this song has so many little things, you will have to hear it many times over before you hear every little thing. then the part of the intro comes in, with no vocals.with ones again that mega cool brass part coming in halfway. when the beat stops the song settles down with a beautiful melody by a clarinet.going into a part with soothing acoustic rythm guitar, with little eastern electric guitar riffs, strings, fuzzy samples, choirs and and eastern flute melodies and waynes nice high pitch vocals. the brass is a really cool touch too.i love it when they come in briefly. 3/5Īmazin' stuff, this song is my favorite off starts with a spacy guitar riff and a driving bassline.with a nice rimshot driven groove. The japanese voices are back here too.and a strange high pitch scream too. This is the second 's pretty starts with a droning electronic buzz with a lo -fi beat, and explodes into a pretty intense part, which sounds pretty corny. very upbeat flaming lips' standards at least. it's very arranged, with some vocal harmonies, electronica.but with the bland drum sound it's not really something you notice right away. I like the little sound effects in the verses. the lyrics are very easy to sing along with. This is another really catchy song, with a really catchy acoustic riff played with a really strange effect. The outro is prolly the best part.the melody of the intro comes back, but is greeted by a beautiful tranquil string melody, and a fuzzy synth keys and twirling harp melodies. the lyrics are about a robot trying to feel emotions.but despite that the song is about fiction, it's still sung in a very touching way. it's a beautiful song.the beat of the chorus is really strange as well. then a strange aphex twin-esque beat comes in with a very soothing bass-line and synth piano chords.and some japanese voices in the background. It starts with a very ethereal melody repeating a few times. in the bridge there is a gorgeous melody of strings and vocal harmonies that's really uplifting. the melodies are very simple and catchy.wayne coyne is definately a much better vocalist then he was during the transmissions-era. This is a great opener that's easy to sing along to. It's unclassiable in my opinion, and still accessible enough for many people to listen to and enjoy.and still is intruiging enough to listen to.it's very brave music. It's more electronic than you'd expect from an alt rock group, but that has made the music more abstract, more original. It has already cracked my top 10, and I've only recently realized how good this cd is. Transmissions From The Satellite Heart is one of the most refreshing cd's I've heard in quite some time, but this record is simply genious. But there’s no denying that it’s another boldly original work from one of music’s most artistically ambitious bands.I heard this cd about a year ago for the first time, but it was only about 4 months back that I started getting into the Lips. Only time will tell if Yoshimi becomes as beloed as the group’s 1999’s orch-pop masterpiece The Soft Bulletin. Hippie-dippie embraces artsy-fartsy once again as the Lips dish up a series of strummy, lysergic guitar-pop ballads ( It’s Summertime, Fight Test) and lush, expansive dreamscapes ( In the Morning of the Magicians, All We Have is Now), while other tracks ( One More Robot, Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell) see the group expanding their horizons with trip-hop beatboxes and chillout room vibes. (Hey, at least you can’t say you’ve heard that one before.) Partly inspired by the death of a Japanese fan, Yoshimi is part song cycle, part sound story, and part concept album about life, love, humanity, death, funerals, sunshine and, er, robots that fight humans in gladiator combat. Their 11th album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - the title alone should be enough of a tipoff - is yet another bizarre, intriguing and sublimely wonderous journey to the edge of the universe and the centre of your mind. And every time, I’m wrong - including this time. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):Įvery time Oklahoma’s neo-psychedelic pop freaks The Flaming Lips put out an album, I think it can’t possibly be any weirder than their last one. This came out in 2002 – or at least that’s when I got it.
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