Arcade Fire 2: Arcade Harder - Page 5

Canadiens1131 · 08-25-2010, 01:44 PM

I don't really get the Rococo hate, musically.

Yeah, it could be a bad song if it didn't have an outro, but the violin hook that replies to the lyrics when they're chanting Rococo is brilliant.

If you want a song on the album that is tedious or doesn't know how to finish, look toward We Used to Wait. Amazing promise with the initial minute or two and then it just carries on and drowns in its own heavy-handedness and repitition.

~~~

I love the album because it truly is an album. It's not an uplifting listen, and a bit of a downer, and THEN you hit Sprawl II.

Sprawl II is everything, thematically, that you loved about the first MGMT album. Kids riding around on bicycles at night, smoking under overpasses, sitting in parks, running from the cops. It's innocence, heartbreak, and it's from a band that isn't shit. I just love how AF pull it off with one stroke in a brilliant song.

Sprawl II is like when you're seeing a band outside at a festival, and it's the encore, and the sky opens up and starts to rain gently on the crowd as flare smoke slowly drifts over the audience. Pure magic.

corianderstem · 08-25-2010, 01:44 PM

Oh, I love We Used to Wait.

(and hi!)

Canadiens1131 · 08-25-2010, 01:57 PM

Herro

BoMac · 08-25-2010, 02:02 PM

Mike, were you at Osheaga? I tried looking for you, but obviously didn't see you.

Canadiens1131 · 08-25-2010, 02:17 PM

Ah no, I`m taking six months off to chill out with family in the US before a return to full-time uni next year in MTL.

u2popmofo · 08-25-2010, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canadiens1131

everything...you loved about the first MGMT album

Does not compute.

u2popmofo · 08-25-2010, 02:54 PM

Double post, yay.

adypole · 08-25-2010, 02:59 PM

Just today my mum recieved a ticketmaster ad in her email spam, compelling her to look at it knowing I'm a fan and listening to bits and bobs of 'Suburbs' in the car and loving it herself. It was there that we realised they are playing on my 16th birthday. Well, take a wild guess at what we did next?

PhilsFan · 08-25-2010, 04:14 PM

You're young.

martha · 08-25-2010, 05:19 PM

Anyone know where I can find a pot or a kettle? Both must be black.

PhilsFan · 08-25-2010, 05:56 PM

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

martha · 08-25-2010, 05:59 PM

We are indeed.

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

LyricalDrug · 08-27-2010, 02:12 AM

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 · 08-27-2010, 09:58 AM

zomg so meta.

lazarus · 08-27-2010, 12:39 PM

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

Maybe Anu was onto something...

PhilsFan · 08-27-2010, 01:00 PM

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 · 08-27-2010, 01:18 PM

Well-played.

Jive Turkey · 08-27-2010, 01:36 PM

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 · 08-27-2010, 02:09 PM

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 · 08-27-2010, 04:28 PM

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."

08-25-2010, 01:44 PM	#81
Canadiens1131 ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 10,363 Local Time: 02:41 AM	I don't really get the Rococo hate, musically. Yeah, it could be a bad song if it didn't have an outro, but the violin hook that replies to the lyrics when they're chanting Rococo is brilliant. If you want a song on the album that is tedious or doesn't know how to finish, look toward We Used to Wait. Amazing promise with the initial minute or two and then it just carries on and drowns in its own heavy-handedness and repitition. ~~~ I love the album because it truly is an album. It's not an uplifting listen, and a bit of a downer, and THEN you hit Sprawl II. Sprawl II is everything, thematically, that you loved about the first MGMT album. Kids riding around on bicycles at night, smoking under overpasses, sitting in parks, running from the cops. It's innocence, heartbreak, and it's from a band that isn't shit. I just love how AF pull it off with one stroke in a brilliant song. Sprawl II is like when you're seeing a band outside at a festival, and it's the encore, and the sky opens up and starts to rain gently on the crowd as flare smoke slowly drifts over the audience. Pure magic. __________________

08-25-2010, 01:44 PM	#82
corianderstem Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 64,498 Local Time: 11:41 PM	Oh, I love We Used to Wait. (and hi!) __________________

08-25-2010, 02:02 PM	#84
BoMac Self-righteous bullshitter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Soviet Canuckistan — Socialist paradise Posts: 16,900 Local Time: 03:41 AM	Mike, were you at Osheaga? I tried looking for you, but obviously didn't see you. __________________

08-25-2010, 02:59 PM	#88
adypole Refugee Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: I live where I don't wanna drown, but god I'm going down...(/UK/) Posts: 1,539 Local Time: 06:41 AM	Just today my mum recieved a ticketmaster ad in her email spam, compelling her to look at it knowing I'm a fan and listening to bits and bobs of 'Suburbs' in the car and loving it herself. It was there that we realised they are playing on my 16th birthday. Well, take a wild guess at what we did next? (Yes, you do have permission to post sarcastic responses to that rhetorical question, seeing as you're oh so polite to read my spoiler.)

08-27-2010, 04:28 PM	#100
iron yuppie ONE love, blood, life Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 10,715 Local Time: 01:41 AM	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." __________________

08-25-2010, 01:57 PM	#83
Canadiens1131 ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 10,363 Local Time: 02:41 AM	Herro

08-25-2010, 02:17 PM	#85
Canadiens1131 ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 10,363 Local Time: 02:41 AM	Ah no, I`m taking six months off to chill out with family in the US before a return to full-time uni next year in MTL.

08-25-2010, 02:54 PM	#87
u2popmofo Blue Meth Addict Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utah Posts: 37,212 Local Time: 12:41 AM	Double post, yay.

08-25-2010, 04:14 PM	#89
PhilsFan Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Philadelphia Posts: 19,218 Local Time: 02:41 AM	You're young.

08-25-2010, 05:19 PM	#90
martha Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Orange County and all over the goddamn place Posts: 42,555 Local Time: 11:41 PM	Anyone know where I can find a pot or a kettle? Both must be black.

08-25-2010, 05:56 PM	#91
PhilsFan Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Philadelphia Posts: 19,218 Local Time: 02:41 AM	I thought we were allies of old age! You disappoint me, Martha. We're both totally over the age of 18.

08-25-2010, 05:59 PM	#92
martha Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Orange County and all over the goddamn place Posts: 42,555 Local Time: 11:41 PM	We are indeed. I'll go get us the rocking chairs and shawls.

08-27-2010, 02:12 AM	#93
LyricalDrug Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 3,213 Local Time: 10:41 PM	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.

08-27-2010, 09:58 AM	#94
Imperor Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Austin Posts: 9,045 Local Time: 12:41 AM	zomg so meta.

08-27-2010, 12:39 PM	#95
lazarus Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 41,669 Local Time: 11:41 PM	So am I only supposed to PRETEND to be annoyed when I listen to it? Maybe Anu was onto something...

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08-27-2010, 01:00 PM	#96
PhilsFan Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Philadelphia Posts: 19,218 Local Time: 02:41 AM	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?

08-27-2010, 01:18 PM	#97
lazarus Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 41,669 Local Time: 11:41 PM	Well-played.

08-27-2010, 01:36 PM	#98
Jive Turkey ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,646 Local Time: 02:41 AM	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)

08-27-2010, 02:09 PM	#99
lazarus Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 41,669 Local Time: 11:41 PM	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.