Shut Up, Dude: This Week’s Best And Worst Comments
Where were you when you first heard “Reflektor”? I was leaving The Westchester Mall, listening to a Bandcamp stream on my iPhone out of a car stereo. I remember it like it was six days ago. On Monday we saw Reflektor’s double album cover and learned the band would be playing the season premiere of SNL and experienced Vincent Morisset’s interactive video and viewed a Creators Project video and watched Anton Corbijn’s video. We reported on the band’s surprise show at a Montreal salsa club the next day and Stereogum’s new Senior Writer Chris shared his thoughts on the song. Not everybody was a fan of its massive marketing campaign, though: one Austin resident expressed his displeasure on Slate, and Win Butler wrote him an apology. Despite all the hype “Reflektor” was still the best song of the week. And now we’re staring at a screen. Reflect on the best and worst comments of the last seven days below.
THIS WEEK’S 10 HIGHEST RATED COMMENTS
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crania americana | Sep 6th | Score:17 |
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9/9 at 9? Are they taking album promotion tips from Herman Cain? |
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| Posted in: Is This Arcade Fire’s “Reflektor” Art & Lyrics? | |||
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James Lynch | Sep 10th | Score:17 |
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Because Win announced the title! Indeed it was a once in a lifetime experience. Really exhausting too! (I’m the guy with the Reflektor shield). Let’s just say my boss was jealous of me this morning. |
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| Posted in: Report From Arcade Fire’s Surprise Show At Montreal’s Salsathèque 9/9/13 | |||
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johnnyfuckhead | Sep 6th | Score:17 |
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Has Joey Fatone’s Dad confirmed anything yet? This is some Foxboro hot tub shit right here, but this time I care. |
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| Posted in: Is This Arcade Fire’s “Reflektor” Art & Lyrics? | |||
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Matthew Marvin Lingo | Sep 6th | Score:18 |
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I think it’s a side project of The Suburbs. It’s their follow-up to the Grammy award winning album Arcade Fire |
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| Posted in: Is This Arcade Fire’s “Reflektor” Art & Lyrics? | |||
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hugh verge | Sep 12th | Score:18 |
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Does Arcade Fire have a new album coming out or something? |
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| Posted in: Win Butler Apologizes For Austin Reflektor Graffiti | |||
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crania americana | Sep 12th | Score:18 |
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Not surprising, given his history of vandalism. He still hasn’t apologized for starting that arcade fire. |
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| Posted in: Win Butler Apologizes For Austin Reflektor Graffiti | |||
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juliocortazar | Sep 9th | Score:19 |
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I wonder how many people in Haiti have Google Chrome… |
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| Posted in: Arcade Fire – “Reflektor” Interactive Video | |||
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donnytilla | Sep 11th | Score:20 |
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I get AMPED |
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| Posted in: Deconstructing: LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends” And Trying To Define The Best Song Of The Millennium | |||
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Patrick Connor Gallagher | Sep 10th | Score:21 |
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| Posted in: Reflections On “Reflektor” | |||
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crania americana | Sep 9th | Score:26 |
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Alternate headline: Arcade Fire dickishly shove the fact that you have an old computer in your face. |
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| Posted in: Arcade Fire – “Reflektor” Interactive Video | |||
THIS WEEK’S 5 LOWEST RATED COMMENTS
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timoneil5000 | Sep 11th | Score:-11 |
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Janelle Monae is still a thing. Some A&R man must have lost a bet to be stuck still flogging this dead horse. So unbelievably contrived on every level, completely repulsive in its commitment to pander to the prejudices of an otherwise intelligent music cognoscenti. You’re better than this, ‘Gum. |
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| Posted in: Album Of The Week: Janelle Monáe The Electric Lady | |||
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jonian2008 | Sep 11th | Score:-11 |
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Thanks Stereogum for giving the album of the week to the label(Sony/BMG)paying for your ads. At least this time you’re not hiding it. As a long time Prince fan myself I have no idea why he would choose to help someone who is not worthy to carry his guitar pick. I guess he needs the money. Her and the 10 producers Sony paid for thank you Prince for trying to act like she’s a real artist and not just some prepackaged product. |
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| Posted in: Album Of The Week: Janelle Monáe The Electric Lady | |||
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nedjoyce | Sep 9th | Score:-12 |
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I actually reallllly like the song. But the video is pretentious and idiotic. I will take the Eminem Berzerk Video over this any day. At least that one is fun. |
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| Posted in: Arcade Fire – “Reflektor” Video | |||
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Kevin Hukill | Sep 9th | Score:-18 |
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but the song is so dull i can’t be bothered to pay attention for even two minutes. |
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| Posted in: Arcade Fire – “Reflektor” Video | |||
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triangle | Sep 9th | Score:-23 |
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enough with this crappy band already. |
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| Posted in: Arcade Fire – “Reflektor” Video | |||
THIS WEEK’S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF’S CHOICE
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gogounou | Sep 7th | Score:3 | |
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You could also just use the developer tools in your browser to spoof your location and emulate a mobile device. In Chrome: Ctrl-Shift-I; click the gear in lower right corner; then “Overrides;” set the Geolocation to one of those listed above; set the “User Agent” to iPhone 5… |
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| Posted in: Cut Copy Geo-Target Premiere Of “Free Your Mind” | |||
