How LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Started Making Music
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- Опубліковано 8 січ 2018
- James Murphy was over 30 years old when he started the disco-funk band, LCD Soundsystem. This is the story of a man who was afraid of failing so he did nothing -- but dream big.
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In this video essay I talk about the beginnings of LCD Soundsystem and the making of the following albums:
LCD Soundsystem
Sound of Silver
This Is Happening
American Dream
LCD Soundsystem sprung from fear. Let me explain. You see, in the early 2000s New York was going through a “rock renaissance.” Interpol, The Strokes and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were just starting out. But they were all very nostalgic for New York’s past, resembling bands like The Ramones, Talking Heads and The Velvet Underground. By no means did that take away from these acts but a young James Murphy saw it as simply following tradition. He dreamed of a different New York, one where the sounds clashed, new musical styles originated and the people danced. Murphy sought to reinvent New York’s legacy, but he didn’t know where to begin. Murphy was quickly approaching 30, he couldn’t sing that well nor did he look the part of a frontman.
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Disclaimer:
I do not own any of the videos or music used in this video. They are used for education and discussion purposes.
Thanks for watching! Rank those LCD albums and let's talk about papa murph
Middle 8
1. Sound of Silver
2. This is Happening
3. American Dream
4. LCD Soundsystem
1. Sound of silver
2.American dream
3. This is happening
4. LCD soundsystem
All fantastic albums though!
1. Sound Of Silver
2. This is Happening
3. American dream
4. self titled
Middle 8
1.This is happening
2.Sounds of Silver
3.LCD Soundsystem
4.American Dream
1. Sound of Silver
2. LCD Soundsystem
3. American Dream
4. This Is Happening
This whole video is approximately the length of one LCD Soundsystem song
Very Attention! I am fan of L. C d and is live russia. This music good!
this video is the exact length of Dance Yrself Clean
this video is also only 26 seconds longer than Us V them
Insert laughing gif here
5:33 "turn it up a little bit, cos you're gonna wanna hear what Murphy sang in those first couple minutes"
Trying to sneakily deafen your audience I see!
I'm a huge fan of an interview James Murphy did with NME back in 2010.
"It's the opening track, because it has a three and a half minute intro... Uh, which is really really quiet. So, I hope people don't blow up their speakers, because it comes in pretty hard after that.
...
That's another thing, this whole record? Almost every song has something that's just waaaay too loud. Like, the guy mastering it, my friend Bob was like, 'you know, that thing that comes in the middle there, it's like really, really, really loud!' It's like, if it didn't feel really awkwardly too loud, it was all wrong. Because I always like that on songs, and I always wimp out. But I didn't want to wimp out this time. So that synth is *really* loud."
Conor Drake I always felt that had to be intentional... like “make them turn it all the way up so the drop hits even harder”
@@ErikFromCanada That's an amazing story. With all the hyper-compressed records coming out of the 2000's, this release real feels like a breath of fresh air. A tough decision to make as a mastering engineer, but it's absolutely perfect on the record. The anticipation of that drop in Dance Yrself Clean has to be one of my favorite building tensions in a song.
@callmecatalyst what do you mean by that?
I love how you tell a band's story and really make us see them as individuals first before showing them as artists.
🙏 thanks. I really like finding bands with a story to tell!
You keep doing what you, man. I see a kindred spirit in you. Your videos are structured like all the geeky rants I make to my poor fiance & friends ;) Context and history is EVERYTHING!
I fucking love all of LCD Soundsystem's albums. A lot of American Dream feels VERY reminiscent of Talking Heads, which I greatly appreciate.
Your videos are straight fire man. This is definitely your best - keep it up.
Thanks a lot
I fucking adore both of your channels. You guys are amazing
Ik I'm 3 years late but Nitpix is now confirmed to have both great taste in channels AND music
I’m always blown away by how predictive “Losing My Edge” became as its satirical relevancy has only strengthened in the past decade.
I have to try to remember how late in life Murphy got started though; not just with the band, but with everything. Thanks for giving me that reminder, I need it now more than ever.
Gotta go with All My Friends. I know it's a cliche pick but it's just way too good to pass up. I remember hearing the song back in high school and thinking it was pretty alright; coming back to the track and LCD Soundsystem in general very recently, the song resonated with me emotionally in a way it hadn't before. Having just finished college and not seeing friends as often anymore, I can relate to the lyrics WAY more than before and I figure they'll only get more relatable as I get older. Also, that piano.
