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Originally Posted by el duderino
I like Embryonic and pleased they are now "wierd again" but I think some people are so over the moon at the change in direction / obscure german 70's art rock references that its blinding them to some of the obvious flaws of the record like,...WHERE ARE THE HOOKS!!
I got into the lips in a big way when Clouds came out and to my ears its never been beaten. Amazing and ridiculously catchy melodies backed by genuinely extra terrestial sounds and drug addled wierdness.
You dont need hooks for a great record and Embryonic is really good, but damn the flaming lips are the modern kings of huge melodies. To me it needs 3 or 4 massive tunes like "Pompeii am Götterdämmerung" or "Lightening Strikes the Postman" to hang the rest of the album on bfore it becomes this masterpiece that everyone is sayin it is.
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I'll admit that upon first listen, I felt the same way. "There's no fucking songs!" But, after some spins, the whole fucking thing is one gigantic song, hahaha....I dunno. There is much merit to having a whole lotta fragments, and working on them, making it into a 70min "piece" if you will......I think it's brilliant. There ARE some great melodies in there, but they just sort of surface here and there, as opposed to being the Big Thing that makes the album work.
I dunno if that makes sense at all......Love this album!