1) James Franklin Murphy (Ju… Read Full Bio ↴There are two musicians named James Murphy.
1) James Franklin Murphy (July 30, 1967, Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American guitarist. He is best known for his work in metal bands, Obituary, Death[1] and Testament.[2] He founded Disincarnate,[3] an early death metal band.
He was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2001 but recovered. In October 2011, Murphy stated that the tumor had returned but that it was non-cancerous and that it was being treated pharmacologically.[4] He is working on a tribute album to Death founder Chuck Schuldiner who died from pneumonia, caused by complications of his treatment for a brain tumor. He is also producing Deron Miller's band World Under Blood. He also completed production of the industrial death metal band Dååth's second album, The Hinderers, which was released on Roadrunner Records, and Lazarus A.D.'s debut album The Onslaught released on Metal Blade Records. He has also performed as a touring guitarist for Agent Steel, and in Hallows Eve in 1988.[citation needed]
In addition to playing guitar, Murphy operates a recording studio, SafeHouse Production, where he has mixed and produced albums for other bands. He has also contributed lessons to Guitar Player magazine.
2) James Murphy (born 1970, raised in Princeton Junction, New Jersey) is a musician, producer, deejay, and co-founder of dance-punk label DFA Records. His most well-known musical project is LCD Soundsystem, who first gained attention with its first single, "Losing My Edge", in 2002 before releasing a self-titled album in February 2005 to critical acclaim and top 20 success in the UK.
Murphy's second LCD Soundsystem album, entitled Sound of Silver, was released on March 12, 2007. In October 2009 Pitchfork Media named the track "All My Friends" off Sound of Silver, the second best song of the decade, and a week later, Sound of Silver was ranked at #17 in The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s list.
On February 23, 2010, the official LCD Soundsystem website announced that the band's third album had been completed. The first single is Drunk Girls. The title of the album and the cover were revealed on the DFA site on March 30. The album, titled This Is Happening, was released in the UK on May 17, 2010 and in the US on May 18, 2010. The album debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200 in its first week of sales, selling approximately 31,000 copies. It also topped Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart the same week of its debut, which dethroned Lady Gaga's The Fame from its five month reign on the chart for one week. The album received "universal acclaim" according to review aggregator Metacritic, earning an 84/100 rating based on 38 professional reviews.
Murphy was a member of Falling Man from 1988 to 1989, Pixies-soundalikes Pony from 1992 to 1994 and Speedking from 1995 to 1997. He was also the sound guy for Sub Pop band Six Finger Satellite. Former Six Finger Satellite member John Maclean is now on DFA records as The Juan Maclean. In 1999 he formed DFA with Tim Goldsworthy (formerly of UNKLE).
Strange
James Murphy Lyrics
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Why's everybody look so strange?
Why's everybody look so nasty?
What do I want with all these things?
I went alone down to the drugstore
I went in back and took a Coke
I stood in line and ate my Twinkies
Why's everybody actin' funny?
Why's everybody look so strange?
Why's everybody look so pretty?
What do I want with all these things?
I went alone down to the drugstore
I went in back and took a Coke
I stood in line and ate my Twinkies
I stood in line, I had to wait
The lyrics to James Murphy's song "Strange" explore the feeling of disconnect and boredom in a world that seems unfulfilling. The repetition of the opening lines "Why's everybody actin' funny? Why's everybody look so strange?" creates a sense of confusion and unease. The mention of nasty and pretty in the following lines suggests a sense of contradiction and a feeling of being out of place. The singer seems to be searching for meaning within the mundane, as evidenced by the lines "What do I want with all these things?".
The second half of the lyrics focus on the singer's trip to the drugstore. The repetition of the same lines suggest a sense of routine and boredom in everyday life. The mention of waiting in line and the consumption of Twinkies and Coke further emphasize this mundane existence. The repetition of the opening lines at the end of the song suggests that the singer has found no answers or solace in this routine or in the world around them.
Overall, the lyrics to "Strange" convey a feeling of ennui, disconnection, and a search for meaning in a world that seems unfulfilling.
Line by Line Meaning
Why's everybody actin' funny?
James is seeing something unusual or peculiar in the way that everyone around him is behaving.
Why's everybody look so strange?
James feels like everyone he sees has an odd or unusual appearance, as if they are not from the same world or place as him.
Why's everybody look so nasty?
James sees something unpleasant or repulsive about the appearance of the people he sees, possibly hinting at a general feeling of disillusionment or dissatisfaction with the people around him.
What do I want with all these things?
