As a fan of The Flaming Lips since the early '90s, and having a good knowledge of their history, I am less cynical about this release than some others.
They have always been a band who've enjoyed doing covers, Wayne Coyne is heavily influenced by The Beatles psychedelic work, and have a reputation for doing things to please themselves.
A couple of years ago, for instance, they released a song called Two Blobs F*cking. What they did is put it up on YouTube, but instead of putting up the song, they put up twelve tracks that needed to be played alongside each other to put ...