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Do you like the Arcade Fire?

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Voting closed: 20 Jan 2005, 19:05


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enon

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« on: 20 Jan 2005, 19:05 »
I like them.

What do you guys think?
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swordskill

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« Reply #1 on: 20 Jan 2005, 20:10 »
god I love the arcade fire. I love bands that give you those good chills down your spine. only a few have, polyphonic spree, godspeed you black emperor, arcade fire to name a few.
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Deformagraphy

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« Reply #2 on: 20 Jan 2005, 20:48 »
Nope, don't like 'em.
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nothingwitty

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« Reply #3 on: 20 Jan 2005, 20:48 »
You didn't have an OMG FUCKING AMAZING LOL!!11!!!11one1!  option...
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CammyKnoxville

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« Reply #4 on: 20 Jan 2005, 20:54 »
they float my boat
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Phrozen

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« Reply #5 on: 20 Jan 2005, 23:16 »
I listened to some samples and frankly, the guy's voice grates upon my ears like a cheese grater upon a cancer.
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« Reply #6 on: 21 Jan 2005, 05:33 »
They are a fine group of young men and woman.
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Korlin

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« Reply #7 on: 21 Jan 2005, 06:25 »
At first meh was the result, but now it's like ZOMG. Or something.

Anyway, they are the core of my current aural input recently, and I'm praying they'll do a UK tour when their record is finally unleashed in February. PLEASE!
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Tinjessla

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« Reply #8 on: 21 Jan 2005, 08:43 »
I listened to a few samples too, but loved what i heard. My plan is to live like crap for a week, so i can afford to buy the album. I don't need nutrients!
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aekastar

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« Reply #9 on: 22 Jan 2005, 02:53 »
I say 'yes' though at first I wasn't as thrilled with the whole thing -- I just was thrilled with like 5 songs.. soon enough the whole album was listenable though!

The s/t album is rather good, too.
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siatefelici

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« Reply #10 on: 22 Jan 2005, 10:20 »
I had the pleasure of seeing The Arcade Fire last night.  They were absolutely amazing. They were so energetic, it was great. Unfortunately I was feeling quite horrible and probably didn't enjoy it as much as I would have had I been feeling better.
Set list:
Wake up
Laika
No Cars
Headlights
French Song
Power Out
Rebellion
7 Kettles
Born On A Train
Crown of Love
Neighborhood
(a talking heads cover, not on the set list i got, and i can't remember the name)
Haiti
Backseat


The opener, Final Fantasy, was GREAT. It was just one guy and a violin that he would play and record as he played and then loop it and play over it and sing. He was really really enjoyable and really creative. I have never heard so many different sounds made from a violin. He also played violin with The Arcade Fire.


....so i guess you can tell my vote is yes... amazing.
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coldcut

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« Reply #11 on: 22 Jan 2005, 12:45 »
I really like one song at a time.  If I listen to more than one or two in a row, I start getting a little sleepy.  Might just be it's going to take me a little time to warm up to them.  A lot of good bands are like that.
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swordskill

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« Reply #12 on: 22 Jan 2005, 14:53 »
most people seem to like the Arcade fire like 40000thousandtimes more if they saw them live.
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siatefelici

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« Reply #13 on: 22 Jan 2005, 21:42 »
yeah, un annee sans lumiere was right, i was just in a hurry and was  copying exactly what they had on the set list.
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arkturus

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« Reply #14 on: 22 Jan 2005, 22:40 »
Quote from: swordskill
most people seem to like the Arcade fire like 40000thousandtimes more if they saw them live.


