I would have to dig it up again. But David Bowie said he was watching Arcade Fire at that show. And David Byrne was nearby. Bowie went out and convinced Byrne to come see the show. He was like "You have to see this band, they are incredible" or something like that. And Byrne got there in time to watch them perform Wake Up. I probably got that story so wrong but that's what I remember back in the day in like 2005. I'm going to try to find that story again. Yeah, but that is incredible that both of them were at their first headlining show. And both of those guys are huge influences on their music and singing and all that.
That's how I discovered AF: I read a review of the legendary concert in CMJ (defunct College Music Journal). I can't find it archived anywhere. The earliest review still online is from Oct. '04, a month before the Bowery show, in Gothamist (a site about NYC happenings). It even mentions _"the Bowery show is sold out,"_ and it would be the last time people would see them in such an intimate venue.
There was always something magical and special about the era surrounding the release of the Suburbs, cant say i felt it about them before or since, but they really tapped into something there - i consider it a masterwork, and it was released kind of at the zenith of the indie rock movement,
the suburbs such a great album especially if you watch all the footage and videos & dvd that comes with it,but they havnt had a great album since it sadly,reflektor was ok,everything now was dissapointing & we well its a mixed bag
Win Butler's interviews for Arcade Fire are always my favourite. When he said that artists need to have an antena connected to both the past and the future at the same time, yeah..... There is always such a delicacy and simplicity in the way he says things that make them so true and so essential. Arcade Fire remains as my favourite band ever because they just know, they just get what the human soul is about, and then they make it in the form of a song.
Win actually seems a lot happier now. Seems like his marriage and becoming a father has really brought him a lot of joy. If you go back to older interviews, Win would often come off as more cold as he seemed to always be in his own head. Now he seems beaming with color and warmth, and just seems more open. Happy for him.
Win's a dude. Got a feeling AF are about to release a classic album. The Lightening I, II is massive. Maybe a return to the sorta magic of The Suburbs? 🤞
I’ve always loved this band just as people, very good personalities and spirits. It just seems like it would be good to know someone like Win Butler, he’s getting older
I liked this guy the more I listened to him (Win). I must admit that the music I've so far heard coming from Arcade Fire doesn't do much for me, but we all know that music has the power to suddenly convert a listener via a fresh listen wether that be through a new experience brought to the listener , or a song they hadn't heard before. But when I heard Win say he "hated the governor of Texas" my ears immediately pricked up because, unfortunately, hate of a greedy , privileged, legislator/lawyer, is something I can sympathise with. And there I realised this guy has some passion I can relate to. Now he has my attention!
6:11 one of the Berkeley shows in 2018- Win “ whoo, I am having tooo much fun tonight “ ….this is close to when he called out Zuckerberg being in the audience I can’t wait to be at another concert Big love
@@theshizzz I'm sorry you feel it's terrible - I actually love it, it's like an amalgamation of my favorite AF albums (Reflektor and EN). I realize I'm in the minority there though. You can definitely hear the missing Will though, for sure.
@@FyreFlye23 Its Never Over and Creature Comfort are some of my favorite songs!! I was really surprised when I found out ppl don't like those albums as much as the older ones
Maybe I'm looking into this way too deep but The lighting II references GOD right? Like when thunder whispers, the voice of God..."I was trying to run away but a voice told me to stay and put the feeling in a song" "I heard the thunder and I feel like going under Jesus Christ was an only son" "a day a week a month a year every second brings me here" "waiting on the lightning what will the light bring" ....
sorry but that is what needs to happen ... we need to keep talking about it and going there... there is still a bit more to see. Unfortunately. or you could stay asleep too spose.. Life's full of beautiful choices. at least with music we can all wake up with some Grace. Thank you for making music.
Sleeping with consenting adults is still legal and doesn't make you a creep. Every situation in the Pitchfork article was consented to then regretted, sometimes years later. It's embarrassing and disappointing, but you don't know if he's guilty of the accusations.
@@johnblunt1313trying to get into the pants of an 18 yr old and using your position/ band to do so is pretty creepy. It’s his version against theirs, pick one I guess.
@@Franckdatank you have to wonder how you would deal with being a world famous rockstar who owns a bar that smoking hot young adults show up to every night looking to bang you. Meditate on that. Also, it’s not prudent to simply believe for no real reason the person trying to ruin somebody’s life over the person whose life is being ruined. I think this scales with how much each has to lose, which is in this case is nothing vs everything
I have a feeling it probably didn't fit into the overall concept of the new album. That being said, I'm surprised they still haven't released it as a single.
