Post ONE SONG that I could really enjoy. And I don't mean have an introspective look at life through horribly whiny singing, I mean a song you can jam out to. Gimme' a Porch. (Oh, and remember it has to be by Arcade Fire. That's the hard part.)
other than Pearl Jam what bands do you actually like.....just so I can see if you taste in music is even slightly credible. I predict that your response will be: Soundgarden, Audioslave, Alice In Chains, Screaming Trees, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, Led Zeppelin (EDIT) RHCP
.....if you are looking for an Arcade Fire song that is comparable to Porch - a song you can jam out to?????? you are barking up the wrong tree.
Try Neighborhood #3 (Power Out), probably their most "rockin" tune
In my world everyone is a pony,
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
other than Pearl Jam what bands do you actually like.....just so I can see if you taste in music is even slightly credible. I predict that your response will be: Soundgarden, Audioslave, Alice In Chains, Screaming Trees, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, Led Zeppelin
You forgot RHCP
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
neon bible as good as ten? i will take that pepsi challenge. if for no other reason than the arcade fire's literary reference. i love a literate band.
You've not heard them?
They're not like PJ, they're folk rock, rather than, well, rock rock.
But they are amazing.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
They're not like PJ, they're folk rock, rather than, well, rock rock.
But they are amazing.
I don't know that I would call them "folk rock" - but then again, I dont really know what I would call them.....their music defies classification, its just damn good.
In my world everyone is a pony,
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
They're not like PJ, they're folk rock, rather than, well, rock rock.
But they are amazing.
yes i have heard them. but obviously they have failed to impress me or i've been too distracted to really listen.
probably just a case of so many bands so little time for me.
folk rock is cool. i am listening to CS&N as i type this.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I don't know that I would call them "folk rock" - but then again, I dont really know what I would call them.....their music defies classification, its just damn good.
Yeah OK, I should say they have their roots in folk rock - in many ways - I agree, they're unclassifiable, not purely folk rock.
I think some call it 'art rock', but that's pretty pretentious.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
yes i have heard them. but obviously they have failed to impress me or i've been too distracted to really listen.
probably just a case of so many bands so little time for me.
folk rock is cool. i am listening to CS&N as i type this.
Hmmm, I've never heard CS&N but I like my folk music. Should I give em a go?
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
are you kidding me? holy fuck. my god yes man, give them a go. david crosby looks like a biker but has the voice of an angel.
LOL OK I'll give it a try.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
Yeah OK, I should say they have their roots in folk rock - in many ways - I agree, they're unclassifiable, not purely folk rock.
I think some call it 'art rock', but that's pretty pretentious.
I wasnt trying to argue - calling them "folk rock" is as valid as any description I have heard
I have often heard them described as "Baroque Pop"
"Modern baroque pop, characterized by an infusion of orchestral arrangements or classical type composition within an indie or indie pop setting, is usually referred to as chamber pop, and sometimes chamber rock.
Popular baroque pop artists today include:
Arcade Fire
The Dears
Badly Drawn Boy
Belle & Sebastian
Andrew Bird
Broken Social Scene
The Decemberists
Destroyer
Feist
Final Fantasy
Sondre Lerche
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
Mean Red Spiders
Mercury Rev
Neutral Milk Hotel (now defunct)
Joanna Newsom
Okkervil River
The Shins
Elliott Smith (now deceased)
Peter Bjorn and John
Stars
Sufjan Stevens
Rufus Wainwright
The Unicorns (now defunct)
The Hidden Cameras
In my world everyone is a pony,
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
other than Pearl Jam what bands do you actually like.....just so I can see if you taste in music is even slightly credible. I predict that your response will be: Soundgarden, Audioslave, Alice In Chains, Screaming Trees, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, Led Zeppelin (EDIT) RHCP
.....if you are looking for an Arcade Fire song that is comparable to Porch - a song you can jam out to?????? you are barking up the wrong tree.
Try Neighborhood #3 (Power Out), probably their most "rockin" tune
White Stripes, QotSA, Kyuss, Mondo Generator, Screaming Trees, Mark Lanegan, Fu Manchu, etc.
