Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Tue November 19, 2013 7:41 pm
i think they'd view 25% as a smashing success.EJ wrote:This is going to be a joke. I'd be surprised if there's more than 25% participation in this nonsense.
i think they'd view 25% as a smashing success.EJ wrote:This is going to be a joke. I'd be surprised if there's more than 25% participation in this nonsense.
I hope not. I hope they get pissed off. I'm looking to get berated via binoculars way up in Section 214 at Barclays.BurtReynolds wrote:i think they'd view 25% as a smashing success.EJ wrote:This is going to be a joke. I'd be surprised if there's more than 25% participation in this nonsense.
look, this is still pretentious hipster douchiness. that's just the justification for itharmless wrote:To be fair, during this tour you're not really seeing Arcade Fire, you're seeing 'The Reflektors', their concept-album concept-band. So you dress up as well. I'm sure it's just part of the fun for this particular album, and nothing to do with any future ambitions. They'll most probably go back to being Arcade Fire for the next one, with perfectly normal attire expected at gigs.Brett wrote:I've found parts of every album after Funeral to be enjoyable, but failing to engage on the whole, and this one is no different. Ultimately, I think disc one is more successful, and probably would have made a fine album on its own. The concert dress code thing goes along with this double album format to show that these guys definitely have some out-there ambitions, and are actively seeking to cultivate their artistic existence in a very specific fashion, but it's way too heavy-handed for me.
I don't have time to waste indulging something that doesn't reciprocate. I won't say that I'm done with this band, because they keep managing to string me along almost ten years after they were relevant to me, but I'm going to keep my interaction with the music at arm's length.
theplatypus wrote:Making fun of the size of a girl's breasts is several dozen notches above implementing a dress code for your show in the asshole scale.Strat wrote:How is humiliating a person dying for attention and flashing her tits at a show even remotely pretentious or in the same league as making your audience show up in specific well dressed attire?
BurtReynolds wrote:I doubt anyone gets kicked out over it.
Harry Lime wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:I doubt anyone gets kicked out over it.
And no one is getting kicked out. It was just a request from the band (or Win), not a command. What is everyone getting bent out of shape for?
Makes sense.Strat wrote:Harry Lime wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:I doubt anyone gets kicked out over it.
And no one is getting kicked out. It was just a request from the band (or Win), not a command. What is everyone getting bent out of shape for?
i dont think anyone is bent out of shape. basically its just like any pearl jam argument:
Dont like the band: This is another reason why we dont and we will hammer that point home because we are on the internet
Do like the band: This is utterly pointless thing to discuss
I think that someone who hates the album itself for its 'hipster douchiness' is already biased against anything else furthering the concept.stip wrote:look, this is still pretentious hipster douchiness. that's just the justification for itharmless wrote:To be fair, during this tour you're not really seeing Arcade Fire, you're seeing 'The Reflektors', their concept-album concept-band. So you dress up as well. I'm sure it's just part of the fun for this particular album, and nothing to do with any future ambitions. They'll most probably go back to being Arcade Fire for the next one, with perfectly normal attire expected at gigs.Brett wrote:I've found parts of every album after Funeral to be enjoyable, but failing to engage on the whole, and this one is no different. Ultimately, I think disc one is more successful, and probably would have made a fine album on its own. The concert dress code thing goes along with this double album format to show that these guys definitely have some out-there ambitions, and are actively seeking to cultivate their artistic existence in a very specific fashion, but it's way too heavy-handed for me.
I don't have time to waste indulging something that doesn't reciprocate. I won't say that I'm done with this band, because they keep managing to string me along almost ten years after they were relevant to me, but I'm going to keep my interaction with the music at arm's length.
You want to read my post on that, because whatever else it was, it was pretentious also.stip wrote:theplatypus wrote:Making fun of the size of a girl's breasts is several dozen notches above implementing a dress code for your show in the asshole scale.Strat wrote:How is humiliating a person dying for attention and flashing her tits at a show even remotely pretentious or in the same league as making your audience show up in specific well dressed attire?
absolutely! but it is NOT pretentious.
I see strat had this covered.
Cringe worthy, hearing Ed talk politics between songs when drunk.harmless wrote:'Pretentious' can join 'cringe' in that list of banned RM words now, surely.
Because he's invisible?Harry Lime wrote:Yeah. I think anytime someone tries to tackle the subject of God, they're considered pretentious. I don't know why.