The flaming lips soft bulletin live red rocks

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I feel like it made it sometimes more dense, sometimes even adding harmonies and melodies.' The lengthy wait for the show's commercial release, however, was due to the Lips' own busy schedule as well as the intricacies of mixing the many inputs that were part of the show that night.ДЄs for not releasing a live album before this, Coyne notes that the group has put out live DVDs but has always been skittish about releasing an audio performance souvenir. 'We like those little extra touches (the orchestra and choir) were doing. 'We didn't want it to sound just like The Soft Bulletin,' Coyne explains.

#The flaming lips soft bulletin live red rocks full

The album features the entire performance of The Soft Bulletin, the Lips' critically acclaimed 1999 release, accompanied by the orchestra and a full vocal choir. It's a tall order, but I guess that's just a typical Flaming Lips scenario - we just think we can do it and we should do it, so we do. There's 10,000 people showing up, and they're not there to watch you sound check and place microphones. And when you're working with an orchestra there are rules and you have to take these breaks, and IвЂ™m used to going all day and all night 'til we work something out. 'There's just too many things going on to enjoy it when it's happening - the rehearsals and the planning and then everything that comes along with recording it. 'Like a lot of things in life as soon as it's over it's wonderful but when you're in the middle of it, it's.a disaster,' Coyne tells Billboard with a laugh.