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You do realize this is a cover, right? (And a very nice one, at that.)
There have been several covers. It was written by Ed Rush and George Cromarty in 1957.
Paul Newman popularized it in 1967's Cool Hand Luke.
We enjoyed the Flaming Lips last weekend.
They began at sundown.
Setlist from Voodoo:
Race for the Prize
Silver Trembling Hands
Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (with a very cool introduction)
Fight Test -sing along
Convinced of the Hex
Vein of Stars
Yoshimi
Pompeii
Taps
The WAND
Do You Realize?
Wow, not sure how I missed this post.
No, I had no idea it was a cover!
Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
Just thought I'd add that back in 1999 (wow, ten years really?), I saw the Flaming Lips give one of the best-sounding shows ever. It was the First Annual Music Against Brain Degeneration Revue and it was a Headphone Concert. They passed out little receivers into which you could plug your own headphones if you brought em. You had the bass and impact of the PA system and the clarity and stereo separation of the headphones, and it was magical.
Just thought I'd add that back in 1999 (wow, ten years really?), I saw the Flaming Lips give one of the best-sounding shows ever. It was the First Annual Music Against Brain Degeneration Revue and it was a Headphone Concert. They passed out little receivers into which you could plug your own headphones if you brought em. You had the bass and impact of the PA system and the clarity and stereo separation of the headphones, and it was magical.
Robyn Hitchcock and Sebadoh were also there.
Favorite Lips song: The Spark That Bled.
I saw them around the same time. Not a headphone show, but IIRC it was at Slim's in SF. Would the staging have been the same? They had a brilliant film loop of Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz murmuring, "Oh...!" over and over and over, in the background. Eventually, Wayne led the audience in a rendition of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". If I go to a personal heaven when I die, the Flaming Lips will be the house band.
I saw them around the same time. Not a headphone show, but IIRC it was at Slim's in SF. Would the staging have been the same? They had a brilliant film loop of Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz murmuring, "Oh...!" over and over and over, in the background. Eventually, Wayne led the audience in a rendition of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". If I go to a personal heaven when I die, the Flaming Lips will be the house band.
The Wizard of Oz bit might have been shown, but I don't remember the audience participation. This was a couple of months after The Soft Bulletin came out. During The Spark That Bled, Wayne had a large amount of fake blood dripping down his face from his forehead. The MABDR tour didn't last a real long time and I think they toured on The Soft Bulletin separately from it too.
I think my favorite song of the show as I recall was Superhumans though, just a triumphant live performance!
I love how creative they are, and that they get to do what they want!
I am not at all a super-knowledgeable Flaming Lips fan, but I sure do like what I have seen and heard.
The soaring vocals, the humor and the eccentricity.
I admire their risk-taking and their determination--and their sense of theater.
The Wizard of Oz bit might have been shown, but I don't remember the audience participation. This was a couple of months after The Soft Bulletin came out. During The Spark That Bled, Wayne had a large amount of fake blood dripping down his face from his forehead. The MABDR tour didn't last a real long time and I think they toured on The Soft Bulletin separately from it too.
I think my favorite song of the show as I recall was Superhumans though, just a triumphant live performance!
Yeah, I linked "SuperHumans" in an above post. The lyrics are total nonsense but you just get it, y'know? And it's heartwrenching. It's funny when a song can do that, and remind you of a Groovy Ghoulies cartoon at the same time.
As for "Do You Realize?"--"Do you realize/that the sun never goes down/It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning around..." My eyes are wetting now...
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