#soundsytem

[thegreatestfilmnevermade]

today's song: 13th july, 2024 - 'New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down' by LCD Soundsytem (2007)

'genius' description: According to Paste Magazine’s Bo Moore: The close to 2007’s Sound of Silver, ‘New York I Love You’ is Murphy’s love letter to his home. At once a ballad of love and hatred, the slow build exhibits the same faltering-but-beautiful vocality observed on ‘I Can Change’. Gradually developing momentum into a tumultuous climax, just like the city, the song isn’t perfect, but it’s better that way. The hook, also the title of the song, summarizes Murphy’s love-hate relationship with New York, which is where we imagine he spent a lot of time since he was raised in New Jersey. Murphy admits that NY may still have the appeal of opportunity and endless new people to meet, but for him it’s hard to see the good in NY anymore. This song is his message on what’s wrong with NY, though he reminds us that it’s a personal one.

personal thoughts: nothing quite beats the build up in this song, it is so special, and filled to the brim with passion, and disillusionment. this was the song that got me into LCD soundsystem, and thank god for that. really a highlight on the whole record (next to Us v Them!).

what about you? what are your thoughts on LCD Soundsystem? can you relate to the notion of a difficult love-hate relationship with a location?

if you like this... check out hot chip, animal collective, yeah yeah yeahs, maybe bleachers ('strange desire' / 'gone now')

[godblessyoublackemperor]

noo idles 👍

[magnificentmoose]

1, 10, and 25?

big black car — gregary alan isakov

10. dance yrself clean — lcd soundsystem

25 is answered, but 52 is buzzcut season — lorde

[sexhaver]

turn your volume all the way up to max for the first three minutes of Dance Yrself Clean by LCD Soundsytem. you will surely not regret turning your volume all the way up to max for the first three minutes of Dance Yrself Clean by LCD Soundsytem.

[corrodedcoughin]

something something southern boy eddie being jealous of nancy and steve growing closer (even though there's nothing going on between them and it's all in eddie's head) and going to an open-mic night in country bar a couple of towns over to sing jolene.

that's it. that's all i got. i just want more eddie singing dolly parton songs and he'll be such a petty lil jealous bitch that jolene fits him perfectly. okay, hope you're having a lovely day friend!

oh my lord do NOT get me started on Dolly Parton loving steddie. I believe and will promote it!! Southern boy Eddie just feels right somehow, I love everything you said.

Now you are going to have to forgive me for all inaccuracies because I am not American but here's some thoughts.

Eddie thinking Steve and Nancy are getting closer, they've been spending more and more time together, heads bent close and talking in whispers. Every time he sees them it feels like a fist around his heart and windpipe a hot, uncomfortable thing that makes him want to turn on his heel but finds himself staring and hurting instead.

He deals with it the only way he knows how, through music and who better than miss Dolly? He spends nights in his room blaring out Jolene, and I will always love you. Sometimes he mixes it up, adds new artists in Willie Nelson with 'Always on my mind', patsy cline 'crazy' and whatever else he can torture himself with.

Wayne handles it as best he can before he's knocking on Eddie's door shouting to turn it down when the soundsytem starts to rattle the mugs on the shelf. He loves Eddie like a son but if he loses another mug to Tammy Wynette's laments he's going to start hiding his record collection from that boy.

Without an outlet for his heartbreak Eddie gets restless so one day after he sees Steve and Nancy whispering and smiling again he jumps in his van and drives, speakers turned up and when he stops he finds himself a couple of towns away outside a bar with some pretty interesting clientele that, while keeping a low profile, are clearly having a good time. He gets curious and Eddie has never been somebody to shy away from his own curiosity so he goes in and what he finds changes his life.

