Best Ever Albums

Funeral

Anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:24:47 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/31/2012 18:24

I think for the gen-y, post 9/11 generation it's that special landmark release, one that almost never comes around anymore, so yes we tend to rate it high. It was my favorite album when I first heard it and still is today.

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

Facetious — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:47:07 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 05/31/2012 16:47

gussteivi wrote:

I'm gonna go ahead and cherry pick my favourite quotes on this thread:

=D>

What about:

Nobody wrote:

This album is great!

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

gussteivi — Thu, 31 May 2012 06:40:12 GMT

Author: gussteivi

Posted: 05/31/2012 10:40

I'm gonna go ahead and cherry pick my favourite quotes on this thread:

Polythene Pam wrote:

Win Butler is king of pathetic whiny indie kids.

Yourselfisntsteam wrote:

insincerity and emotional cheapness

Necharsian wrote:

I mean I can think of dozens of albums that are more emotionally powerful than Funeral. I honestly don't see that much of a difference between it and your average indie album. Its not bad or anything...

swedenman wrote:

when I listen to the average soft indie band, I feel like I'm hearing nothing but generic acoustic guitar riffs and super whiny-ass vocals

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Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

Facetious — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:20:22 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 05/31/2012 04:20

Yourselfisntsteam wrote:

I like funeral, but am not a rabid fan of it. I think the reason for its acclaim is pretty easy to figure out though. Its as swedenman already started to point out, a bunch of well arranged pop songs with catchy melodies that manage to avoid obvious cliche. This is paired with some lyrics that create/give the illusion of powerful emotion because they attach to a very relatable youth centric angst as well as paint very broad and easily discernible thematic strokes ("theres something wrong, in the heart of man"). In a sense, anthemic melodies, fairly cool arrangements and lyrical themes which lots of people will attach too. Its actually a good recipe for acclaim. Personally I find this prevents the album from reaching say top 100 quality, as I actually get hints of insincerity and emotional cheapness if I listen to the album in a bad mood.

I think it reaches top 100 quality alright. You're right mostly about the album, though.

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

Facetious — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:16:49 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 05/31/2012 04:16

Polythene Pam wrote:

I'm surprised it wasn't titled

"It's not fair! and I miss my mummy"

That may be more accurate, but have you considered whether it actually sounds like a good title or not?

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

Anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:06:51 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/31/2012 04:06

I'm surprised it wasn't titled

"It's not fair! and I miss my mummy"

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

Anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/31/2012 04:00

Necharsian wrote:

Sigh No More > Funeral

And you're certainly welcome to believe that. I, on the other hand, would rather pour boiling iron into my eyeballs than listen to Little Lion Man one more time.

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

Necharsian — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:57:35 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 05/31/2012 03:57

Sigh No More > Funeral

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

Anonymous — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:55:42 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/31/2012 03:55

Polythene Pam wrote:

Okay I have to ask, have you even listened to Funeral?

Win Butler is king of pathetic whiny indie kids.

I have listened to Funeral all the way through, yes. And I personally don't find his voice annoying. It's certainly not whiny compared to what's-his-face from Mumford and Sons. God damn.

Okay, fine, they're a LITTLE whiny, but they're one indie band where the whiny vocals are not the main focal point of the music. See, when I listen to the average soft indie band, I feel like I'm hearing nothing but generic acoustic guitar riffs and super whiny-ass vocals. On Funeral, I hear quite a bit more than that, even if the vocals are still a little whiny.

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

Necharsian — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:43:17 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 05/31/2012 03:43

I mean I can think of dozens of albums that are more emotionally powerful than Funeral. I honestly don't see that much of a difference between it and your average indie album. Its not bad or anything, but recently I've found myself liking less and less. It just seems... lame for lack of a better term.

I really don't care that it's top 11; there are worse higher, but I hate that Arcade Fire seem to be so highly regarded for no real reason to me. I mean, surely other bands are doing something good currently too.

Oh and they sure as hell are whiny!

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

pearljammer13 — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:27:38 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 05/31/2012 03:27

Polythene Pam wrote:

Okay I have to ask, have you even listen to Funeral?

Win Butler is king of pathetic whiny indie kids.

While I do enjoy Funeral, that was my instant thought upon reading that as well. His vocal delivery is the only thing that has stopped me from truly loving Arcade Fire.

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

Anonymous — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:25:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/31/2012 03:25

Necharsian wrote:

Question for those who think music can be objectively great.

What makes Funeral objectively great? It didn't change the face of music without me knowing, did it?

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

Anonymous — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:23:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/31/2012 03:23

swedenman wrote:

My understanding is that Funeral took the genre of soft indie rock, which is almost invariably whiny as hell, and made it not whiny.

Okay I have to ask, have you even listened to Funeral?

Win Butler is king of pathetic whiny indie kids.

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

junodog4 — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:20:54 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 05/31/2012 03:20

swedenman wrote:

My understanding is that Funeral took the genre of soft indie rock, which is almost invariably whiny as hell, and made it not whiny. That's what makes it special. It's also got quite a bit of variation in style and is really quite melodic throughout. And though this is slightly more subjective, the popular opinion is that it carries quite an emotional punch.

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

Anonymous — Wed, 30 May 2012 22:22:49 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/31/2012 02:22

Necharsian wrote:

Question for those who think music can be objectively great.

What makes Funeral objectively great? It didn't change the face of music without me knowing, did it?

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

Necharsian — Wed, 30 May 2012 21:51:29 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 05/31/2012 01:51

Question for those who think music can be objectively great.

What makes Funeral objectively great? It didn't change the face of music without me knowing, did it?

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

Hayden — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:12:48 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/30/2012 21:12

I like the #1 spot.

Very personal album to me....

I think overall 11th, is quite reasonable.

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

HigherThanTheSun — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:04:41 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 05/30/2012 21:04

5thbeatle wrote:

Or is it just that difficult to accept that maybe one of the greatest bands of the 21st century is indeed Arcade Fire.

Hey look I like Arcade Fire and yeah they're one of the best bands of the century so far, albeit they don't have much competition. But actually their position in the top bands of the 21st century is not relevant to the overall chart is it?

Why did this get bumped anyway?

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

Anonymous — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:03:43 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/30/2012 21:03

Does it deserve to be #11? NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT, that's ingratitude: It deserves to be on top 5 of all time.

The thing you are all writing about is completely off the point: you see if BEA and it's overall chart influences people that much then the chart should not change at all. Everyone sees OK Computer on top and thinks it's the best and then there's DSOTM and so on; if this was the procedure Funeral would've never had the chance to climb up in the chart because of all the albums that are on higher ranks and new members would have appreciated them more because they're higher than Funeral, like London Calling. But London Calling despite it's higher rank is going down.

Re: What is it with Funeral by Arcade Fire?

5thbeatle — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:06:13 GMT

Author: 5thbeatle

Posted: 05/30/2012 20:06

That's why I said " one of the greatest" could be the first great one of this new century.