Intervention
March 10th, 2007, by Pete
I’ll need an intervention soon to stop me from listening to this tune. Arcade Fire’s “Intervention” is blowing my mind! I’d heard live versions of it before (on their KCRW appearance, for example), but never like this version on their brand new release, Neon Bible. I think the church organ does it. And the incredible lyrics which I never paid close enough attention to in the past. And the crescendo building.
I listened to this while I was running today. The hair was standing on my arms, and I muttered “WwwOW” before playing it again. To me, this song is of EPIC proportions… goose bumpage proportions.
Arcade Fire: Intervention (mp3)
Buy: Neon Bible
After Arcade Fire appeared last month on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, internetdj.com wrote:
http://www.internetdj.com/article.php?storyid=865
[snip]
The effective US launch for Arcade Fire with the performace of the seemingly pro-christian, anti-war (and subtley anti-Bush, anti-Iraq-war, anti-oil-war)
epic “Intervention” is an act of daring similar to the classic activist
rhetoric of Bob Dylan. Moreover, Arcade Fire’s lead vocalist and songwriter
was born and raised in Texas. In retrospect, after the effect of last night’s performance set it, Arcade Fire could possibly be in the running to topple Radiohead as the greatest contemporary rock ensemble.
This will be the first CD I will buy in 4 years.
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http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/40238
Arcade Fire
“Intervention”
[Merge; 2007]
Thursday, March 15, 2007
A Neon Bible Study [21 Questions and Answers]
By David Buckna
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07030103.htm
Cool music. Arcade Fire rocks. :-0