There is such an amazing mix of people, couples and non-couples and most of all, a complete lack of stares or judgement. He keeps looking around, a smile on his face grows when he sees the stage when the barman is at his elbow

'You here for the open mic night? You look the type anyway'

Eddie turns to face the man, certain that this is a place he is coming back to

'Not this time, but sign me up for the next one'

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It’s a few months down the line and Eddie is a regular, carved himself a spot on the stage in this evidently accepting and thriving gay bar.

He is gearing up to go out, ready to pour his heart out after seeing Steve pick Nancy up and spin her around, his whole mood souring and the overwhelming pain and sadness sitting low in his stomach. It had been manageable up until then, difficult sure, but manageable. So tonight is the night.

He walks up to the mic to familiar cheers and heckles; he always has such a varied set but never a bad word said about him. Eddie gets himself settled on the stool, acoustic guitar in hand and without giving himself a chance to look at the crowd he starts with the opening notes to Jolene and silence spreads across the audience. Eddie gives it everything, holding nothing back and the bar patrons join him in the chorus. He puts all his sadness into his performance, catharsis in its purest form. He aches and the audience aches with him, it finally feels good.

He looks up then and makes eye contact with the girl that has broken him. Nancy Wheeler stares at him across the bar, she stands in a gap in Eddie's eye line, somehow with nobody in front of her. Sad eyes seeing something in Eddie he never planned on sharing with her. He looks down immediately, not wanting to completely self-destruct in the middle of his set. But that's when he catches Nancy's hand, Nancy's occupied hand holding another hand. A distinctly non-masculine hand. He looks back up. Robin Buckley? Holding hands with Nancy Wheeler? Eddie has to park that thought, can’t let it into his mind when he has his set to finish but it finds a place to sit, to be addressed later, he's curious, not hopeful but definitely interested in this turn of events.

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He finishes his set to applause and takes an ostentatious bow, packs up his stuff and shuffles off to the bar, hoping to get a drink and think about what he saw. Eddie manages to get to the bar when Nancy intercepts him, Robin in tow. He should have known she wouldn't ignore him, not when Eddie has actually been in her house, made small talk during the summers when the school couldn't be used for Hellfire and Mike's house was the only available spot.

'Hi Eddie, I just wanted to say, WE both wanted to say, that was great. Really great. Right Robin?'

Robin swings forward, hand still attached to Nancy's and starts to talk, going over Eddie's playing, song choices and then the cover of Jolene. Both her and Nancy change their body language at that lean close, soften their eyes, seem to pick up on something Eddie was showing but not telling.

The thing is, Eddie knew about Robin, they'd had talks in the band room cupboard, tentative at the start but then more open as time went on. They had a trust between each other that neither took lightly. And because of that, Eddie felt protective of Robin, doesn't want to see her hurt when she has clearly opened herself up to somebody new.

Just then Robin shoots off, says something about the bathroom which leaves Eddie and Nancy together. Eddie doesn't really know what to do with himself, doesn't want to talk to the girl that is responsible for his heartache but also doesn't want to let the opportunity to protect his friend go. So he doesn't think, just throws himself in at the deep end and hopes for the best

'You know Ms Wheeler, never thought I'd see you in the kind of place. Taking a walk on the wild side before returning to your castle?' It's not nice but it’s not overly hostile, he hopes

'Yeah, well Robin wanted to come and I thought it might be fun. Let her show me the ropes a bit'

Eddie raises an eyebrow at this

'Wouldn't it be better to come here with your boyfriend? Does he even know you are here or you just here to get some kick from Buckley where nobody can see you? Go back to you 'normal' life in the morning?'

To her credit, Nancy doesn't get angry, raises her head to look Eddie directly in the eye and begins to speak but is interrupted by Robin making a reappearance next to Nancy and then, much to Eddie's horror, a voice comes from behind him

'Ah the love bird reunited at last, don't know how you survived without breathing the same air quite honestly'

'Oh, shut up dingus, I know for a fact that you are disgustingly co-dependent so don't even start'

And that's when Steve fucking Harrington comes up to Eddie's side, places an arm on his bicep and squeezes

'Hey man, you were amazing. That Dolly cover? Goosebumps dude! I'd love to hear more if you know any of her others?'

