"I'm
pouring my guts
out so they can
feel like your
guts at the same
time."
- Wayne Coyne of
The Flaming Lips
in 2002
When Jennifer Van
(more)
"I'm pouring my guts out so they can feel like your guts at the same time."
- Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips in 2002
When Jennifer Van Evra picked up the phone to interview Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, the last thing she expected was a conversation about death. The Oklahoma natives had just released their gleeful album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and had become known for their rapturously happy live shows. But as their conversation went on that Saturday morning, Coyne showed a side of a rock star you don't normally get to see. We're bringing you these outtakes as part of Blank on Blank: a series with PBS Digital Studios that transforms lost interviews with cultural icons into animated short films.
In this episode the animated conversation is about the eternal questions of life and death--and how you can use the inevitable fate we all face to enjoy every moment we have. Coyne talks both about how music helped comfort him while his father was dying and the near-death experience he had as a teenager during an armed robbery while working at Long John Silver's. The power of music weaves through it all.
Oh, and we used illustrations from Wayne Coyne's comic book throughout the film. That was cool.
Some more choice quotes from Wayne Coyne:
"Music has the power to transcend your physical being and take you up just a little bit"
"People have all been looking at me in my bare feet, talking existential bullshit "
"Life is worth celebrating... even though we're all headed to the same hole at the end of the day"
"I hate this notion I would ever forget how temporary this whole thing is"
Get the interview backstory, GIFs and more @ http://blankonblank.org
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Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Animator: Patrick Smith
Background Illustrations: Wayne Coyne
Audio Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Watch the previous episodes:
Maya Angelou on Con Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Bette Davis on The Sexes https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Michael Jackson on Godliness https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Jimi Hendrix on The Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Meryl Streep on Beauty https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Philip Seymour Hoffman on Happiness https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
David Bowie on Stardust http://youtu.be/lFIDXXDsxAo
Gene Wilder on The Truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
John Lennon on Love http://youtu.be/DmvmnYEy9NY
Johnny Cash on The Gospel http://youtu.be/ALGi0tcFCcw
Heath Ledger on Role Playing http://youtu.be/qDRUzbAa6lI
Tupac on Life and Death http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Kurt Cobain on Identity http://youtu.be/C1Z2BkZaOQc
Janis Joplin on Rejection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Barry White on Making Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Maurice Sendak on Being a Kid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Carol Burnett on Finding Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Grace Kelly on JFK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Farrah Fawcett on Stiletto Power http://youtu.be/8Eskff0RUQ8
Beastie Boys on Being Stupid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
David Foster Wallace on Ambition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Wilt Chamberlain on Tall Tales http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Larry King on Getting Seduced http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Music
The Flaming Lips
“She Don’t Use Jellyâ€
“A Spoonful Weighs a Tonâ€
“Do You Realizeâ€
Photo:
George Salisbury
Background Illustrations:
Wayne Coyne
