LYRICS FLAMING LIPS SOFT BULLETIN CODE
Get the embed code The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin Album Lyrics1.Waitin’ for a Superman (remix) Lyrics2.The Spark That Bled (The Softest Bullet Ever Shot) Lyrics3.Buggin' (The Buzz of Love Is Busy Buggin' You) Lyrics4.What Is the Light? (An Untested Hypothesis Suggesting That the Chemical (In Our Brains) By Which We Are Able to Experience the Sensation of Being in Love Is the Same Chemical That Caused the "Big Bang" That Was the Birth of the Accelerating Universe) Lyrics5.Waitin' for a Superman (Is It Getting Heavy?) Lyrics6.The Gash (Battle Hymn for the Wounded Mathematician) Lyrics7.1000 Ft. Race for the Prize (Sacrifice of the New Scientists) Waitin' for a Superman (Peter Mokran remix) The Gash (Battle Hymn for the Wounded Mathematician) Waitin' for a Superman (Is It Getting Heavy?) What Is the Light? (An Untested Hypothesis Suggesting That the Chemical (In Our Brains) By Which We Are Able to Experience the Sensation of Being in Love Is the Same Chemical That Caused the "Big Bang" That Was the Birth of the Accelerating Universe) It was this mixture of elements that has allowed this album to endure the last ten years and become one of great albums of the '90s.The Spark That Bled (The Softest Bullet Ever Shot)īuggin' (The Buzz of Love Is Busy Buggin' You) Coyne also sang about his father's death in songs like "Waiting for Superman" and "Suddenly Everything Has Changed." It was also about bassist Michael Ivins's car crash). In the earnest "The Spiderbite Song," Coyne sings about losing his friends and family (inspired by Drozd almost losing his arm due to what he claimed was a spiderbite, but was actually due to his ongoing drug use. Disguised under celebratory choruses, catchy melodies, lush harmonies and Wayne Coyne's typical oddball lyrics, was this darker, much more introspective and existential outlook. With songs like "What Is The Light?" and "The Gash," it was an epic album start to finish.īut it was also their most personal. The Soft Bulletin augmented grooving bass lines and guitars with drum machines, synthesized string parts and lots of electronic studio experimentation. The songs were filled with dense orchestration by multi-instrumentalist Steve Drozd and inspired production from longtime-collaborator Dave Fridmann. It's clear now that these experiments in sound, complex arrangements and studio manipulations were employed during the recording of The Soft Bulletin. This in turn led to their four-disc album Zaireeka, which was to be played on four different stereos, all at the same time. Leading up to the record, the Lips conducted what are now referred to as the "boombox experiments" and "parking lot experiments." As the now well-documented lore says, the band had its fans gather in a parking lot, handed out cassette tapes of music composed by the group, and instructed people to play them in their cars stereos at the same time, creating a thick cacophony of sounds and music. It also didn't sound like most of the music out there at the time. It didn't sound much like the band's previous work, which had always towed that line between noisy psych-rock, prog and some poppier alternative rock of the '90s. So when The Flaming Lips released The Soft Bulletin in 1999 (May 17 in UK, June 22 in US), it was a total surprise. It wasn't the first time people had written off the band: Everyone was pretty surprised by "Jelly'"s ubiquitous success, especially since the band had been toiling in indie rock obscurity since the early '80s. The band hadn't had a radio hit since 1993's "She Don't Use Jelly" and the Oklahoma group's followups did not yield anything close to that crossover success. By 1999, a lot of people had written-off The Flaming Lips. The Soft Bulletin came completely out of left field for me and many other fans.