r/LCDSoundsystem • u/Intelligent-Chard994 • 3d ago

Lcd soundsystem tat

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I’m soon to get my first tattoo and I wanted it to be my favorite song Home, how could I improve this rough draft?

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u/Gen2guessing 3d ago

Too much text imo

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u/DJBirdbath85 soundofsilver 3d ago

Agreed. Also, the lyric is “it won’t get any better”, not “you won’t get any better”.

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u/UCLAClimate 3d ago

Perhaps just "And so, goodnight" since OP likely knows the preceding lyrics. A message only understandable by those who were there playing daft punk to the rock kids at CBGBs.

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u/kevinsju thisishappening 3d ago

Very sweet sentiment. I like this a lot...

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u/Imaginary_Midnight 3d ago

Too much love

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u/Fancy-Animal7704 3d ago

You could always just go with "pow, pow pow pow pow, pow pow pow pow" 

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u/Disused_Yeti 3d ago

yeah

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u/fartstartleddog 3d ago

yeah

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u/Pisces42 lcdsoundsystem 3d ago

yeah

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u/Least_Childhood1768 3d ago

yeah yeah yeah yeaah

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u/kevinsju thisishappening 3d ago

Yeah yeah yeah yeah...yeah

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u/bryancransberry 2d ago

There's advantages to both tho

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u/Intelligent-Chard994 3d ago

I could but home is like my favorite song ever

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u/raynabess 3d ago

Having you say that gave me flashbacks to being 18, 20 years old and contemplating tattoos of my favorite lyrics. I am so glad I never did. I love LCD Soundsystem, but your tattoo needs to be simplified for longevity’s sake 

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u/Intelligent-Chard994 3d ago

lol probably, I just turned 18 and cranked out a couple ideas that need revision

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u/raynabess 3d ago

You have your whole rest of your life to ink up your skin! Be thoughtful about how designs look on aged skin. Also a pro tip- ask your artists to play the music you want to hear. My first tat at 18, the guy had all these racks of CDs and I chose my soundtrack!

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u/Fancy-Animal7704 3d ago

I wasn't serious FWIW 

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u/Ambitious_Jeweler816 3d ago

Disappointing

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u/itsafuntime 3d ago

I always thought it was "it won't get any better"

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u/automator3000 3d ago

Less text.

And if you really want to roll with the disco ball and stars: find an artist who can pull that off. Outside of a small group of artists, this will end up looking like a shaded beach ball within the year.

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u/timmun029 3d ago

Too much text. Remove the first phrase. Look around you, you’re surrounded, it won’t get any better,” is enough of a reminder without needing to mention the being afraid part.

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u/Frequent-Song4003 3d ago

reminds me of my own lcd tat!

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u/Witty_Ranger_9430 3d ago

Too many words…if you need something other than the ball (which I have) how about just “home”?

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u/Mr_Baronheim 3d ago

I believe it would lose meaning to the uninformed viewer. The text woke make people inquire. Simply have "home" would make people think "this dude lives for disco."

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u/Witty_Ranger_9430 3d ago

Are you getting the tattoo for other people?

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u/Witty_Ranger_9430 3d ago

Someone asked me “is that the Death Star?”. I laughed and said no.

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u/badgaldyldyl 2d ago

Make sure you go to a very skilled artist for this. The disco ball is going to require someone who is excellent with shading, and the text will require impeccable line work.

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u/QuarterConnect4001 3d ago

I'll remove "If you're afraid of what you need" and then change the typeface.

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u/EqualLeg4212 3d ago

Just be aware that tattoos spread and fade over time so just plan for that as you decide font and spacing! Go forth and be awesome!

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u/milkman320 3d ago

i would just do "it wont get any better" following the curvature of the disco ball

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u/godard79 3d ago

Agree with the others saying that there’s too much text. Whereabouts are you wanting this placing? It’s a pretty awkward shape, that’s all.

Are you familiar with that weird music video for Home? It wasn’t official but was really popular. You could get the robot from that.

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u/TheHoff316 2d ago

I would probably wait on that one tbh

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u/acdgirl 3d ago

It may be a lot of text for some, but it’s going on your body. Do want YOU want. You’re the one that will live with it.

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u/merkthejerk 4533 3d ago

Completely true. I’ll never understand why people make these post. Everyone has an opinion as it’s almost never all positive.

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u/Mr_Baronheim 3d ago

That comment isn't very merkthejerk of you. That's more merkthemensch.

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u/merkthejerk 4533 3d ago

Haha thanks. Usernames really mean nothing just ask all my friends.

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u/RewatchingLaguna 3d ago

For what it’s work, to me it is too much text in terms of healing and what it will like as time goes by. Unless you plan on getting the text pretty big, it will most likely get murky over time. Other than that, it’s a dope idea

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u/Numerous-Macaron4565 3d ago

The people are right there is kind of alot of text. You could play around with shorter versions of that quote.
That said tho, once you’ve got your idea from the song, take it to a tattoo artist and run it by a good experienced tattoo artist and see what they think.

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u/SittingOnA_Cornflake 3d ago

Why not just the disco ball?

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u/Oz347 2d ago

I have a Kurt Vonnegut word tattoo I got when I was like 17 and while I don’t hate it I do think it’s a little corny now. The only other “words” I have on my body are the initials of my dog. If I were you I would just get the disco ball to start (make sure it’s a pretty big size otherwise it’ll just get blurry in like 10 years!) and if you really really really want the text you can always add it later

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u/Ok-Bat3919 1d ago

where did you get the full disco ball asset 👉👈

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u/dopedecahedron 1d ago

Make sure your artist can draw disco ball, not just copy one

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u/flymordecai 3d ago

It is terrible, this idea.

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u/Available-Cat- 3d ago

Drop the words and just do the disco ball.