History Music / LCDSoundsystem

** The Music/HarryNilsson song "[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Jump Into the Fire]]" at their final show ever at Madison Square Garden.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Fact Magazine ("Pow Pow") exists and is not just an ironic figure to state obvious facts.

* EpicRocking: "All My Friends" and "You Wanted A Hit" are two of their longer songs, but many of their songs tend to go past the 6-minute mark.

* InactionVideo: The video for "Drunk Girls" hangs a lampshade on this trope. A low budget was given to a bunch of people to buy whatever costumes and props they wanted in order to use any means necessary to distract and make the band screw up while they were calmly performing, a notable difference from the usual InactionVideo where the band doesn't acknowledge their surroundings.

** "Losing My Edge" mentions Music/{{Can}}, Music/{{Suicide}}, Music/CaptainBeefheart, Music/DaftPunk, Paradise Garage, Larry Levan, Music/TheBeachBoys, Modern Lovers, Niagara, Yaz, This Heat, Pere Ubu (twice), Outsiders, Nation of Ulysses, Mars, Trojans, Black Dice, Todd Terry, The Germs, Section 25, Althea and Donna, Sexual Harassment, Music/{{aha}}, Music/PublicImageLtd, The Human League, The Normal, [[Music/VelvetUnderground Lou]] [[Music/LouReed Reed]], Scott Walker, Monks, Music/JoyDivision, Sun Ra, 10cc, Soulsonic Force, David Axelrod, The Slits, [[MemeticMutation GIL! SCOTT! HERON!]], Faust, Music/{{Swans}}, Soft Cell, and The Sonics. [[SerialEscalation That's not even the full list.]]

** Despite all the outlandish claims in "Losing My Edge", one is actually ''true'': James Murphy really was one of the first New York DJs to play Music/DaftPunk in his sets at rock clubs like [=CBGBs=] in the late 1990s.

* AlbumTitleDrop: "Sound of silver talk to me" in the title track to ''Sound of Silver'', "American Dream."

* AntiLoveSong: "Time To Get Away."

* AutoTune: Averted. Despite it being ElectronicMusic written after the year 2000, there is not a single moment AutoTune is used.

* {{Hipster}}: {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in "Losing My Edge." The singer was an indie DJ back in the 60's and 70's. Now, everything that was underground when he played it is being co-opted by "art-school Brooklynites in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered eighties." By the end, he's in a name-dropping battle rattling off every group in his vinyl collection to prove his relevance..

* LyricalColdOpen: "Watch the Tapes," "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down," "Sound of Silver," "Drunk Girls".

* NonAppearingTitle: "45:33."

LCD Soundsystem's best-known songs are "All My Friends", "Losing My Edge", "North American Scum", "Drunk Girls", "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down", and "Music/DaftPunk Is Playing at My House."

* CoolOldGuy: James Murphy was in his mid-30's when he started LCD Soundsystem, far older than most indie rock artists releasing their first album.

** Nine of ten songs on ''American Dream'' are over five minutes long, with "Black Screen" topping out at 12:05.

* {{Hipster}}: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in "Losing My Edge." The singer was an indie DJ back in the 60's and 70's. Now, everything that was underground when he played it is being co-opted by "art-school Brooklynites in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered eighties." By the end, he's in a name-dropping battle rattling off every group in his vinyl collection to prove his relevance..

* PoliticallyCorrect: The record label James Murphy owns, Death From Above Records, was changed post-9/11 because it was probably not a good idea for a label based in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity to be called that. It's now just "DFA Records."

** "Music/DaftPunk is Playing at My House."
** "Losing My Edge" mentions Can, Suicide, Music/CaptainBeefheart, Music/DaftPunk, Paradise Garage, Larry Levan, Music/TheBeachBoys, Modern Lovers, Niagara, Yaz, This Heat, Pere Ubu (twice), Outsiders, Nation of Ulysses, Mars, Trojans, Black Dice, Todd Terry, The Germs, Section 25, Althea and Donna, Sexual Harassment, Music/{{aha}}, Music/PublicImageLtd, The Human League, The Normal, [[Music/VelvetUnderground Lou Reed]], Scott Walker, Monks, Music/JoyDivision, Sun Ra, 10cc, Soulsonic Force, David Axelrod, The Slits, [[MemeticMutation GIL! SCOTT! HERON!]], Faust, Music/{{Swans}}, Soft Cell, and The Sonics. [[SerialEscalation That's not even the full list.]]

