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I was 19, broke and hadn't gone to NYC in a decade in 2011, so there was no way I'd get to the Long Goodbye despite LCD being one of my favorite bands. This time around I know I'm going to spend a ridiculous sum of money and it is going to be kickin' rad to the tenth degree. The whole buildup around the show and the movie (AZIZ ANSARI WAS IN THE PIT! THIS FAMOUS PERSON LIKES THE BAND YOU LIKE! ISN'T THAT SO COOL? JAMES MURPHY IS ACTING LIKE HE'S SHOOTING HIS DOG IN THE FACE WHEN HE'S ACTUALLY JUST TAKING A BREAK FROM HIS BAND AND YOU SHOULD FEEL LIKE A PART OF YOU IS DYING!) was always really pretentious for me, though, so I'm happy all the hipsters who WERE THERE are all in a huff about it. LCD's music is mostly about happiness, joy and pursuit of sick jams, and the only dick-measuring is done with tongue firmly in cheek, so gently caress the whole "meaningless reunion" thing. The Pixies owned back when they reunited for the Doolittle tour, and LCD is going to own next year. Plus I don't have to go to Gov Ball again! and they didn't get back together randomly in December and get studio time just to do a Christmas song (a very good Christmas song, even if it steals a bit from Bowie's "Five Years"), I'm expecting an EP at worst and a new LP at best
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The REAL Goobusters posted:Thats funny because I was also 19 in 2011 and used my student aid refund to buy a floor ticket and tickets to NYC. Its still probably the greatest concert experience I've ever had. I was way too harsh there. Those thoughts mostly came up for me after Shut Up was out in theaters. In context of an LCD reunion, the movie suffers in retrospect, depending on how big this thing gets, and right now, it feels like it's going to be pretty drat big. I hope I didn't come across as a dickhead, the last show was clearly amazing. I straight-up couldn't afford it, but I'm not bitter, or at least I try not to be. I just don't see how people can actually say, and I've seen people say this on other forums, that an LCD reunion is in any way a bad thing.
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Listening to The Long Goodbye now for the first time front-back, and it really is incredible. For those who are pissed about the final show not being final, look at it this way - it's not the final show anymore, but it is one of, if not the very best, the most incredible modern concert experiences ever.
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I'm trying to decide between Panorama and taking the risk that I'll be able to make it to a Barclays or Boston show, but it's next to impossible to figure out how large the venues they'll be playing are. In Boston, I'm sure they would sell out the Orpheum in 20 minutes, but I feel like Agganis would still have a thousand seats open, and Mansfield would be a complete nightmare both in sales and in logistics. That said, I just found a copy of 45'33" in the local record store, so I finally finished my (limited to official 12" album) LCD collection!
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