The Flaming Lips React To Willie Nelson’s ‘Do You Realize??’ Cover: Watch
The Flaming Lips have filmed a video of their reaction to Willie Nelson’s cover of their classic Do You Realize??, watch below.
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The song is taken from Nelson’s upcoming album, Last Leaf On The Tree, which will be his 153rd and is named after his cover of the Tom Waits song.
“He’s just such a unique singer,” Flaming Lips vocalist Wayne Coyne said of the cover. “You hear one second of his voice, and you go, that’s him.” Co-writer Steven Drozd added that he wish that his late father were alive to hear the track. “I wish he was still alive to see this happening, that Willie Nelson is doing a Flaming Lips song I had a part in co-writing. He’d be very proud.”
The Flaming Lips recently announced a Blu-Ray edition of the album that originally gave us Do You Realize?? – their 2002 classic Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots.
The band have also shared new Atmos mixes of Yoshimi and their 2020 album, American Head, both of which are available to stream now.
This marks the first release of Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots on Blu-Ray in Dolby ATMOS mixed by Dave Fridmann & Atmos engineering & mastering by Jon Fridmann, DTS-HD 5.1 Mix mixed by Dave Fridmann & Elliot Scheiner, and DTS-HD 2.0 Hi-Res Stereo mixes by Dave Fridmann. The package insert also includes an excerpt from an interview by Wayne Coyne with Jon and Dave Fridmann, discussing the Atmos mixing and listening experience.
The Blu-Ray also notably boasts animated visualizer Bleep Blops and four newly remastered music videos — Fight Test, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt 1, Are You A Hypnotist??, and both versions of Do You Realize??. All music videos will also be upgraded on digital platforms, with Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt 1 and Fight Test available to watch in HD leading up to release.