Flaming Lips’ six-hour song “Found a Star on the Ground” raises $20,000 for Oklahoma charities
Oklahoma City psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips have already raised about $20,000 for charity with “Found a Star on the Ground,” their six-hour song project, reports The Oklahoman Entertainment Editor Gene Triplett.
As previously reported, the Lips announced last month online that fans could have their names incorporated into the expansive track by donating at least $100 to two causes closely associated with the band: the Central Oklahoma Humane Society and the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma.
Sean Lennon (son of John Lennon) recently recorded the long list of contributors to be added to the track, Gene reports, and those who contributed to the project will be first in line to purchase the song when it becomes available on the Flaming Lips website at flaminglips.com.
The song will be contained on a USB drive within a newly developed, eye-popping psychedelic toy called “The Strobo Trip.” The Strobo toy also will contain two shorter songs, “Butterfly, How Long It Takes to Die” and “Evil Minds.”
Once contributors’ orders have been fulfilled, any leftover Strobo packages will be made available to the public for about $150 until the supply runs out, Gene reports.
“Found a Star on the Ground” is likely to be the longest single piece of music ever recorded – but not for long. The band confirmed plans in October to record a 24-hour-long song.
To read more about the project, click here to read Gene’s interesting story. And check out this YouTube video of the Lips working on “Found a Star on the Ground”:
-BAM
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