Seriously? Reflektor was a fucking modern masterpiece. The second half is quite possibly one of the greatest stretches of music ever. And the record as a whole was a middle finger to the idea they were going to sell out after winning here. The sad part is, after that part of the story, I agree with you. After Reflektor's tour and the film they did sell out, and they did just become another mediocre band on a major label. They fell right off a cliff. Followed up some of their best work with their worst. Their latest effort sadly makes you right. You just are pointing to the wrong part of the timeline my friend.
Oh I am seeing them later this year myself and will continue to do so. I'm sure they still are incredible live, even playing the new stuff. That said, It is obvious to me the very sellout-esque nature of their move to one of the big 3 major label giants and releasing one of the worst albums this year. Right after releasing an extremely artful and experimental record on their indie label of 10 years.
@@nanowave just because they got recognized for being amazing musicians doesn't make them less than or sell outs. I used to think like that when I was a kid but now as I mature so does my thought process. No one called out Basquiat for being recognized.
It's funny how 4 years ago I thought they so did not deserve that but being older and more mature and having just listened to that album.... OH MY GOD that album is amazing! It so deserved that grammy!
+Darren Kehrli Aye, Funeral really brought the Fire in Arcade Fire. Not that I don't like The Suburbs. The title track is somewhere in my top 5 favorite songs from them. They always do good openers though.
That's because she didn't know if the bands name was the suburbs or Arcade Fire. Goes to show even famous musicians usually only know what's mainstream
@@michaelfedorsha8147 there are so many Artists out there you can't know every single one of them and she obvs is busy and has a different taste of music. That's understandable.
I remember I was so happy when this happened. A group of wonderful and talented people that are genuinely in love with music received the recognition they deserved. The Suburbs holds a special place in my heart because it's the album in which I first discovered these guys and fell in love with them and their music. It truly was a night in which art, not a product, won. Just saw them for the first time at the Forum recently, and I am very sincere when I say it was one of the greatest nights of my life.
People always look back at this and think that an "indie" band that "nobody ever heard of" came out of nowhere and won the biggest Grammy prize of the night. The Suburbs literally debuted at #1 and was the most popular album for a week in 2010. Their second album Neon Bible also peaked at #2 in 2007.
Maheen Doha I disagree with you completely actually haha. The Grammies have been consistent in its emphasis on quality. Last year’s best album nominees were ALL very deserving, and all the recent winners are also deserving imo.
Josh Vitullo There were plenty of people saying that Arcade Fire sucks, and that their album was garbage after this. I remember their itunes reviews for Suburbs was nothing but pages of pissed off Eminem and Lady Gaga fans giving it one star just to say that AF didn't deserve it, and how shitty they are. In general, people are fucking stupid, literally, if they don't hear something on the radio for months on end, and in every other commercial, and played during half time of their favorite sporting events, then they think it doesn't exist, and if they should be made aware of it in a way that (in their mind) insults their favorite pop artists (such as Eminem/Lady Gaga losing AOTY to Arcade Fire), then they will rage and try to tear it down, rather than get an elementary understanding of music and realize that the thing they are insulting is in fact better in every conceivable way than what they consider to be good.
I'm so happy Arcade Fire won. I've been listening to them since their 2nd album came out and at the time they were like a hidden gem. So glad they are getting the much deserved respect now for their musical talents.
It's just so amazing to see actual, talented artists like Arcade Fire and Beck to win top categories. It shows that there will always be a place, in the music industry, for much more talented artists than the mainstream ones.
@@ShaleelGriffith yea you definitely only listen to mumble rap lmfao, you got a boring ass taste in music, this band is better than anyone you’ll ever listen to
@@sambt123 I actually don’t lmaoo and I just made a comment saying not all mainstream artist are bad lmaoo. plus I listen to Bjork, Solange, Carole king, Laura Nyro, Res, Erykah badu, Lorde, The Marias, and etc. I don’t listen to mumble rap lmaoo I barely even like modern day rap music lmaoo
I love arcade fire but winning a Grammy doesnt mean shit for their musical career when they're that great esp since Katy perry was nominated in the same category. Real artists don't need recognition and Grammy awards to prove their merit
@@zackzallie8735 is it really that good? I haven’t listened to it but I’ve heard it’s the greatest of all time. I have a hard time believing that since it wasn’t recorded by David Bowie.
"we're gonna go play another song, 'cause we like music" it's great to hear this, because all the best artists, such as Arcade Fire, play music because they enjoy it and money and recognition seem to fall into place in good moderation.
People should realised that music is not always about those who are famous at chart, at streaming platforms, or sells more millions records than those who you never heard their names/listen to their musics.
Love the reaction they had, like they just got away with robbing a bank. They completely deserved it nonetheless, but for them to beat out Hip/Hop, Pop, Rap is just an amazing feeling. My favorite album of all time.
