The Dark Side of the Moon (The Flaming Lips album)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon_(The_Flaming_Lips_album)

The Dark Side of the Moon is The Flaming Lips' upcoming thirteenth full-length studio album which will be a complete track-for-track remake of Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. It is to be released in "the near future," as an iTunes-exclusive release, after which it may eventually make its way to other distributors.[1] This will be the first cover album by the band.

The recording's existence was revealed by The Flaming Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne before a special promotional concert at the Ricardo Montalbán Theater in Hollywood.[2] The album was recorded with the band Stardeath and White Dwarfs, and will feature singer Henry Rollins recreating the original album's interview samples. The album will also feature the singer Peaches who will perform Clare Torry's vocal segment of The Great Gig in the Sky.[3]

This will be the first cover album by the band.

The fact that this sentence had to be written at all says a lot.

The album will also feature the singer Peaches who will perform Clare Torry's vocal segment of The Great Gig in the Sky.

lollll

This will be the first cover album by the band.

But not the album's first cover by a band.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phish_and_their_musical_costumes#Surprise_musical_costume:_Phish_play_Pink_Floyd

What a cool idea

in 1986

just when I'd regained all respect for the lips, they throw it away...

Who was covering entire albums in 1986?

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Why would this make you lose respect for a band you like? (xx-post)

two reasons, really. i) the prospect of a note-for-note cover album is at best tedious, at worst creatively redundant. ii) I can't bear pink floyd.

m the g otm, although in my case 'can't bear pink floyd' is going way too far

but this stinks

(unless it's a COMPLETE reimagining)

hope its like dirty projectors' rise above and it is done from half memories in a flaming lips style, instead of just boring cover version note for note

why exactly are people pissed off about this? because it cheapens the band's own muddy prog crap or something? guessing irate fans are putting more thought into it than the lips did.

this is probably as much as a goof for them as that phish concert was, they're just giving you the opportunity to pay to download it

yeah its just old hippies having a bit of fun, its not like they are killing children or joining the nazi party

finally a record i can truthfully call my equivalent of kryptonite.

I'm not pissed off per se, just disappointed. I thought 'embryonic' was fantastic, their best album in many years, and it brought me back into the fold after years of indifference.

as a result, I was really keen to see what they did next. but this idea is just horrifically banal. not saying the execution won't be good, but I can't generate any enthusiasm about the concept.

this idea is just horrifically banal

bears repeating

it's not like this is the long-awaited years-in-the-making follow-up to embryonic. it's more like the placenta.

or possibly the moment where maury povich reveals who the album's daddy is

xp

I wasn't particularly excited about my daughter's placenta either.

it's not just the placenta, it's like the flaming lips are eating the placenta

I would've been excited had eating the placenta been an option. that's were this analogy falls down.

WHERE

why exactly are people pissed off about this? some people are stuck up and take shit like this way too personally. wayne coyne is the brett favre of psych rock. he's just having fun out there guys, take it or leave it

Said it before, say it again -- all you need is this:

http://thesquirrels.com/poplust/newcd.htm

The fact that this sentence had to be written at all says a lot.

― Sean Carruthers, Thursday, December 3, 2009 2:07 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

am i the only person who has no idea what this means or are we just ignoring it

kamerad with the truthbomb

xpost I think it means "oh noe, maybe more to come!"

http://manrecorder.manrecordings.com/2008/12/charque-side-of-the-moon/

That Wikipedia link at the top has vanished, so I assume it's a hoax?

Ewww @ this concept

Oh, apparently it's true.

