After their triumphant best album win at the Grammy’s last night, which was probably one of the biggest shocks in the history of the event, Arcade Fire have now officially conquered the world of music, and what a relief they have. Not only did it open the part of the music loving world that had been living under a giant Lady GaGa shaped rock for the last few years but it re-installed my faith in the music industry as a whole. The first American single from “The Suburbs,” ‘Ready To Start’ was stomp rock which shows another level of depth in the album, adding the darkness that was so familiar in Neon Bible and was the first glimmer of synths which is something as yet unseen from them. The theme of the record, which is essentially exploring both the dullness and boredom of teenage suburban life whilst at the same time realising how much it’s missed when you return to find nothing left of it, split into two parts, with Ready To Start incorporating the former.
It screams teenage angst all the way through the chorus rallying ‘now i’m ready to start’ is a sign that their ready to forget their past and move on in a more exciting place, in life, which, coming from a suburban area myself, I find especially true. The way the song holds you in its grasp throughout, moving your feet and probing your mind at the same time is what makes it so incredible, with the thumping bassline where the song crashes in on you, to the Depeche Mode synths at the end where the song breaks down almost entirely, every part of it is SO AWESOME! The lyrical delivery of the song adds what is really the main catchy of the song, which is not only brilliantly singable, but poignant and thoughtful, my favourite lines ‘all the kids have always known/that the emperor wears no clothes/but they bow down to him anyway/cos it’s better than being alone’ is the typical playground scene where the biggest kid is idolised though he’s basically an idea and the forcefulness of having to go along with what he wants or facing isolation that so many people have felt. The catchiest, and deepest song on the album, will constantly be a fan favourite for many years to come, and that fan base will undoubtedly grow thankfully, for many years to come.
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