Graham Colton and Wayne Coyne (with Jarod Evans) recorded a cover of Sparklehorse’s “Don’t Take My Sunshine Away” in tribute to the deceased musician.
More info: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=353097854740761
Here’s “Ashes in the Air” with th lyric sheet. You can also see the lyrics at http://www.facebook.com/TheFutureHeart
Also, full details and backstory on the blood vinyl is at http://psychexfutureheart.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/previewcollabalbum/
At “This Land Is Your Land” - a Woody Guthrie tribute concert on March 10th - The Flaming Lips reimagined Guthrie’s songs with iPads. This is the first song they played, the folk standard, “Vigilante Man.” More is on the way. Follow updates at http://www.facebook.com/TheFutureHeart -
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While watching a Black Sabbath doc, The Flaming Lips drive from their home sweet Oklahoma to New York. There they record new songs with the Plastic Ono Band: “The Fear Litany” (1:57) - highlighted by a “Whole Lotta Love”-inspired freak-out section (2:20) with Sean Lennon bowing the guitar ala Jimmy Page - and The Brain of Heaven (4:32).
This is third video in a series of four documenting the making of The Flaming Lips’ December 2011 EP with The Plastic Ono Band - due out soon.
This is the first video in the series http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feWDY__3VUA
..and the second shows the recording of “Atlas Eets Christmas” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbV8leDsx98
The Lips traveling to New York to record at their studio with Dave Fridmann and at Sean Lennon’s studio, and features them in the studio with Sean and the Plastic Ono Band recording two of the three tracks on the EP’s A-side “The Fear Litany” and “Brain of Heaven.”
In this final video we see more cool sounds as the Lips play with Sean Lennon’s drum machine and synth… and then they travel back to Oklahoma…
Flaming Lips with Yoko Plastic Ono Band “The Fear Litany”
The title and lyrics are taken from a “litany” in Frank Herbert’s 1965 science fiction novel Dune. Typically referred to as “The Litany Against Fear,” the character Ben Gesserit affirms in the book:
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.“
The book and the rest of the Dune Universe - including David Lynch’s 1984 movie Dune, various video games, a 2000 mini-series and other media - have a rabid cult following. For the uninitiated, read this quote guide to get an impression of why its fans recite the characters’ dialogue like other people do Bible verses…
Official Credits:
Side One
1 The Fear Litany 2 Do It! 3 Brain of Heaven
Side Two
1 Atlas Eets Christmas
Lovely Sorts of Death / Warner Bros. Records All songs written by The Flaming Lips, Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon.
“The Fear Litany” featuring lyrics from Frank Herbert’s “Dune”.
Published by Lovely Sorts of Death, Ono Music, Usagi Music (BMI).
Recorded at Tarbox Road Studio, The Farm and Pink Floor Studio.
Additional Recording by Matthew Cullen and Simon Hilton.
Produced by The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann and Scott Booker.
12″ Limited Edition Glow-In-The-Dark Colored Vinyl EP – sold only at the band’s New Years shows.
Side A is 33rpm, Side B is 45rpm. Both sides end with locked grooves.
Released: 31 Dec 2011 (USA)”
The Flaming Lips and Plastic Ono Band released their collaborative 12” EP at New Year’s Freak Out #5, the final of the Lips (almost) monthly 2011 releases.
The A-side features 3 new songs: The Fear Litany, Do It! and this song, The Brain of Heaven.
The B-side plays one track at 45 rpm, “Atlas Eets Christmas” - which previously streamed on the Lips’ Christmas music website atlaseetschristmas.com. Hear it here. Both sides end with locked grooves.
Each of the 2000 limited edition records are one-of-a-kind multi-color designs by Daniel Huffman (aka psych-electronic musician New Fumes). 600 of them glow in the dark. Check out his work at gonewfumes.blogspot and follow him at twitter/NewFumes.
Yoko’s official post on the release is here. Much more info coming soon here. Follow music news and updates on The Flaming Lips and Plastic Ono Band at twitter/FutureHeartDay
