I like both of these bands.

Wow! American musician criticizes Canadian musician for being rude and impolite. Now that's change we can believe in.

/Wayne Coyne is teh win

Finally, someone is willing to ask the tough questions.

I really tried to like the Arcade Fire. I tried so hard. I can't bear them.

Who? And who?

Precious Roy's Horse Dividers: I like both of these bands.

So do I. Wayne is an insanely nice guy in real life, so he's got some leverage. But still, even if other bands ARE jerks, it's not nice to go around telling everyone that. That just makes YOU are.

kronicfeld: Who? And who?

Wayne Coyne and the Arcade Fire. It's right there in the headline.

Correction: That just makes YOU a jerk.

I've gotta stop talking to someone in the next room while I type.

Cake Hunter: Wayne Coyne and the Arcade Fire. It's right there in the headline.

You probably haven't noticed, but he does this in every music thread that's not about radio rock.

destitute college kid: You probably haven't noticed, but he does this in every music thread that's not about radio rock.

Flaming Lips are kinda big though. They've been mentioned on Fark in a billion threads, there's a Farker with their name as a handle who's always in the music threads. Videos have been posted. So it's just kind of a stupid joke at this point. I've only heard of Arcade Fire because I saw it mentioned on Pitchfork though. I have no idea who they are.

Kinda like the Lips though, and if Wayne is calling them out, maybe it needed to be said. What's the other guy got against pot paraphernalia and confetti, anyway?

destitute college kid: You probably haven't noticed, but he does this in every music thread that's not about radio rock.

Who's the "he" in that sentence? I comment on about one music-related thread a decade.

Arcade Fire - Wake Up

Nice tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEKC5pyOKFU

"Who does Arcade Fire think they are?"

Belle and Sebastian?

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that if Wayne Coyne thinks they're dicks, they're dicks. Doesn't mean you can't still like either band though. No one would listen to anyone if you didn't listen to bands that were dicks... except the Flaming Lips.

suckerpunch

"Who does Arcade Fire think they are?"

Belle and Sebastian?

I cannot stop laughing at that.

A Pitchfork link involving The Flaming Lips and The Arcade Fire, yet the "P" word has yet to emerge from a single Farker's lips?

Captain Straight Edge: A Pitchfork link involving The Flaming Lips and The Arcade Fire, yet the "P" word has yet to emerge from a single Farker's lips?

..Penis?

headlessparrot: ..Penis?

No, the other "P" word!

It is a rare instance in which I care about the actual musicians themselves, but then I don't go to shows much and am impressed by the music just as infrequently.

It isn't like rock music is supposed to be lovey-dovey pretty-princess music in the first place. Wayne's a modern hippie, sure, and that's fine, but there's just as many musicians that the world gave up on who are only returning the favor and you'd be fooling yourself into thinking that rock music doesn't absolutely thrive on that, for better or worse.

And just for the record, I enjoy Arcade Fire and The Flaming Lips both.

suckerpunch: "Who does Arcade Fire think they are?"

Belle and Sebastian?

have you heard either of those bands? holy shiat they couldn't be more far apart.

"Who does Arcade Fire think they are?"

the best band on earth right now

Both are pretty overrated. The Lips put on a really cool live show the first time you see it, but after that you realize it's just the same thing over and over again. Planned mayhem is never cool, but it's still more fun than the Arcade Fire sniffing their own farts, even though they have a couple really good songs.

Solid State Vittles: I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that if Wayne Coyne thinks they're dicks, they're dicks. Doesn't mean you can't still like either band though. No one would listen to anyone if you didn't listen to bands that were dicks... except the Flaming Lips.

I don't know, I've watched a lot of their interviews and they seem to be really professional and genuine people. I don't know what his problem is, but it seems like all he does is rag on musicians if they aren't total sweethearts.

And he says they're dicks to their audiences. I've seen them 3 times and they regularly chat with the audience, go down into the crowd during songs and let the audience crowd around them and sing along ... I guess they could literally suck everyone's dicks too, but I don't think Wayne does that so why expect it out of Arcade Fire?

