On April 2, 2011, and his bigger-than-ever, ragtag crew – yep, – called it a day with a wild, sold-out extravaganza at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Before and after the show, the blogosphere was full of so much going-out-at-the-top-of-his-game rhetoric that it bordered on unnecessary kiss-ass territory. – a film that has Murphy talking before the show, during the show, after the show about “the personal and professional ramifications of his decision” (as the release states) to kill his band in its prime.
“Shut Up and Play the Hits” is the name of the film, , and it will play nationwide for one night only – on July 18. Colorado has three showings so far – including the Mayan in Denver, the Boulder Theater up the road and the Lyric in Fort Collins.
A question from the trailer strikes a potent resonance for LCD fans: “When you start a band, do you imagine how it will end?”
Other scenes from the trailer will give you an idea of the doc’s wistful, if celebratory, nature: Murphy in a moving car, a romantically blurry New York City off in the distance; Indie rock kids losing their shit, jumping up and down, almost losing their rimmed glasses; Band members hugging it out, overcome with emotion; Comedian Reggie Watts smiling, head-nodding, smiling from the stage; Murphy waking up in a bedroom of all-white and exposed brick; An avalanche of white balloons falling onto the pop-o-matic arena crowd; Murphy walking his dog, like itap just any other day; A sad fan, post-show, hugging his/her own chest while wearing a panda bear mask (with rimmed glasses awkwardly fit over the mask); The tagline: “If itap a funeral …. Letap have the best funeral ever.”
Sounds like a party.
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Ricardo Baca is the founder and executive editor of , the co-founder of The UMS and an award-winning critic and journalist at The Denver Post.
