hahaha salparadise, good shit. But hey man when you go on stage strutting a Can shirt, your band is subject to scrutiny a bit more than any other dance punk band, who I'm generally not a fan of but usually find harmless nonetheless.
sonickteam: I throw down absurds amount of cash on music every month. Unfortunately I'm not rolling in it to be buying a CD/LP for only 2 or 3 tracks. Odds are I'll get bored of them after about one or two listens and bounce them anyway. Giving them that second chance only opens up the possibility of improving my impression of their music. I first heard LCD in the fall of last year when my roommate at college had acquired their album from a p2p file-sharing client and played it for me. If it weren't for mp3's, lcd and m.i.a. would have probably never gotten as big as they have, especially in regards to artists like lcd soundsystem/dfa records who don't get heavy radio/video airtime. Do you think the DFA remixes gained so much attention because their fans all happen to be DJ's collecting all of their sides? Why do you think every band and their mothers has a myspace.com band website loaded with mp3's now? It amazes me that there's still people that don't realize the immense marketing potential available through file sharing. I wish people would educate themselves further on this before forming such strong opinions. This is a decent
article in favor of p2p file sharing. Please read through it when you can.
hmcd, point well taken but after looking over the song lyrics, mr. murphy seems to be highly critical of not only name-dropping hipster kids, but a slam on all musical trends in western popular music. The lyric "I hear that you and your band have sold your guitars and bought turntables.
I hear that you and your band have sold your turntables and bought guitars." is critical of music enthusiasts that attach themselves to certain musical movements in attempts to be cutting edge, but lack any cogency or real musical erudition to form educated opinions about music. Thus rendering all trends in music meaningless, full of contradictions and flirtatious amateurs. All ofwhich is an outlook I tend to share myself. But, what it seems to boil down to is James Murphy telling everyone that they are unqualified to criticize or "box in" the music of LCD Soundsystem which is a pretty arrogant stance to take. The song is more than likely a response to some negative criticism james murphy came across in a music publication or webzine, which most songs like this tend to stem from. I maintain that the extensive list of bands tacked on at the end is in poor taste and detracts from his main point and is completely unnecessary. I do suspect that he is precisely one of those same hipsters he is mocking.
