My LCD Soundsytem Review

WARNING THIS IS GOING TO BE A JADED RANT

I was fortunate enough to catch LCD Soundsystem's "last" show at Madison Square Garden this past Saturday with our old friend Jared. I have no pictures to put up because A. I had seats very far away and B. I truly believe to fully enjoy a show one should not be on Facebook/Twitter/Foursquare or whatever the next social networking site is.

The show started out with me starting to understand why I would want to retire if I were James Murphy. The crowd was pretty annoying and, as we used to say back in the 90s, full of posers. Maybe I am getting old and maybe I am expecting too much out of people, but a majority of people that attend rock shows these days are unbearable. They have little to no respect for the people sitting around them or to the people working the event. TIP YOUR BARTENDERS!!! I also loved all the people wearing all white, like James used to. He now wears suits more often. Get with it kids! And also, white is a very unbecoming look on most people. I could go on and on concerning people's fashion choices in public. Let me just end on this, if you need to dress up to feel like you are bringing the party, then you don't know how to bring the party. Let's move on.

The actual performance started with some songs off their latest album. The kids behind us new every word and were singing them out loud. This quickly stopped as soon as some of the older stuff came on. Not that I have a problem with them enjoying themselves, is is just that they also didn't stay standing long after they stopped knowing the songs. These tickets were too damn expensive for you to only know one album and to not stand. And on that not, LCD Soundsystem added 4 shows after the MSG show sold out so quickly by scalpers (I paid twice the face value from a computer expert outside of San Francisco 3 minutes after the tickets when on sale because it had already sold out). This whole experience was disgusting. This isn't the first time Ticket Master has done this. I am not going to buy from Ticket Master or Stubb Hub for at least a year. I am just shocked James Murphy didn't see this coming either.

The actual performance was alright. My favorite moments were when they deviated from the norm. The use of a choir during two of the songs. Reggie Watts came out to perform and Arcade Fire making a weird cameo to sing harmonies. Maybe it is MSG's sound (though, I had great times at both Arcade Fire and Kanye West performances there) or maybe they are really spent from doing this whole rock and roll life style. I thought it lacked energy and emotion on some levels.

But then again, who am I to judge. Throughout their short career they have made some amazing music that I will be listening to for years to come. I was happy to see them before they called it quits (I still have my doubts about that). And I totally get why he would want to stop touring and just focus on his label.

I wish him and DFA the best, and he will always be seen as a fortune teller in my eyes for making this one of his first releases

"Borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered 80's"