What can I say? I live with a fanboy. DH is a complete LCD Soundsystem fanboy.I think he first introduced me to LCD Soundsystem in late 2006, possibly early 2007. I can’t quite remember. I do remember sitting in one of our local pubs one evening in early 2007 – The Alice – they have a magic music machine thing there.
Our friend Dean put on LCD Soundsystem – the track 45:33. 45:33 is as its name says – 45 minutes and 33 seconds of high energy music. I was hooked.
LCD Soundsystem formed the backdrop to my first foray into triathlon in 2007. It was THE music I listened to at the gym.
It also was the theme song for September 2008, when Lehman Brothers collapsed.
“You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan,
And the next five years trying to be with your friends again…”
Listening to James Murphy, the beats, tunes, lyrics…
LCD Soundsystem has been a constant soundtrack in our house since 2007… So this year, when we heard that they would not release another album again, well Fanboy #1 (aka DH) decided that we should go to every gig we could get to in London…
We went in May, to the Brixton Academy…
“The worst is all the lovely weather,
I’m stunned, 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.”
July in Hyde Park…
“Everybody makes mistakes, but I feel alright when I come undone…
You are not making me wait, but it seems alright as long as something’s happening…”
And twice last week…
First at Ally Pally, with our friend Mary…
“You wanted it tough
But is it ever tough enough?
No, nothing’s ever tough enough
Until we hit the road…”
And finally the Coronet…
“Tell me a line
Make it easy for me
Open your arms
Dance with me until I feel all right
It’s good in the dark
Good in the dark…”
Sometimes I feel like music provides life’s theme tune. The rhythm, the back beat. The little extra something that picks us up, gets us moving, helps us to well, feel alive…
What are your theme tunes? What picks you up? What gets you moving?