LuckyNumber7
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Fantastic.
I've even gone off those two songs. That's how shit Everything Now is.
Great album, fun sucker.
They were on SNL last night
One of the better songs on the album but this was kind of an odd performance:
It’s not. It’s completely devoid of fun. “There’s no signs of life” sums it up well.
Ok, so I’m late to the party but I saw Arcade Fire Sunday night for the first/sortasecond time (first time opening for U2 doesnt count as i only saw part of it) - and I’m still reeling. It was absolutely out of this world mind blowingly phenomenal. One of the best live experiences I’ve ever been to. I was literally high all night just on their performance. I danced my ass off. And had a grand total of 1 beer the entire night. I couldn’t even pull myself out of the GA pit to go get another.
I’ve listened to them off and on for many years of course but it occurred to me that they really take off live. So Id like to acquire some live recordings. Is anyone aware of any sites like U2torrents or the like where recordings of AF are shared?
Thanks in advance!
Glad you had fun! They're always a good show.
There are some decent soundboard shows from the Reflektor tou, including an outdoor show they did in LA in 2013, and a whole show in Minneapolis that was streamed on the radio in 2014. Dimeadozen should have the LA one on it.
Haven't had as much luck finding shows for this tour, outside of a few video rips from festival dates. Try the livebootlegconcert.blogspot.com site for something along those lines.
It looks like even the band themselves have realised how fucking shit Everything Now was, looking at their recent setlists. Only playing the good songs from the record now. Going to take a hell of a course-correction for them on the next album. I've no doubt they're still great live (better now that they've cut out most of the shithouse new songs) but I can't think of many albums by bands I like that I hate as much as I do Everything Now. What a piece of shit.
And I say that as someone who still categorically believes Reflektor is their best album. So I came into it with high hopes.
Maybe it’s just me, but there are maybe five songs that I really liked from the last album, so even though it’s definitely their worst effort, I wouldn’t call it a piece of shit.
I heard the thunder on the blue sky perfect day
I wonder why, am I the only one?
I heard the thunder and I feel I'm going under
Jesus Christ was an only son
Big news - Will Butler’s left Arcade Fire.
https://www.stereogum.com/2180237/will-butler-quits-arcade-fire/news/
So this album is fabulous. Absolutely stunning. I’ve had it on repeat since midnight Friday last week.