Line Out - Comments on The Arcade Fire Blow My Mind http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1 I like but do not love the Arcade Fire. I enjoyed Funeral, and I definitely think they're a force for artistic good, but the passion that grips diehard Arcade Fire fans has largely passed me by. This may be because... Copyright 2008 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:43:42 -0800 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:30:55 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by josh you can download their entire 17 february show (recorded at the Judson Memorial Church in NYC) -->

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]]> josh http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645108 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645108 Song Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:09:49 -0800 Comment by vegetable lasagna Those 2 bands and the Thermals put me on the fence on whether the Saturday of Sasquatch is worth $56. Seriously organizers, add some headliners.

]]> vegetable lasagna http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645110 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645110 Song Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:11:22 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy Seriously? (Sound permitting) The Thermals and Arcade Fire are both fantastic live. And Arcade Fire at least have enough big spectacle to fill up a stage like that. Get them on at sunset and that shit will be magical.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645120 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645120 Song Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:25:46 -0800 Comment by bailee. Did anyone see Arcade Fire at Sasquatch 2005? They played mid-afternoon to a completely packed-out amphitheater, and the entire crowd was enthralled. Plus, that red-headed percussionist has a tendency to climb stage scaffolding and pound away. I agree with Eric, at sunset it would be magical.

]]> bailee. http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645126 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645126 Song Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:29:14 -0800 Comment by vegetable lasagna Yeah, they're all good bands. I've seen 2 of them live, and I'd see them in town. But, seriously, whereTF is Radiohead or Sonic Youth?

]]> vegetable lasagna http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645159 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645159 Song Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:44:18 -0800 Comment by sisser megan is scared of french people. it's a fact.

]]> sisser http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645339 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645339 Song Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:51:47 -0800 Comment by vegetable lasagna J'aimerais lécher syrop d'érable votre mamelons.

]]> vegetable lasagna http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645381 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645381 Song Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:57:07 -0800 Comment by Megan Seling I am not scared of French people! Okay, maybe a little. That's not the point. I'm listening to that first song right now, it's called "Black Mirror," and I stand by it being scary. It's totally creepy. It's a creepy and scary song. And yes, the dude starts yelling at me in French, which is something I almost never appreciate.

]]> Megan Seling http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645583 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645583 Song Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:40:10 -0800 Comment by John I think you're thinking of "de vos mamelons"

]]> John http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645778 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645778 Song Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:49:13 -0800 Comment by vegetable lasagna John's right.

Megan, j'aimerais lécher syrop d'érable de vos mamelons.

]]> vegetable lasagna http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645792 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c645792 Song Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:55:30 -0800 Comment by mrobvious "I like but do not love the Arcade Fire. I enjoyed Funeral, and I definitely think they’re a force for artistic good, but the passion that grips diehard Arcade Fire fans has largely passed me by"

Wow, your first sentence *exactly* nails my feeling about AC as well. And I've seen them live, I did like them, really, but I just didn't love them like so many others do. Hope the new album pushes me past that line.

]]> mrobvious http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c646071 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c646071 Song Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:43:24 -0800 Comment by Nick I love the new Arcade Fire! I cannot stop playing it! "Black Mirror" ooooOo I love it! Also "Keep The Car Running" and "(AntiChrist Television Blues)" is fantastic!

]]> Nick http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c646226 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c646226 Song Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:10:17 -0800 Comment by Erik R #4 - I was in the crowd at that Sasquatch 2005 performance, and they were incredible. That's when I was finally converted.

]]> Erik R http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c646308 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c646308 Song Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:36:14 -0800 Comment by Callie I love this band. I first saw them live at the kexp yule benefit a few years ago before I was all that familiar with them. I had started listening to them maybe two weeks before the show, aside from the radio hits kexp was playing constantly. I said then and I still stand by the fact that that show was the single most cathartic and spine-tingling show I've ever attended. It turned me into a devout believer. I was also at the Sasquatch show, which was good, but like all those before me agree, would have been totally amazing at dusk. Anyway, I've listened to the new album and I don't love it yet. He totally sounds like Bruce! Not that that's a bad thing, but I almost don't recognize his voice. His voice on funeral was one of the things that initially drew me into the album. I'm hoping that I will love Neon Bible as much as Funeral after I see them perform some of it live.

]]> Callie http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c646703 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c646703 Song Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:54:25 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy That KEXP Yule show was fucking fantastic. It totally converted me into a full-on lover of this band too.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c647041 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c647041 Song Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:14:25 -0800 Comment by willy how the F are you guys getting the album and the songs? I have tried....

]]> willy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c652588 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_arcade_fire_blows_my_mind_1#c652588 Song Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:30:55 -0800