Flaming Lips cover The Beatles' “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds”
31 December 2013, 10:50
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
(News)
The Flaming Lips have always been partial to a good cover, most recently taking on Stone Roses, Devo, Tame Impala and more. Now they’ve delivered a rendition of The Beatles.
Wayne Coyne and co have covered Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band cut “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds”, recorded in prep for a special show on NYE.
“While rehearsing for New Year’s Eve the other day, we decided to record a couple of the songs we were practicing,” the band write about the track. “Here is one of them.”
Take a listen below via Pitchfork:
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