The Flaming Lips & Mastodon
A Spoonful Weighs a Ton 7''
Warner Bros
2012
Rating: 4 shropshires out of 10
Another Record Store Day 2012 release. The Flaming Lips version of their classic song is exactly the same version from their classic record "A Soft Bulletin," so nothing special or new there. The flip side is once-amazing-and-now-just-kinda-meh Mastodon covering that same song. Surprisingly, their version is pretty close to the original...the guitars are a little heavier and the voice is different, but otherwise...not entirely sure what the point of this was. Would have liked to have heard a completely metal reinvention of the song maybe - it might have sucked but it would have at least turned heads. The pink vinyl looks nice at least.
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