some new flaming lips stuff..

MikeyC · #1 11-17-2005, 07:35 AM

anyone else see this? part of a new flaming lips track along with a rather bizarre video. pretty fun..

http://www.them5.com/?

crank · #2 11-17-2005, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeyC

anyone else see this? part of a new flaming lips track along with a rather bizarre video. pretty fun..

http://www.them5.com/?

Thank you very MUCH!
New LIPS! and new GOOD Lips

den · #3 11-17-2005, 08:03 AM

That's a cool video. I'll have to watch the others. The website is pretty slick too.

So they took artists from each continent to make a video with an optimistic message and paired them with bands, all of this sponsored by Coca-Cola. I don't know if there's any reason for it other than an art project, but it's still cool.

Scott Warner · #4 11-17-2005, 09:37 AM

This sounds like it's going to be a modern update of 'Transmission From Satellite Heart' era LIPS... that'd be really cool.

Renze · #5 11-17-2005, 01:02 PM

the website and animations are awesome! *bookmarks*

nice new lips song btw.

Dirty0900 · #6 11-17-2005, 01:57 PM

Im liking what i hear!

dubman · #7 11-17-2005, 02:18 PM

i was all ready to bust in talking crap about how i barely remember their last album...

but how could you after that?

something good should be coming.... hopefully what scott said.

den · #8 11-18-2005, 10:42 AM

Pitchforkmedia:

The Flaming Lips: "You Gotta Hold On"
genre: rock

This can't be good. The Lips are striking out on singles this year, and as for Coke, I don't touch the stuff, the doc says it'll give me migraines. Pounding my cranium further, Brazilian animation studio Lobo designs some Battlebots-gone-soft music video to complement the track, all blips, bleeps, clangs, and a smile-on-your-brother message. Since advertisements always either make you feel really super for buying the product or real shitty if you don't, this one will add injury to insult for Lips fans. Coyne protracts the "I want to buy the world a Coke" drivel of the 70s, offering vapid optimism in this time of war, disasters, and avian flu: "You gotta hold on, there's nothing to be afraid of." Yeah okay, Wayne, try spinning this "Fight Test" rip-off when the killer bees hit. [Adam Moerder]

* * 1/2

I swear these people don't know how to enjoy life.

purlieu · #9 11-18-2005, 04:21 PM

Yeah, I got elements of "Transmissions..." from it, which made me smile.
"Fight Test rip-off" is so inaccurate it's pretty damn hilarious.

Scott Warner · #10 11-18-2005, 10:32 PM

Full version of video/track:

"You Gotta Hold On" by the Flaming Lips

And as for Pitchfork's Adam Moerder... I'm just speculating here but I think that guy desperately needs to get laid.