“Do You Realize??”
The Flaming Lips shaped in Oklahoma City in 1983. Over the final 4 a long time, they’ve put out 16 albums. In 1999, they put out their album The Soft Bulletin, and that introduced them a brand new stage of success. And then, in 2002, they adopted it up with Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, which was their largest album so far. Pitchfork named it one of the top 5 albums of the year, Stereogum called it one of the best albums of the decade, and they won a Grammy. And the most important tune from the album was “Do You Realize??” So, for this episode, I talked to Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd about how that tune was first imagined. You’ll hear the very first demo Wayne recorded for the tune, and the demo he and Steven put collectively later, on their approach to making the ultimate model with producer Dave Fridmann.
You should buy or stream “Do You Realize??” here.
Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
For a transcript of this episode, click here.
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