The Arcade Fire - Funeral

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:19 pm

[quote="Yeeeesh"

Funeral is good enough to be in my year's top 10. I've said enough about this band in the past.
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Agreed; and what i havent said, ive agreed with what you said...

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:23 pm

I just want you guys to know how happy I am to be part of your indie clubhouse. It's important as part of a tighly-knit hipster community that we all like the right things. I do like the right things, don't I?

Please say yes. Being accepted by this very real and tangible indie clubhouse is such a dear thing to me.

two guns holla · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:28 pm

Costco has some pretty good deals. My parents are members.

KPH · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:54 pm

if i had more vitriol in me, i would've had a blast with this thread. all of my favorite things in one place: arcade fire hype(?), wrens backlash, stuff.

y'all should check out the hold steady.

KPH

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:01 am

Yeeeesh Wrote:

Agreed on the EP, but don't you think "Headlights" is prettily shittily recorded? I do. And as such, I think there are better tracks on the album: "Submarine", eg.

It may very well be shittily recorded, but perhaps I haven't noticed over my incessantly tapping foot. Besides, his voice is kind of shitty ALL the time, and that hasn't stopped me.

You are ABSOLUTELY, OBJECTIVELY WRONG that there are better tracks on the album, though. IMO

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:07 am

HaqDiesel Wrote:

Yeeeesh Wrote:

Agreed on the EP, but don't you think "Headlights" is prettily shittily recorded? I do. And as such, I think there are better tracks on the album: "Submarine", eg.

It may very well be shittily recorded, but perhaps I haven't noticed over my incessantly tapping foot. Besides, his voice is kind of shitty ALL the time, and that hasn't stopped me.

You are ABSOLUTELY, OBJECTIVELY WRONG that there are better tracks on the album, though. IMO

Wow, if thats true, then i need this ep; haq hook a brother up sometime...

grinningidiot · **Joined:** Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:41 am **Posts:** 21

Decent sounding live show ..

http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/2004/11/ ... e-fire.htm

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Fri Nov 19, 2004 2:30 am

KPH Wrote:

if i had more vitriol in me, i would've had a blast with this thread. all of my favorite things in one place: arcade fire hype(?), wrens backlash, stuff.

y'all should check out the hold steady.

KPH

You like Lifter Puller? I've not heard the hold steady, but aren't they related?

KPH · **Posted:** Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:20 am

Senator Richard LooGAR Wrote:

KPH Wrote:

if i had more vitriol in me, i would've had a blast with this thread. all of my favorite things in one place: arcade fire hype(?), wrens backlash, stuff.

y'all should check out the hold steady.

KPH

You like Lifter Puller? I've not heard the hold steady, but aren't they related?

yeah, craig, et al. from LP are the hold steady.

really literate lyrical content, totally rockin', etc. just good times all around.

KPH

Chuck D · **Posted:** Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:53 pm

I'm feeling pretty meh about this album. It's not bad, but certainly not good enough to make any new wrinkles in my grey matter. One complaint is the album's melodramatic conceit, which seems calculated and boring to me. Some of the music is very nice, but it will not be likely to make my top 20 or 50 for 2004.

np: the arcade fire - wake up

katie, a princess · **Posted:** Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:10 pm

Chuck D Wrote:

Some of the music is very nice, but it will not be likely to make my top 20 or 50 for 2004.

what about your top 30?

paladisiac · **Posted:** Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:53 pm

my fav track on this album changes every week. that's a good sign.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

just got it and am still digesting it but so far - I like it.

Lambchop · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:17 am

I think it is ok...need more time to digest it, but probably top 25 for me

shiv · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:22 am

i still haven't given this album a proper listen after i tried to burn it and easy cd creator crashed while in progress. twice.

duffer · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:33 am

i think it is absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking.
i also think, which may be a little strange, that the harmonies and the lush orchestration actually create a frequency that can only be described as pure beauty. you can't actually hear it, but you can feel it.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

yeah, this album is totally aces. it took me a long time to hear it properly, but worthwhile. i saw them last week and was also impressed.

anyone who's seen them lately has probably heard their cover of "this must be the place (naive melody)" by talking heads. i just got a pretty good quality mp3 of their studio version. so, i'm on the clevercactus if you want.

Postmersh · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:12 pm

I'll give my one-phrase opinion of The Arcade Fire:

LISTEN TO THE HOLD STEADY

I'm not all that good at the message board quoting (nee KPH), but Some Finn'l kick the vitriol level up quite a bit. No need for a Costco Card with that one - hell, one of the new songs talks about this affect...

"all your favorite movies. they ain't all that funny. if you ain't that high. and i ain't that high. all your favorite books. they wouldn't seem so well written if you were just a little bit more well read. jack kerouac is dead. he drank himself to death. i just ain't that high. all your favorite songs wouldn't seem so sad. if you weren't so depressed. elliott smith seems like a mess to me. and you cry way too easily."

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:39 pm

Postmersh Wrote:

I'll give my one-phrase opinion of The Arcade Fire:

LISTEN TO THE HOLD STEADY

I'm not all that good at the message board quoting (nee KPH), but Some Finn'l kick the vitriol level up quite a bit. No need for a Costco Card with that one - hell, one of the new songs talks about this affect...

"all your favorite movies. they ain't all that funny. if you ain't that high. and i ain't that high. all your favorite books. they wouldn't seem so well written if you were just a little bit more well read. jack kerouac is dead. he drank himself to death. i just ain't that high. all your favorite songs wouldn't seem so sad. if you weren't so depressed. elliott smith seems like a mess to me. and you cry way too easily."

The Hold Steady has something to do with The Arcade Fire?

More specifically, that quote is somehow relevant to people liking Funeral?

I don't want to read too much into your comments and choice of quotes and raise the **vitriol** level any higher in this thread, but it would seem you're indulging in some pretty blatant (and hypocritical) snobbery here.

And I'm not an Elliott Smith or Kerouac fan. I'm taking no specific offense at that quote, just its implications as to the validity of people's tastes. This sort of thing has been a touchy subject with me recently.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:42 pm

Oh, Drinky Crow. If your taste was as refined as his, you wouldn't like Arcade Fire. You should listen to clearly superior bands, like the ones he listens to. It's much better from up there.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:47 pm

that hold steady cd didn't stick with me very long.

shiv · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:57 pm

KPH Wrote:

y'all should check out the hold steady.

KPH

andyfest · **Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 4:26 pm

I agree this is the best album of the year so far. It's one of the only albums this year I've truly enjoyed for an extended period of time. I don't have the EP but need it. I saw them last weekend in Newport, KY and they were amazing. The venue was the Southgate House which is the birthplace of the man who invented the Tommy Gun. Thought that was interesting. Was anyone else there by chance?

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