It won't make up for Ok Computer and In Rainbows but it's a start. The Grammys really are a joke. I know this because Katy Perry was nominated for best album.
The ‘Album of the Year’ category is denominated: "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales, chart position, or critical reception." Her album topped 5 singles, as Michael Jackson’s Bad, 1987. But they truly deserved it. The Suburbs is masterpiece!
@@rafikgermany26 Wow, every single word you wrote was astounding in how wrong they are. Teenage Dream was iconic...for mainstream radio and Pop music. Not for lyricism, not for story-telling, not for technical achievement, not for themes, not for conception, not for actually being profound in meaning. Arcade Fire won because they created an album that spoke to people and had a very, very strong album concept. The themes of their music on The Suburbs is one that transcends generations and links them all together, it's timeless, something that radio music is incapable of doing because it's an assembly line of manufactured artists cultivating singles by six different songwriters, slapping a face on it and shaping a career around the machine. Her only talent is in her acting ability for her fanbase and her on-stage persona and her singing. She is just another cookie cutter artist who does half the work and has everyone propel her to stardom based solely on the fact she can sell the songs being made for profit, in exchange you get fame and wealth. Arcade Fire did it for nothing, they are average people who are real and human, who write their own songs and put their souls into it, who do it to spread their stories and their messages, to say something meaningful with their music. If you actually sit through and listen to the Suburbs, there was a real reason why it deserved Album of the Year. None of the albums, hell not even Recovery by Eminem and that did have some decent tracks, were worthy of what the Suburbs pulled off. The music from that album today is timeless, I've heard the title track and Sprawl II dozens of time and still to this day I get goosebumps from the melancholy of those songs and what they speak about, how timeless it is, how the themes only hold up more and more as years pass by. The Suburbs now is even more relevant than it was in 2010. Teenage Dream is not because it's a superficial album about superficial things and is a reflection of the star that is selling it to you. It's iconic only to its genre, not to the industry as a whole. It says something when half of the celebrities had a look of near contempt when a band like Arcade Fire won, as if they "stole" from them, like all of their manufacturing, trend-setting and radio hits weren't enough to secure them an instant Grammy pat on the back. They hated the fact that an outsider won, an underdog, real musicians who built themselves up from nothingness and created something truly profound enough to sway the Grammy panel to decide that this time they won't take the easy route and just choose what's "popular" enough, they would choose what the category is supposed to stand for and base their choice on actual merit, on what an award for music should be about. And you know what they did after? Instead of giving a speech and then walking off, let the bland, cringey host sign the Grammy's off and everyone go home and drink the night away. They went "fuck that" and played another song right after, all the way to the credits that the credits had to play over them because they forced the Grammy's to go overtime and stole the hosts last minutes from them for the music...and the crowd cheered immensely while the celebs silently looked on, as they do. Because what we are all here for is actually the music, not the vanity of it all and not to see a bunch of rigged awards be handed out half-heartedly to people who most of the time, don't deserve it because there are SO many artists out there every year making albums better than any of the garbage that always gets nominated, especially nowadays. Holy fuck has the Grammy's become such a low-brow farce these days. So it was a people's victory that Arcade Fire won in 2010 and a middle finger to the machine and the shit part of the industry that refuses to let anyone from any other genre dare tread anywhere near their clique. They deserved the win.
"Were gonna play another song because we like music.". That's why you won. Because you liked music, a little more then money. Thank god for a band like them.
I don’t listen to Arcade Fire, but I’m very happy that they won because they are from Montréal and it’s very hard here to become famous outside on Canada!
Kinda had a repeat of this last night,where not-so-popular Indy/Rock(idk,I'm not here for a subgenre war) artist (2011 Arcade Fire/2015 Beck) wins album of the year of massively popular mainstream artist (2011 Lady Gaga/2015 Beyonce)
Yes because this is the Grammys, they recognize quality and artists. There are plenty of awards shows that recognize pop mainstream like VMA's, BillBoards, AMA's. People need to realize the difference. Also it's funny you mention Gaga and Beyoncé because everybody thought Eminem was going to win that year. You can hear people shouting is name just before they announce the winner.
No awards show is perfect, it's hard to compare 2 artists, yes they did mistakes before, that said, you can be a very talented artist and be very mainstream/popular or the other way around. It's unfortunate some talented people never won (radiohead for exemple but who were they against? sometimes there are just too many talent in one category. there's also snub sometimes). Taylor Swift might be very mainstream but doesn't mean she is not talented. I personally don't know her very much but she wrote her music and play guitar. But Britney Spears have won only one grammy and she had been the biggest pop star on planet earth for a whole decade! Katy Perry never won and many more. If the grammy's were like the vma's or billboards, these two would have won a loooot already.
imelroy Daft Punk "Random Access Memories" is an incredible album, and absolutely deserved to win AOTY, even over Kendrick Lamar, who also had an amazing album. He didn't get snubbed, RAM is a transcendent album pulling sounds from 30+ years ago and doing something completely new with them, if it hadn't been such a perfect album that won over him, then I'd agree he was snubbed, but the fact is either of them could have won, and it would have been deserved because they are 2 albums that will go down as all time greats.
