No one is truly great if they cannot SEE through the lies. So mask wearing is a dead giveaway of being anything but great. Ate up with lies, regardless of the musical content.
Agreed. Saw them at the Showbox in Seattle in ‘99. We were all wearing headphones and they were broadcasting all the high frequencies normally lost in a live show to a radio station and then we were listening to that at the same time in the headphones. I think that was the setup? I just remember the whole experience being amazing. Extra special as I’m Australian and to see them over there in the states was rad!
I've been this great band's concert in Seoul, It was about a decade ago. It still on top of my "best of my life" memories list. It was happiest moment. I hope I can go back to the day whenever I feel down.. like I light a cigarette.
One time Wayne snuck me and my buddies into a show. We stood next to each other and he was so focused on the playing. We both turned to each other and said something like "this is so good" What a cool guy.
The Flaming Lips saved the Roskilde Festival the year of the Pearl Jam incident. Everybody left the day after that happened, evening came, i was walking around the festival area, and those guys up there were doing their sound check and tuning their video thing. Last thing i remember was telling a friend to stay put and save us some elbow room while i went to fetch a drink, the entire concert that came next stands in memory as a dream .. a good dream, mind you, but don't ask me details. The whole bad mood of the festival went away for a while, thanks to them. So yeah, thank you to everybody involved in making that recording, maybe it can get us over another bad time. The soundtrack is magnificent, at least :)
@@thomasmacmanus9913 Absolutely! Dancing to music is the best way to be in the moment and connect with strangers. I found one event in July. It was definitely the highlight of my year. 💚
This band was the soundtrack of my formative years...I’m so happy that they are still doing what they do best. Only saw them live twice but hopefully I’ll see them again.
They throw the best concerts. I've never been to a better concert and will always go watch them live when they come to my town. Highly recommend you check them out when it's safe to do so again and they're touring!
For the last ten years I have seen the flaming lips play at least once a year, often more than that. It has been a hard year without Wayne walking over me in that bubble. I needed this bad. Thanks. I hope this doesn't mean they can't come back and do another live tiny desk at bob's desk.
I have been a loving fan of *THE FLAMING LIPS* since the 90s when I was a teenager learning to play guitar. Still love them. Great to see artists who are doing what they love.
Love to see these guys still being inventive after so many years. Interesting that the bubble is more fitting than ever today. Such a cool performance.
Drozd's arrangement style is so recognizable and inviting, provides the perfect backdrop for Wayne's lyrical styling. American Head is probably their best work in quite some time.
@@NameLess-ks4fiI could never get into that one. Everything after Embryonic and before American Head is really muddled to me and more recording experiment than songwriting. But I respect whatever they choose to do. There is an undeniable trilogy of songwriting style in Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi, and American Head.
I met Wayne in the early 90's outside of a bar in Norman, OK. Flash forward, March of 1000 Flaming skeletons multiple years, brought in 2000 with them. They have been a major influence in my life. So glad they are still making music. Saw them in Tulsa with my sisters last year right before a big storm. Wayne is awesome in real life, just a good dude. I haven't had the pleasure of meeting Steven, but I hope to some day. Thank you for all that you do for music guys!
Tank you very much tiny desk for sharing this great bands " flamingo lips " looks like flamingos pink great music for a free birds loving kindness for all on earth merci beaucoup
OMG! this is a very beautiful set list. This version of Be free, a way is sublime, i didn't expected at all, and it's summertime, there's no words for this amazing set list!
This was one of the more captivating performances I've seen in a very long while. Thanks for the performance The Flaming Lips and thanks for hosting NPR! Loved it...
Saw this band 10 years ago and they absolutely blew my mind with their live show. I'm so glad I found them and that they're still a part of my life. The new album has been on a constant rotation this year and is exactly what I needed during trying times.
I know we sometimes feel like more weirdness is not what the world needs right now, and I tend to agree. But The Flaming Lips and Wayne Coyne is a brand of weirdness that I find so calming and comforting. Its a brand of weirdness that helps in some way. I think the combination of their "weird" appearance/essence and their calming music makes you feel like even though this world in many ways so often seems so batsh*t crazy, its okay. Never stop guys. Let your bands flag fly.
