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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robo...by The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1
The Flaming Lips
First Spin
Last Spin
- Mar 10, 2017
15:44 PM"When we went into make [this album] - and you have to remember, this is just music, we’re not thinking of it as anything else - we didn’t have any real concept. The first song we’d written was based around the death of a Japanese woman we all knew (a friend and fan of the band). Then we ended up recording with a woman who’s actually called Yoshimi (P-We) - she’s in a group called the Boredoms. It was a group we'd played with back in the early '90s. And we’d stayed friends with her. She was recording in Austin, and we’d driven down to record stuff with her for the album. So there are two Japanese girls, and one of them is actually called Yoshimi. (Eventually), we recorded a song using some of this Yoshimi (P-We) woman’s screaming (which brought to mind some kind of seismic encounter with giant robots). And that was the whole reason behind it. It wasn’t cosmic and it wasn’t a full story, but I thought, damn, I really like that, that’s a cool title." ~ Wayne Coyne bit.lyKevin Cole - Feb 24, 2017
21:49 PMPlaying the Paramount May 16. All songs about science tonight... - Jan 2, 2017
7:32 AMYoshimi is actually a friend and fan of the band who recorded with the band on this tenth full-length release. - Dec 29, 2016
14:30 PMThe Flaming Lips have a new album coming out Jan 13 called "OCZY MLODY." flaminglips.warnerbrosrecords.com - Nov 14, 2016
8:04 AMYoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is the tenth studio album from The Flaming Lips, released in 2002. The title character is believed to be an allusion to Boredoms/OOIOO member Yoshimi P-We, who also performs on the album. - Oct 19, 2016
12:28 PMKEXP was at Sasquatch 2011 to record the performance from The Flaming Lips: www.kexp.org - Sep 2, 2016
9:50 AMThe Flaming Lips were the subject of a KEXP documentary---"Psychedelics": blog.kexp.org - Jul 20, 2016
6:40 AMLike high key ideal kids music. I probably would've turned out better if I had grown up on this. Wayne borrowed the melody of "Fight Test" from Cat Stevens, and has said in interviews that now all the royalties from that track go to Cat. - Jul 19, 2016
6:59 AMThe Flaming Lips have remained busy for the last 30 years as they continue to release cover albums with their friends or back Miley Cyrus on her latest project. They also released a Space Oddity cover with a video a couple months after Bowie's passing www.flaminglips.com - Jul 11, 2016
15:31 PMBeginning their career in the 1980s, the trajectory of legendary band The Flaming Lips' career has hardly been smooth. From their humble beginnings in Oklahoma City to one of the most respected bands in the 2000s, the group has established themselves as authentic music makers, on all twenty of their studio albums. - Apr 29, 2016
22:29 PMAnother group whose music inspires tonight's featured band The Arcade Fire. www.flaminglips.com - Feb 24, 2016
8:56 AMDid you know that this Flaming Lips album has it's own Broadway Musical? It's done by The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin and director Des McAnuff. Read up more on the show: www.lajollaplayhouse.org - Sep 15, 2015
10:06 AMThe Flaming Lips and Sharon Van Etten are featured in a new tribute to Donovan: www.citypages.com - Feb 3, 2015
11:11 AMListen to a live performance by The Flaming Lips at Sasquatch, 2011: www.kexp.org - Jul 30, 2014
11:15 AMCheck out a live in-studio with The Flaming Lips from 2002 when the played songs off of their then new album "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots." kexp.org - May 6, 2014
7:25 AMYoshmi Battles the Pink Robots is the tenth in studio album from The Flaming Lips and was adapted into a musical in 2012. - Mar 12, 2014
12:23 PMListen to an entire live performance by The Flaming Lips at Sasquatch! 2011: kexp.org - Feb 13, 2014
13:30 PMHere's a link to a recording of The Flaming Lips performing live at Sasquatch in 2011: kexp.org - Jul 26, 2013
13:34 PMThe Flaming Lips will be playing the Capiol Hill Block Party this Sunday, July 28th at 8:15 PM on the Main Stage. www.kexp.org - Jun 28, 2013
23:50 PMFlaming Lips (one of the most visually interesting live bands) plays Capitol Hill Block Party Sunday, July 28th. - Sep 18, 2012
11:38 AMThe Yoshimi did, in fact, feature a real-life Yoshimi in the form of guest vocals from Yoshimi P-We, drummer for Osaka noise legends Boredoms