I don't understand why "hipsters" were pissed that Arcade Fire won the Grammy, saying they're "sell-outs" now. Maybe I'm a terrible indie rock fan or something, but I don't understand how you can be so disloyal to your favorite band that you'd stop liking them once they started getting the fame they deserved. I'm so happy that my friends are listening to them now and I LOVE sharing the music.
One of my favorite albums ever. fantastic tracks and superb songwriting. those guys that yelled "eminem" a few seconds before she announced the suburbs must have regreted it.
@Garykelleher123 No, it's clarification that they came out with a good album that achieved recognition. I still don't see their music being played on mainstream radio stations or on MTV.
This aged badly ngl, although it seems to be getting better now in 2020 with Synth music and Pop Punk returning to the mainstream and the likes of Reggaeton and Mumble Rap fading away.
@ViacomFailsAtLife Don't paint the wide brush over all of us. I'm American and yet I'm thrilled Arcade Fire won. They have real musical talent that is EXTREMELY rare these days.
i think they are a great band and worked hard to get to where they are now,who else puts on such a great performance in public,and is true to their fans !!!!!
Glad someone mostly unknown got their moment in the spotlight, maybe people's eyes are starting to open up about music. It goes to show you don't have to be a world renowned mega star to be considered good. Then again the award only means so much there are plenty of other amazing artist that have never won a grammy though they have some really great music. Guns 'n Roses (though they have been given 4 AMAs, 4 VMAs and world music award) Bob Marley ( even though he's a music icon) Jimi Hendrix ( has a been given a number of grammy hall of fames but never actually won a grammy) Led Zeppelin ( with a grammy lifetime achievement award and inducted into the grammy hall of fame and selling 300 million units worldwide) Kid Rock (number 1 selling male musician in 2000)
My point was however that it doesn't always have to be some major pop star winning when there are other options just as good or better... Of the choices that year I honestly wouldn't have chose any cause I didn't listen to them but it's nice to see something else win to me it gives me hope that people would branch out and listen to music outside of what they are used to hearing on the radio
***** "in the grammys supposedly musically educated people vote, which makes it even more disappointing" But that is EXACTLY why Arcade Fire won, or am I misunderstanding your point? Surely musically educated people should be favouring extremely musically talented multi-instrumentalists who write their own beautiful lyrics over the kind of artist who turns up to a studio and sings something which usually is written for them and with no input on the music itself. If this was a fan vote then Arcade Fire would have stood no chance, hence why the other nominees are often given the labels "commercial" or "mainstream".
***** It's very hard to miss your point, you made it sound like it was disappointing that AF won, because there are supposedly musically educated people voting, as though anyone with an understanding of music wouldn't have voted for them over the other nominees.
As I've always said, "This band can do it all!" I've waited years for Arcade Fire to win a grammy. I so happy that they won a grammy at last! What upsets me is that they should've won grammys for their other albums! Well now Arcade Fire really has something to show for their hard work. They're my favorite music group for many reasons and now there's yet another reason why they're my favorite music group!
Finally great musicians get recognized for their work! Perhaps if we had more awards like this talented yet not well known bands would get the chance to get their music out there and be celebrated for it in these ceremonies.
Wow I'm just getting a lot of hate from nearly everybody. Why can't you just accept that they won, just because you don't listen to them or like them doesn't warrant all this insanity. I'd never even heard of them before the Grammys, but hell, you won a Grammy Arcade Fire, way to go!
I hate how eminem and dre just sat there with this like disapproval look without showing any love, like they thought arcade fire didn't deserve the win or something
If you don't know who Arcade Fire is by now than you are just out of the mass public "Loop". Let's give it up for great musicians that write their own music!
Thanks God I can mark comments as spam on RUclips. It's funny that the main wave in music is not respecting artists now-a-days, which is promoted by people I know they spend the whole day trolling in the internet. I'm delighted Arcade Fire won, I love them and The Suburbs is magnificent but that doesn't give anyone the right to disrespect the other nominees as if the Grammys were a head-to-head competition. The day people respect each other's musical tastes will be the day music will succeed.
The 2014 Grammy is eligible for albums released between Oct 31, 2012 and Sep 30, 2013. Arcade Fire's Reflektor was released on Oct 2013, so it will be considered for the next Grammy.
makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside knowing THE Arcade Fire won over so many other great performers, but c'mon guys, lets be honest, The Suburbs smokes Recovery and Teenage Dream ANY DAY.
