Ah, so LCD Soundsystem is no more, having played its final show this past weekend in NYC at Madison Square Garden. I am a late comer to James Murphy and his sound wizardry and surprisingly touching, introspective songwriting, but that doesn't make this passing any easier to take.
I think I first heard of LCD Soundsystem with Daft Punk Is Playing In My House, and it is really only with the Sound Of Silver cd where I fell in deep love. To this date, I cannot listen to Someone Great without getting emotional. That song coincided with a rough patch in my life and something devastating that I have yet to recover from, so the melancholy lyrics hit me with exponential weight.
The worst is all the lovely weather,
I'm sad, it's not raining.
The coffee isn't even bitter,
Because, what's the difference?
There's all the work that needs to be done,
It's late, for revision.
There's all the time and all the planning,
And songs, to be finished.
And All My Friends, I Can Change, and Home reach equally great heights.
Someone great is gone indeed.
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