I have the Arcade Fire's first CD. I've listened to it twice. Not impressed. Maybe their shiat has gotten better since then.

Wayne Coyne is cool as hell though. I remember him dissing R.E.M. many years ago.

AdolfOliverPanties: I have the Arcade Fire's first CD. I've listened to it twice. Not impressed. Maybe their shiat has gotten better since then.

Wayne Coyne is cool as hell though. I remember him dissing R.E.M. many years ago.

Well, my opinion is just mine of course, but I think their 2nd album is incredible and a even better than the first. But I also love the first so, I guess I'm saying their newer stuff is better, but you still might not like it.

Canadian bands have a hard enough row to hoe without some American big shot stomping all over them for some youthful indiscretions. This is why the CRTC's Canadian Content regulation is so crucial. I don't see why the Government shouldn't require 100% of the content on Canadian radio to be Canadian. After all, they're OUR airwaves. Maybe we could legislate 10% Africanadian content, 10% LGBT-Canadian content, et cetera.

I would rather listen to Arcade Fire and Nickelback, which perfectly capture the Canadian spirit, than to Oklahoman cowboys like the Flaming Lips or to British élitistes like Led Zeppelin or the Beatles.

Ignorant McNugget: Canadian bands have a hard enough row to hoe without some American big shot stomping all over them for some youthful indiscretions. This is why the CRTC's Canadian Content regulation is so crucial. I don't see why the Government shouldn't require 100% of the content on Canadian radio to be Canadian. After all, they're OUR airwaves. Maybe we could legislate 10% Africanadian content, 10% LGBT-Canadian content, et cetera.

I would rather listen to Arcade Fire and Nickelback, which perfectly capture the Canadian spirit, than to Oklahoman cowboys like the Flaming Lips or to British élitistes like Led Zeppelin or the Beatles.

This should be extended to film as well. When I go to the cinema, I would rather see work from Atom Egoyan and ... Atom Egoyan than the latest from MgG or Andrzej Bartkowiak.

*McG
Damn his confusing name.

Win Butler stole my danish.

I like both bands, but my vote goes to Coyne. He gets my vote because he's just a regular guy like me. You know, someone I can have a beer with.

/loved tfa

For all the proud Canadians in here, it's worth noting the Butler brothers are from Texas and their label is in North Carolina

Awesome?

Solid State Vittles 2009-03-04 07:51:59 PM
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that if Wayne Coyne thinks they're dicks, they're dicks.

Yeah. Wayne has always seemed like a decent guy and AF and Beck most likely are jerks if he's calling them out.

Good for him.

Nice to see someone stand by for what's right, unlike almost every black performer interviewed regarding Rhianna getting beat.
And the Belle and Sebastion comment is pretty funny.

Ignorant McNugget: Canadian bands have a hard enough row to hoe without some American big shot stomping all over them for some youthful indiscretions. This is why the CRTC's Canadian Content regulation is so crucial. I don't see why the Government shouldn't require 100% of the content on Canadian radio to be Canadian. After all, they're OUR airwaves. Maybe we could legislate 10% Africanadian content, 10% LGBT-Canadian content, et cetera.

I would rather listen to Arcade Fire and Nickelback, which perfectly capture the Canadian spirit, than to Oklahoman cowboys like the Flaming Lips or to British élitistes like Led Zeppelin or the Beatles.

This would have been perfectly played if you hadn't thrown in that off-hand reference to Nickelback. So close to a perfect troll, my friend.

Wayne Coyne? The guy who gets confetti stuck in everyone's shiat?

Ignorant McNugget: Canadian bands have a hard enough row to hoe without some American big shot stomping all over them for some youthful indiscretions. This is why the CRTC's Canadian Content regulation is so crucial. I don't see why the Government shouldn't require 100% of the content on Canadian radio to be Canadian. After all, they're OUR airwaves. Maybe we could legislate 10% Africanadian content, 10% LGBT-Canadian content, et cetera.