I remember seeing this. I knew they had to win the nomination as soon as they came out I never thought they could win after the disaster from the "album of the year" last year, I imagine other people's faces when they heard The Suburbs, Arcade Fire. Like the Arctic Monkeys would say "SUCK IT AND SEE". Arcade Fire saves the Grammy Awards'11 thank God for that! :D
That album will go down in history as my personal favourite... ever. Personally, I don't care if they won the Grammy or not, they put on one hell of a show.
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I sometimes come back to this video when I want a reminder that good things can happen in the world
Seriously? Reflektor was a fucking modern masterpiece. The second half is quite possibly one of the greatest stretches of music ever. And the record as a whole was a middle finger to the idea they were going to sell out after winning here.
The sad part is, after that part of the story, I agree with you. After Reflektor's tour and the film they did sell out, and they did just become another mediocre band on a major label. They fell right off a cliff. Followed up some of their best work with their worst. Their latest effort sadly makes you right. You just are pointing to the wrong part of the timeline my friend.
TJ Hollister i saw them live two days ago and they are far from sell outs. One of the best night of my life
Oh I am seeing them later this year myself and will continue to do so. I'm sure they still are incredible live, even playing the new stuff. That said, It is obvious to me the very sellout-esque nature of their move to one of the big 3 major label giants and releasing one of the worst albums this year. Right after releasing an extremely artful and experimental record on their indie label of 10 years.
Well said!!
@@nanowave just because they got recognized for being amazing musicians doesn't make them less than or sell outs. I used to think like that when I was a kid but now as I mature so does my thought process. No one called out Basquiat for being recognized.
It's funny how 4 years ago I thought they so did not deserve that but being older and more mature and having just listened to that album.... OH MY GOD that album is amazing! It so deserved that grammy!
John Sailors Funeral, their first full length is significantly better, though Suburbs was pretty good.
+Darren Kehrli Aye, Funeral really brought the Fire in Arcade Fire. Not that I don't like The Suburbs. The title track is somewhere in my top 5 favorite songs from them. They always do good openers though.
I prefer The Suburbs to Funeral
same, I loved The Fame monster, but the Suburbs deserved
The album still STOOD out for me! Such a masterpiece!
Sounded like Barbara Streisand had never, in her life, said the word "suburbs" lol.
Diego Bolanos nice
That's because she didn't know if the bands name was the suburbs or Arcade Fire. Goes to show even famous musicians usually only know what's mainstream
@@michaelfedorsha8147 there are so many Artists out there you can't know every single one of them and she obvs is busy and has a different taste of music. That's understandable.
@@michaelfedorsha8147 Bruh, Streisand is a mainstream artist.
@@zackzallie8735 bruh, you fundamentally misunderstood his comment.
I remember I was so happy when this happened. A group of wonderful and talented people that are genuinely in love with music received the recognition they deserved. The Suburbs holds a special place in my heart because it's the album in which I first discovered these guys and fell in love with them and their music. It truly was a night in which art, not a product, won. Just saw them for the first time at the Forum recently, and I am very sincere when I say it was one of the greatest nights of my life.
The...Sssssuburbs? Arcade Fire!
+Matt Friend frig her
Arshade* Fire
A revolutionary moment in rock music history. Was glad to be a part of it when it happened live in 2011.
People always look back at this and think that an "indie" band that "nobody ever heard of" came out of nowhere and won the biggest Grammy prize of the night. The Suburbs literally debuted at #1 and was the most popular album for a week in 2010. Their second album Neon Bible also peaked at #2 in 2007.
The one year they got it right
And with Daft Punk too
And they got it right with Daft Punk aswell.
Beck too
Daft Punk is trash
sonically cohesive no?
This video never fails to make me smile.
Music actually won that year. Never forget people.
Nope. Goofy ass hipster bums stole it from Eminem.
Typical elitist comment lol
best thing that monster lost!
@@kapppgjiio8515 Eminem doesn’t have shit on arcade fire
@@kapppgjiio8515 Recovery is easily one of Eminem’s worst records, shouldn’t have even been nominated
best decision of the grammies EVER
no1narutofanzz and Sgt. Pepper lonely hearts club band, Thriller, rumours, random access memories, Double Fantasy, Raising sand
You forgot outkast album. That sht is a fcking masterpiece
I think I have to listen that album because I believe The Fame Monster should’ve won
Now the Grammies are fucked up and biased with modern trashy POP songs and lame modern pop artists.
Maheen Doha I disagree with you completely actually haha. The Grammies have been consistent in its emphasis on quality. Last year’s best album nominees were ALL very deserving, and all the recent winners are also deserving imo.
"Holy shit scott i cant believe it we just won". Priceless
A moment of brillance in Grammys history
This is the win for alternative, for indie. Beck did it again in 2015, so proud of you guys. Bring on more tremendous music to us.