At the tail end of 2015, LCD Soundsystem suddenly released a Christmas song, "Christmas Will Break Your Heart" to the delighted surprise of the fanbase. Before we knew it, LCD Soundsystem was announced as a headliner for Coachella 2016, with a tour and a new record to follow. [[http://lcdsoundsystem.com/main/archives/793 James Murphy went into more detail in this blog entry.]]

* AlbumTitleDrop: "Sound of silver talk to me" in the title track to ''Sound of Silver''

* MinimalisticCoverArt: ''LCD Soundsystem''

* PrecisionFStrike: "If I could fuck you here tonight" from "Never As Tired As When I'm Waking Up," "You don't know shit about where I'm from" and "what's it called? Oh, fuck it" from "Pow Pow," "Who has put up with all of your shit" from "All I Want."

[[caption-width-right:350:"and it keeps coming, till the day it stops..."]] LCD Soundsystem was an [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity NYC]]-based sort of DancePunk [[BuffySpeak band thing]] that was the project of James Murphy, who plays most, if not all instruments on the records. For the sake of the sanity of this article, the project will be referred to as a band so the word "they" will be used.

The band are known for Murphy's distinctive voice as well as the clever wordplay involved in their lyrics ("Drunk girls know that love is an astronaut / It comes back but it's never the same," for example).

* IAmTheBand: James Murphey.

** "Losing My Edge" mentions Can, Suicide, Music/CaptainBeefheart, Music/DaftPunk, Paradise Garage, Larry Levan, Music/TheBeachBoys, Modern Lovers, Niagara, Yaz, This Heat, Pere Ubu (twice), Outsiders, Nation of Ulysses, Mars, Trojans, Black Dice, Todd Terry, The Germs, Section 25, Althea and Donna, Sexual Harassment, a-ha, Music/PublicImageLtd, The Human League, The Normal, [[Music/VelvetUnderground Lou Reed]], Scott Walker, Monks, Music/JoyDivision, Sun Ra, 10cc, Soulsonic Force, David Axelrod, The Slits, [[MemeticMutation GIL! SCOTT! HERON!]], Faust, Music/{{Swans}}, Soft Cell, and The Sonics. [[SerialEscalation That's not even the full list.]]

They got their start in 2002 when Murphy released a handful of singles that got decent radio airplay on underground stations. After these successes he got a few musicians to collaborate with him, wrote a SelfTitledAlbum and LCD Soundsystem was born. Then, in 2007 ''Sound of Silver'' was released to critical acclaim, appearing on many year-end and decade-end album charts. Then finally Murphy announced a possible end to the project, with a "final" album titled ''This Is Happening'' being released. Once again, the critics drooled and the album found itself on more lists. Their OutWithABang final concert, which among other extravagances had the highly influential 80's Post-Punk band Liquid Liquid as an opening act and the ArcadeFire singing backup vocals, proved to everyone that James Murphy was actually ending the project (at least, for the foreseeable future).

** "Losing My Edge" mentions Can, Suicide, CaptainBeefheart, Music/DaftPunk, Paradise Garage, Larry Levan, TheBeachBoys, Modern Lovers, Niagara, Yaz, This Heat, Pere Ubu (twice), Outsiders, Nation of Ulysses, Mars, Trojans, Black Dice, Todd Terry, The Germs, Section 25, Althea and Donna, Sexual Harassment, a-ha, PublicImageLtd, The Human League, The Normal, [[Music/VelvetUnderground Lou Reed]], Scott Walker, Monks, Music/JoyDivision, Sun Ra, 10cc, Soulsonic Force, David Axelrod, The Slits, [[MemeticMutation GIL! SCOTT! HERON!]], Faust, {{Swans}}, Soft Cell, and The Sonics. [[SerialEscalation That's not even the full list.]]

