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Big Day Out '08 - the verdict?

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FireAarro:

--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 03 Feb 2008, 22:16 ---LCD Soundsystem were fucking on fire, and it didn't hurt they had pretty much all of the Arcade Fire on stage with them at various parts of the set. When they played All My Friends the place damn near melted into a big ole emotional meatpile of people. As incredible and heartbreaking James Murphy's performance of that on the album is, he really poured himself into it live.

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Wow. I wish Arcade Fire crashed LCD's set at the Melbourne show. Would've slightly made up for not really seeing them earlier...

Tom:
I posted a link in the Mediafire thread to a bootleg of the show they played at the Enmore on the 22nd. It's probably the best of the shows they played here this year. The sound quality at the enmore is far better than the BDO show.

Tom:
If someone starts acting like Daniel Johns, you should pity them rather than hate them.

Johnny C:

--- Quote from: Scarlette on 05 Feb 2008, 16:02 ---I had all these people telling me to watch Arcade Fire cos they were some great band and I'd love them, but it was the dumbest thing I've ever seen. They swapped instruments nearly every song! ...They all seemed to be a bit lame at a hundred instruments each instead of being really skilled with just one!

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Is this honestly your reason for not liking their live set? Perhaps it was all the material off the last record, or the fact that they're taking themselves a lot more seriously nowadays. You know, as Artists.

I saw them a couple of years back and it was really incredible. I think by expecting them all to be musical polymaths you might have missed the point. They are all skilled at just one, but they mix it up because they like a diverse range of tones and sounds. Besides, it's a lot more fun for you and, generally speaking, your audience if you do something that's a bit more of a challenge for you, especially when you're at the stage of your career that Arcade Fire are at.

bells:
I heard a mega-Bruce Sprinsteen influence in Arcade Fire in the live set (as opposed to their albums), which was both surprising and pleasing!

All in all I think we might just have to accept that the BDO is a pretty ordinary day and no one likes being pushed around in 35 degree weather with no shade + smelling like beer (because people always slosh their drinks around after they've had a few). But there were some perks. Like chatting to the boys from Sugartime Cabaret... mmmm :) I don't think I'd buy a ticket, or even really consider going again but its good to know that the tour often eventuates in side shows for most of the artists.

I hate Daniel Johns. And Silverchair. I'm sort of from Newcastle and its rather compulsory to support them but seriously, no freakin' way. He's a dick. I'd rather support The Seabellies and Mojo Juju, they're coming up in the ranks and kick Silverchair's butt any day of the week. Ergo B Bag too, that band rules :) Speaking of Ergo though, we just got the support for Datarock in March!

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