"we're gonna go play another song 'cause we like music"
fucking legendary
It makes me happy to see that good music won that night and 3 years later good music won again! (Daft Punk)
I totally agree with you! The suburbs is a masterpiece. And random acess memories is one of the most original cds of the year
Jose Carlos nah eminem should’ve won in 2011
@@king808s really Recovery? It's ok but not all against Arcade fire
The Smackdown Hotel 1997 it’s just my personal opinion that recovery deserved it. top 5 eminem album imo also 🤷🏽♂️
@@king808s I love Eminem but Recovery is terrible.
these people have written some of the greatest songs ever
its great when actual musicians win.
this was a shitty album lmao
@@ryancr35 Who hurt you so much? I bet you can't tell me more than 3 songs from the album xD
@@Sangel_Art Wait HUH? sorry I was living life lmao
@@Sangel_Art nothing to remember when it's shit LOL
I mean come on there's really no competition...
Josh Vitullo There were plenty of people saying that Arcade Fire sucks, and that their album was garbage after this. I remember their itunes reviews for Suburbs was nothing but pages of pissed off Eminem and Lady Gaga fans giving it one star just to say that AF didn't deserve it, and how shitty they are.
In general, people are fucking stupid, literally, if they don't hear something on the radio for months on end, and in every other commercial, and played during half time of their favorite sporting events, then they think it doesn't exist, and if they should be made aware of it in a way that (in their mind) insults their favorite pop artists (such as Eminem/Lady Gaga losing AOTY to Arcade Fire), then they will rage and try to tear it down, rather than get an elementary understanding of music and realize that the thing they are insulting is in fact better in every conceivable way than what they consider to be good.
Arcade Fire is a gem from Montreal... Truly one of the best indie rock/alternative bands to ever exist.
Amen to that
Yes, but to be fair Recovery and The Fame Monster are both very good Album
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@@tpg1205 TFM yeah, Recovery hell nooo
So proud that they are from Québec :) merci à vous Arcade Fire
I'm so happy Arcade Fire won. I've been listening to them since their 2nd album came out and at the time they were like a hidden gem. So glad they are getting the much deserved respect now for their musical talents.
It's just so amazing to see actual, talented artists like Arcade Fire and Beck to win top categories. It shows that there will always be a place, in the music industry, for much more talented artists than the mainstream ones.
not all mainstream artist are bad yall just hate
@@ShaleelGriffith yea you definitely only listen to mumble rap lmfao, you got a boring ass taste in music, this band is better than anyone you’ll ever listen to
@@sambt123 I actually don’t lmaoo and I just made a comment saying not all mainstream artist are bad lmaoo. plus I listen to Bjork, Solange, Carole king, Laura Nyro, Res, Erykah badu, Lorde, The Marias, and etc. I don’t listen to mumble rap lmaoo I barely even like modern day rap music lmaoo
@@sambt123 you wanna cookie for not liking mainstream music or anything ‘popular’ lmaooooo
@@ShaleelGriffith don’t listen to that asshole I know what you mean
I love arcade fire but winning a Grammy doesnt mean shit for their musical career when they're that great esp since Katy perry was nominated in the same category. Real artists don't need recognition and Grammy awards to prove their merit
"The Suburbs" = Album of the Year.
"Funeral"= Album of the century.-
"Kid A" = Album of the millenium
Why didn’t funeral win a Grammy?
It was so good
@@zackzallie8735 is it really that good? I haven’t listened to it but I’ve heard it’s the greatest of all time. I have a hard time believing that since it wasn’t recorded by David Bowie.
@@danielrochelle2044 quite abstract and experimental compared to their earlier work. might recommended to music geeks like me. Its very good
"we're gonna go play another song, 'cause we like music" it's great to hear this, because all the best artists, such as Arcade Fire, play music because they enjoy it and money and recognition seem to fall into place in good moderation.
People should realised that music is not always about those who are famous at chart, at streaming platforms, or sells more millions records than those who you never heard their names/listen to their musics.
Love the reaction they had, like they just got away with robbing a bank. They completely deserved it nonetheless, but for them to beat out Hip/Hop, Pop, Rap is just an amazing feeling. My favorite album of all time.
you sound white lol
i remember i was like YAS GAGA WTF SHE DIDN'T WIN. Who tf is Arcade Fire.
Now i love them :D
Its good to see real music triumph
It won't make up for Ok Computer and In Rainbows but it's a start. The Grammys really are a joke. I know this because Katy Perry was nominated for best album.
Hi dumb ass Katy's album is the most iconic one out of all this albums and we're in 2020 and every song of this album is still banging to this day
@@rafikgermany26 not they are aging like milk
The ‘Album of the Year’ category is denominated: "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales, chart position, or critical reception." Her album topped 5 singles, as Michael Jackson’s Bad, 1987. But they truly deserved it. The Suburbs is masterpiece!
