Unhappy with this musical direction, Pat instead taped a pair of drum sticks to his hands and picked up a white Pearl Export drum kit for an onslaught of basement punk shows with his second band, The Five Deadly Diseases (each of the five members named after a disease - Chris Syphilis, for example). A few years and an art school education later, Pat was recording for his next band, Les Savy Fav and found himself a good friend in their sound engineer, the indie/punk home-studio recording guru James Murphy.
Raised in the equally sheltered streets of Princeton Junction, New Jersey, James Murphy had garnered himself a reputation as a live and studio engineer ("recording bands on my 4-track for sandwiches") after a lifetime of starring in various bands himself. Subsequent to his first band at the age of 12, The Mystery Meats, the band names flew in over the years - The Extremes, ? ("We were just a question mark for a while, pre-Prince, just the symbol, I mean, not pre-Prince existence, but pre-Prince being the symbol. And pre-!!!"), Pony, Speedking - but James always found time to balance producing, recording, engineering and performing. Humble but foretelling beginnings for someone that, a decade later, is now heralded as a hugely important figure in electronic music; the "disco infiltrator" that's considered largely responsible for fusing dance and punk music. As the leading man and lyricist of his musical project LCD Soundsystem, the quintet has celebrated two Grammy nominations (for their self-titled debut LP LCD Soundsystem and the classic Daft Punk Is Playing At My House) and received fantastic critical acclaim for their second album released earlier this year, Sound of Silver.
Throughout it all, his best mate Pat Mahoney keeps time on drums and keeps his company on tour for LCD Soundsystem, and the two now have the divine opportunity to explore the globe with the band's relentless schedule. But flashing back to the fateful day Pat first came into James' studio, precisely at the point that dissatisfaction with noise bands and indie rock had reached a halting climax for both of them, their introduction to each other and to dance music was an ecstatic one.
I Got My Mind Made Up
James Murphy & Pat Mahoney Lyrics
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Come on you can get it
Get it, girl, any time
Say what? Tonight is fine
I got my mind made up
Come on you can get it
Get it, girl, any time
You gotta push it to me, baby
Push it to me, baby
You gotta slide it to me, honey
Slide it to me, girl
If you want my money
If you want my money
You gotta make it good as honey
I got my mind made up
Come on you can get it
Get it, girl, any time
Say what? Tonight is fine
You've got me groovin'
Just keep on movin'
Keep movin', keep movin'
Feeling's really soothing
Keeps me movin', yeah, yeah, yeah
I got my mind made up
Come on you can get it
Get it, girl, any time
Say what? Tonight is fine
I got my mind made up
Come on, you can get it, get it
The lyrics to "I Got My Mind Made Up" by James Murphy and Pat Mahoney center around the idea of being ready for anything and feeling confident in oneself. The repeated phrase "I got my mind made up" emphasizes a sense of determination and being sure of oneself, while the repeated invitation to "get it, girl, any time" suggests an openness to whatever opportunities may come.
The lyrics also have a distinctly sexual undertone, with lines like "you gotta push it to me, baby" and "you gotta slide it to me, honey" using innuendo to convey desire. However, the focus is less on explicit sexual acts and more on the idea of being open to connection and pleasure.
Overall, the lyrics present a sense of empowerment and readiness for whatever the night may bring, both in terms of potential romantic encounters and just generally feeling good and enjoying oneself.
Line by Line Meaning
I got my mind made up
I have made up my mind about what I want.
Come on you can get it
You can have it if you try.
Get it, girl, any time
You can have it whenever you want.
Say what? Tonight is fine
If you want it tonight, that's okay with me.
You gotta push it to me, baby
You need to try harder to get what you want from me.
Push it to me, baby
Try harder to get what you want from me.
You gotta slide it to me, honey
You need to be smoother when you try to get what you want from me.
Slide it to me, girl
Be smoother when you try to get what you want from me.
If you want my money
If you want to get paid from me.
You gotta make it good as honey
You need to make it very satisfying if you want to get paid from me.
You've got me groovin'
You have caught my interest and I am dancing to your tune.
Just keep on movin'
Just keep doing what you're doing.
Keep movin', keep movin'
Keep up the work, and keep getting better.
Feeling's really soothing
I am feeling very relaxed and satisfied.
Keeps me movin', yeah, yeah, yeah
You are keeping my attention and making me want more.
I got my mind made up
I have made up my mind about what I want.
Come on you can get it
You can have it if you try.
Get it, girl, any time
You can have it whenever you want.
Say what? Tonight is fine
If you want it tonight, that's okay with me.
I got my mind made up
I have made up my mind about what I want.
Come on, you can get it, get it
Come and get what you want from me, if you try hard enough.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: Raymond Earl, Kim Miller, Scott Miller
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Paul Jenkins
I enjoy listening to James talk more than I enjoy listening to his music, and I love LCD. This guy is lobbing him the most regular questions of all time and he's hitting them all out of the park.
DaNephew
James is my favorite artist. So glad we got to hear from him. Its been too long.
Blake Potter
I love authentic self-awareness. What a treasure. We love you, dude. Great conversation, thanks!
Alone So
I find myself always coming back to listen to James Murphy, such and inspiration and a pioneer
flrnce
Just started watching James Murphy interviews and I recently discovered Gregory Crewdson's photography. The fact that this exists is kind of unreal. Great conversation nonetheless
Tt
Geez, time flies. I remember finding out about LCD soundsystem back in late 2009 when I was 15, they dropped This Is Happening soon after which had me absolutely hooked and is still one of my fav albums to this day. Eleven years later I still have not seen them live, hope they come to Brasil again. Back in '18 or 17 they came for Lollapalooza in São Paulo, but I didn't have the money to go to another state since I live in Rio and also Lolla is too expensive. Would be awesome if they cold make a concert in some of the smaller venues we have in Rio.
Luis Fernando
Adoraria ir num show deles. N fazia ideia de q tinham vindo pro Brasil.
Sahir Ravi
Thank you so much for this!!! This man writes music that inspires me, it has so much power and it makes me want to live.
Marcos Fernández Martínez
He's a very good person and he is a very smart man.
TRVSH
—he goes from talking about seeing David Bowie on records as a child— to being and working in the studio with Bowie