arcade fire. greek theatre, berkelz ca

saw the great arcade fire last friday. quite a great show, fought off too many drunk chicks to to count and got right up front. it blows my mind what a wide variety of people are devout arcade fire fans that just screamed their hearts out singing along to every song (meet josh.) it was probably the best arcade fire preformance i've been to. the video above is an amazing live version of in the backseat from that night, which before last friday to me; hadn't been a real stand out track of theirs, but since it's all i've been listening to; it really blew me away. for the encore they played cold wind (written about a road trip to san francisco win, regine and will took for win and will's grandfather's funeral which also helped spur the title of their first album and the 4 neighborhood tracks and finished with wake up. i had never been a big fan of cold wind (originally released on a soundtrack for the show six feet under) but atmosphere and production of their live shows is so amazing, it's another track that really opened up to since last friday. will and richard went crazy as usual; every part of the stage (along with the infamous red helmet, now duck taped together in many places) were used as percussion instruments in the more dramatic parts of songs and will tromped through the audience banging on his drum all the way to the back of the bleachers.

arcade fire - cold wind

bonus:

this is a section of a documentary shot at the beginning of the tour supporting their neon bible. the elevator performance is amazing.