Arcade Fire

[Sarah.]

You're a mystery wrapped in an enigma, stip. I like it, but I can't even begin to understand it

[Soma.]

Yeah but Tool remind you of when you were young and thus alive. Give us more examples.

[Soma.]

This album is surely another triumph, but when The Suburbs comes on after "Supersymmetry" in the digital library I switch into a whole other gear and start dancing like a goofy bastard. So there it is.

[LetMeSleep]

This album needs more listens for me. I have never liked an entire album of AF but there's always a good6-8 that get me going. Similar with LCD.

Love the first track though.

[stip]

Yeah but Tool remind you of when you were young and thus alive. Give us more examples.

that's true. and i started losing interest with 10000 days

[Soma.]

That's my most listened to album based on the strength of "Right in Two" and "Wings pt. II", among others. But I'm very much in the minority there.

[stip]

The wings cycle and the single are really the only songs on that one I cared about. On the other hand, wings Part II is 10 minutes long.

I think my issues with longer songs is that there's more time for something to go wrong (see the end of Reflektor, and so it better be adding a lot. Tool's length never really bothered me because the songs went to important places by the end, or I liked what I was listening to a lot that I didn't mind it droning on.




Wake Up and Antichrist Blues are both 5 plus minutes, AND they are arcade fire songs. Does that count?

[zeb]

That's my most listened to album based on the strength of "Right in Two" and "Wings pt. II", among others. But I'm very much in the minority there.

Very.

[Soma.]

Great post. Would read again.

[Soma.]

You're alright, Stip. A spanner in our collective works is healthy for discussion. Keep doing what you're doing.

[stip]

so what do people like about this album? What are others hearing that I'm not?

[Soma.]

Pretty much everything that you've identified as a fault. I love that Regina (I only learned of her name today, thanks bro) can add an ethereal backing at perfect times while Win delivers somewhat of a Bryne/Tweedy mish mash of sensibility and waywardness on lead vocals. The chord progressions are Ween/Beatles-tier refined and the textures wouldn't be out of place on an Eno record. This band is amazing.

[Soma.]

Oh also they're as creatively erratic as your good friend Billy Corgan: They don't give a shit, they'll just do it. I have loads of respect for that.

[zeb]

That's my most listened to album based on the strength of "Right in Two" and "Wings pt. II", among others. But I'm very much in the minority there.

Very.

[Soma.]

How drunk are you, bud? That's twice now.

[zeb]

Great post. Would read again.

[Soma.]

That's my most listened to album based on the strength of "Right in Two" and "Wings pt. II", among others. But I'm very much in the minority there.

Very.

I listened to every single other album of theirs entirely too many times. 10k has more variety than anything that came before it. It holds up better. Read it and weep.

[Soma.]

Great post. Would read again.

You're a cock.

[stip]

Oh also they're as creatively erratic as your good friend Billy Corgan: They don't give a shit, they'll just do it. I have loads of respect for that.

I'm not sure why you think I'm obsessed with Billy Corgan. I think Siamese Dream is amazing. I think Mellon Collie is mostly amazing. I like adore. I think Machina has a few good songs on it, and everything from then on is basically horrible. I'm not sure I've ever seen such an enormous decline in ability from one artist.

[Soma.]

Oh, alright. Well now you can address my other, more important post.