The Flaming Lips: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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- Опубліковано 8 жов 2020
- The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit - stripped-down sets, an intimate setting - just a different space.
Bob Boilen | October 9, 2020
Wayne Coyne has appeared inside a bubble for over a decade. At concerts, he'd roll over the tops of adoring fans, their outstretched hands keeping him aloft. That was novelty long ago; now it seems prescient. For this Tiny Desk (home) concert, Wayne and his bandmates are seemingly quarantined from one another, with the bubble-sharing green-haired drummers and keyboards pairing off, playing together yet apart.
I don't think it's a stretch to say that going to a Flaming Lips concert stoned is a thing. The Flaming Lips have always embraced the surreal. Drugs are undoubtedly part of the culture, and on their new songs from American Head, drugs are at the core. These are songs for the lost, the overdosed dreamers, the damaged, the car crashed. On the album's opening track "Will You Return/When You Come Down" (which also begins this concert), Steven Drozd asks in falsetto, "Will you return? Will you come down?" while Wayne Coyne responds, "Thinking back to those lost souls / And their ghosts / Floating around your bed / Hear it said / Now all your friends are dead."
This visually enchanting Tiny Desk comes down to earth, with technical glitches that are fun to witness and keep it real.We hear old tunes sparking old memories, including "Be Free, A Way" from 2013's The Terror and "It's Summertime" from 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. It's a thoughtful treat from a band that keeps on giving.
SET LIST
"Will You Return/When You Come Down"
"God And The Policeman"
"Be Free, A Way"
"It's Summertime"
MUSICIANS
Wayne Coyne: vocals
Steven Drozd: keys, vocals
Michael Ivins: bass
Derek Brown: guitar, vocals
Jake Ingalls: keys
Matt Duckworth: drums
Nicholas Ley: percussion
CREDITS
Video By: Blake Studdard for AtriaCreative.co
Director: Blake Studdard & Wayne Coyne
Audio By: Michael Ivins
Producer: Bob Boilen
Video Producer: Maia Stern
Audio Mastering Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Associate Producer: Bobby Carter
Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
i feel like the flaming lips would have done it this way regardless
They actually did something very similar over about 15 years ago.
Haha exactly what I was thinking.
couldn’t be more right
i feel that's why watching this is comforting. it's a 'normal' we are familiar with seeing
@@go-godollie2335 you and Andy nailed it. This is just The Flaming Lips in any setting, and it makes it feel like everything will be okay.
Honestly if you have never seen these guys live, put it on your bucket list, a true life affirming gig, what a band.
Completely agree!
Agreed. Saw them at the Showbox in Seattle in ‘99. We were all wearing headphones and they were broadcasting all the high frequencies normally lost in a live show to a radio station and then we were listening to that at the same time in the headphones. I think that was the setup? I just remember the whole experience being amazing. Extra special as I’m Australian and to see them over there in the states was rad!
And get as close to the stage as you possibly can
GET THERE EARLY!!!!!!!!!!!
EMOS, Austin TX 1994. Was on probation, stone cold sober but was still so high!
i've seen them twice here in mexico and they're basically my top 2 gigs ever.
These guys really deserve to be recognized as one of the greatest bands. 3 decades of amazing music. Long live The Lips.
One of Greatest Alternative Bands ever. Almost 4 decades.
No one is truly great if they cannot SEE through the lies. So mask wearing is a dead giveaway of being anything but great. Ate up with lies, regardless of the musical content.
@@christopherlaskoski189 watch out everybody we have a crazed q-anon lunatic in this comment section.
@@gawdspeed They're just playing the game. Don't wanna get canceled!
You must be on serious drugs.
One band that simultaneously makes you want to slunk into a depression and live for something. Keep it up boys.
Its very good funeral music by their own definition.
Amen, I think they're extremely Spiritual... u can HEAR THE GOD IN EM.... WOVEN
I've been this great band's concert in Seoul, It was about a decade ago.
It still on top of my "best of my life" memories list. It was happiest moment.
I hope I can go back to the day whenever I feel down.. like I light a cigarette.