Tiny desk, thank you for years of showing me awesome bands I would have missed if not for yall! This flaming lips performance was just what I needed! I saw it right when I got home from a bad shift...tots made me happy!!! Thank you!!!💗💗💗
Thanks. I really appreciate your music. I’m happy to see the Lips on my favorite live public music forum. I have seen the Flaming Lips several times, and I thoroughly enjoyed it every single time. Probably my favorite band within this 38 years that I’ve lived. But this NPR tiny desk; I have seen some of the most wonderful executions of beautiful art, and I feel like this band has lived up to the highest standards. This is golden, just like so many things that NPR has captured. ❤️❤️❤️ We’ll see you guys next year? Don’t forget Utah. We love you here.
Yes, it's just so much fun watching people fall for lies in 2020-2021. Yes. Just. So. Much. Fun. Keeping watching tv expecting anyone on there to have your best interests in mind.
the xylophone sounds magical on my cell phone speakers, the tone really stood out as authentic, not a keyboard. It hits the high frequency that almost hurts my ears
First time I heard them was their soundcheck at Bonnaroo 2008 I believe. They came on after my buddy and I left seeing the White Stripes at a larger stage. Got there, saw the fans and thought "OK this should be interesting." They did "War Pigs" as the sound check and I quickly realized I was about to see something special. Years later, Wayne stepped on my head (while in his bubble) at Jannus Landing in St. Pete, FL.
Realmente asombrosa presentación y un Álbum muy, muy Hermoso, bello. Es esta la manera en que aflora el Amor por la música, tanto para oírla cómo crearla. I Love 🔥 💋
Wait, this is their FIRST TIME on the show?!?!?!!? They've deserved to be on it for so long. Makes me enjoy it all the more. Thanks to both of you guys.
I saw them live once I even touched Waine's hand through the bubble that he used to crowd surf. Back in the day as an insecure teen... well their show changed my life and I hope when the world is ready that they would do a concert in Hawaii.
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These guys really deserve to be recognized as one of the greatest bands. 3 decades of amazing music. Long live The Lips.
One of Greatest Alternative Bands ever. Almost 4 decades.
No one is truly great if they cannot SEE through the lies. So mask wearing is a dead giveaway of being anything but great. Ate up with lies, regardless of the musical content.
@@christopherlaskoski189 watch out everybody we have a crazed q-anon lunatic in this comment section.
You must be on serious drugs.
i feel like the flaming lips would have done it this way regardless
They actually did something very similar over about 15 years ago.
Haha exactly what I was thinking.
couldn’t be more right
i feel that's why watching this is comforting. it's a 'normal' we are familiar with seeing
@@go-godollie2335 you and Andy nailed it. This is just The Flaming Lips in any setting, and it makes it feel like everything will be okay.
Honestly if you have never seen these guys live, put it on your bucket list, a true life affirming gig, what a band.
Completely agree!
Agreed. Saw them at the Showbox in Seattle in ‘99. We were all wearing headphones and they were broadcasting all the high frequencies normally lost in a live show to a radio station and then we were listening to that at the same time in the headphones. I think that was the setup? I just remember the whole experience being amazing. Extra special as I’m Australian and to see them over there in the states was rad!
And get as close to the stage as you possibly can
GET THERE EARLY!!!!!!!!!!!
EMOS, Austin TX 1994. Was on probation, stone cold sober but was still so high!
i've seen them twice here in mexico and they're basically my top 2 gigs ever.
I've been this great band's concert in Seoul, It was about a decade ago.
It still on top of my "best of my life" memories list. It was happiest moment.
I hope I can go back to the day whenever I feel down.. like I light a cigarette.
0:00 - *Will You Return/When You Come Down* (4:19)
6:46 - *God And The Policeman* (9:16)
10:54 - *Be Free, A Way*
15:17 - *It's Summertime* (18:44)
This comment should be pinned.
@@ErikBorchersVR All timestamp comments should be pinned, really.
@@ErikBorchersVR Did you even notice 18:44 is the end of the video? Lol
See above.
One band that simultaneously makes you want to slunk into a depression and live for something. Keep it up boys.
Its very good funeral music by their own definition.
Amen, I think they're extremely Spiritual... u can HEAR THE GOD IN EM.... WOVEN
Even though they were sad, they rescued everyone.
If Vsauce had a band…
One time Wayne snuck me and my buddies into a show.
We stood next to each other and he was so focused on the playing. We both turned to each other and said something like "this is so good"
What a cool guy.
I owe alot to this band
Then uou should really pay them back
I have an emotional attachment to this band.
real recognize real
Azzerad says so..
