When a debut album redefines indie rock

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Before the divisive Everything Now. Before James Murphy molded their sound. Before they beat Lady Gaga, Eminem and Katy Perry to win the Grammy for Album of the Year, Arcade Fire released Funeral. The definitive indie-rock album that carved them into the music history books.
It seems that most of us have had a moment of transcendence with this album and perhaps because no band has sounded quite so emotionally affected. And rightfully so, the album was crafted at a time when multiple members had lost loved ones. Richard Reed Parry's aunts, Régine Chassagne's grandmother and William and Win Butler's grandfather all passed within the span of a year. When family members kept dying they realized that they should call their record Funeral, noting the irony of their first full length recording bearing a name with such closure. If the record is the funeral we are attending, then the band is supplying the eulogy. It’s music as catharsis.
But how was Arcade Fire able to translate their grief into music that so masterfully provides such relief? Let’s explore EMOTION IN ARCADE FIRE’S FUNERAL.
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@DrMetPhD 5 лет назад

Homeboy just skips over Neon Bible in the intro haha

@igggnaci0 4 года назад

jajaja damn I tought that too, even tough they put the art cover with funeral

@christianlesurfmusic 4 года назад

Neon Bible was the drummer.

@alexanderb3340 4 года назад

I enjoyed it. Cheers haha

@april3945 3 года назад

why do it dirty like that?????

@CirilZupan 3 года назад

I saw that, but I still don't know why he skipped it o.o

@LieLikesMusic 5 лет назад

THIS ALBUM IS SO GOOD! Thanks for creating this dude.

@acc1541 5 лет назад

I love your channel!!

@spacialawareness 5 лет назад

one of the most consistent youtubers in terms of quality, incredible content man keep it up!

@acc2876 5 лет назад

I love your pfp

@spacialawareness 5 лет назад

blue amensiac and radiohead art in general is fantastic

@rike94 5 лет назад

also known as "The Wikipedia Reader for Lazy People"

@MadsimusExtremus 5 лет назад

@@rike94 I really disagree. Middle 8 continously seems to be the guy that kinda gets it. ....but not really. BUT the production quality and the occasional home runs is more than enough to make this one of the better music covering youtube channels..... sadly

@zahrakh.d1400 5 лет назад

One of the best albums of 00s. Now it's time for a video about another masterpiece of 00s, Turn on the bright lights.

@luke-228 5 лет назад

zahra khodabakhshi yes I want an Interpol video so bad

@archimmes 5 лет назад

Am I the only one that finds ANTICS to be a much superior album? ... Aight, imma head out.

@luke-228 5 лет назад

archimmes I think that sometimes I always end up coming back to totlbl

@moonwhisperxiv 5 лет назад

Yesssss!

@joaonevess01 5 лет назад

TOTBL is timeless !!! would love to see a video about it

@thom7433 5 лет назад

Man the first time I heard Tunnels I cried like a baby, it reminds me a lot to the progression in Five Years by David Bowie, it just has the same cathartic feeling. You may have another one as favorite but without a doubt Funeral is one of the best (if not the best) album of the 2000s

@TheLais17 5 лет назад

Laika i don’t know if you know that they have a live recording of five years, singing with david bowie

@thom7433 5 лет назад

@@TheLais17 WHATTTTTTT

@revertix_ru 5 лет назад

@@thom7433 look for yt video david bowie and arcade fire - five years

@thom7433 5 лет назад

@@revertix_ru Yeah I just watched it, it was awesome. Thanks!

@TheLais17 5 лет назад

Laika your welcome!

@philippgra8191 5 лет назад

I am one of those guys whose favorite Arcade Fire record is Neon Bible. It is just so dark yet powerful.

@acc2876 5 лет назад

I love your pfp!

@juliantalkstravel 5 лет назад

Same here, such a great album.

@kingofweedswood 5 лет назад

Agreed

@matthewholloway81 5 лет назад

Philipp Gra yet you have the suburbs as your pfp? Come on man! 😅

@acc2876 5 лет назад

@@matthewholloway81 the suburbs has a nice cover tbh

@markmumm5029 5 лет назад

Everything Now: I'm divisive!! Reflektor: James Murphy molded my sound!! The Suburbs: I beat Eminem, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga's album!! *Neon Bible gets suckerpunched* Arcade Fire released Funeral, the definitive indie rock album...

