Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby gregpolard » Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:13 am

Thoughts? I'm on my second listen, loving it so far. To me, they have done no wrong thus far into their career.
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby scannest » Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:19 am

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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby gregpolard » Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:22 am

scannest wrote:Every generation gets the U2 they deserve.


I love U2 as well haha
I'm taking it you're not a fan.
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby scannest » Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:30 am

Never my thing, but now it just seems so calculated. It's related to the discussion we were having about Green Day. I don't know why bands think they have to behave a certain way once they achieve a certain level of popularity. Arcade Fire went from exceedingly earnest to new wave and now they've gone funky. My brother-in-law said recently that he can almost see Win Butler dressed as Macphisto for their next record, where they get all ironic and 'naughty'. It's like it's inevitable.
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby patient_ot » Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:01 pm

I was a fan of the first two albums they made. Not usually the sort of thing I would like, but a friend turned me onto them. I thought their last album was just okay, bought it and probably listened to it maybe twice.

Heard a song off the new record and though it kinda sucked. I gotta say, I've never been a fan of the whole DFA/LCD Soundsystem production style...that whole thing was hyped to no end about ten years ago and I thought it was basically dance music for hipsters. And this is coming from someone that listens to a lot of Detroit techno and other types of underground dance music.
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby JGJR » Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:39 pm

scannest wrote:Never my thing, but now it just seems so calculated. It's related to the discussion we were having about Green Day. I don't know why bands think they have to behave a certain way once they achieve a certain level of popularity. Arcade Fire went from exceedingly earnest to new wave and now they've gone funky. My brother-in-law said recently that he can almost see Win Butler dressed as Macphisto for their next record, where they get all ironic and 'naughty'. It's like it's inevitable.


I like The Arcade Fire and am enjoying the new album on first listen all the way through, but the MacPhisto comment made me LOL. Good stuff.
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby JGJR » Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:40 pm

patient_ot wrote:I was a fan of the first two albums they made. Not usually the sort of thing I would like, but a friend turned me onto them. I thought their last album was just okay, bought it and probably listened to it maybe twice.

Heard a song off the new record and though it kinda sucked. I gotta say, I've never been a fan of the whole DFA/LCD Soundsystem production style...that whole thing was hyped to no end about ten years ago and I thought it was basically dance music for hipsters. And this is coming from someone that listens to a lot of Detroit techno and other types of underground dance music.


It is and I find most of it to be dull, but LCD's Sound of Silver is a great record. It just has more in common with Berlin-era Bowie, Talking Heads, Kraftwerk and Eno (oh and 99 Records type stuff) than it does with anything more modern (dance music or otherwise) except for its lyrics.
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby gregpolard » Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:47 pm

JGJR wrote:
scannest wrote:Never my thing, but now it just seems so calculated. It's related to the discussion we were having about Green Day. I don't know why bands think they have to behave a certain way once they achieve a certain level of popularity. Arcade Fire went from exceedingly earnest to new wave and now they've gone funky. My brother-in-law said recently that he can almost see Win Butler dressed as Macphisto for their next record, where they get all ironic and 'naughty'. It's like it's inevitable.


I like The Arcade Fire and am enjoying the new album on first listen all the way through, but the MacPhisto comment made me LOL. Good stuff.


I don't even know what Macphisto is.
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby JGJR » Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:48 pm

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JGJR wrote:
scannest wrote:Never my thing, but now it just seems so calculated. It's related to the discussion we were having about Green Day. I don't know why bands think they have to behave a certain way once they achieve a certain level of popularity. Arcade Fire went from exceedingly earnest to new wave and now they've gone funky. My brother-in-law said recently that he can almost see Win Butler dressed as Macphisto for their next record, where they get all ironic and 'naughty'. It's like it's inevitable.


I like The Arcade Fire and am enjoying the new album on first listen all the way through, but the MacPhisto comment made me LOL. Good stuff.


I don't even know what Macphisto is.


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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby gregpolard » Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:13 pm

JGJR wrote:
gregpolard wrote:
JGJR wrote:
scannest wrote:Never my thing, but now it just seems so calculated. It's related to the discussion we were having about Green Day. I don't know why bands think they have to behave a certain way once they achieve a certain level of popularity. Arcade Fire went from exceedingly earnest to new wave and now they've gone funky. My brother-in-law said recently that he can almost see Win Butler dressed as Macphisto for their next record, where they get all ironic and 'naughty'. It's like it's inevitable.


I like The Arcade Fire and am enjoying the new album on first listen all the way through, but the MacPhisto comment made me LOL. Good stuff.


I don't even know what Macphisto is.


