Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
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a group of young men play electric guitars and the same drum kit that's been around since 1940. One or more of them sing into microphones with varying analog effects. The results of this aren't really going to be vastly different year in, year out.
I don't hear anything in this that I haven't heard years ago. Sonically it's the same palette that the Beatles were using nearly 50 years ago - the guitar might be a bit more distorted but if this is the sound of 'your generation' then you've been had. This was the 'sound' of your parents generation. 'My' generation had sequencers and synthesizers and samplers and ecstasy. 'Your' generation now needs to find it's own unique sound. Being scruffy and playing the same electric instruments in approximately the same way as every has since they were invented isn't going to cut it; do something different.- none of that stuff matters, the melodies are great.indian_pole
- this statement could be used for any time period or genre of music********
- mm no - it's fairly specific. Synth/electronic music superceded guitar music. Now we're going backwards.mikotondria3
- Sigh. I didn't realize music was a vector that we had to follow.colab
- I'm just happy that they gave it to a good ensemble instead of pop dribble.colab
- Synth/electronic music did not "supercede" guitar music. It IS possible for different genres to co-exist...Nathan_Adams
- Sure. Like we still have real books AND ipads, tv, kindles and the internet.mikotondria3
- Heh...reminds me of
http://www.guardian.…********