Steve is leaning in close to Eddie, he is smiling at Eddie, he has his hand ON Eddie's arm. Eddie...may have misinterpreted some things.

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It's another few months down the line and Eddie is about to step on stage at his familiar open mic night. He walks up on stage, electric guitar this time, plugs it in and tunes up, not giving the crowd any attention. Then, when he feels ready, his eyes are up and he finds the familiar pair in the crowd. Steve.

Turns out the time he and Nancy had been spending together was to plan romancing Robin and the spinning? That was when Nancy had finally secured a date. He feels silly for it now but hey, worked out in the end, right?

Eddie smiles wide, gets close to the mic so it’s almost muffled

'Stevie darlin', this ones for you'

And Eddie starts Dolly Parton's 'Baby I'm burning' as the audience gets up on their feet and Nancy pulls Robin and Steve onto the dance floor. It's loud and it's fun and Eddie doesn't stop grinning the whole time, smile evident in his voice as he sings and he sends his thanks out to Dolly.

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Sound at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013)

A little collection of sounding things I encountered...

Epic sound installation at the Polish pavilion in Giardini by Konrad Smoleński, titled Everything Was Forever, Until it Was No More. A huge bell, a stacked soundsytem. Some performances too!

The SS Hangover - I was lucky to catch this gorgeous fishing boat sailing off from Arsenale with a melancholic brass band on board. A project by Ragnar Kjartansson.

Ok, this is very video, but I loved this - moving, haunting, affecting sound in Richard Mosse's The Enclave, in the Irish Pavillion in town.

[rezcowgirl]

My best friend's rescheduled birthday party was this weekend. It was great. A few people were not able to make it, but it was the perfect amount of people tbh. I didn't get overwhelmed, and I actually got to talk to everyone. It was 10 people + Aries and I. And it only took me an hour to clean up afterward.

There was a woman my friend and I met at a queer event, and she was a bit of a wild card. We didn't know her that well, but my interactions with her have all been sunshiney and she's ridiculously cute, so I felt confident we'd get along.

Anyway, I had my playlist going and she said "wait wait wait is this LCD Soundsytem? Whoever's playlist this is is amazing btw...New Order, the Cure...." and I was like "Yes. Hello. 👀👀👀👀 Let us discuss."

She loves New Romantic fashion and New Order and oh god, oh hell yeah. She is the only person around my age that I have met that I have been able to drop the term 'New Romantic' and have them instantaneously know what I mean.

She's going to come to goth night with me!! Not the soonest one, but another in the future. I am so happy. Having someone to talk to about your weird fixations is really nice.

[spinecutter]

went to a record store fornthe first time and picked up an lcd soundsytem album and now im fantasizing about collecting physical media again

[rrcenic]

Hi, hope this isn’t weird or anything I’m just curious, what are your top 4 favorite songs if you had to pick?

-🧊

yesyesyes id love to it’s not weird!

my favorites always change but right now:

as the world caves in by matt maltese

be nice to me by the front bottoms

downhill by lincoln

all my friends by lcd soundsytem

please keep sending anon questions it makes me feel special /hj

but really i adore answering questions

[frankburn]

lcd soundsytem really fucked up by making music as good as they do tbh...like fuckk off

[tomwambsgans]

albums i've had on loop since the finale

lcd soundsytem - this is happening

the mountain goats - the sunset tree

everything everything - get to heaven

fiona apple - fetch the bolt cutters

[godblessyoublackemperor]

afraid to say i'm currently unable to listen to anything except dance yrself clean live at madison sq garden by lcd soundsytem

[yana-marie]

What a lovely night it was. I allowed myself to order food (which I never ever do), because I had only eaten a bagel the whole day and since I don’t like many foods other than the things I eat everyday, I didn’t know what to order. Five Guys was tempting me but I told myself it was too expensive. Getting impatient I gave in. It was only the second time I ever ate five guys and well… it was basic and overpriced but that milkshake?! Popcorn-Peanut Butter-Bacon! The best thing to have on my period. And the delivery guy was the kindest and fastest guy ever.

