Arcade Fire

[General Lee]

Come on, I don't think a song has ever been as appropriately named as Awful Sound - turgid shit that seems to go on forever.

Flashbulb Eyes and You Already Know are the other mis-steps on Reflektor. Has Porno been played anywhere? That song's really grown on me.

[CHRLY]

I actually really like the duo of awful sound into it's never over.

Porno has never been played I don't think, my personal favourite on the album but I could see it being a bit of a dud live after listening to the album again yesterday.

[Babyquack]

They've only ever done Porno acapella and even then it's like a minute intro to Afterlife normally. They did it on a small handful of The Reflektors dates last year. Had the privilege to hear Win do it at the Roundhouse. Oh my was it beautiful even if it was just a minute snippet. Easily my favourite song from the album!

[CHRLY]

Ohh yeh! Completley forgot we got it at blackpool as well! Was a great moment.

Also this is random but I think I've worked out my top 5 af songs after destroying their discography to the max after glasto.

1) Tunnels

2) Suburban War

3) (Antichrist Televison Blues)

4) power Out

5) Old Flame

P.S that is my pathetic attempt at trying to turn this thread into a crazy list thread

Edited August 23, 2014 by CHRLY

[Babyquack]

top 5?! That's tough I must say...

1. Porno

2. Crown of Love

3. Tunnels

4. Ocean of Noise

5. We Used To Wait

[dentalplan]

Muse thread is leaking.

[Winslow Leach]

Muse thread is leaking.

Nick Cave thread did it first.

Edited August 23, 2014 by Winslow Leach

[FloorFiller]

oh GO ON THEN. off the top of my head...

1. Tunnels

2. No Cars Go

3. Power Out

4. Suburban War

5. In The Backseat

it's a farce that the latter two aren't / haven't been live staples (or just that i haven't and probably will never get to see them live)

[Lubic]

Top 5? That is tough.

Sprawl II

No Cars Go

Power Out

Haiti

Suburban War

God bless lists.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Nick Cave thread did it first.

Nick Cave thread did everything first. It's a pioneer in the world of music fandom.

Gonna have to give my AF a bit of thought...

[Winslow Leach]

This requires too much thought to be rushed into. This is what will be keeping me occupied today.

[rjb94]

Gonna go for

Tunnels

In the Backseat

Sprawl II

Reflektor

My Body is a Cage

[stuartbert two hats]

I'm not writing a list (at least not now), but I am fairly amazed that Wake Up hasn't made an appearance yet and Sprawl II is only on one list so far.

[Winslow Leach]

I'm not writing a list (at least not now), but I am fairly amazed that Wake Up hasn't made an appearance yet and Sprawl II is only on one list so far.

There's no way Sprawl II won't be on my list.

[TheBoz]

Off the top of my head at the moment

1) Rebellion (Lies)

2) Tunnels

3) (Antichrist Television Blues)

4) Reflektor

5) Power Out

Who doesn't love lists?

[blue6field]

Slow day at the office, so after a bit of thought i'm going for

1. Rebellion (lies)

2. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

3. Intervention

4. Joan of Arc

5. Neighborhood #2 (Laika)

Sprawl II just missing out to give The Suburbs some representation

[Zoo Music Girl]

I'm not surprised by the omission of Wake Up from most people's lists. I do love it, but I've heard it too much.

Anyway, here's mine - not exactly original or imaginative! And sorry, it's just too hard to choose between the "car" songs:

Power Out

Tunnels

Antichrist Television Blues

Rebellion

No Cars Go/Keep The Car Running

Not even sure that's the correct order.

[kingcrawler]

Keep the Car Running

Reflektor

The Suburbs

Tunnels

Sprawl II

[CHRLY]

I'm not writing a list (at least not now), but I am fairly amazed that Wake Up hasn't made an appearance yet and Sprawl II is only on one list so far.

Wake up is fantastic live and for me there is no

better song out there for a set closer. I still really like it on record but other songs easily surpass it for me.

But not having Tunnels on the list? That is an unforgivable crime.

Edited August 23, 2014 by CHRLY

[Tuna]

1. Headlights Look Like Diamonds

2. (Antichrist Television Blues)

3. Tunnels

4. Half Light I+II

5. Rebellion

Supersymmetry by far my favourite from Reflektor. Also none of you have HLLD? Goddamn

[Winslow Leach]

1. Headlights Look Like Diamonds

2. (Antichrist Television Blues)

3. Tunnels

4. Half Light I+II

5. Rebellion

Supersymmetry by far my favourite from Reflektor. Also none of you have HLLD? Goddamn

I'm seriously considering it, along with Supersymmetry.

[tevaburger]

David Johanssen/Buster Poindexter (NY Dolls) joined them last night, opening night of 3 at Brooklyn's Barclays Center

seeing them tonight (Saturday)

lucky peeps on Sunday get Television as one of the support acts.

last night...

Aug 22, 2014 Arcade Fire Barclays Center setlist
Reflektor
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Rebellion (Lies)
Joan of Arc
The Suburbs
The Suburbs (Continued)
Ready to Start
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
We Exist
Keep the Car Running
(w/ LCD Soundsystem's 'All My Friend's' snippet)
No Cars Go
Haïti
Afterlife
It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus)
(Régine on B-stage)
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
('Damian Taylor Remix' intro)

Encore:
Hot Hot Hot (Buster Poindexter cover)
Here Comes the Night Time
Normal Person
Wake Up

[Winslow Leach]

My longlist is currently:

Headlights Look Like Diamonds

Tunnels

In the Backseat

No Cars Go

We Used to Wait

Sprawl II

Supersymmetry.

So I just need to lose two...

Edited August 23, 2014 by Winslow Leach

[Amy Lawn]

1. In The Backseat

2. Tunnels

3. Haiti

4. Mountains Beyond Mountains

5. Rebellion

Haiti rocketed up there after Glastonbury, Wake Up narrowly missing out, (ATB) and No Cars Go are clearly also stormers.

[bocumaroy]

Top 5 is almost impossibly hard.

1. Power Out

2. Intervention

3. Tunnels

4. (ATB)

5. Sprawl II

Wake Up probably wouldn’t make my top 30 (I’ve done that somewhere, I think), but it’s perfect live as a set-closer.

Edit: Changed my mind. Needed some Regine.

Edited August 23, 2014 by bocumaroy