Is The New Arcade Fire Song Good?

I kind of went off them during the faggy Reflektor stuff, it all kind of went to their heads a bit there. Album was OK, but their previous efforts were better.

Sprawl II, No Cars Go and all that.

They splashed out on this video, and it totally works with the song, which is OK. It's a bit generic though, however I like that they have gone more back to their old barefoot hippie roots.

I hated this when I first heard it, but now I think it might be slightly epic.

The tribal flute sound makes me think of Men At Work. The piano makes me think of ABBA. Neither of those things are necessarilly bad. The problem is the whole song from the start sounds like the fade out to an anthem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC30BYR3CUk

They said they were going to call it a day after the third album The Suburbs to pursue solo careers, but none of them were particularly succesful. Régine Chassagne's album was a bit boring, and then I discovered there were two Butler brothers..

 

Pink love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mzy3FcoMjc

 

You know what? I couldn't care less.

 

Great. Well, thanks for letting me know.

 

They've totally nailed the video though. It's a masterpiece.

I wonder how much they spent on it, I hope it was a grassroots amount.

Because you can make a video like this on a budget now, if you have a drone. Drones are reinventing everything.

There are some great shots, and the band are looking hot as ever. A bit surreal at the end too, very evocative work as you'd expect from the AF.

Lots of bands make it big, then splash out on expensive videography that just doesn't work and makes the song sound shit even if it's actually quite good. There's a real art to it and whoever made this video knows how to do it right.

 

Is it good enough for me to watch it? Should I?

 

Do whatever the fuck you want. I don't care.

The boy on the fence watching the planes go by and at the end with all the chemtrails, is that a reference to No Cars Go, I know a place where no planes go? Probably.

 

Pointless. Won't be listening to that again.

 

I think this song resonates with the heart of this song, but it's by no means my favourite Queen song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKE3Kh6syb8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDcoX7s6rE

 

This one isn't bad either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLVRoIrTt0o

 

Yeeaaah, I'm gonna go with no

 

Hethethethetheth methethethetheth hethethethetheth Win Butler

Here's a new version of No Cars Go, every barefooters favourite song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v64yv-p84c