Arcade Fire

spike · Post by **spike** » Sat October 26, 2013 3:11 am

stip wrote:
spike wrote:that was painful.
the album, or my posting?

yes

Post by **stip** » Sat October 26, 2013 3:12 am

arcade fire would do well to learn how to economize the way you do.

spike · Post by **spike** » Sat October 26, 2013 3:40 am

man, when the guitar kicks in on it's never over (oh orpheus). fuck.

Soma. · Post by **Soma.** » Sat October 26, 2013 3:43 am

spike · Post by **spike** » Sat October 26, 2013 3:50 am

best riff i've heard in awhile, pal. AF's good for one or two of those a record.

Soma. · Post by **Soma.** » Sat October 26, 2013 3:56 am

I know what you mean. It packs a similar punch to that guitar line in "Power Out" on Funeral.

Reflection · Post by **Reflection** » Sat October 26, 2013 3:58 am

This is what happens when you solicit an opinion from someone who doesn't like songs over 3:00, on an album where the songs are all over 5:00.

Soma. · Post by **Soma.** » Sat October 26, 2013 4:08 am

It can be simplified further by stating that he still likes Pearl Jam. Nothing to see here, folks.

spike · Post by **spike** » Sat October 26, 2013 4:15 am

i stopped liking pearl jam before they were uncool.

malice · Post by **malice** » Sat October 26, 2013 4:16 am

i never liked them

Reflection · Post by **Reflection** » Sat October 26, 2013 4:16 am

I still like Pearl Jam. I also enjoy Stip's writing, lyrical interpretations and enthusiasm. But I also recognize that he incorectly doesn't like songs to have any length, or jams, or space, or anything that isn't concise. So I don't see him liking Arcade Fire despite their obvious eliteness.

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Sat October 26, 2013 4:35 am

So i probably shouldn't bother introducing him to stoner rock?

Soma. · Post by **Soma.** » Sat October 26, 2013 4:39 am

Or doom/sludge/drone. You're tearing us apart, Stip!

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sat October 26, 2013 6:12 am

stip wrote:

Thus far there are musical elements in pretty much all the songs I like quite a bit, but these nice little moments keep getting bulldozed by heavy handed self important passages and musical choices I don't like.

This is pretty much how I feel about Lightning Bolt.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sat October 26, 2013 6:14 am

BurtReynolds wrote:Toldja he'd love it.

Look at those normals go.

Harry Lime · Post by **Harry Lime** » Sat October 26, 2013 6:29 am

man, Oh Orpheus is still kicking my ass.

Harry Lime · Post by **Harry Lime** » Sat October 26, 2013 6:37 am

And "Flashbulb Eyes" & "HCTNT" together is just great.

digster · Post by **digster** » Sat October 26, 2013 7:06 am

This was a wonderful mess of a record. I can't place it in their catalog yet in terms of what I like best, but they really pulled it off.

zeb · Post by **zeb** » Sat October 26, 2013 7:41 am

This band is building a nice little catalogue.

Post by **stip** » Sat October 26, 2013 9:03 am

Reflection wrote:I still like Pearl Jam. I also enjoy Stip's writing, lyrical interpretations and enthusiasm. But I also recognize that he incorectly doesn't like songs to have any length, or jams, or space, or anything that isn't concise. So I don't see him liking Arcade Fire despite their obvious eliteness.

to stick with the pearl jam theme, Infallible is my favorite song on that record, and it clocks in at 5 minutes.

I also like Tool.

And Reflektor, for 5 minutes, anyway, was quite good.

So it's not the length, necessarily.

Really it's the vocals more than anything else.

Red Mosquito

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