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Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Win Butler

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.54.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Rick Rubin talks to Arcade Fire's Win Butler on the occasion of the The Suburb's tenth anniversary. The band's third record was their first number one album in the US.


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0:00.0

The thing that I'm most nosy about is other people's finances.

0:03.8

I just want to ask people how much money do you make and what have you figured out about money that the rest of us haven't?

0:09.5

I might allow and this is other people's pockets.

0:12.8

The show where I ask people about their money because salary transparency is important and because we can all learn something from other people's financial mistakes and money hacks.

0:22.0

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0:26.5

Listen to other people's pockets wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.5

Pushkin

0:37.0

Just a quick note here. You can listen to all of the music mentioned in this episode on our playlist which you can find a link to in the show notes.

0:50.0

For licensing reasons, each time a song is referenced in this episode, you'll hear this sound effect.

0:58.0

Alright, enjoy the episode.

1:01.0

It's been 10 years since Arcade Fire's exceptional third album, The Suburbs, earned a Grammy for album of the year.

1:08.0

It's a distinction that helped Catapult the quirky indie rock band from Montreal into one of the biggest bands in the world.

1:17.0

That's ready to start from The Suburbs.

1:19.0

With the string of chart topping conceptual albums and a live show that's arguably unmatched by any other modern rock band, Arcade Fire's genius can be attributed to their tireless work ethic,

1:30.0

eclective musical mastery and lead singer Wynne Butler's total surrender to an elusive musical spirit.

1:36.0

Wynne Butler spoke with Rick Rubin from his home studio New Orleans where he lives with his wife and band member, Regine Chasson.

1:43.0

Wynne describes the night he and Regine wrote their first songs together, explains why he set out to be the weak link in the band,

1:49.0

and why the only place he would ever talk to Bob Dylan is side stage at an Arcade Fire show.

1:58.0

This is Broken Record, liner notes for the digital age. I'm Justin Richmond.

2:07.0

Here's Rick Rubin's conversation with Wynne Butler.

2:10.0

What's happening, man?

2:11.0

Hello, hello.

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