SONGS THAT DEFINE THE DECADE: #6
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#6
words: David Molloy
illustration: Stevie-Marie Terry
LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great
On his early LCD Soundsystem records, James Murphy playfully took the P out of the modern indie rock climate, showing the mono-influenced name droppers how it’s done by becoming the ultimate name dropper himself on “Losing My Edge”. On his debut record he made his goal known, to stop talking about it and get it done, and on 2007’s Sound Silver, he went and did it, “Someone Great” being the best example on an outstanding record.
Over minimalistic thumps, scattershot beeps, and a gorgeous glockenspiel, Murphy’s lyrics about loss, sung somewhat monotonously but full of emotion all the same, can surely be related to by almost anyone who’s suffered a loss, be it one of a relationship or of a loved one. Who needs their edge when this can be done after losing it?
mp3: LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great
MFM @ HYPEM