They got their start in 2002 when Murphy released a handful of singles that got decent radio airplay on underground stations. After these successes he got a few musicians to collaborate with him, wrote a SelfTitledAlbum and LCD Soundsystem was born. Then, in 2007 ''Sound of Silver'' was released to critical acclaim, appearing on many year-end and decade-end album charts. Then finally Murphy announced a possible end to the project, with a "final" album titled ''This Is Happening'' being released. Once again, the critics drooled and the album found itself on more lists. Their OutWithABang final concert, which among other extravagances had the highly influential 80's Post-Punk band Liquid Liquid as an opening act and the ArcadeFire singing backup vocals, proved to everyone that James Murphy was actually ending the project.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/james_murphy_9039.jpg LCD Soundsystem was an [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity NYC]]-based sort of DancePunk [[BuffySpeak band thing]] that was the project of James Murphy, who plays most, if not all instruments on the records. For the sake of the sanity of this article, the project will be referred to as a band so the word "they" will be used.

!These following tropes are losing their edge:

* AudienceParticipationSong - "All My Friends," "Us V Them," "Watch the Tapes," among others.

* {{Jossed}}: "Tribulations" has "dumb rock lyrics" according to James Murphy, but can be interpreted to favor both conventional and unconventional wisdom about society, or something entirely different. However, Murphy's seriousness in interviews varies greatly.

LCD Soundsystem's best-known songs are "All My Friends," "Losing My Edge," "North American Scum," "Drunk Girls," and "Music/DaftPunk Is Playing at My House."

** "We have a [[BarackObama black president]], and you do not" from "Pow Pow."

** "Losing My Edge" mentions Can, Suicide, CaptainBeefheart, Music/DaftPunk, Paradise Garage, Larry Levan, TheBeachBoys, Modern Lovers, Niagara, Yaz, This Heat, Pere Ubu (twice), Outsiders, Nation of Ulysses, Mars, Trojans, Black Dice, Todd Terry, The Germs, Section 25, Althea and Donna, Sexual Harassment, a-ha, PublicImageLtd, The Human League, The Normal, [[TheVelvetUnderground Lou Reed]], Scott Walker, Monks, JoyDivision, Sun Ra, 10cc, Soulsonic Force, David Axelrod, The Slits, [[MemeticMutation GIL! SCOTT! HERON!]], Faust, {{Swans}}, Soft Cell, and The Sonics. [[SerialEscalation That's not even the full list.]]

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/james_murphy_9039.jpg LCD Soundsystem was an [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity NYC]]-based sort of {{dance-punk}} [[BuffySpeak band thing]] that was the project of James Murphy, who plays most, if not all instruments on the records. For the sake of the sanity of this article, the project will be referred to as a band so the word "they" will be used.

Their music is part of the movement in indie music known as "{{dance-punk}}". However, they are probably one of the bands that come closer to the "dance" side of that subgenre than with the "punk" aspect. Strangely, despite Murphy's vocals lacking the snarl of the other artists in the subgenre, it still works and qualifies.

* {{Dance-punk}}: He is pretty much the defining artist of the genre.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/james_murphy_9039.jpg LCD Soundsystem was an [[NewYorkCity NYC]]-based sort of {{dance-punk}} [[BuffySpeak band thing]] that was the project of James Murphy, who plays most, if not all instruments on the records. For the sake of the sanity of this article, the project will be referred to as a band so the word "they" will be used.

* PoliticallyCorrect: The record label James Murphy owns, Death From Above Records, was changed post-9/11 because it was probably not a good idea for a label based in NewYorkCity to be called that. It's now just "DFA Records."

LCD Soundsystem's best-known songs are "All My Friends," "North American Scum," "Drunk Girls," and "Music/DaftPunk Is Playing at My House."

* AlbumTitleDrop - "Sound of silver talk to me" in the title track to ''Sound of Silver''
* AluminumChristmasTrees - Fact Magazine ("Pow Pow") exists and is not just an ironic figure to state obvious facts.
* AntiLoveSong - "Time To Get Away."

* AutoTune - Averted. Despite it being ElectronicMusic written after the year 2000, there is not a single moment AutoTune is used.
* BoleroEffect - Quite often, but notably "North American Scum."
* BrokenRecord - Several.

