The Flaming Lips: Bohemian Rhapsody

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The Flaming Lips cover Bohemian Rhapsody. Contains nudity.
Sep 20, 2009 9:21 AM
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This really matters to we.
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Ballsy move to cover Bohemian Rhapsody.
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I liked it. They didn't try to parody the original and they didn't try and "make it their own" like pretentious assholes... they just did it.
By: Wolvan
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Boobs are awesome.
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I watched the whole thing just to make sure I didn't miss anything and I hate to be the dissenting vote but this sounded like some bad karaoke.

Queen and the Beatles should never be covered.
By: Paulfw
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gratuitous wasabi
By: rongway
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Wow...

I really like them, but I always thought what-sis-name had a reedy, thin Neil Young voice (not that there's anything wrong with that....)

But apparently that's just an affect (like Dylan's "sand-n-glue voice"). The guy can really sing.

It's a perfect cover, but that would be my main criticism -- if you take on a towering classic like Bohemian Rhapsody (already perfect in the original) the only way to go is to make an entirely unexpected tribute. Good example -- the Breeders' cover of Happiness is A Warm Gun.

But this was more like the exactly-like-the-original-note-for-note mentality you expect from good cover bands -- impressive for technique, but boring in terms of creativity.
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But then again, maybe I missed the point... they were just having some fun, hence the dumb wasabi naked girl stuff. It wasn't ironic -- they covered the original with full fidelity -- but they wanted you to know that you shouldn't take it too seriously. (It's like covering Stairway to Heaven, after all...)
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