 LCD Soundsystem is a musical project fronted by American musician, songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records. It has released three critically acclaimed albums, with 2010's This Is Happening also charting in the Billboard Top 10. LCD Soundsystem gained attention with its first single, "Losing My Edge". Described as "an eight-minute, laugh-out-loud funny dissection of cool over a dirty electronic beat"[1] the single became an underground dance favourite. This was followed by other well received singles "Give It Up" and "Yeah". LCD Soundsystem released a double disc set simply titled LCD Soundsystem in February 2005 to critical acclaim. The first disc contains the album and the second contains re-releases of previous singles. The opening track "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" quickly gained popularity and entered the UK Top 40 in March 2005 and was later featured on several video game soundtracks like SSX on Tour, Forza Motorsport 2, Burnout Revenge, and FIFA 06. The band toured with M.I.A..[2] In June 2005, the band covered a Siouxsie and the Banshees song, "Slowdive" for the B-side of "Disco Infiltrator".[3] On December 8, 2005 the group received nominations for two Grammy awards in the Electronica category for their self-titled album and in the Dance category for "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House."[4] This album was also chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.[5] In October 2006, James Murphy released a track entitled "45:33" as part of a promotion with Nike for download from iTunes.[6] The track is, strangely, 45 minutes and 58 seconds long, and was claimed to "reward and push at good intervals of a run".[7] However, it was later revealed that this was not the case, but that Murphy merely wanted the opportunity to create a long piece of music, akin to E2-E4 by Manuel Göttsching.[8] LCD Soundsystem's second album, Sound of Silver, was released on March 12, 2007, to near universal critical acclaim.[9] Praise included Mixmag awarding it the title Album of the Month, a 9.2 score fromPitchfork Media[10] and a 5-star review from The Guardian.[11] The album release was preceded by the single "North American Scum". LCD Soundsystem's subsequent single "All My Friends" included a cover of the song by both Franz Ferdinand and former Velvet Underground member John Cale.[12] The digital download "All My Friends" EP also includes a cover of the early Joy Division song "No Love Lost". In September 2007, the "A Bunch of Stuff" EP was released[13] and the band went on tour with Arcade Fire.[14] Late in 2007, the band released "Someone Great" as the third single off of Sound of Silver and re-released 45:33 on CD and vinyl through DFA Records.[15] In December 2007, there was a release of a 12-inch record containing b-sides from European singles for the North American market entitled "Confuse the Marketplace".[16] Also in December 2007, the band received a nomination for the Grammy for Best Electronic/Dance Album.[17] The album was also named the best album of 2007 by publications such as The Guardian,[18] Uncut[19]and Drowned in Sound.[20] Time magazine named "All My Friends" one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at #4. Writer Josh Tyrangiel praised the "magic" in the song, saying that the song's "straightforward repetition of the same guitar, keyboard and bass lines, combined with lyrics about life without regret, and life with all kinds of regrets pays off with a punch about what we lose as we get older."[21][22] The track was later named the second best song of the 2000s by Pitchfork Media. [23] The album was also nominated for the 2007 Shortlist Prize, where it lost out to The Reminder by Feist.[24] After finishing touring for Sound of Silver the band recorded and released a song entitled "Big Ideas" on the soundtrack of the film 21.[25] This song was ranked number 63 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.[26] On November 18, 2008 Al Doyle seemed to suggest in an interview with 6 Music that the band would soon be discontinued.[27] However the following day both Doyle and James Murphy quashed this rumor, with Murphy indicating a new LCD Soundsystem album was on the way.[28][29] Murphy began recording in the summer of 2009 in Los Angeles. Possible song titles mentioned at that time included "Why Do You Hate Music?" and "Love in LA."[30] For the 2009 Record Store Day the band released a cover of Suicide member Alan Vega's song "Bye Bye Bayou".[31] On February 23, 2010, the official LCD Soundsystem website announced that the album had been completed. The first single is set to be Drunk Girls and on March 25, a stream of the song was put on music siteOne Thirty BPM.[32] The title of the album and the cover were revealed on the DFA site on March 30.[33] The album, titled This Is Happening, was released in the UK on May 17, 2010 and in the US on May 18, 2010. Prior to the release Murphy promised that it will be "definitely better than the other two."[34] Murphy also stated that it was likely to be the last LCD Soundsystem album.[35] The band performed two secret gigs in New York on April 9 and April 12, 2010, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg (Brooklyn) and Webster Hall in New York respectively. James Murphy made an impassioned plea with fans and industry attendees at the New York gig not to leak the album to the internet in advance of the May 17 release date.