* CallAndResponseSong - "Watch the Tapes," "Drunk Girls," "North American Scum."
* CerebusRollercoaster - The self-titled album, with "Too Much Love" and "Never As Tired As When I'm Waking Up" between a number of high-powered uplifting dance songs.
* ChorusOnlySong - "Pow Pow."
* CoolOldGuy - James Murphy was in his mid-30's when he started LCD Soundsystem, far older than most indie rock artists releasing their first album.
* CoverVersion - "Bye Bye Bayou," originally by Alan Vega of Suicide, recorded for Record Store Day.

* {{Dance-punk}} - He is pretty much the defining artist of the genre.

* EpicRocking - "All My Friends" and "You Wanted A Hit" are two of their longer songs, but many of their songs tend to go past the 6-minute mark.

* FollowYourHeart - "All I Want," "All My Friends."
* FriendsRentControl - Inverted in "North American Scum": "New York's the greatest if you get someone to pay the rent."
* {{Hipster}}: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in "Losing My Edge." The singer was an indie DJ back in the 60's and 70's. Now, everything that was underground when he played it is being co-opted by "art-school Brooklynites in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered eighties." By the end, he's in a name-dropping battle rattling off every group in his vinyl collection to prove his relevance.
* HollywoodPudgy - James Murphy, according to "Movement".
* IAmTheBand - See above.
* InactionVideo - The video for "Drunk Girls" hangs a lampshade on this trope. A low budget was given to a bunch of people to buy whatever costumes and props they wanted in order to use any means necessary to distract and make the band screw up while they were calmly performing, a notable difference from the usual InactionVideo where the band doesn't acknowledge their surroundings.

* ItsAlwaysSunnyAtFunerals - Mentioned in "Someone Great".
* ItWillNeverCatchOn - "I was there when Captain Beefheart started up his first band. / I told him, 'Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime.'" in "Losing My Edge".
* IWantSong - "All I Want," of course.
* {{Jossed}} - "Tribulations" has "dumb rock lyrics" according to James Murphy, but can be interpreted to favor both conventional and unconventional wisdom about society, or something entirely different. However, Murphy's seriousness in interviews varies greatly.
* LastNoteNightmare - "Get Innocuous!" is a fairly mellow and danceable song, but ends on some pretty dissonant strings that wouldn't sound out of place in a horror movie.
* ListSong - "Losing My Edge." "Movement" kind of counts too, what with all the "it's like" comparisons.
* LongTitle - "Never As Tired As When I'm Waking Up," "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down."
* LoveNostalgiaSong - "All I Want."
* LyricalColdOpen - "Watch the Tapes," "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down," "Sound of Silver," "Drunk Girls".
* LyricSwap - "I believe in waking up together" becomes "I believe in waiting out the weather" during the last chorus of "Drunk Girls."
* MinimalisticCoverArt - ''LCD Soundsystem''

* MotorMouth - "Pow Pow," "Losing My Edge."
* NewSoundAlbum - "This Is Happening" comes close, being more elaborate than the previous two albums.
* NiceGuysFinishLast - Inverted in "Losing My Edge": "I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent. And they're actually really, really nice."
* NonAppearingTitle - "45:33."
* OdeToIntoxication - "Drunk Girls" can be seen as this.

* PerishingAltRockVoice - Thankfully averted.
* PermaStubble - James Murphy, likely unintentionally.
* PrecisionFStrike - "If I could fuck you here tonight" from "Never As Tired As When I'm Waking Up," "You don't know shit about where I'm from" and "what's it called? Oh, fuck it" from "Pow Pow," "Who has put up with all of your shit" from "All I Want."
* PoliticallyCorrect - The record label James Murphy owns, Death From Above Records, was changed post-9/11 because it was probably not a good idea for a label based in NewYorkCity to be called that. It's now just "DFA Records."
* PunctuatedForEmphasis - "Gil! Scott! Heron!" ("Losing My Edge")
* RockstarSong -

* ShoutOut -

* SingleStanzaSong - "Sound Of Silver."

* TinCanRobot - The "Home" video.
* TitleOnlyChorus - "Yeah", "Pow Pow"
* WordSaladLyrics - "Pow Pow"

** "Get Innocuous" has "You will normalize / Don't it make you feel alive?"

* ListSong - "Losing My Edge."