@@rike94 I really disagree. Middle 8 continously seems to be the guy that kinda gets it. ....but not really. BUT the production quality and the occasional home runs is more than enough to make this one of the better music covering youtube channels..... sadly
Man the first time I heard Tunnels I cried like a baby, it reminds me a lot to the progression in Five Years by David Bowie, it just has the same cathartic feeling. You may have another one as favorite but without a doubt Funeral is one of the best (if not the best) album of the 2000s
I've been lucky enough to have seen Arcade Fire three times and "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" never fails to make me weep like a baby in front of thousands of strangers.
I saw them headlining a festival near Paris. The rain was pouring down on us, so much so that the technical staff told them to stop playing about 20 minutes in, because there was too much of an electrical hazard for them. Regine told us how sorry they were for having to stop, they left the stage. But the audience didn't budge. We all started to sing the "Wake Up" chant, kept doing it for a quarter hour and they came back. Sung an acoustic version of "Wake Up", drenched with rain, then left for good. It was the most emotional moment I ever felt at a concert.
They are playing near me in London in 2 months time. I only started hearing them a few weeks ago. Not heard very much at all. Just the 1st album really. They are very good. But £85 just seems like way too much money..
Everything Now: I'm divisive!! Reflektor: James Murphy molded my sound!! The Suburbs: I beat Eminem, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga's album!! *Neon Bible gets suckerpunched* Arcade Fire released Funeral, the definitive indie rock album...
Neon Bible: I continued the success of the band and provided an album for the indie kids. Middle 8: DON'T CARE....FUNERAL IS ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF THE 2000'S!
@@inthevault9603 Neon Bible is their worst in my opinion. I personally just find it so bland, it seems so...dysfunctional and I don't like the flow. I'm very happy for those that love it and think it's AF's best tho!
That moment in the intro where you had nothing to say about Neon bible and just fast-forwarded to Suburbs... Sad... :-( It remains one of my favorites of the band, but I'm so often in the minority on that.
You're not alone. In my opinion Neon Bible is their very best album. An absolute masterpiece, but often underrated ... I was a bit sad too when he skipped it after Suburbs at the beginning.
I really love love neon bible, it’s my favorite album I even have the neon bible tattooed on me. It made me sad too when he skipped over it, that album helped me so much in my life and is a masterpiece
Love receiving a notification that a new Middle 8 video has dropped, and to see one of my top 5 albums of all time in there...! My top requests for videos: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun Sufjan Stevens - Illinois Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Amy Winehouse - Frank The xx - xx
Hi, can you do a video about Bjork? I only dove in her most obscure parts of her discography a few weeks ago and I just can't get over how much she somehow not only reinvented herself since the Sugarcubes and Debut era, but she reshaped the whole pop landscape by with her instantly recognizable crackly voice, her eclectic and meticulous music productions and her offputting visuals which somehow ended up being commercially successful in an era where big female voices and drum n guitar riffs were mostly prominent , she pushed the Trip Hop and Art pop and electronic music as a whole so far in the music industry with Post and Homogenic (and maybe Vespertine) Thank you for your content.👍
Wow - This video is so well-crafted, edited and made. Just makes me appreciate the album more. To think you went the whole way withouth even mentioning Rebellion (Lies) and Laika as well, just so good.
Great video! It would be super cool if you did something on Death Cab for Cutie or The Postal Service, idk if you like them but I feel like discussing their albums Transatlanticism or Give Up would be super interesting
that would be incredibly interesting... with the shit happening with Morissey, we could use a reminder how The Smiths are arguably the most influential Indie band in history.
Please keep doing your thing. You've really got something special here and your content is some of the best I've ever watched on RUclips! Thankyou for your hard work dude and I look forward to more to come.
Arcade Fire definitely knew how to put the "fun" in "funeral", haha. Wonderful record, by far my favourite by them. "I've been learning- HAAAAAAAAAAAA" What a bloody release that moment is.
