A REPLY TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CHEESE, By James WC Kells esq.

From the person who owns 8 Flaming Lips CD/DVD’s I applaud you for your sound choice of music (I have only 4 left to buy, At War with the Mystics comes out on MONDAY!!! YEAH!).

The Flaming Lips are the only band that can present uplifting or depressing topics under a cover of nonsensical giddy lyrics and high pitched happy sounds.

For Example…

Christmas At The Zoo... (Clouds taste Metallic)
There wasn't any snow on Christmas eve and I knew what Ishould do,
I thought I'd free the animals all locked up at the zoo,
I opened up the fence where the peacocks were,
the lamas wereunleashed the snakes and seals could all get out,
but they Refused to leave....
All of the animals agreed they're not happy at the zoos
But they preferred to save themselves, they seemed to think they could...
The elephants, orangutans, all the birds and kangaroos all saidthanks but no thanks man,
but to be concerned is good...
It started to snow on Christmas Eve in the middle of the nightwalkin through the state park zoo and everything is white...

Or one of my favourites…

Race for the Prize... (Soft Bulletin)
Two scientists were racing
For the good of all mankind
Both of them side by side
So Determined
Locked in heated battle
For the cure that is their prize
But it's so dangerous
But they're determined
Theirs is to win
If it kills them
They're just humans
With wives and children
Upwards to the vanguard
Where the pressure is too high
Under the microscope
Hope against hope
Forging for the future
But to sarcrifice their lives
Both of them side by side
So determined
Theirs is to winIf it kills them
They're just humans
With wives and children
Theirs is to win
It will kill them
They're just humans
With wives and children

I won't force my opinion about their respective messages, but i suggest you listen to the songs so that you see how the band manages to bury the ideas in your head without you noticing...

And remember…
... I got yer package it was all a mess, lightning strikes the postman in his chest, I hope that you remember the things you had to say, it's just a supernatural delay...
(Take that Tool lyrics!)