Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Insane Guest · 05-18-2011, 06:43 PM

I don't understand why this is better than Funeral. I have tried to get into this one, but I just don't understand why it recieves the praise it gets. It's good, but not good enough to win a grammy, but nowadays, who the **** cares about the grammys.
It's meh, but the videos are really good.

...and the guy above me has it all right, I'm bored as hell by the eighth track.

Paedantic Basterd · 05-20-2011, 05:25 PM

I have never heard anyone call it better than Funeral.

Shoebox · 06-04-2011, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

I have never heard anyone call it better than Funeral.

I have. Norway's largest newspaper wrote "Not only is this the band's [Arcade Fire] best album, it has also given the album as a format a new take" in their review. I disagree with both statements: Funeral is still their best album imo and even though it clearly is a concept album, it isn't a great example of one.

That been said, The Suburbs has grown on me. At first I was very disappointed but now I rather like it.

SGR · 06-04-2011, 08:20 AM

Sprawl 2 and We Used To Wait are the best songs.

Laurent Quinn Proper · 06-04-2011, 05:56 PM

So after somebody called me out on my opinion about the Arcade Fire I decided to go back and listen to their entire discography. I guess it just clicked with me because I love the band now. I don't know what I was thinking back then but I truly enjoy everything they are doing.

1. Funeral
2. Neon Bible
3. The Suburbs

Although some of my favorites songs are on The Suburbs ala Suburban War.

escortamsterdam · 06-05-2011, 10:59 PM

75% of these songs are ****.

Nyls Nyman · 06-07-2011, 09:26 PM

Gotta go brilliant on this one. For those who grew up in the suburbs in the 80's and earlier, this really hits home (well to me, at least).

vjs2d308 · 06-09-2011, 07:48 PM

The album art drew me to this album!

Arcade Fire is such a good act. Despite their "trendy-hipsterness". They get a 8 in my book. Heck, I love trendy-hipster, hard-to-get music.

Zer0 · 06-10-2011, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by vjs2d308

The album art drew me to this album!

Arcade Fire is such a good act. Despite their "trendy-hipsterness". They get a 8 in my book. Heck, I love trendy-hipster, hard-to-get music.

But they're very very popular and you can get their CDs just about anywhere...

debaserr · 07-04-2011, 02:09 PM

maybe he meant "hard-to-get" as hard-to-enjoy

View Poll Results: What do you think of The Suburbs?
Brilliant	41	42.27%
Good	30	30.93%
Average	12	12.37%
Poor	8	8.25%
Terrible	6	6.19%
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07-04-2011, 02:09 PM	#140 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,467	maybe he meant "hard-to-get" as hard-to-enjoy __________________ Last.FM

05-18-2011, 06:43 PM	#131 (permalink)
Insane Guest Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1,322	I don't understand why this is better than Funeral. I have tried to get into this one, but I just don't understand why it recieves the praise it gets. It's good, but not good enough to win a grammy, but nowadays, who the **** cares about the grammys. It's meh, but the videos are really good. ...and the guy above me has it all right, I'm bored as hell by the eighth track.

05-20-2011, 05:25 PM	#132 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	I have never heard anyone call it better than Funeral.

06-04-2011, 08:20 AM	#134 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,326	Sprawl 2 and We Used To Wait are the best songs.

06-05-2011, 10:59 PM	#136 (permalink)
escortamsterdam Groupie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1	75% of these songs are ****.

06-07-2011, 09:26 PM	#137 (permalink)
Nyls Nyman Groupie Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 5	Gotta go brilliant on this one. For those who grew up in the suburbs in the 80's and earlier, this really hits home (well to me, at least).

06-09-2011, 07:48 PM	#138 (permalink)
vjs2d308 Groupie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 18	The album art drew me to this album! Arcade Fire is such a good act. Despite their "trendy-hipsterness". They get a 8 in my book. Heck, I love trendy-hipster, hard-to-get music.