well as a neophyte urban planner, I love the core truth (and it is the truth!) that the reason we have such crappy living spaces, where we do not connect in meaningful ways, is that we built the roads before the towns.
I particularly love how the angry 'around and around and around' foreshadows the wistful sigh of 'waste it again and again' in the coda of the album.
I agree that the song is about the difficulty of inspiring anyone to anything, even the hipster fans who you have clearly reached, but still not budged from their 'arms folded tight' defensiveness. Clearly tied to 'Rococo' in this regard, and I love that every song on the album plugs into multiple other songs somehow.
And there's definitely an addressing of the creative process (re: "start a record" etc). It's pretty likely that there was a pretty stellar storm in Montreal in May 2009, haha! Wish a local would comment!
well as a neophyte urban planner, I love the core truth (and it is the truth!) that the reason we have such crappy living spaces, where we do not connect in meaningful ways, is that we built the roads before the towns.
I particularly love how the angry 'around and around and around' foreshadows the wistful sigh of 'waste it again and again' in the coda of the album.
I agree that the song is about the difficulty of inspiring anyone to anything, even the hipster fans who you have clearly reached, but still not budged from their 'arms folded tight' defensiveness. Clearly tied to 'Rococo' in this regard, and I love that every song on the album plugs into multiple other songs somehow.
And there's definitely an addressing of the creative process (re: "start a record" etc). It's pretty likely that there was a pretty stellar storm in Montreal in May 2009, haha! Wish a local would comment!