The Arcade Fire - “Neon Bible”
‘Black Mirror’, the leading song on the album begins with a low rumble then crescendos to a hard hitting base drum, possibly symbolizing dark and stormy conditions ahead. Like the opening song, the album starts off subtle and then shapes itself into a profound message of protest that shifts perception in every song.
‘Working for the church while my family dies…’, as heard in ‘Intervention’, implies how a religious conviction, backed with enough authority, can influence and manipulate what is accepted as morally right. Incorporating straight forward expressions such as, ‘I don’t want to fight in a holy war… I don’t want to live in America no more… MTV what have you done to me’, in ‘Windowsill’, touches an honesty point suggesting: no draft, no immediate concerns for us facing combat. ‘No Cars Go’, shifts the tone with an upbeat tempo, turning it into a rousing roll call.
The instrumental music supports the depth of the lyrics with melancholy themes and acoustic undertones of folk music.
The Arcade Fire certainly gets their point across; perhaps it could evoke an old valor young Americans once personified.
- Maria Del Carmen
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