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Arcade Fire — Half Light II (No Celebration)
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MilesW
(Earth (Currently Germany))
Posted: Apr 03, 2013 - 03:32
 
Enough 80s sound already!  Come on, Bill - give us a break!

ottovonb
Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 15:28
 
The "drummer" actually got paid for this bit of work?

motobecane
Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 15:27
 
 ottovonb wrote:
I'm dreaming of a UFC style celebrity cage match between Mumford & Sons vs. Arcade Fire where neither shows the other any mercy.
 
 
Getting hit by a banjo really hurts!

scadawizard
(Napa Valley, California)
Posted: Feb 16, 2013 - 19:02
 
Think I could get to like this one if it didn't sound like somebody kicked all of their speakers out.{#Eyes}

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 16, 2013 - 19:01
 
The whole CD, despite the blathering stupidity of its commentary, has really sprawled on me...9

SingletrackSal
(The Rockies)
Posted: Jan 18, 2013 - 17:40
 
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!!!

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jan 18, 2013 - 17:37
 
 Ag3nt0rang3 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. 
 
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"


cShaggy
(..inna state of being..)
Posted: Dec 30, 2012 - 00:43
 
 Photo-John wrote:
Does not sound like Slayer.
 



..or Coltrane..

..more like early Echo..

zair99
(In Cognito)
Posted: Dec 16, 2012 - 02:55
 
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!

Paul_the_wonk
(Ithaca, NY)
Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 12:09
 
Anything from The Suburbs is great, including this tune!

ottovonb
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 11:38
 
I'm dreaming of a UFC style celebrity cage match between Mumford & Sons vs. Arcade Fire where neither shows the other any mercy.
 

Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 11:16
 
 rdo wrote:


I am i liberal, so it is kinda joke for u to call me rightwing, dont ya think??????
 
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. 

louislaurence
(Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Posted: Dec 02, 2012 - 14:50
 
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.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 17:47
 
 fredriley 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.
 



I am i liberal, so it is kinda joke for u to call me rightwing, dont ya think??????

adroc
(slightly left of centre)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 06:39
 
 kingart wrote:
Seems we might need a temporary suspension of Arcade Fire from RP. Too much of an OK thing... PTL for the PSD. 
 
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.

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 19:38
 
did not like it—-loud noise——didn't seem to be doing or saying enough to say it loud

swart
Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 19:36
 
Reminds me of Gary Numan's Cars. I must be old

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 16:17
 
this got bumped to a 7.

ottovonb
Posted: Aug 06, 2012 - 17:34
 
I've changed my mind. I've underestimated Arcade Fire. This song isn't the least bit "2-marginal". It's definitely "3-HoHum."

h_in_bristol
(over there ^)
Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 05:58
 
Is this song a cover ?

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

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 13:52
 
Seems we might need a temporary suspension of Arcade Fire from RP. Too much of an OK thing... PTL for the PSD. 

aerialman
Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 13:52
 
Dig this
 

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 09:27
 
 rdo wrote:
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.

 
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.

chebucto
Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 09:23
 
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.

kylieh
(Gibsons, BC)
Posted: May 17, 2012 - 10:16
 
This is the song that finally made me an Arcade Fire fan.

inklingmusic
Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 09:19
 
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...

NEMO
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 09:43
 
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...............

bee222
(Northern California)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 09:13
 
{#Heartkiss} my new favorite band... thanks to Radio Paradise♥

dave3ld
(What a great station!)
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 10:31
 
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. 

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 04, 2012 - 08:19
 
 horstman wrote:

Wow! Westslope doesn't even post on this song and you're crapping on him. Take it like a man and post on the Porcupine Tree Song comments.

And he's right about alot of the consumerism, imperialistic US attitudes, but being from Canada he doesn't have a right to express himself?

{#Naughty}

 
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. 



PA1749
(Room 106)
Posted: Jan 11, 2012 - 12:18
 
This is one of my favorite albums of all time! It is a concept album and to get the full effect you have to listen to the whole thing. I can't get enough of it. It's brilliant! They encompass the entire spectrum of what makes up rock and roll in one album and the changes are amazing.

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 13:28
 
Liking these guys more and more...

shakitten
Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 23:52
 
Been trying, but I just don't like this band. They kind of annoy me.

fatcatjb
(Sunny Sacramento)
Posted: Dec 17, 2011 - 00:12
 
 MiracleDrug wrote:


1. Grateful Dead - the most aptly named band in the history of music.
2. The Beatles  - we'd still be listening to the likes of Pat Boone and Lawrence Welk (or Elvis) without them.
3. Bob Dylan - can write, can't sing.
4. Velvet Underground - fun and not to be taken too seriously.
5. Arcade Fire - more dense than some of their contemporaries, but certainly musically adequate.

Middle class in America - currently being TAXED to death, about to be changing all that.
 
jeepers MiracleDrug, 
you certainly did mrwhatever in...I'm with you
 

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Dec 08, 2011 - 09:52
 
 mvanderford60 wrote:
Lots of times great is not very good — its kind of a paradox.  Grateful Dead - the best and worst band in history simultaneously.  The Beatles - simplistic, mediocre musicians at best, largely un-listenable without George Martin but somehow humans can't get enough.   Bob Dylan - seriously, have you ever seen him live (ack ack)? Velvet Underground - garage band without the garage.

