Even though it's my music you hear it and you think, "Oh, I hear myself in there." If I knew how to do that, ( laughing) I'd tell you. I mean, I know it does work, and I know it does happen, but for the most part ideas and art and all that stuff doesn't work. I don't know what the mystery or the magic or any of that really is. And we go in that direction.Īnd so, I don't know. And you sorta play around with the same ideas over and over.īut, if you're lucky, something comes along and you go, "Wow, that's great, let's do that," as opposed to this boring thing that we were trying to do. That - yes indeed - we're trying to do something and we want something to happen, but a lot of times you're in there playing and really nothing great does happen. I think most artists, if they are being totally honest, will tell you that the fear of creativity is that a lot of it is just a lucky sort of cosmic accident. It's not my agenda tonight, it's the audience's and we're here to try to make it their night.ĬNN: Could you talk a little bit about your writing process? How do you guys bounce ideas off each other to make your albums unique?ĬOYNE: Well that's nice of you to say that. I'm just here to help the festival do what it's trying to do. If you guys need someone to help cleaning out the toilets, hey, I'll help. If you guys need someone to help cleaning out the toilets, hey, I'll help." The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne: "I'm just really here to help out. If you like it, and it moves you, then it's good. There's not really one kind of music that's better or more interesting than another. They already love music and really all music is great. I've got some big balloons, I've got some blood I'll pour on my head, if you like that, come see it, and if it's not your thing, it doesn't really matter to me. I just look at it that I'm just another thing that you can walk over there and see. I'm here to entertain them and if they love us and buy all of our records because of this, well, that's great, it doesn't really matter to me. If they are here and they come to see us, and they like us and they forget about us tomorrow, I don't really care.
The fact that they are here is all that really matters to me. WAYNE COYNE: I don't think about it too much. What's it all about? CNN caught up with front man Coyne before Bonnaroo for an interview.ĬNN: Do you look forward to going out there and trying to open some people's minds. Dancers pulled from the audience donned animal outfits and jammed on stage through exhaustive sets. Small cameras attached to microphones illuminated live, close-up images of Lips players on a giant-screen TV. Lead singer Wayne Coyne bathed in gobs of fake blood. Those fans quickly find out that the show isn't just about music.Īt the Bonnaroo music festival in June, for example, the band blew up oversized balloons and shined giant flashlights at the audience and each other. (CNN) - The ever-innovative indie rockers the Flaming Lips have gained more renown since the release of the band's 2002 album "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" - and that's brought new fans to the band's live shows.
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