Arcade Fire made an Arcade Fire album. I'm okay with that. But you are not. You want them to do more. To push music forward. To be modern. To experiment and innovate.
You sorta hint that you understand the record is actively rejecting your thesis of what music is for. But you're not quite there yet.
Try this. List a single, innovative, experimental band that's come out in the last 10 years.
Search engines don't go crazy. People go crazy. Search engines just document the crazy using a proprietary algorithm that approximates the bizarre yearnings of Webtopia.
None of the teens I know have heard of Animal Collective. Nor would they like them.
But I know plenty of 30 somethings who love the band. I disagree with them, and you've pretty much summed up my position here. Except I never really liked Sung Tongs, either. I've tried to get into all their stuff. You know, because that's your hipster duty. But I can't do it.
I think I liked this more than you, sir. To mine ears it actually felt less calculated and pretentious than the original, which badly needed to have some air let out. I think getting Henry Rollins and Peaches involved lightened things up a bit and signaled the intentions of the project.
I do agree it was unnecessary. But then, most music unnecessary.
Arcade Fire made an Arcade Fire album. I'm okay with that. But you are not. You want them to do more. To push music forward. To be modern. To experiment and innovate.
You sorta hint that you understand the record is actively rejecting your thesis of what music is for. But you're not quite there yet.
Try this. List a single, innovative, experimental band that's come out in the last 10 years.
I'll stop you.
There aren't any. Stop. Period. Done.
That Abyss show is STILL the best show I've ever seen.
Search engines don't go crazy. People go crazy. Search engines just document the crazy using a proprietary algorithm that approximates the bizarre yearnings of Webtopia.
None of the teens I know have heard of Animal Collective. Nor would they like them.
But I know plenty of 30 somethings who love the band. I disagree with them, and you've pretty much summed up my position here. Except I never really liked Sung Tongs, either. I've tried to get into all their stuff. You know, because that's your hipster duty. But I can't do it.
I think I liked this more than you, sir. To mine ears it actually felt less calculated and pretentious than the original, which badly needed to have some air let out. I think getting Henry Rollins and Peaches involved lightened things up a bit and signaled the intentions of the project.
I do agree it was unnecessary. But then, most music unnecessary.
Bottom line: Dave Thomas (Wendy's)