Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid 1983-1988

Flaming Lips - Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid 1983-1988

Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid 1983-1988
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Artist: Flaming Lips
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-09-17
Music Label: Restless Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Bag Full Of Thoughts
  2. Out For A Walk
  3. Garden Of Eyes/Forever Is A Long Time
  4. ScratchinÂ? the Door
  5. My Own Planet
  6. With You
  7. Unplugged
  8. Trains, Brains & Rain
  9. Jesus ShootinÂ? Heroin
  10. Just Like Before
  11. She Is Death
  12. Charlie Manson Blues
  13. Man From Pakistan
  14. Godzilla Flick
  15. Staring At The Sound/With You
  16. Killer One The Radio
  17. Batman Theme
  18. Anywhere, Anyhow, Anyway
  19. Handsome Johnny
Music CD 2
  1. EverythingÂ?s ExplodinÂ?
  2. Maximum Dream For Evil Knievel
  3. CanÂ?t Exist
  4. Ode To C.C. (Part I)
  5. The Ceiling Is BendinÂ?
  6. Prescription: Love
  7. Thanks To You
  8. CanÂ?t Stop The Spring
  9. Ode To C.C. (Part II)
  10. Lover Yer Brain
  11. Groove Room
  12. Jesus ShootinÂ? Heroin
  13. Trains, Brains & Rain
  14. Communication Breakdown
  15. On Million Billionth Of A Millisecond
Music CD 3
  1. Drug Machine In Heaven
  2. Right Now
  3. Michael, Time To Wake Up
  4. Chrome Plated Suicide
  5. Hari-Krishna Stomp Wagon
  6. Miracle On 42nd St.
  7. FryinÂ? Up
  8. HellÂ?s AngelÂ?s Cracker Factory
  9. UFO Story
  10. Redneck School Of Technology
  11. Shaved Gorilla
  12. The Spontaneous Combustion Of John
  13. Last Drop Of Morning Dew
  14. Begs and AchinÂ?
  15. Death Valley Â?69
  16. Thank You
  17. CanÂ?t Stop The Spring
  18. Jesus ShootinÂ? Heroin
  19. My Own Planet
  20. After The Gold Rush
  21. Death Trip At Sunrise

Music reviews of Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid 1983-1988

Music Review: this ain't no godzilla flick
Rating: 4 Stars

As you've probably figured out from other reviews, this is a compilation of the band's first ep, first 3 albums, and a cavalcade of bonus material. It's fairly agreed that flaming lips albums were fairly hit and miss up till their fourth release (in a priest driven ambulance), but there's still a lot of early classics worth buying this for, like "jesus shootin' heroin", "with you", "one million billionth of a millisecond on a sunday morning" and "chrome plated suicide". If you're already a diehard fan you may want to leap right into the early material with this set, but if you're looking for a cheaper look into the pre-warner brothers era, you can pick up "1984-1990", which compiles most of the more essential material found here. If you like what you heard, pick up "in a priest driven ambulance" or the recent two cd re-release "the day they shot a hole in the jesus egg", which gives you all of that album and a bonus cd of demos for the price of one cd as well.

The first cd starts off with the self titled ep, with the band's original vocalist Mark Coyne, Wayne's brother. The style is very different from the later lips, and even quite a bit different from the rest of the material on the first cd. These 5 songs seem very much inspired by 60's psychadelic garage rock, in fact almost all of these five songs would fit in perfectly among tracks you'd find in "nuggets" compilations. Mark is a fairly limited vocalist, but has the attitude for this style of music. Although he seems to have a vocal range of about two notes, his deep vocals lend themselves to the darker vibe of the material. Only the last track, "my own planet", hints at the faster, more melodic material ahead, and even then, hearing it lead into the first album's opening track, the mellow "with you" is quite astonishing. While still showing the Lips as a developing band, the album is mostly very solid, remarkably so considering it's Wayne's first time at lead vocals, alternating between raw but beautiful ballads and noisy punk rock-like numbers that at times recall early sonic youth. Next come the bonus tracks, more demos with Mark as the vocalist. These are considerably faster than the mostly slow and druggy material of the first ep, and mostly covers, including a hillarious take on the batman theme.

