THE FLAMING LIPS – THE
W.A.N.D. (WARNERS)
This is one of those
songs I can listen to on repeat play over and over. It is just a perfect song, a wonderful
accident. Acts can write and record
songs but it requires a special kind of alignment for everything to come
together in this fashion.
The Will Always
Negates Defeat.
“The W.A.N.D.” is an
exhilarating composition. It begins with
a heavily distorted procession building a ripped anticipation ahead of the dam
bursting and Wayne Coyne swooping in to the lead the charge (“we got the power
now motherfuckers”). And from here the
positive drive is relentless right up to the echoed exit. Being dizzy should never be a chore.
Moving on the
expansive and glistening seventies sound of “You Gotta Hold On” maintains a
thrive vibe before the single ends with “The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (In Anatropous
Reflex)” which is a stripped down piano play of the previous single. It adds maturity but removes power and pace. Swings and roundabouts.
The single peaked at
#41 in the charts. I bought this CD
single from Sister Ray on Berwick Street in London at 4.52PM on 19 July 2006 for £2.99.
It was back when I was working at Sarm Studios
for Trevor Horn in accounts. That day the weather was particularly warm
that the boss just let us go home as offices can be unendurable. On the way to central London I boarded the
tube at Notting
Hill and just as I sat down a cranky old lady told me off for sitting in
the priority seat of a next to empty carriage.
It was a weird experience where only amusement should emerge. The Flaming Lips should be viewed in such a
way.
In keeping with their
hip approach to proceedings one of the two music videos features a pillow fight
between two roller derby players from the TXRD
Lonestar Rollergirls (Lux and Venis Envy).
A comfy fit.
Who knew at this stage
of their career they would be able to come up with the second best song in
their arsenal.
Thesaurus moment:
theurgy.
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