Midweek Madness: The Arcade Fire

I have always thought of myself as an Arcade Fire fan, even though I never knew more than one song. That one song of course was ‘Intervention’ so no surprises there. I have recently decided to see what the band are all about. So I downloaded their 2010 album ‘The Suburbs’ and I was sorry that it took me two years to do so. There are very few albums out there that I would rate as highly. Below are two tracks from the album as well as the one that introduced me to the band all those years ago.

The Suburbs

Suburban War

Intervention

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14 responses to “Midweek Madness: The Arcade Fire”

Dave

September 6, 2012 at 4:13 pm

Great band. Their first album called ‘Funeral’ is well worth a listen.

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Trent Lewin

August 17, 2012 at 4:06 am

They are the best… Proper Canadian raging epic tunes.

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Jeff

June 19, 2012 at 10:10 pm

I love Arcade Fire. I still think “Neon Bible” is better than “The Suburbs,” though. If I remember correctly, “Intervention” was the first song of theirs that I heard, as well, and it had quite an impact on me.

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TooManyMuffins

June 19, 2012 at 9:50 pm

One of the best, if not the best bands live. Superb presence on stage and their music live is just as hearty and full live as it is when you hear it on your stereo.

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ravingwild

June 17, 2012 at 11:28 pm

Keelan, may I make a suggestion? Check out a band called Thrice. Particularly the song called ‘Red Sky’. You’ll love them. I’m so proud of them, I put my name on them!

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1. Keelan Foley
  
  June 19, 2012 at 9:31 pm
  
  Hey man how’s it going? Thrice? I think I have heard of them before, but not sure. I will be sure to check them out, cheers for the suggestion. Also sorry I haven’t had too much time for Raving Wild site recently, things have been hectic. But I do have a few Ideas, Will let you know later.
  
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  1. ravingwild
    
    June 22, 2012 at 11:15 pm
    
    Hey dude, no problem, don’t worry about it. How’s the work going for you at the minute?
    
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  2. Keelan Foley
    
    June 27, 2012 at 11:03 pm
    
    Its going well, just need to find a way to remove the ‘free’ from ‘freelance’. I have a couple ideas for the website, I’ll drop you an email in the next few days.
    
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jess

June 7, 2012 at 7:34 pm

amo Arcade Fire, soy de Argentina! el mismo sentimiento a pesar de las distancias, muy lindos temas! agregaria Deep Blue y Half Light II

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Matthew

June 7, 2012 at 12:07 pm

Great album – I love “The Suburbs”, “Half Light” and “City with no children”. Listening to it now – thanks 😉

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John Phillips

June 7, 2012 at 3:16 am

A Grammy, a Juno and a Brit award for group and album of the year, all within weeks of each other, pretty much says it all eh!

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robchristopher

June 7, 2012 at 1:06 am

“We Used to Wait” is one of my favorite songs of the last ten years. It touches something really deep inside of me, that remembrance of living before the internet and cell phones, how important it was during college to write long letters to friends. And waiting for the return message to appear.

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podger

June 6, 2012 at 11:11 pm

Its an excellent Album , I have yet to see them Live but will do some day soon hopefully !!

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petchary

June 6, 2012 at 11:00 pm

I only discovered this album quite recently myself. Now can’t stop playing it!

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