The Fearless Freaks (2005)
Equal parts punk and psychedelia, the Flaming Lips emerged from Oklahoma City as one of the most bracing bands of the late 1980s. The Fearless Freaks documents their rise from Butthole Surfers-imitating noisemakers to grand poobahs of orchestral pop masterpieces. Filmmaker Bradley Beesely had the good fortune of living in the same neighborhood as lead Lip Wayne Coyne, who quickly enlisted his buddy to document his band's many concerts and assorted exploits. The early footage is a riot, with tragic hair styles on proud display as the boys attempt to cover up their lack of natural talent with sheer volume. During one show, they even have a friend bring a motorcycle on stage, which is then miked for sound and revved throughout the performance, clearing the club with toxic levels of carbon monoxide. Great punk rock stuff. Interspersed among the live bits are interviews with the band's family and friends, revealing the often tragic circumstances of their childhoods and early career.
The movie The Fearless Freaks, released in 2005, features 52 songs from artists like The Flaming Lips and James Drozd (as James), Vernon Drozd (as Vernon) and Steven Drozd. What is your favorite song from The Fearless Freaks?
Songs from The Fearless Freaks
- Buggin'
- The Flaming Lips
- Fight Test
- The Flaming Lips
- Do You Realize?
- The Flaming Lips
- Turn It On
- The Flaming Lips
- Man from Pakistan
- The Flaming Lips
- Can't Stop the Spring
- The Flaming Lips
- Lightning Strikes the Postman
- The Flaming Lips
- In the Morning of the Magicians
- The Flaming Lips
- Unconsciously Screamin'
- The Flaming Lips
- A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
- The Flaming Lips
- The Captain
- The Flaming Lips
- Charlie Manson Blues
- The Flaming Lips
- One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning
- The Flaming Lips
- Baba O'Riley
- The Flaming Lips
- A Pause for the Cause for Doubt
- The Flaming Lips
- Mexican Polka
- James Drozd (as James), Vernon Drozd (as Vernon) and Steven Drozd
- I'm Gonna Find Me a Woman
- James Drozd (as James), Vernon Drozd (as Vernon) and Steven Drozd
- Smokin' a J with The Fearless Freaks
- The Flaming Lips
- Halloween on the Barbary Coast
- The Flaming Lips
- Enthusiasm for Life Defeats Internal Existential Fear, Progressive
- The Flaming Lips
- Shine on Sweet Jesus
- The Flaming Lips
- Bag Full of Thoughts
- The Flaming Lips
- Lucifer Rising
- The Flaming Lips
- Cherub
- Talkin' Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortal
- The Flaming Lips
- Mountain Side
- The Flaming Lips
- Take Me ta Mars
- The Flaming Lips
- God Walks Among Us Now
- The Flaming Lips
- The Abandoned Hospital Ship
- The Flaming Lips
- Bad Days
- The Flaming Lips
- She Don't Use Jelly
- The Flaming Lips
- Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles
- The Flaming Lips
- Riding to Work In the Year 2025
- The Flaming Lips
- Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World
- The Flaming Lips
- March of the Rotten Vegetables
- The Flaming Lips
- Sleeping on the Roof
- The Flaming Lips
- Okay I'll Admit That I Really Don't Understand
- The Flaming Lips
- Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
- The Flaming Lips
- Suddenly Everything Had Changed
- The Flaming Lips
- Planet of the Freaks
- The Flaming Lips
- Waitin' for Superman
- The Flaming Lips
- Christmas at the Zoo
- The Flaming Lips
- Final It's Christmas Time
- The Flaming Lips
- Slow Nerve Action
- The Flaming Lips
- Melancholy Remembrance
- The Flaming Lips
- The Spark That Bled
- The Flaming Lips
- Dear Old Fredonia
- The Flaming Lips
- Race for the Prize
- The Flaming Lips
- We Sing to the Oracle
- The Flaming Lips
- The Sun
- The Flaming Lips
- Let Me Be It
- The Flaming Lips
- It's Rainin' Babies
- The Flaming Lips
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