I've always been a big fan of music. I wore Metallica t-shirts in elementary. In high school I drove to D.C. for a concert... and by the way, I went to high school in Michigan. My point in bring all this up? The Arcade Fire. This is band that based on my typical musical tastes, and recommendations of friends of similar tastes by all accounts I should love. That is not the case.
I've listened to their stuff and they have songs I like, but mostly it's just meh. Anyways, the latest album is called "The Suburbs" and it's been out for a while. Even though I've had access to it, I haven't really listened to it until this song came up as a random play on the music player on my computer.
I'm not trying to make a statement about sprawl or make this a debate on urban planning, I just like the song and it got me to listen the rest of the album. It was better than expected. And if you listen to the song and think about the Phoenix metro area (which I've actually enjoyed living in for the most part)... well, I guess I can understand the point of the song.
This song goes along perfectly with the last UMS course I took! Where was it a semester ago? This is the first I've heard of this band though, do they have any real main stream songs i may have heard? It is a catchy song that does make ya think a little bit and I always like when songs talk about Arizona!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure any songs that would be on radio, but I think they did win a grammy (maybe?)
ReplyDeleteWhere in Michigan did you go to high school? My whole famly is from outside Detroit...
ReplyDeleteI like the music related post. I, too am I music NUT. I've had to balance being a part of a gigging rock band this semetser as well as all of this.
Don't you find that music just helps even the best days go down just a bit better?
I grew up in a small town between Flint and Lansing called Owosso. Of course we would head to the Detroit area often for sports, music, etc... it's about 2 hours from where I grew up into downtown.
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