James Murphy answered an assortment of random questions at a press conference for Sound of Silver today. Here is a video clip (Part 4) where he talks about the backlash against DFA, haters, living in NYC and The Police. Check the links below to see other clips where he talks about random topics like Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears and Ultimate Fighting.
Part 1 - Backlash, marketing, desecrating rock, recent NYC shows Part 2 - Amy Winehouse, Ultimate Fighting, role model, The Fall Part 3 - Testing music, wearing your own band's shirt, alter-ego, Desperate Housewives Part 4 - Signs of backlash, early adopters of hate, Williamsburg or Manhattan, the name LCD Soundsystem, The Police (more) Part 5 - Britney Spears remix, good press, cat loves MBV, "North American Scum" Part 6 - Blogging for the Guardian, album leak, Oxfam, Top 40, Unplugged
LCD Soundsystem "Someone Great" - Live Video from Bowery Ballroom (March 31, 2007)
"Someone Great" is rocking my world right now. Many bands try to emulate Eno/Bowie in the mid-70s and fail, but LCD does it amazingly here.
John Zeiss
Murphy
Amy L.
what was the press conference for?
Anthony
To address "backlash," but basically it was just like a big group interview
Dave Park
Should have let the album do the talking, I lasted about 30s on the first clip. I wonder if his big fat neck/head gets in the way of performing?
Andrew