@@gawdspeed and you looking familiar
That's definitely one way to ensure social distancing
This would also be completely normal for them without a pandemic haha. Love these guys!
Just discovered these guys🥺😭😭😭I enjoyed the entire performance 🙋🏾♀️😊
@@tcoker0416 Right, we have seen them in bubbles before - but how appropriate :)
Two people in one bubble aren't social distancing.
I was like - yeah... These are my guys. Totally reliably weird
The greatest photo I ever saw was a Google Streetview frame of Wayne Coyne chilling in a bathtub on his front lawn.
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@@analazovic441 link x4?
Thank you Tiny Desk and The Flaming Lips. I needed this today.
Probably one of the most beautiful performances I've seen lately.
When he starts singing Its Summertime a wave of memories come flooding back. Ill never forget that summer of a younger me!
Not many can belt out a chorus that opens your heart with feel good joy. 🦋🙂
He has the coolest hair. I hope I'm that cool when I'm his age.
same! they're all so cool
He’s a vampire and actually 2500 years a old.
Id say its between him and Tool's Adam Jones. Love his hair too! They have the same color, Wayne's is just curly.
Sweeney Todd
Like OMG I'm so younk too 😘
The Flaming Lips saved the Roskilde Festival the year of the Pearl Jam incident. Everybody left the day after that happened, evening came, i was walking around the festival area, and those guys up there were doing their sound check and tuning their video thing. Last thing i remember was telling a friend to stay put and save us some elbow room while i went to fetch a drink, the entire concert that came next stands in memory as a dream .. a good dream, mind you, but don't ask me details. The whole bad mood of the festival went away for a while, thanks to them. So yeah, thank you to everybody involved in making that recording, maybe it can get us over another bad time. The soundtrack is magnificent, at least :)
Wonderful tale you have told, oh fellow human being I feel kindred too somehow! ;)
I'd love to see them play Roskilde again someday ❤️
💚 Oh how I miss live music. 💚
@@angelahall6598 Go out again as soon as you can!
@@thomasmacmanus9913 Absolutely! Dancing to music is the best way to be in the moment and connect with strangers. I found one event in July. It was definitely the highlight of my year. 💚
This band was the soundtrack of my formative years...I’m so happy that they are still doing what they do best. Only saw them live twice but hopefully I’ll see them again.
Amazing, soulful, timeless band. Effortlessly creative and always cool, but never too cool.
Been to quite a few Flaming Lips concerts back in the Yoshimi days and before. Loved those concerts! Great live band!
They throw the best concerts. I've never been to a better concert and will always go watch them live when they come to my town. Highly recommend you check them out when it's safe to do so again and they're touring!
I discovered The Flaming Lips in 2000 at the Reading Music Festival. They BLEW MY MIND, and have plucked my heart strings to this day.
For the last ten years I have seen the flaming lips play at least once a year, often more than that. It has been a hard year without Wayne walking over me in that bubble. I needed this bad. Thanks. I hope this doesn't mean they can't come back and do another live tiny desk at bob's desk.
man they did its summertime, my absolute favorite song from them
I have been a loving fan of *THE FLAMING LIPS* since the 90s when I was a teenager learning to play guitar. Still love them. Great to see artists who are doing what they love.
Wow, "Be Free A Way" is a great surprise. The Terror is so underrated.
Was looking for a comment like this! What a killer version of a great track on a criminally under appreciated album.
Love to see these guys still being inventive after so many years. Interesting that the bubble is more fitting than ever today. Such a cool performance.
Top 5 of all time imo such quality and vivid music
Drozd's arrangement style is so recognizable and inviting, provides the perfect backdrop for Wayne's lyrical styling. American Head is probably their best work in quite some time.
Personally I think it’s top three. Yoshimi, Bulletin and AH.
I’m actually a big fan of The Terror as well.
Steven's voice has long been the sugar to Wayne's salt.
@@NameLess-ks4fi don't forget Embryonic and Clouds Taste Metallic
@@NameLess-ks4fiI could never get into that one. Everything after Embryonic and before American Head is really muddled to me and more recording experiment than songwriting. But I respect whatever they choose to do. There is an undeniable trilogy of songwriting style in Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi, and American Head.
American Head is becoming one of my fav Lips records. Glad to seem them on tiny desk!
Such a sweet and happy sadness.
Perfect description. They capture something eminently human. And they don't complicate or condescend. Just honest.