0:00 - *Will You Return/When You Come Down* (4:19)
6:46 - *God And The Policeman* (9:16)
10:54 - *Be Free, A Way*
15:17 - *It's Summertime* (18:44)
This comment should be pinned.
@@ErikBorchersVR All timestamp comments should be pinned, really.
That's definitely one way to ensure social distancing
This would also be completely normal for them without a pandemic haha. Love these guys!
Just discovered these guys🥺😭😭😭I enjoyed the entire performance 🙋🏾♀️😊
@@tcoker0416 Right, we have seen them in bubbles before - but how appropriate :)
Two people in one bubble aren't social distancing.
I was like - yeah... These are my guys. Totally reliably weird
Lips, Please- please know that when you are working your craft and nobody is cheering, really everyone is cheering in this shared, spiritual place you have helped us create in our souls. We're with you at every crescendo and end of a song cheering and sometimes crying. You are never alone.
The greatest photo I ever saw was a Google Streetview frame of Wayne Coyne chilling in a bathtub on his front lawn.
link?
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@@analazovic441 link x4?
One time Wayne snuck me and my buddies into a show.
We stood next to each other and he was so focused on the playing. We both turned to each other and said something like "this is so good"
What a cool guy.
He has the coolest hair. I hope I'm that cool when I'm his age.
same! they're all so cool
He’s a vampire and actually 2500 years a old.
Id say its between him and Tool's Adam Jones. Love his hair too! They have the same color, Wayne's is just curly.
Sweeney Todd
Like OMG I'm so younk too 😘
I owe alot to this band
Then uou should really pay them back
I have an emotional attachment to this band.
real recognize real
Azzerad says so..
@@gawdspeed and you looking familiar
Thank you Tiny Desk and The Flaming Lips. I needed this today.
I feel like I should also be in a bubble to watch this.
Not many can belt out a chorus that opens your heart with feel good joy. 🦋🙂
Wayne and Jeff Goldblum have very similar speech patterns and I love it
the kernel of a Portlandia sketch
Wow, "Be Free A Way" is a great surprise. The Terror is so underrated.
Probably one of the most beautiful performances I've seen lately.
The Flaming Lips saved the Roskilde Festival the year of the Pearl Jam incident. Everybody left the day after that happened, evening came, i was walking around the festival area, and those guys up there were doing their sound check and tuning their video thing. Last thing i remember was telling a friend to stay put and save us some elbow room while i went to fetch a drink, the entire concert that came next stands in memory as a dream .. a good dream, mind you, but don't ask me details. The whole bad mood of the festival went away for a while, thanks to them. So yeah, thank you to everybody involved in making that recording, maybe it can get us over another bad time. The soundtrack is magnificent, at least :)
Wonderful tale you have told, oh fellow human being I feel kindred too somehow! ;)
I'd love to see them play Roskilde again someday ❤️
💚 Oh how I miss live music. 💚
@@angelahall6598 Go out again as soon as you can!
@@thomasmacmanus9913 Absolutely! Dancing to music is the best way to be in the moment and connect with strangers. I found one event in July. It was definitely the highlight of my year. 💚
the xylophone sounds magical on my cell phone speakers, the tone really stood out as authentic, not a keyboard. It hits the high frequency that almost hurts my ears
Had the same thought. Really couldn't tell if I was enjoying the sound or not.
Sounded good but really hurt my ears
xylophones have wooden keys, that there is a glockenspiel.
@@scottdoyle7697 I thought marimbas had wooden keys.
Dissonance. That harsh bit is a foil to the softness of the song
Been to quite a few Flaming Lips concerts back in the Yoshimi days and before. Loved those concerts! Great live band!
man they did its summertime, my absolute favorite song from them
The dude with the acoustic guitar needs a bigger bubble.
And also needs to get rid of the mask because it's completely useless in his case.
@@StuartRochabrunt He'll have to come out of that bubble at some point.
XD
I don't wanna burst his bubble but your right
Are the bubbles not computer created?
Love the Daniel Johnston shirt!
Hi........hooooow rrrr U?