True. I was rawkin' out hardxcore and their songs basically bring a tear to my eye every time I listen. Except No Cars Go, which is completely underwhelming since I heard it live before hearing the studio version.
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« Reply #15 on: 22 Jan 2005, 23:41 »
I thought the arcade fire were just another crew of acclaimed canadian indie pop poseurs till I saw them live, bloody amazing. So I say yes.
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AbsolootGeek

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« Reply #16 on: 23 Jan 2005, 00:19 »
i most definitely voted yes.  out of the new albums that i heard in 2004 (which isn't really very many), the arcade fire was my favorite.  sometimes i find it hard to do other things while listening to some of the songs because i can get so absorbed in them.  i'm desperately trying to find tickets to they're upcoming show in philadelphia so i can see them live and bask in their unbelievable awesomeness.
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SeanBateman

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« Reply #17 on: 23 Jan 2005, 09:03 »
They're pretty fucking bomb. I'm just a little bummed they got so big so fast, because now I'm never gonna get to see them live. Their show at the Troubador has been sold out for like 2 months already.
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Stifled Dreams

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« Reply #18 on: 23 Jan 2005, 11:48 »
I'm going to an Arcade Fire show! I'm so excited, I've been dying to see 'em live.  Like SeanBateman said, though, tickets were hard to come by.
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Dany

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« Reply #19 on: 24 Jan 2005, 14:23 »
I love them !
One of my biggest 2004 surprises.
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Stefu

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« Reply #20 on: 24 Jan 2005, 14:38 »
They do quite forthrightly rock my pocket rocket.
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« Reply #21 on: 24 Jan 2005, 14:41 »
That's such a good description...
I haven't heard anything by them yet, which is upsetting, as I heard good things about them.  Plus, they nearly got signed to Saddle Creek, so there's automatic respect...
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SECProto

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« Reply #22 on: 25 Jan 2005, 17:36 »
I like funeral quite a lot, their self title, not so much.
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Praeserpium Machinarum

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« Reply #23 on: 26 Jan 2005, 07:24 »
I have heard Wake Up, which I liked, will defiently check up on them..
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« Reply #24 on: 26 Jan 2005, 09:35 »
They remind me a lot of The Flaming Lips.

I hate the flaming lips.
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« Reply #25 on: 26 Jan 2005, 09:46 »
considering i have downloaded only one song...in any case, i didn't like that song at all.  the one called laika?  didn't do much for me.  but i'd listen to other songs to see what else they've got, they intrigue me a bit.
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« Reply #26 on: 26 Jan 2005, 20:40 »
I like them... I think Power Out is probably the best on teh new CD.
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« Reply #27 on: 27 Jan 2005, 15:20 »
I like Headlights look like diamonds on their self titled.
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« Reply #28 on: 27 Jan 2005, 17:14 »
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i'm shocked anyone said no.
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« Reply #29 on: 27 Jan 2005, 17:42 »
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most people seem to like the Arcade fire like 40000thousandtimes more if they saw them live.


True. I saw them open for the unicorns before they released "Funeral", and I thought they were absofuckinglouty amazing. So I downloaded their album (the s/t one i think) and then thought hey, this isnt even that great. They're all about the stage energy.
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frodo_moss

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« Reply #30 on: 31 Jan 2005, 08:54 »
its not faiiir!
i live in the UK! i had a hard enough time getting a hold of the album let alone see them live!
anybody willing to lend me a plane ticket?!
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« Reply #31 on: 31 Jan 2005, 11:06 »
Don't really like them tbh.
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wheriend_ndyubgn

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« Reply #32 on: 31 Jan 2005, 13:35 »
Quote from: enon
I like them.

What do you guys think?


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Styrix

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« Reply #33 on: 31 Jan 2005, 22:34 »
I just saw them live tonight.  OMG!  Hoody-freakin' hoo!  I'm still comin down off it.  MY GF surprised me with tickets, being that i didn't even know they were coming into town.  They're live show is something that must be experienced.  And for now, they're still cheap-tickets!

I ran into them first a couple months ago, saw them in QC and on the cover of CMJ NMM Magazine, grabbed their album, and now I need to see them again.  They played some new stuff, which was good, of course, and had some breakages, and some feedback loops.  And of course, yeah, the helmets and the antics and the incredible singing!

I can't wait for more material to come out.

