spotcheckbilly
(Baltimore, Maryland) | | Posted: Jun 13, 2010 - 10:50 | |
I just got tickets to their concert yesterday! I am so excited; I've wanted to see them for years.
And the opening act is Spoon!!! What a treat. |
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calypsus_1
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Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 08:09 | |
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squidish
(Underwater in the SF Bay) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 08:07 | |
Sings like Garrison Keillor...  |
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SweTex
(Swede living in Texas) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2010 - 09:14 | |
rtrudeau wrote: I'm pretty sure Edvard Munch would have loved this song  |
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SweTex
(Swede living in Texas) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2010 - 09:11 | |
This is a very good CD, I got this from my wife when it was released and did not like it at all. I play it a lot at home now, it's one of those CD's that grows on you, like a lot of people have said here already. The song "Intervention" that's on this CD is FANTASTIC.
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to_the_eleven
(the groove) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2010 - 09:06 | |
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lovemydog
| | Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 13:53 | |
Arcade Fire is growing on me.  |
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doctec
(Northeastern U.S.) | | Posted: Jul 01, 2009 - 08:07 | |
ninjacatpuppet wrote:Arcade Fire is definitely one of those bands that grow on you. I remember when I first heard their previous CD, I thought it was awful and through it into one of the dark corners of my CD folder.
Later—on a whim—I decided to give it another listen. I don't know what it was, but I absolutely loved it. It's now one of my favorite albums ever, and Arcade Fire is one of my most cherished bands.
So, the moral of the story is, don't just dismiss them right out because it doesn't catch your ear the first few times you hear them. This is definitely the case with new CD. I really didn't like it very much at first (especially when compared to their previous album), but now I listen to it at least once or twice a week.
I agree with this assessment. I too wrote them off at first, only to see them on SNL when they played Intervention and it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. My only complaint is that in their studio recordings, the balance between the dry lead vocal signal and the processed (echoed/reverbed) is tilted way too much toward the processed - it makes the lead vocals sound too smeared and distant, with the effect of obscuring and thus lessening the impact of the lyrics in the process. IMO they would benefit from bringing in a second set of ears (i.e. a sympathetic producer) to their mixing sessions. |
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justin4kick
(The Netherlands) | | Posted: Jul 01, 2009 - 07:18 | |
Arcade Fire = Talking Heads + ELO
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WayUpNorth
(Mt. Katahdin) | | Posted: Jul 01, 2009 - 07:18 | |
They performed this on Austin City Limits and it was just brilliant ... listening to the studio version now is lackluster compared to that. I liked them much more after seeing them live. The energy level was amazing.
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Kantankerous
(Joisey of course) | | Posted: May 30, 2009 - 12:15 | |
How did this make it to the playlist????
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ronniegirl
(Middle of New Jersey) | | Posted: Dec 23, 2008 - 13:51 | |
Kittee wrote:
It does. Its playing havoc on my ears and headphones. Gotta mute this I'm afraid.
Too many notes. It hurts.  |
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ZarSU
(RI aka the arm pit of New England) | | Posted: Dec 23, 2008 - 13:50 | |
Kittee wrote:
It does. Its playing havoc on my ears and headphones. Gotta mute this I'm afraid.
Afraid to say we had to mute this song also, almost shut WinAmp off it was so bad. |
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jagdriver
(Auburn, CA) | | Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 11:24 | |
Dunno where I've been. This is the first time I've heard this and I rather like it.
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rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California) | | Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 11:24 | |
Kittee wrote:
It does. Its playing havoc on my ears and headphones. Gotta mute this I'm afraid.
Exactly. This sounds like the inside of my head feels right now. And that's not a good thing. |
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Kittee
(NC- Dreaming of the Mountains) | | Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 11:20 | |
DrLex wrote:Sounds verry 'muddy', as if it was recorded in the room next to the one where they're actually playing.
It does. Its playing havoc on my ears and headphones. Gotta mute this I'm afraid. |
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rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California) | | Posted: May 16, 2008 - 16:00 | |
BKardon wrote:
A couple members grew up in Texas.
THE HORROR! |
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BKardon
(Boulder, CO by way of State and Madison) | | Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 16:06 | |
ThePoose wrote:Unlike Of Montreal, the members of Arcade Fire really are of Montreal, my hometown, and they are Canada's greatest rock group--at the moment.
Richard Reed went to high school in my adopted hometown: Ottawa, Canada's capital.
Uh...they all live there now, but some of the band is not Canadian. A couple members grew up in Texas. |
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That_SOB
(The Dark Side of the Tune) | | Posted: Feb 12, 2008 - 04:39 | |
This is a snowball that gets smaller as it rolls down hill.
I wonder if they can say "we did that just for us"
rather than "well there's one for the nifty fifty?"
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Welly
(Lotusland) | | Posted: Apr 27, 2007 - 20:27 | |
I'm just not on-board with this band. I know everyone under the sun thinks they are the second coming, but they are SO derivitave and generally noisy that I don't like them. And I notice they get played A LOT.
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tigerbeetle
(LBI NJ) | | Posted: Apr 24, 2007 - 20:23 | |
As noted in many Arcade Fire song comments, they take some acquiring, taste-wise. Once duly digested, the band's creative excellence is a pure musical feast.
I suggest going to Rhapsody or Music Match and simply loading those serversÂ’ top picks, which offer a super cross-section of AF listening.
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Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet) | | Posted: Apr 11, 2007 - 22:37 | |
Like nails on a chalkboard  |
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xkolibuul
(Pacific Rim, salmon, big trees) | | Posted: Mar 17, 2007 - 00:09 | |
From towering ambition, mere tedium prevails.
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Glockman45
(undisclosed) | | Posted: Mar 15, 2007 - 04:06 | |
Mugro wrote:This sounds a little like Echo & the Bunnymen...
good ears......echo II |
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horstman
(Syracuse, New York) | | Posted: Mar 11, 2007 - 16:33 | |
Mugro wrote:This sounds a little like Echo & the Bunnymen...
That's funny. Actually sounds like Echo & the Bunnymen spending the weekend with Electric Light Orchestra, smoking a lot of pot and coming up with a distorted, mismanaged album. Guess you tell I'm not impressed with this second effort by Arcade Fire, eh?
The first album was way, WAY better.
IMHO of course. |
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ThePoose
| | Posted: Mar 09, 2007 - 07:46 | |
Unlike Of Montreal, the members of Arcade Fire really are of Montreal, my hometown, and they are Canada's greatest rock group--at the moment.
Richard Reed went to high school in my adopted hometown: Ottawa, Canada's capital.
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DrLex
(Belgium) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2007 - 07:46 | |
Sounds verry 'muddy', as if it was recorded in the room next to the one where they're actually playing.
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highwindows
(UK) | | Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 12:21 | |
Got the first album & I love Wim Butlers voice BUT this was a bit under-whelming!
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trekhead
(Oooh, I could just give you SUCH a Pinch!) | | Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 12:20 | |
Mugro wrote:This sounds a little like Echo & the Bunnymen...
 My thoughts exactly.
8 just the same. |
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