I met Wayne in the early 90's outside of a bar in Norman, OK. Flash forward, March of 1000 Flaming skeletons multiple years, brought in 2000 with them. They have been a major influence in my life. So glad they are still making music. Saw them in Tulsa with my sisters last year right before a big storm. Wayne is awesome in real life, just a good dude. I haven't had the pleasure of meeting Steven, but I hope to some day. Thank you for all that you do for music guys!
Wayne and Jeff Goldblum have very similar speech patterns and I love it
the kernel of a Portlandia sketch
Haunting album, one of the best of the year no doubt about it.
This Be Free a Way performance is so powerful
Flaming Lips can always be guaranteed to take something quirky and weird and turn it into something totally beautiful.
This is the only tiny desk concert I've ever watched live or even better made into an event. I've been listening to these guys for a few years.
I feel like I should also be in a bubble to watch this.
I'm 35. These guys have been with me my whole life.
The Lips are one of the most creative bands out there. Always a great experience live. Hope to see them again
Beautiful down to the bubbles and hair! Thank you Flaming Lips and NPR!
Loved this wonderful group of music talent since late 90s and for someone reason this tiny desk concert as me reconnecting to my true self again
se vienen a mi mente recuerdos del 1er Lollapalooza Chile 2011...congratulations Flaming Lips and thanks for your music
Love coming back to this over and over again!!!
These guys are hilarious. Also very talented. Bubbles for all!
Love the Daniel Johnston shirt!
Hi........hooooow rrrr U?
Amazing. Still one of my favorite bands after all these years!
Wayne: Don't worry about oxygen level in here
Me: *I dont think that's oxygen*
I clicked for the stage set up and ended up staying for the music. Thanks NPR for putting me on to these guys
✊🏾
THANKYOU!!! Majestic set for this thyme 🙏🥦🦋🌳
wow, that version of "Be Free, A Way" blew me away! great performance!
Just what I needed after this week. A lovely performance from a lovely band. My night is now their new album.
The performances and audio quality on this are amazingly good. I absolutely must go to a Flaming Lips show, once the plague has passed.
They're touring now!
I had a chance to see them just before the pandemic, September 2019 in London but… ironically, I was sick.
Song 3- We picked this because it sounds like isolation....
Fantastic.
Tank you very much tiny desk for sharing this great bands " flamingo lips " looks like flamingos pink great music for a free birds loving kindness for all on earth merci beaucoup
One of my favorite/greatest neo-psychedelic bands of all time
New favorite album of theirs. "Mother I've Taken LSD" is my favorite song on the album
OMG! this is a very beautiful set list. This version of Be free, a way is sublime, i didn't expected at all, and it's summertime, there's no words for this amazing set list!
The Terror is one of my favorite albums, just a phenomenal record start to finish
This is simply jaw-droppingly amazing - especially the opening song.
That opening .....man, gave me the chills.
Bahaaha
This was one of the more captivating performances I've seen in a very long while. Thanks for the performance The Flaming Lips and thanks for hosting NPR! Loved it...
First time I see this band. The melodies just drill into my brain and seek for a forever home.
Flaming Lips always put on a kickass show ☆☆☆☆☆
Saw this band 10 years ago and they absolutely blew my mind with their live show. I'm so glad I found them and that they're still a part of my life. The new album has been on a constant rotation this year and is exactly what I needed during trying times.
The dude with the acoustic guitar needs a bigger bubble.
And also needs to get rid of the mask because it's completely useless in his case.
@@StuartRochabrunt He'll have to come out of that bubble at some point.
XD
I don't wanna burst his bubble but your right
Are the bubbles not computer created?
This is the greatest Tiny Desk gig. I don't even really know much about this band. But this is just an excellent vibe.
Do yourself a favor and listen to the soft bulletin and yoshimi. It’s like the Beatles: best to hear the full album.
@@jackstraw262they have very instananeously and abruptly become a fav band. I feel like I haven't really lived now I know them ...
dear mira see ya next year at a show!
Do you realize by them is one of the purest happysad songs ever made.
I know we sometimes feel like more weirdness is not what the world needs right now, and I tend to agree. But The Flaming Lips and Wayne Coyne is a brand of weirdness that I find so calming and comforting. Its a brand of weirdness that helps in some way. I think the combination of their "weird" appearance/essence and their calming music makes you feel like even though this world in many ways so often seems so batsh*t crazy, its okay.
Never stop guys. Let your bands flag fly.