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OH! gotcha. Was that Zoo TV era?
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Postby yourenotevil » Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:02 pm

once some drunk dude from newcastle told me outside some cafe in prague that i needed to stop listening to metal and hardcore(he was an ex metalhead) and get into shit like this. it was hard to keep from laughing hysterically.
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby JGJR » Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:27 pm

gregpolard wrote:
JGJR wrote:
gregpolard wrote:
JGJR wrote:
scannest wrote:Never my thing, but now it just seems so calculated. It's related to the discussion we were having about Green Day. I don't know why bands think they have to behave a certain way once they achieve a certain level of popularity. Arcade Fire went from exceedingly earnest to new wave and now they've gone funky. My brother-in-law said recently that he can almost see Win Butler dressed as Macphisto for their next record, where they get all ironic and 'naughty'. It's like it's inevitable.


I like The Arcade Fire and am enjoying the new album on first listen all the way through, but the MacPhisto comment made me LOL. Good stuff.


I don't even know what Macphisto is.


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OH! gotcha. Was that Zoo TV era?


I believe so. Yes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour

'90s U2 kinda blurs together for me, so I had to look that up to make sure.
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby NotBaker » Wed Oct 30, 2013 2:49 pm

gregpolard wrote:Thoughts? I'm on my second listen, loving it so far. To me, they have done no wrong thus far into their career.


Chris Richards would disagree.

Previously, "Nine Things Everybody Knows" was my favorite thing that Chris Richards wrote. Now it may well be:
Chris Richards wrote:Look, I’m sure they’re very nice people, but on their fourth album, “Reflektor,” Arcade Fire still sound like gigantic dorks with boring sex lives.

or maybe
Chris Richards wrote:It’s an album with a song called “Porno” that you could play for your parents. It’s fraud.

I honestly don't have an opinion on their music, but always enjoy a good journo takedown.
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby JGJR » Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:56 pm

NotBaker wrote:
gregpolard wrote:Thoughts? I'm on my second listen, loving it so far. To me, they have done no wrong thus far into their career.


Chris Richards would disagree.

Previously, "Nine Things Everybody Knows" was my favorite thing that Chris Richards wrote. Now it may well be:
Chris Richards wrote:Look, I’m sure they’re very nice people, but on their fourth album, “Reflektor,” Arcade Fire still sound like gigantic dorks with boring sex lives.

or maybe
Chris Richards wrote:It’s an album with a song called “Porno” that you could play for your parents. It’s fraud.

I honestly don't have an opinion on their music, but always enjoy a good journo takedown.


I read this piece yesterday. How edgy. I wonder if he realizes he's just giving them more attention and they hardly need it at this point (and haven't for years really).
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby JGJR » Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:33 pm

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2 ... ign=131030

This is 10 more scathing reviews of Reflektor.
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Postby NotBaker » Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:21 am

JGJR wrote:http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/10/backlash-report-the-ten-most-scathing-reflektor-re.html?utm_source=PANL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=131030

This is 10 more scathing reviews of Reflektor.

Nine more, actually.
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby gregpolard » Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:03 am

People love to hate stuff.
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby drew » Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:06 am

I haven't heard the record, I prolly won't dig it but I'm so tired of music criticism. The writers make a band that makes a bad record akin to committing crimes against humanity. That kind of hatred should only be directed at U2........& maybe Kanye West.........
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Postby gregpolard » Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:26 am

drew - I agree! I honestly can't stand music critics (or critics in general) for that reason. Some of my favorite albums have been panned by critics and some of the worst albums have been praised. What's weird is that people are really eager to trash this Arcade Fire album but then you don't see anyone doing that to the most overrated artist of the last decade, Kanye West.
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Postby scannest » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:37 am

gregpolard wrote:I get mad when people don't like the same records/artists I like! I also get mad when people like records/artists I don't like! And what's with these critics taking art so seriously that they get mad (sometimes REALLY mad) when people do a poor job of it?

I tired my best to summarize your argument but there were an awful lot of contradictions in there.
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Postby yourenotevil » Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:41 pm

gregpolard wrote:drew - I agree! I honestly can't stand music critics (or critics in general) for that reason. Some of my favorite albums have been panned by critics and some of the worst albums have been praised. What's weird is that people are really eager to trash this Arcade Fire album but then you don't see anyone doing that to the most overrated artist of the last decade, Kanye West.



