AdamH Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Did he get that thing at Peter Gabrielle's garage sale? I swear I heard he did that on his last tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Speaking of a band that needs gimmicks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Sanchez Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 I wonder if peter gabriel sold wayne his bubble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Yeah yeah keep wanking out the jams nothing gimmicky about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted July 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Slam! Next your going to tell me Peter Gabriel patented CGI in his videos. Sheesh. I oughta sledgehammer you for bringing him up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Yeah yeah keep wanking out the jams nothing gimmicky about that. Kung, I'll have to remind you about that at the next nero show you're at... Especially since we had a conversation where you told me Lauzon was one of your favorite Can-Jam guitar players... Who are you kidding here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Speaking of a band that needs gimmicks... Not really any different then Phish riding a huge Hotdog out over the crowd is it? Bill Grahman & the Grateful Dead did things like that at NYE shows too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted July 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Hey Del the ink is still drying from your other post saying that you want gimmicks at Coventry. I think balls and weiners is right up your alley! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Speaking of a band that needs gimmicks... Not really any different then Phish riding a huge Hotdog out over the crowd is it? Bill Grahman & the Grateful Dead did things like that at NYE shows too. No different at all... I had stated in the Phish rumour thread that I was hoping for some gimmicks and props, then this post was made. That's why I said "speaking of a band that needs gimmicks... My point was, besides the gimmicks, I personally don't find much going for the Flaming Lips. Hell, if I liked their tunes, I'd probably think the bubble idea was cool as sh!t. Unfortunately, many 'heads seem to be getting into the Lips, and I don't see them being very musically fulfilling. To each their own, but "yet another stunt" by Wayne Coyne or the Lips in general doesn't mean a whole lot to me, other than another desperate attempt to stay in the media... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 I think balls and weiners is right up your alley! Only on New Year's Eve... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 I'd like to ride in a bubble overtop hundreds of people. That would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 horror movie plot: the crowd drops the ball and surrounds it until the air runs out sorry... carry on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted July 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Bwa ha ha, this thread is decaying faster than Lauzon's Wah Wah.... Del I'm actually pretty surprised that you don't find the Lips music "fulfilling" because at the very least they produce a full and complete sound album-wise. I've yet to see them in concert so I suppose one could be disappointed with them live but their albums have really knocked me off my feet. I listened to Zyreeka for the first time a few weeks ago (4 discs played on four stereos) and was really impressed with all the layers and texture, and the fact that is was put together with a definite map of where sounds should be coming from at certain times...as opposed to just flopping a bunch of tracks randomly across 4 CDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyB Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 I love Peter Gabriel and think the Flaming Lips are great too. The difference between their two ball, heh, heh, is that Gabriel's weighed way too much to go into the crowd. He was told by his orange jump suit road crew that his ball would have crushed the crowd. While Wayne Coyne's ball was light enough to go into the crowd, as the picture obviously shows above. I really wish that Lollapalooza did not get cancelled this year as I was really excited to see The Flaming Lips again. Oh well Bob Dylan isn't a bad substitute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 I've been dying to listen to Zaireeka in the right context and state of mind. Seriously just that one album in terms of pushing the limits is a fine example of their lasting impact. Oh fu©k why am I bothering just because most music savvy individuals, musicians, fans and otherwise love them and a couple of jammers don't no bigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted July 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 P.S. Pitchfork hated Zaireeka, which could be why I loved it. It's the duality of a Gemini which makes me so great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Yeah but those Pitchfork guys don't do nearly enough drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Sanchez Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 All of the Lips albums I've heard, I love. Although there is absolutely no point in listening to a recorded live performance. I think I should explain.... the only performances I've heard seem like they're unsuccessfully trying to reproduce what they do in the studio instead of going for something different. Which in my mind kind of makes listening to a live performance second rate instead of something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Only on New Year's Eve... That Hotdog is from Big Cypruss or Lemonwheel though.edit to add:Unless Big Cypruss or Lemonwheel is NYE? I'm not sure myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhishyK Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Yeah yeah keep wanking out the jams nothing gimmicky about that. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Oh fu©k why am I bothering just because most music savvy individuals, musicians, fans and otherwise love them and a couple of jammers don't no bigs. Please kung, this comes down to personal taste, nothing else... Actually if the Lips were still pushing limits (ie. the '96 Parking Lot Experiments, the '97 Boombox Experiments or the '99 Headphone Concerts), instead of adding more and more props, I'd probably have a little more interest. I've heard their last 2 albums in their entirety, and they didn't do anything for me... Their older stuff interests me more, although I find it far from "music for the ages"... They're not for me, that's all I said, and that's about it. Thankfully, Lips fans seem less militant than Ween fans, and I don't get harrassed to like The Flaming Lips as much... I guess some people need movies and props to take away from the actual music being played (kind of like going to a Britney Spears or Justin Timberlake show). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted July 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 To a lesser extent, what Del and Pablo said reflect the Manitoba show for me: Better in CD form, and too many props and video screens detracting from the music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 I know you're just pushing my buttons and I'm not going to bite. You can keep your gabber pooh and Wassabi cultective and I'll stick with Ween and the Lips? Are we cool? Although I must say you have good taste in your future wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Although I must say you have good taste in your future wife. One day, kung, one day she WILL be mine! Really not trying to push your buttons, I'd be slagging Ween a lot more if I was... The bubble stunt is cool on some levels, and on others is pathetically predictable... If Ween had done it, I'd actually be more impressed. And after countless Wassabi shows and hours of gabber, I'll take you up on that trade... By the way, didn't you dance your ass off at Wassabi as well? Hmmm... By the way Esau, Big Cypress was a NYE show and Lemonwheel was a festival in August... The hot dog was busted out twice, but not at Lemonwheel... It was actually NYE '94 in Boston. That's why I said only on NYE... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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