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Title: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: mojovonio on May 27, 2010, 09:10:00 AM: http://www.prefixmag.com/media/the-arcade-fire/new-arcade-fire-songs-surface-in-their-entirety/40856/ (http://www.prefixmag.com/media/the-arcade-fire/new-arcade-fire-songs-surface-in-their-entirety/40856/)

Pretty meh, if you ask me.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Barry Egan on May 27, 2010, 09:16:37 AM: Funeral is classic.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 27, 2010, 09:26:41 AM: Quote from: jarosh on May 27, 2010, 09:19:32 AM
funeral was great. neon bible on the other hand :yuck
:lol

Anyway, I like The Suburbs. Other track is alright
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Mr. Gundam on May 27, 2010, 10:15:15 AM: Quote from: mojovonio on May 27, 2010, 09:31:41 AM
On the other hand, the new Stars single is great.
http://pitchfork.com/news/38855-new-stars-we-dont-want-your-body/ (http://pitchfork.com/news/38855-new-stars-we-dont-want-your-body/)

I'm the biggest Stars fanboy in the world, but I don't really care for We Don't Want Your Body.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: TakingBackSunday on May 27, 2010, 10:21:48 AM: Neon Bible hate :rofl

The Suburbs is a great track. Haven't listened to the other yet.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Robo on May 27, 2010, 10:27:24 AM: Neon Bible > Funeral

I haven't bothered with The Suburbs tracks. Probably just going to hold off until I can hear them in context.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Barry Egan on May 27, 2010, 12:49:59 PM: My biggest problem with Neon Bible was with its lyrics, because overtly political messages are always corny. I did prefer the retooled No Cars Go over the original though.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Ninja on May 27, 2010, 01:05:50 PM: The Suburbs is great. Month of May is enjoyable too but not as good as I might expect from AF.

Funeral was amazing, and I love Neon Bible too although yeah, I tend to skip more tracks on that one now.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: OptimoPeach on May 27, 2010, 01:17:07 PM: I think he needs to level up his purple prose skills before he can land a job at Pitchfork
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Saint Cornelius on May 27, 2010, 01:57:27 PM: Wait you like Arcade Fire but you find Radiohead love baffling?

What the fuck. Arcade Fire is awful music for smug white people. Try listening to a Talking Heads record once in a while.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: OptimoPeach on May 27, 2010, 02:02:02 PM: I don't think it gets much whiter than Thom Yorke
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Saint Cornelius on May 27, 2010, 02:23:02 PM: Quote from: Genghis Cohen on May 27, 2010, 02:01:10 PM
Context, Corny, context. I love one Arcade Fire album. Pitchfork has jerked it to every single Radiohead record, even Hail to the Thief, which nobody liked. When Mojovonio said "do no wrong," that is what I'm talking about.

I liked Hail to the Thief.

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on May 27, 2010, 02:01:10 PM
Also I cut my teeth on my dad's Talking Head records.

Then why are you cool with third-rate Talking Heads ripoffs?

Quote from: OptimoPeach on May 27, 2010, 02:02:02 PM
I don't think it gets much whiter than Thom Yorke

::)
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: brob on May 27, 2010, 02:24:12 PM: :drake
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Saint Cornelius on May 27, 2010, 02:29:03 PM: I wonder if Flying Lotus is black enough for Optimo.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: TakingBackSunday on May 27, 2010, 02:37:37 PM: Ill talk about this more when I get home *(I'm on my phone) but the Neon Bible hate is actually more confusing than its love if you ask me. Funeral, while fantastic, doesn't resonate with me as much as Neon Bible did when it came out. And I'm baffled, I LOVE Intervention. I really don't think there's such a huge gap in between the two albums as you guys think.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: OptimoPeach on May 27, 2010, 02:47:15 PM: (http://imgur.com/BLO5v.jpg)

White as FUCK

Anyway, if we're gonna turn this into a pissing contest, Radiohead is great, but Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief are both pretty weak. And Funeral > Neon Bible, but I don't loathe Neon Bible or anything
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: OptimoPeach on May 27, 2010, 02:57:40 PM: Ha I initially missed the slash and thought you were giving him 10 cravat-wearing Himumus, and I was like whoa
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Barry Egan on May 27, 2010, 02:58:38 PM: how can you even draw a line in the sand between Arcade Fire and Radiohead? They're both extremely pretentious white bands aimed toward and admired by the same set of white pretentious music listeners.

