Quote of the Week:
From an article in issue #21 of Paste magazine that takes us along with The Flaming Lips while on a cruise ship they're headlining, Wayne Coyne (the lead singer) says, regarding the (at the time) working title for their new album and what it means to be "at war with the mystics":
"If we use that title, [At War With the Mystics,to refer to] someone who believes they've gained insight, or who is seeing something the 'normal' person doesn't see, or somehow has glimpsed the supernatural, or comes along and tries to debunk what's normal or what we see as our normal life, and [they] say, 'This is nothing - you should see what I see,' I say, 'Fuck you.' Life is beautiful for everybody; you don't have to have gone up to the mountain and come back down and say, 'Look, I know things you don't know.' Normal life for normal people is already a fuckin' great acid trip of unknown adventures, and anytime anybody tries to make it seem like it's not, 'fuck 'em.'..."
I don't think I've ever felt like such a groupie for a band... and I get the impression from a lot of their lyrics that Mr. Coyne and I probably share a number of philosophical opinions (not to mention that apparently all three of the band members are big Aphex Twin fans... 'nuff said).
Anyway, I had a crush through the first few earlier albums- because I ran out to get Transmissions from the Satellite Heart when I finally (after some 15 years) discovered that this is, in fact, the band that plays the song "She Don't Use Jelly." The crush turned into full-on goose-bump eye-waterin' love when I heard the lush, unique, cosmic sounds of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. If someone asked me what my favorite album and/or band is right now, it would be a short trip to Brainville, and the answer would Hit Me Like You Did the First Time. Seriously, if you buy one album this year, let it be Yoshimi... and then if you buy another one, go get the follow-up At War With the Mystics (but first, before either of them, to have an aural appetizer, go and buy The Soft Bulletin, because it's really the start of their 'matured' sound. Then of course, you'd want to know their roots, in which case you might check out Clouds Taste Metallic... well... anyway you get the idea). I have fallen in love with these guys- they've helped me through some troubling times, whether they know it or not...
"If we use that title, [At War With the Mystics,to refer to] someone who believes they've gained insight, or who is seeing something the 'normal' person doesn't see, or somehow has glimpsed the supernatural, or comes along and tries to debunk what's normal or what we see as our normal life, and [they] say, 'This is nothing - you should see what I see,' I say, 'Fuck you.' Life is beautiful for everybody; you don't have to have gone up to the mountain and come back down and say, 'Look, I know things you don't know.' Normal life for normal people is already a fuckin' great acid trip of unknown adventures, and anytime anybody tries to make it seem like it's not, 'fuck 'em.'..."
I don't think I've ever felt like such a groupie for a band... and I get the impression from a lot of their lyrics that Mr. Coyne and I probably share a number of philosophical opinions (not to mention that apparently all three of the band members are big Aphex Twin fans... 'nuff said).
Anyway, I had a crush through the first few earlier albums- because I ran out to get Transmissions from the Satellite Heart when I finally (after some 15 years) discovered that this is, in fact, the band that plays the song "She Don't Use Jelly." The crush turned into full-on goose-bump eye-waterin' love when I heard the lush, unique, cosmic sounds of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. If someone asked me what my favorite album and/or band is right now, it would be a short trip to Brainville, and the answer would Hit Me Like You Did the First Time. Seriously, if you buy one album this year, let it be Yoshimi... and then if you buy another one, go get the follow-up At War With the Mystics (but first, before either of them, to have an aural appetizer, go and buy The Soft Bulletin, because it's really the start of their 'matured' sound. Then of course, you'd want to know their roots, in which case you might check out Clouds Taste Metallic... well... anyway you get the idea). I have fallen in love with these guys- they've helped me through some troubling times, whether they know it or not...