Incredible video and your best yet. I'd been hoping you would do a video on Arcade Fire and this album specifically and it was more than worth waiting for. The exploration of instrumental and lyrical composition was deeply fascinating.
My football team (plays in the English premier League)- walks out to wake up, gets everyone going and is really special to me. We know "it's time" when the crunchy guitar blasts on the PA.
This was the video that pushed me to listen to the album, and I absolutely fucking loved it. I’m rarely blown away by an album, but this hit me like a category 5 hurricane
I remember the first time I heard Rebellion was at a random night cruising through MTV, I was 8-9 years old and still to this day everytime they I listen to it I remind myself of those old simpler times.
Wow I haven’t listened to Funeral in years. And lol though I doubt most of my peers cared or even read it, that was the album I chose to review for my highschool newspaper back in ‘04 or ‘05, not long after it came out... The indie music scene was just starting to truly kick off and early arcade fire helped shape the sonic palate I was just beginning to develop. Thank you for reminding me why I chose it, and why others should choose it too ❤️
This is unreal. 2019 May I found the band Arcade Fire, start nonstop listening to Suburbs 2019 September bored of listening to Suburbs, randomly click on Funeral on Spoifiy and since then it's my new favourite. And now Oktober 1. I found your videoessay on them. Life is weird...
Please aim to listen to all of their discography and don’t “randomly” click an album because you got bored of one of them. They’re much too good for that
I know that it would too much to ask, but can you do a video about Bjork? I only dove in her most obscure parts of her discography a few weeks ago and I just can't get over how much she somehow not only reinvented herself since the Sugarcubes and Debut era, but she reshaped the whole pop landscape by with her instantly recognizable crackly voice, her eclectic and meticulous music productions and her offputting visuals which somehow ended up being commercially successful in an era where big female voices and drum n guitar riffs were mostly prominent , she pushed the Trip Hop and Art pop and electronic music so far in the music industry with Post and Homogenic (and maybe Vespertine) Thank you for your content.👍
Their first album was really something special, when i first heard wake up and rebellion(lies), their music was different, their music is like something u hear in a parade, there is also one band similar to arcade fire, but u guys probably wouldn’t know who they are.
Funeral is definitely my favorite album. I’ve always been a huge fan of arcade fire in general; it just seems like they stray further and further away from their initial album with every release
I've written a couple of essays on The Suburbs! You can find them on my medium here: medium.com/@jamiewalker99 One is on 'feeling' in The Suburbs and the other focusses on Half-Light I . They're probably pretty rough around the edges, but might make you think about the album a little differently! Thanks!!
I still remembered how i got blown away when i heard this album for the first time. not Arcade Fire best album but the most meaningful one at least for me.
I have listened to their first 4 albums and I love them all, but if I had to choose one it would definitely be The Suburbs. I still haven't listened to Everything Now
I love how creative you get with how you present your sponsors. It doesn’t even feel like an ad. Great videos and props on keeping it interesting, even the ad.
Funeral is by far my favourite Arcade Fire album. The best of The Suburbs matches it, but Funeral is ten magnificent, gorgeously constructed songs, whereas The Suburbs I think has five songs that match it and the rest which vary from ok to good.
Neon Bible > Funeral > The Suburbs > Reflektor > Everything Now. Having said that, let me point out that Reflektor is a great album, and even Everything Now is pretty damn good in my book. It’s just that Neon Bible is essentially perfection throughout.
Fantastic video!! I am waiting for whole discography now heheheh. Thank you for this! EDIT: I will probably go with Everything Now as my favourite album, since it's the one that got me into them, but my gosh, I just cannot decide. Only love!
2000's: Arcade Fire - Funeral Radiohead - Kid A LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver The Avalanches - Since I Left You The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Commatorium The Strokes - This Is It Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fist Like Atennas To Heaven Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
Funeral is a masterpiece but overall Neon Bible is a superior album. They should’ve won the Grammy for either one of these. It seems that The Suburbs won to make amends for the Grammy’s tremendous fuck up.