Arcade Fire is a bunch of whiney wankers. Boring drivel. But hey if that floats your boat. It's probably really good when you're under the influence of a mind altering substance.
one foot in the door
the other foot in the gutter
sweet smell that they adore
I think I'd rather smother
-The Replacements-
Arcade Fire is a bunch of whiney wankers. Boring drivel. But hey if that floats your boat. It's probably really good when you're under the influence of a mind altering substance.
I give up trying to fight the good fight.....you may not like the band BUT if there is one thing that Arcade Fire is NOT - its BORING
I hope you all enjoy watching Pearl Jam and all your 90's grunge icons on their reunion tours as they become less and less relevant and fade into obscurity on the Casino tour circuit
In my world everyone is a pony,
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
I give up trying to fight the good fight.....you may not like the band BUT if there is one thing that Arcade Fire is NOT - its BORING
I hope you all enjoy watching Pearl Jam and all your 90's grunge icons on their reunion tours as they become less and less relevant and fade into obscurity on the Casino tour circuit
Just because someone doesn't share your oh-so-encompassing music taste doesn't mean that you have to become hostile toward theirs.
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
I give up trying to fight the good fight.....you may not like the band BUT if there is one thing that Arcade Fire is NOT - its BORING
I hope you all enjoy watching Pearl Jam and all your 90's grunge icons on their reunion tours as they become less and less relevant and fade into obscurity on the Casino tour circuit
Pearl Jam still put on an amazing show.... as do arcade fire....but don't be ridiculous Pearl Jam still have a lot of great years ahead of them... and if you don't think them exposing bands like Kings of Leon and My Morning Jacket isn't relevant then I guess yup we'll be seeing you off to the Decemberists forum (another great new album btw lol)
Pearl Jam still put on an amazing show.... as do arcade fire....but don't be ridiculous Pearl Jam still have a lot of great years ahead of them... and if you don't think them exposing bands like Kings of Leon and My Morning Jacket isn't relevant then I guess yup we'll be seeing you off to the Decemberists forum (another great new album btw lol)
really - outside of the core Pearl Jam fanbase, not many people give a shit about them anymore....don't think they attract many new fans these days
.....my comment wasn't meant to be taken completely seriously - sometimes its fun to ruffle some feathers (although I do think it's mostly true)
In my world everyone is a pony,
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
Pearl Jam still put on an amazing show.... as do arcade fire....but don't be ridiculous Pearl Jam still have a lot of great years ahead of them... and if you don't think them exposing bands like Kings of Leon and My Morning Jacket isn't relevant then I guess yup we'll be seeing you off to the Decemberists forum (another great new album btw lol)
i think he was referring to nonsense like aic with a fake singer, smashing pumpkins without half the band, RATM reforming since none of its former members could make it on their own, cornell modeling jeans to sell more albums, etc etc.
I give up trying to fight the good fight.....you may not like the band BUT if there is one thing that Arcade Fire is NOT - its BORING
I hope you all enjoy watching Pearl Jam and all your 90's grunge icons on their reunion tours as they become less and less relevant and fade into obscurity on the Casino tour circuit
Arcade Fire will become irrelevant long before PJ.
one foot in the door
the other foot in the gutter
sweet smell that they adore
I think I'd rather smother
-The Replacements-
Arcade Fire will become irrelevant long before PJ.
that remains to be seen. they ahve 2 albums. people were saying the same about pearl jam after 2 albums... they were the poser, milktoast, bon-jovi counterpart to the "real" musical luminaries of nirvana. they were going to be the journey-joke while nirvana was our beatles. time has shown them wrong. nobody knows what will become of arcade fire.
that remains to be seen. they ahve 2 albums. people were saying the same about pearl jam after 2 albums... they were the poser, milktoast, bon-jovi counterpart to the "real" musical luminaries of nirvana. they were going to be the journey-joke while nirvana was our beatles. time has shown them wrong. nobody knows what will become of arcade fire.
