BUY Avalide ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.fluxblog.org/2010/08/someone-please-cut-the-lights Wed, 23 May 2012 06:58:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 BUY Avalide ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.fluxblog.org/2010/08/someone-please-cut-the-lights#comment-20292 A Quiet End Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:16:11 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=3355#comment-20292 Couldn't agree more with your general take on 'The Suburbs', and Sprawl II in particular. Couldn’t agree more with your general take on ‘The Suburbs’, and Sprawl II in particular.

]]> BUY Avalide ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.fluxblog.org/2010/08/someone-please-cut-the-lights#comment-20252 BBK Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=3355#comment-20252 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. 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.

]]> BUY Avalide ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.fluxblog.org/2010/08/someone-please-cut-the-lights#comment-20251 Matthew Perpetua Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:30:12 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=3355#comment-20251 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? 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?

]]> BUY Avalide ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.fluxblog.org/2010/08/someone-please-cut-the-lights#comment-20249 Bob McMahon Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:08:42 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=3355#comment-20249 An acoustic, solo Me and the Bean to open the show? That's bold. An acoustic, solo Me and the Bean to open the show? That’s bold.

]]> BUY Avalide ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.fluxblog.org/2010/08/someone-please-cut-the-lights#comment-20238 Pedram Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:04:17 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=3355#comment-20238 Tankboy must get a grip. Roger Waters? What are you thinking dude? Analogies like this... Tankboy must get a grip. Roger Waters? What are you thinking dude? Analogies like this…

]]> BUY Avalide ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.fluxblog.org/2010/08/someone-please-cut-the-lights#comment-20236 Matthew Perpetua Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:41:21 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=3355#comment-20236 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. 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.

]]> BUY Avalide ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.fluxblog.org/2010/08/someone-please-cut-the-lights#comment-20235 Zack Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:31:47 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=3355#comment-20235 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. 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.

]]> BUY Avalide ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.fluxblog.org/2010/08/someone-please-cut-the-lights#comment-20233 Luke Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:37:36 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=3355#comment-20233 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. Majesty, I love your thinking, that's just what this sounds like. 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.
Majesty, I love your thinking, that’s just what this sounds like.

]]> BUY Avalide ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.fluxblog.org/2010/08/someone-please-cut-the-lights#comment-20232 Matthew Perpetua Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:19:33 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=3355#comment-20232 I think it's more of a Neil Young album in style and content! I think it’s more of a Neil Young album in style and content!

]]> BUY Avalide ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.fluxblog.org/2010/08/someone-please-cut-the-lights#comment-20231 tankboy Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:08:54 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=3355#comment-20231 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). 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).

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