I love your videos, but honestly, worst of them so far. Usually you delve more into each song, but it seems like you rushed this video a bit. I understand some songs do not need that much detailing, but skipping Crown of Love is, imho, the worst choice.
Homeboy just skips over Neon Bible in the intro haha
jajaja damn I tought that too, even tough they put the art cover with funeral
Neon Bible was the drummer.
I enjoyed it. Cheers haha
why do it dirty like that?????
I saw that, but I still don't know why he skipped it o.o
One of the best albums of 00s.
Now it's time for a video about another masterpiece of 00s, Turn on the bright lights.
zahra khodabakhshi yes I want an Interpol video so bad
Am I the only one that finds ANTICS to be a much superior album?
...
Aight, imma head out.
archimmes I think that sometimes I always end up coming back to totlbl
Yesssss!
TOTBL is timeless !!! would love to see a video about it
THIS ALBUM IS SO GOOD! Thanks for creating this dude.
I love your channel!!
one of the most consistent youtubers in terms of quality, incredible content man keep it up!
I love your pfp
blue amensiac and radiohead art in general is fantastic
also known as "The Wikipedia Reader for Lazy People"
@@rike94 I really disagree. Middle 8 continously seems to be the guy that kinda gets it. ....but not really. BUT the production quality and the occasional home runs is more than enough to make this one of the better music covering youtube channels..... sadly
Man the first time I heard Tunnels I cried like a baby, it reminds me a lot to the progression in Five Years by David Bowie, it just has the same cathartic feeling. You may have another one as favorite but without a doubt Funeral is one of the best (if not the best) album of the 2000s
Laika i don’t know if you know that they have a live recording of five years, singing with david bowie
@@TheLais17 WHATTTTTTT
@@thom7433 look for yt video david bowie and arcade fire - five years
@@revertix_ru Yeah I just watched it, it was awesome. Thanks!
Laika your welcome!
I've been lucky enough to have seen Arcade Fire three times and "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" never fails to make me weep like a baby in front of thousands of strangers.
Patrick Kilmartin it’s such a beautiful song
Me too
I saw them headlining a festival near Paris. The rain was pouring down on us, so much so that the technical staff told them to stop playing about 20 minutes in, because there was too much of an electrical hazard for them. Regine told us how sorry they were for having to stop, they left the stage. But the audience didn't budge. We all started to sing the "Wake Up" chant, kept doing it for a quarter hour and they came back. Sung an acoustic version of "Wake Up", drenched with rain, then left for good. It was the most emotional moment I ever felt at a concert.
They are playing near me in London in 2 months time. I only started hearing them a few weeks ago. Not heard very much at all. Just the 1st album really. They are very good. But £85 just seems like way too much money..
Can you do one on The Antlers "hospice"? I know it would be right up your alley.
Yes yes yes
Or the Microphones/Mount Eerie
It’s pretty simple- out walking one day, he stumbled across the Tree Of Unbearable Human Sadness, took a leaf, and called it Hospice
Are you guys from Radiohead. amino?
Yes!
Everything Now: I'm divisive!!
Reflektor: James Murphy molded my sound!!
The Suburbs: I beat Eminem, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga's album!!
*Neon Bible gets suckerpunched*
Arcade Fire released Funeral, the definitive indie rock album...
Mark Mumm Neon Bible is the best album they’ve ever made. What the hell is wrong with this guy? Has he never listened to it?
@@inthevault9603 might just be the rule of threes being more pleasing for timing, tho neon bible is fantastic
Neon Bible: I continued the success of the band and provided an album for the indie kids.
Middle 8: DON'T CARE....FUNERAL IS ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF THE 2000'S!