I would rather listen to Arcade Fire and Nickelback, which perfectly capture the Canadian spirit, than to Oklahoman cowboys like the Flaming Lips or to British élitistes like Led Zeppelin or the Beatles.

Ignorant McNugget: Canadian bands have a hard enough row to hoe without some American big shot stomping all over them for some youthful indiscretions. This is why the CRTC's Canadian Content regulation is so crucial. I don't see why the Government shouldn't require 100% of the content on Canadian radio to be Canadian. After all, they're OUR airwaves. Maybe we could legislate 10% Africanadian content, 10% LGBT-Canadian content, et cetera.

I would rather listen to Arcade Fire and Nickelback, which perfectly capture the Canadian spirit, than to Oklahoman cowboys like the Flaming Lips or to British élitistes like Led Zeppelin or the Beatles.

/Goes back to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs new album

Ignorant McNugget: Canadian bands have a hard enough row to hoe without some American big shot stomping all over them for some youthful indiscretions. This is why the CRTC's Canadian Content regulation is so crucial. I don't see why the Government shouldn't require 100% of the content on Canadian radio to be Canadian. After all, they're OUR airwaves. Maybe we could legislate 10% Africanadian content, 10% LGBT-Canadian content, et cetera.

I would rather listen to Arcade Fire and Nickelback, which perfectly capture the Canadian spirit, than to Oklahoman cowboys like the Flaming Lips or to British élitistes like Led Zeppelin or the Beatles.

You'd better be trolling.

IM from montreal and even I had enough of them. The whole melancohly-its-snowing-so-lets-make-music-to-stare-at-the-snowflakes-fall is done with and I wish people would start making music with a pulse again

flaminglip

Its not all bad up there, Harry. Broken Social Scene and the offshoot projects surrounding it have done pretty well. The wife & I have seen BSS, Stars, and Apostle of Hustle many times and they are all very talented and super nice people.

Don't forget A Silver Mt. Zion/Godspeed You! Black Emperor

I really liked "Funeral" by Arcade Fire. I still do.
I mostly liked "Neon Bible"... thought it was ok at first, but then it grew on me. the production put me off for a little bit though... so muddy and crowded. but that just adds to the dark vibe running through the whole record... like Win said in an interview about the record and whatnot, it's "like standing by the ocean at night".

Owen Pallet / Final Fantasy...
i heard the title track [single] from "He Poo's Clouds" on D.N.T.O on the CBC radio a year or two ago... it was very interesting. there's a video too...
Link (new window)

This thread is full of Win.

/ sorry. had to.

WaltzingMathilda: suckerpunch: "Who does Arcade Fire think they are?"

Belle and Sebastian?

have you heard either of those bands? holy shiat they couldn't be more far apart.

That is incorrect. The band that could not be farther apart from Belle and Sebastian is actually Throbbing Gristle.

/Would also have accepted Skinny Puppy.

It's not cool to call people dicks in the press, unless they're Hitler. Stop artist-on-artist crime.

I bet Wayne is just pissed that Arcade Fire put out a debut album that was more amazing than anything the Flaming Lips have done in 26 years (even Yoshimi).

Wayne Coyne: "Who does Arcade Fire think they are?"

Neutral Milk Hotel?

Aquatic Bee: Neutral Milk Hotel?

I wish.

djstortion: I bet Wayne is just pissed that Arcade Fire put out a debut album that was more amazing than anything the Flaming Lips have done in 26 years (even Yoshimi).

bingo.

I only listen to bands even I have never heard of so i'm getting a kick out of these replies.

Eh. Never been that into the Flaming Lips. Now I think the lead singer kinda sounds like a dick.

Arcade Fire is that band that got the sweet deal on the church organ so they put it in every song, right?

Derwood: Arcade Fire is that band that got the sweet deal on the church organ so they put it in every song, right?

If by every song you mean like 2 songs on their second album only, then yeah.