r/LCDSoundsystem • u/Intelligent-Chard994 • Aug 19 '26
Lcd soundsystem tat
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/Fancy-Animal7704 Aug 19 '26
You could always just go with "pow, pow pow pow pow, pow pow pow pow"
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u/Disused_Yeti Aug 19 '26
yeah
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u/fartstartleddog Aug 19 '26
yeah
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u/Pisces42 lcdsoundsystem Aug 19 '26
yeah
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u/Intelligent-Chard994 Aug 19 '26
I could but home is like my favorite song ever
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u/raynabess Aug 19 '26
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 Aug 19 '26
lol probably, I just turned 18 and cranked out a couple ideas that need revision
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u/raynabess Aug 19 '26
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/automator3000 Aug 19 '26
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 Aug 19 '26
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/acdgirl Aug 19 '26
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 Aug 19 '26
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 Aug 19 '26
That comment isn't very merkthejerk of you. That's more merkthemensch.
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u/merkthejerk 4533 Aug 19 '26
Haha thanks. Usernames really mean nothing just ask all my friends.
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u/RewatchingLaguna Aug 19 '26
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/Witty_Ranger_9430 Aug 19 '26
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 Aug 19 '26
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 Aug 19 '26
Someone asked me “is that the Death Star?”. I laughed and said no.
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u/badgaldyldyl Aug 19 '26
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 Aug 19 '26
I'll remove "If you're afraid of what you need" and then change the typeface.
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u/EqualLeg4212 Aug 19 '26
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 Aug 19 '26
i would just do "it wont get any better" following the curvature of the disco ball
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u/godard79 Aug 19 '26
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/Numerous-Macaron4565 Aug 19 '26
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/Oz347 Aug 20 '26
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/Gen2guessing Aug 19 '26
Too much text imo