The Flaming Lips are known for their lush, multi-layered arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles. They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows, which typically feature animal suits, puppets, streamers, video projections and complex stage light configurations.
In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". In 2006, Oklahoma City named a street Flaming Lips Alley in their honor.
The group recorded several albums and EPs for Restless Records in the 1980s and early 1990s. After signing to Warner Brothers, they scored a #9 hit on the Billboard Alternative charts (and #55 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart) in 1994 with "She Don't Use Jelly". Although it would be their only hit single, the band has maintained critical respect and, to a lesser extent, commercial viability with sonically majestic albums such as 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic, 1999's The Soft Bulletin, 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and 2006's At War with the Mystics. The Flaming Lips' 12th studio album, Embryonic, was released in October of 2009. A complete cover of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was released in May 2010. The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, their collaborative album which features artists like Ke$ha, Bon Iver, Nick Cave and Erykah Badu, was released on Record Store Day, April 2012.
Their next studio album, tentatively titled The Terror, will be released in January 2013.
Their song "Do You Realize??" is the official State Rock Song of Oklahoma.
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Miracle on 42nd St.
The Flaming Lips Lyrics
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She's about so high
I'm nearly driven to instantly
When she passes by
She's a sunny little honey but oh so hard to kiss
I'll try to over come her vanity
And then I'll tell her this
I'm young and healthy
It would be a sin
Not to have you in my arms
I'm young and healthy
And so are you
When the moon is in the sky
Tell me what I am to do?
The Flaming Lips's song Miracle on 42nd St. is a cover of a song from the 1933 musical 42nd Street, composed by Harry Warren with lyrics by Al Dubin. The song is about a man who is enamored with a woman that he sees frequently. He considers her to be so delightful that he is nearly driven to madness whenever she passes by. He believes that she is charming and full of life but hard to kiss because she is vain.
The singer is young, healthy and filled with vigor, and he sees the luxurious charms in the woman he is interested in. He believes that it would be a sin not to have her in his arms. However, he is unsure of what to do when they are under the moon in the sky. The song highlights the age-old struggle of love -- the thrill and the excitement, the hesitation and the uncertainty.
Line by Line Meaning
I know a bundle of humanity
I have met a lot of people in life, but she stands out to me.
She's about so high
She is short in stature, but her presence is big.
I'm nearly driven to instantly when she passes by
She has a certain charm that draws me towards her every time she passes by me.
She's a sunny little honey but oh so hard to kiss
She has a bubbly personality, but getting close to her romantically is a difficult task.
I'll try to over come her vanity and then I'll tell her this
I will try to make her see beyond her own beauty and then express my feelings to her.
I'm young and healthy
I am in the prime of my life, with energy and enthusiasm.
And you've got charms
You have an alluring quality about you.
It would be a sin
It would be a great misfortune.
Not to have you in my arms
To let go of the opportunity of being with you is not something I'm willing to do.
And so are you
You too are young and healthy, with a lot to offer.
When the moon is in the sky
At a time when the night is dark and quiet.
Tell me what I am to do?
Asking for advice on how to approach the situation and express my love.
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