LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge

[Lutoniro]

They came here. They came to my city last year.. and I didn't go. I'm not kidding when I tell you BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE, and believe me I've commited lots of mistakes, but now i'll never see LCD Soundsystem live. Ever. Fuck.

[natsays9]

Every time I hear this intro, I feel like I'm about to go on an insane roller coaster ride.

[Zachtheflintstone]

i like how it keeps getting awesomer each verse and never stops

[shauno5166]

the lyrics are probably the most brilliant of any song from the last decade. If the music was as good as the lyrics this would be the best song ever.

[Champiness]

@shauno5166 I think it fits the song pretty well... kind of a mantra-esque rhythm that's reminiscent of the minimalistic 80's groups he names, growing in intensity as the narrator's own insecurity becomes more evident and he becomes more crazed, culminating in his simply shouting out the names of the bands that he uses to define himself as "cool".

[shauno5166]

@Champiness yeah I think it fits the song well too, and i also think its pretty good music just it doesnt live up to the brilliant lyrics

[ivexeg]

@Champiness it's base on the Killing Joke's "Change", yet another genius meta-hip reference

[SethHesio]

@ivexeg Thanks.. I'd never listened to song by or heard of Killing Joke until now. Just listened to Change... definitely a huge influence on this song.

[aBrownEssence]

Jimi Hendrix

[joebstarsurfer]

hip before it was hip looked up the sonics because of this song "there actually really good".

[russianbluey]

I like LSD!

[ConfusedProud]

No idea what it means but i love the phrase 'seminal detroit techno hit'

[baboon2525]

@ConfusedProud try 'strings of life'..

[thenothingboy]

model 500 is and example of a band with one.

[prisionnerofsociety]

The Sonics... of course!

[JustinBanks]

i was also there at coachella 2010 on ecstasy, it was nuts!

[paigemable]

Thanks for the reference to Yaz LCD & throw away the computers!!!

[1479king]

6 dont have an edge!!!

[xX47Xx]

pitchfork sucks but they fucking got it perfect when they said " If the songs on this list were chosen solely by how they captured the zeitgeist in independent music, "Losing My Edge" would be an easy #1.

[upstatelugh]

Bop etc...

[babyroo123]

R.I.P LCD Soundsystem....I will miss you so much, and crap, I never got to see you in concert... ;( <333

[SethHesio]

@babyroo123 What?! Why no more LCD SS??!

[SuperGogetem]

Very Jonathan Richman

[MrStu1966]

oh there...yeah i was there. it stunk of piss.

[MrStu1966]

where?

[209SMLX4]

I hear he's buying a synthesizer and an arpeggiator and is throwing his computer out the window because he wants to make something real. He wants to make a Yaz record..

[dfgreen14]

The fastest 8 minutes of my life.

[DBCOOPER888]

This song is so bad ass. When I walk around listening to this on my headphones I want to bust heads. 

[boogster123321]

GIL SCOTT HERON! RIP

[dudeman747]

R.I.P. Gil Scott Heron

[adrianbeloo]

@dudeman747 :(

[AIKevorkian]

Oh yeah! He was there, too!

[hpmetsfan]

Apparently this "you" is very indecisive

[jd55192]

Take that, pretentious hipsters. Courtesy of LCD.

[CheezdudeRevisited]

to better looking people with better ideas

[2HornDogs]

I was there when I heard this tonight!

[ShaneZedd]

87 people want to make a yaz record.

[TheFlowBlue]

this is so good, this is art!

[ekyps3]

Four people have lost their edge.

[opcond]

@ekyps3 Thumbs down comments are for desperate n00bs. Eat a dick

[TheFlowBlue]

@opcond I think it was quite funny, troll.

[Jpants26]

Why are the vocals so quiet?

[leamanc]

Gil! Scott! Heron!

[johnhoss217]

@leamanc that part was epic

[TheGerthax]

a song about how hipsters suck? amazing

[Diabl0912]

4/02 I was there! like five hours of straight dancing.

[patrickthadude]

3 people weren't there.

[pretzelpimp]

this song really grows on you damn

[moeskeeez]

I was there at Coachella 2010, and they were amazing, first time hearing OF LCD and I was hooked..

[longblackjimmy]

I was there, 3/28

[andyxkaragiozi]

@longblackjimmy I was there 3/28/11 & heard Thrills for the first time in forever and a half

[shrocking]

I was here.

[KingSandwell]

I wonder if he actually was the first guy playing Daft Punk in CBGB's, that may have been possible

[JSEBCKGC]

I was there! in 2011 when these guys rocked for the first and list time Bogotá....

[andresacero0717]

@JSEBCKGC I was there

[thedeathmetal27]

@jasabar try new and last song from lcd called i can change

[Squibfire]

@thedeathmetal27 thats the song that got me into them, i was never a big fan of the other stuff i had heard by them but then they cam eon The Colbert Report and played I Can Change and immediately i was hooked and went out and bought This Is Happening, it is now easily one of my favorite albums and LCD one of my new favorite bands

[bigalbantam]

@jasabar try listening to different songs by them

[spinycrayfish]

I prefer my songs with singing and/or music...

[bigalbantam]

I was there at the first Can show in colonge

[XxgameacexX]

April 2nd is going to be bittersweet. I get to see LCD for the first time/Last time.

