The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
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Artist: The Flaming LipsBrand: FLAMING LIPS
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2006-04-04
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Product features:
- FLAMING LIPS THE AT WAR WITH THE MYSTICS
- The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
- Free Radicals
- The Sound of Failure
- My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion
- Vein of Stars
- The Wizard Turns On...
- It Overtakes Me
- Mr. Ambulance Driver
- Haven't Got a Clue
- The W.A.N.D.
- W.A.N.D.
- Pompeii Am Gotterdammerung
- Goin' On
Free Music Notes for At War With the Mystics
Free Music Review: Only a fool believes that he is different....
Hit: 5 Stars
I admit, I was not too sure about this album when I first heard it. It struck me as, well "odd". This was my first foray into The Flaming Lips world, and as any Lips fan knows, their music is "different", yet the "same".
I had seen The Flaming Lips years ago on a Bonaroo tour(I Think..), and nevertheless I was not impressed. I was on a different kick then, in a different mind state, a different mood. I am a big believer that you find music( or rather music finds you) when it is your time to hear it. You may run into it before your time, but you will either not notice it, or you will not care for it.
Well, fast forward to 2007, I have established a great appreciation for the film "Baraka", which I had first viewed years ago on a trip to Alaska. Baraka is a very powerful movie that spans over 6 different continents, a beautiful portrayal of humanity and life, compared and contrasted between the beauty moments and the horror. Well, I recently rented Baraka again and was re-introduced into its splendor. While searching the internet for more Baraka information, I came across something called "At War with Baraka', which was a mish-mash of The Flaming Lips album "At War with the Mystics", and the flim Baraka (which has no spoken dialogue by the way). Someone had posted a web site showing this mish-mash. In my humble opinion I did not really find that they mashed well together (it is my belief that anything will go together if you want it too, and sure there were parts that fit, but it did not really fit together), but I sort of enjoyed the music. I picked up the album and gave it many, many listens. At first, it just did not click that well with me, I mean there were parts that I really enjoyed, namely the very psychedelic and atmospheric sections of songs, and the awesome "Sound of Failure/Its dark...". The ending theme, "Its dark.." is amazing in a creepy beautiful way, soft flute with atmosphere that really depicts darkness...which leads into "My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion", which is another amazing tripped out song with great electronics and atmosphere. And that is what caught me. It was the great amount of atmosphere, electronics and wizardry that The Flaming Lips bring to this album that hoooked me in. The whole album plays off as one experience. YOU MUST listen to this in full at first, to capture the whole picture, unless your some kind of savant who can catch the greatness right away. Either way, when you listen to the whole experience, its just wonderful and for me, I was able to gather a grasp of an overall message, not to mention a great listen. The electronic elements add so much to the music and provide such a great immersive world to jump into.
As far as what the lyrics refer to, or for that matter what the title refers to is anyones guess and each person who theorizes will only be suggesting their opinion, only a fool believes he is different....
One thing that is for sure, is that this album grows on you like some kind of nasty funky fungus. At first you will get annoyed by the lead singers voice (think Neil Young), and at first the whole experience may seem all too tripped out and "out there" for you. But stick with it, I guarantee that over a small amount of time, some repeated listens and some true attention to the detail of each song, and you will arrive at the place where you can truly appreciate this album.
Give it some time, check it out. Have an open mind. You will come to find that you enjoy this all too much.
Actually, the above statement is true for all of The Flaming Lips albums that I have had the pleasure to hear, especially "The Soft Bulletin".
At War With the Mystics Poster
Cosmic, consciousness-expanding and mind-shattering, At War With The Mystics, the highly anticipated follow-up to The Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots brings together the expressiveness of recent albums with the heaviness, volume and intensity of the band's earlier work. At War With The Mystics is personal, political, psychedelic and powerful pop.After two expansive yet winsome epic albums like The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots that dealt with the inevitability of death in the face of life, the Oklahoma City art provocateurs have abandoned the concept album approach and done an about face. They've returned to their earlier canon, channeling their messy psychedelica through a 70s funk scrim, and yet again figured out a way to elevate the ordinary to the sublime--even out-weirding Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd on a track like "Pompeii," and precariously balancing out on the astral plane on "Wizard Turns On." And while you might be tempted to believe that this band is just about their cartoonish space bubbles on pink rabbits, it is at your own peril. At War With the Mystics is an intelligent and searing indictment of George W. Bush, his administration, suicide bombers, superficiality and undeserved stardom--branding them all sinners of similar stripe. A song like "Sound of Failure/It's Dark...Is it Always This Dark?" boldly calls out pop culture princesses Gwen Stefani and Britney Spears, but not without first giving them a wet kiss goodnight. "Free Radicals" is a precious soul romp that sounds like Prince in his prime, but instead was oddly inspired by a dream about Devendra Banhart, and is an sharp arrow aimed straight at the heart of would-be terrorists. Major domo and head Lip Wayne Coyne is a shrewd observer of human nature, and an even shrewder songwriter and this album stands as his greatest and most varied work yet. --Jaan Uhelszki
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