The scenic imagery, a combination of Japanese anime and a loopier version of “Star Wars,” is relentless. And back at his old haunt, where he’s director emeritus (his unstoppable production of “Jersey Boys” surely sealed his Playhouse legacy), McAnuff seems intent on dazzling us with glitzy galactic spectacle. The electric fluidity that he brought to his recent revival of “Jesus Christ Superstar” and his landmark production of “The Who’s Tommy” is certainly on full multimedia display here. McAnuff, who shaped the story with the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne, seems to enjoy the freedom of working in that space between music video and book musical. ![]() Inspired by the music of the Flaming Lips, the show incorporates songs from several albums, including of course the critically acclaimed “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.” The sublime orchestrations are by music director Ron Melrose, who frequently collaborates with Des McAnuff, the show’s director and probably the most knowledgeable theater artist on the planet when it comes to bringing concept albums to the stage. Count me in the second category, though the ride through a night sky swarming with alien creatures is often exhilarating. You either go along with the premise - a Japanese American artist’s battle with lymphoma is transformed into a war against flying robots - or you balk at its New Age underpinnings. ![]() The show’s sophistication lies in the floating lyricism of its score, which can be categorized in that Tower Records-era indie catch-all known as “alternative rock.” The visual imagination is seductive, but in a manner that can seem shallow for a work chronicling in surreal fashion a young woman’s desperate fight against cancer. Our ears are delighted at a higher level than our eyes - or our minds, for that matter. The Flaming Lips Lyrics provided by SongLyrics.LA JOLLA - Futuristic theatrical effects are deployed like a hypnotist’s pocket watch in “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.” But the real mesmerizing aspect of this new musical at La Jolla Playhouse, inspired by the music of the psychedelic rock band the Flaming Lips, is the way it sounds. Preview the embedded widget The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics Album Lyrics Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS). ![]() (With All Your Power)23.Vein Of StarsThe Flaming Lips Lyrics provided by The Giant Silver Flashlight and Puts on His Werewolf Moccasins19.The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song20.The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)21.The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song - Long Version22.The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song. Is It Always This Dark?17.The W.A.N.D.18.The Wizard Turns On. Is It Always This Dark?16.The Sound of Failure/It's Dark. Ambulance Driver10.My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion11.My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life as Blazing Shield of Defiance and Optimism as Celestial Spear of Action)12.Pompeii AM Gotterdammerung13.The Gold in the Mountain of Our Madness14.The Gold In The Mountain Of Our Madness - Bonus Track15.The Sound of Failure / It's Dark. Do I Stand a Chance?8.It Overtakes Me/The Stars Are So Big. Get the embed code The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics Album Lyrics1.Bohemian Rhapsody2.Bohemian Rhapsody - Bonus Track Dolby Digital Stereo3.Free Radicals4.Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber)5.Goin' On6.Haven't Got A Clue7.It Overtakes Me / The Stars Are So Big. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power) The Giant Silver Flashlight and Puts on His Werewolf Moccasins The Gold In The Mountain Of Our Madness - Bonus Track My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life as Blazing Shield of Defiance and Optimism as Celestial Spear of Action) Bohemian Rhapsody - Bonus Track Dolby Digital Stereoįree Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber)
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