SOUNDTRACK: THE FLAMING LIPS AND HEADY FWENDS-“Do It!” (2012).
2012 saw the release of this very strange collaborative album. Whether The Flaming Lips had entered the mainstream or if people who’d always liked them were now big stars or maybe they all just liked doing acid. Whatever the case, The Lips worked with a vast array of famous (and less famous) people for this bizarre album. Here it is 8 years later. Time to check in.
This three-minute interlude is mostly thumping drums and percussive noises with a repeated sample of someone (I assume Yoko Ono) saying “Do It!”
There’ a grooving bass line. With all of the attention paid to Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd, it’s easy to overlook how good a bassist Michael Ivins (and has been with Wayne from the beginning). I assume that’s him playing on this song.
The samples are tinkered with as the bass propels the song forward. It’s a nifty little transition piece.
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The cover image of this issue has nothing whatever to do with the contents. That is true for many of the issues, but it’s disturbing for this one because it suggest something is going to happen but it’s actually something similar but ultimately very different.
In New England, Katchoo doesn’t want to believe that the woman walking across the snow is Lilith. She doesn’t want to believe any of this.
They go inside and there’s a cookie jar. Zoe goes to take one but Lilith says that they are for the raccoon who likes to sneak in at night and pillage my kitchen.
Zoe: “You have a raccoon?”
Lilith: “Not anymore.”
They look at the scroll Rachel reads it “This is how he did it and this is how you undo it” Then she looks at Lilith and snarls, “Why did you write this?”
Zoe asks He who? Jet say they’re talking about God an how to blow us all kingdom come.
Lilith does not feel guilt. She has been offended and doesn’t regret taking it out on humanity. However, she puts her hand on the papyrus and destroys it. But it’s no use. The information is already out there. Everyone yells at Lilith so she kicks them out. When they look back inside, the room is completely empty. Rachel says the earth has five years until the weapon is built.
In a bit of (much needed) comic relief the girls are out in a tree setting a trap–if a burglar comes near the house he’s doomed. If it doesn’t work, Koo has a space to hide–the air vents. The comedy ends though when the girls look out and see Aunt Libby crying.
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