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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Riding to Work in the Year 2025
The Flaming Lips Lyrics
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The morning commuter ride,
Everything is orange and bright.
Your invisible now,
And I know that it's hard to get used to.
The panoramic scene,
The moment overtakes your life.
In the silver morning sun
The worst is magnified
It makes you see the use of Christ.
The Flaming Lips's song Riding to Work in the Year 2025 is a unique and interesting piece that depicts an imaginary futuristic world of the year 2025 where people commute via a driven ship. The first verse begins with the visual of people commuting on a ship in the morning, with everything being orange and bright. The following lines “Your invisible now, and I know that it's hard to get used to” suggests a futuristic concept of invisibility of the commuters, which may require time to get accustomed to.
The panoramic view described as "The landscape's grand design" indicates that while commuting, one can witness nature's beauty in a way that was never possible before. The next line "The moment overtakes your life" implies how the experience of traveling in this futuristic ship overshadows everything else, and not just another mundane task of going to work. The last line of the song "In the silver morning sun, the worst is magnified, it makes you see the use of Christ" is a curious one. It suggests that the journey on this ship in the bright morning sun enhances the feeling of despair and hopelessness to such a degree that one may find solace only in religion.
Line by Line Meaning
On some driven ship,
On a vehicle with a determined purpose,
The morning commuter ride,
The daily journey to work in the morning,
Everything is orange and bright.
The surroundings are vividly colored and well-lit.
Your invisible now,
You are unnoticed and insignificant now,
And I know that it's hard to get used to.
I understand that this change may be difficult for you.
The panoramic scene,
The broad and comprehensive view of the environment,
The landscape's grand design,
The majestic arrangement of the terrain,
The moment overtakes your life.
The experience overwhelms your existence.
In the silver morning sun
Under the shining light of dawn,
The worst is magnified
The negative aspects are intensified,
It makes you see the use of Christ.
It causes you to recognize the value of faith in God.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: MICHAEL IVINS, STEVEN DROZD, WAYNE COYNE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Unknowable Clarity
Not too far from 2025 so I can ride to work listening to this
Marcos Antonio
now that you mention i hope.they play this son on that year
brownyuio
One of my favorite songs of all time
aaron mumbles
this is one of their absolute best
FLYNN
[Verse 1] On some driven ship, the morning commuter ride Everything is orange and bright In reflection, you can see you're standing paralyzed Your suspended disbelief has lied [Chorus] Your invisible now, and I know that it's hard to get used to 'Cause you're the last secret agent reporting back But you're reporting back to nothing Your invisible now, and I know that it's hard to get used to Your invisible now, and I know that it's hard to get used to [Verse 2] The panoramic scene, the landscape's grand design The moment overtakes your life In the silver morning sun the worst is magnified It makes you see the use of Christ
Merging Marky
That BASSLINE!
Limewater
Only 5 more years till I get to drive to work and play this song. God I can’t wait
Super Tian
And I thought I was the only one with a black and white optical illusion profile picture
stronkman
@Super Tiancheck out pulse demon by merzbow thats where the cover comes from, amazing record
Michael
YOU'RE INVISIBLE NOW!
*touches wall*
OH SHI-
-1 LIFE!