LCD Soundsystem

whoa

it works as a standalone film even for non-fans, but the main thing is he picked good songs, it looks good and it sounds amazing (except maybe all my friends). audio mix had so much stuff in it you can't hear on the bootleg. definitely see it in a cinema with if you get the chance (americans: http://oscilloscope.net/lcdtheaters/)

LCD Soundsystem's "Losing My Edge".
― Joe aka PappaWheelie, Saturday, September 14, 2002 2:31 AM (9 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, some real 'remember when' there. supertempted to see the movie, scared by the klosterman - how heavy a presence?

an interview with him and murphy is used as a framing device, so he shows up with a question between about 2/3 of the songs. some of the questions are quite long.

"Some might even try to draw a parallel between "Losing My Edge" and Van Halen's single, "Running With the Devil". I remember being 18, sitting on the couch while the familiar chords blared, wondering if something like "Losing My Edge" would, in fact, ever, come along. We threw cheap beer cans on the floor and smoked hand-rolled cigarettes. Some might draw a parallel there, but I wouldn't. I've really never thought about it, and I don't have an opinion on it."

klosterman says something like "i don't know if you'll take this as an insult, but i think losing my edge is your best song"

and then "well, I guess I don't really know what your best song is. but maybe, I can see how people would argue that it's Losing My Edge"

all of the possible interviewers and they got Klosterman ? :(

just watched the trailer, all the smiley crowd shots made it look like a car/beer ad. maybe when lcd do their 'big festival reunion to play that one classic album all the way through' in a few years they can document that fascinating story as well.

lol

I hope to read your commentary on not seeing that movie as well. ;)

assuming murphy's imminent heart attack hasn't hit by then ; D

just watched the trailer, all the smiley crowd shots made it look like a car/beer ad. maybe when lcd do their 'big festival reunion to play that one classic album all the way through' in a few years they can document that fascinating story as well.

― am0n, Tuesday, July 3, 2012 11:43 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

qft

i guess there is an unavoidable slightly self-congratulatory thing, but the crowd shots are actually great. none of that glastonbury picking out the assholes with the wales/cornwall flag bullshit. some of the crowd stuff is looking toward the stage from floor level, which is, uh, immersive. there are also some quite bored looking guys in the crowd too which is honest i suppose. it is a pretty film.

is Aziz crowdsurfing in the movie?

bought tix to this. LCD was the best new live band I saw in the last 10 years. Wondering where this will rank on a scale of 101 - Rattle and Hum.

xp yes

:D

The songs in this movie are beautiful and enthralling, but the Klosterman parts are embarrassing. I think there's probably more footage of his grandstanding and repetition of his his 'theories' than there is of Murphy's answers. Similarly, the concert looked excellent, whereas the morning after footage was about 70% watching camera operators struggle to find focus.

I'm hoping when the DVD/Bluray comes out it'll have a music-only edit, because that'll be one of the finer concert films I can imagine.

i just hope they captured the glow sticks flying when the beat drops in "Dance Yrself Clean"

the original live stream was easily the best live 'event' ive ever experienced on the net so yeah a polished version of the whole show would be flat out sensational i think.

who's Klosterman btw or do i.. not want to know?

I'm hoping when the DVD/Bluray comes out it'll have a music-only edit, because that'll be one of the finer concert films I can imagine.

iirc the whole final show will be on a second disc

think there's probably more footage of his grandstanding and repetition of his his 'theories' than there is of Murphy's answers

this is exactly what I was afraid of; Klostermann is okay in small doses but I can totally see how he could basically ruin a movie like this

who's Klosterman btw or do i.. not want to know?

I'm sure someone else could describe him better than me but he's basically a long-time stoner journalist who writes half-baked theories at length before ultimately concluding that he thinks they're worthless or that he really doesn't have an opinion, priding himself on how underdeveloped his own thoughts are. Y'know, the guy who writes a five-page essay on a band he's never heard that ultimately turns into stories about listening to Van Halen records while hung over 25 years ago. He does occassionally write some brilliant stuff, but you really have to dig for it.

while...hung?

i'd never heard of him going in. he seemed kind of an idiot, but he's not in it enough for me to have formed a proper opinion. i guess this means he's not in it enough for it to be a serious problem, unless you go in knowing his thing and ready to bristle every time he comes on screen.

i actually didn't mind klosterman as much as I usually do. his theorizing fits lcd/murphy better then most his interviews imo.

but yeah, basically the movie comes down if you want to see concert footage of lcd and are a fan, see it. not much doing otherwise.

(see when it comes out on dvd, to be sold during the reunion tour, obv)

This is the last thing I expected to write: I got weary of the music fast while wanted more of Klosterman's interview. He started gaseous but in the last bits he asked a couple of sharp questions which Murphy couldn't wriggle out of. As for the music, it reminded me of my mixed reaction to an otherwise spectacular show I saw in fall '10: Murphy has no business singing live.

also: dog shots? really??

does he take him to task for making a big deal out of "splitting up" what is really a one-man band?

yeah i think that's fair alfred. the questions he asks are themselves good. he clearly has his own answer in mind when he's asking them, which is not so good/interesting, but it is a good interview to watch i think.

klosterman is the man who taught his asshole to talk, iirc

FUCK, I thought the "worldwide release" would include more US shows and I am realizing just now that I will never see this in a theater and it makes me super sad

https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTUFpXw_qG6VpGkJKyM_heRkuxvcBCe0X8Y3ctsrCV7vUgHk_zdqQ

time to get away

does he take him to task for making a big deal out of "splitting up" what is really a one-man band?

― frogbs, Thursday, July 19, 2012 9:08 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha if an ilx music journo ever interviews murphy please please ask this question

the live band was about nine people plus crew on the last tour, and he said he was "splitting up" the band inasmuch as they were going to stop making albums and touring, but would probably still record a bit and maybe play shows in NYC. hardly a disconnect.

ya but the 'splitting up' narrative requires multiple people who you care about and want to see together

I demand you acknowledge the importance of Nancy Whang.

oh yeah, I mean the live band is great, but it's not as though say Murphy plus the entirety of Hot Chip and other random labelmates wouldn't be basically as good. Still, Murphy is one of the most self-aware musicians we've ever had and kind of an idealist to boot so I can see how this is really a big deal for him, "it has to end this way, otherwise LCD's legacy isn't going to be what I want it to be"

did he say 'splitting up' or 'retiring'?

Oh man I just saw SUAPTH and it was really tender and awesome

Is the Blu-Ray for SUAPTH already OOP? I haven't had any luck finding it in stores and it's only coming up on Amazon through secondary sellers. Weird.

http://store.dfarecords.com/collections/frontpage/products/suapth

anyone get the live show vinyl box set? i'm wondering how it sounds compared to the 5.1 on the Blu Ray.

I'm not going to hate, I can't hate, and I probably never will hate: listening to this band is like listening to many of my favorite things all at once. Aging well.

One of the best live acts I've ever seen

^^^^ x3

Glad he broke them up to make a record with IBM and design speakers.