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Flaming Lips — Do You Realize??
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Hodgie
(Dover, NH)
Posted: May 25, 2013 - 17:39
 
 johnjconn wrote:
Perhaps the stupidest premises for a song ever.

He's asking if you realize:
  - "that you have a beutiful face".  Every woman I've ever met know exactly where they stand on the Good Look chart.
  - "that everyone will die". Only a idiot doesn't know that.
 
stupid

 

John,

You win!! You win The Dumbest Comment I've ever read on RP.

 
The song is about existentialism...which is really mind-expanding, fascinating stuff.


Explaining existentialism to you would be like showing a card trick to a dog.      


You should write for the "Comments" section of YouTube videos.You'd fit in nicely. Two types of folks generally write comments on YouTube:


1.) Pre-pubescents. They're excused

2.) Adults who have IQ's on a par with driveway gravel       

Diamond_Dog
(Round Equatorial Pound)
Posted: Mar 19, 2013 - 06:53
 
So proud to be one of the 73 people who rated this song a 10.

lawman
(Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
Posted: Mar 19, 2013 - 06:53
 
 johnjconn wrote:
Of all the songs I've ever heard in my days , this might be the number one worst.
On almost every level this song sucks.
Break it down:
  - He ask a girl "do you realize you have a pretty face" ,,,duh,,, I've never met a girl in my life who does not know exactly where she is on the "cute face" list.  Ugly girls know they are ugly, hot chicks, know they are hot.
   - To accept all his questions (all the Do you realize, blah blah blah) is an insult to anyone's intellengence. For example, "Do you realize that one day you will die"  again, duh!
   - boring music
  - poor arrangement
 
Ha Ha!  Nice try, JohnJConn!

(or do you really have that much to learn in life?!!)



BikeCoachDave
(Columbia, Ky.)
Posted: Mar 19, 2013 - 06:52
 
So proud to be one of the 40 people who rated this song a 1.

bytheway
Posted: Jan 15, 2013 - 14:09
 
I miss Flaming Lips songs like this — melodic, sincere, innocent, a little philosophical, and even with some narrative on occasion. Whether drugs were involved is immaterial.  They sound more short-circuited lately, to my ears, although some may call it experimental.

FlatCat
(Chicago)
Posted: Nov 13, 2012 - 20:13
 
 johnjconn wrote:
Of all the songs I've ever heard in my days , this might be the number one worst.
On almost every level this song sucks.

Break it down:
  - He ask a girl "do you realize you have a pretty face" ,,,duh,,, I've never met a girl in my life who does not know exactly where she is on the "cute face" list.  Ugly girls know they are ugly, hot chicks, know they are hot.

   - To accept all his questions (all the Do you realize, blah blah blah) is an insult to anyone's intellengence. For example, "Do you realize that one day you will die"  again, duh!

   - boring music

  - poor arrangement
 
 
 - It's just plain whiny.

 - The guys in the background on "do you realize" are painfully screechy.

emiliano
Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 11:39
 
With this song I just stop RP and wait for next one {#Stupid}

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 11:35
 
I thought RP was commercial free. Is this not an auto ad?

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Aug 11, 2012 - 10:30
 
Of all the songs I've ever heard in my days , this might be the number one worst.
On almost every level this song sucks.

Break it down:
  - He ask a girl "do you realize you have a pretty face" ,,,duh,,, I've never met a girl in my life who does not know exactly where she is on the "cute face" list.  Ugly girls know they are ugly, hot chicks, know they are hot.

   - To accept all his questions (all the Do you realize, blah blah blah) is an insult to anyone's intellengence. For example, "Do you realize that one day you will die"  again, duh!

   - boring music

  - poor arrangement
 

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Aug 11, 2012 - 10:29
 
john lennon doing satsang

minimole
Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 00:03
 
What a bag of cliche-sodden barf. Next.

anending
(In the vicinity)
Posted: Jun 09, 2012 - 07:17
 
I'll just drink a bottle of syrup instead, thanks.

learjet
(Illinoi)
Posted: May 08, 2012 - 12:38
 
Never been a fan of key changes. Especially cheesy ones like in this song.  Flaming Lips can do better than this!

ubuntourist
(Brain-Washington)
Posted: May 08, 2012 - 12:36
 
I thought it was going to be Polyphonic Spree.

