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The Flaming Lips
American rock band
The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The band currently consists of Wayne Coyne, Derek Brown, Matt Duckworth Kirksey, AJ Slaughter and Tommy McKenzie (bass).
Coyne is the only remaining founding member following the departure of bassist and keyboardist Michael Ivins in 2021. From 1991 to 2024, Steven Drozd played a crucial role in the band as co-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
members: Wayne Coyne, Jonathan Donahue, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Richard English, Nathan Roberts, Kliph Scurlock, Ronald Jones
formed in: Oklahoma City
labels: Warner Bros. Records
genres: alternative rock, space rock
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Early history and releases (1983–1990)
The Flaming Lips formed in Oklahoma City in 1983 with Wayne Coyne on guitar, his brother Mark singing lead vocals, Michael Ivins on bass and Dave Kotska on drums. The band debuted at Oklahoma City's Blue Note Lounge. After they hired Dave Kotska as the drummer, Richard English joined the band in 1984. That same year they recorded The Flaming Lips EP, their only release with Mark singing lead vocals.
The Flaming Lips are known for their experimental approach to songwriting and composing, and have been classified as psychedelic rock, alternative rock and pop. In addition to psychedelia and bubblegum pop, the band is also known to take musical cues from noise rock.
The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
The band currently consists of Wayne Coyne (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Derek Brown (keyboards, guitars, percussion), Matt Duckworth Kirksey (drums, percussion, keyboards) Tommy McKenzie (bass), and AJ Slaughter (guitar, keyboards, pedal steel).
Also known as: Flaming Lips, Lips
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Liner notes
The Flaming Lips, the records, oldest first
The Flaming Lips
1984 ep
Hear It Is
1986 album
Oh My Gawd!!!… The Flaming Lips
1987 album
Telepathic Surgery
1989 album
In a Priest Driven Ambulance
1990 album
Unconsciously Screamin' E.P.
1990 ep
Hit to Death in the Future Head
1992 album
Transmissions From the Satellite Heart
1993 album
wanted
Due to High Expectations… The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons…
1994 ep
Clouds Taste Metallic
1995 album
Zaireeka
1997 album
The Soft Bulletin
1999 album
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2002 album
wanted
Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
2003 ep
Fight Test
2003 ep
At War With the Mystics
2006 album
It Overtakes Me
2006 ep
Songs From the Future Album Embryonic
2009 ep
Embryonic
2009 album
B-Sides
2009 ep
The Soft Bulletin Outtakes
2009 ep
The Dark Side of the Moon
2009 album
The Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt
2011 ep
7 Skies H3
2011 album
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"She Don't Use Jelly" is a song by American rock band the Flaming Lips from their sixth studio album, Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993). It reached number 55 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became a top-30 hit in Australia.
Music and lyrics
Discussing the song, the band's website states, "With its chiming pedal steel chorus breaks and seemingly nonsensical lyrics, the song entered into the realms of novelty hit. It's a happy little ditty about strange people and their individual idiosyncrasies, with pretty melodies laced throughout and punctuated by trademark moments of crunching but still harmonious noise."
"Do You Realize??" is a song by the Flaming Lips, and was released as the first single from their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. It is one of the group's most accessible and popular songs, having reached No. 32 in the UK Singles Chart.
It was adopted as the Official Rock Song of Oklahoma from 2009 to April 2013 and was ranked No. 31 on Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of the 2000s. It is also the band's most popular live song, and has rarely been excluded from setlists since its inception into their live shows in 2002.
Structure and recording
In an interview with Mojo magazine, Wayne Coyne revealed that during the recording of Yoshimi..., band member Steven Drozd was trying to kick a heroin addiction. When they took breaks from playing, Drozd would have a really tough time with his withdrawal. Listening to him cry, and with the death of his father in mind, Coyne wrote: "Do You Realize??".
Reception
Coyne said of the reception to the song: "From the beginning, we would meet people who told us about playing Do You Realize?? when their mother was dying in the hospital or their brother had been in a car accident. We didn’t know what to say. In time, we were able to have some distance and let down our guard. We wrote the song, but what we made is not what it’s become."
Covers
The song was covered by The Reign of Kindo on their eponymous debut album. It was also covered in 2012 by Ball Park Music for Australian radio station Triple J's Like a Version.
"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, released as the second single taken from their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. It reached #18 in the UK Singles Chart as the highest-charting single from the album, after which the band made its debut appearance on Top of the Pops.
