Arcade Fire and U2 onstage together

[U2BROTHR]

Just heard from my boy Gabriel that tonight for Montreal 2, Arcade Fire and U2 both ended up on stage near the end and did a Joy Division song together. Can't remember what song he said they did....I think he said "Love Will Tear Us Apart".

WOW! Wish I wuz there....

 

[Angel]

yup uh huh wow

*speechless.....................

amazing show

 

[bratty_cat]

arcade fire and the boys on the same stage

 

[Phalanx]

It was amazing. That's all I have to say.

 

[fredstab]

it was amazing and Crazy like all the montrealers at the montreal concerts!!! U2 are great!

Arcade Fire are awesome...

Love the ottawa/montreal musical scene!!!!

 

[God Part III]

Must've been amazing.

Arcade fire is such a great band, and it's such a great song.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Angel!

 

[ramblin rose]

 

[U2BROTHR]

Ramblin......that's a f*cking sweet picture.....lots of emotion..and sound!

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

am i the only one who doesn't get a boner at the mention of the arcade fire?

i love wake up and all... but i dunno. twas not impressed when i saw 'em live on letterman... maybe they just had a bad performance that day... i'll investigate further... who wants to send me their album? huh? huh? anyone?

 

[ramblin rose]

Ramblin......that's a f*cking sweet picture.....lots of emotion..and sound!

It's the picture from u2.com.

 

[HelloAngel]

Duude.

 

[MrBrau1]

am i the only one who doesn't get a boner at the mention of the arcade fire?

i love wake up and all... but i dunno. twas not impressed when i saw 'em live on letterman... maybe they just had a bad performance that day... i'll investigate further... who wants to send me their album? huh? huh? anyone?

No. You're not the only one.

 

[shannonkv]

I can't believe they performed Love Will Tear Us Apart!!!! And that picture just totally gave me chills!!!!

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

No. You're not the only one.

whew

 

[nicodepiko]

it was amazing and Crazy like all the montrealers at the montreal concerts!!! U2 are great!

Arcade Fire are awesome...

Love the ottawa/montreal musical scene!!!!

Name some more of the Ottawa/Montreal musical scene please!

Over here in Europe we're still waiting on a massive AF tour. But wish I'd been there listening to Love will tear us apart.

 

[Noopie]

Montreal music scene bands to check out (maybe not all montreal, but all connected somehow)

Arcade Fire
Wolf Parade
Stars
Broken Social Scene
Controller Controller (I *think* they're from around here somewhere).

Is that Bono's guitar that Win is playing in that pic?

 

[nicodepiko]

Is that Bono's guitar that Win is playing in that pic? [/B]

Sure looks like the

Gretsch 'The Goal is Soul'

 

[U2mixer]

Arcade Fire? Meh, but EELS - now you're talking about an underrated band!

Wake up is a feckin cracker though - especially the live version with David Bowie on vocals!

 

[fredstab]

Montreal music scene bands to check out (maybe not all montreal, but all connected somehow)

Arcade Fire
Wolf Parade
Stars
Broken Social Scene
Controller Controller (I *think* they're from around here somewhere).

AND PLEASE don't forget to add to your list : Godpeed you black emperor!!!!!!!!! They're amazing too!

 

[Noopie]

Is that the name of the band? "Godpeed You Black Emperor", or Godpeed the band and "You Black Emperor" the album or something?

 

[nicodepiko]

Band: Godspeed You Black Emperor


FredStab missed an S in Godpeed.

 

[nicodepiko]

On-topic:

would there be an i-tunes version of this, like they did with Bowie?

 

[thesuburbskill]

holy night! any more of those?

 

[Sleep Over Jack]

whew

A listen to their album should remedy this..

 

[MrBrau1]

A listen to their album should remedy this..

Or just continue listening to your Talking Heads albums.

 

[stm]

Contoller.Controller are from Toronto

 

[afuse]

I get the feeling that Arcade Fire are a bit too . . . something . . . for some of the U2 fans on the board. A lot of the Canadian bands mentioned above are probably more "indie" that the typical U2 fan deal with on a daily basis.

Having said that, I highly recommend Stars. Great songs and musicianship, and maybe a tad more palatable to folks around here. More approachable than AF, Wolf Parade, and certainly Godspeed...

 

[Canadiens1131]

I found AF pretty approchable after a listen or two. You'll play Wake Up for about a week, then discover Rebellion (Lies), and then later realize that Neighborhood 1 is the best song on the album.

Then you'll be hooked.

 

[GibsonGirl]

I found AF pretty approchable after a listen or two. You'll play Wake Up for about a week, then discover Rebellion (Lies), and then later realize that Neighborhood 1 is the best song on the album.

Then you'll be hooked.

I agree. They're much more accessible for U2 fans than some of the other bands mentioned here. And hell yes on Neighbourhood #1. I'm quite fond of #4 as well. Absolutely beautiful. There are actually very few weak songs on that album.