The second cd starts off with the second album, "oh my gawd" whichis about on par with the first. There's more of an accent on the melodic, and the band takes a few steps forward, but a few failed experments like "ode to cc part 1" weaken things a bit. For bonus tracks, we get yet another set of Mark Coyne demos, this time mostly songs that would end up making the first two albums, with an amateur-ish but amusing led zeppelin cover and a )deservedly) never before heard track thrown in. You wouldn't really be able to imagine the guy who sang on the first EP doing these songs, but he does a commendable job on them, particularly his intense and over the top reading of "jesus shooting heroin". In the liner notes, Wayne describes his brother's performances here as "Ian Curtis meet Chris Farley (not the fat part - just the absurd intense part)".

The last disc gives us the album "telepathic surgery". It's considerably more bogged down with filler than it's predecessors (reportedly the band originally intended to make an album length sound collage that got worked on extensively, then discarded aside from the excerpt "hell's angel cracker factory", and thus probably had less time to write material). Still, there's enough glimpses of greatness to make it worth listening to, and the assorted aural experiments like the simultaneously goofy and scary "ufo story" and various strange interludes make for an interesting listen. The bonus material is a handful of live material, including a sonic youth cover, another led zeppelin cover, a drastically different Wayne vocal-ed version of "my own planet" from the first ep, a goreous version of "after the gold rush" from a neil young tribute album, and an alternate mix of "can't stop the spring" from 'telepathic surgery'. Finally, the whole album closes with a strange sound collage meant to be listened to while reading the introduction to the liner notes, which detail Wayne's first experience with acid. Prentious as [heck]? sure. But it's also incredibly terrifying and creepy to hear those amplified heartbeat noises as you read the surreal tale of blood, fear of death, french fries turning into worms, supernovas, time shifts, and the fear of death, even if the track doesn't really stand up on it's own.
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Description of Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid 1983-1988

Full Title - Finally, The Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid. The first, and largest, of two archival sets from Restless which collects nearly all the material released by the Flaming Lips before they left independent rock for one of the most unexpected major-label deals in history. Over the course of three discs, it tells the story of what Wayne Coyne calls 'a talentless, inexperienced, poorly conceived, poorly equipped drug damaged group of friends and family who had an enthusiasm for punk, new wave and classic rock.' Remastered and includes over 16 bonus cuts of demos, live recordings and covers. The bonus tracks are 'Killer On The Radio', 'Batman Theme', 'Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere', 'Handsome Johnny', 'Groove Room', 'Jesus Shootin' Heroin', 'Trains, Brains & Rain', 'Communication Breakdown', 'One Million Billionth Of A Millisecond On A Sunday Morning' (live), 'Death Valley 69', 'Thank You', 'Can't Stop the
The Flaming Lips are a rarity. Here, after all, is an outfit that helped blaze the trail for the alternative revolution, thrived in their late '80s/early '90s heyday when outré were in, and continue to flourish long after most of their off-the-beaten-path peers have faded away. It's doubtful many of their scattered '80s champions would have predicted the Lips would be going strong decades down the road, given their chaotic, uncompromising, and just generally weird aesthetic. This aptly named three-disc collection chronicles the band in their wilderness years. Featuring the Oklahoma group's self-titled debut EP, their first three proudly erratic full-length LPs (including 1987's truly inspired Oh My Gawd!!!), and 16 bonus cuts, it captures a band that owed as much to early Pink Floyd as to the Ramones. Those who have discovered the band through the relatively accessible likes of 1999's The Soft Bulletin and 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots will find the primal psychedelia here mind-blowing, in a familiar sort of way. --Steven Stolder

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