IMO record reviews were always pretty much a waste of time anyway(no offense to anyone here that does them). i have never read one single record review that has convinced or dissuaded me to buy a record, since it is just one person's opinion. the exception would be a zine where i respected the person's taste(and even then i would end up buying it even if it got shitty reviews), but i liked those kinds of reviews because they were more brutally honest than anything else. when i did a zine, i remember we got so many free records and cds and tapes we would split them into two piles for each of us to go through and just write something out since the person made the effort to send it in. there were always like 1 or 2 albums you really wanted and the rest of it was shitty demos or 7 inches. you also tended to do the reviews right as you were laying out the zine and it was always a rush job anyway. of course, with the internet, i can just hear the damn thing before i buy it and now the record reviewer is as obsolete as siskel and ebert.
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby scannest » Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:56 pm

A short list of favorite artists brought to my attention by a record review:

The Replacements (Rolling Stone review of Let it Be)
Husker Du (same issue of Rolling Stone also reviewed Zen Arcade)
Rod Stewart, Steely Dan (probably wouldn't have paid much attention if not for Christgau's raves)
Velvet Crush (live show review from Big Takeover)
Posies (review of Dear 23 in Musician magazine)

I won't even get started on all the amazing films (and film directors) I've discovered as a direct result of reading a thoughtful critique.

I seriously do not understand people who don't appreciate the value of well-written criticism.
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby JGJR » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:02 pm

scannest wrote:
gregpolard wrote:I get mad when people don't like the same records/artists I like! I also get mad when people like records/artists I don't like! And what's with these critics taking art so seriously that they get mad (sometimes REALLY mad) when people do a poor job of it?

I tired my best to summarize your argument but there were an awful lot of contradictions in there.


See, this is my problem with most negative reviews or that style of criticism in general. Taking art seriously and being passionate about it is great and I try to reflect that in my own writing (it is up to others to judge if I succeed at it), but ultimately like yourenotevil said it's just one person's opinion. It's the trash/treasure thing, so one person's "poor job" is another's "underrated masterpiece" and so on. Of course, this can mean that a fiercely negative review can actually make one more likely to check out said work (at least in some cases).
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Postby gregpolard » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:03 pm

scannest wrote:
gregpolard wrote:I get mad when people don't like the same records/artists I like! I also get mad when people like records/artists I don't like! And what's with these critics taking art so seriously that they get mad (sometimes REALLY mad) when people do a poor job of it?

I tired my best to summarize your argument but there were an awful lot of contradictions in there.



Fair enough. But at the same time, think about a site like Pitchfork who you can kinda already predict what type of review they're going to give a record before it even comes out.
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Postby JGJR » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:03 pm

scannest wrote:A short list of favorite artists brought to my attention by a record review:

The Replacements (Rolling Stone review of Let it Be)
Husker Du (same issue of Rolling Stone also reviewed Zen Arcade)
Rod Stewart, Steely Dan (probably wouldn't have paid much attention if not for Christgau's raves)
Velvet Crush (live show review from Big Takeover)
Posies (review of Dear 23 in Musician magazine)

I won't even get started on all the amazing films (and film directors) I've discovered as a direct result of reading a thoughtful critique.

I seriously do not understand people who don't appreciate the value of well-written criticism.


Amen. I was gonna say this earlier, but I think the point of criticism (especially in this day and age when anyone can hear anything; pretty much) is to point out artists, records, movies, et al. that someone might miss otherwise.
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Postby JGJR » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:05 pm

gregpolard wrote:
scannest wrote:
gregpolard wrote:I get mad when people don't like the same records/artists I like! I also get mad when people like records/artists I don't like! And what's with these critics taking art so seriously that they get mad (sometimes REALLY mad) when people do a poor job of it?

I tired my best to summarize your argument but there were an awful lot of contradictions in there.



Fair enough. But at the same time, think about a site like Pitchfork who you can kinda already predict what type of review they're going to give a record before it even comes out.


My biggest problem is not that so much as sometimes the reviews don't match the numerical scores, as in there's backroom wheeling and dealing (just like when print mags like RS and Spin were king) over who can and can't get above a 7.0 or something. Their review of the latest Wax Idols record is a case in point. It reads like an 8.5 or something, but the score is like a 6.4. It's ridiculous.
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Postby gregpolard » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:07 pm

Also, same goes for magazines like Rolling Stone. I feel like the reviewers have gotten worse in the 20 years or so I've been paying attention. It's so predictable. They'll give a Miley Cyrus album 4 stars, any new Bruce Springsteen album 5 stars, etc.

I get the reason why reviews exist…and hell, I would be lying if I said I didn't read them. And sometimes, sure…I agree with them. My main point of contention is when there's something like this new Arcade Fire which you can tell all of these bad reviews are just trying to out-wit the other ones.
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Postby patient_ot » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:23 pm

I know I might be in the minority, but I actually will still buy things without hearing a single note of them based on reputation alone. If I'm unsure about something, I might try a song or two on youtube, the artists' website, or a streaming thing like bandcamp.

I actually do value record reviews but I don't really read that many anymore. A lot of stuff I buy these days is old. There are a couple of mags and critics whose taste I respect though. BITD I discovered a ton of stuff from reviews on sites like allmusic.com and certain mags. These days I will sometimes browse ratings on sites like discogs or RYM to get a general feel for certain things or to investigate albums I might've passed up or never heard of.