Absolutely no need for the two giant mixing boards and 3 screens in front of Zane. IJust creates a blocker between the guest and the interviewer imho. Makes no sense in this context. What’s wrong with them sitting down knee to knee?
win is a good guy, and i have loved arcade fire for a long while...but i wish he wasn't so overtly political sometimes. i appreciate when artists keep their message in their art; i wonder if they realize how alienating it can be to some of their fans, even the apolitical ones.
Totally happy with artists expressing their political opinions provided they're left wing! Extremely unhappy with rightwing artists!! Others will have their own views!
Good stuff fam! We are a team of music producers - it would be great if you could take a listen to our instrumentals as well when you get a chance. Peace
I love the album already and huge Arcade Fire fan, but I wish people would just keep their political ignorance to themselves. There’s so much more than what they see on the surface level. They live in a wealthy bubble, only hearing what the media tells them.
Win had great insight in 2007, not so much 15 years later. Thought the new album was great, but I do think he's out of touch with the real anxieties of the age. Surveillance and loss of freedom was huge in neon Bible, you'd think he'd carry that into 2022, but I guess COVID is the worst thing in the world and we should all be afraid. He's a weaker person that we thought. Love the band and the new album, but their vague critique of culture doesn't hit for me anymore.
The people that call others "pseudo-intellectuals" are almost always projecting. This is just two passionate guys having a normal conversation. Go watch something else if you're not into it.
Bowie and Byrne at an early Arcade Fire show is just the coolest thing ever. They NEVER stopped looking for new influences to add to their music!
I would have to dig it up again. But David Bowie said he was watching Arcade Fire at that show. And David Byrne was nearby. Bowie went out and convinced Byrne to come see the show. He was like "You have to see this band, they are incredible" or something like that. And Byrne got there in time to watch them perform Wake Up. I probably got that story so wrong but that's what I remember back in the day in like 2005. I'm going to try to find that story again. Yeah, but that is incredible that both of them were at their first headlining show. And both of those guys are huge influences on their music and singing and all that.
That's how I discovered AF: I read a review of the legendary concert in CMJ (defunct College Music Journal). I can't find it archived anywhere. The earliest review still online is from Oct. '04, a month before the Bowery show, in Gothamist (a site about NYC happenings). It even mentions _"the Bowery show is sold out,"_ and it would be the last time people would see them in such an intimate venue.
@@davidadams2395 so cool!
@@davidadams2395 You know what, I bet it was CMJ where I read it. We had those at my college radio station that I worked at. I miss those days!
@@eltravos99
I miss those days too.
There was always something magical and special about the era surrounding the release of the Suburbs, cant say i felt it about them before or since, but they really tapped into something there - i consider it a masterwork, and it was released kind of at the zenith of the indie rock movement,
I totally know what you're saying, those were indeed special times.
The song the suburbs is one of the greatest songs ever written by anyone
Completely. Coming of age time for me personally too, so it just compounds that era. The music I discovered in college is ingrained in me.
Dana Quinn This is a great point. That nostalgia and seeming “innocence” before a tide change.
the suburbs such a great album especially if you watch all the footage and videos & dvd that comes with it,but they havnt had a great album since it sadly,reflektor was ok,everything now was dissapointing & we well its a mixed bag
"I don't believe in ghosts, but I believe in Bowie" preach!
Win Butler's interviews for Arcade Fire are always my favourite. When he said that artists need to have an antena connected to both the past and the future at the same time, yeah..... There is always such a delicacy and simplicity in the way he says things that make them so true and so essential. Arcade Fire remains as my favourite band ever because they just know, they just get what the human soul is about, and then they make it in the form of a song.
Win actually seems a lot happier now. Seems like his marriage and becoming a father has really brought him a lot of joy. If you go back to older interviews, Win would often come off as more cold as he seemed to always be in his own head.
Now he seems beaming with color and warmth, and just seems more open. Happy for him.
now we know what was beeming him so much
Aged like Malk
I gave up on rock after the 80s were over, and dove deep into jazz. This band makes me feel that there's still hope for rock.
L
I love how he was like "Mom that's so annoying!" about her playing the harp. Like literally the most beautiful thing you could witness. LOL.
I swear before I ever listened to this interview I felt a Win and Peter Gabriel connection!!!! OMG!
