Article: BECK PLUS FLAMING LIPS: FANS LOVE THE SOUND OF IT.(What's Happening)(Review)

Byline: JOE EHRBAR Special to the P-I

When it was announced that Beck had named the Flaming Lips his backing band for his current U.S. tour, it came as a huge surprise. But that's just like Beck, and the Flaming Lips, for that matter: both are famous for keeping people guessing. Surprising as it may be, the alliance isn't all that strange.

Such an arrangement might have seemed incongruous six years ago, when Beck was toying with his two turntables and microphone and Flaming Lips was chasing unruly guitar melodies in the clouds. Today's a different story, however, as both camp's sounds intersect. And judging by the string of sold-out concerts, including ...

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