PS: James Murphy has to be one of the coolest people alive (maybe even THE coolest in a post-Bowie world)
He honestly seems like someone I’d wanna be friends with. All My Friends is a classic. When I first listened to Sound of Silver, I put it on repeat two more times. I listened to it all day and Someone Great and All My Friends we’re perfectly paired on the album.
Not a bad track to be found on Sound of Silver; perfectly sequenced record, too. There's something so captivating about the way Murphy delivers his lyrics (whether he's singing or speaking); I can't explain it.
I got introduced to LCD Soundsystem by dance yrself clean and it’s still my favourite track. I don’t have many songs that I’d give 10/10 to but this is one of them
I saw LCD Soundsystem live last year, when they announced that they were coming to my country I went mad, and seeing them live is something else, even the people that didn't know them were dancing, from teenagers to grown adults making fools out of themselves, it was absolutely great.
Damn I wanna see them so bad. I missed seeing them at one of their reunion festivals a few years back.
Middle 8 coming through with another mastapeece. Dance yrself clean is prob one of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded. I as a person don't really enjoy dancing but once I hear that song I throw the fuck down. It's so beautifully constructed and flows so seamlessly through it's different parts that you wouldn't think it's 9 minutes long. Also shout outs to I can change, Get Innocuous, and Tribulations
Smallfry Said it.
Bruh your channel really needs to blow up
great username
I absolutely adore your style of videos and I am damn proud to have my name in those credits. Brilliant work Middle 8! Oh and as for my favourite LCD track, that would have to be All My Friends although Dance Yrself Clean is a very close second
James Murphy´s story is so crazy and inspiring! Thank you for this. Fav LCD record is always gonna be This Is Happening.
Great video dude! Don't know what my fav LCDS track is though. Don't know that much about them. Keep up the good work.
Lie Likes Music i love your channel
I love ur channel!
0:36 "He didn't know where to begin"
I see what you did there
Disco 😉
I don't get it
Someone Great will always be my favorite track, but I've really been loving "how do you sleep?" off of american dream. Fantastic video!
And my list would be Sound of Silver, This Is Happening, american dream, and then LCD SOUNDSYSTEM.
Also, I only just realized this is a new channel despite me seeing most of the videos you've put out already. With the quality and the fact that UA-cam keeps recommending me to you I'd figured you were a big channel already. Amazing work, I really enjoy these looks into artists pasts. I'm excited for the next one!
Thanks a lot, glad you’re enjoying. My list is probably the same too 👍
Standing on the shore
Facing EEEEEAAAAAAAAST
new york I love you is still my favourite lcd song
ua-cam.com/video/huEtJw7pfLk/v-deo.html
Like a rat in a cage....
I traveled from Wisconsin to see the Madison Garden show, it was an amazing time and a proper farewell. When I first heard they were getting back together I felt it was a huge slap in the face to everyone who attended MSG. As time moved on I realized that new lcd music would be in the works and I’d have more opportunities to see them.
American Dream and call the police are two of the most wonderfully beautiful songs I’ve ever heard and will ever hear
Just as wonderful as always! Keep it up man!
Thank you 🙏 you’re one of the pioneers
these videos are fantastic. Not sure how I haven’t heard of your channel till just now. This whole explanation of lcd is so spot on.
I literally just finished watching all of your videos in one evening - they're absolutely fantastic! Keep it up
Fantastic, haven't put them on in about a year or two i think and had been thinking about them lately, and you have re-inspired me to run through the discography again. Fantastic music and a great story behind it all, TY for filling in a few missing pieces of that story. And just crazy how he hung it all up to not kill himself, but really hope he can't stay quiet, as idk that i have a favorite, as it seems whatever album i play by them, at the moment of listening feels like my favorite
This video is masterpiece! Not only brilliant short documentary but also beautiful message to viewers. Amazing piece of work! My favorite YT channel. Thank you!
Great quality video as always, Middle8. You are easily one of my new favorite UA-cam channels.
The quality of your videos is amazing man! Seriously every part of the video is so well done, the transitions, information, and your voice-overs fit seamlessly together, it's crazy this is only the 4th video on this channel. I'm subbing, hope you keep it up!
Thanks a lot! And will do
Just checked out your channel & dang. I'm annoyed you don't have more videos! Love all of them! Keep doing what you're doing 💗
Wow! You're videos are so top quality for such a new channel! I'm a huge LCD soundsystem fan and this video is such a good and well put together summary of their history. I'm for sure subscribing and I'm sure you'll grow very very quickly. :)
this is one of my favourite videos of yours, i always rewatch it
Another top notch video! Love artist rundowns like these
Thanks
Awesome work here! Love your videos! LCD has been one of my Mount Rushmore bands for years now, and I have to say All My Friends and Dance Yrself Clean are two of the most powerful songs to ever grace my ears.