I really love zane as an interviewer. As he mentioned the album feels almost like a play, and I like others also agree
Win's a dude. Got a feeling AF are about to release a classic album. The Lightening I, II is massive. Maybe a return to the sorta magic of The Suburbs? 🤞
The fact that they are still making amazing albums blows my mind. Like not one weak link in the chain.
end of empire is unreal so so gorgeous
@@jamietyldesley5614 how did you hear it?
I think it could be a very good album indeed
@@jamietyldesley5614 truely a masterpiece!
This was an awesome interview! Was already a huge fan! Now I’m a bigger fan after the interview. Thank you.
WE just makes you feel happier and belonging
I’ve always loved this band just as people, very good personalities and spirits. It just seems like it would be good to know someone like Win Butler, he’s getting older
great interview! can't wait to see AF live again!
Zane Lowe is so fluid and charismatic as an interviewer. I love WinButler but wow Zane is awesome at this.
I liked this guy the more I listened to him (Win). I must admit that the music I've so far heard coming from Arcade Fire doesn't do much for me, but we all know that music has the power to suddenly convert a listener via a fresh listen wether that be through a new experience brought to the listener , or a song they hadn't heard before. But when I heard Win say he "hated the governor of Texas" my ears immediately pricked up because, unfortunately, hate of a greedy , privileged, legislator/lawyer, is something I can sympathise with. And there I realised this guy has some passion I can relate to. Now he has my attention!
Wow. That was such an emotional interview. "We" is going to be the best Arcade Fire album yet.
Lol
Yes mam
Aged well, the album is beyond great
6:11 one of the Berkeley shows in 2018- Win “ whoo, I am having tooo much fun tonight “ ….this is close to when he called out Zuckerberg being in the audience
I can’t wait to be at another concert
Big love
Woke up to the realization that the world had changed, once again
Great interview!
Great interview.
Win would be a cool preacher
What a total inspiration and so refreshing to hear a cult figure speak out so openly against the bad things going on.
Humble genius
41:20 best parenting advice :)
I feel like Will grounded Win, it will be interesting to see how things move forward without the soul there.
100. It's Roland without Curt. New record is absolutely terrible.
@@theshizzz I'm sorry you feel it's terrible - I actually love it, it's like an amalgamation of my favorite AF albums (Reflektor and EN). I realize I'm in the minority there though. You can definitely hear the missing Will though, for sure.
@@FyreFlye23 Its Never Over and Creature Comfort are some of my favorite songs!! I was really surprised when I found out ppl don't like those albums as much as the older ones
would like to see an interview with Win filmed this week
Why is there no subtitles available?
I don’t believe in ghosts but I believe in David bowie
Should be titled Win Butler interviews Zane Lowe
I can't give everything away now.
Rip bowie
@@theshizzz Look up here, I'm in heaven
Every inch of sky’s got a star
I've got scars that can't be seen
And every inch of skin’s got a scar
@@sethrichnietzsche I miss him.
@@theshizzz People not aware of him miss him even more.
Tapping into the spirit world
thank you
Ummm… what is the audio in the first 15 seconds of this? Is that from the album? That sounded beautiful.
Sounds like the suburbs (continued)
@@pete5184The Suburbs (Continued) sounds like The Suburbs, so that can't be it
Anyone got footage from the gig Win references when talking Bowie
I looked up a few clips from Bowery here on TH-cam but nothing similar to what Win described.
big hat
Maybe I'm looking into this way too deep but The lighting II references GOD right? Like when thunder whispers, the voice of God..."I was trying to run away but a voice told me to stay and put the feeling in a song" "I heard the thunder and I feel like going under Jesus Christ was an only son" "a day a week a month a year every second brings me here" "waiting on the lightning what will the light bring" ....
I hear that
You guys should really do something about the horrible view of the recording booth.
we drink from our own wells...:)
I really wanna darken Win's eyebrows just a little...
you ruined this interview for me lol
Publicist thought bubble: "Stop rubbing your eye, stop rubbing your eye, stop rubbing your eye..."
Love this Zane! I’ll be playing basketball 🏀 7/19/23 with Shaq and Giannis if you want to play with us!
The well is sustenance
sorry but that is what needs to happen ... we need to keep talking about it and going there... there is still a bit more to see. Unfortunately. or you could stay asleep too spose.. Life's full of beautiful choices. at least with music we can all wake up with some Grace. Thank you for making music.
James trying to get some
Living inside the head of another artist
LEAVE WIN ALONE!!!
as long as he leaves those girls alone
Win is so cancelled!
