| Arcade Fire – Rococo Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This is a brilliant examination of the hipster identity, a real truncheon to the egg-shell thin ego skull of this vapid, insipid 'culture'. Those who proclaim fashion and music trends to be their defining characteristics, yet shun them at the first sign of widespread appeal. Always trying to stay one step ahead of popular culture has lead to an exhausting race in which there are no winners, only the realization that you have become an utterly shameful poseur. The line that carries perhaps the most weight is "They build it up just to burn it back down" which succinctly sums up the perverted, self-consuming identity matrix that defines so many hip young adults. That which is loved by one group first must be immolated later on to preserve that ever so important sanctity of "first to the party." We are in the age of disposable bands, identities, and integrity. Overall I would rate this song a 7.953 out of a possible 10. |
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| Arcade Fire – The Suburbs Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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There is a lamentation here that pervades Butler's voice itself, and seems to permeate into the very essence of that paradigm of urban, urbane life vs. the perhaps more bucolic vision of the suburban. The truly solemn incantation, "I want a daughter while I'm still young" perhaps drives directly at that identifying characteristic of the hip youth, the inability to commit to any concept of family before reaching the age of forty, a paternal instinct that seems to have been quashed by an unending quest for the continuance of the laid-back responsibility-free ethos of this generation; that of the perpetual party-slacker. The overarching theme is one of lost innocence in this world of child-like adults who can't even maintain their own property, let alone raise a child without realizing how incredibly hot pavement can become in the broad mid-day sun and suggest to move on to the cool, cool grass. They are still screaming, from the pain. From the ineffable pain. Overall I would rate this song approximately 8.532 out of a possible 10. |
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| Vampire Weekend – Horchata Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Haha after reading these comments I just had to put a word in. I think this song is about vacationing somewhere warm in the winter, after the parents have died and you remember how they used to be there with you and now you're older and doing the same things they did, just without them. The house they left you has a garden that's falling into disrepair because you don't care to keep it up. "Shouting up through the cracks in the pavement" well, step on a crack and break your mother's back. Mom and dad used to ask how your day went. That's all, no murders, nothing crazy. |
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