ThePoose
(Ottawa, capital of Canada)
Posted: May 08, 2012 - 12:36
 
Yes, I realize all of these things.

linden
(Santa Cruz, CA)
Posted: May 08, 2012 - 12:36
 
I first heard this song when I was pregnant with my two wonderful children. It always makes me think of how much I looked forward to getting to meet them in person and show them how life works on this big blue marble. {#Heartkiss}

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Feb 03, 2012 - 10:40
 
 copymonkey wrote:


Sorry, but anyone who rates ANY Poe song above a 5 relinquishes all rights to criticize any other music.

Hey, it's not me sayin' this—it's in the rule book.

 

Yea, I usually avoid unequivocal statements like that regarding subjective musical taste, but you are correct, it is in the rule book.

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Feb 03, 2012 - 10:30
 
Perhaps the stupidest premises for a song ever.

He's asking if you realize:
  - "that you have a beutiful face".  Every woman I've ever met know exactly where they stand on the Good Look chart.
  - "that everyone will die". Only a idiot doesn't know that.
 
stupid

peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: Jul 28, 2011 - 18:38
 
 socalhol wrote:
vaska01 wrote:
     This song gives me goose bumps..

wilcogirl11 wrote:

Me too. Love this one. Love this whole album, but especially this song.

 
I agree with both of your statements!  This song is slightly quirky, but very heartfelt — it really resonates with me.  And because of this song I checked out the rest of the album, and I enjoy it as a whole, too.

 
{#High-five}


vesta0424
Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 03:30
 
It gives me goosebumps too — because it is so frightfully awful.

 socalhol wrote:
vaska01 wrote:
     This song gives me goose bumps..

wilcogirl11 wrote:

Me too. Love this one. Love this whole album, but especially this song.

 
I agree with both of your statements!  This song is slightly quirky, but very heartfelt — it really resonates with me.  And because of this song I checked out the rest of the album, and I enjoy it as a whole, too.

 


BikeCoachDave
(Columbia, Ky.)
Posted: Mar 24, 2011 - 14:10
 
 jpstfx28 wrote:
shocked at the rating of this song
  Me too. How this song gets anything above a 3 just boggles my mind. This song is pandering drivel.


Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Dec 20, 2010 - 11:54
 
You realize the sun don't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

Buckminster Fuller, brilliant is so many ground breaking and bizarre ways, insisted on saying earthrise and earthset.

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Dec 20, 2010 - 11:52
 
vaska01 wrote:
     This song gives me goose bumps..

wilcogirl11 wrote:

Me too. Love this one. Love this whole album, but especially this song.

 
I agree with both of your statements!  This song is slightly quirky, but very heartfelt — it really resonates with me.  And because of this song I checked out the rest of the album, and I enjoy it as a whole, too.


coolpeople_rule
(Winter wonder land)
Posted: Sep 16, 2010 - 07:36
 

Check this one out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEWViGmX8Lw&ob=av2n

laozilover
(Left of Chicago and up)
Posted: Aug 15, 2010 - 06:44
 
 jpstfx28 wrote:
shocked at the rating of this song
 
Yeah, it's way too low!


laozilover
(Left of Chicago and up)
Posted: Aug 15, 2010 - 06:42
 
Yep.  I already rated this a nine.  "Godlike" - I'll think about it...

calypsus_1
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 22:26
 

The Flaming Lips by ~Moneypenny
Melissa Dow   ©2004-2010 ~Moneypenny




jpstfx28
Posted: May 11, 2010 - 18:33
 
shocked at the rating of this song

Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast)
Posted: May 11, 2010 - 18:33
 
 1wolfy wrote:
Oh really,  I like this one..maybe I should get the whole CD  DrGonzo wrote:
this is a fantastic album, but this is by far my least favorite song from it.. not sure why, but i just cannot get into this song - skip over it every time. rest of the album is 8 - 9 territory.. this one is a 5 imo.

/shrug
 
 
Yep, this isn't even the best song on there, I agree.


ick
(S.E. La Jolla)
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 11:19
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
Not so unbelievable. The Lips are from Tulsa.

 toterola wrote:
Unbelievably enough, this is now the official state "rock and roll" song of Oklahoma. Good choice, Sooners!
 

Norman, Oklahoma.  I had a girlfriend from there and that was Norman's claim to fame, along with the University of course


Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 11:17
 
Not so unbelievable. The Lips are from Tulsa.

 toterola wrote:
Unbelievably enough, this is now the official state "rock and roll" song of Oklahoma. Good choice, Sooners!
 



papaman
(Downstate New Mexico)
Posted: Nov 03, 2009 - 17:27
 
Such a great song every time I hear it.  8 -> 9.


1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 15:54
 
Oh really,  I like this one..maybe I should get the whole CD  DrGonzo wrote:
this is a fantastic album, but this is by far my least favorite song from it.. not sure why, but i just cannot get into this song - skip over it every time. rest of the album is 8 - 9 territory.. this one is a 5 imo.