@@rafikgermany26 Wow, every single word you wrote was astounding in how wrong they are. Teenage Dream was iconic...for mainstream radio and Pop music. Not for lyricism, not for story-telling, not for technical achievement, not for themes, not for conception, not for actually being profound in meaning.
Arcade Fire won because they created an album that spoke to people and had a very, very strong album concept. The themes of their music on The Suburbs is one that transcends generations and links them all together, it's timeless, something that radio music is incapable of doing because it's an assembly line of manufactured artists cultivating singles by six different songwriters, slapping a face on it and shaping a career around the machine. Her only talent is in her acting ability for her fanbase and her on-stage persona and her singing. She is just another cookie cutter artist who does half the work and has everyone propel her to stardom based solely on the fact she can sell the songs being made for profit, in exchange you get fame and wealth.
Arcade Fire did it for nothing, they are average people who are real and human, who write their own songs and put their souls into it, who do it to spread their stories and their messages, to say something meaningful with their music.
If you actually sit through and listen to the Suburbs, there was a real reason why it deserved Album of the Year. None of the albums, hell not even Recovery by Eminem and that did have some decent tracks, were worthy of what the Suburbs pulled off. The music from that album today is timeless, I've heard the title track and Sprawl II dozens of time and still to this day I get goosebumps from the melancholy of those songs and what they speak about, how timeless it is, how the themes only hold up more and more as years pass by. The Suburbs now is even more relevant than it was in 2010. Teenage Dream is not because it's a superficial album about superficial things and is a reflection of the star that is selling it to you. It's iconic only to its genre, not to the industry as a whole.
It says something when half of the celebrities had a look of near contempt when a band like Arcade Fire won, as if they "stole" from them, like all of their manufacturing, trend-setting and radio hits weren't enough to secure them an instant Grammy pat on the back. They hated the fact that an outsider won, an underdog, real musicians who built themselves up from nothingness and created something truly profound enough to sway the Grammy panel to decide that this time they won't take the easy route and just choose what's "popular" enough, they would choose what the category is supposed to stand for and base their choice on actual merit, on what an award for music should be about.
And you know what they did after? Instead of giving a speech and then walking off, let the bland, cringey host sign the Grammy's off and everyone go home and drink the night away. They went "fuck that" and played another song right after, all the way to the credits that the credits had to play over them because they forced the Grammy's to go overtime and stole the hosts last minutes from them for the music...and the crowd cheered immensely while the celebs silently looked on, as they do. Because what we are all here for is actually the music, not the vanity of it all and not to see a bunch of rigged awards be handed out half-heartedly to people who most of the time, don't deserve it because there are SO many artists out there every year making albums better than any of the garbage that always gets nominated, especially nowadays. Holy fuck has the Grammy's become such a low-brow farce these days.
So it was a people's victory that Arcade Fire won in 2010 and a middle finger to the machine and the shit part of the industry that refuses to let anyone from any other genre dare tread anywhere near their clique. They deserved the win.
@@haydendutton6916 chile aint no one reading that....
Congrats to Arcade Fire. It was the best album of the year by far.
I just got into this video and discovered that Arcade Fire won an award competing against Lady Gaga and Kate Perry - this is amazing hahahahah
"Were gonna play another song because we like music.". That's why you won. Because you liked music, a little more then money. Thank god for a band like them.
It's been 10 years and I still agree to this. Also, The Suburbs aged really really well.
The one year the grammys got it right
I don’t listen to Arcade Fire, but I’m very happy that they won because they are from Montréal and it’s very hard here to become famous outside on Canada!
no it isnt joni mitchell, drake, alanis morrisette, celine dion, michael bubable, the weeknd, avril legvine, shawn mendes, and the list goes on
Kinda had a repeat of this last night,where not-so-popular Indy/Rock(idk,I'm not here for a subgenre war) artist (2011 Arcade Fire/2015 Beck) wins album of the year of massively popular mainstream artist (2011 Lady Gaga/2015 Beyonce)
Yes because this is the Grammys, they recognize quality and artists. There are plenty of awards shows that recognize pop mainstream like VMA's, BillBoards, AMA's. People need to realize the difference.
Also it's funny you mention Gaga and Beyoncé because everybody thought Eminem was going to win that year. You can hear people shouting is name just before they announce the winner.
No awards show is perfect, it's hard to compare 2 artists, yes they did mistakes before, that said, you can be a very talented artist and be very mainstream/popular or the other way around. It's unfortunate some talented people never won (radiohead for exemple but who were they against? sometimes there are just too many talent in one category. there's also snub sometimes). Taylor Swift might be very mainstream but doesn't mean she is not talented. I personally don't know her very much but she wrote her music and play guitar. But Britney Spears have won only one grammy and she had been the biggest pop star on planet earth for a whole decade! Katy Perry never won and many more. If the grammy's were like the vma's or billboards, these two would have won a loooot already.
