Losing my edge…

I could go on for a very long time about how great LCD Soundsystem were, but I think one of the best ways to illustrate how great they were is through their impeccable taste. The song ‘Losing my edge’ was the first single they put out, its about the pointless one-upmanship music fans have and is also a great basis for a playlist..

So here is the song..

And my playlist of all the bands namechecked in the song, and yes the sonics do get mentioned four times, no bad thing. Its also worth noting there are a few stinkers in here so get your skip button ready…

Every band namechecked in losing my edge

1. LCD Soundsystem – Losing My Edge
2. Can – Vitamin C
3. Suicide – Ghost Rider
4. Captain Beefheart – Ice Cream For Crow
5. Daft Punk – Around The World (Radio Edit)
6. The Beach Boys – I Get Around
7. Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers – Roadrunner (Twice)
8. Pere Ubu – Navvy
9. The Outsiders – Time Won’t Let Me
10. Nation of Ulysses – Spectra Sonic Sound
11. Mars – Outside Africa
12. The Trojans – Gaelic Ska
13. Black Dice – Snarly Yow
14. Todd Terry – Something Goin’ On
15. The Germs – Lexicon Devil
16. SECTION 25 – Looking From A Hilltop
17. Althea And Donna – Uptown Top Ranking
18. a-ha – Take On Me
19. Dorothy Ashby – Soul Vibrations
20. Public Image Limited – (This Is Not A) Love Song
21. Johnny Pacheco – Quitate Tú (Live At The Cheetah)
22. The Bar-Kays – Too Hot To Stop (Pt. 1) – Single Version
23. The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
24. The Normal – Warm Leatherette
25. Lou Reed – Vicious
26. Scott Walker – The Old Man’s Back Again (Dedicated To The Neo-Stalinist Regime)
27. The Monks – Blockhead
28. Joy Division – Transmission
29. The Lower 48 – The End
30. The Association – Windy
31. Sun Ra – Door To The Cosmos
32. Scientists – We Had Love
33. 10cc – I’m Not In Love
34. Eric B. & Rakim – Paid In Full
35. Index – Vintage
36. Basic Channel – Quadrant Dub I
37. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Don’t Stop..Planet Rock
38. Juan Atkins – Track Ten
39. David Axelrod – The Human Abstract
40. The Electric Prunes – I Had Too Much To Dream
41. Gil Scott-Heron – Me And The Devil
42. The Slits – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
43. Faust – Jennifer
44. Mantronix – Got To Have Your Love
45. Pharoah Sanders – You’ve Got To Have Freedom
46. The Swans – Will You Be Mine
47. Soft Cell – Tainted Love
48. The Sonics – Have Love Will Travel
49. The Sonics – Psycho
50. The Sonics – The Witch
51. The Sonics – Louie Louie