I'm losing my edge, but I was there.

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I went to the LCD Soundsystem show last night at the Fillmore. It was...so AMAZING!

I could ramble on and on about why it was so amazing, but I don't know that anyone really cares. So I'll try to stick to some highlights:

It's been 3 years since they've played in Detroit.

They're touring with Hot Chip. (Link goes to their Wikipedia page; for some reason, their official site isn't loading.)

This was the last show for this leg of their NA tour, and their last show with Hot Chip.

Owen Clarke from Hot Chip was playing bass.

The lead singer from Hot Chip is this adorable little man who bounces around the stage like a Kindergartener on too much Kool-Aid. I want to hug him.

LCD Soundsystem played "Daft Punk is Playing At My House"!

Actually, the only song they didn't play that I really wanted them to play was "Pow Pow". (And "North American Scum", but I wasn't really expecting they would play that.)

That's all right, because they played "Losing My Edge" for an encore.

They played "New York, I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down" for a SECOND ENCORE!

We had an awesome position behind the rail above the mosh pit: no one could stand in front of us, and for most of the concert, we had plenty of room to dance.

The crowd was really into it, the bands were really into it, the light cues and the stagecraft were just awesome!

Of course, there were the usual irritations that come with being packed in a crowd: young blonde girl who tried to encroach on our space when I went to the bathroom; Crazy sweaty woman who was clearly on something that kept touching my friend (only for one song); stupid, STUPID girl who spilled beer all over my pants!

But it was fun! One of my favorite things to do at a concert is people watch. What people wear to a concert says so much about what they think of themselves and their level of "cool". Hipsters abounded last night, and I had fun trying to pick out the full-time hipsters from the weekend pretenders.

Another group of people I enjoy spotting are the Super Fans: the ones who are clearly enjoying the show on a completely different level from everyone else. (I came very close to being one of these myself at several points during the show!) There was a guy standing next to me who was way into the show, and preferred a dancing style I can only describe as "Stevie Wonder on Meth". The blonde girl next to me who tried to push us out of spot at one point kept moving her hand around the way stoners and small children do out the car window on the freeway: you know, like a dolphin swimming through the air currents? (She was eventually scared off when my cousin spotted me from the mosh pit and climbed the rail in front of her to give me a hug. Good riddance!)

Anyway, BEST WEDNESDAY EVER! Up next: Halloween fun! What are everyone's plans? (Oh, and I'll be compiling everyone's suggestions into an Ultimate Halloween Playlist soon, so if there's any more last recommendations you've thought of, please do share!)

ETA: Ooh, I almost forgot! Special Bonus Canadian Content for rewindclunkplay: there was the most irritating Canadian girl in the world behind us at the concert! During the interval, she would not shut up, and her voice just travelled over all the other noises in the entire venue. All of her stories ended with: "And I was like, 'BLEURGGHAAARGHHH!'"

(Just me sticking my tongue out and saying, "Ha, there are irritating Candians, too!" The two young men with her seemed very nice, though.)

Also: evilhippo: I apologize for the number of links in this post. I hope you make it out of the Matrix with your sanity intact.

Comments

[ladybracknell.livejournal.com]

I'm SO jealous. I love both those bands. I've seen Hot Chip a bunch of times and I adore their energy.

My Halloween plans are a little light pumpkin carving and some zombie movies and popcorn :D.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

This is the first time Hot Chip has played Detroit, and I'm so glad the crowd were into them! Sometimes it's hard to tell with the really electronic, high production bands if they're going to be good live, but Hot Chip puts on such a great show! Talk about energy: Alexis Taylor was basically bouncing up and down and practically jogging while singing "Ready for the Floor." He must be in very good shape!

Ooh, which zombie movies? I DVRed 28 Days Later to watch this weekend. I know: it's debatable whether it's an actual zombie movie, but it's still my favorite!

(DUELING PUMPKINS!)

[ladybracknell.livejournal.com]

Hot Chip are probably the best electro band I've ever seen live - although people like Basement Jaxx and the Chemical Brothers and Orbital bring a really big show, I feel like Hot Chip have a more indie ethos and they're not trying to dazzle you with their light show and dancers, they're just playing their little synth hearts out ♥.

I was thinking Zombieland, Shaun of the Dead, and maybe a classic Romero. I have a lot of zombie movies to choose from, lol.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

I feel like Hot Chip have a more indie ethos

Definitely what I like about them! I'm not really into the hardcore electronic music, though I feel like I should be, what with Detroit having the Electronic Music Festival and all.

Good choices! Aww, I want to attend your film festival!

[jesterjoker.livejournal.com]

Woo. :D That sounds absolutely crazy!

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Such a good show! Makes me wish I had money to see more live music.

[rewindclunkplay.livejournal.com]

yes, but, she was a Canadian IN AMERICA. So she's allowed to be irritating ;)

I am sooo kidding. There are irritating Canadians abound. Let's go look back at my high school, shall we?

Actually, let's not D:

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

She was a person in my general proximity, so that must be what did it; they see me coming, I tell you!

I almost forgot to tell you the best part: she was telling her friends some story about a strip club (was trying to tune her out, so I don't know the specifics) and all of the sudden she just bursts out with, "And there's this old lady with a toonie in her mouth, all BLURGGSHHHLLGH!" (Seriously, I wish I could transcribe the noise she kept making: they could use it to scare animals away from crops.)

Anyway, BEST USE OF THE WORD 'TOONIE' EVER!

(And I still maintain that I love Canadians...I have many fond memories of dancing with sweet, adorable Canadian boys in Windsor after I turned 19.)

[rewindclunkplay.livejournal.com]

AHAHA, one time my mother and I had this conversation because I was really concerned that Canadian strippers weren't getting tipped as much because they had no where to put the loonies and toonies.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a G string full of coins is none too sexy. I wonder if they could put a little coin cup in their bra?

[jesterjoker.livejournal.com]

Tis what I'll be spending a lot of my weekends doing when I move. Oh yes.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

Agh, links! You did that on purpose! (I even click the Kool-Aid one, and I don't know why!)

That sounds like it was an awesome concert! I'm jealous. I haven't been to a show in what feels like ages, but I think it's only been a few months. :/ Still too long, though.

What people wear to a concert says so much about what they think of themselves and their level of "cool".

Since I live on the exactly opposite side of town from all the music venues and often have to work late, I often show up to (weekday) concerts in my work clothes. I've always wondered what this says about me...

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To be honest, I don't even know why I included a link for Kool-Aid! Ostensibly, it was in consideration of international readers who might not be familiar with it, but honestly, after the Jim Jones mass suicide (which was actually a cheap knock-off called Flavor-Aid) and the popularity of the phrase, "drinking the Kool-Aid", I don't know that there's actually anyone who doesn't know what it is.

Since I live on the exactly opposite side of town from all the music venues and often have to work late, I often show up to (weekday) concerts in my work clothes. I've always wondered what this says about me...

Considering that you wear Converse to work? "Dedicated hipster", I would imagine. ;)

At least you have work clothes you could wear out. A few years ago I worked for a daycare where the uniform was a hideous and ill-fitting red polo shirt with the company logo on it; I was not about to wear that outside the job! Especially considering the stains I was always picking up from grubby hands. "Amy, how do you manage to get spaghetti stains on your back?"