…and they were fantastic. I even got myself a t-shirt. The songs worked really well in the context of a live show. Here’s what they played (in no particular order):
Keep the Car Running
Neon Bible
Black Mirror
Intervention
Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
My Body Is a Cage
No Cars Go
Windowsill
(Antichrist Television Blues)
The Well and the Lighthouse
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Haiti
Rebellion (Lies)
Poupée de cire, poupée de son
One thing I noticed, and something that I notice at all shows I go to, is how much people like to brag about who they’ve seen live. This is especially bad in a city like NYC, where everyone supposedly knows everyone. It just reminds of the LCD Soundsystem song “Losing My Edge,” where James Murphy spouts off lyrics like, “I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.” It’s all very funny to me.
Now here are some mp3s!
Arcade Fire – The Well and the Lighthouse
LCD Soundsystem – Losing My Edge
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