Oh God, Yes, someone gets it, thank you. Why can't *you* cover this song. People who cover this song decontextualize it completely. It is supposed to make you want to cry, but it doesn't need a melancholic tempo for it. This is an old man partying. He doesn't want to go home. He regrets stuff, yes, but he wouldn't change anything. I just... I can't continue. Even for me, as a young dude (turning 16 today; this is the perfect birthday song), even to me this song deals with emotions so powerfully that, even if I can't relate to them on a personal level, they are so blatantly exposed, like a compound fracture, and I just can't avoid being sucked in into this beautiful maelstrom of inexorability and wonder "where are all _my_ friends tonight", in all the myriads of meanings of the question. All condensed into one desperately beautiful sentence, repeated over and over to the void.
What really really gets me is the fact that the lyrics are "oh this could be the last time" but when James sings it he changes it to "oh to tell the truth, this will be the last time" Beautiful.
Truly a staple at any LCD show, this tune will touch anyone. So many messages. The fun never ends, followed by lonliness on a subway? I lost my best buddy recently. 46 yrs. young, with a wife and 2 little girls...... who still ask, as do I........Where is my Friend tonight....................................
This song brought me to the verge of tears the first time I heard it. At that point I'd not heard the band before. I was unable to explain my reaction to all my friends.
That shot of James that slowly moves to the Garden's ceiling to the jumping fans is so sublime. It really hits home when he sings "this could be the very last time."
1:53 the reason I fell in love with a guitar and started a journey of becoming a musician. How beautiful a simple series of notes can sound. It really is simple the notes
I saw them perform this song yesterday at Ottawa's Bluesfest and... wow. I feel incredibly grateful to have been able to see them perform (especially after seeing this in theatres, convinced I'd never get the chance!)
+Rasmus Mortensen I was there in 2010 when they played Roskilde last time. If this year's concert is only half as good as last time, it will still be the best concert ever...! :o)
+Jacob Duvier i was actually at the festival that year, but i didn't really know the band back then so i went to another concert. i have been kicking myself ever since!
i think the fat guy singing and getting emotional at the end of the video pretty much sums up what's happening inside me every time i listen to this song
I wouldn't call it epic. He's a hell of a technician though. He gestures to his monitor tech that he needs some more volume in his monitors right after the "epic" fade in.
This song's tempo is so brutal and insistent. It's the sound of your life speeding past you. It always makes me cry.
***** Fantastic comment, captures the crux of the song exactly.
Oh God, Yes, someone gets it, thank you. Why can't *you* cover this song. People who cover this song decontextualize it completely. It is supposed to make you want to cry, but it doesn't need a melancholic tempo for it. This is an old man partying. He doesn't want to go home. He regrets stuff, yes, but he wouldn't change anything. I just... I can't continue. Even for me, as a young dude (turning 16 today; this is the perfect birthday song), even to me this song deals with emotions so powerfully that, even if I can't relate to them on a personal level, they are so blatantly exposed, like a compound fracture, and I just can't avoid being sucked in into this beautiful maelstrom of inexorability and wonder "where are all _my_ friends tonight", in all the myriads of meanings of the question. All condensed into one desperately beautiful sentence, repeated over and over to the void.
What really really gets me is the fact that the lyrics are "oh this could be the last time" but when James sings it he changes it to "oh to tell the truth, this will be the last time" Beautiful.
Truly a staple at any LCD show, this tune will touch anyone. So many messages. The fun never ends, followed by lonliness on a subway? I lost my best buddy recently. 46 yrs. young, with a wife and 2 little girls...... who still ask, as do I........Where is my Friend tonight....................................
This song brought me to the verge of tears the first time I heard it. At that point I'd not heard the band before. I was unable to explain my reaction to all my friends.
me too, still does!
That shot of James that slowly moves to the Garden's ceiling to the jumping fans is so sublime. It really hits home when he sings "this could be the very last time."
+misterbondage007 I think he says, "this will be the last time" in this one. And then the crowd cheered
I want this song to be playing during the climax of my life
Teenage Hermit Having sex ?
Panic Doll Possibly
Teenage Hermit During any sort of climatic event, I'd say!!! Wish they were still around dammit! EPIC SHOW!
+Teenage Hermit This is it.
I always cry with this movie
1:53 the reason I fell in love with a guitar and started a journey of becoming a musician. How beautiful a simple series of notes can sound. It really is simple the notes
It's very New Order/Joy Division Ceremony
This video never fails to give me the chills, especially towards the second half. One of the greatest songs of the decade.
The genius of this is it is 2 notes repeated for 7 minutes at the same pace, but it sounds like it is getting faster. Genius indeed.
Living away from home, not seeing my friends for months. This song and this performance particularly just hits home.
I would have given anything to be there in person.
me too
"oh this could be the last time" always gets me.
Actually he never says 'could' in the video, he says 'will' changing it to fit the context.
