Enough 80s sound already!  Come on, Bill - give us a break!

The "drummer" actually got paid for this bit of work?

 ottovonb wrote: 
Getting hit by a banjo really hurts!

Think I could get to like this one if it didn't sound like somebody kicked all of their speakers out.

The whole CD, despite the blathering stupidity of its commentary, has really sprawled on me...9

I can't place my finger on it but all AF songs have a consistent thread that makes one song sound like much the next. Plus, they remind me of my Canadian ex and make me sad...

Play more Tragically Hip!!!

 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote: 
So, what you are admitting to is that you are a bunch of friggin' idiot ideologues?  OK, I can dig.

In case you missed, here is my first ever re-posting of my own comment:

"blah blah the world's going to hell in a handbasket blah blah blah suburbs blah blah sprawl blah blah consumerism blah blah climate change blah blah American Imperialism blah blah blah. -Lyrics by Westslope"

I love this album, but it was just terribly produced. All the songs are so relentlessly loud, and needlessly so!  It's like they just decided to turn all the instruments up to 11 in mastering, and then compress it down so it didn't clip.  Barely.  Just terrible. Ends up sounding really flat, with no range. The whole damn album. It really irks me because the music itself is so good!

Anything from The Suburbs is great, including this tune!

I'm dreaming of a UFC style celebrity cage match between Mumford & Sons vs. Arcade Fire where neither shows the other any mercy.
 

 rdo wrote: 
Um, maybe not. The "liberal" position in the US is roughly equivalent to the centre-right or right position in many other modern democracies. Certainly there isn't much to distinguish Obama's platform from, say, Stephen Harper's in Canada (Conservative), and the same may hold true in Britain as well. 

We were around 100000 in 2011 at their free show in downtown Montreal, so I guess I'm not the only one to love this band. Then again a lot of people can be wrong, but still, this is great band and so is this tune. Karkwa, a french canadian group opened the show that night, they should also get some airplay on RP. I guess i'll have to upload some of their stuff.

 kingart wrote: 
If it came down to contribution and value to Radio Paradise, I'm sad to inform you that kingart would receive a temporary suspension long before the music of Arcade Fire did.

did not like it—-loud noise——didn't seem to be doing or saying enough to say it loud

this got bumped to a 7.

I've changed my mind. I've underestimated Arcade Fire. This song isn't the least bit "2-marginal". It's definitely "3-HoHum."

Is this song a cover ?

It sounds a lot like a Rami Fortis song from ~1988 (which may have been a cover itself)

Seems we might need a temporary suspension of Arcade Fire from RP. Too much of an OK thing... PTL for the PSD. 

Dig this
 

 rdo wrote: 
Gee, thanks for the namecheck, guy. I'm sure you're cool with rightwing propaganda, though. Remember: one person's intelligent commentary is another's propaganda - it all depends where you sit.

Arcade Fire songs have a lot of political and social commentary, so they will naturally and rightly generate sharp comments from right, left and centre. You're no doubt big on free speech so you should welcome this, and the cut and thrust of political argument where it's relevant. If mine or Byronape's or Joe Soap's comments annoy you, argue back. You're a big boy, now.

With Arcade Fire in general and this album in particular, it really helps to play more than one song at a time. They flow together well; they don't seem to work nearly as well as singles. Not sure what that implies about the quality, but there you go.

This is the song that finally made me an Arcade Fire fan.

Wonderful! Agree about needing to experience the entire album- I also agree it's not immediately accessible, but for me at least, this band definitely pays off... Great lyrics on this album...

don't know if it's the rythem or singin or both together, but something here reminds me of a slower ball&chain-social distortion...............

 my new favorite band... thanks to Radio Paradise♥

I saw these guys in Chicago a few years back. They are all very talented multi-instrumentalists. They are able to turn a groove into a decent song like no one else. And like much of the newer RP fare, the more you hear, the more you like. I would rate Arcade Fire as one of the best bands out there. 

 horstman wrote: 
He does.  And so do I.  And no, he is not right, not in my opinion.  

Byronape: I was not really directing that at you, more at the banality of what passes as social criticism in other songs from this band (I gave this one an 8, and I love this group).  I am all for this type of criticism.  I spend most of my free time reading criticism of society of some sort or other. There is a big difference between intelligent social commentary and the insipid, chauvinistic, left-wing propaganda of the type you know who dispenses here on a regular basis.  I personally would rather not have to open a page and see someone take cheap shots at my country of origin.  BTW one of my top 10 favorite bands is from Canada and is virulently anti-American (GYBE).  I think it is OK to call these bands into question for their views and lyrics.  Isn't that a valid form of social commentary?  Isn't commenting on a particularly nasty commenter valid commentary?  He should man up.   Also, I don't think I should have to write out an entire essay every time.