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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Of the many memorable moments from the Arcade Fire's show here in Boston a few weeks back, there's one that's really stayed with me: At the end of the main set, as the band finished up "Rebellion (Lies)" and left the Orpheum stage, a melody rose above the massive applause. At first I thought it must be a pre-encore taped track, until I realized that it was coming from all around me. The entire crowd was recreating the vocal line from the long-faded second half of the song, and it was just beautiful. Our own attempt to give the band back a little bit of what they'd given us. As I wrote back in late 2004, the Arcade Fire were an incredible live band right out of the gate. No matter what you think of their latest heavily-hyped album (me, I think it's very good, but didn't strike me quite as much as their first), you can't deny their ability to put on a show, to not just play but to entertain, and without pretension. Everyone up on that stage seems to throw all they've got into the performance, even when the air feels ready to boil. Yeah, it was incredibly hot in the sold-out crowd that night, and if the spotlights threatened to cook all ten band members, they only showed it through pouring sweat. When Richard chased a drum-carrying Will down my aisle with drumsticks during "Neighborhood #2 (Laika)", maybe it was to escape those stage lights. My personal high point?: "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)". It sounded better than ever. And my only complaints (aside from the sauna)?: No "Wake Up", and no opening appearance from The National, who would open up elsewhere on the following day. I will say that I was glad to discover Wild Light, who played our show. I'll resist further rhapsodizing about the night, and just get to the live tracks. For a spot-on review of their Toronto show that expresses much of what I'd say about this Boston stop, hit up Chromewaves. And for the rest of my photos from the fifth row, check out my Flickr set.  The Arcade Fire Live at the Orpheum in Boston, Massachusetts on Thursday, May 10th, 2007 01. Intro / Black Mirror 02. No Cars Go 03. Haiti 04. Neighborhood #2 (Laika) 05. In The Backseat 06. My Body Is A Cage 07. Windowsill 08. The Well & The Lighthouse 09. Ocean Of Noise 10. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) 11. Antichrist Television Blues 12. Keep The Car Running 13. banter 14. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) 15. Rebellion (Lies) encore 1... 16. wicked banter 17. Intervention 18. encore applause encore 2... 19. Neon Bible   Some Arcade Fire link action...
 the post's post-script... If anyone has an issue with these Mp3s being made available, just let me know (my contact info in the 'nac faq). Live sets recorded with a Sony ECM-719 mic and a Sony MZ-RH10 minidisc, converted to .wav and then edited to 192kbps Mp3s. Files are made available for a limited time, and are not reposted once removed. Labels: livemp3s  |
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