The Flaming Lips cover Black Sabbath's War Pigs on Later

[valdivia562]

this sucks so bad i dont get why it has more thumbs than down

[moceanu]

the sound is terrible, i can't hear the bass drum

[yockinnottou]

why the fuck does no one like this? its amazing. all of you can fuck off.

[LedGratefulAllmanBro]

Seeing Wayne Coyne with Fab Moretti made my day

[thiswaterisdry]

hmmm.... this is shit and pretty much disrespectful to the original song... how dare you flaming lips, just play fight test over and over and smile for the cameras you monkeys

[DiGiCharat9990]

sinners your all just plain nasty sinners!

[neroxtreme1380]

This would have been killer if not for that fucking wand thing.

[aaaarrrgggghh]

not too bad but the guitarist needs a better sound

[buddyjakesnuggles]

@aaaarrrgggghh nah it sounds good

[Markikass024]

hahaha waynes makin a mess at 2:40

[holymackeral96]

Kliph was killing it on the drums. Stephen and Kliph are two of my favorite musicians because of how hard they go and the shear emotion and passion they put into their music.

[upsetMISFIT]

not even bad 

[DisrespectYou]

Saw them perform this at Bonaroo in '07. God, that was a fucking amazing show.

[BlazingHawk10]

No idea who these guys are but, awesome cover.

[007jkirk]

is this a f*ckin joke seriously they should be ashamed what a pile of crap!

[DiGiCharat9990]

He is awfullllllllllllllllllllllllll­lllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! who would pay to see this crap!!!

[Scottofthewik]

@DiGiCharat9990 I would, the fact you insulted the Lips means you like music with no meaning.

[wholehearted1]

The fact that you would make such a blanket statement that implies if you don't like what I like than "you like music that has no meaning" shows that you are a narcissistic, shallow person. Anyone who has an actual grasp on human behavior will easily glean that from your egotistical statement. btw I love the Flaming Lips and I let other people love the bands that they like. I don't even know who you were replying to but you obviously need to grow up.

[Scottofthewik]

@wholehearted1 Sorry I was just in a shitty mood that day.

[shotdonkey]

a monumentally crap version of a monumental song, by the way...flaming lips should stick to what they do best...

weird pop: they`re clearly out of their league on this one.

[biscuthead123]

@shotdonkey

you know they were a punk band for like ten years right?

[shotdonkey]

@biscuthead123

hang on while I go looking for my vinyl copy of the "unconsciously screaming" ep that I bought in 1990 ;-)

so yes, and they have improved...a lot! however, you wouldn`t really be able to tell from this version of "war pigs"!

[biscuthead123]

@shotdonkey

this dun dont make no sense

[shotdonkey]

"no more war pigs have the power"? oh really?

1970 - 2011 and still the war drags on...

with people believing the same crap over

and over and over again.

like...they just killed bin laden?

yeah, right.

[unclekirkles]

they rock ballrooms of mars better

[dichotomism]

What people forget when they talk about Wayne's bad singing voice is, that he doesn't give a fuck.

[NineMonthMedia]

His voice is straining at some parts to sing this one. I fucking love it. Awesome cover

[dustylense]

Horrible!

[igotzbigdragonballz]

This is silly.

Faith no More does it better.

[nineinchpinktool]

@igotzbigdragonballz I agree on the FNM comment *heart Patton* but it's still more serious than Ozzy.

[bigleagues]

Those that say "as much as I love the flaming lips this is a painfully weak cover" do not understand what the Lips are all about.

And as the great Zen Buddhist verse eloquently states:

Those who know, do not tell; and those who tell, do not know.

[GER6655]

stunning



[npnnrtn]

As much as I love the flaming lips this is a painfully weak cover.

[Steevdallas]

@npnnrtn are you watching ther same video as everyone else?

[npnnrtn]

@Steevdallas Absolutely. The way the guitar tone is mixed is probably one of the worst choices possible. Their newer stuff has a similar issue.

Aside from that I don't think Coyne's voice is suited to the song.

[SpasmOfJoy]

Wayne is a genius.

[FJCorboMusic]

great cover!!!!

[lukeashmoore]

yay!

[nag73]

The world would be a poorer place without Wayne and the lads. The Lips are the 'Muts Nuts'.

[mervingjslax]

haha i was the santa sat closest to the drummer!