@@inthevault9603 everything now and funeral are the two best albums arcade fire has made, but all of their albums are amazing
@@inthevault9603 Neon Bible is their worst in my opinion. I personally just find it so bland, it seems so...dysfunctional and I don't like the flow. I'm very happy for those that love it and think it's AF's best tho!
Oh wow. Thank you so much for this. The months after this album released are so so so nostalgic for me
my man
I love how nice you music/art video essayists are to each other
I see you everywhere now
I am one of those guys whose favorite Arcade Fire record is Neon Bible. It is just so dark yet powerful.
I love your pfp!
Same here, such a great album.
Agreed
Philipp Gra yet you have the suburbs as your pfp? Come on man! 😅
@@matthewholloway81 the suburbs has a nice cover tbh
That moment in the intro where you had nothing to say about Neon bible and just fast-forwarded to Suburbs...
Sad... :-(
It remains one of my favorites of the band, but I'm so often in the minority on that.
You're not alone. In my opinion Neon Bible is their very best album. An absolute masterpiece, but often underrated ...
I was a bit sad too when he skipped it after Suburbs at the beginning.
I really love love neon bible, it’s my favorite album I even have the neon bible tattooed on me. It made me sad too when he skipped over it, that album helped me so much in my life and is a masterpiece
MaJuV What do you mean fast forward to Funeral? It came before Neon Bible.
@@inthevault9603 Woops, typo. I meant Suburbs.
Tunnels💕 my anthem for ever
same here
Love this album to bits!! Thank you for this video!
And please, soon, make a video on In the Aeroplane Over the Sea!
Love receiving a notification that a new Middle 8 video has dropped, and to see one of my top 5 albums of all time in there...!
My top requests for videos:
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Amy Winehouse - Frank
The xx - xx
Awesome video. You should do something about Neutral Milk Hotel.
15 years of a masterpiece!!
Man, i see you everywhere
20 years now
One of my favorite albums
This video is incredible. I’d love to see you do one on Car Seat Headrest
Can you do a video on Modest Mouse? Thanks
My fav arcade fire records are The suburbs and Funeral.
blue I feel like a normie after seeing this comment
@@perspii2808 but why?
Modest mouse video would be amazing
@@1uparcade33 ikr
Modest Mouse!! 😭
Can you do a video on Foals?
yes!
Hi, can you do a video about Bjork? I only dove in her most obscure parts of her discography a few weeks ago and I just can't get over how much she somehow not only reinvented herself since the Sugarcubes and Debut era, but she reshaped the whole pop landscape by with her instantly recognizable crackly voice, her eclectic and meticulous music productions and her offputting visuals which somehow ended up being commercially successful in an era where big female voices and drum n guitar riffs were mostly prominent , she pushed the Trip Hop and Art pop and electronic music as a whole so far in the music industry with Post and Homogenic (and maybe Vespertine)
Thank you for your content.👍
Yes
Wow - This video is so well-crafted, edited and made. Just makes me appreciate the album more.
To think you went the whole way withouth even mentioning Rebellion (Lies) and Laika as well, just so good.
The descending bass riff on Power Out is when I knew this album is a masterpiece
Great video! It would be super cool if you did something on Death Cab for Cutie or The Postal Service, idk if you like them but I feel like discussing their albums Transatlanticism or Give Up would be super interesting
Ben Gibbard time!
2 days for funeral 15 years💕 Its my favorite band and when I listen this album i started a long way
“Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)” was my alarm song for years - and I STILL never got sick of it. That’s powerful
Tunnels is one my fav song ever. Makes me shiver.
Can you do a video on The Smiths 🔥🎵
that would be incredibly interesting... with the shit happening with Morissey, we could use a reminder how The Smiths are arguably the most influential Indie band in history.
@@apullcan agreed. They are technically the first Indie band, still one of my favourite bands of all time
@@ng3933 in terms of their sound maybe, but technically they're not in any way the first indie band
@@ng3933 There was Joy division and before them I think The Velvet Underground.