This is going to be the worst record ever made.

seems weird to get upset about something which most likely will be pretty easy to ignore

It's not disappeared, it's just that reposting links with brackets in does not (seem to) work on ILX.

some people are stuck up and take shit like this way too personally.

i'm not taking it personally! i can ignore it if i want! i'll probably have a listen, just in case. but the IDEA itself betrays some sort of creative bankruptcy, and i am sad for the flips, that they have opted for such classicist grandstanding...perhaps they are doing it to wind folks like me up and remain 'uncompromising' but sheesh this album has been covered to death already

i mean they're kinda leeching off the well-known nature of DSOTM rather than continuing to eke out their own creative legacy; all i can say is that they'd better alter the album radically

xp how is it weird that fans of a band might have an opinion on what a band is planning to do next...?

if the guiding principle of ILX is now 'if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all' it's going to be pretty quiet round here.

if you think the reason people are laughing at uproar over the flaming lips covering floyd is that they desire civility, you got another thing comin

I for one am laughing at the fact that people are registering disappointment as an 'uproar'.

ILX argues over how to be civil to wandering minstrels:

http://www.rossettiarchive.org/img/f88.m.jpg

the IDEA itself betrays some sort of creative bankruptcy

cover versions = creative bankruptcy? really?

i mean the flips did a fantastic cover of 'after the goldrush', probably before you born louis, and have made fantastic records since.

also, expecting consistency from the lips, ie that each album should be a progression from the previous, without any weird and nonsensical detours and non-sequiters, which this lp probably is, seems wholly ignorant of the lips' career to date.

i mean i hate pink floyd more than most, but let 'em fuck with it, they might do something interesting. either way, judging this before hearing a note seems a waste of time.

i assume it's just the suggestion (or rather, reaffirmation, considering they covered floyd plenty in the 80s) that the lips are heavily indebted to a classic rock warhorse they find repugnant.

dude

i *love* a good cover

but covering an entire album (and an extremely popular one at that) and releasing it as the album, in sequence, strikes me as an idea that did not require much ingenuity or sophistication

and the only way they can redeem it would be to mangle DSOTM into something truly their own

the usual purpose of a cover is to either live out a great idea for a song that an artist has had, to play a song in one's own style because it would work well, or to highlight the excellence of an under-regarded song. this idea, to take on an entire album, just strikes me as crass.

you are right that i shouldn't fret too much about it; i'm only fretting in self-defence of the throwaway comments i supplied upthread. am not particularly bothered. the flips have given enough great stuff for me to not really care.

miccio notm with that last post; it's cool that they love the floyd, but this is basically the masturbation of that love

Ned, just butting in to say thanx for your continued trumpeting of The Squirrels. I used to live in Seattle, saw plenty of Squirrelshows, and every one left me grinning like an idiot. One of my last trips back to visit for Bumbershoot, the highlight was a rare reunion gig at the Sunset Tavern in Ballard.

Carry on Flaming the Lips...

i assume it's just the suggestion (or rather, reaffirmation, considering they covered floyd plenty in the 80s) that the lips are heavily indebted to a classic rock warhorse they find repugnant.

then you assume wrong. covering an entire album is a less-than exciting concept in and of itself, as I'd personally rather hear new ideas. and it so happens that they've chosen to cover an album that I find particularly dull.

nevertheless, to reiterate: 'not saying the execution won't be good, but I can't generate any enthusiasm about the concept.'

----The album will also feature the singer Peaches who will perform Clare Torry's vocal segment of The Great Gig in the Sky.

No, she won't.

see the thing is, I don't really see this as "the next flaming lips album", this is just some random thing they're doing between albums, which is why it seems weird to me that people are complaining

this sounds like fun, wtf. honestly, it seems crazeee that someone could hate pink floyd and love the flaming lips, but maybe that's just me.

A teaser from KCRW:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZhrFW3X1Xc

zzzzz.... It's like one of those Pickwick label soundalike records "Kings Road Plays the Big Hits of Pink Floyd."

well that was underwhelming

I though tit was a bit shit, too. If they do it they should make it their own, not just a pale imitation.

i don't really need to say anything about that

One question - how many of us know the song better than Wayne? He seemed unable to go more than two lines without checking the lyric sheet.

Of course, few of us have done as much acid as Wayne which may play into the equation.

