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Oi_To_The_World 12-05-2004 02:23 PM

Arcade Fire
 
does anyone like arcade fire? they are new, just came out with "Funeral" its a great cd.

Absolut 12-13-2004 06:51 PM

Awesome album. I got my tickets to see them here in LA and am really looking forward to it. I hear they're even better live than on CD. Definitely one of the best of the year.

ForgottenHero 12-13-2004 09:32 PM

hell yeah, arcade fire kicks arse. I got the funeral album, and I tried going to thier show like a week ago, but i couldnt. so I am getting tickets for the january show. It's gonna own!

Oi_To_The_World 12-14-2004 06:39 PM

^ i think this is one of the best albums from 2004

ForgottenHero 12-14-2004 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oi_To_The_World
^ i think this is one of the best albums from 2004

^ I second that! :beer:

Oi_To_The_World 12-16-2004 04:04 PM

accidents is a great song, wuts yer fav?

Urban Hat€monger ? 12-24-2004 08:33 AM

Right so i`ll probably get flamed to hell for this because it seems if you don`t agree with popular opinion you`re 'arrogant' or 'elitist' but what the hell i`m past the point of caring what people think.

Seriously i`ve seen so many normal rightminded people go nuts about this album declaring it the best thing ever , people who`s opinions & tastes I normally hold dear , wetting themselves over it like R Kelly at a primary school.

Yet it`s one of the dullest things i`ve ever heard, there are already a million bands that sound like this lot , what are they doing to deserve such praise?
Seriously every song to me just sounds like a monotonous drone.The thing just has no life in it.Easily the most over rated album i`ve heard since the first Interpol album.

So what is so great about this record ? Please tell me where the originality & the genius is because I don`t see it. And no 'oh but it`s great' replys either


Thanks.

ForgottenHero 12-24-2004 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
Right so i`ll probably get flamed to hell for this because it seems if you don`t agree with popular opinion you`re 'arrogant' or 'elitist' but what the hell i`m past the point of caring what people think.

Seriously i`ve seen so many normal rightminded people go nuts about this album declaring it the best thing ever , people who`s opinions & tastes I normally hold dear , wetting themselves over it like R Kelly at a primary school.

Yet it`s one of the dullest things i`ve ever heard, there are already a million bands that sound like this lot , what are they doing to deserve such praise?
Seriously every song to me just sounds like a monotonous drone.The thing just has no life in it.Easily the most over rated album i`ve heard since the first Interpol album.

So what is so great about this record ? Please tell me where the originality & the genius is because I don`t see it. And no 'oh but it`s great' replys either


Thanks.

^Hey we've all got our own opinion, and thats just fine. Though I dont know what you mean by everyone, there are 6 posts in this thread (mine makes 7), and i did 2, and you were the 6th one! i mean hell, thats not exactly everyone. Besides, we all got our own tastes. Thats all, no big deal.

jibber 12-24-2004 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
Right so i`ll probably get flamed to hell for this because it seems if you don`t agree with popular opinion you`re 'arrogant' or 'elitist' but what the hell i`m past the point of caring what people think.

Seriously i`ve seen so many normal rightminded people go nuts about this album declaring it the best thing ever , people who`s opinions & tastes I normally hold dear , wetting themselves over it like R Kelly at a primary school.

Yet it`s one of the dullest things i`ve ever heard, there are already a million bands that sound like this lot , what are they doing to deserve such praise?
Seriously every song to me just sounds like a monotonous drone.The thing just has no life in it.Easily the most over rated album i`ve heard since the first Interpol album.

So what is so great about this record ? Please tell me where the originality & the genius is because I don`t see it. And no 'oh but it`s great' replys either


Thanks.

I'd really be interested to hear what bands you DO like, because so far, you've only posted in threads claiming that you hate the band.

Urban Hat€monger ? 12-25-2004 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by jibber
I'd really be interested to hear what bands you DO like, because so far, you've only posted in threads claiming that you hate the band.

I guess you must have missed the ones where I said good things about Joy Division , Lee 'scratch' Perry , P.I.L. , Nick Cave , Belle & Sebastian , The Clash , Muddy Waters & many others.

I`m only asking why people think it`s such a good album thats all , You think it`s a good album , fair enough. I`m only asking whats so great about it.

Urban Hat€monger ? 12-25-2004 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ForgottenHero
^Hey we've all got our own opinion, and thats just fine. Though I dont know what you mean by everyone, there are 6 posts in this thread (mine makes 7), and i did 2, and you were the 6th one! i mean hell, thats not exactly everyone. Besides, we all got our own tastes. Thats all, no big deal.

I said people I know , not people on here. I know people have their own tastes , but that doesn`t explain why people like something.

