I love Arcade Fire. First off, he could be chanting gibberish and it would still sound unbelievable.
This song is brilliant- right down to the vague target of ridicule. I tend to think there's a little bit of all of us being projected in this tune. We can all be ignorant and we can all be pretentious. Exhibit A: Palindromic. (Thanks for spitting out all those generalizations with such outright disregard for the vernacular. You've really helped in making a point, I think.)
Honestly, who here knew what "Rococo" meant before using that divine Google search? Not me, but I sang along anyway. Even without a definition, I'd still be singing. And in doing so, I'd be unwittingly proclaiming my own idiocy. Now I get to do it knowingly :)
Ba-rilliant.
So, in my opinion, it's about the ignorant. It's about teenagers. It's about adults. It's about humanity and our constant desire to look like something special. Rococo.
crt215: I made an account here JUST so I could agree w/ what you had to say. You hit it on the head. Thank you. Now I can continue my wikipedia research on this late Baroque style of artwork. :)
crt215: I made an account here JUST so I could agree w/ what you had to say. You hit it on the head. Thank you. Now I can continue my wikipedia research on this late Baroque style of artwork. :)
I also agree totally. People are always so quick to point fingers at so called 'hipsters' without realising we are all in the trap. A very clever song!
I also agree totally. People are always so quick to point fingers at so called 'hipsters' without realising we are all in the trap. A very clever song!
I love Arcade Fire. First off, he could be chanting gibberish and it would still sound unbelievable.
This song is brilliant- right down to the vague target of ridicule. I tend to think there's a little bit of all of us being projected in this tune. We can all be ignorant and we can all be pretentious. Exhibit A: Palindromic. (Thanks for spitting out all those generalizations with such outright disregard for the vernacular. You've really helped in making a point, I think.)
Honestly, who here knew what "Rococo" meant before using that divine Google search? Not me, but I sang along anyway. Even without a definition, I'd still be singing. And in doing so, I'd be unwittingly proclaiming my own idiocy. Now I get to do it knowingly :) Ba-rilliant.
So, in my opinion, it's about the ignorant. It's about teenagers. It's about adults. It's about humanity and our constant desire to look like something special. Rococo.
crt215: I made an account here JUST so I could agree w/ what you had to say. You hit it on the head. Thank you. Now I can continue my wikipedia research on this late Baroque style of artwork. :)
crt215: I made an account here JUST so I could agree w/ what you had to say. You hit it on the head. Thank you. Now I can continue my wikipedia research on this late Baroque style of artwork. :)
I also agree totally. People are always so quick to point fingers at so called 'hipsters' without realising we are all in the trap. A very clever song!
I also agree totally. People are always so quick to point fingers at so called 'hipsters' without realising we are all in the trap. A very clever song!