@inthevault9603 4 года назад

Mark Mumm Neon Bible is the best album they’ve ever made. What the hell is wrong with this guy? Has he never listened to it?

@dalekprime31 4 года назад

@@inthevault9603 might just be the rule of threes being more pleasing for timing, tho neon bible is fantastic

@weekapaugphil 4 года назад

Neon Bible: I continued the success of the band and provided an album for the indie kids. Middle 8: DON'T CARE....FUNERAL IS ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF THE 2000'S!

@sambt123 3 года назад

@@inthevault9603 everything now and funeral are the two best albums arcade fire has made, but all of their albums are amazing

@justnoahherehello 3 года назад

@@inthevault9603 Neon Bible is their worst in my opinion. I personally just find it so bland, it seems so...dysfunctional and I don't like the flow. I'm very happy for those that love it and think it's AF's best tho!

@juanbautistafacio5204 5 лет назад

Tunnels💕 my anthem for ever

@MsWillyWonka07 5 лет назад

same here

@Bandstand 5 лет назад

Oh wow. Thank you so much for this. The months after this album released are so so so nostalgic for me

@saturatedneowax 5 лет назад

my man

@justmebeingbored1794 5 лет назад

I love how nice you music/art video essayists are to each other

@atotallyrandomperson3889 4 года назад

I see you everywhere now

@Koshirozation 5 лет назад

15 years of a masterpiece!!

@JoseCarlosL 3 года назад

Man, i see you everywhere

@tylerp3327 3 месяца назад

20 years now

@philippgra8191 5 лет назад

One of my favorite albums

@hinkhall5291 Год назад

_Funeral_ was probably one of the greatest debut albums I have ever heard of my life. It still blows me away. Musically speaking it is a masterpiece.

@samjosh9246 5 лет назад

Can you do one on The Antlers "hospice"? I know it would be right up your alley.

@rred8674 5 лет назад

Yes yes yes

@ThatOneGuy7550 5 лет назад

Or the Microphones/Mount Eerie

@elgatonegro1703 5 лет назад

It’s pretty simple- out walking one day, he stumbled across the Tree Of Unbearable Human Sadness, took a leaf, and called it Hospice

@acc1541 5 лет назад

Are you guys from Radiohead. amino?

@spamsingles5948 4 года назад

Yes!

@manuelgasse 5 лет назад

Tunnels is one my fav song ever. Makes me shiver.

@MaJuV 5 лет назад

That moment in the intro where you had nothing to say about Neon bible and just fast-forwarded to Suburbs... Sad... :-( It remains one of my favorites of the band, but I'm so often in the minority on that.

@mariozehren4666 5 лет назад

You're not alone. In my opinion Neon Bible is their very best album. An absolute masterpiece, but often underrated ... I was a bit sad too when he skipped it after Suburbs at the beginning.

@Katieufo13 5 лет назад

I really love love neon bible, it’s my favorite album I even have the neon bible tattooed on me. It made me sad too when he skipped over it, that album helped me so much in my life and is a masterpiece

@inthevault9603 4 года назад

MaJuV What do you mean fast forward to Funeral? It came before Neon Bible.

@MaJuV 4 года назад

@@inthevault9603 Woops, typo. I meant Suburbs.

@ryanmoran011 5 лет назад

“Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)” was my alarm song for years - and I STILL never got sick of it. That’s powerful

@CultureDTCTV 5 лет назад

The descending bass riff on Power Out is when I knew this album is a masterpiece

@christianlesurfmusic 5 лет назад

Love this album to bits!! Thank you for this video! And please, soon, make a video on In the Aeroplane Over the Sea!

@QuadiePoo 5 лет назад

One of the best albums ever made

@JD45OIP 5 лет назад

Love receiving a notification that a new Middle 8 video has dropped, and to see one of my top 5 albums of all time in there...! My top requests for videos: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun Sufjan Stevens - Illinois Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Amy Winehouse - Frank The xx - xx

@jamesturner2914 3 года назад

My football team (plays in the English premier League)- walks out to wake up, gets everyone going and is really special to me. We know "it's time" when the crunchy guitar blasts on the PA.

