 albums, but the band has been steadily throwing away brain cells over the past decade (was it that long ago?) and the result is just repetitive psychedelic noise. It's such a terrible thing to have one of your favorite bands get so insanely sh*tty and tuneless. I don't wish it on anyone.
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‘What’s prog?’: Prog rock talk with Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd http://dangerousminds.net/comments/prog_rock_talk_with_wayne_coyne_and_steven_drozd …









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Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:


‘What’s prog?’: Prog rock talk with Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd http://dangerousminds.net/comments/prog_rock_talk_with_wayne_coyne_and_steven_drozd …

Cool. Lots of mentions in this short video - Can, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Yes, Jethro Tull, Rush. Floyd, Mars Volta, Moody Blues, VDGG, Aphrodite's Child, Fripp & Eno, King Crimson & more...
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Points: 7028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2014 at 02:19
Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

Ok, so I don't necessarily like to be negative, but I've heard a couple songs from this thing so far and It's just reeeeaaaallly dumb. I used to love The Flaming Lips. Yoshimi is in my Top 5 albums, but the band has been steadily throwing away brain cells over the past decade (was it that long ago?) and the result is just repetitive psychedelic noise. It's such a terrible thing to have one of your favorite bands get so insanely sh*tty and tuneless. I don't wish it on anyone.

I agree, seems like they are clutching at Tori Amos's drawers.....
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I like their spacey jams. But ... covering Yes ... sorry, attempting to cover Yes is a bit of a mistake. They haven't the technical skills to pull it off. If they just did an original is this same style, it would have been fine, but it just makes me want to hear the original. In fact ... yep, here it is. 
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