The first opener, Final Fantasy, is basically one of the violinists from the Arcade Fire doing tricked out kickin on his strings.  He records/loops himself live, so he's got himself fresh recorded 3 or 4 times over, and hitting all the pedals, the timing.... oooh.  And when AF's drummer joined him for his last song, I was then truly primed for main act.

I can't remember the name of the second act, though, but it reminded me of a cross between Tom Waits, Medeski Martin and Wood, and my friends and I screaming in a garage.  It rocked too, though not much of the audience was into it.
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« Reply #34 on: 07 Feb 2005, 00:14 »
Quote from: frodo_moss
its not faiiir!
i live in the UK! i had a hard enough time getting a hold of the album let alone see them live!
anybody willing to lend me a plane ticket?!


well lucky you, they are playing london in march, the first show is sold out but there's another show on the 17th

i am seeing the arcade fire in paris, life will never be the same after that
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mAlice aforeThought

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« Reply #35 on: 07 Feb 2005, 00:25 »
do i like who?
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AnonymousPosterChild

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« Reply #36 on: 07 Feb 2005, 00:27 »
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god I love the arcade fire. I love bands that give you those good chills down your spine. only a few have, polyphonic spree, godspeed you black emperor, arcade fire to name a few.


Glad to see I'm not the only one who listens to polyphonic spree.

As for the Arcade Fire, I recently listented to some of their stuff on recommendation and have to say I loved it.
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nihilist

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« Reply #37 on: 07 Feb 2005, 07:31 »
Can't say I care for them.
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Burninated Peasant

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« Reply #38 on: 07 Feb 2005, 12:01 »
I saw them on their recent performance on Conan O'Brien. That was my first exposure to them, and I thought they were pretty good. I can't really form a valid opinion on the band without hearung more of their stuff, but my first impression was pretty darn good. I wasn't particularly fond of the vocals, though... I thought they might be better as a purely instrumental band.
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« Reply #39 on: 07 Feb 2005, 13:10 »
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You didn't have an OMG FUCKING AMAZING LOL!!11!!!11one1!  option...


probably because shit like that isnt funny anymore ;]

i dunno, i think theyre overrated. theyre ok, though.
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« Reply #40 on: 12 Feb 2005, 14:21 »
I had to rejuvenate this thread, as I got sent the album last week, and it's utterly addictive...they really are fantastic, I think it's the way they recreate that really unsettling, harrowing feeling the way interpol or (whisper it - muse) do...
I need to see this band live.
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FfaMat

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« Reply #41 on: 12 Feb 2005, 15:02 »
i very much enjoy them.
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Cadete

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« Reply #42 on: 13 Feb 2005, 10:35 »
It's on my to-buy list, but haven't heard them much. If/When I buy them I'll post my opinion.
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« Reply #43 on: 13 Feb 2005, 14:17 »
they are extremely fun live!
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« Reply #44 on: 13 Feb 2005, 16:41 »
I bought The Arcade Fire CD after Jeph recommended it in his musical picks section and I loved it.  I liked it so much I have tickets to see them in April when when they'll be playing at Coachilla.
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« Reply #45 on: 13 Feb 2005, 19:12 »
i like them but the singer bugs me. so does the whole naivete of "funeral" (omg some of our relatives died it was monumental lets sing about it)
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« Reply #46 on: 24 Oct 2006, 14:10 »
Quote from: Oerdin on 13 Feb 2005, 16:41
I bought The Arcade Fire CD after Jeph recommended it in his musical picks section and I loved it.  I liked it so much I have tickets to see them in April when when they'll be playing at Coachilla.

About 4 months ago I looked at Jeph's picks and I picked up "Funeral" because I had heard praise from others as well and I fell absolutely in love with it. I spin it constantly.
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« Reply #47 on: 24 Oct 2006, 18:36 »
Felix, what the fuck are you doing? Is there a reason you are bumping year-old threads?
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« Reply #48 on: 24 Oct 2006, 19:29 »
Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Amirite?
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« Reply #49 on: 24 Oct 2006, 20:26 »
Yeah, I've never understood that on forums. You can't start a new thread if the topic's already been covered, but you can't res old threads.
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