Owen Pallett – This is the Dream of Win & Regine

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Crown myself the prince of buzz
Can't wait until you, can't wait 'til you unsubscribe
I'll be a lonely scribe

But - what if they like it,
And lock us in a cannery with your accordian
Until we canned our love?
We can get along
We can get along

Montreal might eat it's young
But Montreal won't break us down

Now I got a VCR
If we put our hearts in twenty thousand tiny jars
They'd never leave their homes
We can get along
We can get along

Montreal might eat it's young
But Montreal won't break us down

I tried and tried and tried and tried
and tried and tried to keep the crowds away
I tried and tried and tried and tried
and tried and tried to keep the crowds away

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    My Interpretation:I think it's a song about how hard it is to be a couple when you're famous. "Crown myself the prince of buzz" to me means that he's someone popular in the media, and it's hard to maintain a normal relationship when the media is always portraying you in some sort of way, and never giving you privacy. Not to mention you're always busy, so keeping up a relationship is hard. It's about just trying to live a normal life when famous, and wishing everyone would leave them alone.
    Flag autourdemoion March 05, 2010   Link
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    My Opinion:I don't have any feeling one way or another for most of Final Fantasy's music, but this song is a masterpiece.
    Flag adheremistthison August 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:he did another version of this song called "this is the dream of emma and cam". does anyone know who emma and cam are?
    Flag TheForceOfTragedyon July 04, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Want to know what Owen has to say on the matter?
    I read an interview recently by him on some online magazine and he explained this song.
    He said that this song isn't really about Arcade Fire so much as its about the music scene in Montreal.
    Its about him seeing them struggle in the intense environment there, compared to when they came to Toronto, and they were more easily received. He said that Montreal is 'full of sharks' and demanding, and that Montreal is more about the world, and Toronto is more about Toronto.
    Owen also mentioned his more recent experiences with this feeling, especially pertaining to the internet (I guess sites like this) and how all the talk about his music can be sort of intimidating.
    He went into great detail about the differences between Toronto and Montreal later in the interview.
    So, yeah there you go.
    I suppose Win and Regine were more of a metaphor or an example.
    Flag ophy4on June 15, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Still one of my favorite songs. This one survives any music library I lay to rest.
    Flag JimmieNeverDieson February 25, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i think the fact that this is about his two friends makes it even more lovely.
    Flag enjoyyourrootson December 09, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This song is beautiful. It's about sudden fame with a new hit sensation. It's probably the greatest song I heard in the past decade. It's poetic and deep and amazing. Thank you Owen. It's pretty self-explanatory also.
    Flag ThanksForTheEtheron August 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:No, it's not about a video game at all. The song is about Win and Regine Butler of arcade fire who Owen played with. Owen is afraid of the fame that the band got so rapidly. He doesn't want the fame to ruin the music and Win and Regine's new relationship. He is also talking about his own fame in relation to the band. He didn't want to stop playing with them and it was hard to detach for final fantasy. He tried and tried to keep the crowds away.. meaning his own fame. This man blows my mind.
    Flag guerillacelliston July 10, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:That's actually not exactly correct cadylin. Only the songs off of He Poos Clouds are about a game, and it's not even a video came, they're about D&D (Dungeons and Dragons)

    But still, his music his beautiful and this song was all I would listen to for days when I first heard it.
    Flag HenryMagicianon July 07, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:It kind of freaks me out that his songs are references to video games...I mean...like...it's cool and all, just a little strange.

    The music is astounding right?
    Flag cadylinon September 16, 2007   Link

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