In the 'American Hardcore' book there's a passing mention of the 'Lips playing a show in something like 1986 and doing this whole album start to finish. Not that this makes it a better or worse idea, but it isn't something they just pulled out of nowhere, for what that's worth

Youtube has a few Lips do Floyd videos, like a couple versions of "Breathe", and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".

This is a band that played the Peach Pit back in '92 FFS! They're having fun!

Of course, few of us have done as much acid as Wayne which may play into the equation.

I'm pretty sure he says in the last issue of Spin that he's only done it once or twice... (Unless he's being sarcastic?)

one of the times I saw them they played a syd era floyd song

iTunes exclusive release = who gives a crap NOT ME

The fact that this sentence had to be written at all says a lot.

― Sean Carruthers, Thursday, December 3, 2009 2:07 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

am i the only person who has no idea what this means or are we just ignoring it

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver,

Oops, I was being a bit glib because I was on the way to work and just shutting down my home computer. What I'm getting at is partly what Mark G said: "Wait, there are gonna be more?" But I think that it may come down to the difference between "cover album" and "covers album".

Covers albums are of course no big shocker...and there have been some great coverS albums where people take a break and cover some of their faves. They're not always successful but they generally give a pretty good insight into the artist's formative years. What made them tick when they were really getting into music? What is really moving them NOW?

The cover album (note the lack of an S there) is a newer phenomenon methinks - the idea of a band taking an album from their past and just regurgitating it with their own spin. I know that a couple of artist have upchucked The Wall this way, and that Camper Van Beethoven did this to Tusk, and I'm sure there are a few more recent examples.

I'm not going to get into whether I think the idea of a band I enjoy doing another album in its entirety shows some sort of artistic bankruptness, because there are plenty of reasons why someone may want to either perform another artists' album in its entirety, or to listen to one of their favourite artists performing someone else's album etc etc. Do I enjoy it? No. But I can see why someone might.

For me, it's the assumption made by whoever wrote that article that it's almost expected, even for an artist of the Lips' history and stature. At least that's what I take away from the inclusion of that particular line in the writeup. And maybe this is really just a bunch of semantics on my part, when they may have been making no distinction between "cover album" and "covers album". To me, there's a world of difference, but perhaps there's not as big a difference in the head of the writer who put that sentence in there.

Flaming Lips fans who hate Pink Floyd. Does not compute.

I guess there are probably Radiohead fans who are all like "Pink Floyd lol they suck"

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― Mark G, Thursday, December 3, 2009 3:15 PM (8 hours ago)

That was the last full length album that Phish covered. Is it just an easy album to play or something? (I never heard it)

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I like when a cover song is successful as a radical reinterpretation of the original song. I can't picture The Flaming Lips changing The Dark Side of the Moon too much. The Disco Biscuits versions of 'Run Like Hell' are pretty radical reinterpretations imo. You might have to be really high to enjoy it though.

That's right - they did Lucifer Sam on the first Yoshimi Tour and it was frickin' awesome. It's a far better song on anything on Dark Side, but they also made it their own by cranking up the fuzz and space noise. That clip above was pretty zzzz. They covered Breathe on tour too. I've got a tape somewhere of them doing it as a medley with a Radiohead song from Glastonbury in 2003/4. Breathe is far and away the best song on DSOTM. It's a Richard Wright co-write, which helps. It's a shame he got sidelined, cos his Saucers era songs like Paintbox are lovely; vastly superior to Waters' dirgey whingefests.

so basically the only new stuff The Flaming Lips came bring to the table while covering DSOTM is fuzz and space noise

so basically the only new stuff The Flaming Lips came bring to the table while covering DSOTM is fuzz and space noise

So there wasn't enough space noise to begin with?

OK this is where I step off the "let's cover an album/play an album in its entirety" bus.

I can't help but wonder if this isn't some sort of WEA/Reprise promo conspiracy. What's easier to market? A Dark Side Of The Moon covers album with Peaches and Henry Rollins or Embryonic?

