Blogcritics: Comments on The Flaming Lips - Fight Test and Ego Tripping EPs

Comment by Tom Johnson

Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:46:53 EST

No problem, Johno! And Bone Machine was a great album, too - it was one of those "turn a corner" albums for me. My tastes changed quite a bit after that album came into my life.

Comment by Johno

Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:43:27 EST

Or, Tom, as the case may be. I never said Monday was a good day to be awake.

Comment by Johno

Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:36:48 EST

Mark, this is great! Thank you for the insightful review of these ep's. "Yoshimi" was my favorite album of 2002, and actually beats anything I heard in 2003 as well. In fact, it's still in frequent rotation two years and some after the album came out. The last time that happened, it was 1995 and Tom Waits' Bone Machine was still fairly new. Based on this review, I think I'll just wait to find these ep's in the used bin.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Fri, 9 Jan 2004 22:51:23 EST

the Flaming Lips are an interesting band. i can't quite figure 'em out. the use of melotron (or melotron-like instruments) makes me think of early Crimson.