In contrast to the people around him, James seems to be having doubts or questions about why he needs certain possessions or material goods.
I went alone down to the drugstore
James is out and about running errands or tending to his affairs.
I went in back and took a Coke
James went to a drugstore, entered the rear of the store, and helped himself to a bottle of Coca-Cola without paying for it.
I stood in line and ate my Twinkies
James then went to a line of people waiting for something unknown or unmentioned and ate his Twinkies in the meantime.
I stood in line, I had to wait
James was in some sort of line and had to wait for something unspecified.
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@aelfraed1238
A strange kind of love
A strange kind of feeling
Swims through your eyes
And like the doors
To a wide vast dominion
They open to your prize
This is no terror ground
Or place for the rage
No broken hearts, white wash lies
Just a taste for the truth
Perfect taste, choice and meaning
A look into your eyes
Blind to the gemstone alone
A smile from a frown circles round
Should he stay or should he go?
Let him shout a rage so strong
A rage that knows no right or wrong
And take a little piece of you
There is no middle ground
Or that's how it seems
For us to walk or to take
Instead we tumble down
Either side, left or right
To love or to hate
@leonardsimonis2376
I have to agree with you. I can't stand this allround darkness of most gothic bands but there are some i can recommend for you.
1) DEAD CAN DANCE:
idk if you like Peter's DUST album, but Dead Can Dance makes music like that. The two singers of this band have very great voices, especially the woman, Lisa Gerrard, who wrote the soundtrack for gladiator and is the only woman so far that has won a golden globe award. She almost ever sings in an onwn invented, sometimes latin or arabic-sounding language, and has a voice that i would put in the same class like Whitney Houston. But Lisa is like a cooler, more mystical version of Whitney. In their first albums, she has a really high voice like kate Bush (who is also a great artist i can recommend for you, but veeeery strange: check out Wuthering Heights, Violin, Babooshka, The Wedding List, Kite, The Sensual World, The Dreaming, Hammer Horror, James and the Cold Gun...)but then her voice grew larger, and she also began to sang in almost resonating deep lows. so cool, i love it. the other part, the singer Brendan Perry (btw, He and Peter really can't stand each other: http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2010/05/05/peter-murphy-brendan-perry-tour-bauhaus-dead-can-dance/) has a very great voice too. i would compare it to a alternative-goth version of Jim Morrison. He usually sings in english, often mystical and by greek myths influenced poetic texts, but sometimes he sings like lisa in an own invented language. Yes, they have some very dark tunes, like Joy Division, but also some really happy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJqUbb-WuPQ&list=OLAK5uy_m7uV-GCF_FzmdOf8RdT_oMwwiUXwBkDZI&index=1 (really cool album, listen at least to the first two tracks, then you know what i mean with her language and her low singing, and you can hear a more rocky song by brendan, but the rest of the album ist also great, especially the 4th, 8th and the last track) A bit like Peter's Dust
Anyone who thinks he knows good goth music should know this album. it is veerry dark, but cool, idk if you will like this. the title stands for itself: Within the realm of a dying sun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0vOhdCByA&list=OLAK5uy_kOSn7NV4fEckFaAl9A76iCZks2-n-Ljb0&index=1
Again a Dust-like Album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AAkq2Vm5wQ&list=OLAK5uy_lmvGSdHjzGF5CAoNjRWTtEAtdbSgZeuv8&index=1 (Its the last album before they parted in 1998, but they've made a reunion in 2011.)