Arcade Fire - similar, not amazing musicians, but an extremely important contribution socially and spiritually— it is the funeral march for the death of the middle class in America - take notice.
 

1. Grateful Dead - the most aptly named band in the history of music.
2. The Beatles  - we'd still be listening to the likes of Pat Boone and Lawrence Welk (or Elvis) without them.
3. Bob Dylan - can write, can't sing.
4. Velvet Underground - fun and not to be taken too seriously.
5. Arcade Fire - more dense than some of their contemporaries, but certainly musically adequate.

Middle class in America - currently being TAXED to death, about to be changing all that.


terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, SC)
Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 19:02
 
Sorry, folks, but Arcade Fire just creeps me out.  Weird, creepy, peculiar.  No.  Not good.

window
(Richmond, VA)
Posted: Nov 06, 2011 - 17:51
 
 mvanderford60 wrote:
Lots of times great is not very good — its kind of a paradox.  Grateful Dead - the best and worst band in history simultaneously.  The Beatles - simplistic, mediocre musicians at best, largely un-listenable without George Martin but somehow humans can't get enough.   Bob Dylan - seriously, have you ever seen him live (ack ack)? Velvet Underground - garage band without the garage.

Arcade Fire - similar, not amazing musicians, but an extremely important contribution socially and spiritually— it is the funeral march for the death of the middle class in America - take notice.
 
Damn.  I usually say that everyone's got a right to voice their opinion, but for you I'll make an exception.

Photo-John
(Nor Cal to SLC)
Posted: Oct 23, 2011 - 11:06
 
Does not sound like Slayer.

horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 16:13
 
 rdo wrote:


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

 
Wow! Westslope doesn't even post on this song and you're crapping on him. Take it like a man and post on the Porcupine Tree Song comments.

And he's right about alot of the consumerism, imperialistic US attitudes, but being from Canada he doesn't have a right to express himself?

{#Naughty}


maxlippolis
(Salerno - Italy)
Posted: Sep 07, 2011 - 01:48
 
{#Angel}

Byronape
(Snorkeling in the River Styx)
Posted: Sep 04, 2011 - 18:24
 
 rdo wrote:


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

 
Wow, way to add to the conversation. 

The only thing presented here is either complete apathy or a sign that you have something to gain by the current situations that US finds itself in. 


rdo
(DC)
Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 12:52
 
 Byronape wrote:

You can mock the singer, the music, and the audience all you want.  But if you are not willing to pay attention to the CONTENT of the song, then you have no right to be speaking on it.  Even artists that I don't care for (ie, Springsteen) can make valid social commentary.

Hell, Lady Ga Ga's Born this way is a terrible song, but at least I can agree with the content.
 

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


lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois)
Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 01:45
 
their sound is too muddy

jpstfx28
Posted: Jul 06, 2011 - 07:39
 
don't know how to feel about these guys/girls... going to see them live (without a ton of prior knowledge of their work) in a few weeks and I think that will be the real test.  Goes without saying that this makes this upcoming show the biggest of their career

I would consider this one garbage though upon first listen


eruwenolorien
(SC)
Posted: Jul 06, 2011 - 07:38
 
 hencini wrote:
Man, I didn't think much of these guys at first, but the more I hear from them, the more impressed I am. 
 
I am with you: I wasn't impressed by their earlier work, but the songs on this album are quickly growing on me.



hencini
Posted: Jun 22, 2011 - 15:13
 
Man, I didn't think much of these guys at first, but the more I hear from them, the more impressed I am. 

coyotexxx2
(Enjoying Paradise)
Posted: Jun 22, 2011 - 15:12
 
Saw Arcade Fire at Bonnaroo a couple of weekends ago.  Fantastic.

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 15:01
 
mvanderford60 wrote:
... it is the funeral march for the death of the middle class in America - take notice.
  floydoftherocks wrote:
...a collection of white, upper-middle class suburbanites trying to be something they're not.. something that doesn't even exist. ;)
Thanks guys! Great training for my trip to Portland later this month. I'm beginning to tune out the overt poli-speak already. You say subvert the dominant paradigm, I say that sandwich looks great, let's have a beer !


StoneyG
(Just east of The Rockies; north of the 49th)
Posted: Jun 04, 2011 - 16:01
 
I really am glad that's over.

Byronape
(Snorkeling in the River Styx)
Posted: May 31, 2011 - 20:19
 
 sirdroseph wrote:

For banal, shallow teenage girls maybe.{#Lol}
 
You can mock the singer, the music, and the audience all you want.  But if you are not willing to pay attention to the CONTENT of the song, then you have no right to be speaking on it.  Even artists that I don't care for (ie, Springsteen) can make valid social commentary.

Hell, Lady Ga Ga's Born this way is a terrible song, but at least I can agree with the content.