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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    Duh you just gotta listen to em.
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,829
    They are a very hyped-up band, but the live up to the hype.

    Go see them live....great communal spirit on stage.
  • Brain of mJ
    Brain of mJ Posts: 786
    PearlJamDowner wrote:
    phony.

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  • Benzor
    Benzor Posts: 886
    Brain of mJ wrote:
    PearlJamDowner wrote:
    phony.

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    :lol::lol:
  • tvismyfriend
    tvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    PearlJamDowner wrote:
    phony.
    Well duh, they're from Quebec. ;)
  • Bushleaguer28
    Bushleaguer28 Posts: 776
    I've never understood the praise this band gets. I've tried to listen but I don't ever find anything worth coming back for. To me it's become the standard sound for indie rock.
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  • keeponrockin
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcCO6E4NUs8
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  • JL19851
    JL19851 Posts: 209
    I had never heard them before this morning (save for some classical show where I saw parts of the band perform classical pieces with members of The National and the Brooklyn Philharmonic), but given all the chatter I decided to grab a couple of the more talked about albums and give it a go. I am starting with Funeral, and I have to say it's pretty masterfully written. I have some of the same reservations as others when it comes to "indie" rock (overhyped, mostly moody drivel by self righteous hipsters producing lots of music that could have promise if they believed in a song building somewhere and not just the endless repeat of the same rhythym for 3:30 then on to the next song that is a very slight variation on the same theme). In any event, I still try to listen without any preconceived notions of whether I will like a band or not. This fortunately landed me a few bands I consider staples of my CD/record collection I would have otherwise rejected without even listening to them, mostly TV on the Radio.

    In any event, so far so good with Arcade Fire. They are definitely worth checking out if you haven't, as I am doing that right now and I am pretty impressed.
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    JL19851 wrote:
    mostly moody drivel by self righteous hipsters producing lots of music that could have promise if they believed in a song building somewhere and not just the endless repeat of the same rhythym for 3:30 then on to the next song that is a very slight variation on the same theme).

    From what I've heard this is about right on the money for what Arcade Fire is.
  • pjfan021
    pjfan021 Posts: 684
    i think they have some good songs but funeral and neon bible are not great albums in my opinion. some stuff off the suburbs is good buta again, not all of it i can get into. Saw their daily show performance and was underwhelmed. I'm sorry but i get the feeling like they're really pretentious..maybe it's Win Butler or the double drummers on some stuff...i get the orgy of sound and it's cool but the boss did it right on all of his songs when he had the e street backin him up and these musicians fall short for all the praise they're getting. They do not deserve all the hype that they get imo. What happened to songs with guitar solos...doesn't have to be even flow but it'd be nice to hear a lead guitarist in this band.
  • JL19851
    JL19851 Posts: 209
    I don't think they sound anything at all like Springsteen. I think that's a really silly comparison. From my first listen, I think they are a little more comparable to a My Morning Jacket, of which I am a fan as well. Very anthemic, big sounds. While I admit my complaint with a lot of indie rock is the lack of any solos or meaningful jamming, I am not sure they need solos as there's already a bunch of layers in there.

    There are many more bands out there that are worth the negative energy, like Tapes N Tapes or Spoon (sorry, saw them both live and both shows were phenomenally boring). In fact, I am not even a big fan of The National, who are the primary guilty parties with the plodding rhythm that goes nowhere for 6 minutes. What kills me about the National more is that I know they could be amazing, but they keep falling just short.
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,081
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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    JL19851 wrote:
    I don't think they sound anything at all like Springsteen. I think that's a really silly comparison.

    Keep The Car Running could easily be a Springsteen song. A point hammered home by this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsukSiGcUng

    and if this don't sound like a lost Springsteen song I don't know what does!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Isw7xDaA6g
  • Benzor
    Benzor Posts: 886
    This thread needs to be locked for the benefit of anyone with good taste in music. Wayyy too many absurd statements by clueless people in one thread.
  • Sawyer
    Sawyer Posts: 2,411
    this goes with my theory that you can judge someone's intelligence by musical taste......
  • Horos
    Horos Posts: 4,518
    Sawyer wrote:
    this goes with my theory that you can judge someone's intelligence by musical taste......
    I agree, you must not be too wise. I try to listen to all the bands that people on here are into and once in a while there is something decent. This is not one of those instances. Talk about over-rated.
    #FHP
  • Back_Pedal
    Back_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    Sawyer wrote:
    this goes with my theory that you can judge someone's intelligence by musical taste......
    And this band is for geniuses?
    Benzor wrote:
    and this might be a pretentious statement but im going to say that the Arcade Fire is the defining band of my generation (I'm 21).
    I kind of hope that they aren't, really. They don't sound current to me, honestly, and they don't seem to have taken on that mythical status like a Zeppelin or a Nirvana.
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  • Horos
    Horos Posts: 4,518
    Sawyer wrote:
    The Suburbs is the best album in the last five years.....you're musical taste is suffering
    The Dead Weather released 2 better albums in this time. Then again maybe I'm just stupid. If you ask me, which I know you didn't, most of the people on this board have very little taste for good music.
    #FHP
  • gndcd402
    gndcd402 Posts: 2,576
    Back_Pedal wrote:
    Sawyer wrote:
    this goes with my theory that you can judge someone's intelligence by musical taste......
    And this band is for geniuses?
    Benzor wrote:
    and this might be a pretentious statement but im going to say that the Arcade Fire is the defining band of my generation (I'm 21).
    I kind of hope that they aren't, really. They don't sound current to me, honestly, and they don't seem to have taken on that mythical status like a Zeppelin or a Nirvana.
    i'm a self-appointed genius (iq of 180, booyah) and arcade fire totally blows. i tried to watch their youtube concert and for fear of wanting to kill myself if i listened to any more of that noise i shut it off. somebody else put it perfectly, they are a bunch of self-appointed hipsters praised and supported by other hipsters who have zero taste in decent music. i'm 23 and if this is the band of my generation, well, god help us...
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    gndcd402 wrote:
    somebody else put it perfectly, they are a bunch of self-appointed hipsters praised and supported by other hipsters who have zero taste in decent music. i'm 23 and if this is the band of my generation, well, god help us...

    And yet here you have a bunch of Pearl Jam fans who also like them, so as a fellow fan, following your logic, that would mean you have no taste either.

    I'm far from a hipster, I like what I like, doesn't matter what genre - I'm not huge on indie music in general, but I do like Arcade Fire because I recognise a lot of different influences in their music.

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