Later, Coyne wrote in the liner notes of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots that the song should be “thought of as an ending of a fantastical adventure, an evening ride over the city – serene and exultant.” The song’s expansive yet mellow orchestration captures Coyne’s idea perfectly. We tried, but it seemed too upbeat and ‘pop’ for ‘Christmas on Mars’… but having it be part of the ‘Yoshimi’ song collection seemed perfect.” So it was aptly added to the Lips’ 2002 album. In the notes from Christmas on Mars Coyne reveals: “the flavor and dumb triumphantness of didn’t seem to fit. The band later decided it didn’t belong with the rest of the soundtrack and cut it. This final song on Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, written in reference to the volcano on Mars, was originally written for the Christmas on Mars film. “Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)” (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, 2002) The album, Clouds Taste Metallic, would be the release to see the band transform from a guitar-driven alternative outfit into an experimental, space pop extravaganza. The end of the song, which features a man’s voice that sounds as if it’s being broadcasted through a radio, points towards the direction the band was heading in: up into outer space. This includes digitally altered voices, spacy-sounding interference, and that xylophone-like keyboard that would be featured in many of their future songs. It’s an upbeat guitar-heavy song that reflects the band’s early work, but has a lot of the little touches that would inform their later music. This track off of the Flaming Lips’ seventh album is a song about, well, exactly what the title implies. “Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World” (Clouds Taste Metallic, 1995)
The album also features collaborations with Ke$ha, Biz Markie, and Nick Cave.10. Heady Fwends, originally a Record Store Day exclusive, is getting a regular release (physical and digital) on June 26. The “First Time” clip comes a day after (and we hope not in celebration of) Badu’s welcoming of her “newest godbaby boy” into the world.
She said the more salacious nude shots were “the beautiful Nayrok, lil sister and bestee.” Still, we don’t want to know how long it took to wash off all that glitter (or blood, or, uh, milk?) - an educated guess, though, would put it at “less time than it will take us from getting these images out of our heads.” Whatever happened to the days when the astral pair just sat around sampling iPhone noises? Can’t say you weren’t warned, now, can you?īadu herself pre-emptively denied on Tuesday that the extra-X-rated Carrie bits were of her, though she does appear nude in the video. The oddly graceful five minutes feature a bathtub, some (extremely suggestive) heavy-duty electrical wiring/fur pelts, and, oh yeah, some very, very explicit shots of foreign-substance-covered lady parts. Following the Coyneographer’s tweets a few days ago featuring a handful of nude stills from the shoot, the clip for “The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face” premiered today via Delo Creative, the same folks who made the last NSFW Lips collaboration video (as well as that really weird Dr. But we’re willing to bet nobody has had a nightmare quite like the one Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne and Erykah Badu have cooked up for their Heady Fwends collaboration. Most people have had a freaky nightmare (or acid trip, we don’t know your life) wherein weird things happen in slow motion.