Arcade Fire, a.k.a. The Reflektors.

[joyfulgirl]

That's the spirit! We are all in it together.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I think I'll wear my fisting hat.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Its a great concept. Keeps things cheaper at our end and gives hipsters something to moan about

win win

What does this even mean?

 

[LemonMelon]

Nothing is more hipster friendly than a guy who has sold 140 million albums worldwide.

 

[MadForIt]

I dont mind the odd Arc Fire tune. Some decent stuff. But they are not as special as the critics make them out to be. Typical rubbish from them as they are North American so they must be brilliant. Some songs on The Suburbs sound like Doves - and Doves are a million times better than Arc Fire but will never sell any records or make an appearance on Saturday Night Live

 

[bono_212]

Arc Fire.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Don't make everyone start hating Doves, 'cause they're great.

 

[No spoken words]

More than a few Doves fans around these parts. I manage to love them while still liking ARC Fire, not sure how I get that done but I do.

 

[Danny Boy]

Arc Fire.

Joan of Arc Fire

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Like North America bannd and UK band??!?! how poxssible? not very!

 

[Danny Boy]

Jeanne d'Arc feu

 

[lazarus]

North American Scum.

 

[MadForIt]

What puts me off Arc Fire is that Win Butler is a religious nut and had a nice pampered lifestyle with his prep school upbringing - no wonder he time to write about complete bollocks. No worries for him if his band fails, he can fall back on his wealthy family. Its all a game for him to make meaningless music, just something to pass the time.

Great musicians are from working class backgrounds (and from British Isles) - Lennon, McCartney, Gallagher, Bono, Weller, Ashcroft, Goodwin, Dean Bradfield, Holder etc

 

[LMP]

Turn off the arc reactor, Tony.

 

[Kieran McConville]

What about Bob Dylan? Is he British?

 

[cobl04]

Sydney and Melbourne sideshows, get in.

Stoked. I don't have to go to BDO now. Won't get to see Pearl Jam or Blur, which is bummer but I can live with that because I've seen Pearl Jam and I've still yet to get into Blur.

Ha, first thing I thought of too.

Arc Fire.

This is why he and inte get along so well. CPlay, RHead...

 

[MadForIt]

What about Bob Dylan? Is he British?

Not British
And he is rubbish

I am adding Neil Finn to that list of legends - first non-Brit. But his mother was an Irish immigrant to NZ so ticks the working class box

 

[Musikwala]

What about Bruce Springsteen?

Tom Petty?

And what about classic American bands like R.E.M. and Pearl Jam?

 

[bono_212]

Turn off the arc reactor, Tony.

Glad my brain wasn't the only one that went there.

 

[PhilsFan]

What puts me off Arc Fire is that Win Butler is a religious nut and had a nice pampered lifestyle with his prep school upbringing - no wonder he time to write about complete bollocks. No worries for him if his band fails, he can fall back on his wealthy family. Its all a game for him to make meaningless music, just something to pass the time. Great musicians are from working class backgrounds (and from British Isles) - Lennon, McCartney, Gallagher, Bono, Weller, Ashcroft, Goodwin, Dean Bradfield, Holder etc

log off

 

[MadForIt]

What about Bruce Springsteen?

Tom Petty?

And what about classic American bands like R.E.M. and Pearl Jam?

REM are ok - Springsteen, Petty and Pearl Jam are rubbish

Grunge was awful

 

[MadForIt]

log off

You'll miss me too much so i can't

 

[PhilsFan]

Those violins suggest wealth.

 

[LMP]

So you're saying that I should have been born near port to have a shot at being a pantheon-level musician?

As an expert on piers, Laz can you confirm this?

 

[lazarus]

MadForIt is a confirmed tumor.

 

[MadForIt]

So you're saying that I should have been born near port to have a shot at being a pantheon-level musician?

As an expert on piers, Laz can you confirm this?

Yep

Look at all the middle class musicians who have churned out crap

Most of Coldplay's tunes, majority of Radiohead, 100% of Mumford and Sons, most of Pink Floyd, most of Arc Fire, anything Mick Jagger has touched, 99% of Arctic Monkeys - i could go on

 

[bono_212]

 

[LemonMelon]

Yep

Look at all the middle class musicians who have churned out crap

Most of Coldplay's tunes, majority of Radiohead, 100% of Mumford and Sons, most of Pink Floyd, most of Arc Fire, anything Mick Jagger has touched, 99% of Arctic Monkeys - i could go on

This is a superior list to the working class schlub one tbh

 

[LMP]

Does this argument cross over into hip-hop, Mad-dawg, or is that too North American?

 

[MadForIt]

Does this argument cross over into hip-hop, Mad-dawg, or is that too North American?

Too North American and hip hop is rubbish
not proper music