[TheBulletsQuitTheGun]

@mervingjslax how did you manage to join the Lips on stage?

[mervingjslax]

@TheBulletsQuitTheGun i was very lucky thats how! my Ex works on later and me and my mum got free tickets. when we showed up they asked us if we wanted to go on stage with them as a santa and an alien. MY MUM WAS THE ALIEN!!!! was a great day. got to meet the strokes and Plan-B and Raul Midon.

[TheBulletsQuitTheGun]

@mervingjslax You got to meet the Strokes?! Lucky bastard!

[snipelfritz]

2:01 Who the heck is this guy and what is he doing here?

[jwilliamsproductions]

@snipelfritz he will be one of the other musos on the show. Raul Midon I think it is

[buddyjakesnuggles]

@snipelfritz he was another performer that night on the show

[ilikeboobies185]

no one can compare to ozzy

[xXTheSockRockerXx]

Guitarist is bloody awful. Singer can't hit the high ones. Drummer is siiiiiick.

[xoMusicLIFExo]

I love this cover :)

[Hertsman50]

The singer is so fucking shit. Bassist and drummer are great. Guitarist is awful and looks like a fag.

[revolutionday1]

@Hertsman50 I think your tickets to The Player Hater's Ball have been reserved.

[aerodynelove]

its a fact. wayne can't sing without confetti floating in his face!

[galahad616]

wheres the solo, and the end part ' lukes wall', they've missed out the best parts of the song what a fucking rip off!

[allensingley]

They do it better than black sabbath. GO LIPS!

[zivadrums]

Which is the name of the drums rhythm on 1:18?

[Superman54]

@zivadrums

its a triplet. two on tom, 3rd on bass, and you move around in that fasion. like tom tom bass tom tom bass tom tom bass. tri pul ett tri pul ett. 1 e a 2 e a 3 e a

hopefully that answers your question

[99Maic]

can you fucking believe this. I only wish they would of made it a little flamey and a little more lipier.

[myoutboards]

why is it all POSITIVE comments for this video, but their cover of PINK FLOYD was nothing but haters, go check it out.

anyways, i love the LIPS, they are awesome., buts whats with the kids in the alien masks!

if you havent seen it already, they just released a cover of DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. its like taking LSD in outer space, long live the lips.

[allensingley]

@myoutboards I enjoyed the dark side of the moon covers... It wasen't only the lips who did it so maybe thats why... IDK i still liked it! GO LIPPSSSSS YEAH

[flamingblur13]

amazing, amazing, amazing... Wayne Coyne is such a genius... god bless him

[PAULWALLER70]

i love sabbath even though they are all villa bastards keep right on

[hobbit151]

This is so cool Black Sabbath is one of my all time favorite bands ever! :)

[jarbo26]

very eccentric i dig this alot

[mcmacanerni]

i pledge allegiance to the big muff pi

[bw213]

Wow..... Holy shit they are good

[toodlebug500]

YEAAAHAHHHHHH!!!!!

[BruceWillisInDieHard]

way to cut out the awesome beginning part

[FlaminFingaz]

Gonna see these guys on December 11th in the Allstate Arena. Oh yeah, I have standing tix :)

[PlatinumJestar]

Saw them last night in London. Funnest gig I've ever been too.

[dospassos23]

i envy thee

[Kurtsantana]

that show was so good

[dospassos23]

holy crap!

[THEBADAPPLESGRIMSBY]

cool as fuck.

[joe190]

sick cover. too bad the bassist didnt play it the original way( yes i know covers are not meant to be perfect copies just the original line is more complex)

[binaryecho]

you are awesome.

[gjh3558]

flaming lips are insane, ive only heard about 3 tracks of theirs but i love em!

[jumpkenny]

they should cover the song white unicorn-wolfmother

[wanky448]

wayne is what every man should strive to be.....just pure good in his soul

[sensepassking]

God is god, but if somebody else could be god, it would be Wayne Coyne.

[snagcleaver]

Too good. Just too good. Someone stop these people before they destroy our society.

[bigleagues]

@snagcleaver Please proceed to the spaceball. You have earned it!

[widsssss]

not too many TV shows let a band take 7 minutes to play a song.

[Ledi08]

Wayne could look like Uncle Sam if he had the hat.

