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Originally Posted by RdTv
I retracted my statement of no creativity earlier to screamingskull, I meant to convey a sense of talent or originality. You have to agree with that (originality), come on, the person who made them sound somewhat original was Drozd, like you said they have several era's and in all those era's its an outsider of the original lineup that brings in that era's sound. I was a bit passionatte in my post (calling them a fluke, a joke etc...) and for that I'm sorry, I didn't mean to slam them that hard, but it was that easy, I don't believe in the better or not issue, but when it is pushed (this thread) I seem to evolve into this angry, ogerous being that bludgeons whatever I don't see eye to eye with.
I like the FL, especially CTM,Soft Bulletin,Yoshimi. Like you said it isn't fair to compare bands, they are apples and oranges, but you have to agree if SY is an apple and the Fl are an orange, then the apple would taste a lot better comapred to the quality of other apples, than the orange would compared to other oranges.
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Wow, very well put. And I too apologize, I failed to noticed your previous retraction of your statement. I also am aroused to anger on the topic of music with great ease, and I did not see any posts after your first one, I saw only red. And what you said here is correct, as far as originality, they had nothing until Drozd. I wouldn't go as far as to say they were covering Sonic Youth as Dead-Air says, but they were definately ripping off Butthole Surfers. And if Flaming Lips are apples, and Sonic Youth are oranges, then Butthole Surfers are lima beans, and it that respect Flaming Lips are quite alright with me.