Comments on: Thou Shalt Always Kill http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/04/26/thou-shalt-always-kill/ First in Music Analysis Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:39:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Brian Pearl http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/04/26/thou-shalt-always-kill/#comment-57934 Brian Pearl Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:26:34 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/04/26/thou-shalt-always-kill/#comment-57934 I heard Thou Shalt Always Kill a few weeks ago on Jonesy's jukebox jury on Indie 103. I was absolutely SHOCKED that NOT ONE SUPPOSEDLY KNOWLEDGABLE PERSON ON THE PANEL recognized this song as the blatant rip-off of James Murphy/LCD Soundsystem's brilliant single Losing My Edge (the single that launched LCD. Murphy has since followed up with 2 amazing albums) that it is. No one even mentioned LCD at all, which to me was borderline inconceivable. Check out LCD and judge for yourself: http://www.lcdsoundsystem.com/video.php?v=losingmyedge&t=Losing+My+Edge&b=100&w= In my opinion, the beat is much cooler, the lyrics are far more clever, and it was Murphy's idea in the first place, 5 FUCKING YEARS AGO. This isn't quite copyright infringement territory or anything, but I hope this dude is name-dropping Murphy as an influence every chance he gets. I suppose its possible that he never heard Losing My Edge but I'd have trouble believing that. youtube link for losing my edge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzuFeXYbOOo I heard Thou Shalt Always Kill a few weeks ago on Jonesy’s jukebox jury on Indie 103. I was absolutely SHOCKED that NOT ONE SUPPOSEDLY KNOWLEDGABLE PERSON ON THE PANEL recognized this song as the blatant rip-off of James Murphy/LCD Soundsystem’s brilliant single Losing My Edge (the single that launched LCD. Murphy has since followed up with 2 amazing albums) that it is. No one even mentioned LCD at all, which to me was borderline inconceivable.

Check out LCD and judge for yourself:

http://www.lcdsoundsystem.com/video.php?v=losingmyedge&t=Losing+My+Edge&b=100&w=

In my opinion, the beat is much cooler, the lyrics are far more clever, and it was Murphy’s idea in the first place, 5 FUCKING YEARS AGO. This isn’t quite copyright infringement territory or anything, but I hope this dude is name-dropping Murphy as an influence every chance he gets. I suppose its possible that he never heard Losing My Edge but I’d have trouble believing that.

youtube link for losing my edge:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzuFeXYbOOo

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