ForgottenHero 12-25-2004 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
I guess you must have missed the ones where I said good things about Joy Division , Lee 'scratch' Perry , P.I.L. , Nick Cave , Belle & Sebastian , The Clash , Muddy Waters & many others.

I`m only asking why people think it`s such a good album thats all , You think it`s a good album , fair enough. I`m only asking whats so great about it.

^ We dont really need to say WHAT it is we love about it. We just do. It's like everything else. Some people can't see what others see in certain things. It's just how it is. We don't need to get all scientific here, it's just music. Now all that being said, I like some of those choices you listed, most notably being Joy Division.

Urban Hat€monger ? 12-25-2004 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ForgottenHero
^ We dont really need to say WHAT it is we love about it.

Well no you don`t but this is a music forum after all & i`m trying to get a debate going .Reading post after post saying 'i think they`re great' gets boring

ForgottenHero 12-25-2004 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
Well no you don`t but this is a music forum after all & i`m trying to get a debate going .Reading post after post saying 'i think they`re great' gets boring

I agree with you on that. But at the same time, we were just answering the dudes question. We all said we liked it, so its hard to be diverse when we all agree on what he was saying.

hookers with machineguns 12-25-2004 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ForgottenHero
^ We dont really need to say WHAT it is we love about it. We just do. It's like everything else. Some people can't see what others see in certain things. It's just how it is. We don't need to get all scientific here, it's just music. Now all that being said, I like some of those choices you listed, most notably being Joy Division.


Everybody loves Joy Division!

ForgottenHero 12-26-2004 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hookers with machineguns
Everybody loves Joy Division!

haha, I have noticed that. I just hope they dont get beat to death, and become the one band everyone wants to talk about, then soon, idiots adopt it, and yadda, yadda, all downhill from there.

Urban Hat€monger ? 12-27-2004 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ForgottenHero
haha, I have noticed that. I just hope they dont get beat to death, and become the one band everyone wants to talk about, then soon, idiots adopt it, and yadda, yadda, all downhill from there.

And I get called the 'elitest' one around here

franscar 12-27-2004 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
I guess you must have missed the ones where I said good things about Joy Division , Lee 'scratch' Perry , P.I.L. , Nick Cave , Belle & Sebastian , The Clash , Muddy Waters & many others.

I`m only asking why people think it`s such a good album thats all , You think it`s a good album , fair enough. I`m only asking whats so great about it.

Someone who likes Belle and Sebastian calling another band monotonous. I think I've heard it all now...

Urban Hat€monger ? 12-27-2004 01:14 PM

I said that I said something good about them , I didn`t say they were one of my favourites

Sweet Jane 12-29-2004 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
Right so i`ll probably get flamed to hell for this because it seems if you don`t agree with popular opinion you`re 'arrogant' or 'elitist' but what the hell i`m past the point of caring what people think.

Seriously i`ve seen so many normal rightminded people go nuts about this album declaring it the best thing ever , people who`s opinions & tastes I normally hold dear , wetting themselves over it like R Kelly at a primary school.

Yet it`s one of the dullest things i`ve ever heard, there are already a million bands that sound like this lot , what are they doing to deserve such praise?
Seriously every song to me just sounds like a monotonous drone.The thing just has no life in it.Easily the most over rated album i`ve heard since the first Interpol album.

I'm possibly going to get flamed for agreeing with this, but this is exactly my experience of this lot to a tee. The most resepcted of friends musical-taste-wise, who have introduced me to the most beautiful and wonderful bands, have claimed this the best album to come out this year. I just don't see how/where/when/why.... maybe I'll listen to it again...

The most overrated thing since interpol in general, imo. ;)

Urban Hat€monger ? 12-30-2004 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweet Jane
I'm possibly going to get flamed for agreeing with this, but this is exactly my experience of this lot to a tee.

Go on live dangerously

You only get a sore arse sitting on a fence

ForgottenHero 01-09-2005 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
Go on live dangerously

You only get a sore arse sitting on a fence

It's kind of sad when living dangerously is simply voicing your own opinion.

Clay Aiken Is A Terrorist 01-20-2005 12:39 PM

people just like these guys cause theys album was rated good, but they nothing special at all.

LeafHouse 04-15-2005 01:46 PM

Ummm it seems that the elitist indie masses are revolting already! I've seen hundreds and hundreds of bands live, and I have hundreds of albums...

The Arcade Fire would probably be in the top 10 live acts that I've managed to see in my time.

TheBig3 04-15-2005 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ForgottenHero
It's kind of sad when living dangerously is simply voicing your own opinion.