For the last ten years I have seen the flaming lips play at least once a year, often more than that. It has been a hard year without Wayne walking over me in that bubble. I needed this bad. Thanks. I hope this doesn't mean they can't come back and do another live tiny desk at bob's desk.
Such a sweet and happy sadness.
Perfect description. They capture something eminently human. And they don't complicate or condescend. Just honest.
I discovered The Flaming Lips in 2000 at the Reading Music Festival. They BLEW MY MIND, and have plucked my heart strings to this day.
Flaming Lips can always be guaranteed to take something quirky and weird and turn it into something totally beautiful.
This band was the soundtrack of my formative years...I’m so happy that they are still doing what they do best. Only saw them live twice but hopefully I’ll see them again.
This Be Free a Way performance is so powerful
American Head is becoming one of my fav Lips records. Glad to seem them on tiny desk!
When he starts singing Its Summertime a wave of memories come flooding back. Ill never forget that summer of a younger me!
I clicked for the stage set up and ended up staying for the music. Thanks NPR for putting me on to these guys
✊🏾
Beautiful band 😍
Someone needs to put Wayne and Jeff Goldblum together in a room and film it.
They should your right
man, that´s... well.. wait... no.. that makes sense (hits like comment with disgust)
Yeah, I dunno why but this makes sense.
YES PLEASE
Thank you 😊 God bless you npr
Amazing, soulful, timeless band. Effortlessly creative and always cool, but never too cool.
They throw the best concerts. I've never been to a better concert and will always go watch them live when they come to my town. Highly recommend you check them out when it's safe to do so again and they're touring!
Drozd's arrangement style is so recognizable and inviting, provides the perfect backdrop for Wayne's lyrical styling. American Head is probably their best work in quite some time.
Personally I think it’s top three. Yoshimi, Bulletin and AH.
I’m actually a big fan of The Terror as well.
Steven's voice has long been the sugar to Wayne's salt.
@@NameLess-ks4fi don't forget Embryonic and Clouds Taste Metallic
@@NameLess-ks4fiI could never get into that one. Everything after Embryonic and before American Head is really muddled to me and more recording experiment than songwriting. But I respect whatever they choose to do. There is an undeniable trilogy of songwriting style in Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi, and American Head.
This was moving to me,thank you all involved! It’s little stuff like this that gets me through the day and smile from ear to ear. Thanks again for
Thank you guys! We love you and are so grateful for your light and music
I like his "Hi, how are you?" Shirt
"Hi, how are you?" is an Album by Daniel Johnston. He did a tiny desk concert as well...
That's neat I didn't know about the album. I recognize the design from his mural in Austin Tx
rip d.j.
These guys are hilarious. Also very talented. Bubbles for all!
Seeing/hearing this makes me so happy today! Thank you ♥️🙏
This was one of the more captivating performances I've seen in a very long while. Thanks for the performance The Flaming Lips and thanks for hosting NPR! Loved it...
Just what I needed after this week. A lovely performance from a lovely band. My night is now their new album.
Haunting album, one of the best of the year no doubt about it.
Amazing. Still one of my favorite bands after all these years!
This is the only tiny desk concert I've ever watched live or even better made into an event. I've been listening to these guys for a few years.
Top 5 of all time imo such quality and vivid music
Beautiful down to the bubbles and hair! Thank you Flaming Lips and NPR!
I have been a loving fan of *THE FLAMING LIPS* since the 90s when I was a teenager learning to play guitar. Still love them. Great to see artists who are doing what they love.
The performances and audio quality on this are amazingly good. I absolutely must go to a Flaming Lips show, once the plague has passed.
They're touring now!
I had a chance to see them just before the pandemic, September 2019 in London but… ironically, I was sick.
Coolest version of "Hi how are you" art on his shirt
another great concert memory
Tiny desk, thank you for years of showing me awesome bands I would have missed if not for yall! This flaming lips performance was just what I needed! I saw it right when I got home from a bad shift...tots made me happy!!! Thank you!!!💗💗💗
The Lips are one of the most creative bands out there. Always a great experience live. Hope to see them again
Wayne Coyne's voice ♥♥♥
Surprisingly it's pretty good here. Usually he's one of the worst vocalists on the planet live.
