Jimmy and Some Other People: The Official Blog

The Arcade Fire released a new album, which is great, because any new material from those guys is totally awesome.  It’s called “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends”.  Now let me get this straight, while these guys have been ripping off Coldplays previous efforts, Neon Bible and Funeral, profusely, they’ve finally put out  some real original material that emulates Coldplay, while still keeping the heart of their previous material.

The album starts off with a refreshing instrumental track, before launching right into the fray of the music with Cemetaries of London, an opener that is reminiscent of the effect Politik gave “A Rush of Blood to the Head”.  The other tracks are all very solid, with the Arcade Fire’s iTunes commercial track Viva la Vida being the centerpiece, but other tracks holding their weight against it.

Recently, Snow Patrol and/or Keane got really angry at The Arcade Fire for using the melody line of their song This Is So Not A Coldplay Ripoff for their song Viva La Vida.  Win and Regine were prompt to say “Shut yo face” in response to this heresy.  They also told them to stop ripping off Coldplay, and then promptly told Coldplay to stop ripping off their stuff.

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But seriously, Coldplay’s new album is really, really good for being a blatant Arcade Fire knockoff.  Way better than that “X&Y” sappy shitfest.  I’m so adding Viva La Vida to my Arcade Fire playlist in iTunes.

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And in case you missed it, here’s my review of Viva La Vida’s first single, Violet Hill:

http://jimmyandsomeotherpeople.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/random-reviews-iron-man-and-new-coldplay/