Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Arcade Fire Interview
Sarah: I’m well, thank you.
Scott: Great, how’s your tea?
Sarah: It’s warm.
Scott: That’s good… so what time, when d’you guys get here in Chicago?
Sarah: Oh, we got here last night.
Scott: And you have a show, your show’s later tonight, right?
Sarah: Yeah, we’re playing tonight.
Scott: Cool, what stage is that?
Sarah: Uhm. I don’t know what that stage is called.
Scott: Oh, that’s okay. Is it…..?
Sarah: (laugh) Do you know what it’s called?
Scott: No, I don’t know what it’s called either…[editor's note: Budweiser stage]
Sarah: It’s the, one of the main stages.
Scott: Yeah.
Sarah: Yeah.
Scott: Cool, so, did you guys, are you guys playing in ACL here too, or any other festivals coming up?
Sarah: No, ACL. Not ACL unfortunately. We’re playing Redding and Leeds.
Scott: Oh, man that’s amazing.
Sarah: Yeah.
Scott: Cool.
Sarah: But that’s about it, were not doing tons of festivals this summer.
Scott: Cool, just, are you guys on tour right now, or just..?
Sarah:Yeah, we just put ah, our new album, a few days ago.
Scott: Nice.
Sarah: Yeah.
Scott: What’s it called?
Sarah: It’s called The Suburbs.
Scott: The Suburbs?
Sarah: Aha.
Scott: I like that.
Sarah: Yeah.
Scott: That’s cool. So uhm, is there anything else you guys been doing in Chicago? Are you guys gonna take off after the show this weekend, or you gonna hang out…?
Sarah: Yeah, we’re gonna drive to Nashville tonight, on the bus…
Scott: Nashville? Oh, wow!
Sarah: Yeah, and we’ve never been there before.
Scott: Wow, I was there actually… I met you there, John (another guy from Behringer)…
Sarah: We’re playing at the Ryman Auditorium, which is apparently quite, a beautiful classic venue.
Scott: It seems like a really cool city. Wasn’t Nashville’s under water last year? Didn’t they have like a major flood in Nashville?
Sarah: Sounds like something that would happen in that part of the world.
Scott: Yeah, right? Tennessee, ohh no….
Sarah: I think it’s okay now…
Scott: …not, Tennessee it’s flooding…
Sarah: We have, we have a day off there too…
Scott: Oh, that’s cool…it was a cool place, I had chilled there when I went; it was fun, it’s super beautiful. I don’t know if your heading east from there, or…?
Sarah: From there we’re going to Atlanta.
Scott: Oh, cool, maybe I get the chance to get to the mountains, ’cause it’s so beautiful.
Sarah: It will be overnight.
Scott: Yeah. Ahh…
Sarah: (laugh) We do all of our traveling at night!
Scott: Cool. Well, Sarah thanks for talking to us, really appreciate it…
Sarah: No problem!
Scott: ….hope you have a great show tonight…
Sarah: Thanks. That was painless!
Scott: …enjoy yourself in Chicago?
Sarah: Yeah.
Scott: Alright, take care…
Arcade Fire has been nominated for an MTV Europe Music Award

Stratford, Ont., teen sense Justin Bieber has two nominations and Montreal's Arcade Fire got one for the MTV Europe Music Awards.
Selections for the annual awards for Europe's most popular music acts were launched Monday, with Lady Gaga and Katy Perry topping the list.
The U.S. artists each have five nominations and are competing with each other in the pop, female artist, best song and best video categories.
Eminem, Enrique Iglesias, Kanye West and Usher are all competing for best male artist.
Arcade Fire, the indie group who launched The Suburbs earlier this year to great acclaim, are recognized in the best alternative group category.
The successful candidate are determined by a supporter vote and will be declared at an awards ceremony Nov. 7.
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Arcade Fire have announced details of 2010 UK arena tour for December.
The band, Following yesterday's news that the band's latest record The Suburbs is at number one in the UK album charts, will play five dates on the gig run, starting at the O2 Arena in London on December 1 2010.
Arcade Fire's third studio album The Suburbs was released on Monday (2nd August) to worldwide acclaim. The Canadian band also played two shows at New York's Madison Square Garden this week, with a simultaneous stream directed by filmmaker Terry Gilliam broadcast on YouTube.
