Arcade Fire Neon Bible + Tour "Part Deux"

[annie_vox]

^^Aww... I think Regina is great... I like her voice, I guess it's just very unique... But I can respect what you think

 

[FitzChivalry]

^^Aww... I think Regina is great... I like her voice, I guess it's just very unique... But I can respect what you think

You rock! Instead of telling me I'm a jerk for not agreeing with you and have no taste, which I was expecting as a backlash, you just respectfully disagree with me.


Thank you.

 

[BoMac]

^^Aww... I think Regina is great... I like her voice, I guess it's just very unique... But I can respect what you think

It's Régine not Regina. Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan.

 

[annie_vox]

It's Régine not Regina. Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan.

Of course! Sorry... It's just how we say the name in my mother language

FitzChivalry you don't have to thank me

 

[Irishteen]

I am fine with Win's voice, I actually like his voice, but Regine's makes me want to poke out my eardrums with a SPORK!!!!

I HATE HER "SINGING"!!! It is so God-awful on the Arcade Fire EP and Funeral . . . . it's beyond words. She is so out of tune it's not even funny.


If she never "sang" again, even back-up, that would make me the happiest boy!!!

It's funny how one of the things I love about the band is something someone else hates, her voice makes half the songs for me

 

[xaviMF22]

You rock! Instead of telling me I'm a jerk for not agreeing with you and have no taste, which I was expecting as a backlash, you just respectfully disagree with me.


Thank you.

I diagree with you and I think you're a jerk








jk


anyway I full agree with you, I find her singing grating and or annoying

 

[U2Man]

i think she's great on neon bible.

 

[Pop Artist]

I've been dying to post this, but I didn't want to be a raincloud with all the Arcade Fire love going around. But, since it has now been brought up . . . .

I am fine with Win's voice, I actually like his voice, but Regine's makes me want to poke out my eardrums with a SPORK!!!!

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I HATE HER "SINGING"!!! It is so God-awful on the Arcade Fire EP and Funeral . . . . it's beyond words. She is so out of tune it's not even funny.

If she never "sang" again, even back-up, that would make me the happiest boy!!!

I agree with you about 80% She's not quite as grating on Neon Bible though as on Funeral (although I liked her vocals on Haiti ).

 

[easytiger]

count me in on the Arcade Fire bandwagon

I've had "Neighborhood #3", "Rebellion (Lies)" and "Black Mirror" on repeat on the iPod for the past week.

 

[impy13]

Love her or hate her, we can all agree Regine sounds better than Joanna Newsom.

 

[LemonMelon]

I agree with you about 80% She's not quite as grating on Neon Bible though as on Funeral (although I liked her vocals on Haiti ).

Her vocals on Black Wave/Bad Vibrations are fantastic.

 

[prisz25]

There was one song that I hated off of Funeral because of Regine's voice. I really hated In the Backseat. I couldn't stand listening to it. BUT I've recently listened to it again, and I don't hate it anymore. But I still don't think that her voice is bad. I love Haiti, and Black Wave/Bad Vibrations because her voice sounds amazing!

 

[xaviMF22]

Her vocals on Black Wave/Bad Vibrations are fantastic.

she ruined that song for me

 

[LemonMelon]

she ruined that song for me

Nah, if anything ruined it for me, it had to be that annoying "eating in the ghetto on a hundred dollar plate" line. It's crap.

 

[phanan]

It's official...#2 on Billboard (92,000 copies):

Very impressive. A nice statement in the face of corporate rock.

 

[FitzChivalry]

I diagree with you and I think you're a jerk

She's not quite as grating on Neon Bible though as on Funeral

I will agree with this. My original post was directed at the AF EP and Funeral, however, on Neon Bible, I still don't like her singing, but she doesn't make me want to commit defenestration upon myself!!!

So I guess in that respect, she has "improved" since Funeral.

 

[U2Man]

i think she's great on neon bible.

ok, let me rephrase: regine is nowhere near being a great singer, but something about her performance on some of the songs is quite special.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Very impressive. A nice statement in the face of corporate rock.

Take that BONO!!

 

[annie_vox]

ok, let me rephrase: regine is nowhere near being a great singer, but something about her performance on some of the songs is quite special.

Exactly! And she has a great presence on stage...

 

[Laura M]

I've been dying to post this, but I didn't want to be a raincloud with all the Arcade Fire love going around. But, since it has now been brought up . . . .

I am fine with Win's voice, I actually like his voice, but Regine's makes me want to poke out my eardrums with a SPORK!!!!

I HATE HER "SINGING"!!! It is so God-awful on the Arcade Fire EP and Funeral . . . . it's beyond words. She is so out of tune it's not even funny.

I couldn't stand Arcade Fire the first few times I heard them because I somehow managed to only hear the Regine-in-lead-vocals songs on Funeral. I had Funeral on my iPod for months and months before I, like all the masses, discovered "Wake Up" a la the Vertigo tour.

If she never "sang" again, even back-up, that would make me the happiest boy!!!

Sometimes I think that and then there are times I quite like her voice. I don't think her singing is anything special, it sounds better on Neon Bible than on Funeral though.

I've been listening to NB a lot lately and I have to say I'm really starting to love it.

 

[phanan]

Take that BONO!!

 

[bono_man]

I like her voice. I can see how people wouldnt like it though...it can grind! I love her backing vocals in Well and the Lighthouse.

 

[Canadiens1131]

I find her voice adds a whimsical quality to most songs she sings on. Live, she's absolutely nuts - heart and soul of the band.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

Interesting that Funeral never got out of the 100's, and 30% of Neon Bible's sales were online.

Very cool though. Great to see.

 

[Dalton]

i downloaded the 160 kbps leak, then the 320 kbps leak and then the flac - i couldnt hear any big difference either.

That is essentially my complaint. While I don't like the vocals to be mixed WAY out front. The vocals on NB are too muddled.

 

[Canadiens1131]

I don't think they would want to throw Win's vocals THAT far forward in the mix without heavy pitch correction

 

[U2Man]

win sounds completely different live

 

[bono_man]

I find myself coming to Interference these days mainly to check out this Arcade Fire thread! Sometimes I don't even check the U2 ones!!

 

[Bono's shades]

I'm not that crazy about either Win or Regine's vocals. They don't make me cringe or anything, I just don't get excited about them. To me that is Arcade Fire's only flaw.

 

[Anu]

Now the new charts are out:

Billboard Album charts

#1 Rock
#1 Indie
#1 Internet