The Flaming Lips will perform their classic The Soft Bulletin for Sydney and Melbourne in September and October.
The Soft Bulletin was the ninth album for The Flaming Lips. It was recorded between April 1997 and February 1999 and released on 17 May 1999.
The album came right after the experimental ‘Zaireeka, a 4 disc album that featured different sections of the album on each disc with the four discs played simultaneously to hear the full recording. ‘The Soft Bulletin’ was relatively mainstream compared to ‘Zaireeka’.
It will be interesting to know which version of ‘The Soft Bulletin’ The Flaming Lips will perform. The album had a different tracklisting to the USA in both Australia and the UK. The only version available on Spotify is the original US version.
1. “Race for the Prize” (Mokran remix)
2. “A Spoonful Weighs a Ton”
3. “The Spark That Bled” (“The Softest Bullet Ever Shot”)
4. “The Spiderbite Song”
5. “Buggin'” (Mokran remix)
6. “What Is the Light?” (“An Untested Hypothesis Suggesting That the Chemical [In Our Brains] by Which We Are Able to Experience the Sensation of Being in Love Is the Same Chemical That Caused the “Big Bang” That Was the Birth of the Accelerating Universe”)
7. “The Observer”
8. “Waitin’ for a Superman” (“Is It Gettin’ Heavy?”)
9. “Suddenly Everything Has Changed” (“Death Anxiety Caused by Moments of Boredom”)
10. “The Gash” (“Battle Hymn for the Wounded Mathematician”)
11. “Feeling Yourself Disintegrate”
12. “Sleeping on the Roof” (excerpt from “Should We Keep the Severed Head Awake??”)
13. “Race for the Prize” (“Sacrifice of the New Scientists”)
14. “Waitin’ for a Superman” (Mokran remix)
UK and Australian CD release
1. “Race for the Prize”
2. “A Spoonful Weighs a Ton”
3. “The Spark That Bled”
4. “Slow Motion”
5. “What Is the Light?”
6. “The Observer”
7. “Waitin’ for a Superman”
8. “Suddenly Everything Has Changed”
9. “The Gash”
10. “Feeling Yourself Disintegrate”
11. “Sleeping on the Roof”
12. “Race for the Prize” (Mokran remix)
13. “Waitin’ for a Superman” (Mokran remix)
14. “Buggin'” (Mokran remix)
The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
30 September and Tuesday 1 October at 8pm
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
Thursday 3 and Friday 4 October at 8pm
Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall
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