Oh, and I am going to post a little bit of information about plans by the Flaming Lips to release a cover album of The Dark Side Of The Moon. Just a couple of thoughts:
1) Normally, I wouldn't be too thrilled with the idea of listening to something like this, since the idea of covering an entire album seems to be... well, kind of a stupid idea. However, all of a sudden the Flaming Lips can do little wrong, so this might turn out to be... interesting? Decent? Maybe? (Oh, and about their latest album... it's good, not totally in love with it yet, but I'll post a review of it when I digest it a little more/suddenly become motivated.)
2) Then again, it's Dark Side Of The Moon, which is sort of overrated outside of Wizard Of Oz purposes. I mean, some of their songs are pretty awesome, and some of it is just bland as hell. "Time" and "Great Gig In The Sky" = great. "Us And Them" and "Any Colour You Like" = not so great.
3) I think Beck did a cover album of The Velvet Underground And Nico, which makes me wonder... is it better for one to cover an album that one doesn't like, or that one holds dear? Cause I pretty much hate VU & Nico outside of "Sunday Morning," but since Beck's OK... I might like it better? On the other hand, if Beck did a cover album of say--Another Green World by Brian Eno, I'd be more inclined to listen to it, but there'd be a higher probability of it inspiring massive hatred.
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