— Musings —03.31.2015 07:16 AM
The emperor wears no clothes, but the kids bow to him anyway
Driving in with Son Two, Arcade Fire’s ‘Ready to Start’ comes on. I personally think Arcade Fire are insufferably pretentious/precious, and Win Butler makes Billy Corgan seem shy and retiring. But this remains a great pop song, and that line in the middle corresponds to my view of quite a bit of politics, these days.
All the kids have always known
That the emperor wears no clothes
But they bow down to him anyway
I’m no Arcade Fire fanboy, having only succumbed last spring to picking up their work and giving it a serious listen.
That said, this may be the one band who not only deserves the hype and heaping praise, but gets a pass, for now, on the pretentiousness. They’re that good, consistently.
OK, maybe I am an Arcade Fire fanboy.
Fanboy.
I really liked their first album when it came out, but they have gotten so full of themselves over the past couple years. I don’t dis-like them but I can certainly do without them.
I have long stopped trying to glean some type of real wisdom from the lyrics of hipster bands! Lol.