Yeah I know the Steele Dan thing was a huge robbery, people are still talking about it in 2015...
imelroy Daft Punk "Random Access Memories" is an incredible album, and absolutely deserved to win AOTY, even over Kendrick Lamar, who also had an amazing album. He didn't get snubbed, RAM is a transcendent album pulling sounds from 30+ years ago and doing something completely new with them, if it hadn't been such a perfect album that won over him, then I'd agree he was snubbed, but the fact is either of them could have won, and it would have been deserved because they are 2 albums that will go down as all time greats.
just because you don't like pop music it doesn't mean it's worse than kanye and radiohead
They deserved that grammy. Arcade Fire is an amazing band, and I hope people who siad "Whos that?" know now, and have good music in their lives
I think I yelled out loud in the living room watching this Grammy win.
This is pretty much the only time I ever cared about the Grammys
Last time I ever watched the grammys lmao.. always for the under dog no one cares about
The happiest moment in music history.
I don't understand why "hipsters" were pissed that Arcade Fire won the Grammy, saying they're "sell-outs" now. Maybe I'm a terrible indie rock fan or something, but I don't understand how you can be so disloyal to your favorite band that you'd stop liking them once they started getting the fame they deserved. I'm so happy that my friends are listening to them now and I LOVE sharing the music.
Why did he thank Messi?
'Merci to Montreal'
Sanchicho It was French. For thank you.
Dumb
"We're gonna play another song, 'cause we like music" That's what makes them better.
the look on Dr. Dre's face is great
Did he really think RECOVERY was gonna win??
"What the hell?"
Great way to start!
One of my favorite albums ever. fantastic tracks and superb songwriting. those guys that yelled "eminem" a few seconds before she announced the suburbs must have regreted it.
Even Barbra was like, “Are you sure…?”
"we're gonna play another song cause WE LIKE MUSIC"
fucking love you guys
they deserved that win so frickin much!
I'm just frickin glad that it wasn't a pop singer who won album of the year
Seeing a band like Arcade Fire win an "album of the year" grammy gives me hope; hope for a better future for music.
I am so happy for Arcade Fire, they deserve the grammy more than anyone else.
"Merci Montréal! Merci à tout le monde au Québec" That was so sweet from her!
@Garykelleher123 No, it's clarification that they came out with a good album that achieved recognition. I still don't see their music being played on mainstream radio stations or on MTV.
"oh... What the hell?" haha Win Butler
Arcade Fire winning the 2011 Grammy for Album of the year... i still have hope that we will have kick-ass music in the mainstream...
This aged badly ngl, although it seems to be getting better now in 2020 with Synth music and Pop Punk returning to the mainstream and the likes of Reggaeton and Mumble Rap fading away.
The look on lady antebellums faceCant stop laughing
LMAO, they wanted to cry big time !
@ViacomFailsAtLife Don't paint the wide brush over all of us. I'm American and yet I'm thrilled Arcade Fire won. They have real musical talent that is EXTREMELY rare these days.
i think they are a great band and worked hard to get to where they are now,who else puts on such a great performance in public,and is true to their fans !!!!!
"We're gonna go play another song, 'cause we like music..."
Best line given by these guys EVER.
They are like little kids. RESPECT for staying true to essence.
@antidorm Actually, Regine Chassagne was born in Montreal. Her parents escaped from Haiti during the Duvalier dictatorship.
Glad someone mostly unknown got their moment in the spotlight, maybe people's eyes are starting to open up about music. It goes to show you don't have to be a world renowned mega star to be considered good. Then again the award only means so much there are plenty of other amazing artist that have never won a grammy though they have some really great music. Guns 'n Roses (though they have been given 4 AMAs, 4 VMAs and world music award) Bob Marley ( even though he's a music icon) Jimi Hendrix ( has a been given a number of grammy hall of fames but never actually won a grammy) Led Zeppelin ( with a grammy lifetime achievement award and inducted into the grammy hall of fame and selling 300 million units worldwide) Kid Rock (number 1 selling male musician in 2000)
That is why I mentioned that many other artists never win a Grammy even though they are great artist some considered legends
My point was however that it doesn't always have to be some major pop star winning when there are other options just as good or better... Of the choices that year I honestly wouldn't have chose any cause I didn't listen to them but it's nice to see something else win to me it gives me hope that people would branch out and listen to music outside of what they are used to hearing on the radio
*****
The Grammys are mostly about music INDUSTRY flacks patting themselves on the back for making so much money.
***** "in the grammys supposedly musically educated people vote, which makes it even more disappointing"
But that is EXACTLY why Arcade Fire won, or am I misunderstanding your point? Surely musically educated people should be favouring extremely musically talented multi-instrumentalists who write their own beautiful lyrics over the kind of artist who turns up to a studio and sings something which usually is written for them and with no input on the music itself.
