Here's a good one...proof that the Flaming Lips were really great before The Soft Bulletin. It's too bad their albums before Transmissions... often go overlooked. I'm a big fan of Clouds Taste Metallic (and realize that comes after Transmissions.) This one, Hit to Death in the Future Head, is definitely underrated. I'm pretty sure it's the only album ever to end with 30 minutes of channel jumping static. That also means I've never listened to the entire album.
This song is one of the highlights, has a way cool lick, pretty much nonsensical lyrics, and contains "Halloween" in the title. Perfect!
The Flaming Lips - Halloween on the Barbary Coast
"Well, the retards laughed
When the evening came
The 'librium makes them
All the same
And boy, you still got
Shit for brains
It's Halloween on the coast again
Well the clowns roll in
And the line never ends
We get the last part
We get the bends
And the bends always last
Till the blast
And they sucked us down in the hole again
And it's Halloween on the Barbary Coast
Well, the mothers smiled
When the morning came
Under the Christmas tree
They looked all the same
And boy, you still got
Shit for brain
And it's Halloween all over again"
The Flaming Lips -Hit to Death in the Futurehead @Amazon
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