The Bore :heart
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: TEEEPO on May 27, 2010, 02:59:45 PM: [youtube=560,345]f8Dvlyn4W4c[/youtube]
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: TEEEPO on May 27, 2010, 03:03:09 PM: yes!
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: TEEEPO on May 27, 2010, 03:19:08 PM: [youtube=560,345]ncaO9tgHMxc[/youtube]
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Saint Cornelius on May 27, 2010, 03:38:01 PM: Arcade Fire sucks.

Radiohead is awesome.

Thom Yorke is, in the words of Minor Threat, guilty of being white

Thom Yorke worked with Burial (ALSO white) and Flying Lotus (NOT white)

Arcade Fire worked with David Byrne

and I hope he got paid very well
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Saint Cornelius on May 27, 2010, 03:41:44 PM: Sure. I win. :hyper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnrsXNBSwGA
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: OptimoPeach on May 27, 2010, 03:46:27 PM: Quote from: Saint Cornelius on May 27, 2010, 03:41:44 PM
Sure. I win. :hyper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnrsXNBSwGA
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB8Pi3OR0Hs[/youtube]

spoiler (click to show/hide)
I like this remix better than any original song from the album :shh
[close]
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: TEEEPO on May 27, 2010, 03:51:12 PM: [youtube=560,345]Xo-vh_q1xQQ[/youtube]
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: TEEEPO on May 27, 2010, 03:51:54 PM: :omg are all the xx remixes this good?
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: TEEEPO on May 27, 2010, 03:59:25 PM: [youtube=560,345]uNBWLFZfxTM[/youtube]
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: TEEEPO on May 27, 2010, 04:08:40 PM: that song made my day
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Saint Cornelius on May 27, 2010, 04:18:22 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28npbr3oVyc

Quote
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Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 27, 2010, 04:31:34 PM: Funeral is amazing start to finish; it's a consistent album that feels like an album should feel. Neon Bible has some great tracks, but it also has some tracks I simply don't care for. The title track is kinda eh, it's alright but I've only listened to it a few times. I like the second part of Black Wave/Bad Vibrations; the first part, with the chick singing, is just grating. Then there are amazing songs like Windowsill, Antichrist Television Blues, Keep The Car Running, and My Body is a Cage.

with that said, I've gotta cleanse the whiteness of this post
[youtube=560,345]3MUGAxpI0Bc[/youtube]
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Barry Egan on May 27, 2010, 04:32:45 PM: Sorry, your post is still vanilla white.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Saint Cornelius on May 27, 2010, 04:58:04 PM: Quote from: Phoenix Dark on May 27, 2010, 04:31:34 PM
Windowsill, Antichrist Television Blues, Keep The Car Running, and My Body is a Cage.

jesus how pretentious
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: TEEEPO on May 27, 2010, 05:00:47 PM: [youtube=560,345]pZ9KfKx8PmM[/youtube]
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 27, 2010, 05:04:20 PM: Quote from: Saint Cornelius on May 27, 2010, 04:58:04 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on May 27, 2010, 04:31:34 PM
Windowsill, Antichrist Television Blues, Keep The Car Running, and My Body is a Cage.

jesus how pretentious

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e86/PhoenixDark1/umad.gif)
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Robo on May 27, 2010, 05:15:47 PM: Titling a song is pretentious. Not titling a song is pretentious. Whatcha gonna do?
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Saint Cornelius on May 27, 2010, 05:16:50 PM: Quote from: Phoenix Dark on May 27, 2010, 05:04:20 PM
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e86/PhoenixDark1/umad.gif)

:lol "I'ma get at chu doggie!"

Quote from: RoboJ on May 27, 2010, 05:15:47 PM
Titling a song is pretentious. Not titling a song is pretentious. Whatcha gonna do?

Bitch about it on the internets? ???
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 27, 2010, 05:30:29 PM: I like the second part of Black Wave/Bad Vibrations; the first part, with the chick singing, is just grating.
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I've always wished it was separated into two tracks.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 27, 2010, 05:34:04 PM: Agreed 100%. Her part is horrible, while the lead singer's is great imo and fits well with the overall tone/sound of the album.

Not ragging on the chick, I just don't like that contribution; really like Haiti and especially In The Backseat from Funeral
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Robo on May 27, 2010, 05:39:42 PM: Without her half, Win Butler's half wouldn't work nearly as well as it does. That track is all in the transition.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Bloodwake on August 17, 2010, 05:07:08 PM: Resurrected for the new album!
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Mr. Gundam on August 17, 2010, 05:08:14 PM: I saw them play for about 400 people back in 2004. Gonna be weird seeing them at the freaking Key Arena here in Seattle.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Mr. Gundam on August 17, 2010, 05:56:34 PM: 12,000 seat venues are just impersonal, that's all.

