Members OverDriven Posted May 5, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 5, 2012 I still am not understanding what some people here seem to have against a band with more members than usual. Do you also hate orchestras? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cirrus Posted May 5, 2012 Members Share Posted May 5, 2012 I still am not understanding what some people here seem to have against a band with more members than usual. Do you also hate orchestras? Because bands should be a drummer, a bassist, a rhythm guitarist, a lead guitarist and a singer. If you want to go completely wild, the rhythm guitarist can also sing backing. If it's prog, replace rhythm guitarist with keyboard player. So it is written in the bible of music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ron Burgandy Posted May 5, 2012 Members Share Posted May 5, 2012 Eh dude it must have been a bad day because The National is a great band. this. GREAT band, and the dude has a powerful voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members "sasquatch" Posted May 5, 2012 Members Share Posted May 5, 2012 I still am not understanding what some people here seem to have against a band with more members than usual. Do you also hate orchestras? Just a problem with sucking. Love orchestral music, baroque being my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Markdude Posted May 6, 2012 Members Share Posted May 6, 2012 I still am not understanding what some people here seem to have against a band with more members than usual. Do you also hate orchestras?+1It seems the major complaint is "OMFG THEY HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE, THE MUSIC ISN'T INTERESTING ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE USE OF THAT MANY PEOPLE!1!!!"If you didn't KNOW there were that many people producing said music, would you still have such a raging boner of hate for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Booker Posted May 6, 2012 Members Share Posted May 6, 2012 I still am not understanding what some people here seem to have against a band with more members than usual. Do you also hate orchestras? no problems with bands with lots of people, if they actually do something creative. I just get this feeling that the rest of the band is there to create drama, to look good, and to give all their friends something to do. It doesn't add anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Booker Posted May 6, 2012 Members Share Posted May 6, 2012 If you didn't KNOW there were that many people producing said music, would you still have such a raging boner of hate for them? I don't hate them, their music is better than 90% of the schlock out there in the mainstream, but I just find them boring and uninspiring, as I would if they were a three piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OverDriven Posted May 7, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 Oooookay so I started with Funeral. I listened all the way through. The verdict: not impressed at all. It doesn't have any of the qualities I heard in the songs I mentioned in the original post, and it's pretty annoying to listen to overall. Really disappointed, but I'm thinking I will like Neon Bible and The Suburbs more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members atrox Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 Oooookay so I started with Funeral. I listened all the way through. The verdict: not impressed at all. It doesn't have any of the qualities I heard in the songs I mentioned in the original post, and it's pretty annoying to listen to overall. Really disappointed, but I'm thinking I will like Neon Bible and The Suburbs more. hmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members "sasquatch" Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 Oooookay so I started with Funeral. I listened all the way through. The verdict: not impressed at all. It doesn't have any of the qualities I heard in the songs I mentioned in the original post, and it's pretty annoying to listen to overall. Really disappointed, but I'm thinking I will like Neon Bible and The Suburbs more. you are on the road to Arcade Fire Hate. at the end of the road there is a bar called "sasquatch place." come on in and make yourself welcome. our house specialty is shrimp n grits with a side of friend green tomatoes that are topped with a butter/reduced balsamic vinegar sauce. we also have a really good chex bar mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushtallica Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYaCda5ib8M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cirrus Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 Are you trying to say those two songs are similar? I'd like you to explain how. Similar tempos? Similar chords? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members telephant Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 you are on the road to Arcade Fire Hate. at the end of the road there is a bar called "sasquatch place." come on in and make yourself welcome. our house specialty is shrimp n grits with a side of friend green tomatoes that are topped with a butter/reduced balsamic vinegar sauce. we also have a really good chex bar mix.I've been hanging out in this bar for years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Valtiel Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 Never dug them, but for admittedly superficial reasons. I saw a couple live performances on TV and the guitarist/lead singer managed to start breaking strings on his acoustic towards the end of each song it seemed just by strumming too hard followed by the overly faux-passionate tearing off of the remaining strings in that "i'm so emotionally hot right now I need to destroy something" kind of way. I have no problems at all with simple straight forward pop songs and no problems with people ripping the strings off their instruments but the two combined felt kinda silly. Or maybe the dude was just really nervous cause he was on TV, who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted July 8, 2012 Members Share Posted July 8, 2012 hah great thread. i love all the hate. LET THE HATE FLOW THROUGH YOU. i for one, love them. bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Valtiel Posted July 8, 2012 Members Share Posted July 8, 2012 hah great thread. i love all the hate. LET THE HATE FLOW THROUGH YOU.i for one, love them. bro. No WAY. With your thick black rimmed glasses and instagram avatar? Non-possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted July 8, 2012 Members Share Posted July 8, 2012 I'll check it out. I don't see how anyone with appreciation for music could hate this band. They're really impressive musicians.just when joe made an awesome ATDI thread, he comes with this {censored} i am a man without a country i guess. theyre good, dont get me wrong, but i will never understand the endless dicksucking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted July 8, 2012 Members Share Posted July 8, 2012 it's like watching the e street band, and it doesn't resonate at all with me. they seem to take themselves ENTIRELY too seriously to boot. THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushtallica Posted July 8, 2012 Members Share Posted July 8, 2012 Are you trying to say those two songs are similar?I'd like you to explain how. Similar tempos? Similar chords? They just sound similar and have a similar vibe IMO. Nothing wrong with that; it's one of the 2-3 U2 songs I like. From what I've heard so far, I'm probably not a AF fan, but I can see the appeal and kind of like what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cibyl Posted July 8, 2012 Members Share Posted July 8, 2012 They just sound similar and have a similar vibe IMO. Nothing wrong with that; it's one of the 2-3 U2 songs I like. From what I've heard so far, I'm probably not a AF fan, but I can see the appeal and kind of like what they're doing. I can see where a band like AF (in that song in particular) were probably influenced by early U2 -- but I don't see where the two songs are really that similar. Yeah,...not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Booker Posted July 8, 2012 Members Share Posted July 8, 2012 No WAY. With your thick black rimmed glasses and instagram avatar? Non-possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cibyl Posted July 8, 2012 Members Share Posted July 8, 2012 I've never really listened to AF. That one song "No Cars Go"? Sounded pretty good -- not sure I would sit around and listen to/get into them, but didn't sound bad at all. Well put together tune,...slightly interesting arrangement. From what I know of the them I don't know why anyone would make comparisons to more traditional rock band configurations -- they have a different approach,..people seem to dig it, so what. Might not be my thing but I can't like everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushtallica Posted July 8, 2012 Members Share Posted July 8, 2012 I can see where a band like AF (in that song in particular) were probably influenced by early U2 -- but I don't see where the two songs are really that similar. Yeah,...not at all. That's cool, but I can hear it, and that's all that matters to me. I also think Kings of Leon were highly inspired by early U2 on their more radio-friendly songs, though there are also differences and many may disagree. I think certain elements to songs can make them sound overall a bit similar, such as growling vocals makes all music that vocal style is on less enjoyable to me and makes the overall music more similar than would otherwise be the case if the vocals were more varied between each artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shadoof Posted July 8, 2012 Members Share Posted July 8, 2012 I feel like I was late to the party getting into Arcade Fire. I picked up The Suburbs because it was like $3 from Amazon MP3 and I saw it getting really good reviews. Worked my way backwards through the discography from there. Neon Bible is my favorite, but I like them all. I think their music is very influenced by bands like U2 that were implying a large production, orchestral feel to some of their music, but stripped it down to fit the rock band format. Arcade Fire just went for it and ended up with like nine people in their band. I know they're far from the first band to do that kind of thing and sometimes it comes across a bit heavy-handed with violins and multiple percussionists and stuff, but I still enjoy what they do and think it's pretty unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted July 8, 2012 Members Share Posted July 8, 2012 Needs moar scarves & PBR. Hipster-douche music is hipster-douchey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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