"Kiss Off" Arcade Fire @ Randall's Island - 10.6.07

[paige1894]

holy fuck

i absolutely adore the violent femmes

arcade fire are fucking awesome

DREAM COMBINATION

[k386]

this surprisingly is much less shitty than the concept of this.

[zeeoz1786]

OMG THIS IS AWESOME. win looks so happy!

[jojojigaboo]

these punks suck.

violent femmes are great song writers and musicians - this is a bunch of wannabe hipsters w no respect and less talent

gross

they probably know what? 3 songs!

fuck them

[howardmoon1234]

@jojojigaboo clearly you don't have the first idea about what talent is.

Oh and your username is jojoJIGABOO? JIGABOO?! You definately have great taste... the perfect person to judge the quality of Arcade Fire, for sure...

[worstmagician]

YEAH YEAH

[vetdetta]

kiss off?..freakin awesome.....bullhorns.....awes­ome......arcade fire....ridiculously awesome Win:)~love his warble

[Ieatbabyseals]

Sounds like fun

[ErisRising]

Aaaaand I suddenly go from neutral to love for Arcade Fire.

[jooshNfriends]

a great band and a great song im glad you posted it

[mrsbungle82]

Wow lucky you! You were right up there! Thanks for posting that!

[WonderboyAhoy]

My favorite Femmes song sung by one of my favorite bands

It doesn't get much better than this

[renpen246]

this is brilliant. i've watched it so many times!

thank you so much for posting!

[TristanBravinder]

i really like the tilly and the wall cover of this too.

[blahyourmamafoo]

truly amazing!!

thank you for sharing!!

:D

[Xshreder]

this sucks balls i hate it

[monosynthluv]

those bouncers are like "what the fuck is wrong with these crackers?"

[melitta16]

best thing is, I'm a black girl, so they were uber confused at why the hell I was there ...

[B2thaT]

This is so awesome! Thanks! Any VF song is a great one! By the way, I'm black too, and it always seems like I'm the only black woman at the shows......except for security! Anyway, doubt the security was making any kind of comments like that. Looks like they were just doing their job!! Don't be so racist....

[ChicagoSoul]

too fuckin cool.

thank u thank u thank u for posting!

[scudbunny]

what a horrible cover violent femmes forever

[Greaea]

does anyone know which guitar he is using in this video?

[rockandrollgeek]

some kind of tri-cone resonator.

[danyelli411]

Holy hell, awesome.

[theeuphioanswer]

Both the Arcade Fire and Violent Femmes are fucking amazing.

[MissKristyAnne]

I love arcade fire but i think this is a Femmes song and Gano rocks it, the only band that could cover this well is KOL

[KingWi11]

oh fuck i was there- i went to see lcd soundsystem though...

[TheAbsolutionHowl]

In my opinion, this is probably the best "busking" song EVER.

[endeleble]

Grandes los arcade fire, versionando con megáfonos a los violent femmes (pega mucho).

[XaozAddiction]

you suk

[kennyf93]

the arcade fire are like a good trip, something ive never seen or felt before

[kximike]

Saw this happen last night in Sydney. Phenomenal. The encore was No Cars Go + Haiti, then the band came right down the front and did it all acoustically and on the megaphone.

One of the most intense and magical musical experiences I've ever been lucky enough to witness.

[rabbitchasers]

i am so jealous, i feel like there is a whole in my life, i read about if after, i could almost imagine it, but i was not there. Thank you though for making this very very important point.

[jdunmer1018]

whoa i totally didn't seen this cover coming from them....

[sandmann2317]

Im looking so damn forward to sunday 11.11.

I´ll finally see them live in Munich!

[englishsummer]

Best video I've ever seen... almost cried in front of my computer. So intense, so moving.

Thank you for posting it.

I'd give anything to live that once...

I responded with my own video of the same song in Brussels (but on stage...)

[bloomers101]

He sings better than Gordon Gano anyway

[rockelivet]

^^,

[PABBYUK]

WOW! Right place, right time! Nice one and thanks for posting it. :-)

[SpideyCat1]

AWESOME, thanks for posting this :-)  I LOVE this band soooo much, it hurts, seriously :-)

[RobotGirlCandySwirl]

Thats a sexy accent, alright.

[englishsummer]

WOW AWESOOOOOOOOOOOME !!

I wish I could see that once in my life...

[punkchula]

Let me just say how fucking AWESOME this is!!! I have life jealousy for you, you lucky bastard!

[tiegs]

terrible.

this is a classic.

why these newbies butcher it?!?!

booooo!

[johnnyklef]

uhh dude look around.. your kinda on your own here...

[X0oLAMBo0X]

oh my goddd i love them

they sound a bit like white light riot no?

[dangermidget]

MAAAADDDDD cool points Arcade Fire for knowing that this is and epic song but where's the magical femmes acoustic boom after the first set of lyrics--sorry im always dissatisfied

[johnnyklef]

i cant believe i missed this!!!!!!!!

wtf??

when did they do this????

[punkchula]

LOL, loser!

[johnnyklef]

was that really neccesary you fucking jerkoff?

[punkchula]

Sorry, sorry. I paid $50 for my tickets to see them in Hollywood, I wouldn't leave until they turned the lights on. Just a thought.

[Delik]

fuckin awesome..

[CommodoreAwesome]

This was the best show I've ever been to.

[phishyphil]

Man I should have known better than to run out out of that place. Awesome show!!

[mfcspread]

yeah. there's that.

thanks!

[JontheAtheist]

I was walking right past them and the crowd stop walking and i was like WTF!!! and then I saw them performing and i it was pretty awesome.

[thefruit8]

i think they'll do that for smaller shows like sing in the middle of the audience but they probably realised that it'd be dangerous to do that in bigger crowds. they'll NEVER GET OUT ALIVE!!

[wwwhatsup]

brilliant video. Well done Melissa!

[melitta16]

thanks man. it was a kick ass night

[newmorphine]

i wish i hadnt left! my friend was whining about her feet. we were on the front right. all the good stuff kept happening nto the left of us. it was still overall and AMAZING SHOW.

[pgazard]

Leaving from the front, left hand side of the stage it was impossible to miss this. the crowd just stopped.. I didn't even realize Win was there singing. I could see Richard and the backs of other people's heads. Had a lot of fun this weekend.

[hisironlung]

this is great

[muttyeah]

i love how the security guards are just standing around blankfaced

[litprof89]

wish i hadn't left right after the last song! They are awesome.

[YoLLen]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!

[untiedshoelaces118]

aww man... i left too early... had to catch the train back home :(

[lieutzip]

They used to do this sort of thing quite a lot, but it's become increasingly rare as they've gotten bigger. You guys are very lucky! I wish they had done that in California. :-)

[ourhands]

so great!

[Wheresmyhippie]

when did they do this?! I was there like and hour after the show, and I didnt see them do this?

[melitta16]

About 5 minutes after they left stage. There was a mad rush and I happened to get pushed right up into is face next to a girl who couldn't quit talking about not having a camera. It was on the left side of the stage, on the pavement... supposedly they do this all the time... for my first Arcade Fire show... i'm pleased.

[meanjeanny]

omg. you are blessed for having this happen to you! thanks (and now i feel like a total loser for not wanting to make the trek to randall's island just bc i didn't want to deal with taking my baby to an all night thing. i think she would have dealt just fine!!)