[janinePWNSftw]

@XxgameacexX me too. i can't way to say i was there

[jasabar]

Have to admit I ran across this band by accident; not from my generation, but WOW. Freaking Awesome lyrics- love the sarcasm.

[RutherfordClubb139]

Get the audio from this video at speedyconversion doht cohm.

[13lostlove13]

I love the Beach boys!!!

This is a good song....

I only made this comment to tell people I love the Beach Boys....

LOLs

[unclegusyo]

Anyone else think William Shatner should cover this?

[ethericloopz]

@unclegusyo Now that's a very good idea!

[sonofguitargod]

total shit 4 total shitheads

[andrewhurricane]

One person lost his/her edge

[MaustheMaus]

One person wasn't there.

[teomarra]

all the new indie boys have to study the lyrics of this terrific track. MASTERPIECE

[swedeboy11]

I WAS THERE!!!!!

[sixplus6]

Im losing my edge..to better looking commenters...with better comments....and there actually..really,really nice

[schwiggys]

@sixplus6

they're not - they're all a bunch of cocks

[ymechaie]

@sixplus6 Congrats, that was one of the only original funny top comments I've ever read.

[Champiness]

@ymechaie seems he's finally been usurped by a better looking commenter though.

[MrThethe333]

this song has taught me more than school.

[Jakalar1]

Wait... Was he there?

[vista777]

I wish i was there for can

[jasonbigelow]

This song captures how i feel at times,but then i remember that kids these days don't know shit about what i know.

[schwiggys]

@jasonbigelow

and nor do they care. welcome to obsoletesville!

[jasonbigelow]

@schwiggys Cute,prick. Go back to your Breathe Carolina albums.

[schwiggys]

@jasonbigelow

aw, thanks for noticing - i think its quite cute too

[SimplyShadow]

" I was there at the first Can show" Lol.

[XxTheHumungusxX]

borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered 80's. I know so many people like this...

[gafftaper89]

The man knows his history, and that's why I like this song.

[Decemberchan]

This...

This just snapped me out of everything.

[JoseAriel1408]

There is one no vote from someone who wasn't there.

[NedsMissingTeeth]

I was there when Ronan Keating turned on the Blackpool lights.

I was there.

[subclonk]

Best tune they have done, in my opinion.

Left my original 12" of this in a club *(

[mrrobotrain]

When I'm forty years old I can't wait to show this song to all those young bastards who think they know what music is.. Sad to say.. I'm one of of those bastards right now.. Internet seeking.

[alexgillespie1]

@mrrobotrain hey at least we have this awesome interweb thing :) how fucking great is this we can go online find people who's opinion we respect see what albums and songs they recommend then go to youtube type and listen to it no purchase necessary...

excuse me for a second (goes to make love to the machine)

[mrrobotrain]

@alexgillespie1

Totally agreed... but it's those who fail to recognize the fact that they're not of the generation their parents/grandparents are from... they can really piss a guy off.

[CRAPCANNONS]

Killing Joke "Change" (1980) - 2:15 -->

[kjsharke]

Dude, he was at the first Can show! I've never listened to them but I know their music is good. ;)

[classof77]

The Can reference at 1:08 is appropriate on multiple levels.

Cool and funny song.

[ndteegarden]

This is relevant.

[johnnyBuz72]

is he sampling daft punk - da funk around the 4:40 mark?

[funkyVibes]

@johnnyBuz72 it's similar but :) but that sound is all-around the music

[swanstep]

This track is very relevant.

[maroonedonred]

I was there.

[corncornrocks]

this is such a sick song

[CheckVerb]

He's just naming bands! This sucks. Stop trying to be funny, James Murphy. You're really not.

[NeasNihil]

@CheckVerb Is that all you can grasp from his sound? I mean I don't expect some long spree of rhetoric wherein you attach some form of idolatry to the music but at least don't make baseless assumptions where you can judge what is and is not funny. It's amazing how much knowledge you presume.

[jajamma]

@NeasNihil overblown rhetoric makes you look like a cunt.

Song is amazing, btw.

[NeasNihil]

Because you know that's what's important...not looking like a cunt...it's nice of you to acknowledge your own existence though (not that I care but a good effort nonetheless)...hopefully it (and this response) will get you through the day...

[LadyofWar1980]

@CheckVerb You missed the point of the song. Check out the lyrics and see what he's trying to say. Your welcome.

[tuxedosponge]

Holy shit! He was there!

[upstatelugh]

Bloody awesome track...

[Harukachikara]

Love this band. : )

[fossam]

This song is Freakin' Brilliant! "We All Know What You Really Want"

[ParagonCookie]

Possibly the best song ive heard this year! The lyrics are just awesome!

[LadyofWar1980]

Wow. This is is art. Thank you.

[gfunk289]

@LadyofWar1980

hipster

[LadyofWar1980]

@gfunk289 ;-)

[TheAqui1a]

@LadyofWar1980 You're right, it is is :)

[LadyofWar1980]

@TheAqui1a *tee hee hee @ my typo! ;)

[gavtrex45]

this is so freak'n awsome

[jinjin45]

oh my god. this song changed my entire perspective on music.