Arcade Fire

[01seb]

So I saw AF at the Gold Coast Big Day Out from the front row, and I have to say that you guys are in for a treat at Glasto.

The new songs sounded absolutely superb! And I have to say that I loved the inclusion of Month of May and Rococo, both of them were excellent live. I don't really like Haiti, so was glad that was dropped haha.

I won't give away the set or how the show progresses, but what I will say is the flow between songs was really great. Even if the setlist looked like it was a bit of a jumble, all the little outros and intros tied everything together nicely. And Here Comes the Nights Time is a pretty special moment!

[CHRLY]

For anyone interested, Arcade Fire's soundtrack for the film 'Her' is here....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nHqkWi1OCc&index=14&list=PLr7OQkolT9x1STXooV9oySPIffM9ych0w

[festhead]

Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia. Jan 22, 2014. Setlist:
Rebellion (Lies) intro played by fake band.
01 Normal Person
02 Rebellion (Lies)
03 Wake Up
04 My Body Is A Cage*
05 Keep the Car Running
06 Ocean of Noise
07 The Suburbs
08 The Suburbs (continued)
09 It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus)
10 Afterlife
11 Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
12 No Cars Go
13 Joan of Arc
14 Devil Inside**
15 Here Comes the Night Time
---
16 Ready to Start
17 Reflektor
18 Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)

*Shortened version
**INXS cover

these set lists there playing get stranger and stranger!!! this time no tunnels, haiti, laika, internvention, month of may

[dentalplan]

Dunno about you guys but I'm sick of this My Body is a Cage intro thing. The whole point of the song is the triumphant crescendo.

[mike46]

No.

Wake Up can just NOT be 3rd. It needs to be the crowning glory of a triumphant Glasto set.

[mrtourette]

I think that was the setlist from a previous gig not a future Glastonbury one.

[rjb94]

Ocean of Noise? Wtf?

[FloorFiller]

re-introducing Ocean Of Noise is a weird one. that's quite a bizarre setlist overall. no Tunnels?! i'd be so annoyed if they didn't play that. and Wake Up third is weird as well (although Power Out as a closer would still be brilliant... it's just not Wake Up)

hopefully by the time Glasto comes around they will've had enough fucking about and we'll get a 'greatest hits' set of sorts

and i agree that the My Body Is A Cage intro thing is pointless. the end of that song is where it's at

all that said, interested to see what other oldies they re-introduce. maybe even (Antichrist Television Blues) or something from Funeral

[rjb94]

I like Ocean of Noise, but surely pretty much everyone in attendance would have rather Tunnels, Laika or Intervention

[tommyds]

Personally, I'm glad they are mixing it up and playing whatever they like.

They should play the whole of songs or not at all though. I'd imagine the lack of Intervention and the second half of My Body is a Cage would be due to not having an organ (not seen them this tour though, so not sure if this is accurate)

[rjb94]

I thought they just stuck it on the keyboard, but I dunno

[LondonTom]

17/18 song sets and they stick a bloody INXS cover in there?!

Edited January 22, 2014 by LondonTom

[Simpo]

This was their own gig, not a festival set, for those who were unaware.

[CHRLY]

Jesus wonder when the last time they didn't play tunnels was? (Excluding the reflektors shoes)

[arcade fireman]

I am seeing them next week in Sydney, if they don't play Tunnels I will start a riot.

And i hope they dont play a INXS cover. I'm a Brit living here so have seen them seven times back home but they haven't toured Aus since the Neon Bible tour so I would imagine there'll be a fair few people a bit annoyed if they wasted a song on that (when they could've heard Tunnels).

Granted I saw them do a cover of The Smiths Still Ill in Manchester in '07 which was brilliant, but that was a bit different as they'd toured the UK about three times that year and a large majority who attended that gig would have liked the Smiths. Whereas I don't think as many in attendance will be as big INXS fans.

Ocean of Noise is a good addition though.

Edited January 22, 2014 by arcade fireman

[suzie sue]

They played wake up near the start at Hyde park and it wasn't so good, thought they'd have scrapped that idea

[zero000]

This was their own gig, not a festival set, for those who were unaware.

17 songs (the second part of the suburbs doesn't count), doesn't seem like a long setlist for their own gig, though I imagine we'll get something around that length at glastonbury.

[Simpo]

Win: "We're just starting to mix in old songs and figure out how they all play together" ... "We're playing a really different set tonight, just trying to throw as much chaos into it as possible, see what works"

[Tuna]

OCEAN OF NOISE WOO

[festhead]

i will 100% be expecting them to play more then 17 songs at earls court but will settle for 18 at glasto. i echo everyone when i say that TUNNELS CANNOT BE DROPPED and WAKE UP has to be the closer.

although, i can see it from their side, they are starting a gigantic world tour now and playing the same setlist every night in the same order would get fucking boring for them!

also surprised with how the set list lacks any reflektor songs at the start (bar the opener obviously)

[evilduck]

Even if its not an ideal setlist, I'm glad to see they are playing around with it at least. I like it when you aren't sure what a band are likely to play. Full version of My Body Is A Cage please! I sobbed like a baby last time.

[arcade fireman]

My Body is a Cage is easily the worst thing they've ever done IMO.

[FloorFiller]

My Body is a Cage is easily the worst thing they've ever done IMO.

definitely not worst (Flashbulb Eyes) but i've never been as fond of it as a lot of others seem to be. read a review of Neon Bible that said it probably should've ended with No Cars Go and i kind of agree

[CHRLY]

The song neon bible is 10x worse than flashbulb eyes

[russycarps]

They surely wont finish with rebellion into wake up at glastonbury this year, that's exactly how they ended the gig in 2007.

I wouldnt be surprised if they didnt open with those two