[36] It was reported in the NME that Murphy went down on his knees onstage and stated: "If you got a copy of the record early and you feel like sharing it with the rest of the world, then please don't ... We spent two years making this record and we want to put it out when we want to put it out. I don't care about money – after it comes out, give it to whoever you want for free but until then, keep it to yourself." For the 2010 edition of Record Store Day, the band released 1000 copies of a single-sided 12" single of This Is Happening track "Pow Pow."[37] When speaking to The Quietus in August, Murphy insisted that LCD Soundsystem would continue to record music, stating: "We’ll do some 12”s and things like that. I just need to get away from it being a big thing."[38] The first single released from This Is Happening was "Drunk Girls" featuring a video co-directed by Murphy and acclaimed director Spike Jonze.[39] This was followed later in the year by "I Can Change". On the 8th November 2010 the band released a "live-in-studio" album called The London Sessions, designed to invoke the spirit of Peel Sessions. In addition to this they released a vinyl single of longtime live cover "Throw" by Paperclip People on Carl Craig's Planet E label.[40] When performing live, Murphy is accompanied by the following band members: Former live members include: |
Home lyrics HomeHome Home Home Home Home Take me home Just do it right Make it perfect and real Because it's everything No everything was never the deal So grab your things and stumble into the night So we can shut the door Oh, shut the door on terrible times Yeah, do it right And head again into space So you can carry on And carry on, and fall all over the place This is the trick, forget a terrible year That we can break the laws Until it gets weird And this is what you waited for But under lights, we're all unsure So tell me What would make you feel better? As night has such a local ring And love and rock are pick-up things And you know it Yeah, you know it Yeah, you know Take Forget your past This is your last chance now And we can break the rules Like nothing will last You might forget Forget the sound of a voice { From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/l/lcd-soundsystem-lyrics/home-lyrics.html } Still you should not forget Yeah, don't forget The things that we laughed about And after rolling on the floor And thankfully, a few make sure that you get home And you stay home And you better 'Cause you're afraid of what you need Yeah, you're afraid of what you need If you weren't, yeah you weren't Then I don't know what we'd talk about Yeah no one ever knows what you're talking about So i guess you're already there No one opens up when you scream and shout But it's time to make a couple things clear If you're afraid of what you need If you're afraid of what you need Look around you, you're surrounded It won't get any better Until the night
LCD Soundsytem-All my friends lyrics That's how it starts We go back to your houseWe check the charts And start to figure it out And if it's crowded, all the better Because we know we're gonna be up late But if you're worried about the weather Then you picked the wrong place to stay That's how it starts And so it starts You switch the engine on We set controls for the heart of the sun One of the ways we show our age And if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up And I still don't wanna stagger home Then it's the memory of our betters That are keeping us on our feet You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan And the next five years trying to be with your friends again You're talking 45 turns just as fast as you can Teah, I know it gets tired, but it's better when we pretend It comes apart The way it does in bad films Except in parts When the moral kicks in Though when we're running out of the drugs And the conversation's winding away I wouldn't trade one stupid decision For another five years of life You drop the first ten years just as fast as you can And the next ten people who are trying to be polite When you're blowing eighty-five days in the middle of France Yeah, I know it gets tired only where are your friends tonight? And to tell the truth Oh, this could be the last time So here we go Like a sales force into the night And if I made a fool, if I made a fool, if I made a fool On the road, there's always this And if I'm sewn into submission I can still come home to this And with a face like a dad and a laughable stand You can sleep on the plane or review what you said When you're drunk and the kids leave impossible tasks You think over and over, "hey, I'm finally dead." Oh, if the trip and the plan come apart in your hand Tou look contorted on yourself your ridiculous prop You forgot what you meant when you read what you said And you always knew you were tired, but then Where are your friends tonight? Where are your friends tonight? Where are your friends tonight? If I could see all my friends tonight If I could see all my friends tonight If I could see all my friends tonight If I could see all my friends tonight |
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