Flaming Lips, Dark Side of the Moon, Breathe, New Year's Freakout 2009, 2010

The Flaming Lips live performing Speak To Me, Breathe and On The Run at the New Year's Freakout 2009-2010 to start their cover of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

OKC Oklahoma City, Cox Convention Center

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Music

Tags:

• Flaming Lips
• Dark Side
• Speak to Me
• Breathe
• New Year's Freakout
• 2009
• 2010

[joemichaels1]

@gratefulchef1 Nicely said.

[Asquared2010]

haha is he just getting mad fucked up during on the run

[gratefulchef1]

this has been a long tradition with lots of the hippie bands out there and mainstream(U2, Coldplay). Phish playing the Beatles White Album, Mr. Blotto,The Who. Furthur(the Dead) covering Abbey Road. Etc. it's not like they run out of material. it's more of a homage to music that they like and//or had been influenced by. very common, different, sometimes fun interpretations of different music. why does anyone cover anyone? just a part of music. maybe instead of being critical, open your mind!

[SoldierSide77]

@tommywm24 - Yes!!! Clobber that fucker with a maraca! lol

[SoldierSide77]

What an odd concept. I've never heard of a popular band covering an entire album of another popular band and none of their own songs. Maybe it can be done correctly, but to me it just seems to scream "Hey we're completely out of original material!" Besides, what band wants to open themselves *that much* to criticism and negative comparison to one of the greatest bands and albums of all time? It just seems extraordinarily foolish to me. But if the fans and the band enjoy it, more power to them.

[tommywm24]

lol at 1:21 it totally looks like he hits that guy on the head

[Trexrick]

Say what you will about this cover, I absolutely love it. The Flaming Lips are truly a unique band and I believe they took the most respectable approach to such a titanic album, they never tried to be a "tribute band". They approached the songs with their personal stylings and added flourishes that were their own ( Which some people hated and some enjoyed). I believe this album was definately in the spirit of (prog, art, psych etc.) rock in the way that it had personal creativity and took risks

[hightidemuso01]

A shit band trying to cover genius. They have reduced themselves to the level of "really bad tribute band" and will never possess the requisite genius to do anything close to what Pink Floyd created. People that want to have fantasies about being in a band that they idolise should do it at home in the garage and not inflict such embarrassing and "cringe-worthy" displays on the rest of the world.

[cwtae]

This is actually pretty cool. The lightshow is really good.