Line #9 YMMV/ArcadeFire


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
2	** From ''Funeral:'' "Wake Up," "Rebellion (Lies)," "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)," "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)"
3	** From ''Neon Bible:'' "Intervention," "(Antichrist Television Blues)," "No Cars Go," "My Body is a Cage"
4	** From ''The Suburbs:'' "Half Light II (No Celebration)," "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)," "City With No Children"
5	** From ''Reflektor:'' "Reflektor," "Joan of Arc," "Porno," "It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus)," "Afterlife," "We Exist"
6	** From ''Everything Now'': "Signs of Life", "Electric Blue", "Good God Damn", "Put Your Money on Me"
7	* BrokenBase: Arcade Fire has one of these pop up every time they put out a new record, because they're so partial to updating their sound and content between albums; some of their fans will hate the new sound, while others think it's a step in the right direction for them. ''Reflektor'' has caused the largest splintering to date, because it's changed the band's sound the most.
8	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Song version. "Haiti", a non-single track from ''Funeral'', is popular among fans and played at nearly every show.
9	** "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" takes this up to eleven. It's perhaps the most instantly recognizable track off of the Suburbs and serves as the grand finale to many of their shows. [[WildMassGuessing Possible next single, as well,]] which would follow the odd trend of the second-to-last song on each album being released as a single and being considered that album's SignatureSong.
10	* EpicRiff: "Haiti," "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)," "Neighborhood #2 (Laika)"
11	* FanMyopia: In the UK, at any rate. They have enough fans that they can headline the prestigious Reading Festival (a postition where the standard is band with a singificant UK and international fandom), yet most people in the UK have never listened to them, and many have never heard of them. They rarely get played on radio, and aren't generally talked about outside of indie rock circles. In the internet age, where national culture lines are increasingly blurred, it's very easy for UK fans to forget this.
12	* FridgeLogic: A fragment of "Creature Comfort" says "Assisted suicide / [she] filled up the bathtub and put on our first record". The name of their first album was ''Funeral''.
13	* GeniusBonus: The CD of "Neon Bible" does not have a barcode printed on it - entirely appropriate for an album about the Apocalypse.[[note]]A theory popularized in the [=90s=] argued that barcodes were "The Mark of the Beast" referred to in [[Literature/TheBible The Book of Revelation]].[[/note]]
14	* HilariousInHindsight: Having Creator/AndrewGarfield play a trans woman for the "We Exist" video is this for fans of Music/TheMagneticFields and their song "Andrew In Drag."
15	* IAmNotShazam: After the Grammys, [[http://whoisarcadefire.tumblr.com/ some people]] seem to be ''really mad'' at The Suburbs for winning Album Of The Year. [[SarcasmMode This is a bit confusing, since The Suburbs were a punk band from the seventies]].
16	* MainstreamObscurity: ''The Suburbs'' debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy for Album of the Year. You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who isn't already into indie rock who knows any of Arcade Fire's songs. 'Cept maybe [[SignatureSong "Wake Up."]] One noted exception, though, is the Chicago media market, where they have sold out shows and were voted at the top of the XRT listener poll for the best album of the year.
17	** This seems to be starting to change with the publicity generated by their Grammy win and contributions to the [[Film/TheHungerGames Hunger Games]] soundtrack. In the current musical climate they're probably not going to break through completely into the mainstream, but it's okay- as a [[CultClassic beloved cult band]] of the 2000s, they're in [[Music/{{Radiohead}} pretty]] [[Music/SilversunPickups good]] [[Music/BoardsOfCanada company]].
18	* MemeticMutation:
19	** "[[http://whoisarcadefire.tumblr.com/ Who Is Arcade Fire?]]"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A ForcedMeme by jilted fans of the bands who lost to Arcade Fire at the Grammys.[[/labelnote]]
20	** "The Fire got washed out by the Tidal." [[note]] Referring to Win & Régine infamously shilling for Tidal, Music/JayZ's attempt at a Spotify-killer which is generally regarded as one of his only business ventures that failed. Also of note, Win [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes went out wearing]] [[http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Tidal+Launch+Event+NYC+TIDALforALL+9_20lCs2tTTl.jpg this]] [[/note]]
21	* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: "Who is Arcade Fire? They didn't deserve to win a Grammy! No one knows who they are!" Well, they do now...
22	* ParanoiaFuel: "'''[[http://thewildernessdowntown.com The Wilderness Downtown.]]'''" [[strike:Big Brother]] Win Butler is ''watching you.''
23	* SignatureSong: "Rebellion (Lies)" is the most obvious, though "Wake Up," "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)," and "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" would probably also qualify.
24	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EagGQtdy--U&feature=player_embedded Does this commercial for Microsoft sound familiar to you?]]
25	** Delta Goodrem has been accused of ripping off "Rebellion (Lies)". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE-Tbd0LRPw&ob=av2n Judge for yourself]].

Context YMMV / ArcadeFire