Arcade Fire or Pendulum

[Dukeeyyy]

im a bit confused over who to watch on that friday night in Leeds

Pendulum - love them but seen them live

Arcade Fire- like them but not as much as pendulum but there has been a lot of hype about there live shows

who do you reckon i should watch and who are you watching???

Edited April 9, 2010 by Dukeeyyy

[theramm]

Depends if you want to see Libertines or not. To get in the tent for Pendulum you wont be able to watch all of the Libs set. You'll find yourself standing outside the tent half listening to Pendulum & half listening to general festival noise.

[rivalschools.price]

i'll prob wait to see who's in the lock up tent and watch them.i know theres a lot of hype surrounding arcade fire but theyre not my type of band and pendulum will only be an alternative if i totally hate the lock up headliners(which is unlikely)

[ryyder]

From a person who has seen both (and went to both through my own choice, so this isn't a biased opinion) definitely Arcade Fire.

Arcade Fire-Great atmosphere, breathtaking, funny(someone lobbed a shoe at Win Butler) and a really great set and performance

Pendulum-Terrible sound set-up, crap interaction with the audience, just pretty poor showmanship, if you want loud noises(I stress noises) to jump around to go to them.

[swordfish]

Depends if you want to see Libertines or not. To get in the tent for Pendulum you wont be able to watch all of the Libs set. You'll find yourself standing outside the tent half listening to Pendulum & half listening to general festival noise.

[Dan R]

I'm going for Arcade Fire

Ignoring the fact that Pendulum have lost credibilty nowadays, they are really good live and you'll have a great time, as you would at any other festivla you go to cos they will be there

AF's gonna be something special, where-as Pendulum's the one for people who cba to give something new a listen

[Lithium05]

Neither. Seen them both before, and would rather go back to camp than see either of them again... although hopefully the lock-up headliners will mean I won't have to.

[TheUnpolished]

Didn't Pendulum hit their peak two years ago? Arcade Fire all the way!

[jonnyisRFC]

100% Arcade Fire

[Dave]

From a person who has seen both (and went to both through my own choice, so this isn't a biased opinion) definitely Arcade Fire.

Arcade Fire-Great atmosphere, breathtaking, funny(someone lobbed a shoe at Win Butler) and a really great set and performance

Pendulum-Terrible sound set-up, crap interaction with the audience, just pretty poor showmanship, if you want loud noises(I stress noises) to jump around to go to them.

[sjp_121]

Im having the same problem.

I love Pendulum... and thats where all my friends will be going. But from all the comments on Facebook/Youtube... all the dicks will be there.

And everyone is saying how good Arcade Fire are... so Im having a listen... and they are quite good

And Im staying for all the Libertines set... cause Im quite excited about it.

I sorta hope the lock up/Festival Republic/ Alternative has someone I would love to see... cause then there would be no contest.

Which would make my life easier.

[brfcstar]

It will have to be Arcade they dont do many gigs over here always great live.

Pendulum are over here loads this year so youll be able to catch them somewhere else

[henduil]

i quite like pendulum and they are energetic but i'd rather see Arcade Fire again. After seeing them many times at relatively small gigs i didnt expect them to be that good on main stage but then when they played before rhcp they were immense and i cannot wait for this year's headline performance. So glad they are on Friday aswell.

[SomeDay]

I'd probably see Pendulum, have no interest in AF Or Libs so I will probably try to get in to get a decent place in NME before it gets absolutely packed

[dblythe]

Arcade Fire every f**kign time!

[Poop_Pants]

Arcade Fire - Amazing music, amazing show, hard to see

Pendulum - Average music, average show, plays my town every couple of months.

ill see arcade fire

[theramm]

QUOTE (theramm @ Apr 9 2010, 09:22 AM)

Depends if you want to see Libertines or not. To get in the tent for Pendulum you wont be able to watch all of the Libs set. You'll find yourself standing outside the tent half listening to Pendulum & half listening to general festival noise.

Not if you have the power of pushing

[ryyder]

I will defo go to Arcade Fire as well, but Pendulum crap crowd interaction?! Are you sure?! I've seen them twice and both times the crowd was totally ape shit, that MC guy definately gets the crowd going! I respect Pendulum are something different, and I quite like them for it.

[Andy_47]

Pendulum, I don't fancy seeing The Libertines and Arcade Fire is someone I've had no previous interest in.

[Nathan113]

Arcade Fire without a doubt.

The majority who have listened to both bands will share this view.

[ap3311]

Pendulum. I've given Arcade Fire a listen and whilst I like a fair few of their songs I've never seen Pendulum live before and I still remember Hold Your Colour with fondness. Whilst musically AF seem to be a million miles away (although give Pendulum some credit, I hear Rob Swire does a lot of fancy production work etc...), I just don't feel I'd enjoy watching AF as much as I would going mental in a packed tent to Pendulum. A decent lockup headliner would definitely change my mind though.

Also both sides seem to have their "dicks", I've seen far too many people who assume that anyone who doesn't worship the ground AF walk on obviously "has never heard of them" or "needs to listen to real music...", yes Pendulum are a bit of a guilty pleasure, but what's wrong with that eh ?

Edited April 9, 2010 by ap3311

[olly!olly!olly!]

Much prefer Arcade fire so i'll be at main stage

[Poop_Pants]

I like both but I'll see Arcade Fire, am worried the crowd will be shit as anyone with a bit of energy will be over at Pendulum instead.

[rexclark]

Arcade Fire everytime. Pendulum are f**king horrible and I love dance music.

[jonwl89]

Pendulum. I've given Arcade Fire a listen and whilst I like a fair few of their songs I've never seen Pendulum live before and I still remember Hold Your Colour with fondness.