May 30, 2011 at 3:36pm
The Flaming Lips unleash the balloons. PHOTO CREDIT: Ernest A Jasmin
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Most bands wait until the end to go to the giant balloons and confetti. But not psych-punkers the Flaming Lips, who flipped the script and made a big entrance on the main stage Sunday night at the Sasquatch Music Festival. Wayne Coyne and Co. gave their 1999 alt-rock classic "The Soft Bulletin" the full concert treatment, backed by a choir of dancing girls, people in plushy costumes and a vivid L.E.D. backdrop. The hipsters up on the hill where I eventually wound up weren't feelin' Coyne's rambling, "VH1 Storytellers" style song segues, though. "Who is this old guy? I'm done!" shouted a guy to my right. "Modest Mouse! Modest Mouse!"
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Bethy said on May. 30, 2011 at 6:58pm
Sasquatch has been overtaken by doorknobs who don't understand genius, which is why I sadly can no longer attend. The crowd is just too annoying.
randy said on May. 31, 2011 at 12:07pm
The Flaming Lips set Sunday night wasn't genius, it was just boring and awkward, especially with that ridiculous birthday cake which brought the whole set to a grinding halt. I was down in the pit waiting for Modest Mouse, and it seemed like even the Lips fans themselves weren't really feeling it.
PsychExFutureHeart said on May. 31, 2011 at 5:00pm
Don't blame them for the birthday cake. Sasquatch wanted some band to do it - and who better than them (even if it would have been better still if they had more time to play the rest of Soft Bulletin).
Anyway, thanks for posting. Amusing antecdote. I'm posting pictures, info etc at psychexfutureheart.wordpress.com/festivals/sasquatch2011/
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