The Arcade Fire Appreciation Thread
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heard about them, but never listened to anything yet
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
mulch wrote:I'm not obsessed, just a fan. I'm gussing people seem obsessed because they're just soooo happy to have something great in Canadian music come along.
same with meturn your head
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mulch wrote:I'm not obsessed, just a fan. I'm gussing people seem obsessed because they're just soooo happy to have something great in Canadian music come along.
that's the only reason anyone knows who they are. but people are obsessed because their music is incredible..
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Dread wrote:That's awesome. Had I known about that back in April, I would've picked it up.
"Funeral" was my fourth favorite record of last year, pretty amazing for a debut.
Come down to Booster Juice in Mississauga, I'm sure I can persuade my manager into letting it go to you as long as you get a smoothie.
]starseed_10 wrote:mulch wrote:I'm not obsessed, just a fan. I'm gussing people seem obsessed because they're just soooo happy to have something great in Canadian music come along.
that's the only reason anyone knows who they are. but people are obsessed because they're music is incredible..
I have to admit...I am obsessed with AF. I listen to Funeral almost daily, and even though I've had it for a long time, somehow I end up liking it more and more after each listen. Tunnels recently became my favourite song of all time. It is just so good. I hate to admit it, but I think arcade fire might be dethroning olp as my favourite band...
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yah, i love that cd
i listen to it quite a bit. the only one i have is funeral
i listen to it quite a bit. the only one i have is funeral
<b><3</b> Katie! ~ proud member of the anti-milk alliance
<b> "well i'm not sleeping, you're not here"</b><br>
"and the lonliness leads to bad dreams, and the <b>bad dreams lead me to calling you</b>, and i call you and say...<i>come here</i>"
<b> "well i'm not sleeping, you're not here"</b><br>
"and the lonliness leads to bad dreams, and the <b>bad dreams lead me to calling you</b>, and i call you and say...<i>come here</i>"
I don't know if any of you have seen Fromage 2005 on muchmusic yet, but arcade fire's "rebellion" was on the list, and some very controversial things were said about them. I remember statements like "most overrated band ever" and "pretentious lyrics". I was pissed off. We're talking about some of the greatest music ever recorded in Canada.
I've only seen the Power Out video 
+deprived
+deprived
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
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naseoj wrote:I don't know if any of you have seen Fromage 2005 on muchmusic yet, but arcade fire's "rebellion" was on the list, and some very controversial things were said about them. I remember statements like "most overrated band ever" and "pretentious lyrics". I was pissed off. We're talking about some of the greatest music ever recorded in Canada.
"and what's with that snot on the drum?"
Fromage is pretty lame this year.
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ohhh its been a while since i watched a Muchmusic Fromage...
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naseoj wrote:I don't know if any of you have seen Fromage 2005 on muchmusic yet, but arcade fire's "rebellion" was on the list, and some very controversial things were said about them. I remember statements like "most overrated band ever" and "pretentious lyrics". I was pissed off. We're talking about some of the greatest music ever recorded in Canada.
a) it was about the band being pretentious when he met them, not the lyrics
b) the greatest music ever recorded in Canada? Holy Hyperbole, Batman!
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Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v
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