Always amazing, a big thank you to the Flaming Lips and Tiny Desk
This is the greatest Tiny Desk gig. I don't even really know much about this band. But this is just an excellent vibe.
Do yourself a favor and listen to the soft bulletin and yoshimi. It’s like the Beatles: best to hear the full album.
@@jackstraw262they have very instananeously and abruptly become a fav band. I feel like I haven't really lived now I know them ...
dear mira see ya next year at a show!
Do you realize by them is one of the purest happysad songs ever made.
Saw this band 10 years ago and they absolutely blew my mind with their live show. I'm so glad I found them and that they're still a part of my life. The new album has been on a constant rotation this year and is exactly what I needed during trying times.
Wonderful show. Iove this version of "be free, a way", just fantastic
Loved this so much!
Thanks for these concerts
I saw them live once I even touched Waine's hand through the bubble that he used to crowd surf. Back in the day as an insecure teen... well their show changed my life and I hope when the world is ready that they would do a concert in Hawaii.
This is simply jaw-droppingly amazing - especially the opening song.
That opening .....man, gave me the chills.
Bahaaha
great to hear Summertime.... love you guys
Thanks. I really appreciate your music. I’m happy to see the Lips on my favorite live public music forum. I have seen the Flaming Lips several times, and I thoroughly enjoyed it every single time. Probably my favorite band within this 38 years that I’ve lived. But this NPR tiny desk; I have seen some of the most wonderful executions of beautiful art, and I feel like this band has lived up to the highest standards. This is golden, just like so many things that NPR has captured. ❤️❤️❤️
We’ll see you guys next year? Don’t forget Utah. We love you here.
Man, I wish this was a real live performance. Would have be so cool.
How is this not real?
Love to see these guys still being inventive after so many years. Interesting that the bubble is more fitting than ever today. Such a cool performance.
wow, that version of "Be Free, A Way" blew me away! great performance!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!! This is a victory of the spirit. THIS is the flaming lips.
Flaming Lips always put on a kickass show ☆☆☆☆☆
Flips!! Love you all dearly.
Thank you for inviting “The Flaming Lips”, these guys made my art journey more beautiful!
Best show you'll ever see.
So in love. That man’s insanity is brilliant. I can’t wait to be in a bubble at their next concert!
Wayne: Don't worry about oxygen level in here
Me: *I dont think that's oxygen*
I want to see the next Presidential Debate like this 😂😂
I just love to see a debate be Presidential again.. Though putting one in a bubble until he runs out of oxygen does seem like a good idea.
@@curtisbme It'd be hard to tell he's turning blue under all that orange
That would be hilarious! The candidates just come out in plastic bubbles and just start charging at each other in a flaming circle surrounded by a moat.
This is pure gold 💥 through pandemic dreams and bubble wraps, the genius persists
Sounding fantastic. Long live the Lips.
Guess this is how Coachella 2021 will look like
I'd take it!
Going to see the Lips outside in Montana this month. Stoked for their energy and harmonies!
First time I see this band. The melodies just drill into my brain and seek for a forever home.
That was such an AWESOME show!
Me and my friend went to a lot of classic shows from 2003-2012. They were very inspiring and beautiful
Thanks FL I needed that . Luv on ya X
Song 3- We picked this because it sounds like isolation....
Fantastic.
What a amazing performance of the flaming Lips 👄 congratulations 🎉🎊🍾
I needed this today. So much.
Fabulous, of course.
THANKYOU!!! Majestic set for this thyme 🙏🥦🦋🌳
What a gift. Thank you.
amazing! Wayne´s voice!!!!
Sure didn't expect 'Be Free, a Way' stellar deep cut
This is and they are so AMAZING!!!!
se vienen a mi mente recuerdos del 1er Lollapalooza Chile 2011...congratulations Flaming Lips and thanks for your music
never was a big fan, but this blew me away. very good
love this band , so creative and out of the box wish you can come to Toronto Wayne would love to see the band live again
Thank you for all the great songs. And the plastic bubbles. Means a lot to the world. Xo
I’m a late bloomer but I just became a flaming lips fan. What a beautiful performance
I keep coming back to this