And as of right now they are only heading straight upwards....I would rather have this type of music catch on with people today than anymore crappy, soul-less, fake pop music......
really - outside of the core Pearl Jam fanbase, not many people give a shit about them anymore....don't think they attract many new fans these days
.....my comment wasn't meant to be taken completely seriously - sometimes its fun to ruffle some feathers (although I do think it's mostly true)
I'm not sure that's true because my 14-year-old daughter and her friends turned me on to Pearl Jam just a few months ago after they had been fans for years.
I have a question about the Arcade Fire. I like them a lot, even though I don't think that Win Butler is as good a song writer as Eddie Vedder, but when I play their music, it seems to be people my age who like them, not a lot of kids. My daughter and her friends are much more into Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and, yes, Pearl Jam than the newer indie type stuff. They call it old people's music. On the other hand I feel pretty comfortable playing Funeral for my 78-year-old aunt when I would never put on a Led Zeppelin album for her. What is going on here?
I'm not sure that's true because my 14-year-old daughter and her friends turned me on to Pearl Jam just a few months ago after they had been fans for years.
I have a question about the Arcade Fire. I like them a lot, even though I don't think that Win Butler is as good a song writer as Eddie Vedder, but when I play their music, it seems to be people my age who like them, not a lot of kids. My daughter and her friends are much more into Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and, yes, Pearl Jam than the newer indie type stuff. They call it old people's music. On the other hand I feel pretty comfortable playing Funeral for my 78-year-old aunt when I would never put on a Led Zeppelin album for her. What is going on here?
That is very interesting insite.
I think the arcade fire's "crowd" is 20-35 or so. Nto that those are the only people who listen to them, but i think they grab more attention with the college, post college and folks moving int their early 30's.
Kind of cool your kids got you interested in pearl jam!
Have you given the band Wilco a shot? I consider their albums yankee hotel foxtrot, a ghost is born and sky blue sky to be similar to arcade fire in their feel and their ability to play for a 78 year old Espcially their new album (comes out may 15th) Sky Blue Sky. That album is very mellow and i love it.
Anyway not to get to far off topic. It s cool to hear folks are still becoming pearl jam fans.
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other than Pearl Jam what bands do you actually like.....just so I can see if you taste in music is even slightly credible. I predict that your response will be: Soundgarden, Audioslave, Alice In Chains, Screaming Trees, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, Led Zeppelin (EDIT) RHCP
.....if you are looking for an Arcade Fire song that is comparable to Porch - a song you can jam out to?????? you are barking up the wrong tree.
Try Neighborhood #3 (Power Out), probably their most "rockin" tune
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
You forgot RHCP
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
You've not heard them?
They're not like PJ, they're folk rock, rather than, well, rock rock.
But they are amazing.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
I don't know that I would call them "folk rock" - but then again, I dont really know what I would call them.....their music defies classification, its just damn good.
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
yes i have heard them. but obviously they have failed to impress me or i've been too distracted to really listen.
probably just a case of so many bands so little time for me.
folk rock is cool. i am listening to CS&N as i type this.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Yeah OK, I should say they have their roots in folk rock - in many ways - I agree, they're unclassifiable, not purely folk rock.
I think some call it 'art rock', but that's pretty pretentious.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
Hmmm, I've never heard CS&N but I like my folk music. Should I give em a go?
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
are you kidding me? holy fuck. my god yes man, give them a go. david crosby looks like a biker but has the voice of an angel.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
LOL OK I'll give it a try.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
I wasnt trying to argue - calling them "folk rock" is as valid as any description I have heard
I have often heard them described as "Baroque Pop"
"Modern baroque pop, characterized by an infusion of orchestral arrangements or classical type composition within an indie or indie pop setting, is usually referred to as chamber pop, and sometimes chamber rock.
