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October 3, 2006

Wayne Coyne Sings With Goat, Lasers

This first clip is from the children's show Pancake Mountain. The Flaming Lip joins Rufus on a duet of our favorite guilty pleasure "We Built This City." Really, we love it even though it's the "worst song ever."

At The Flaming Lips' Hammerstein show on 9/24, the band decided to mix up their usual, aliens-and-santas confetti extravaganza by giving audience members laser pens, meant to be simultaneously directed at a giant mirror Wayne would hold up during "Vein Of Stars"...

But later, the trigger-happy crowd spontaneously directed their beams at a huge, white inflate-a-ball. You'll hear Wayne break song and say that it's "one of the coolest things I've ever seen," and our friends at the show whole-heartedly concur.

Always upping their game, those Lips! But listen to how he drawls, "Wow. Ohhh. That is just ... magic." Sometimes Wayne reminds us of Bob Ross.

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i heart wayne coyne.

Posted by: d at 10/03/06 3:55 PM  | Reply
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I was there and that moment was beautiful. The pointers even eased the boredom in between sets (people were having (blinding) laser fights). There should be laser pointers at more concerts.

Posted by: Tyler at 10/03/06 4:14 PM  | Reply
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is wayne as huge a cokehead as everyone wants me to believe? say it aint so

Posted by: joe at 10/03/06 4:14 PM  | Reply
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that dude can sing.

Posted by: mode7 at 10/03/06 4:16 PM  | Reply
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Me too. I also heart Wayne.

Posted by: Dirty Lenin at 10/03/06 4:27 PM  | Reply
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Of the many times I have seen the Lips this was one of the coolest things they have ever done.

Posted by: danfun at 10/03/06 4:29 PM  | Reply
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Wayne Coyne is a total ham....their sound is good, but his thirst for attention is almost sad.

Posted by: Mike at 10/03/06 5:08 PM  | Reply
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fuck you mike!

wayne is one of the coolest & nicest rock stars i've ever met....

coke head? you must be smoking crack.....

he's a fearless freak.....and may have done too much LSD back in the day.....but, we will always love wayne!!!!

long live the flaming lips!!!!

Posted by: maya lucia at 10/03/06 5:11 PM  | Reply
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Why such a hater, Miguel? Didn't you see the Willy Wonka wonder that he created at Lollapalooza?

http://www.spin.com/lollapalooza_portfolio/photos.html

Posted by: Cinco at 10/03/06 5:17 PM  | Reply
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I was at that show, too. It was a magic moment. Each of their shows are, really.

Posted by: Tight at 10/03/06 5:35 PM  | Reply
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Crikey ... could you guys possibly deep throat Coyne any more?

Posted by: John at 10/03/06 5:38 PM  | Reply
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Cool stuff. I really, really, REALLY want to see the Flaming Lips live, but they're setting foot nowhere near North Carolina.

By the way, was that Whose Line? alum Greg Proops as the voice of the goat?

Posted by: Devin at 10/04/06 10:45 AM  | Reply
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"Crikey...could you guys possibly deep throat Coyne any more?"

*sigh*

If only.

Posted by: D'oh! at 10/05/06 9:22 AM  | Reply
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wayne coyne is such a great guy, i would love to see the lips' live!

Posted by: Inle at 02/28/07 11:11 PM  | Reply
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