@gravymakes 5 лет назад

This video is incredible. I’d love to see you do one on Car Seat Headrest

@juanbautistafacio5204 5 лет назад

2 days for funeral 15 years💕 Its my favorite band and when I listen this album i started a long way

@101gabed 5 лет назад

Your editing blows my mind

@barneyhoworth7383 5 лет назад

Wow - This video is so well-crafted, edited and made. Just makes me appreciate the album more. To think you went the whole way withouth even mentioning Rebellion (Lies) and Laika as well, just so good.

@samuelalexandre9934 5 лет назад

I remember the first time I heard Rebellion was at a random night cruising through MTV, I was 8-9 years old and still to this day everytime they I listen to it I remind myself of those old simpler times.

@MinorCirrus 5 лет назад

Arcade Fire definitely knew how to put the "fun" in "funeral", haha. Wonderful record, by far my favourite by them. "I've been learning- HAAAAAAAAAAAA" What a bloody release that moment is.

@50ShadesOfEndo 5 лет назад

One of the best albums ever

@Seeathecat 4 месяца назад

This is one of my favourite albums of all time, its part of my childhood and ill never let it go.

@danielortega2441 5 лет назад

This album has changed my life Now I found some new insight to you

@BenBelanger4 5 лет назад

Gotta go for suburbs for favourite AF album

@smokyblue17 5 лет назад

Awesome video. You should do something about Neutral Milk Hotel.

@bmidtschalint3904 5 лет назад

This is unreal. 2019 May I found the band Arcade Fire, start nonstop listening to Suburbs 2019 September bored of listening to Suburbs, randomly click on Funeral on Spoifiy and since then it's my new favourite. And now Oktober 1. I found your videoessay on them. Life is weird...

@JC-rs3nh 3 года назад

Please aim to listen to all of their discography and don’t “randomly” click an album because you got bored of one of them. They’re much too good for that

@ChristianUrea 3 года назад

This was the video that pushed me to listen to the album, and I absolutely fucking loved it. I’m rarely blown away by an album, but this hit me like a category 5 hurricane

@Happyradio1234 6 месяцев назад

my favorite AF album with maybe “laika” being my favorite song

@jondorsey2043 4 года назад

One of the best 21st century bands, period.

@davidscrumbly6258 5 лет назад

wow, my favorite youtuber makes a video about my favorite band! what a good day.

@yakinjaleta7076 5 лет назад

I love how creative you get with how you present your sponsors. It doesn’t even feel like an ad. Great videos and props on keeping it interesting, even the ad.

@lenjonxiii 5 лет назад

Incredible video and your best yet. I'd been hoping you would do a video on Arcade Fire and this album specifically and it was more than worth waiting for. The exploration of instrumental and lyrical composition was deeply fascinating.

@troxlotl 5 лет назад

Another amazing Middle 8 video, keep up the great work dude, I love what you’re doing!

@analogboard 5 лет назад

I think you should do a video about Daniel Johnston, what with his recent passing and all. He’s very talented and interesting.

@Bruhsbouldering 5 лет назад

Funeral is definitely my favorite album. I’ve always been a huge fan of arcade fire in general; it just seems like they stray further and further away from their initial album with every release

@UncleAnaesthesia 4 года назад

Climax and resolution... like experiencing a deep grief. The news of someone passing away and then slowly coming to terms with it.

@emeraldkenny9347 5 лет назад

I wish there was more video essays on Arcade Fire - thanks for this!

@FetishonyoutubeURL 3 года назад

Their first album was really something special, when i first heard wake up and rebellion(lies), their music was different, their music is like something u hear in a parade, there is also one band similar to arcade fire, but u guys probably wouldn’t know who they are.

@aidabaida6076 5 лет назад

The lyrics on this ablum are phenomenal.

@pudchaa 4 года назад

Wow I haven’t listened to Funeral in years. And lol though I doubt most of my peers cared or even read it, that was the album I chose to review for my highschool newspaper back in ‘04 or ‘05, not long after it came out... The indie music scene was just starting to truly kick off and early arcade fire helped shape the sonic palate I was just beginning to develop. Thank you for reminding me why I chose it, and why others should choose it too ❤️

@AlexGomez1226 5 лет назад

This album is tied to many memories and emotions of my life at various stages. I can't imagine my world without this album.

