Phoenix Blog

I have never really cared about this event before this.

I saw Flaming Lips do a privet and unannounced show at SXSW a few years ago in a room that held MAYBE 300 people and it was one of the best live shows I have ever seen in my life (and I see a lot of shows).

The Flaming Lips were always on my top shows to see and although I'm glad we did see/hear them and their spectacle, the show was lack lustre.

Almost immediately, Wayne announced how cool it was to be in DC the week before and how he doesn't have an issue with Phoenix (spite what everyone says). 50% of the crowd left at this point.

They proceeded to perform their cover of Madonna's "Borderline" which resulted in another 50% of the crowd leaving.

Granted, I wasn't there to see the crowd, but it was disheartening to see them lose an audience bulk by bulk. Part and parcel to a good show is a good crowd and I'm sure at a FL show all the more.

He then mentioned again (as though he forgot he told us) we were in DC last week and blah blah blah.

At least we were able to make enough noise for an encore of Vaseline and Do You Realize. Otherwise it would have been a total flop short of the lil' seemingly impromptu jams.

Next time(if there is a next time). I hope to see them in a 300 capacity secret show. I'm sure it would be an entirely different experience.