They are also headlining the Reading and Leeds festivals, which are taking place later this month (August 27th to 29th).
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Arcade Fire lyrics - Funeral lyrics - Neighborhood #1
my neighborhood.
And if my parents are crying
then I'll dig a tunnel
from my window to yours,
yeah a tunnel from my window to yours.
You climb out the chimney
and meet me in the middle,
the middle of town.
And since there's no one else around,
we let our hair grow long
and forget all we used to know,
then our skin gets thicker
from living out in the snow.
You change all the lead
sleepin' in my head,
as the day grows dim
I hear you sing a golden hymn.
Then we tried to name our babies,
but we forgot all the names that,
the names we used to know.
But sometimes, we remember our bedrooms,
and our parent's bedrooms,
and the bedrooms of our friends.
Then we think of our parents,
well what ever happened to them?!
You change all the lead
sleepin' in my head to gold,
as the day grows dim,
I hear you sing a golden hymn,
the song I've been trying to sing.
Purify the colors, purify my mind.
Purify the colors, purify my mind,
and spread the ashes of the colors
over this heart of mine!
Arcade Fire Top 10
| ![]() | Arcade FireFuneral (2004) "Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)" | ||
| ![]() | Arcade FireFuneral (2004) "Wake Up" | ||
| ![]() | Arcade FireFuneral (2004) "Neighborhood #2 (Laika)" | ||
| ![]() | Arcade FireFuneral (2004) "In the Backseat" | ||
| ![]() | Arcade FireNeon Bible (2007) "Keep the Car Running" | ||
| ![]() | Arcade FireNeon Bible (2007) "Intervention" | ||
| ![]() | Arcade FireFuneral (2004) "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" | ||
| ![]() | Arcade FireNeon Bible (2007) "The Well and the Lighthouse" | ||
| ![]() | Arcade FireNeon Bible (2007) "No Cars Go" | ||
| ![]() | Arcade FireFuneral (2004) "Crown of Love" |
Arcade Fire Brit and Grammy Awards
The BRIT Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. Arcade Fire has received five nominations.
Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2006 | Funeral | Best International Album | Nominated |
Arcade Fire | International Breakthrough Act | Nominated | |
Best International Group | Nominated | ||
2008 | Neon Bible | Best International Album | Nominated |
Arcade Fire | Best International Group | Nominated |
Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. Arcade Fire has received three nominations.
Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2006 | Funeral | Best Alternative Music Album | Nominated |
"Cold Wind" | Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Nominated | |
2008 | Neon Bible | Best Alternative Music Album | Nominated |
Awards and Nominations received by Arcade Fire
Award | Wins | Nominations |
---|---|---|
| 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 1 |
Totals | ||
Awards won | 7 | |
Nominations | 21 |
Arcade Fire Studio Albums and EPs
Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales (US) | Certifications | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CAN | AUS [1] | FRA [2] | UK [6] | US [7] | ||||
2004 | Funeral | 23 | 80 | 61 | 33 | 131 | 504,000+ | Platinum (Canada) Platinum (UK) Gold (US) |
2007 | Neon Bible | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 439,000 | Platinum (Canada) Gold (UK) |
2010 | The Suburbs | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1[17] | 209,000+ | Gold (UK) |
Extended plays
Title | Date | Formats | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Arcade Fire | 2003 | CD | Independently released in 2003 and re-released on Merge in 2005. |
Arcade Fire & David Bowie at Fashion Rocks | 2005 | Download | Only available at the iTunes Music Store. |
Discography of Arcade Fire
This is a discography of Arcade Fire, an indie rock group from
Releases | ||
---|---|---|
Studio albums | 3 | |
Extended plays | 2 | |
Singles | 14 |
Monday, 20 September 2010
Introduction to Arcade Fire
The group’s trademark fashion is the waistcoat, giving them an air of “frumpiness”. When asked about the rumour that the group’s name refers to a fire in an arcade, Win Butler replied: “It’s not a rumour, it’s based on a story that someone told me. It’s not an actual event, but one that I took to be real. I would say that it’s probably something that the kid made up, but at the time I believed him.” Win Butler and his brother Will grew up in Texas.