Well the problem is only voicing your opinion. Whats sad is the lack of facts/reasons people use to back up their own arguments. Have you ever sat for 10 seconds and thought "I really like this peice of the music right here, or this vocal harmony, or maybe that malisma is really cool"

No, it's always "I love them their great" and the worst part is it's usually about bands that have few to no redeeming qualities (coughMUSEcough)

And then I get to watch the same damn cyclical arguments about opinions roll on, and on. I don't know how much I have to bitch about this, but im gunna keep doing it. Im almost certain you used "opinion" in a diffrent argument already in this post. Don't hide behind freewill.

TheBig3 04-15-2005 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeafHouse
Ummm it seems that the elitist indie masses are revolting already! I've seen hundreds and hundreds of bands live, and I have hundreds of albums...

The Arcade Fire would probably be in the top 10 live acts that I've managed to see in my time.

You are the elitist inide masses, you belong to the world of conformity that rallies against conformity.

WeluvTwinkie 07-19-2005 07:52 PM

Haha, please don't reduce Indie kids to a counter-culture.

I can understand if people don't like The Arcade Fire, but dislike them because they're monotonous? Blasphemy. I've heard Win Butler go from crooning softly to singing his heart out in one song. They use dynamics a lot, maybe you just weren't paying close enough attention. Some songs change suit drastically. When they were writing "Crown of Love," maybe they were thinking, "Wouldn't it be interesting to go from a ballad to...Guess what? A DISCO." Amazingly enough, it works out for them.

But anyway, the best thing about The Arcade Fire are their live shows. They have so much energy. The drummers use almost every part of the stage as a drumset, including the scaffold twenty feet high and...Each other. With crash helmets. Regine Chassagne sure can rock out to the accordian, too.

sleepy jack 01-26-2007 05:50 PM

The new album leaked, i'll upload it when it finishes downloading.

EDIT: Once I get backk..=/ I'm going out with a friend for a couple hours.

Expletive Deleted 01-26-2007 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crowquill (Post 328972)
The new album leaked, i'll upload it when it finishes downloading.

EDIT: Once I get backk..=/ I'm going out with a friend for a couple hours.

I saw those "leaks." One of them is just a bunch of the already leaked songs in different bitrates and formats cobbled together into album order, and the other is those same songs in 160kbps. Not worth uploading.

New songs are good, though. I was never the biggest Arcade Fire fan, but I heard "Black Mirror," and that got me really into them. I even really like Funeral a lot now, which I kind of underrated in the past.

sleepy jack 01-26-2007 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Expletive Deleted (Post 329059)
I saw those "leaks." One of them is just a bunch of the already leaked songs in different bitrates and formats cobbled together into album order,.

I've been waiting for someone to do that

hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/zpkcki

adidasss 01-27-2007 02:47 AM

I dunno if this is the same thing as yours Eth, but the guy who posted it said it was the real album so...
http://senduit.com/8f5a54

sleepy jack 01-27-2007 02:57 AM

Mine was the real album, it was all 160 bittrate.

p.s. MSNHOMO

adidasss 01-30-2007 02:58 PM

Ok, Keep the car running and No cars go are by far my favorite, they're so freaking awesome I can't help but to smile and dance when listening to them. Especially arround 2:58 of No cars go, when the trumpet solo kicks in, I swear to God I lose control over my body. Fucking brill!!

Tiago 01-30-2007 03:08 PM

My Body is a Cage is heaven.

adidasss 01-30-2007 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tiago (Post 330414)
My Body is a Cage is heaven.

So bluesy, I never would have thought them capable of playing blues.

swim 05-02-2007 07:55 PM

I heard a few tracks from their first[?]. The one one with orange pale background and weird thing drawn on it. Anyway wasn't impressed but have heard only good things about Neon Bible so can someone up it?

Sparky 05-02-2007 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swimintheundertow (Post 363691)
I heard a few tracks from their first[?]. The one one with orange pale background and weird thing drawn on it. Anyway wasn't impressed but have heard only good things about Neon Bible so can someone up it?

are you talking about funeral?
because most people agree thats better then neon bible(me included).
if you didnt like that i doubt you'll like neon bible.

swim 05-02-2007 08:14 PM

Well I never listened to it. The songs I heard just never sparked an interest and that was a while ago so I'm not even sure what I'd think about it now. I just want to listen to Neon Bible.

Sparky 05-02-2007 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swimintheundertow (Post 363702)
Well I never listened to it. The songs I heard just never sparked an interest and that was a while ago so I'm not even sure what I'd think about it now. I just want to listen to Neon Bible.

hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=SOTVPWFR
der

The Dave 05-03-2007 08:46 AM

All I've heard is Neon Bible and it's the sex.


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