no
some of their songs are ok...Yeah, Get Innocuous and Someone Great really have good things about them...but All My Friends, just no.
would complain about this being the sound of mediocrity winning but it ain't worth the argument now, they're gone, and the million copyists will have to be fought instead
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
lj/djp bitter hatred of that song is inexplicable to the point of lol
i can understand the cale cover, the hua hsu (iirc) exegesis and other tributes seeming excessive, and the central piano motif will irritate some people
and yet ppl hate it worse than cancer & hitler
― lex eduction horror (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
hey lj i don't think yr old enough to appreciate the sentiment of all my friends, tbh
djp, otoh, uh, is, v much.
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
forgetting the lyrics entirely, it has a keening preening manipulative tweeness and a strict, stupefying adherence to the melodic/narrative tenets of new order that drive me to dislike exceptionally quickly - it's big and cloying and inevitable
― gospodin sim gishel (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I loved the second one but I never, ever want to play it whereas this one gets constant rotation. It's a victory lap record like Graduation: "Drunk Girls" is a better "North American Scum," "Home" a superior "All My Friends," and "Dance Yrself Clean" just breathtaking on its own merits.
― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:11 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i haven't listened to this in a minute, but i still totally love it. alfred otm re all those tracks
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:11 (thirteen years ago) link
the quick lil in studio live thing they put out a few weeks ago is really great imo -- nothing jaw dropping of course but it's cool to hear them tweak songs around a bit + recording is hi-fi
it has this super funky take on "daft punk" that is pretty much the only recording of the song that i can stomach atm
http://prettymuchamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lcd-soundsystem-london-sessions.jpg
― jagger reupholstered my pussy (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:22 (thirteen years ago) link
ooh
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm still trying to understand why I recoiled from their performance at the Fillmore two months ago.
― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:24 (thirteen years ago) link
cuz you're crazy?
― jagger reupholstered my pussy (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
best live band i've ever seen personally
i would probably say they're the best live band i've ever seen too.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:32 (thirteen years ago) link
No complaints about the band; like I said many xposts ago, I couldn't shake how awkwardly Murphy embraced his front man status, and not in a cool way.
― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Too many times he was out of breath shouting in the microphone -- just another pudgy guy in a T-shirt.
you should've closed your eyes
― jagger reupholstered my pussy (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:34 (thirteen years ago) link
His flop sweat kept sprinkling me.
― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:35 (thirteen years ago) link
lj you still haven't listened to 45:33 have you
― i'm assuming that it's tity boi, host of the mixtape (sic), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
waitaminit - you were in San Francisco!?
― a big influence on me in a non-stabbing non-killing way (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
We got one in Miami Beach.
― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 00:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't worry: I wouldn't dream of visiting SF without conferring with my transportation secretary.
otm
'dance yrself clean' and 'home' are the two best lcd soundsystem songs imo
― iatee, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 01:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Louis Louis Louis.
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 07:01 (thirteen years ago) link
LCD Soundsystem was the first thing my gf and I argued about fwiw
shit I still have half my bleedin' essay to do *scarpers*
― gospodin sim gishel (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 07:08 (thirteen years ago) link
'dance yrself clean' is one of their best ever tracks but mostly this blows
i don't like all my friends
― rip whiney g weingarten 03/11 never forget (history mayne), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 09:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Version of All I Want on London Sessions is very good - better than the album version.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 10:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I love that London Sessions album, but the version of I Can Change sounds far too slow to me.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 10:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's a dud and I can't fathom why they wouldn't include Yeah, which was the highlight of all three shows I've seen on this tour.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 10:40 (thirteen years ago) link
"dance yrself clean" is sublime, "i can change" is horrific, everything else kinda falls in between. this is my least fav lcd album.
― i look at the interior of my sack and feel sad (ilxor), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
this song "Home" which i am listening to right now is totes Tom Tom Club
― kl0pper city in the ghetto (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
try as i might SOS never really clicked with me, whereas i can barely keep from playing this one over and over again.
― hipity-hopity muzik ftw! (Ioannis), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
it's not tom tom club it's penguin cafe orchestra!
― iatee, Thursday, 2 December 2010 03:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Farewell show announced for April 2nd. Hopefully the backlash will have reached a point that getting tickets will be a breeze.
― Gukbe, Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link
That's putting a positive spin on it!
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Damnit, damnit! I've already seen them twice and don't want to ruin the magic, but shit. Seriously, two of the best shows I've ever seen.
― Mrs. Doubtfife (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Seen them 9 times. Want to make it an even 10. Fuck the haters, I love this band and they mean a lot to me.
― Gukbe, Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh great, I never saw them live and I probably never will. :( I thought he was not serious about it being the last album and all because that's what everyone says.
― Wanted to slap a teengaer who didn't know Are You That Somebody (lilsoulbrother), Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I was hoping that was just typical balderdash. I think he still said they'd continue making singles?
― Gukbe, Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Also what was the backlash against them? I don't read up on the latest indie/indie dance hatred on the internet.
― Wanted to slap a teengaer who didn't know Are You That Somebody (lilsoulbrother), Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
A few people (including me) didn't think This Is Happening was so great, but I certainly don't despise them/him or anything.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh...that's all. I thought it was ok for what it was. The second album is the best in my opinion. If they were going for a trilogy kind of thing the third one is always the weakest.
― Wanted to slap a teengaer who didn't know Are You That Somebody (lilsoulbrother), Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
you should have read the 2010 ALBUMS and TRACKS polls. whoof there be some haters.
― Gukbe, Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I was under the impression people loved it. This is why I'll never understand indie/indie dance music scene (or maybe it is just the internet scene). Do people want musicians to survive pass two albums or do they just want to cut to the chase of hating them because that's the cool thing to do?
― Wanted to slap a teengaer who didn't know Are You That Somebody (lilsoulbrother), Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
The only reasons I had for not liking the last album fall squarely into the "he's done this before, and better" school of thought. Half the people bitch if you keep doing the same thing, the other half bitch if you change it up. It's hard to win, really.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, i was being a bit facetious with the backlash comment. certain groups of internet people will hate on anything that pitchfork-reading white indie boys who "don't understand dance" like, especially if they see a band like LCD Soundsystem as wannabe stuff.
― Gukbe, Saturday, 5 February 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess that's why you have people who are hardcore fans (or "stans" in some music circle say) and embrace the same aesthetic touches in a musician's/band's music. I wasn't a hardcore fan of LCD, but I liked their aesthetic and accepeted it for what it was. I wasn't surprised that he didn't stray from it on the third album.
― Wanted to slap a teengaer who didn't know Are You That Somebody (lilsoulbrother), Saturday, 5 February 2011 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha thanks for the clarification. I'm a black hip hop/r&b loving boy who think LCD Soundsystem are great!!! I wonder what the haters would say about me.
― Wanted to slap a teengaer who didn't know Are You That Somebody (lilsoulbrother), Saturday, 5 February 2011 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow. I would love to see that show. Even though I didn't love This is Happening, they are probably the best live band i've ever seen.
also, this was pointed out to me recently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Bae3R49ew
kind of rotten for them not to credit that on the album.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
well if they had to be honest about everything on that lp that wasn't very original it would be fairly awkward yeah?
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Are there other examples of direct rips like that? I mean, they just played that song almost note for note and added some vocals. I'm not sure if there are other songs on the album that are copies and not just 'inspired' by.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:58 (thirteen years ago) link
whoa...I mean I love LCD's version of this but holy cow that is a pretty direct rip
― frogbs, Sunday, 6 February 2011 00:57 (thirteen years ago) link