New Flaming Lips Video - "I Can Be A Frog"
Now that the appearances at ATP and Colbert are out of the way, the Lips can shift to more typically internattable pursuits, like releasing music videos for their forthcoming, 12th album Embryonic. "I Can Be A Frog" features Karen O on "noises," although the clip has her animal sounds mouthed by a giggly bikini-head instead. The record unfolds in a stream of tonally chaotic consciousness, shifting from Can-redolent psychedelic grooves and stomps ("Convinced Of The Hex," "See The Leaves") to Bitches Brew-echoing vamp outs ("The Sparrow Looks Up At The Machine") with tracks that have the occasional technicolor burst buttressed with many more that are sheer airy, downcast come-downs. The just over two-minute "I Can Be A Frog" is one of the latter, somewhat slight and wouldn't seem the ideal choice for a video on sound alone. But then, Coyne does name-check a lot of creatures which makes for good doodling. And also, even when sidelined with phoned-in sounds, there is the promotional appeal of Karen O. Besides a collaboration between the band behind the "Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" and a Yeah Yeah Yeah? That oughta be memorialized, yeah. If this clip doesn't do anything for you, get proactive: the Lips need naked bikers for the next one.
Embryonic is out 10/13. That night the Lips hit The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien. Check out the various deluxe format options for the album at flaminglips.com/embryonic.
Posted at 2:20 PM by amrit in Video
Tags: Karen O | The Flaming Lips | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
This album is excellent. The best they've done in years.
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that's really great. Less is more.
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That's plenty niffty looking but it's still two days away from just being another phone commercial...Yorke wins again....
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So far, Embryonic is my favorite album of 2009. I have to see them perform! But yes, this video, like the song, is pretty good but I would have much rather seen Karen O in a bikini dancing around.
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Sooo who's the lady?
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glad the lips have a modern view of native americans.
cue "where's your sense of humor?" comments.
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I may be in the minority here, but that was pretty lame. Girl's hot though. That's it.
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If I lean away from my laptop and squint, she's naked. Sweet
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yawn!
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that's quite a bit of suck.
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agree wholeheartedly.
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I can be an anonymous commenter:
That was terrible. Why do people like these guys again?
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I heard the tracks off the EP and was really pleased...the first time that The Flaming Lips (counting their earlier, noisier stuff) have really done it for me. Then I saw this video, and realized that the EP was a cruel hoax and that Wayne Coyne should be put down like a sick dog.
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I agree completely. I haven't listened to the album yet, but god this track sucked SUCKED SUCKED. It's amazing how people can think so much of this all ready, even saying it's better than old stuff, when it's just retard kids songs words.
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I love The Flaming Lips as well, but they definitely could've made one album instead of a double. Too much filler & I think too much false love for this album.
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