@@EmiTheLoomistar Joy Division was underground but wasn't their main term Post Punk? You may be right about velvet underground tho
_Funeral_ was probably one of the greatest debut albums I have ever heard of my life.
It still blows me away. Musically speaking it is a masterpiece.
Gotta go for suburbs for favourite AF album
Please keep doing your thing. You've really got something special here and your content is some of the best I've ever watched on RUclips! Thankyou for your hard work dude and I look forward to more to come.
wow, my favorite youtuber makes a video about my favorite band! what a good day.
Arcade Fire definitely knew how to put the "fun" in "funeral", haha.
Wonderful record, by far my favourite by them.
"I've been learning- HAAAAAAAAAAAA"
What a bloody release that moment is.
Bro skipped over laika the most ubderated song on that album😢😢
I think you should do a video about Daniel Johnston, what with his recent passing and all. He’s very talented and interesting.
Your editing blows my mind
Incredible video and your best yet.
I'd been hoping you would do a video on Arcade Fire and this album specifically and it was more than worth waiting for. The exploration of instrumental and lyrical composition was deeply fascinating.
Another amazing Middle 8 video, keep up the great work dude, I love what you’re doing!
One of the best albums ever made
This album has changed my life
Now I found some new insight to you
Why didn't you also analyse Rebellion (Lies)?
Skipped over neon bible. Damn you!!!
I think it's time to revisit this album in the Age of COVID.
My football team (plays in the English premier League)- walks out to wake up, gets everyone going and is really special to me. We know "it's time" when the crunchy guitar blasts on the PA.
You should do Origin of Symmetry or Absolution by Muse
I was just listening to this album on my drive to school. It’s one of the best I’ve every listen to.
P.S. I actually enjoyed Everything Now, but probably as it is what introduced me to Arcade Fire.
This was the video that pushed me to listen to the album, and I absolutely fucking loved it. I’m rarely blown away by an album, but this hit me like a category 5 hurricane
I remember the first time I heard Rebellion was at a random night cruising through MTV, I was 8-9 years old and still to this day everytime they I listen to it I remind myself of those old simpler times.
Wow I haven’t listened to Funeral in years. And lol though I doubt most of my peers cared or even read it, that was the album I chose to review for my highschool newspaper back in ‘04 or ‘05, not long after it came out... The indie music scene was just starting to truly kick off and early arcade fire helped shape the sonic palate I was just beginning to develop. Thank you for reminding me why I chose it, and why others should choose it too ❤️
Please do one on the suburbs
my favorite AF album with maybe “laika” being my favorite song
One of the best 21st century bands, period.
This is unreal.
2019 May I found the band Arcade Fire, start nonstop listening to Suburbs
2019 September bored of listening to Suburbs, randomly click on Funeral on Spoifiy and since then it's my new favourite.
And now Oktober 1. I found your videoessay on them.
Life is weird...
Please aim to listen to all of their discography and don’t “randomly” click an album because you got bored of one of them. They’re much too good for that
Can you do a video about Tokyo police club? Their first 3 albums are some of my favorite of all time
Wow, every video on this channel is amazing. Thank you so much for making this video, it made my day!
I know that it would too much to ask, but can you do a video about Bjork? I only dove in her most obscure parts of her discography a few weeks ago and I just can't get over how much she somehow not only reinvented herself since the Sugarcubes and Debut era, but she reshaped the whole pop landscape by with her instantly recognizable crackly voice, her eclectic and meticulous music productions and her offputting visuals which somehow ended up being commercially successful in an era where big female voices and drum n guitar riffs were mostly prominent , she pushed the Trip Hop and Art pop and electronic music so far in the music industry with Post and Homogenic (and maybe Vespertine)
Thank you for your content.👍
Their first album was really something special, when i first heard wake up and rebellion(lies), their music was different, their music is like something u hear in a parade, there is also one band similar to arcade fire, but u guys probably wouldn’t know who they are.