A bit irish-celtic medieval. the first track is outstanding, also the last, but the tracks in between are great too. the first track is used very often in soundtracks like the netflix series how to get away with murder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iqxzURgQWg&list=OLAK5uy_nJBX6jo0felZ5hbgZw8DzJhR9Vu0RwFyo&index=1
They have a few other albums, i'll link you their first and their actual album. the first was released in 1984 and is a bit joy division like, and their new album in 2018. it is awesome what a difference they made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STuikZ7yg8Y&list=OLAK5uy_nRzJ8LVXLoiS0ZA46V7e_TvGz1FAODdEU&index=1 (1984)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YsC32xLnkY&list=PLD0HK4hSAhD_aWfqgQbliwQDmn6dLid5G (2018)
2) THE SISERS OF MERCY
Gothrock at its best, no more to say. if the singer was'nt such an ********, they would have released maybe more albums. Well, just listen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVbl7cWrB5M&list=OLAK5uy_lCnXcRKjslBeWDtuIt8IIOmf91eLbeuBk&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7N51K7Cz-w&list=OLAK5uy_mPZRUA0DBWhgunX03jvJ5q_zLR19c4y7g&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evu3I0ZoERc (Non Album track)
The singer and his bandmates did an album before these two, but split up because he was again such an *********. the result is THE MISSION, a band similar to the sisters, but at least still churning out new material. check them out if you have nothing to do with your time like me
3) KATE BUSH. mentioned above, not gothic at all, but very cool though
4) NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
a completely other direction, but sometimes veery gothic, yet combined with blues and jazz. Nick Cave is like a vampire version of Elvis presley. their first albums are very dark and grungy and full of blues. then they grew more balladic and now they're almost soundtrack like. after the death of his son, nick cave put out two outstanding calm griefful albums. i'll link some of his albums for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwlU_wsT20Q (GHOSTEEN 2019)
(very calm and ambient and full of grief and hope. Key tracks: Hollywood, Leviathan, Night Raid, but the album should be experienced as a whole)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iGxoJnygW8&list=OLAK5uy_kQNXGCXRDwRe6zy8Rh-TkBmg1SFU68wZc&index=1 (Skeleton Tree 2016)
(a darker version of GHOSTEEN. key tracks: Jesus Alone, Magneto, Distant Sky)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjF57zEbxpI&list=OLAK5uy_lfuwZP--8I1u77m5R5fVUtRKC3pv8JW0M&index=1 (Push The Sky Away 2013 or so)
(Calm and jazzy, first using techno elements instead of Harmonicas and Blues. Key Tracks: Jubilee Street, We no who U R, Finishing Jubilee Street, Push the sky away)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBDkEMBNlXc&list=OLAK5uy_mDMSm7zXgbGhs314cDlRGYhFqqLbpfikk&index=1 (DIG!!! LAZARUS DIG!!! 2009)
(Garbage rock and jazz, cool and moody. Key tracks: Dig Lazarus Dig, Night of the Lotus Eaters, Midnight Man, More News from Nowhere)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02k-obmDw2Y&list=OLAK5uy_kLHQliubwmYsfg8QzL4KmK2XldOJIv69U&index=1
(The Boatman's Call, 1998 i believe)
(Only piano and a few arrangements. classic and soulful. the first nick cave "ballad" album. Key Tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwNxcNCLnKw&list=OLAK5uy_naAb-4-gM6zXnSVrmxqM3B-v3cAZXNuDc&index=1
(Do You Love Me? 1994)
(One of his best albums. dark ambient blues that makes you feel you sit in a bar and smoke cigars while listening to some drunk guys and their stories. Key Tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 10)
Two rocky veeery dark albums:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38rShJc2P-A&list=OLAK5uy_lEWnJQCQtJv6gJciC833ZAJp31lzXTzVo (Henry's Dream, 1992, Key tracks: 1, 5, 7, 8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXbqD7OdlpQ&list=OLAK5uy_k8hUSyCv44CTlaPF-tEZc8BD_cJqFmcg8 (his second album, The Firstborn Is Dead, 1985, Key tracks: All songs are great!!!)
Hope you'll enjoy
@jenniferhaar7934
This man DESERVES to be recognized more than he is
@anetteekdahl786
And He Is!!❣️♥️👍
@displaced74
He is
@shelparks988
Imagine you see him at a quaint coffee shop, and just casually tell him thank you your music means so much and walk away. I think he'd appreciate that
@alic9353
I could swore I saw him at Wally World once .. did a dbl take the guy was wearing clothes he'd probably wear .. who the he** is Wally ? I was straighton too .. I live in a area where celebrities are known to visit/live .. do do do do do .. twilight zone ..whoever it was he was really polite .. kind of fit the profile i always read how nice he is to everyone ..I also think I saw Vincent Price once at a Safeway in my hometown when i was a kid he was tall and had that sinister quality to him .. ill never forget how he looked at me it kinda scared the crap out of me I'd seen alot of Vincent Prices movies , Gregory Peck was known to live in a small community up in the hills east of my home town according to historical records he had a home there. La Jolla playhouse was where he performed before becoming famous .. you never know .. kinda messes with the mind... like wtf ?? .. 😮 I would of passed out if it actually him ..PM ..❤😊❤
@itorqueutorque5137
😎
@user-hj5je9tx3w
I love his voice. So low yet power in upper rang. Haunting voice.
@fredgiles5768
Probably one of the most beautiful melancholic songs I've ever heard.
@MaryBrooke
Also check out Silent Lucidity from Queensryche.
@GIGI.CABRERAvt1ir
Melancholic...a form of melancholy. Yep. That's the mood.