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It had been a while since I’d last seen the Flaming Lips live. It was from the side grass after I passed out at Coachella 2004. This time, we were 5th row center on a cool night at the BoA Pavilion, a great big tent for the circus-y Lips show. The stage was set up with two sets of cheerleading choirs, one group dressed as aliens and the other as santas. Ol’ Wayne was in his usual white suit, Michael was in a skeleton costume, and I forget what Steven wore. Relatively minor details…

They came out and blasted us with confetti and big green balloons that we batted around during the whole show. There was a massive videoscreen behind the band showing Wayne’s face up close among other strange visuals. With all of the sensory extraload, it was more like a party than a concert. “Race for the Prize” was the 1st real song and rocked serious sockage. The sing-a-long to “Yoshimi Pt. 1″ was amazing and same goes for the “Yeah Yeah Yeah Song”. The sing-a-long for “She Don’t Use Jelly” was backed by hilarious old videos from The Jon Stewart Show and 90210. “Do You Realize?”, my all-time favorite Lips track, finished the main set, and pretty much finished me.

The encore consisted “A Spoonful Weighs a Ton”, and the second encore was a Beck-baby-esque happy birthday song to a gal named Emily, and “War Pigs”. I left with confetti and streamers stuffed in pockets, completely satisfied, and perma-grinned from the superfun spectacle that is a Lips gig. Whew.

Setlist from Boston show + Pic 1 - Pic 2 - Pic 3