Personal recommendations from people I know tend to mean the most...but these days very few of my friends/associates like the kind of music I do. Also, record store employees are a either a lot less friendly or a lot less knowledgeable than they used to be.
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Postby drew » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:34 pm

scannest wrote:A short list of favorite artists brought to my attention by a record review:

The Replacements (Rolling Stone review of Let it Be)
Husker Du (same issue of Rolling Stone also reviewed Zen Arcade)
Rod Stewart, Steely Dan (probably wouldn't have paid much attention if not for Christgau's raves)
Velvet Crush (live show review from Big Takeover)
Posies (review of Dear 23 in Musician magazine)

I won't even get started on all the amazing films (and film directors) I've discovered as a direct result of reading a thoughtful critique.

I seriously do not understand people who don't appreciate the value of well-written criticism.



The days of Christgau & Pauline Kael are over. I agree that I've bought many records & seen countless films based on a review but only if it's a thoughtful description that even if they don't like it, maybe it will appeal to my taste. I remeber a bad Siskel & Ebert review of Reservior Dogs but because they described the story & plot I knew I would dig it & I did. Nowadays it's some dumb internet asshole with a chip on his/her shoulder or the f'n dumbass yo-yo's at Aintitcool who use thier power for being snarky as revenge for never getting laid. There is so much info out there now that I can make a decision on my purchases without having to read some geeks blog or some Ivy-league putz using a thesauras to show mommy & daddy they didn't waste their 300K
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Re: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"

Postby yourenotevil » Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:14 pm

drew wrote:
scannest wrote:A short list of favorite artists brought to my attention by a record review:

The Replacements (Rolling Stone review of Let it Be)
Husker Du (same issue of Rolling Stone also reviewed Zen Arcade)
Rod Stewart, Steely Dan (probably wouldn't have paid much attention if not for Christgau's raves)
Velvet Crush (live show review from Big Takeover)
Posies (review of Dear 23 in Musician magazine)

I won't even get started on all the amazing films (and film directors) I've discovered as a direct result of reading a thoughtful critique.

I seriously do not understand people who don't appreciate the value of well-written criticism.



The days of Christgau & Pauline Kael are over. I agree that I've bought many records & seen countless films based on a review but only if it's a thoughtful description that even if they don't like it, maybe it will appeal to my taste. I remeber a bad Siskel & Ebert review of Reservior Dogs but because they described the story & plot I knew I would dig it & I did. Nowadays it's some dumb internet asshole with a chip on his/her shoulder or the f'n dumbass yo-yo's at Aintitcool who use thier power for being snarky as revenge for never getting laid. There is so much info out there now that I can make a decision on my purchases without having to read some geeks blog or some Ivy-league putz using a thesauras to show mommy & daddy they didn't waste their 300K



exactly. for scannest's points, i would argue two things-you are fairly older than me and grew up(i am guessing) in an age when the only way you heard a new album was to actually buy it or if your friend had it and could play it for you. people like lester bangs definitely had a use then, but i would still not have put all of my stock in one critic even in that era.

movie reviews to me are a little bit different, as it was more of an art form in itself. it was hard to write a well written movie review without giving away key plot points. there was also a time where reviews were your ONLY way of hearing anything good or bad about a movie. kevin smith referred to siskel and ebert as his generation's equivalent of a movie review blog in the internet era, which i agree with. they were pretty much the only guys that reviewed indie movies and showed in depth clips, along with giving a thorough review of the film. they were also both good writers as well. even if i didn't agree with them(which was a lot of the time), the show was still worth watching to me. i remember even in 99 or 00 that people were buying tickets to some crappy blockbuster movie just to see the new star wars trailer and then leaving before the movie even started. thank god that kind of shit is over with(not that i would do that to see a trailer), and to me there aren't even any movie reviewers i could even bother to name right now. aside from that, most reviews of movies and shows give away key plot points, so i just avoid them altogether.
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Postby JGJR » Fri Nov 01, 2013 2:29 pm

I remember that, YNE. The movie was Meet Joe Black and no, I was not one of those who bought tickets for said movie just to see the Star Wars trailer!
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Postby yourenotevil » Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:37 pm

JGJR wrote:I remember that, YNE. The movie was Meet Joe Black and no, I was not one of those who bought tickets for said movie just to see the Star Wars trailer!



i really remember it because i was working at a sam goody which was at universal city walk, which was a late 90s attempt to draw business to the valley so they set up a bunch of shops and a move theater adjacent to universal studios. anyway, you had to pay like 8 or 10 dollars to park to go to the movie theater, so people were going to see the trailer and coming into the store to justify the money they just wasted on parking and proceeded to bitch about 18 dollar cds. between that and the tourists that was one of the crappier jobs i have had.
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