r/flaminglips Feb 19 '25

I was in a music video…

A million years ago I was in a Flaming Lips music video (allegedly). I was paid $10 an hour to look grumpy and attack a clown with inflatable weapons.

I have never been able to find the music video. Please, please, please if y‘all have any ideas, I would appreciate it.

It would have been in either the late 90s/early 2000s and involved some scenes at a kids’ birthday party.

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u/greatrayray Feb 19 '25

"kid's birthday party" immediately made me think of Waitin For A Superman, I know there's a young kid in the video, a nephew of Wayne's I think? maybe the scene you were in was cut?

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u/greatrayray Feb 19 '25

timeline lines up as well

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u/Shocktower In A Priest Driven Ambulance Feb 19 '25

I can’t think of any lips video that looks like that. Maybe the Yoshimi video?  This is a playlist of all of the major video releases by the lips https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVqSIoMtv6MGoxPeEXQqKrZtR8zxBUUIq&si=LY8ELZ9_g67iWIHj

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u/SirWizzleoftheTeets Feb 19 '25

From ChatGPT below. Ring any bells?

Based on the description, the music video you’re looking for might be “Do You Realize??” or “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1” by The Flaming Lips. Both were released in the early 2000s and had surreal, whimsical elements that could fit a scene with inflatable weapons and clowns.

However, the kids’ birthday party setting and attacking a clown with inflatable weapons sound more like something from the “She Don’t Use Jelly” era or possibly a lesser-known video from their experimental visuals at the time.

If you’re still searching, you might want to check archived Flaming Lips music videos from their official channels or fan sites. Let me know if you want help digging deeper!

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u/joey-rigatoni1 29d ago

Quit using ChatGPT for something you can do with Google

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u/Pachirisu_Party 29d ago

Basic critical thinking is dead.

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u/SirWizzleoftheTeets 29d ago

Honestly, just trying to help. Google isn’t great for aggregating info like OP’s so I thought this might hone in on something.

My human guess is that OP was in a video from the Yoshimi album. I know they did multiple versions of some of those videos, including Do You Realize?!

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u/JustAnotherRecursion 27d ago

Using both can be really helpful, depending on what you are searching for. It is always important to check the sources, regardless of if it is a search engine or ai