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Why aren't The Flaming Lips on prog archives? |
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Psychedelic Paul 
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 Posted: July 28 2023 at 07:31 |
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The closely-related band Mercury Rev are listed here under Prog Related, so it seems only right and proper that The Flaming Lips should be included here too. The two bands even share some of the same members and they also have the same producer, so let's hope Yoshimi will soon be battling the pink robots on ProgArchives too.
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Posted: July 28 2023 at 06:41 |
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Looks like they were reviewed by Crossover and Psyche back in '09 & '10 and got moved to Related. I can't find any discussion of them there. I don't think there's any reason why we couldn't review them again.
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Manuel
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Posted: July 28 2023 at 06:18 |
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I guess it's up to the administrtors of this site to include them or not, as well as any other band. I'm not really familiar with their music, so I don't think I can have a complete, educated and honest opinion.
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Posted: July 27 2023 at 22:04 |
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There are a lot of bands that are not on PA that could be and a lot that probably shouldn't be. It's often down to the whims of the admin team quite honestly and not an exact science. Growing up in the seventies ''Prog' was ELP, Yes and Genesis of the most popular bands but now it's just a whole bunch of stuff. Stick around and you can enjoy the endless discussions about what is prog and what isn't. It's often hilarious and not at all illuminating!
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Posted: July 27 2023 at 21:33 |
Pretty much, yeah. They occupy a similar space to Melody's Echo Chamber, in which - yes - there's a lot of psych and neo-psych in the sound, but there's just often just as much of a pop and indie sensibility, as well as an alt-rock slant. Still, great band! Edit: granted, Melody's Echo Chamber doesn't do the noise rock stuff, but yeah
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Posted: July 27 2023 at 21:18 |
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If i remember right i think someone suggested a few years back but i'm not sure what happened to it. Obviously it didn't lead to them being included. Tags on RYM do include progressive pop on many of their newer albums. I agree that they definitely were out of the box thinkers but i think most consider them a form of chamber pop, dream pop and neo-psychedelia without enough prog elements or prog connections to warrant inclusion. That's just my take. I do like their albums since their early noise rock stage.
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Posted: July 27 2023 at 20:59 |
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When I see bands such as Talking Heads, Muse, Radiohead, Be Bop Deluxe, Talk Talk etc. etc. listed, I think... surely the Flaming Lips deserve their spot? I'd argue that they're more 'prog related' than most of the aforementioned and about on a prog-par with Radiohead.
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Posted: July 27 2023 at 20:38 |
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Because they're not really prog? I dunno.
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Posted: July 27 2023 at 20:37 |
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With albums like Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (especially) and their 2020 album 'American Head' - not to mention an entire reworking of Dark Side Of The Moon, surely the band deserve the honour of being listed in prog archives? They're brilliantly creative and I would suggest many of their tracks are prog/psych - or at the very least prog related.
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