These pieces of musical journalism are great - thanks for your hard work man.
The editing and script here is absolutely top tier. Absolutely beautiful by the end, and the use of LCD's actual music is near perfection.
Holy shit. Thank you. This is exactly the inspiration I needed. Time to finish and put out this goddamn album once and for all. Honestly, thank you for showing me exactly what I needed to see today.
When I have money I will support you and have a suggestion. Till then please keep posting. Your videos are to the point without trying to be a character and well explained. Thank you
You showed a new side to LCD Soundsystem that I never knew was there. I'm definitely going to check it out now thanks to you
Thank you for this. Truly, thank you. I'm huge fan of LCD Soundsystem because all their are literally soundtracks of my adult life. All the themes you spoke about is why I love them. It's like "hey we're feeling the same shit too" and it's comforting, and which is why Sounds of Silver is my go to album when I need to get my head straight with All My Friend the first track I play (repeated at least 3-4 times).
Man i was waiting for this video! Love LCD!
one of the best youtube videos i have ever seen about one of the best bands i have ever heard. Home is my favourite track. Keep up the fantastic work man you are super talented
I absolutely love your channel - Thanks for inspiring me to keep pushing forward
this was incredibly well done, keep up the good work
Subscribed! Thanks for doing these reviews! keep them up boyo
Your video essays are so good!
I want to see this channel explode in popularity but I love still discovering its hole its small. Yet another stellar video.
What a wonderful video!! Only watched three and this has already become one of my favorite channels on UA-cam. You really deserve more views and subscribers. Greetings from Brasil!
Lucas Coutinho Pires thanks a lot!
Dude I love how your videos weave together history, analysis, personal opinion, and recommendations. You’re killing it and the editing is great! Keep it up man
Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed.
I really like how you make us understand the person behind it all and their feelongs rather than statistics and dates!
I didn't know a lot of this info. Thanks for this essay :)
the way you tell the stories is great! you are awesome, you will be even more successful, you deserve it!
love your work, bud. keep it up!
Great to see this channel blowing up, love the 3 case studies so far. Just feel bad you cant monetise because of including the tunes - but really respect the decision!
1. sound of silver
2. this is happening
3. american dream
4. self-titled
You can't do the self titled like that man
No self titled is the best, man
1.) This is Happening
2.) Sound of Silver
3.) Self Titled
4.) American Dream
The self titled isn’t as good as the other two, also Sound of Silver has my personal favourite LCD SoundSystem song “New Yorke I love you but you’re bringing me down”
Themonkeymartin the self-titled record is great but I feel like the other three work so much better as cohesive experiences. Still, a lot of classic tracks on that first album that I hope to see live again one day...
Love this stuff man, keep it up
great video once again! had not heard of them before but i will definitively check them out
I hope they click for you. Start with the album Sound of Silver
I know I’m not a patron or anything (I wish I could be but I’m starving) but I would love to see a video about Of Montreal. They have a huge discography and Kevin Barnes is such an interesting and inspiring guy.
Thanks for pumping out these wonderful videos.
subbed and added to my caviar channels, so good man, keep it up. SoS is my favorite album, love get innocuous
Thanks and it’s mine too
YOOOOOOO!!!! ... This video is Hitting home right now... Especially your final Lines... TY.... I am definitely subscribed...
This video is incredibly professional! Keep it up
I love this channel so much please never stop
I´ve watched this video so many times. I dont understand why is not your most watched video. Thanks a lot for doing this.
Fascinating story told from the heart. My favourite LCD sound system song is "Time to Get Away"!! I can't stop playing it. Just love the way James expresses himself in this song. His voice is incredible as well.
james murphy is such an inspiring guy. that conversation he and his therapist had is incredibly relateable.
Tribulations will always be my favorite LCD Soundsystem song
This one too. New appreciation. Got lucky and saw these guys in Austin, indescribably great, didn't know them that well then, but you could feel that
Great work on the vid. Fave LCD songs: Someone Great, Home, I Can Change
Thanks for getting me into King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard! Now you got me interested in LCD Soundsystem too
This is sick! One of my favourite bands
Great video mate!
Great video (as always), please make one about the British band Faithless, they've been my favorite band since I was a young teenager and I would love for more people to know about them.
