| Category |
The
Black Lips |
The
Flaming Lips |
And the Point Goes to… |
Size
matters |
Four
members |
Three
members |
The Black
Lips. There's strength in numbers. |
Staying
power |
The
Black Lips have been at it since 2000 when they formed
the group as teenagers. |
Slightly
more experienced, the Flaming Lips have been making
music since 1983. |
The Flaming
Lips. They have moves the young'uns have never seen. |
Breeding
and background |
These
Georgia boys hail from the state capital, "Hotlanta."
They're also self-described "bad kids." |
Rumour
has it, the band formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
after stealing musical instruments from a local church. |
The Black
Lips. It's called "Hotlanta" for a reason.
|
First
time |
Cole
Alexander remembers playing birthday parties that ended
with cake fights. |
Their
debut was in an Oklahoma City transvestite bar. |
The Flaming
Lips. Their first time shows an anything-goes attitude. |
Who's
your daddy? |
Bomp,
In the Red, and Vice Records have lent their support. |
Stealing
the hearts of both minor and major labels, the Flaming
Lips have appeared on Restless/Enigma and Warner. |
The Black
Lips belong to Vice. Need we say more? |
Pick-up
lines |
"Your
nose is like a tower, like the one in Lebanon (Lebanon),
Your breath smells like some flowers."
|
"Do
you realize you have the most beautiful face?" |
The Flaming
Lips. Having your nose compared to architecture can
make you self-conscious. |
Baby,
you have no idea where I've been |
The
band has played in Tel Aviv, Sardinia, and Jerusalem. |
Tour
stops have included Rio, Perth, and The Hague. |
The Black
Lips. Touring the Middle East demonstrates serious cojones.
|
You're
all talk |
Described
as "the hardest working band at the South by
Southwest festival in Austin, Texas." |
The
band escapes comparison: "Few bands were so brave,
so frequently brilliant and so deliciously weird as
the Flaming Lips." |
The Black
Lips earn this point by the massive amount of hype they've
been getting this past year. |
Technique |
A
mish-mash of garage, blues, country and punk. |
Dream
pop, psychedelia, noise and experimentation. |
The Black
Lips' sound is raunchier by far. |
Guilty
pleasures |
Southern
rap, cough syrup. |
Bunny
suits. |
Tie. Both
are unappealing. |
It's all about the hair… |
Dirt
'stache. |
Jesus
beard. |
The Black Lips. A career in pornography could be just around the corner. |
The morning after |
You will feel hung over and scuzzy. The next day you'll notice your diary is missing. |
You
will feel serene and in love with everyone. However,
your lungs will be full of glitter. |
The Black Lips win this one because coughing up sparkles isn't very romantic. |
It's not you, it's me |
Shows have included projectile vomiting and on-stage urinating. That's not sexy. |
Though they're sensitive and are always trying new things, the white suit is a bit of a turn-off. |
The Flaming Lips. I promised my mom I'd wait until I was married before I let a guy barf on me. |
It is so over |
"I can see you all day long, but it doesn't mean a thing at all.
I can say anything I want because I'm never going to get along."
. |
"'Cause love does things that you can't see.
It's like telepathic surgery,
And cuts and scrapes just like Iggy Pop thrown in a hole."
|
The Flaming Lips.
Who knew heartache could sound so pretty and punk-rock at the same time?
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- by Monika
Warzecha - 
