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The Flaming Lips recording 6hour song

Tue 30th Aug, 2011 in International News

The Flaming Lips frontman and certifiable lunatic, Wayne Coyne has announced epic song with a series of tweets linking to videos of the work in progress and the note that it “Takes a long time to make a 6 hour song.”

The lengthy tune is just the latest offbeat adventure for the band in a busy year that has included the release of songs embedded in gummi skulls and fetuses; live shows with Weezer; and collaborations Nick Cave, Lightning Bolt, Panda Bear, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Death Cab for Cutie, Stars, Ghostland Observatory and possibly even Ke$ha.

Update: And here it is. I Found a Star On the Ground in it’s full glory:

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themhumm

themhumm said on the 30th Aug, 2011

I'm going to busy one day soon!

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 30th Aug, 2011

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 30th Aug, 2011

If only I took acid...

LukeWarm said on the 30th Aug, 2011

i used to like it when the flaming lips just made good albums

Jamezwm

Jamezwm said on the 30th Aug, 2011

I imagine this to be very painful. Much like most of the Flips' musical output.

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 30th Aug, 2011

Clearly this is being made for an acid trip

Jamezwm

Jamezwm said on the 30th Aug, 2011

acid scares me yo. like what if i'm trippin' balls and feel bugs crawling under my skin and i cut my face off with a razor

i'd look like this dude

http://thefilmstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Captain-America-Red-Skull_510.jpg

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 30th Aug, 2011

It's not like it's PCP or datura. Chillax!

Jamezwm

Jamezwm said on the 30th Aug, 2011

it happened to my cousin. he sliced his face off with a machete after he took acid yo.

the weird thing is that i don't even have a cousin

#acid

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 30th Aug, 2011

that sounds like some sort of beard shave in south africa imo

grattan

grattan said on the 5th Sep, 2011

For only $100, you can buy your place
in the Flaming Lips' Six Hour Song!

Once purchased, your name will appear in
the track the Lips are currently recording.
The money will go towards the OK Humane Society
and ACM@UCO. We accept PayPal.

Morn the barfly

Morn the barfly said on the 5th Sep, 2011

6 hours? I was hoping for 8 hours, but I guess I can settle for 6.

Sigh...

hedonism gibbon

hedonism gibbon said on the 5th Sep, 2011

what's the bet they set up they're own radio station and just play it four times a day

The Great Monkey War

The Great Monkey War said on the 5th Sep, 2011

What about Zaireeka? This sounds like a similar thing; they're just doing something for the sake of experimentalism.

grattan

grattan said on the 15th Sep, 2011

Wayne Coyne to Rolling Stone:
The best way that we can describe the sound of it is, it's like the The Velvet Underground meets Super Mario Brothers. And if you’ve ever played the Mario Brothers game or it you’ve had it on in he background, you could listen to a Mario Brothers type video game forever because its kind of just 'do do do do do la ta da ta da'. It's not real intense, and it's not going anywhere.