@muhamarfirmansyah3199 5 лет назад

I still remembered how i got blown away when i heard this album for the first time. not Arcade Fire best album but the most meaningful one at least for me.

@veagano 4 года назад

I have this album cover tattooed on my left arm. Thank you so much for this video.

@1uparcade33 5 лет назад

Great video! It would be super cool if you did something on Death Cab for Cutie or The Postal Service, idk if you like them but I feel like discussing their albums Transatlanticism or Give Up would be super interesting

@augusthalter4679 5 лет назад

Ben Gibbard time!

@Awesomebaconman123 5 лет назад

WOO ONE IF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS

@TheDjcorey19 5 лет назад

Thank you. Always loved this album. Now I know why

@orcgoat 5 лет назад

This is the only channel on youtube that I drop everything to watch the second I get the notification.

@LavenderRex7705 5 лет назад

Skipped over neon bible. Damn you!!!

@gardenboydon 5 лет назад

I love that i could spend an evening watching incredible music documentaries like this one. Drinking a couple of beers. Awesome video

@maartendj2724 5 лет назад

My favorite AF album swings between Neon Bible and The Suburbs

@Hero_Of_Old 5 лет назад

Same!

@crosemerie4055 5 лет назад

Wow, every video on this channel is amazing. Thank you so much for making this video, it made my day!

@TheGreatIRSH 5 лет назад

Deserves more subscribers

@Polfor 4 года назад

My parents have always listened to this album, and while I'm more keen on reflektor and everything now, this album always made me feel like I'm in an old attic with old furniture, the smell of wood and spiderwebs... Every now and then I have a feeling that I need to listen to this album, it feels like a pause through time, whereas the suburbs feels like a driving force.

@dalekprime31 4 года назад

Around the 15th anniversary I started getting lots of adverts for funeral on Instagram. The aesthetic seemed just perfect for me, it really captured that autumnal feeling. However I didn't go and listen to the album. This was the video which convinced me and I am so glad I did

@ryanwillis2513 5 лет назад

Finally does an Arcade Fire video. Take your time.

@dummyhard603 5 лет назад

Funeral is always gonna be in my top 3 albums ever and the suburbs following close behind. I think the suburbs is more cinematic and professional, but the raw emotion of funeral and the more varied dynamics gives it a slight leg up for me

@seanmackenzie1449 5 лет назад

Can you do a video on Foals?

@acc2876 5 лет назад

yes!

@LotusRabbitLIVE 4 года назад

this is a very underrated video

@freddiechambers7820 5 лет назад

What an album, oh my word :O

@pdzombie1906 2 года назад

I always knew there was something deep in there...

@BloggerMusicMan 5 лет назад

Funeral is by far my favourite Arcade Fire album. The best of The Suburbs matches it, but Funeral is ten magnificent, gorgeously constructed songs, whereas The Suburbs I think has five songs that match it and the rest which vary from ok to good.

@horrorshowbass Год назад

Please do one on the suburbs

@inaworldfulloftrashbagsbet2023 5 лет назад

I know that it would too much to ask, but can you do a video about Bjork? I only dove in her most obscure parts of her discography a few weeks ago and I just can't get over how much she somehow not only reinvented herself since the Sugarcubes and Debut era, but she reshaped the whole pop landscape by with her instantly recognizable crackly voice, her eclectic and meticulous music productions and her offputting visuals which somehow ended up being commercially successful in an era where big female voices and drum n guitar riffs were mostly prominent , she pushed the Trip Hop and Art pop and electronic music so far in the music industry with Post and Homogenic (and maybe Vespertine) Thank you for your content.👍

@gonzoblue1206 5 лет назад

Love seeing a new video from you

@acc2876 5 лет назад

Can you do a video on Modest Mouse? Thanks My fav arcade fire records are The suburbs and Funeral.

@perspii2808 5 лет назад

blue I feel like a normie after seeing this comment

@acc2876 5 лет назад

@@perspii2808 but why?

