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8/5/10 10:08 am

Majesty says:

I just hear zombies working out to ABBA on that Arcade Fire one…

8/5/10 10:31 am

Jake M. says:

At the Sunday show in Boston, Win joked, at the beginning of Modern Man, “Bathroom break”. It was hard to tell whether it was directed at the audience, or the band (it certainly wasn’t directed at me, I was jumping up a storm all night for everything, new songs and old). But I see your point - part of it might be lack of familiarity, newness, etc. But there also is a sense of urgency missing from some of the new songs which, will apropos given the themes and feel of the album, maybe just don’t translate into the fervency of their typical live assault

Perhaps some of this would be alleviated by different song choices from the new album - I might swap out the moribund We Used to Wait for the swooshing rush of Empty Room (my personal favorite). The Sprawl II though is great though - that expected Arcade Fire bombast with just enough tweaking that it feels like they may finally chart some new territory.

But I don’t think they’ll ever be better (live) then the one-two punch of Power Out/Rebellion, which is just an absolute monster live. The fact that it is pretty much expected and de rigueur (both in the joining of the two songs and its placement in the set) drains none of its power. Even the formidable Wake Up stands in the shadow of these two songs live.

8/5/10 10:45 am

Matthew Perpetua says:

Whoa, “We Used To Wait” was definitely one of the more compelling new songs in concert, at least in terms of Win getting to be very physical and dramatic. I think that’s probably one of the keepers from this record in terms of longterm setlist viability.

I would’ve prefered “Empty Room” to “No Celebration.” The latter was just kind of a non-starter in concert, and really brought down the momentum after “No Cars Go” and “Haiti.” I feel like that song SHOULD work in that setting, but it just had no spark to it.

8/5/10 10:47 am

I would definitely put the “low energy for new stuff” more on the band than the audience. I saw people get very excited for “Ready To Start,” “Month of May,” “Mountains Beyond Mountains,” “We Used To Wait.”

8/5/10 11:09 am

Maybe it was just We Used to Wait was a little off in Boston (I’ve heard a few live versions from earlier on the tour, and it I liked it better). Agree about No Celebration, though - it came right after Rebellion (and before set closer Tunnels) and totally killed the crescendo of the show. I think Month of May (just ferocious, live) is perfect where it was in the MSG show.

What are your thoughts on their set length? There’s been a lot of bitching on the Us Kids Know message board that now that they’ve graduated to being a semi-stadium band, and have three albums under their belt, they should really be playing at least 2 hours, and 20-23 songs per night. I’ve always been a quality over quantity guy, but 90 minutes seems a bit slight for a band that does now have a sizable body of work, and a good number of songs tipping over 4 minutes. Plus, I would’ve liked a few more Neon Bible songs myself, even though many of the darker more claustrophobic of them wouldn’t have really slotted in with the Suburbs songs.

8/5/10 12:08 pm

tankboy says:

Something no one else is pointing out about the new Arcade Fire is that it’s basically a Roger Waters solo album (and I mean that in a wholly complimentary way).

8/5/10 12:19 pm

I think it’s more of a Neil Young album in style and content!

8/5/10 12:37 pm

Luke says:

I just think it’s boring. Arcade Fire = guitars chugging, or in this case, synths repeating. So many of their songs just sound so static, it’s a good thing they released Funeral first and can coast on that.
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8/5/10 4:31 pm

Zack says:

If I were to use “Silence Kit” (use the interesting title, too - adolescence as a machine to build your own silence) as a reference point when talking about the Arcade Fire, I’d go more in the direction of calling this song “grandmother’s advice.” “Silence Kit” is tentative, stuttering, wry, beautiful - this turgid, self-parodic attempt at saying something meaningful, laden down with the most tired signifiers of seriousness, has nothing in common with it.

8/5/10 4:41 pm

Oh, well, that’s because Pavement is a drastically superior band. I mean, it’s unfair to compare this stuff to that stuff, my point is only that it’s essentially saying the same thing.

I’ll ALWAYS call it “Silent Kid” because my original cassette copy in 1994 had the song listed as “Silent Kid” in the packaging, and the following song as “Ell Ess Two.” So those are the titles to me. The alternatives feel wrong to me.

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Pedram says:

Tankboy must get a grip. Roger Waters? What are you thinking dude? Analogies like this…

8/7/10 5:08 am

Bob McMahon says:

An acoustic, solo Me and the Bean to open the show? That’s bold.

8/7/10 11:30 am

It was bold, and I think it worked. They’ve done that at a bunch of bigger shows this year — I think they’ve done it with “The Mystery Zone” too. In a way, it’s their minimalist version of a flashy, attention-grabbing entrance, you know?

8/7/10 11:35 am

BBK says:

I think I’m just too old for Arcade Fire. It may be the perfect music for a specific adolescent phase but I’m really not there anymore and when I’m in that particular mood there’s already better stuff that says the same thing. On a few pass-throughs the only songs that really engage me are “Rococo” and “City With No Children,” almost entirely because those are the only songs where the band seems to exercise some introspection in a way that’s interesting and critical. This “Mountains Beyond Mountains” one is good but I’d prefer an instrumental version. Hopefully some good rapper will sample it, or maybe Girl Talk will do something cool with it.

I agree with the person above who said that’s a slight setlist for an arena band. They don’t need to be Pearl Jam or Phish or Springsteen but they need to beef that up a bit if they’re playing venues like MSG.

8/16/10 4:16 pm

A Quiet End says:

Couldn’t agree more with your general take on ‘The Suburbs’, and Sprawl II in particular.