If this was a fan vote then Arcade Fire would have stood no chance, hence why the other nominees are often given the labels "commercial" or "mainstream".
***** It's very hard to miss your point, you made it sound like it was disappointing that AF won, because there are supposedly musically educated people voting, as though anyone with an understanding of music wouldn't have voted for them over the other nominees.
As I've always said, "This band can do it all!"
I've waited years for Arcade Fire to win a grammy. I so happy that they won a grammy at last! What upsets me is that they should've won grammys for their other albums! Well now Arcade Fire really has something to show for their hard work. They're my favorite music group for many reasons and now there's yet another reason why they're my favorite music group!
back when album of the year wasn’t “which pop album is bigger on tiktok”
When the Grammy's got it right ...
Hell yeah. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was one of the best. Needed to win album of the year a few months back.
We're gonna play another song, because we like music."
And THAT'S why they won over the other 4.
Well deserved. The Suburbs is a masterpiece. I love watching Dre's reaction to the win 😂 He's like, WTF?!
So glad they won! It definitely was the best album, with its range of styles and its cerebral lyrics to create one hell of a concept album! :)
Finally great musicians get recognized for their work! Perhaps if we had more awards like this talented yet not well known bands would get the chance to get their music out there and be celebrated for it in these ceremonies.
This is how it should be.
This is the best moment Music has ever encountered.
way to contradict yourself. you cant say recovery was better than suburbs if you havent even listened to suburbs
FOR ONCE, i agree with a music awards show. Thank you, Grammy's.
That made my night
Wow I'm just getting a lot of hate from nearly everybody. Why can't you just accept that they won, just because you don't listen to them or like them doesn't warrant all this insanity. I'd never even heard of them before the Grammys, but hell, you won a Grammy Arcade Fire, way to go!
I'm so happy an indie band won the Grammy's!
I hate how eminem and dre just sat there with this like disapproval look without showing any love, like they thought arcade fire didn't deserve the win or something
Arcade Fire deservedly won Album of the Year, let's make sure that real music keeps winning. WASTING LIGHT FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR!
If you don't know who Arcade Fire is by now than you are just out of the mass public "Loop". Let's give it up for great musicians that write their own music!
Saw these guys in Montreal in 2008. Nothing could have been cooler. This is a close second.
Thanks God I can mark comments as spam on RUclips. It's funny that the main wave in music is not respecting artists now-a-days, which is promoted by people I know they spend the whole day trolling in the internet. I'm delighted Arcade Fire won, I love them and The Suburbs is magnificent but that doesn't give anyone the right to disrespect the other nominees as if the Grammys were a head-to-head competition. The day people respect each other's musical tastes will be the day music will succeed.
Play me some of that Arcade Fire.. said no ONE lmao
Woo!! arcade fire!!! I really really surprised they werent nominated for one in the 2014 grammys....annyone know why?
The 2014 Grammy is eligible for albums released between Oct 31, 2012 and Sep 30, 2013. Arcade Fire's Reflektor was released on Oct 2013, so it will be considered for the next Grammy.
makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside knowing THE Arcade Fire won over so many other great performers, but c'mon guys, lets be honest, The Suburbs smokes Recovery and Teenage Dream ANY DAY.
"Holy Shit Scott I can't believe we just won." - Win Butler
Goddamn, I love how Win says "happy" at the end.
Everyone's reaction: 😃😃😃
Dr. Dre and Eminem: 😐😐
I remember seeing this. I knew they had to win the nomination as soon as they came out I never thought they could win after the disaster from the "album of the year" last year, I imagine other people's faces when they heard The Suburbs, Arcade Fire. Like the Arctic Monkeys would say "SUCK IT AND SEE".
Arcade Fire saves the Grammy Awards'11 thank God for that! :D
@mentonerodominicano Arcade Fire deserved that Grammy.
We are so proud of them. Fucking awesome musicians playing real music, not regurgitated stuff. They deserve every praise they get!
they suck and always will lmao
One of my favorite albums of the decade. Really deserved beat those mid bag albums. The only problem is Kanye wasn't even nominated.
Did Eminem even clap or move? Butt hurt damn, Suburbs is fucking classic album
Aleks Dobrich have u ever seen him clap for anyone ??
His excitement ended when Proof died, although he has been known to laugh a little here and there.
It’s funny cause once I found they won 11 years ago, I went on RUclips and started downloading their music lol…
Between Arcade Fire and Adele's wins i think i'm actually recovering some faith in the Grammy.
That album will go down in history as my personal favourite... ever. Personally, I don't care if they won the Grammy or not, they put on one hell of a show.
Arcade Fire: *wins*
Everyone else: 😁👏👏👏
Eminem and Dr. Dre: 😐😐
The best moment ever in grammy!! Freaking real music won!!:)
totally deserved to win! i love arcade fire