I mean the only thing missing is Jack White guesting on "Money" or something.

I'm guessing the only market for this would be 15 year-olds who haven't yet discovered DSOTM but are way into the Lips. An admittedly small population.

Really this record is so well known, what's the point?

What's easier to market? A Dark Side Of The Moon covers album with Peaches and Henry Rollins or Embryonic?

Uh, "Embryonic" ? Market using the same old familiar channels.

As opposed to a cover album on d/l, which is more "stick a wikipedia page up and see who reposts it on boards" oh wait..

I just searched this thread for the word 'dub' and was surprised to see no results!

http://dkpresents.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dub-side-of-the-moon.jpg

dub side of the moon is mad decent! i'm surprised, given the fact that it's been done already, they aren't doing animals or more or something... but whatever, i'm sure someone's mentioned this to them already, and apparently they've got a hard on to do dark side of the moon and nothing else, so wth i'll give it a listen. who knows, maybe they'll re-imagine it in some completely off-the-wall way and it'll be great?

look, pfdsotm is an easy target, but it did stay on the billboard top 100 album chart for like, what, 7 years straight? so there must be SOMETHING to it as an album (tho i admit it was never a favorite of mine)

I saw the Afghan Whigs cover The Wall in entirety in front of about 40 people at Al's Bar in LA circa 1991(?)

honestly, it seems crazeee that someone could hate pink floyd and love the flaming lips

Count me in this camp. I don't hate Floyd, exactly, nor do I quite love the Lips. But the main gulf separating these two ostensibly similar bands is huge: one has a sense of humour and whimsy, and the other has Roger Waters. (I do realize Waters has his sardonically funny moments, but I don't recall ever thinking he's made a particularly good joke, even in "Money".)

I do unreservedly love Piper at the Gates of Dawn, which may enhance more than refute the idea that later Floyd ≠ later Lips.

BTW, I'm not saying that Floyd did not have a greatness about them (probably a greater greatness than the Lips, actually), just I can't bear them anymore.

I'm willing to be swayed, but I can't imagine this exercise is going to be anything but a snooze-fest.

yeah, i guess what i mean is that the Lips owe a great deal to the Floyd (including post-Syd era), and that a Lips fan outright dismissing PF is kinda short-sighted.

Apparently iTunes is flooded with outraged Floyd fans with no sense of humor.

So, when's this "officially" out?

.. it seems most of this has "features Henry Rollins" ... !

he's the guy supplying the spoken word bits iirc

ah, will listen later...

It's honestly pretty awesome. Seems like the majority of people that hate this thing with a passion think that the original Dark Side of the Moon is an unparalleled work of genius that is infinitely perfect.

Even when I was 16 and heard it for the first time I thought it was a bit boring.

sucks

Don't talk about yourself like that.

this was kind of fun for one listen, don't really see the point in listening to it again though

I love the idea of covering full albums. This version by the Lips isn't exactly how I'd want to go about it, but it's still a really fun listen.

I've been piecing together the album myself on a little digital 4-track lately to cut my teeth on sound recording, but it's track for track, whereas this one I felt is kind of scatterbrained at times.

Seeing the Lips tomorrow night in Austin, woooo!

http://www.nme.com/news/the-flaming-lips/50079

The Flaming Lips announce Dark Side Of The Moon physical release. The group are releasing it on vinyl as part of 'Record Store Day' on April 17 and on CD on May 4, 2010.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IeuXN3jpL._SS500_.jpg

so this is coming out tomorrow May 4th on CD.

Admittedly I like the cover-art.

Out on vinyl too apparently.

One 140g regular weight, clear vinyl disc with bonus CD in babypak. A limited quantity of clear were pressed! Seafoam green will return once we run out of clear.

This record is freekin great! I love what they've done with the arrangements, avoiding obvious things, emphasizing what you might not expect.

They once played 'Tommy' at a show. That would be kinda fun too.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127190761