LEAVE WIN ALONE
heard today all their main albums for the first time. still don't know what's the fuzz about
Burn it down, win! But can yall PLEASE burn it in texas!? 😭😭
♾
He was in utero an out of body experience
The ghost of Bowie
The only thing that gets me about win is why would he indorse Hillery after what she done in Haiti...
Boy, Zane sure does find a way to interview artists that get exposed for being a creep during their new album cycle.
I'm out of the loop, who else are you referring to?
@@LL-ju4yl he did interview Marilyn Manson most recently in 2020, a few months before there were allegations made about him 🙄
Sleeping with consenting adults is still legal and doesn't make you a creep.
Every situation in the Pitchfork article was consented to then regretted, sometimes years later.
It's embarrassing and disappointing, but you don't know if he's guilty of the accusations.
@@johnblunt1313trying to get into the pants of an 18 yr old and using your position/ band to do so is pretty creepy. It’s his version against theirs, pick one I guess.
@@Franckdatank you have to wonder how you would deal with being a world famous rockstar who owns a bar that smoking hot young adults show up to every night looking to bang you. Meditate on that.
Also, it’s not prudent to simply believe for no real reason the person trying to ruin somebody’s life over the person whose life is being ruined. I think this scales with how much each has to lose, which is in this case is nothing vs everything
Vocation
the question that wast left out: why Generation A is not on the new album?😭😭😭
I have a feeling it probably didn't fit into the overall concept of the new album. That being said, I'm surprised they still haven't released it as a single.
I think it was written purely for the election. Like that song they made with Mavis staples when trump was elected.
Absolutely no need for the two giant mixing boards and 3 screens in front of Zane. IJust creates a blocker between the guest and the interviewer imho. Makes no sense in this context. What’s wrong with them sitting down knee to knee?
I agree, it really feels like a barrier.
win butler kinda looks like destin from smarter every day
Think he spent the two years eating
win is a good guy, and i have loved arcade fire for a long while...but i wish he wasn't so overtly political sometimes. i appreciate when artists keep their message in their art; i wonder if they realize how alienating it can be to some of their fans, even the apolitical ones.
Politics effect everyone. Why shouldn't artists be able to share their opinions? Is free speech no longer a thing?
Being politically outspoken is the least of his problems now
@@TECfan1 i agree, it's the overt part i struggle with, ie talking so specifically harsh about a fellow person...
@@TisTheDamnStickSeason ha. an odd downslide eh?
Totally happy with artists expressing their political opinions provided they're left wing! Extremely unhappy with rightwing artists!! Others will have their own views!
Zane Lowe has no soul. General platitudes. No interest in anything anyone is actually saying about music
He will see Jesus or Leonard cohen
This interviewer talks too much and doesn’t ask enough questions.
Something so cringe about both of these guys
Wonder if Win has learned to leave the fandom alone. Too much touchy feely in Arcade early days
How annoying is Zane Lowe pretending he didn’t already know who was singing on Race and Religion…
Zane where is your silly hat?
He let Win wear it this time
Good stuff fam! We are a team of music producers - it would be great if you could take a listen to our instrumentals as well when you get a chance. Peace
do WE voluntarily pollute our own water? Zane? Low(e)? .....
Cannot get over how pretentious this convo is.
Dont be on the internet!
I love the album already and huge Arcade Fire fan, but I wish people would just keep their political ignorance to themselves. There’s so much more than what they see on the surface level. They live in a wealthy bubble, only hearing what the media tells them.
Win had great insight in 2007, not so much 15 years later. Thought the new album was great, but I do think he's out of touch with the real anxieties of the age. Surveillance and loss of freedom was huge in neon Bible, you'd think he'd carry that into 2022, but I guess COVID is the worst thing in the world and we should all be afraid. He's a weaker person that we thought. Love the band and the new album, but their vague critique of culture doesn't hit for me anymore.
Bleh
Jesus loves you he died on the cross for your sins. Believe in him and you will be saved and go to heaven!
tru
No
Pseudo-intellectual nonsense from people who cannot pronounce a sentence without saying I-mean-like-you-know 5 times.
yet you're spending your time here commenting... keep on wasting ur time super-mooger
The people that call others "pseudo-intellectuals" are almost always projecting. This is just two passionate guys having a normal conversation. Go watch something else if you're not into it.
Go write the suburbs then
Looks like someone has an IQ of 50….Keep projecting your insecurities.