Wayne Coyne revisits the first 'Do You Realize??' demo

In promotion of The Flaming Lips' upcoming 'Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition', Wayne Coyne sat down to revisit his very first demo for "Do You Realize??".

This clip was produced by Atria Creative.

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[thesatellitehead]

A few clips promoting the upcoming Yoshimi set, including this one, have been posted on Wayne & Atria Creative's Instagram pages, as well as the Lips' Facebook page recently. I figured I'd upload them to YouTube for those that haven't had the chance to see them yet.
The others are linked at the bottom of the description, along with some other related videos

[Dr.JeremyDunks]

What a record. This was so important to me that when a little black stray cat ran into my house 16 years ago and refused to leave I named her Yoshimi. Yoshimi is still with us and still kicking robot ass.

[YouCantUnhearThis]

Has it been 20 years already? Incredible how time flies. As the years go by, I do realize that indeed all of what he’s singing is, for better and for worse, true.

[derkeheath]

It's always fascinating having recorded proof of how a song evolves. Every time I've written a song I'm proud of, I can never remember where it came from. It feels like it just BECAME, even though that's not true.

[square_jane]

Do you realize this is one of the most beautiful songs?

[Aids]

what an album, this and Soft Bulletin, certainly an iconic moment for that band, powerful.

[comawhite]

one of the most touching songs ever🥹. i cry every time i hear it.

[EddieG]

The performance of this song at Glastonbury makes me cry uncontrollably, like a baby.
I'm a 48-year old man.
I have no shame in this at all.

[InfinitelyQurious]

Such a great album, and watching Wayne work is amazing.

[vincecapri]

Love this! Drinking coffee watching the birds in the woods of Minnesota and enjoying bthis

[anthonyrhodes]

"I don't really know what the chords even are" -- such a beautiful insight into the spontaneous and unconscious primordial soup of the Lips' creative process. This song is always a highlight of any FL show for me. <3

[alisonmccourt]

My god this is emotional and beautiful.

[Goatchild]

20 years later Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots is a true work of art

[tylerheenan]

Beautiful. Had the pleasure of seeing the FLIPS live. Such a great band.

[TheGuitologist]

To think this song was almost derailed forever by a stupid phone call.

[cbus]

I can listen to Wayne talk for hours on end. Either about Lips song, life, the universe, death, whatever. So damn interesting

[AkumaAPN]

I've been digging through my archives this week, and found my old concert videos I shot from the front row of the 2012 show in Dallas. I flipped through the 5 or 6 videos, and then thought to myself, "gee, it's a shame I didn't record Do You Realize."

And then I found it about 10 minutes later, and started crying. Just uploaded it to my channel if anyone is interested.

[CraigDemel]

This is great - I don't think many songwriters would be up for exposing the rawest seed of one of their hits.

[skylabnewyork]

I had that recorder when I was a kid, it was great!

[bluefatcat]

This is a perfect song for me. Thank you for such a beautiful song