ARCADE FIRE SUCKS.
Usually I don’t do provocative headlines sounding like the snot sniffing reply of a five year old. But it had to be.
I’m not gonna bash Arcade Fire because the music is the most dreadful I have ever heard since Queen. No. But, can anyone, Rene or Nico or Andreas tell my, what in Gods name is so magically in these songs that the only thing you produce is stammering?
My mother listened to Bruce Springsteen, guys. I mean, he is really god. But his songs are glamurous and sweet like my old grandma’s pillbox. Their charisma compares to the aura of a saint and they groove as much as a warm applepie. With cream.
No. Arcade Fire is milk and honey. Warm. And against illness. Rock sounds another way.
For those who still don’t believe it – listen.
Additional Pulp: And song titles like ‘Anicrist Television Blues’ are blatant enough to give me the heebie-jeebies – but they don’t add no fucking zest.
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Here here! The Arcade Fire will be forgotten, you will all see. They are ALRIGHT. All this hype is ridiculous. They are not saving music or making indie music important again. Good grief, its like a bunch of mediocre musicians just got together and said “ok, lets just play a simple chord progression over and over for 7 minutes and layer it to sound like its really cool”.
Greg Wilcox
January 5, 2008 at 11:04 am
go to a live concert and you will see why they’re so magical.
Christine
June 6, 2008 at 4:49 am
Ha Ha Ha.
I really don’t have anything to say about Arcade Fire.
They’re just a band.
You want a good band? Try The Smiths. They have some good tunes.
But who really cares either way?
Kent
December 18, 2008 at 8:41 am
The Arcade Fire are in no way bad. Just because they are different from what you normally listen to, and don’t fit into your grudge filled tastes, doesn’t make them bad. All the things you say they are lacking, are things that I find most wonderful about them. Especially on their first album. There is no good or bad art. Same goes for music.
Fitz
March 14, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Arcade Fire is an overrated, but more importantly, very young (try and argue with that) band which will proceed to releasing another album which will have lots and lots of spin, nme, and pitchfork reviewers,’totally underwhelmed,’ by it’s, ‘derivative feel,’ and left, ‘thirsting for some creative expression.’ They’re not going to apologize though, for declaring them incredible and selling millions of records for a bunch of unpracticed trend hopping musicians and one terribly idiotic lyricist with a shitty affected voice and a borrowed Bob Dylan ego.
I actually like arcade fire but it’s all true.
Tad Catranis
September 15, 2009 at 7:35 am
Yeah they suck. But so does Bruce Springsteen. HAHAHA!
Both are boring and devoid of anything musically interesting.
King Crimson
May 3, 2009 at 5:27 am
I think this “indie” crap sucks anyway. The only person I hear these days that is REMOTELY revolutionizing music is drøne.
failure
May 20, 2009 at 4:19 pm