Might be blasphemy to even compare the two, but which album do you reach for more frequently?
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Tue April 10, 2018 4:55 pm
by bune
Yoshimi, but then that's my entry point.
The 5.1 mix they released is outstanding.
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Tue April 10, 2018 5:02 pm
by PHATJ
Probably The Soft Bulletin but I love Yoshimi too. It’s been a long time since I’ve gone through a Flaming Lips phase. They used to be one of my absolute favorite bands but they lost me after At War with the Mystics.
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Tue April 10, 2018 5:06 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Tue April 10, 2018 5:29 pm
by bodysnatcher
Soft Bulletin. Dig both albums though, of course. I had a copy of Clouds Taste Metallic on cassette, and the novelty of Zaireeka blew my college freshman mind, but I never really listened to it other than drunken listening parties with 4 boomboxes. Soft Bulletin was just next level. Bulletin and Yoshimi are obviously peak FL, it's hard to pick one. But gotta go with Soft Bulletin bc it was truly the first great Lips album.
Same as above, totally lost me with Mystics. Then Wayne's antics just made me totally lose interest in the band.
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Tue April 10, 2018 8:38 pm
by epilogue
Soft Bulletin and it's not even close.
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Tue April 10, 2018 9:24 pm
by LoathedVermin72
This is a band I have had zero interest in revisiting post-High School
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Tue April 10, 2018 9:29 pm
by epilogue
Yoshimi doesn't mean as much to me as it does to others. It's certainly not a bad record, but it's not one I really have any desire to listen to and it was the last Flaming Lips album that I bought and listened to from beginning to end. They have a lot of great stuff pre-Yoshimi, but nothing they've done since has been all that interesting to me.
I still listen to Soft Bulletin fairly regularly, though.
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Tue April 10, 2018 9:30 pm
by Jammer XCI
Clouds Taste Metallic >>>>
Embryonic is really good too but they’ve done jack shit since then worth a damn.
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Tue April 10, 2018 9:31 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Oh yeah there are some good songs on CTM
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 1:01 am
by chewm
The Soft Bulletin is soooo good.
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 1:13 am
by spike
The Soft Bulletin
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 9:03 pm
by diesel
I had listened to SB prior to Yoshimi but it was yoshimi (and the 5.1) that really grabbed me. but now I think SB is a better album overall.
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 9:16 pm
by washing machine
spike wrote:The Soft Bulletin
and it's not even really that close.
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 9:38 pm
by bodysnatcher
i'll do back-to-back listens and let you guys know the definitive answer
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 9:49 pm
by LoathedVermin72
thanks snatch
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 10:54 pm
by 50 Million Feet of Earth...
I love Yoshimi, but Soft Bulletin by a mile
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 11:11 pm
by bodysnatcher
LoathedVermin72 wrote:thanks snatch
sorry guys, i got caught up listening to a jazz station. i'll get on this.
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Mon April 23, 2018 7:07 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
the soft bulletin is such a beautiful album
Re: The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi
Posted: Mon April 23, 2018 11:03 pm
by PHATJ
bodysnatcher wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:thanks snatch
sorry guys, i got caught up listening to a jazz station. i'll get on this.