@1uparcade33 5 лет назад

Modest mouse video would be amazing

@acc2876 5 лет назад

@@1uparcade33 ikr

@acc1541 5 лет назад

Modest Mouse!! 😭

@Antrikkos576 4 года назад

I have listened to their first 4 albums and I love them all, but if I had to choose one it would definitely be The Suburbs. I still haven't listened to Everything Now

@josiahclagett1105 5 лет назад

This has always been my number one fav album. Favorite -- because of how long I've treasured it. Neighborhood 1 has always been the song that has been able to transcend any frontal lobe logic and pierce my heart. I have never been able to explain why, it's just what I want to listen to after any major life event, breakup, foreign coast, commemorative toast, etc. I can't logically explain my love for this album. It exists in the spiritual realm. They tapped into my soul in an unfathomable way.

@martincichowic4838 5 лет назад

Thank You.

@Thunderous117 5 лет назад

I love arcade fire so freaking much their music just always has such soul and beauty and each album feels unique and wonderful in its own right, I listen to Tunnels and Sprawl II almost everyday for the past year and I'm not tired of it yet

@Arrwmkr 2 года назад

You're a legend in my book Middle 8, love how you analyse and describe these albums, so good. Doesn't hurt that I love this album too.

@brendan5947 4 года назад

just discovered your channel...never binge watched so many videos so fast, its fantastic keep up the good work!

@GuiMees 5 лет назад

Your videos always made my day! Superb work 👏👏👏

@TonkyTube 3 года назад

One of the very few « 10/10 absolutely flawless from A to Z » albums I know

@mrlongjohn2167 5 лет назад

Rebellion lies is a great song for this video

@jaramoneja 5 лет назад

shit, THE SUBURBS is even more emotional. It's like a nostalgia/regret waterfall...such a human and beautiful fucking record.

@shirlyburns542 4 года назад

I really like and appreciate all their music

@lexablack1997 5 лет назад

I need an hour of this

@guitarmaniac004 5 лет назад

I'm not as crazy about arcade fires sound as much as others. But this album will pull at my heart strings every time I throw it on.

@EliOceans 5 лет назад

A straight masterpiece, like all their albums. My favorite is undoubtably The Suburbs but it's by such a close margin in front of Funeral and Neon Bible, and even the EP! Best band of all time imo, changed my life.

@TomorrowByStorm 5 лет назад

It's a banger every time round here.

@captainmoondog1947 5 лет назад

2000's: Arcade Fire - Funeral Radiohead - Kid A LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver The Avalanches - Since I Left You The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Commatorium The Strokes - This Is It Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fist Like Atennas To Heaven Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness

@nedbig9612 3 года назад

I want to listen while thinking, and your video helps me alot

@lrl5829 5 лет назад

I don't know who I'd be today if it wasn't for Arcade Fire's first three records but namely this one. Thanks for taking an in depth look into their out of the gate masterpiece. I can't say that they've been my favourite band as of late but Funeral will always be my all time favourite album. 5. Everything Now 4. Reflektor 3. Neon Bible 2. The Suburbs 1. Funeral

@chrisww2308 3 года назад

Masterpiece

@GrandAce 5 лет назад

This video is very pleasing to watch, absolutely well done

@jccanizal6410 3 года назад

For some reason this seems reminiscent of in the aeroplane over the sea

@ephemeralesoteric 5 лет назад

Definitely up there with Kid A, In Rainbows, and Illinois as one of the greatest albums of the 00s. Despite following up with several albums that deservingly made best-of-year lists (most notably The Suburbs), they never managed to top this masterpiece.

@milkmedia1657 2 года назад

Such a classic album

@theamazingsolt 5 лет назад

I really like everything now but I have to go back and give each one a full listen to picks true fav

@MsWillyWonka07 5 лет назад

Amazing video. It's great to see that Tunnels is the favorite song of many people as well.

@jyotektosgaimur 4 года назад

You should do Origin of Symmetry or Absolution by Muse

@DB67_ 5 лет назад

Can you do a video on The Smiths 🔥🎵

@apullcan 5 лет назад

that would be incredibly interesting... with the shit happening with Morissey, we could use a reminder how The Smiths are arguably the most influential Indie band in history.