Just saw Flaming Lips fearless freaks
 

I still with I hadn't wasted my money on it but it was good and interesting. That shit with Steven Drozd was fucking scary as hell though.

I thought it was worth it.....I mean, 2 DVD's. I paid 13 bucks for it.

Fearless Freaks is going to be on Sundance Channel this coming Wednseday.

I'm not a big FL fan, but I thought it was well put together with some good info. I especially like the comparative scenes between them and Butthole Surfers, not to mention the interviews.

what stuff with steven? is it about his heroin battles?

yea, i love the flaming lips, and this dvd helped me understand them far better than i had before. i just love everything they're about--it gives a better perspective from which to experience their music.

i would love to see christmas on mars if it ever actually comes out.

Yeah it's shows him shooting up during an interview. Also, the 2nd disc of bonus features has some cool early performances.

Yeah seriously. Just watching his mannerisms and seeing the actual finished cooked heroin product, and knowing that people actually inject that horrible garbage into their veins. So fucked up.

The Butthole Surfers comparisons were really cool. It was a pretty cool documentary, but i still wish I hadn't spent my money on it. It was an impulse buy cause I really wanted something to watch that night, and I'm not an impulsive buyer so it pissed me off at myself. But it was great. So were the extras, especially " Rainin Babies "

Speaking of the Flaming Lips, what are your favorite Flaming Lips albums?

My favorite is Hit to Death in the Future Head, followed by Zaireeka, Priest Driven Ambulance, and At war with the Mystics. I got the Soft Bulliten 5.1, now THAT was worth it

Of all the ones I have, I'd say Transmissions from the Satallite Heart is my favorite

My favorite is a tie between Clouds Taste Metallic and In a Priest Driven Ambulance.

I've only heard Yoshimi.... at first I hated it but it's now one of my favorite albums. Love it. I think I'm gonna get soft bullietin next.

i would say zaireeka, but that's just in a category of its own to me.

past that, i have a really hard time. it would probably be between clouds taste metallic and the soft bulletin.

i just got a priest driven ambulance--can't wait to get into it. oh, and by the way, if you ever have hit to death in the future head in physical form, be sure to check out the cover slip. wayne's wearing a sonic youth shirt in one picture. that made me really happy for some reason.

I'm not big on yoshimi, Yoshimi, Fight Test and Pavillions mons are good tunes but I felt the rest of the album was poor.

im getting my I appreciate Steven Drozd shirt in the post soon!

ha ha ha ha ha

this shirt rules


it's hard to see in this picture but although you see "FAG" at first sight. it actually says the flaming lips

does it say flaming lips on the back?

very kool, i cant wait to see them in november!!!!!!!!!!AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH,
when i first got the fearless freaks documentary i watched it over and over again, its sooo great, its also pretty kool to watch it with their commentary instead of the actually sound. Wayne gets a call from Michelle half way though (awww) and Steven gets freaked out by himself.

yeah, it also says
ACID

i might buy this.. been digging the flaming lips lately

they interview cat power and the white stripes? schweet

The bonus scene where Cat Power and the Lips are backstage in Austin trying to work out "War Pigs" while Steven does his human beatbox thing...oh, that's just priceless.

Gotta say, this was one of my favorite rock documentaries of all time. Right up there with I Am Trying To Break Your Heart.

Definitely classic albums mentioned above.....and the Ronald Era was fucking great too....Transmissions and Clouds..... but

Lately I've gotten into Telepathic Surgery which is a really killer album, fuckin rockin with ufo(s) flying around!! Hear It Is has some fucking classics on it as well like Godzilla Flick, With You, Jesus Shootin Heroin, and She is Death (one of my favorites!) but

Even from the diehards who always go with Priest Driven Ambulance and Hit to Death in the Future Head (Jonathon Donahue era (Mercury Rev)) I never hear enough about Oh My Gawd! This album is comparable to EVOL or Bad Moon Rising as it is their weirdest album! This album is all over the place starting with the opener Everything's Exploding (awesome!!) followed by One Millionth of a Billionth of a Millisecond (Their most epic song ever!!!), the sweet lyrical acoustic Can't Exist, The Ceilin' is Bendin' (one of my alltime favorites and weirdest song ever!! Sounds like fucking aliens!! I don't know why or how that theme seems to follow the Lips, probably some experience Wayne had as a kid), and not to go on about all the songs but the closer Love Yer Brain is one of the most gorgeous songs ever!

I feel bad and still haven't seen this video but know I need to!

I love the Lips too!!

She's got hellllllicoptttters......

I absolutely love Fearless Freaks. One of the best band documentaries ever made. It really let me get inside the heads of the band. One of the things I had a problem with (and this is really only a minor one) is that they didn't really discuss much about Ronald Jones or Jonathon Donahue. They just reference Jones' brilliance and say he left because of Drozd's heroin addiction. ANd they just say Donahue left because of power issues and focused on his onvolvement in Mercury Rev. I really wanted to know more about these two wonderfully talented band members because I feel that they really helped define the Flaming Lips' sound and propelled them to levels that I doubt the band could have arrived at without their involvement. Anyone else agree?

I haven't seen it but would agree wholeheartedly with that point!! I read some info on the Flips message board about the movie and I think Ronald didn't want to be on it...still reclusing...

This has to be my favorite post of yrs eva. My thoughts exactly.