Don’t get us wrong.  The Flaming Lips have produced a few of our and your favorite albums (The Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Transmissions From the Satellite Heart) and songs (Do You Realize, Waiting For Superman, Race For The Prize, A Spoonful Weighs A Ton) of all-time.  But lately the psychedelic/psychological wheels seem to have fallen off The Flaming Lips proverbial tour bus.  Wayne Coyne and the boys have over the past year put out some of the more bizarre, dystopian, nudity-laden videos out there, drawing the ire of Erykah Badu (featured in one of the videos) and others.  All of which causes us concern for the band’s direction, which is a shame sense we love their music.  We should have known given the early She Don’t Use Jelly that things could get out of hand.

Despite the recent unpleasantness, we were pleasantly surprised last night on the Jimmy Fallon Show when The Flaming Lips performed and Coyne appeared with actual pants on (as far as we can tell).  Check out the band bathed in phantasmagorical lighting performing Try to Explain, a song from their most recent album The Terror, along with a fantastic cover of David Bowie’s Heroes.  Check out the performances below.