/shrug
 



DrGonzo
Posted: Jun 30, 2009 - 09:12
 
this is a fantastic album, but this is by far my least favorite song from it.. not sure why, but i just cannot get into this song - skip over it every time. rest of the album is 8 - 9 territory.. this one is a 5 imo.

/shrug

wilcogirl11
Posted: Jun 30, 2009 - 09:10
 
 vaska01 wrote:
This song gives me goose bumps..
 
Me too. Love this one. Love this whole album, but especially this song.


toterola
(Further)
Posted: Apr 27, 2009 - 21:29
 
Unbelievably enough, this is now the official state "rock and roll" song of Oklahoma. Good choice, Sooners!

to_the_eleven
(in the groove)
Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 08:55
 
So for "Fight Test" rating did you donate a point to Cat Stevens?

 lawman wrote:

I'm rather older than that, and I just changed my former 7 to an 8 — added a point for extra-good song-writing.
 



lawman
(Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 08:50
 
to_the_eleven wrote:
I'm 37, must be why I'm not thrilled by any of them.


I'm rather older than that, and I just changed my former 7 to an 8 — added a point for extra-good song-writing.



jbtidwell
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 08:48
 
 Deadwing wrote:
Wow I think you totally missed my point somehow. I love this song and this band. Check my rating on it (10) I was shakin a finger at all the people that cringe over Wayne's voice or Stephen's quirky arrangemants, and because of that, miss out on some incredibly beautiful, whimsical, life affirming, and at times surrealistically fun and silly music. Flaming Lips- there is no substitute
 

Thanks for putting that into words... you nailed what their appeal is to me.


to_the_eleven
(in the groove)
Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 08:47
 
I'm 37, must be why I'm not thrilled by any of them.

 MediaGrrl wrote:
Just turned on RP in the office and was hoping for a set that would please the 40s and the late 20s. Bill nailed it:

Flaming Lips - Do You Realize??
Depeche Mode - Strangelove
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground (Nellee Hooper Edit)
well done!
 



Imkirok
(The Arctic Hinter Land)
Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 08:46
 
 copymonkey wrote:


Sorry, but anyone who rates ANY Poe song above a 5 relinquishes all rights to criticize any other music.

Hey, it's not me sayin' this—it's in the rule book.

 
Rules are made to be broken.



InTexas
(North Texas)
Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 08:46
 
One of my all time favorites. These boys from Oklahoma City know how to write a wonderful song!


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 08:46
 
 vaska01 wrote:
This song gives me goose bumps..
 

Yeah, this is a really profound song... awesome...



vaska01
(NYC)
Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 08:45
 
This song gives me goose bumps..

bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Feb 23, 2009 - 20:06
 
 copymonkey wrote:


Sorry, but anyone who rates ANY Poe song above a 5 reliquishes all rights to criticize any other music.

Hey, it's not me sayin' this—it's in the rule book.
 
Copymonkey, you CRACK ME UP!   {#Lol}

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Dec 22, 2008 - 16:57
 
Folks, this is a beautiful song... here are the lyrics:

One, two, three, four -
Do You Realize - that you have the most beautiful face
Do You Realize - we're floating in space -
Do You Realize - that happiness makes you cry
Do You Realize - that everyone you know someday will die

And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun don'-go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

Do You Realize - Oh - Oh - Oh
Do You Realize - that everyone you know
Someday will die -

And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun don'-go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

Do You Realize - that you have the most beautiful face
Do You Realize

copymonkey
(in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool)
Posted: Oct 20, 2008 - 13:20
 
 2Hawks wrote:
Ok, how long can they keep singing about observations that everyone thought about when they were 12? It's boring, juvenile, and repetitious.

 

Sorry, but anyone who rates ANY Poe song above a 5 relinquishes all rights to criticize any other music.

Hey, it's not me sayin' this—it's in the rule book.


ShepHeard
(Old Orléans)
Posted: Oct 20, 2008 - 13:17
 
Oh dear.

Not one to leave negative comments, but this is quite horrible... Sorry, it's me I'm sure, but I just don't get it. :o(

rowdydaisy
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 07:56
 
To truely appreciate the Flaming Lips you must see them in concert. I think the recorded music is there to remind you of the live performances which are unforgetable. It's performance art.

songbirdfemme
(syracuse ny)
Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 07:54
 
 Excelsior wrote:
This band is wayyyyyyyyyyyyy overrated.
 

They are pretty fun live, have you checked out their shows?