My favorite AF album swings between Neon Bible and The Suburbs
Same!
I wish there was more video essays on Arcade Fire - thanks for this!
One of the best albums ever
This is the only channel on youtube that I drop everything to watch the second I get the notification.
Funeral is definitely my favorite album. I’ve always been a huge fan of arcade fire in general; it just seems like they stray further and further away from their initial album with every release
I've written a couple of essays on The Suburbs! You can find them on my medium here: medium.com/@jamiewalker99
One is on 'feeling' in The Suburbs and the other focusses on Half-Light I . They're probably pretty rough around the edges, but might make you think about the album a little differently! Thanks!!
I still remembered how i got blown away when i heard this album for the first time. not Arcade Fire best album but the most meaningful one at least for me.
I have listened to their first 4 albums and I love them all, but if I had to choose one it would definitely be The Suburbs. I still haven't listened to Everything Now
I love how creative you get with how you present your sponsors. It doesn’t even feel like an ad. Great videos and props on keeping it interesting, even the ad.
Funeral is by far my favourite Arcade Fire album. The best of The Suburbs matches it, but Funeral is ten magnificent, gorgeously constructed songs, whereas The Suburbs I think has five songs that match it and the rest which vary from ok to good.
I have this album cover tattooed on my left arm. Thank you so much for this video.
Please do a video on Nickelback.
Can u do a video on the big big elephant who says “it’s me the glow pt2”
Funeral: Autumn
Neon Bible: Summer
The Suburbs: Spring
Reflektor: Winter
Lol that snubbing of neon bible in the intro
Please cover Metric
Neon Bible > Funeral > The Suburbs > Reflektor > Everything Now.
Having said that, let me point out that Reflektor is a great album, and even Everything Now is pretty damn good in my book. It’s just that Neon Bible is essentially perfection throughout.
Fantastic video!! I am waiting for whole discography now heheheh. Thank you for this!
EDIT: I will probably go with Everything Now as my favourite album, since it's the one that got me into them, but my gosh, I just cannot decide. Only love!
I love that i could spend an evening watching incredible music documentaries like this one. Drinking a couple of beers. Awesome video
Finally does an Arcade Fire video. Take your time.
Love seeing a new video from you
What an album, oh my word :O
Deserves more subscribers
How does middle 8 monetize these videos??! Other people get takedowns for just including an artist name in their title 😂 love this channel tho!
The lyrics on this ablum are phenomenal.
Wtf i just listened to this record
Bro what do you use to edit your videos?? You’re great at crafting great visuals.
This album is tied to many memories and emotions of my life at various stages. I can't imagine my world without this album.
WOO ONE IF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS
Thank you. Always loved this album. Now I know why
One of my favorite bands! Always with consistent, incredible content, dude!
Your videos always made my day! Superb work 👏👏👏
Fleet Foxes
Do Parliament/Funkadelic next! No one has done it before!!
can you do Devo "Are we not Men; We are Devo"
A really great topic
I really like that band
2000's:
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Radiohead - Kid A
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Commatorium
The Strokes - This Is It
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fist Like Atennas To Heaven
Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
This analysis is everything. Can you please do Frog Eyes - A Flower in a glove
I've never heard of this album what's it like?
@@Seth-hc2bj It's a folk rock like Wolf Parade, Broken social scene, etc. Not a popular band tho.
This is literally my favorite youtube channel
Funeral is a masterpiece but overall Neon Bible is a superior album. They should’ve won the Grammy for either one of these. It seems that The Suburbs won to make amends for the Grammy’s tremendous fuck up.
I love your videos, but honestly, worst of them so far. Usually you delve more into each song, but it seems like you rushed this video a bit. I understand some songs do not need that much detailing, but skipping Crown of Love is, imho, the worst choice.
For a second, I thought that Arcade Fire died
Rebellion lies is a great song for this video