Should I Bother with Arcade Fire?

✌➬ · 01.28.2008, 05:31 PM

I have heard good stuff from them, but I do not know if I should go for it? What do you guys think?

gmku · 01.28.2008, 05:33 PM

For some reason I bought Funeral a couple of years back. Big mistake. The most boring shite I've ever heard.

✌➬ · 01.28.2008, 05:36 PM

I have heard some of it on youtube, but some songs I like and others they bore me. So I do not know if it is worth getting any of their stuff.

gmku · 01.28.2008, 05:37 PM

There's better stuff you could spend your money on.

✌➬ · 01.28.2008, 05:40 PM

Like the Stones? I have no direction when it comes to music, I can never find a good place to get music info. It is annoying.

gmku · 01.28.2008, 05:48 PM

What do you like? What interests you? What trips your trigger?

✌➬ · 01.28.2008, 05:58 PM

Anything. Sometimes I am in NIN, other Electrelane, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Blondie, Leadbelly, M.I.A., Patti Smith, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Raveonettes, Be Your Own Pet, Ryan Adams, The Vines, Velvet Underground, The White Stripes, Blur, Oasis, Bowie, The Cure, Christina Rosenvinge, Cat Power, Camera Obscura, Bob Dylan, Bikini Kill, Beck, Alice in Chains. Those are the ones that come to mind.

davenotdead · 01.28.2008, 06:00 PM

I liked Funeral for a time... Neon Bible sucks....

Im listening to the new Excepter... and Ariel Pink lately... Excepter is hard to describe, but their new one {Debt Dept} is so good. Ariel Pink is lo-fi psychedelic pop

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.28.2008, 06:27 PM

I saw them live on Austin City Limits on TV and thought they were sort of interesting. Then I downloaded Neon Bible and I thought it was pretty blah.

ChocolateJesus · 01.28.2008, 06:36 PM

They are too hit and miss to warrant a full price purchase, imo.

Silent Dan Speaks · 01.28.2008, 07:07 PM

Well, I'd say go for it. For what it's worth, I like them quite a bit.

avantgarde1 · 01.28.2008, 07:12 PM

you most definately should sir. the first album is better than the second in my opinion.

Everyneurotic · 01.28.2008, 07:43 PM

i love neon bible and like funeral ok.

i really like the arcade fire.

PAULYBEE2656 · 01.29.2008, 09:09 AM

arcade fire are a really good band. funeral is great. neon bible is great too bvut i am sick to death of it. i think maybe thats the fires problem now, everyone is overfamiliar with their work.

batreleaser · 01.29.2008, 09:09 AM

they make some very pretty songs.

atsonicpark · 01.29.2008, 09:10 AM

they've got some surprisingly good songs...

but no i wouldn't really bother..

atari 2600 · 01.29.2008, 11:57 AM

The short answer is no.

The long answer is kinder.

01.30.2008, 07:19 AM

Ghastly.

A Thousand Threads · 01.30.2008, 07:23 AM

I always confuse them with Architecture In Helsinki....

they're both awful.

SYRFox · 01.30.2008, 07:24 AM

I think Funeral was a very good album. But Neon Bible sucks in my opinion. Saw them live this summer and it convinced me that I was right: some Neon Bible songs sounded okay, but they were nothing compared to Wake Up or Neighborhood #2.

davenotdead => the new Excepter rules! Burgers especially (really great it's on the CD version)

When one of the two girls goes, "Turn the party over! Over! Over my shoulder!" I think it's almost insane

01.28.2008, 05:31 PM	#1
✌➬ invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ιλ Posts: 5,754	I have heard good stuff from them, but I do not know if I should go for it? What do you guys think? __________________ We Kill Homosexuals!!!
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01.28.2008, 05:33 PM	#2
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	For some reason I bought Funeral a couple of years back. Big mistake. The most boring shite I've ever heard. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.28.2008, 05:36 PM	#3
✌➬ invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ιλ Posts: 5,754	I have heard some of it on youtube, but some songs I like and others they bore me. So I do not know if it is worth getting any of their stuff. __________________ We Kill Homosexuals!!!
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01.28.2008, 05:37 PM	#4
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	There's better stuff you could spend your money on. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.28.2008, 05:40 PM	#5
✌➬ invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ιλ Posts: 5,754	Like the Stones? I have no direction when it comes to music, I can never find a good place to get music info. It is annoying. __________________ We Kill Homosexuals!!!
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01.28.2008, 05:48 PM	#6
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	What do you like? What interests you? What trips your trigger? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.28.2008, 05:58 PM	#7
✌➬ invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ιλ Posts: 5,754	Anything. Sometimes I am in NIN, other Electrelane, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Blondie, Leadbelly, M.I.A., Patti Smith, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Raveonettes, Be Your Own Pet, Ryan Adams, The Vines, Velvet Underground, The White Stripes, Blur, Oasis, Bowie, The Cure, Christina Rosenvinge, Cat Power, Camera Obscura, Bob Dylan, Bikini Kill, Beck, Alice in Chains. Those are the ones that come to mind. __________________ We Kill Homosexuals!!!
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01.28.2008, 06:00 PM	#8
davenotdead invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 7,784	I liked Funeral for a time... Neon Bible sucks.... Im listening to the new Excepter... and Ariel Pink lately... Excepter is hard to describe, but their new one {Debt Dept} is so good. Ariel Pink is lo-fi psychedelic pop __________________
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01.28.2008, 06:27 PM	#9
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I saw them live on Austin City Limits on TV and thought they were sort of interesting. Then I downloaded Neon Bible and I thought it was pretty blah.
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01.28.2008, 06:36 PM	#10
ChocolateJesus bad moon rising Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Your mom's basement. Posts: 217	They are too hit and miss to warrant a full price purchase, imo.
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01.28.2008, 07:07 PM	#11
Silent Dan Speaks the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 603	Well, I'd say go for it. For what it's worth, I like them quite a bit.
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01.28.2008, 07:12 PM	#12
avantgarde1 the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 968	you most definately should sir. the first album is better than the second in my opinion. __________________ aka ZEROpumpkins
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01.28.2008, 07:43 PM	#13
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	i love neon bible and like funeral ok. i really like the arcade fire. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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01.29.2008, 09:09 AM	#14
PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	arcade fire are a really good band. funeral is great. neon bible is great too bvut i am sick to death of it. i think maybe thats the fires problem now, everyone is overfamiliar with their work. __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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01.29.2008, 09:09 AM	#15
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	they make some very pretty songs.
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01.29.2008, 09:10 AM	#16
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	they've got some surprisingly good songs... but no i wouldn't really bother.. __________________
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01.29.2008, 11:57 AM	#17
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	The short answer is no. The long answer is kinder.
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01.30.2008, 07:19 AM	#18
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Ghastly.
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01.30.2008, 07:23 AM	#19
A Thousand Threads expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,000	I always confuse them with Architecture In Helsinki.... they're both awful.
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01.30.2008, 07:24 AM	#20
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	I think Funeral was a very good album. But Neon Bible sucks in my opinion. Saw them live this summer and it convinced me that I was right: some Neon Bible songs sounded okay, but they were nothing compared to Wake Up or Neighborhood #2. davenotdead => the new Excepter rules! Burgers especially (really great it's on the CD version) When one of the two girls goes, "Turn the party over! Over! Over my shoulder!" I think it's almost insane
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