The National

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, 1986 said:

I remember them saying recently that they had come to the end of their Sleep Well Beast tour. So anyone seeing them next summer may well get some good mixed up set lists. Assuming they don't release anything new before then which I don't see happening. 

They've got some new material left over from SWB, so we could easily get an EP between now and then.

[jparx]

1 minute ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Indeed. Although for me it is tight between Funeral and Neon Bible. Both are great. And both are better than Sleep Well Beast, and possibly on a par with Boxer and Alligator.

But worse than In Rainbows, and #9 Pablo Honey.

[Hugh Jass]

1 minute ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Indeed. Although for me it is tight between Funeral and Neon Bible. Both are great. And both are better than Sleep Well Beast, and possibly on a par with Boxer and Alligator.

Funeral is in my all time top 5 so I rank it higher than almost anything.

(His & Hers, OK Computer, Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and In Utero in case you were wondering)

[Zoo Music Girl]

6 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Funeral is in my all time top 5 so I rank it higher than almost anything.

(His & Hers, OK Computer, Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and In Utero in case you were wondering)

Nice! His & Hers and In Utero the clear list-toppers for those particular bands.

[reflekting]

24 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Chronologically is the only way to rank the AF albums.

Chronologically but in reverse presumably.

[Hugh Jass]

12 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Nice! His & Hers and In Utero the clear list-toppers for those particular bands.

I'd do a Bowie one, but it would be long and go to some very dark late 80's places.

Edited November 27, 2018 by Hugh Jass

[jyoung]

High Violet has Lemonworld on it and that's always been enough for me.

[Gucci Piggy]

High Violet has loads of highs but unfortunately none as high as Slow Show, Apartment Story, All the Wine, Daughters of the Soho Riots and Pink Rabbits.

Probably still have it above TWFM, though.

[Hugh Jass]

Even if you discount Pink Rabbits (which I've already proven, using science, that you can't) TWFM still has that run of Sea of Love to I Need My Girl to contend with.

[scatteredscreens]

Are Sounds of the City gigs ones with your names printed on? If it's sure to be a quick sell out I might get a ticket but would resale if there's a London/Southern gig.

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, James96 said:

Are Sounds of the City gigs ones with your names printed on? If it's sure to be a quick sell out I might get a ticket but would resale if there's a London/Southern gig.

IIRC Arcade Fire had names printed on tickets but nobody checked ID (although this was part of MIF so might be a different policy).

[Superunknown]

48 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Even if you discount Pink Rabbits (which I've already proven, using science, that you can't) TWFM still has that run of Sea of Love to I Need My Girl to contend with.

Are people still debating whether Pink Rabbits is the greatest song to ever grace the earth? Weirdos. 

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, Superunknown said:

Are people still debating whether Pink Rabbits is the greatest song to ever grace the earth? Weirdos. 

I know!

[Gucci Piggy]

Pink Rabbits, Let Down and From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea is the trio of GOAT songs by GOAT bands.

[Gucci Piggy]

And we're getting all three of them (bands, not songs) in two festivals.

[Amy Lawn]

Boxer = High Violet > Trouble Will Find Me = Sleep Well Beast > Alligator > other lads

Funeral > The Suburbs > Reflektor > Neon Bible. There are no other Arcade Fire albums 

[Zoo Music Girl]

3 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Trouble Will Find Me = Sleep Well Beast > Alligator

This is unbearably wrong.

[Amy Lawn]

1 minute ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

This is unbearably wrong.

The first stage is denial

[Hugh Jass]

7 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

This is unbearably wrong.

Can we all just agree that my list is right and have done with it?

[Mouseboy11]

Weirdos thinking Pink Rabbits is The National’s best song ffs

[Zoo Music Girl]

Just now, Mouseboy11 said:

Weirdos thinking Pink Rabbits is The National’s best song ffs

Infuriating isn't it? I have to take a deep breath and skim those posts now as I've tried to reason with them too many times.

[reflekting]

Just now, Zoo Music Girl said:

Infuriating isn't it? I have to take a deep breath and skim those posts now as I've tried to reason with them too many times.

Apartment Story right?

[jyoung]

1 minute ago, Mouseboy11 said:

Weirdos thinking Pink Rabbits is The National’s best song ffs

Spot on, this!

[SwedgeAntilles]

It's a good tune but it's not even threatening the top ten tbh 

[Zoo Music Girl]

14 minutes ago, reflekting said:

Apartment Story right?

That's up there for me, but in all honesty I'm not sure I could name a definitive best song. I just know it's definitely not Pink Rabbits, one of the weaker songs on TWFM.

 

14 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

It's a good tune but it's not even threatening the top ten tbh 

This ^