Still gonna be awesome to see them again.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Mr. Gundam on August 17, 2010, 07:16:12 PM: Quote from: The Business on August 17, 2010, 06:22:06 PM
Wanted to talk about how cool he was 6 years ago.

I didn't bump it. :-P

Tickets go on sale Friday, woohoo!
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Trent Dole on August 17, 2010, 11:55:05 PM: Thom & co have a few decent albums, AF have nothing.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 18, 2010, 12:14:18 AM: Great album. I'd love to see them live, although I'd be the only black guy in the place. Might get laid - do hipster chicks dig black guys?
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: TakingBackSunday on August 18, 2010, 12:24:13 AM: Sure, just make sure you wear thick glasses and dress like lebron
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: billyofcourse on August 18, 2010, 12:28:58 AM: this new album is phenomenal. Seriously.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on August 18, 2010, 01:59:32 AM: I really, really like it.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 18, 2010, 03:29:20 AM: Definitely a grower. Initially I was disappointed. Perhaps all bands/artists who release a nigh classic debut album are forever cursed with high expectations/future disappointments, and Arcade Fire falls directly in that category. The Suburbs is not better than Funeral, but it's a pretty consistent album considering it's length and I'd put it ahead of Neon Bible.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Bloodwake on August 18, 2010, 03:58:25 PM: Quote from: Phoenix Dark on August 18, 2010, 03:29:20 AM
Definitely a grower. Initially I was disappointed. Perhaps all bands/artists who release a nigh classic debut album are forever cursed with high expectations/future disappointments, and Arcade Fire falls directly in that category. The Suburbs is not better than Funeral, but it's a pretty consistent album considering it's length and I'd put it ahead of Neon Bible.

This is probably where I'd put it, although I really need to go back and listen to Funeral again for a better comparison. I still really like the album

Bumped because the album is out now.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Mr. Gundam on August 18, 2010, 03:58:56 PM: $208 for 4 tickets. Yeouch.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Bloodwake on August 18, 2010, 04:06:17 PM: Closest place they are playing to me is St. Louis. I hate when bands like this get big. They just don't get big enough to play anywhere near me. Fuck, not even Cincinnati? :(
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: TEEEPO on August 18, 2010, 06:30:01 PM: [youtube=560,345]3x6w5aC9M9k[/youtube]
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: TEEEPO on August 18, 2010, 06:33:07 PM: [youtube=560,345]F6BFKNIKoRM[/youtube]
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: billyofcourse on August 18, 2010, 09:39:51 PM: Quote from: TEEEPO on August 18, 2010, 06:33:07 PM
[youtube=560,345]F6BFKNIKoRM[/youtube]

slowdive? Awesome.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2010, 03:30:26 PM: awesome album
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Mr. Gundam on August 20, 2010, 05:20:45 PM: Still not sure if it's good or bad at how much I can relate to The Suburbs.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: TakingBackSunday on August 20, 2010, 05:37:19 PM: Neon Bible hate :'(

I will forever defend that album. The Suburbs is good, but obnoxiously long and way too same-y throughout.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 20, 2010, 05:46:37 PM: Suburbs is infinitely better than Neon Bible

it's not Funeral but it's definitely good enough to make me think Arcade Fire might have a career, as opposed to an album
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: billyofcourse on August 21, 2010, 01:09:58 AM: Quote from: TEEEPO on May 27, 2010, 03:51:12 PM
[youtube=560,345]Xo-vh_q1xQQ[/youtube]

also amazing.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 21, 2010, 01:15:28 AM: Neon Bible is not a bad album, jesus christ ::)
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: billyofcourse on August 21, 2010, 02:27:56 AM: Quote from: Phoenix Dark on August 21, 2010, 01:15:28 AM
Neon Bible is not a bad album, jesus christ ::)

it's not bad, it was just quite disappointing as a follow up to funeral.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on August 21, 2010, 02:38:20 AM: both of the first two Arcade Fire records are EQUALLY great. haven't heard the new one yet.
Title: Re: The new Arcade Fire tracks
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 21, 2010, 02:40:52 AM: Quote from: billyofcourse on August 21, 2010, 02:27:56 AM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on August 21, 2010, 01:15:28 AM
Neon Bible is not a bad album, jesus christ ::)

it's not bad, it was just quite disappointing as a follow up to funeral.

That's a more reasonable position. It's an inconsistent album but still features some great songs.