Last year's third annual Ghouls Gone Wild event was a huge success that drew LIPS fans from around the globe. This October 23rd, The LIPS will once again host their annual MARCH OF 1000 FLAMING SKELETONS Parade in downtown Oklahoma City's Bricktown district, just a stones throw away from FLAMING LIPS ALLEY. As we fall into the crisp Autumnal night air of the season's darkest yet sweetest holiday, THE FLAMING LIPS ask the question: Want to Participate in This Year's MARCH OF 1000 FLAMING SKELETONS? Best gig of the year by far in my book."Burbank, CA - What would Halloween be without THE FLAMING LIPS? Certainly nothing as magical and incendiary as their annual Ghouls Gone Wild event held in their hometown of Oklahoma City, that's what. There’s a chill out zone with the lovely Hey and Havalina which give the guys a bit of a breather, before the excellent finale of a triple whammy The Holiday Song, Levitate Me and a crunching set closer of Bone Machine before they bow out with a wave and smiles all round.ģ9 songs and two hours of pure showmanship from the masters of pre-grunge, and I applaud Pixies for keeping the momentum going and treating us fans to a night we will never forget. Crackity Jones, Broken Face (another singalong), Debaser and Planet Of Sound which sound huge and blast me into a corner. Gouge Away and There Goes My Gun are majestic, as is the highlight of Mary Chain cover Head On that blows me away with a gargantuan slab of ramped up guitar noise that fills the venue like a rabid monster. Paz also has her turn to shine with a great rendition of Gigantic which proves she can match Kim Deal pound for pound in the bass-playing stakes. Then the place erupts with I’ve Been Tired, turning into a mass singalong that continues when they air their massive anthem Monkey Gone To Heaven.
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Joey does some clever trickery using the plug from his guitar for some weird effects that has me grinning from ear to ear and some wide mouthed fans looking on in awe at a guitar legend.Īs usual with a Pixies gig there’s no banter in between songs, just a full on headrush of classics including the brilliant Dead with THAT guitar solo and Lovering’s drum beat that continues to slay me today. The old Surfa Rosa / Come On Pilgrim / Doolittle tracks just pile in one after the other, Here Comes Your Man, Brick Is Red, Break My Body, Ed Is Dead, Vamos, Jesus it’s relentless. The place is bouncing and if there was no air conditioning on the go I swear the walls would be dripping.
A greatest hits mixed with old tracks and quite a few new ones thrown in, which keep the old faithful fans on their feet. They unusually kick off with Ana from the underrated Bossanova rather than a usual heavy track, and we get treated to a rare false start which amuses Frank who berates Joey and has a cheeky wink.
The audience is full of excitement for this 8pm start and Pixies enter the stage bang on time to a massive applause, all smiles, ready to launch into what we all know will be a sprawling set. Tonight is special for the lucky people who got their hands on a ticket when it was announced on Monday morning, and the whole affair is nothing short of pure spine tingling power from Frank Black, Joey Santiago, David Lovering and the excellent Paz Lenchantin.
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Pixies are a revitalised group who keep on rolling some thirty plus years later, with a new album on the horizon and a sprawling back catalogue of classics that still resonate today. Is this a coincidence? The hottest day of the year versus one of the hottest bands on Earth? Too right.
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