Halloween On The Barbary Coast
Nathan Robert's quote from The Flaming Lips Trading Post interview:
"After being escorted out of Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas because 'we stunk' (literally) we were walking to the Barbary Coast Casino and encountered a picket line of striking Barbary Coast employees. One guy had a megaphone and as we approached he started cursing at us about how 'it’s un-American to cross a picket line.' As we passed he started screaming, 'Look everybody…it’s Halloween at the Barbary Coast!'
"After being escorted out of Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas because 'we stunk' (literally) we were walking to the Barbary Coast Casino and encountered a picket line of striking Barbary Coast employees. One guy had a megaphone and as we approached he started cursing at us about how 'it’s un-American to cross a picket line.' As we passed he started screaming, 'Look everybody…it’s Halloween at the Barbary Coast!'
Well, the retards laughed
When the evening came
The librium makes them
All the same
And boy, you still got
Shit for brains
It's Halloween on the coast again
Well the clowns roll in
And the line never ends
We get the last part
We get the bends
And the bends always last
Until the blast
And sucked us down in the hole again
And it's Halloween on the Barbary Coast, uh huh
Ahhh
Ahhh
Well, the mothers smiled
When the morning came
Under the Christmas tree
They looked all the same
And boy, you still got
Shit for brains
And it's Halloween all over again
And it's Halloween on the Barbary Coast
And it's Halloween on the Barbary Coast, uh huh
Ahhh
Ahhh
When the evening came
The librium makes them
All the same
And boy, you still got
Shit for brains
It's Halloween on the coast again
And the line never ends
We get the last part
We get the bends
And the bends always last
Until the blast
And sucked us down in the hole again
Ahhh
When the morning came
Under the Christmas tree
They looked all the same
And boy, you still got
Shit for brains
And it's Halloween all over again
And it's Halloween on the Barbary Coast, uh huh
Ahhh
Discography Appearances
Live
Featuring one of the greatest riffs in Flaming Lips history, "Halloween On The Barbary Coast" was frequently played during the Ronald Jones era.
| 05/12/1995 | San Francisco CA USA | The Fillmore | ||
| 11/16/1994 | Boston MA USA | Orpheum Theatre | ||
| 10/28/1994 | Detroit MI USA | State Theater | Download Available | |
| 10/23/1994 | Champaign IL USA | The Blind Pig | Download Available | |
| 10/18/1994 | Minneapolis MN USA | State Theatre | ||
| 09/07/1994 | Norman OK USA | Sooner Theatre | ||
| 08/26/1994 | Reading England | Little John's Farm | Reading Festival | Download Available |
| 07/20/1994 | Cincinnati OH USA | Riverbend Music Center | Lollapalooza | Download Available |
| 07/16/1994 | Tinley Park IL USA | World Music Theatre | Lollapalooza | Download Available |
| 07/15/1994 | Tinley Park IL USA | World Music Theatre | Lollapalooza |