[ilovemutemath]

they are.

so weird.

but I love that they covered this.

[zcsutton]

Thanks, love this!

[FlamingLipsMusic]

Wayne might sing black sabbath better than he lips stuff lol

[D119heavy]

Black Sabbath fuckin rules

the Lips are pretty sweet too

[uduman1]

Epic guitar tone...

[jonterhaar]

Sounds like a ZVEX Fuzz Factory

[uduman1]

You're right, it does.

[Kaine09]

Ozzie should bite his head off...

[Kaine09]

This guy sings with no conviction whatsoever... lol

[hbill3]

Yeah, not his best performance - but Wayne is a bad mickey-fickey... this just isn't his genre.

[Kaine09]

mickey-fickey? Wassat? :p

[lasfinisimas]

This guy??? Show some respect man! He's Wayne Coyne...

[beepmotherfuckerbeep]

What happened to his quirky high tone voice?

[jtcfc]

jesus - sharon could sing better than that.

[wontacceptthis]

Bass player definatly stole that suit from Flea.

[thecanaryiscome]

Who 'stole' it from John Entwhistle. I think they just both like the Ox.

[guitarshredder32]

actually, for some reason, i can see billy corgan wearing that suit

[Mirthless79]

Yup, just had the same thought!

[TKAA64]

He wears it as an homage to John Entwistle

[Lars3]

Yeah, except Flea is a great bass player in a shitty band, and Michael Ivins is a shitty bass player in an amazing band.

[teamhowdy]

Ya I don't understand why the red hot chili peppers are so bad I mean flea and john frusciante are amazing musicians.

[pagoda112]

haha red hot chili peppers are bad. i love people.

[twinkieramirez]

Mike Ivins just does his job and doesn't do crazy bass solos like Flea. Just cause locks in with the drums doesn't mean he sucks.

[ARIBOOoooo]

too bad the flaming lips have been around a lot longer then the chili peppers

[wontacceptthis]

both were formed in 1983 :-/

[peterleethree]

who's the drummer? and is he welsh?

[arwen2]

Kliph Scurlock

[LouieRevisited]

i love the flaming lips but they dident do a good job on covering this song

[merdufer]

c'mon this is great

[wil555]

Fucking Kliph, man. Incredible.

[cath0dez]

christ, what effects is drozd running...vicious.

[themurvolta]

awesome cover. drozd's tone is great.

[LukeDND]

as for the comment below. nah. THE GUITAR MAKES THE SONG! sick face melting fuzz.

the lips own all.

xo

[PenisPumpOfTheGods]

God damnit the guitar totally ruins this song.

[ipherca]

I liked the cover, they put a good twist on it

[ruidovisual]

Beyond of the musical issues, i think it's great that such important band like The Flaming Lips play this song, cause it means that they want us to know it, listen to it, analyze it and understand it, they want us to realize that the "warpigs" are already on the power and we want NO MORE WARPIGS ON THE POWER. I like black sabbath and their version is gonna always rule but i think this cover goes further than just making a cover

[bbq303]

4:05 The Strokes

[bl8tmate]

fuckin A man! thats some killer fuzz!!!!

[theylive23]

Fairly straightforward cover version but the imagery is what they're saying by doing this.

[nik418]

The Flaming Lips are God and can do no wrong!

[khesed]

i can't believe i LIKED The Flaming Lips. My GOD that was a bad cover. They even omitted Luke's Wall (even in the "album version")

[cassablancass]

I just watch this video to find the strokes in it and yeah they are at the end there is julian and albert claping

[ninamichelle77]

If I saw this live I would probably crap my pants. The Flaming Lips rule at all they do :o)

[webofdesign]

Pathetic. The guy can't even hold a note. Check out Faith No More's awesome cover of this song.

[connorlawhorne]

they didn't really do anything with this cover. they pretty much just played the black sabbath version. check out the version that cake does for an interesting take on the song. i mean this is good, just nothing really different at all.

[Plasticjesus1987]

the cake cover has the lips playing on it as well. just so you know.

[connorlawhorne]

didn't know that actually. which of them are in it and what do they play? the coolest part in the cake version is the bass during the verse, how it plays through where the vocals are, i think.

[wildfire36500]

i bet they'd be good at the guitar hero version (i'm mostly kidding.....guitar is soo much cooler)