I'm here after the Live at We Love Green Paris 2016 !
I've never danced so hard in the mud ! So much fun !
It was the best! My fav was "Loosing my edge!"
One of the great all time live songs - brings back a million memories.
Love this... To my brother Rodney
Love you man remembering the best of times
Fruit
One of very few genuine rock classics from the new millennium. Only Arcade Fire can get close to this intensity.
This is pure expression in its simplest form.
his line at 3:00, combined with that subtle yet beautifully painful backing synth, still sends chills down my spine. every single time...
I saw them perform this song yesterday at Ottawa's Bluesfest and... wow. I feel incredibly grateful to have been able to see them perform (especially after seeing this in theatres, convinced I'd never get the chance!)
what powerful song, the film a must see
I think they left the planet briefly when they performed this song. EPIC.
I would kill to have been there.
My Sisters BF managed to score 2 floor tickets FREE! Lucky Bastard!
Absolutely f**king immense. So glad I've seen them live :)
+Fillskit yeah me too!!!
look how few phones are out, compared to other shows (even from 2011)
says a lot about how great the music is
Me hacen llorar! La mejor banda del planeta!!!!!!!!
i thought i was never going to experience this song live, but they are going to play at Roskilde Festival! i am so fucking hyped!
+Rasmus Mortensen I was there in 2010 when they played Roskilde last time. If this year's concert is only half as good as last time, it will still be the best concert ever...! :o)
+Jacob Duvier i was actually at the festival that year, but i didn't really know the band back then so i went to another concert. i have been kicking myself ever since!
Nå Rasmus, fik du så set LCD Soundsystem i lørdags..? :-D
+Jacob Duvier jep og det var lige så episk som jeg havde håbet :-D
I am so envious of everyone there.
what an amazing show....I was lucky to see it in Atlanta. awesome!
guy in the cap at the end!! class
I was there. Wish they would have ended the concert with this song.
I got chills at least eight times and my eyes did tear. I fucking love this song.
This deserves a zillion views and thumbs up!!
this video makes my hair stand up
all my friends are in this video :)
I bet the energy in that fucking room was incredible.
It would be a truly beautiful thing to have my friends and I all get together again if only for one night.
it always felt like that was going to happen again, some time ...then you start to realise, maybe that moment has now passed
I got chills at least 3 times!!!
it would have been worth it. absolutely amazing... still feel so lucky to have been able to fly out and attend this and the last T5 gig
simply great !
Just a straight seven minute jam sesh I wish I was there
Unbelievable. Intense. Wow!
A catharsis for the whole world.
Love this song. You can hear the heavy New Order influence.
Yeah, the guitar riff is basically from Ceremony
The only thing wrong with this song is that it's not 20 minutes long.
Great doc.
i love this so much omf
James is doing a pretty phenomenal Bryan Ferry in this performance. I miss this band so much.
This shit makes me cry every time I watch it.
Watchin this movie on Film4 now :-)
This is the ONE and the ONLY song Ive EVER purchased online.
last two minutes of video: rivers of tears
the best!
So wanted to be there!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 notes repeated for 7 minutes. GENIUS.
Watch this makes me feel sad because I'll never gonna see a LCD Soundsystem show :(
I would have sold a kidney to go to this show.
WOW
1:53 chills every time.
I want to go to there
That it is, my friend
i think the fat guy singing and getting emotional at the end of the video pretty much sums up what's happening inside me every time i listen to this song
BONNAROOOOOO FUCK YES
Entiendo que cuando se subió el vídeo, a principios del siglo XVIII, la tecnología de entonces no permitía nada más allá de los 240p...
5:15 is where I get goose bumps
5:35 so beautiful
TRULY FUCKIN AWESOME!
I know that feel, dude.
the fact that even two people disliked this is confusing.
Leider geil !
LA PUTA VIDA.
the 26 who gave that a "thumbs down" must be tone deaf are short on sight?!!
hee her you can see me in this totally going nuts.
fun.
no way up from this
This song sounds like I’m coming up.
Guy in the front row at 6:53. I know the feel.
Is there actually an official recording of the whole show? Shut up and play the hits dvd only has a few of the songs. Did they release a full video?
The dvd has the full 3 hour plus show as a special feature to the film
yes, on RSD 2014(record store day) the released "the long goodbye", this was the full concert in a vinyl box. you can find it on iTunes aswell!
is that jon glaser playing bass
Mark E. Smith brought me here
foda!
... that's me boyo
This could be the last time.
Sadly missed great band.
huehuehuehuehuehue
Perhaps they have no friends?
sounds so slow
I wouldn't call it epic. He's a hell of a technician though. He gestures to his monitor tech that he needs some more volume in his monitors right after the "epic" fade in.
can you do better tho
not quick enough for me .. think the tempo is ruined .... not how it should be .. sounds ill almost ...
but it isn't