Really interesting video. Music sounds so better when you understand the story behind it.
KShiney1 I agree!
Hey mate! These vids are great. Keep up the good work. This isn the sort of thing I'd like to do!
Great video, exactly what I was looking for.
Losing my edge is my favorite song of all time full stop, though I can’t decide between the live version or the studio one...Movement is also up there
Always look forward to your new videos
Your videos are amazing. i don't know how you don't have more subs but I hope you blow up soon
Extremely well done!
last one minute of this video is hauntingly beautiful. kudos brother.
Might get into LCD now
me to
Did you
@@jackengdall yes it's great :p
@@TheBtw83 hell yea g
I’m in love with the mini documentary you make! Your video on King Gizzard really turned me on to their music. I know you probably have a giant list of artists you’d like to cover, but some bands I’d like to see a video on would be:
Beat happening
Neutral Milk Hotel
The microphones/ Mount Eerie ( lot of good material in this one)
Guided by Voice (kind of goes with the whole don’t give up on your dreams thing)
The Magnetic Fields
Loving your work, keep it up!
Zachary Coffee thanks a lot! I do have a big list to get to, and a few of these I am considering! Stay tuned.
Can't wait!
Yet another great video. Keep it up :)
Thanks!
Good stuff! Another good video once again :D
I have a hoodie from that Madison Square Garden concert that was worn ragged. I remember my mom went to see the concert, her brother/my uncle was working on editing separate documentary for them which was eventually canned so she got free tickets. I only realized it was an LCD Soundsystem hoodie years later and started getting into them. I remember always wearing the hoodie which was an XL as it was originally my uncle’s who was a big guy and people making fun of how big it was. Really random but honestly, this brought back so much. Wore that thing for like 7 years... I still wear it occasionally and it’s how my friends recognize me even if I haven’t seen them for years (happened a while back.
Excellent video, man!
I really like your videos, keep up the good work!
Hey thanks!
good work dude, keep it up
45:33. Its so so so so good. The opening Track moments (Shame on You) to it with that building Piano line is perfect.
"I can change" was a soundtrack on Fifa11. A game I spent like 300 hours on. Played it on my Nintendo DS when I was little.
When I was shopping clothes a couple of months ago I can change was played in the store. Thats how I discovered LCD soundsystem
Such an innovator. I had no idea this was how it came about. So glad it did.
Keep it up middle 8! Your a young channel but if u keep putting out great videos like this you will be a million + channel before anyone realize it
I love lcd soundsystem this is awesome you earned a sub 👌
Another great video, thank you!
Im pushing 40 and hit the studio tomorrow. I love LCD and these Middle 8 vids.
You condensed the entire history of LCD on less than 10 minutes, fucking amazing.
Btw, where did you get the footage from the recording sessions?
Yeah
I love how raw, danceable, and funky their debut is.
I love how masterful, deep, complex, and perfect sound of silver is (thank you for the tin foil part, helps understand the name of the album)
I love how nostalgic, emotional, and heavy this is happening is.
and I love how exciting american dream was as it released, really going down town with its singles and just the overall feeling of my favorite band coming back from the dead.
cheers fellow LCD fans, keep spreading the stuff worth spreading in this world.
Man these videos are exceptional, and on a lot of my favorite bands no less! I was excited to go to your channel, but realized how few there are :( In your Mgmt video, you make reference to Merriweather Post Pavillion, which I was hoping meant you had a video out on Animal Collective as well. Never the less, Keep up the great work!
TocKa something Animal Collective related is coming soon
Can't wait :D
All my friends, the drive of that track is fantastic. The live video of MSG is super cool with a curly haired guy singing into the camera at the end, great!
Favorite is of course "All My Friends". As he says....i was there...in the early aughts...in NYC...James was the DJ and and music that surrouded my new marriage, my group of friends. Wistful, crazy, dance-y and very NYC-centric. It felt like he was OUR music. We did end up going to the garden show but we didn't get floor tickets. For that reason, the show wasn't all that for me. Its the floor or nothing. I did see him at Randall's Island with Arcade Fire. That was absolutely brilliant.
Thats whats up!! Your videos are legit as hell and LCDSoundSystem is FUCKING BRILLIANT IN SO MANY WAYS!!
I love the LCD Soundsystem so much! A bit more than The Strokes and Talking Heads. This is happening is one of my favorites but the sound of it is so danceable and electronic that I would die for it! Keep the dream alive to everyone that is still trying to make something great like James Murphy did before!