The Arcade Fire Backlash(es)

Two Sundays ago, Arcade Fire won the Grammy for Best Album (before winning the Brit awards two days later), beating the likes of Eminem, Katy Perry... and enraged a shitload of Justin Bieber fans. Which, of course, is good in itself. Now, if they could just kill themselves in protest...

Uh... no it's not. Just like it wasn't when New Kids On The Block didn't beat Guns N' Roses, just like it wasn't when the Backstreet Boys and N'Sync and Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera and the Spice Girls co-existed... wait, yes, that was weird. No, actually, no, it was boring. And safe. But mostly boring.

The most common response from ''common people'', of course, was: ''Who is Arcade Fire?'', as can be seen in this clip:

And Facebook posts like this one:

The legality? Like having a decent band win over mass-dump-whore-pop-that-will-be-forgotten-in-5-years is illegal or something?

I guess since she came out, Rosie O'Donnell's finger is elsewhere than on the pulse of the youth...

This clip answers the question, albeit a tad too well:

With the obvious ''their song was in the trailer for Where The Wild Things Are'' bit and all. But what I find funniest from talk show people is they were all given free promo copies of the Grammys 2010 Nominees in which Arcade Fire appear, of course, and where it's specified they're in the running for two of the top prizes. And yet, as half-assed journalists, they never felt the need to inquire further about this mystery act?

They had better beware, because hipsters just might attack them for their ignorance:

For more Arcade Fire fun, make sure to visit the blog: Who Is Arcade Fire. Hour of fun.