Popular baroque pop artists today include:
Arcade Fire
The Dears
Badly Drawn Boy
Belle & Sebastian
Andrew Bird
Broken Social Scene
The Decemberists
Destroyer
Feist
Final Fantasy
Sondre Lerche
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
Mean Red Spiders
Mercury Rev
Neutral Milk Hotel (now defunct)
Joanna Newsom
Okkervil River
The Shins
Elliott Smith (now deceased)
Peter Bjorn and John
Stars
Sufjan Stevens
Rufus Wainwright
The Unicorns (now defunct)
The Hidden Cameras
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
White Stripes, QotSA, Kyuss, Mondo Generator, Screaming Trees, Mark Lanegan, Fu Manchu, etc.
EDIT: How could I forget the Sword. Shame on me.
some excellent choices - not nearly as grunge'd out as I was expecting
....bottom line: different strokes for different folks
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
OK I'll accept that.
you are completely entitled to be totally wrong
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
the other foot in the gutter
sweet smell that they adore
I think I'd rather smother
-The Replacements-
I give up trying to fight the good fight.....you may not like the band BUT if there is one thing that Arcade Fire is NOT - its BORING
I hope you all enjoy watching Pearl Jam and all your 90's grunge icons on their reunion tours as they become less and less relevant and fade into obscurity on the Casino tour circuit
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
Just because someone doesn't share your oh-so-encompassing music taste doesn't mean that you have to become hostile toward theirs.
an interesting point considering the amount of hostility laced throughout this thread
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
Pearl Jam still put on an amazing show.... as do arcade fire....but don't be ridiculous Pearl Jam still have a lot of great years ahead of them... and if you don't think them exposing bands like Kings of Leon and My Morning Jacket isn't relevant then I guess yup we'll be seeing you off to the Decemberists forum (another great new album btw lol)
08/02/07 - LOLLA!!!
really - outside of the core Pearl Jam fanbase, not many people give a shit about them anymore....don't think they attract many new fans these days
.....my comment wasn't meant to be taken completely seriously - sometimes its fun to ruffle some feathers (although I do think it's mostly true)
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
i think he was referring to nonsense like aic with a fake singer, smashing pumpkins without half the band, RATM reforming since none of its former members could make it on their own, cornell modeling jeans to sell more albums, etc etc.
Arcade Fire will become irrelevant long before PJ.
the other foot in the gutter
sweet smell that they adore
I think I'd rather smother
-The Replacements-
that remains to be seen. they ahve 2 albums. people were saying the same about pearl jam after 2 albums... they were the poser, milktoast, bon-jovi counterpart to the "real" musical luminaries of nirvana. they were going to be the journey-joke while nirvana was our beatles. time has shown them wrong. nobody knows what will become of arcade fire.
And as of right now they are only heading straight upwards....I would rather have this type of music catch on with people today than anymore crappy, soul-less, fake pop music......
i second that one...only time i heard of this band is on this forum, so what does that tell you
TEN was in a league of its own at the time it came out and look at the staying power it has had over the years, especially on radio
sorry i dont think this is even a discussion, ive listened to Arcade Fire and i dont get the hype
I'm not sure that's true because my 14-year-old daughter and her friends turned me on to Pearl Jam just a few months ago after they had been fans for years.
I have a question about the Arcade Fire. I like them a lot, even though I don't think that Win Butler is as good a song writer as Eddie Vedder, but when I play their music, it seems to be people my age who like them, not a lot of kids. My daughter and her friends are much more into Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and, yes, Pearl Jam than the newer indie type stuff. They call it old people's music. On the other hand I feel pretty comfortable playing Funeral for my 78-year-old aunt when I would never put on a Led Zeppelin album for her. What is going on here?
That is very interesting insite.
I think the arcade fire's "crowd" is 20-35 or so. Nto that those are the only people who listen to them, but i think they grab more attention with the college, post college and folks moving int their early 30's.
Kind of cool your kids got you interested in pearl jam!
Have you given the band Wilco a shot? I consider their albums yankee hotel foxtrot, a ghost is born and sky blue sky to be similar to arcade fire in their feel and their ability to play for a 78 year old
Anyway not to get to far off topic. It s cool to hear folks are still becoming pearl jam fans.
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