Arcade Fire 2: Arcade Harder

[PhilsFan]

I thought we were allies of old age! You disappoint me, Martha. We're both totally over the age of 18.

 

[martha]

We are indeed.

I'll go get us the rocking chairs and shawls.

 

[LyricalDrug]

Rococo is great. The chorus is SUPPOSED to be slightly annoying: "using words they don't understand" and "what is that horrible song they're singing?" are the lyrical giveaways.

Sprawl II is the real prize of the album and the top track.

 

[Imperor]

zomg so meta.

 

[lazarus]

So am I only supposed to PRETEND to be annoyed when I listen to it?

Maybe Anu was onto something...

 

[PhilsFan]

Oh, well, if it's annoying but it's intentionally annoying, I guess that's fine. I guess Wild Honey Pie is a good song now, too?

 

[lazarus]

Well-played.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Kinda like when people say Man on the Moon was a shitty, incoherent mess because Kaufman's life was an incoherent mess. "It's supposed to mirror his life, man. Genius!" I'd like to think the band isnt so retarded as to use that piss poor excuse (not that I think Rococo is shitty)

 

[lazarus]

I didn't think Man on the Moon was phenomenal, either. A decent movie with some good perf, but that's it.

And that R.E.M. song for the movie is even more overrated.

 

[iron yuppie]

I don't think that any song this year has generated as much discussion on these forums as "Rococo."

And I somewhat like "Wild Honey Pie." It's a complete throw-away, but enjoyable in a quirky type of way. It's like Homer Simpson describing David Schwimmer: "Yeah...he's handsome, in an ugly sort of way."

 

[PhilsFan]

It's painful to listen to Wild Honey Pie. Worst song I've ever heard.

 

[cobl04]

It's painful to listen to Wild Honey Pie. Worst song I've ever heard.

finally we agree on something.

 

[BoMac]

They posted the Power Out/Rebellion combo from the MSG Youtube show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vS5crSXJ6k&ob=av2e

 

[U2Fanatic4ever]

^thanks Bo!


i noticed they have most of the show up, 12 or13 songs.

 

[PhilsFan]

finally we agree on something.

People named Daniel unite!

 

[cobl04]

ridding the world of garbage, one wild honey pie at a time.

 

[Jive Turkey]

They posted the Power Out/Rebellion combo from the MSG Youtube show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vS5crSXJ6k&ob=av2e

LOL I didnt notice the first around that a gremlin steals the mic at the beginning of Rebellion and sings a line when Win jumps into the crowd

 

[lazarus]

Did the gremlin start talking about Battlestar Galactica?

 

[BoMac]

Did the gremlin start talking about Battlestar Galactica?

It's nice to see that at the very beginning of that clip, Win acknowledges the presence of our very own politically insightful Interference member.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Did the gremlin start talking about Battlestar Galactica?

lol, imagining that puppet/muldfeld singing in that voice makes it even better

 

[lazarus]

A nice long write-up of the band and The Suburbs from everyone's favorite critic:

Maturity for Modern Kids - The Barnes & Noble Review

 

[LemonMelon]

Good shit. I think he overlooks Neon Bible's flaws for the sake of emphasizing its visceral impact, but his passion for the band is definitely some common ground we have. And I'm glad he gave Suburbs the chance an album of its kind needs to be fully appreciated (I also appreciate the shoutout in the paragraph mentioning this ).

 

[No spoken words]

That was a good read, thanks. I'm so used to shit-ass reviews that reading that was almost surreal for me.

And, I did think to myself at one point "He knows Travis???".

 

[lazarus]

It was a very POLITICALLY INSIGHTFUL review as well, which I'm sure some would appreciate.

Spoiler

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

God, she's cute. I really don't blame Muldfeld for getting so aggressive with her.

 

[Canadiens1131]

It was a very POLITICALLY INSIGHTFUL review as well, which I'm sure some would appreciate.

Spoiler

I was like, "Who the hell is that, Katy Perry?"

Then I thought it was the girl who's dating the guy in WAVVES, or is the guy WAVVES and the girl just hangs out with him and they smoke a ton of bud? I haven't been following music too well lately.

EDIT: ohhhh I was thinking of Best Coast.

 

[lazarus]

Fuck indie power couples.

 

[bono_212]

LOL I didnt notice the first around that a gremlin steals the mic at the beginning of Rebellion and sings a line when Win jumps into the crowd

Forget gremlin, sounds more like the freaking predator or something

 

[Jive Turkey]

Have you guys seen this? pretty damn cool

The Wilderness Downtown

 

[BoMac]

That is fucking awesome.