The Flaming Lips - Will You Return / When You Come Down

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After watching the documentary on The Residents, I always think of them when I hear The Flaming Lips. I wonder if The Residents were influential in any way for them, more in presence than sound.

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Link to the doc?

There's a whole lot of 80s+- performance art groups that influenced each other, directly or indirectly. It'd be hard to imagine they weren't aware of them at least.

I saw Ween and The Flaming Lips at the Berkeley Bowl ~16 years ago. Ween was disappointingly okay doing their great stuff mediocrely. The mediocre Lips songs* were performed spectacularly and with great fanfare, making it worth the concert.

* There are a few songs of theirs that I really like. Besides Face I get their stuff mixed up with a couple other groups.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2833768/

Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents

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[Chorus]
Will you return?
Will you come down?
Will you return?
Will you come down?
Will you return?
Will you come down?
Will you return?
Will you come down?

[Verse 1]
Flower gun
Now you're on the run
Flower head
Now all your friends are dead
And their ghosts
Floating around your bed
Hear it said
Now all your friends are dead

[Chorus]
Will you return?
Will you come down?
Will you return?
Will you come down?
Will you return?
Will you come down?


[Verse 2]
Shooting star (Shooting star)
Crashing in your car (Crashing in your car)
What went wrong? (Singing songs)
Now all your friends are gone (All your friends are gone)
And they scream (And they scream)
Screaming from beyond (Screaming from beyond)
Hear their song (Hear their song)
Now all your friends are gone

[Refrain]
Will you return?
Will you return?
Will you return?
Will you return?
Will you return?
Will you return?
Will you return?

[Chorus]
Will you come down?
Will you return?
Will you come down?
Will you return?
Will you come down?
Will you return?
Will you come down?
Will you return?
Will you come down?
Will you return?
Will you come down?
Will you return?
Will you come down?
[Outro]
Screaming from beyond
Screaming from beyond
Screaming from beyond
Screaming from beyond
Screaming from beyond