:: They Don't Love You Like I Love You ::
Interesting version of a classic....
September 11, 2005
The Arcade Fire perform "Maps"
"A small Sunday afternoon update.
The Arcade Fie - "Maps" (Yeah Yeah Yeah cover) This is an mp3 rip from the Arcade Fire's Friday performance on BBC radio. I remember Win and Regine talking over spaghetti about how much they liked this song, how it was just "one big looped chorus", and that it was the guitar-line that stuck your ears like glue. And now they've covered it and damn if it isn't one of the most potent things I've heard this year. (How I would love to hear it live.) The band's stripped away that central guitar line, stripped everything skeletal, and with the singers' trembling voices the vulnerability clangs between drumbeats. The harmonica, when it sounds, is so small and human - something you can take or leave. It's no longer just a song to hold in your heart - it's a song to cradle. As if the Arcade Fire decided to see what was left when all of the reassurance was cut away, musically and emotionally. "They don't love you like I love you" -- I can hear question marks at the end of that line, now, if I want.
(Substantiated) rumour has it that they're on Top of the Pops tonight. And they were on CBS earlier this weekend, with Bowie.
I've gotta say that I'm glad they didn't break up. "
You can read the full story here
In other news.... pitchfork reports that soon you'll be able to download 'indie' ringtones for your mobile phones....almost a good enough reason to update my old brick when they get to Oz.... Imagine hearing SK or DCFC when your buds ring....
September 11, 2005
The Arcade Fire perform "Maps"
"A small Sunday afternoon update.
The Arcade Fie - "Maps" (Yeah Yeah Yeah cover) This is an mp3 rip from the Arcade Fire's Friday performance on BBC radio. I remember Win and Regine talking over spaghetti about how much they liked this song, how it was just "one big looped chorus", and that it was the guitar-line that stuck your ears like glue. And now they've covered it and damn if it isn't one of the most potent things I've heard this year. (How I would love to hear it live.) The band's stripped away that central guitar line, stripped everything skeletal, and with the singers' trembling voices the vulnerability clangs between drumbeats. The harmonica, when it sounds, is so small and human - something you can take or leave. It's no longer just a song to hold in your heart - it's a song to cradle. As if the Arcade Fire decided to see what was left when all of the reassurance was cut away, musically and emotionally. "They don't love you like I love you" -- I can hear question marks at the end of that line, now, if I want.
(Substantiated) rumour has it that they're on Top of the Pops tonight. And they were on CBS earlier this weekend, with Bowie.
I've gotta say that I'm glad they didn't break up. "
You can read the full story here
In other news.... pitchfork reports that soon you'll be able to download 'indie' ringtones for your mobile phones....almost a good enough reason to update my old brick when they get to Oz.... Imagine hearing SK or DCFC when your buds ring....