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Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Catacombs:
I just downloaded and listened to it, and its certainly different from Funeral. It's different in a good way though, its not like you wanted the same album over again, right? It certainly has a fuller sound with more "oomph". It also has bit of a Springsteen influence, which is totally ok with me because he's one of my favorite all time artists. My only beefs are the cover is pretty lame and I did not like the closer. Otherwise it's great and definitely rivals Funeral.
TheFuriousWombat:
--- Quote from: ScrambledGregs on 07 Mar 2007, 20:29 ---'Neon Bible' isn't a bad title, but it just seems off somehow. I know the album has religious lyrics, and the cover of a neon book is cool, but it's just sort of...off. Funeral is a good title because it's so simple and so apropos to the album. Anything to do with religion is a loaded subject and there's a kind of awkwardness to the phrase 'Neon Bible.' It doesn't strike me as interesting or provocative so much as like something someone a hundred years ago, after seeing a neon sign for the first time, thought up.
It's also taken from a book that the author thought was too amateurish to publish. So then he wrote A Confederacy Of Dunces, killed himself, and years later his Mom published A Confederacy Of Dunces, which became so popular that some book company published Neon Bible against her wishes.
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It's only taken from the book 'Neon Bible.' It's not a reference to anything else. This was always obvious but the lyrics booklet that comes with the cd confirms this. The book, however, is set in a rural southern town and features a young protagonist who comes to learn "the painful lessons of religious, racial, social and sexual bigotry, and comes to perceive the need to defend himself, a reluctant outsider." The book has been said to "chronical an awakening." If you listen to Neon Bible, a lot of these themes are present. While racial and sexual bigotry are not addressed, there are certainly religious and social issues addressed in the lyrics and an "awakening" to the evils in the world and a desperate outrage against them isn't an innacurate way to look at the lyrics in Neon Bible.
zariuszer0:
While Arcade Fire never really *clicked* with me (i think they're a bit too dark for my tastes), I have been surprised by something with this new album.
I work at a local Barnes and Noble, in the Music Department. And the demographic that's so far been looking for Neon Bible the most? 50-60 year old Men. Not exactly the typical indie rock crowd, eh?
So whil ei don't really have any insight into why that's happening, figured i'd share it, maybe someone else might.
Reno:
I am actually rather glad they took this long to make it. It is an awesome follow-up to Funeral where I was expecting some big budget crap. I have been waiting for 3 years for this, and it is better than I could have hoped.
They make better use of the range and variation of instruments and voices, there is a lot more backup support than in both the self-titled EP and in Funeral and I particuarly like the new version of "No Cars Go."
As for the mentioned demographic, I dont find that surprising at all, frankly when I listen to this album, that is almost what I who I would expect to buy it given the content.
Recent Vintage:
I'm in love with this album.
I've been listening to it nonstop since it came out. I love the wide use of instruments especially the organ.
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