It was 10pm and I was in my pyjama, freshly showered, my hair still wet, I decided to go to the cinema. It was time for the art house sneak preview. There were so many people there today! I can tell winter is approaching, because people are going to the cinema and theatre again. I got some sweets and that ginger lemonade and chatted with my colleagues. The office girl was also going to watch the preview and we ended up watching together!!! I normally sit in the corner of the very last row in that hall, but for her I made the exception of sitting in the front. And we ended up sitting next to that cute neighbour of mine! I want to be friends with her, but she’s like 30 and I don’t know how to approach her, I also rarely see her. Anyway! The movie!! A Different Man. I saw the trailers and loved that they used LCD Soundsytem’s New York I love you, which I listened to on repeat in October. I loved the movie a lot.

[mghiggins]

Night Club Musical Act 102: In Bloom

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1.  [00:00] Intro

2. [00:37] Swedish House Mafia- Ray Of Solar (Robert Georgescu & White Remix) {White}

3. [05:04] Kaskade & L’Tric feat Sydney Streb- Birds of Paradise {Arkade}

4. [09:50] Everything But The Girl vs iio & Nadia Ali- Before The Rapture (DJ Bigdirty’s Phone Never Rings Mashup) {White}

5. [14:24] Redfield- Guidance {Ultra}

6. [21:04] Jean Luc, Nick Jay & Sharon West- Toca’s Miracle {Tomasko}

7. [24:31] CHRSTPHR- Can You Feel It {Siona}

8. [29:01] Sian & David LeSal- Black T-Shirt {Octopus}

9. [32:46] Concealed & Zamna Soundsytem VS Kevin de Vries & Mau P- Metro,Take Me Home (DJ Bigdirty Let Me Out Here Mashup) {White}

10. [38:16] Delerium & Mimi Page- Falling Back to You (Myon Return to 2000 Mix) {Metropolis}

11. [42:27] Digital Drift- You Don’t Mind {FSOE}

12. [46:52] Offer Nissim- Keep On Dancing {Offer Nissim}

13. [50:50] Korolova feat Ekko- Shining {Tomorrowland}

14. [54:20] Paul Adam- Armonia {ZEHN}

15. [58:52] Marsh & Leo Wood- Heartbreak {MARSHMUSICIAN}

16. [01:03:08] Kryder- Fade Til Sunrise {SPINNIN}

17. [01:07:04] Above & Beyond feat Zoë Johnston- Crazy Love {Anjunabeats}

Check out this episode of dj bigdirty's night club musical

[seansheap]

Record 2747. #LifeBetweenIslands #Various Soundsytem Culture: Black Musical Expression In The UK 1973 - 2006. Soul Jazz Records awesome compilation of the incredible music that Caribbean Sound Systems brought to the UK. Yes it's very Reggae centric, but it's a very diverse mix. #reggae #funk #soul #jazz #electronicmusic #junglemusic #dubstep #disco #jazzfunk #soundsystemculture #vinyl #records #nowspinning #vinyljunkies #recordcollection #vinyligclub #souljazzrecords https://www.instagram.com/p/CpudGAzP-w4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rezcowgirl]

I thought I’d be ok missing out on the Verboten festival but it turns out, I wasn’t. FOMO got me because of Light Asylum. I am so glad I went.

I was at the rail for Light Asylum and got to dance with the singer of Creux Lies. Also discovered Hallows!

The ending act wasn’t my fav, but hey, whatever. Everyone has their own tastes, and 3 out of 4 is pretty rad.

I REALLY can’t justify the other days considering I’m going to the most expensive show of my life next Friday. LCD Soundsytem better blow my tits right off.