VIDEO OF THE DAY: “THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE” BY AMANDA PALMER AND THE FLAMING LIPS (NSFW)

In her previous video, “Want It Back,” Amanda Fucking Palmer covered her unclothed body in black ink. The former Dresden Doll has cleaned herself up, in a way, for the follow-up, a remake of the folk-pop ballad “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” which became a hit for Roberta Flack in 1972. A collaboration with the Flaming Lips, the video features AFP rolling around in a bathtub, no ink to be seen anywhere, in what she calls “a very naked, very joyful little present from me and the Flaming Lips!!” Palmer and her band, the Grand Theft Orchestra, are about to hit the road in support of their upcoming album, Theatre Is Evil, which was financed on Kickstarter with the help of such friends as Kristin Hersh, David Mack, husband Neil Gaiman, Robyn Hitchcock, DJ Spooky, and others making artistic contributions. The record features such tracks as “Smile (Pictures or It Didn’t Happen),” “The Killing Type,” “The Bed Song,” and “Lost” in addition to “Want It Back.” AFP and the GTO will be celebrating the September 11 release of Theatre Is Evil with a show that night in the Grand Ballroom at Webster Hall.