Comments on: Changin’ of the Guard http://www.iddream.com/2007/03/15/changin-of-the-guard/ Welcome to I'dDream.com, est. Nov 1999. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:17:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Sylvia http://www.iddream.com/2007/03/15/changin-of-the-guard/comment-page-1/#comment-1231 Sylvia Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:09:41 +0000 http://www.iddream.com/2007/03/15/changin-of-the-guard/#comment-1231 Neon Bible is a good album, but pales in comparison to Funeral (what doesn't?). As much as this band deserves all the praise heaped on them, the degree of middle-of-the-road hype they've achieved on the strength of just one relatively hard-to-get indie album continues to puzzle me. One would indeed be tempted to suspect some foul play... Doubts aside, I hope the Arcade Fire continue to prosper and deliver musical excellence and do not disintegrate under the pressure of being a multi-storey arena attraction to middle-aged, middle-browed professionals and suburbanites (this demographics made up at least 50% of the crowd during their latest string of totally sold-out shows at London's Brixton Academy and a couple of intimate venues a few weeks before that). You can check out my phone-shot vids of "Keep The Car Running" and "Rebellion (Lies)" on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9o8DPJ0jOM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7qVOrRYIlo Neon Bible is a good album, but pales in comparison to Funeral (what doesn’t?). As much as this band deserves all the praise heaped on them, the degree of middle-of-the-road hype they’ve achieved on the strength of just one relatively hard-to-get indie album continues to puzzle me. One would indeed be tempted to suspect some foul play… Doubts aside, I hope the Arcade Fire continue to prosper and deliver musical excellence and do not disintegrate under the pressure of being a multi-storey arena attraction to middle-aged, middle-browed professionals and suburbanites (this demographics made up at least 50% of the crowd during their latest string of totally sold-out shows at London’s Brixton Academy and a couple of intimate venues a few weeks before that).

You can check out my phone-shot vids of “Keep The Car Running” and “Rebellion (Lies)” on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9o8DPJ0jOM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7qVOrRYIlo

]]> By: Cas Kopacki http://www.iddream.com/2007/03/15/changin-of-the-guard/comment-page-1/#comment-1222 Cas Kopacki Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:25:28 +0000 http://www.iddream.com/2007/03/15/changin-of-the-guard/#comment-1222 He said "rox my sox." Considering, relatively speaking, my friendlessness since we moved from Detroit, I really haven't had the opportunity to delve into the forefront of indie music (yes, by "using" my friends who have the stockpiles of such music...), so I don't really know exactly what is fanning these flames. However, it is interesting to note that somehow, someway the internet <i>is</i> having some sort of measured effect for musical acts, which has mostly been a dubitable result of the proliferation of the internet since the mid-90's. This is a good thing of course for artists, but not necessarily (although, personally, I would think it was good...) for major labels and the fucking shite they spit out. He said “rox my sox.”

Considering, relatively speaking, my friendlessness since we moved from Detroit, I really haven’t had the opportunity to delve into the forefront of indie music (yes, by “using” my friends who have the stockpiles of such music…), so I don’t really know exactly what is fanning these flames. However, it is interesting to note that somehow, someway the internet is having some sort of measured effect for musical acts, which has mostly been a dubitable result of the proliferation of the internet since the mid-90′s. This is a good thing of course for artists, but not necessarily (although, personally, I would think it was good…) for major labels and the fucking shite they spit out.

]]> By: devon http://www.iddream.com/2007/03/15/changin-of-the-guard/comment-page-1/#comment-1221 devon Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:02:29 +0000 http://www.iddream.com/2007/03/15/changin-of-the-guard/#comment-1221 Dharma and I were just discussing how much press the new Arcade Fire album was receiving. There has been news coverage on the band from major media outlets including the New York Times and NPR. I'm sure this too is helping to stoke sales. Rightfully so, for this album rox my sox. Dharma and I were just discussing how much press the new Arcade Fire album was receiving. There has been news coverage on the band from major media outlets including the New York Times and NPR. I’m sure this too is helping to stoke sales. Rightfully so, for this album rox my sox.

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