Wonderful show. Iove this version of "be free, a way", just fantastic
Tiny desk, thank you for years of showing me awesome bands I would have missed if not for yall! This flaming lips performance was just what I needed! I saw it right when I got home from a bad shift...tots made me happy!!! Thank you!!!💗💗💗
Thanks. I really appreciate your music. I’m happy to see the Lips on my favorite live public music forum. I have seen the Flaming Lips several times, and I thoroughly enjoyed it every single time. Probably my favorite band within this 38 years that I’ve lived. But this NPR tiny desk; I have seen some of the most wonderful executions of beautiful art, and I feel like this band has lived up to the highest standards. This is golden, just like so many things that NPR has captured. ❤️❤️❤️
We’ll see you guys next year? Don’t forget Utah. We love you here.
Seeing/hearing this makes me so happy today! Thank you ♥️🙏
Beautiful band 😍
So proud these guys that represent our home state..
Hey you might like listening to a band called The Doublejumps if you like this kind of music 🙂
This is such a ‘Flaming Lips’ thing to do, bringing fun and wonder to 2020, and man do we need it!! The album is great too!
Yes, it's just so much fun watching people fall for lies in 2020-2021. Yes. Just. So. Much. Fun. Keeping watching tv expecting anyone on there to have your best interests in mind.
Thank you for all the great songs. And the plastic bubbles. Means a lot to the world. Xo
the xylophone sounds magical on my cell phone speakers, the tone really stood out as authentic, not a keyboard. It hits the high frequency that almost hurts my ears
Had the same thought. Really couldn't tell if I was enjoying the sound or not.
Sounded good but really hurt my ears
xylophones have wooden keys, that there is a glockenspiel.
@@scottdoyle7697 I thought marimbas had wooden keys.
Dissonance. That harsh bit is a foil to the softness of the song
First time I heard them was their soundcheck at Bonnaroo 2008 I believe. They came on after my buddy and I left seeing the White Stripes at a larger stage. Got there, saw the fans and thought "OK this should be interesting." They did "War Pigs" as the sound check and I quickly realized I was about to see something special. Years later, Wayne stepped on my head (while in his bubble) at Jannus Landing in St. Pete, FL.
Realmente asombrosa presentación y un Álbum muy, muy Hermoso, bello.
Es esta la manera en que aflora el Amor por la música, tanto para oírla cómo crearla. I Love 🔥 💋
Best show you'll ever see.
Sure didn't expect 'Be Free, a Way' stellar deep cut
I'm thankful that the thumbnail with those bubbles got me here. Really authentic and nice songs!
Thanks for featuring them =) My fave Yoshimi and Waiting for Superman.
Isolation and dread, I think we have All had enough! 😍🎶🎤
Wait, this is their FIRST TIME on the show?!?!?!!? They've deserved to be on it for so long. Makes me enjoy it all the more. Thanks to both of you guys.
never was a big fan, but this blew me away. very good
Thank you guys! We love you and are so grateful for your light and music
Rockin' the "Hi, How are you?" Dan Johnston Tee..props
Wayne Coyne's voice ♥♥♥
Surprisingly it's pretty good here. Usually he's one of the worst vocalists on the planet live.
This is pure gold 💥 through pandemic dreams and bubble wraps, the genius persists
I saw them live once I even touched Waine's hand through the bubble that he used to crowd surf. Back in the day as an insecure teen... well their show changed my life and I hope when the world is ready that they would do a concert in Hawaii.
Me and my friend went to a lot of classic shows from 2003-2012. They were very inspiring and beautiful
As always, outstanding, and outstandingly different.
great to hear Summertime.... love you guys
love this band , so creative and out of the box wish you can come to Toronto Wayne would love to see the band live again
ummm. best tiny desk ever??? Most are great, this is just next level. wow.
I was so immersed in that last song, the ending was like a crash back to reality
Thank you for inviting “The Flaming Lips”, these guys made my art journey more beautiful!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!! This is a victory of the spirit. THIS is the flaming lips.
The future of live music during a pandemic? Effin genius!! Thanks for this Flaming Lips & NPR Tiny Desk!
I like his "Hi, how are you?" Shirt
"Hi, how are you?" is an Album by Daniel Johnston. He did a tiny desk concert as well...
That's neat I didn't know about the album. I recognize the design from his mural in Austin Tx
rip d.j.
Going to see the Lips outside in Montana this month. Stoked for their energy and harmonies!