People from all over the NY/NJ/CT tri-state area packed Randall’s Island to the tits for a glimpse of Arcade Fire, which if you believe Win Butler’s random stage banter may be the last chance to see these guys in New York “for a few years.”
Arcade Fire’s set was, as usual, inspired and well-performed, but a muddied sound precluded it from being the highlight of the evening. Blonde Redhead impressed the hell out of me, and what looked like everyone else as well, but it was also far from the show’s highlight. That honor’s reserved for James Murphy and LCD Soundsystem, which returned home to New York and delivered a memorable punkfunkhouse rager for the fucking ages. Seriously, just top-drawer stuff.
I think what most attracts me to Murphy’s band is how much many of the tunes remind me of the danceable elements of the Talking Heads. Infinite comparisons to David Byrne & Co. are thrown around these days, and most of them are garbage. But if the Talking Heads began to grow as musicians during the ecstasy of the late ’90s instead of the nerds-on-cokeness of late ’70s, they very well might have turned into what LCD Soundsystem is today. They’re not the same band, nor do they do the same things, but go see a show and tell me there’s another group out there that turns you on your head in the manner of the Talking Heads.
Since I can’t get this band out of my head today, let’s look back to this past summer’s Lollapalooza performance on 8/3/07. Here’s All My Friends:
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And if you want a taste of the All My Friends from Randall’s Island, The YouTube’s got yer fill right here. Damn, it’s grizzappy.
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