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Arcade Fire – Put Your Money on Me
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“Put Your Money on Me” details an intense love, and dives into the various uses and effects of money and how it changes people. It is viewed as a sign of confidence or strength in
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The Struts – Put Your Money On Me
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[Verse 1] / It's true baby I sleep 'til noon for breakfast / I have a little smoke then I get up and go / And yes I'm always two hours late for work babe / It's hard being a slave
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Josiah Botting – Album Review: Arcade Fire
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Welcome to my first Album Review of 2017. The first album I will be talking about is Arcade Fire’s newest album Everything Now. If you have any suggestions on how this review can
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Arcade Fire’s ‘Everything Now’ Critiques Modern Fame & Instant Gratification
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It draws on classic Arcade Fire themes with a shiny disco & pop-rock sound.
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Arcade Fire – Creature Comfort
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Creature Comfort (an object that makes a person feel more comfortable or happy) was first played at Arcade Fire`s surprise warmup gig at Primavera Festival, on 01/06/2017
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Arcade Fire – Chemistry
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“Chemistry” is the sixth track on Arcade Fire’s Everything Now.
The song follows a man who has fallen in love with this girl, but she doesn’t feel the same. While this man does
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Arcade Fire – (Antichrist Television Blues)
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This song had alternative titles as it was being created, including “Joe Simpson,” who is the father of Jessica Simpson and an inspiration for the narrator of the song (see https
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Arcade Fire – Good God Damn
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“Good God Damn” is the tenth track on Arcade Fire’s Everything Now. Fans have noticed that this song is from the point of view of the girl whose story is featured on “Creature
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Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
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The first song on Arcade Fire’s 2010 album The Suburbs. Like their other work, it’s concerned with growing up, but isn’t fictional – it’s about band members Win and Will Butler’s
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Arcade Fire – Everything Now
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The first single from Arcade Fire’s fifth studio album, Everything Now, was released while the band played a secret set at Primavera Sound in Barcelona. A clip had already been
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Genius: Song Lyrics Finder
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Arcade Fire – Infinite Content
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Infinite content / Infinite content / We're infinitely content / Infinite content / Infinite content / We're infinitely content / Infinite content / Infinite content / We're
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Childish Gambino – Be Alone
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“Be Alone” is the first song off Childish Gambino’s EP.
Gambino uses this song to express the loneliness and isolation his fame has brought upon his life.
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Arcade Fire – Signs of Life
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While announcing “Signs of Life” in a June 30, 2017 Facebook post Arcade fire wrote:
The song is either about the futility of seeking meaning in a meaningless world or a
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Arcade Fire – Keep the Car Running
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The 2nd track off Neon Bible is generally about not giving up, or, keeping the car running. Butler himself has noted the Orwellian references throughout. The song paints a picture
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Arcade Fire – Electric Blue
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Both a meditation on generic modern music and the crumbling of a relationship from a woman’s perspective in the modern age, “Electric Blue” (possibly a reference to the influence
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Arcade Fire – We Don't Deserve Love
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“The Suburbs” provided a time capsule for a generation that could remember a time before The Internet. This song (and album) cap off a thesis for a generation that can remember a
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Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
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Once described by frontman David Byrne as “the most direct love lyrics that I’ve ever written”, the island-y vibe of this beautiful song is the soundtrack for when everything in
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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (Ft. Duke Bootee & Grandmaster Melle Mel) – The Message
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message” may not have been the origin of conscious-rap in the early ‘80s, but it took the idea, ran away with it, married it, had
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The Clash – The Guns of Brixton
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Classic song from UK punk band The Clash’s most successful and influential album, 1979’s London Calling. Written as a protest about the economic situation for UK youth at the time
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GoldLink (Ft. Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy) – Crew
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“Crew” was the 1st and most successful of 3 tracks — the other two being “Meditation” and “Pray Everyday (Survivor’s Guilt)” — that were dropped as singles to build anticipation
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Arcade Fire – Peter Pan
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“Peter Pan” is the fifth song on Arcade Fire’s new album Everything Now. The song gathers inspiration from the fictional character Peter Pan, created by J.M. Barrie. He has the
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Eminem – Untitled
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A hidden track off the album Recovery focused on the frustration of sexual criticism.
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Arcade Fire – Afterlife
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“Afterlife” had its debut on Saturday Night Live.
An official lyric video was released before the release of the Reflektor album, featuring clips from Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus
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Eminem (Ft. Lil Wayne) – No Love
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The main theme of the third single off of Recovery remains a point of controversy. While many believe it to be a personification of Hip-Hop (with another notable mention on the
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Eminem – Killshot
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“Killshot” is a response to Machine Gun Kelly’s “RAP DEVIL,” which was in itself a response to “Not Alike” from Eminem’s August 2018 album Kamikaze. The diss track dropped eleven
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Adele – Set Fire to the Rain
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“Set Fire To The Rain” talks about a relationship coming to an end. Girl meets guy, he is wonderful and she falls really quickly. He tells her all of these amazing things, but
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blancoBLK – Drip
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[Verse 1] / Uh, Southwest Philly on the rise / The only thing that's burnin' is this fire I provide / These niggas kindergarten, all they do is run and hide / Grab the Backwoods
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JID – Raydar
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[Part I] / [Intro: The Last Poets] / Radar, sonar, laser beams / Jets, tanks, submarines / Megathons, H-bombs, napalm, ga— / [Verse 1] / I got the shit you would light with a
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Karen O (Ft. Ezra Koenig) – The Moon Song
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Karen O’s Oscar-nominated song from Spike Jonze’s spectacular movie, Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson. Karen O and Ezra Koenig performed the song together at
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Harry Styles – As It Was
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The lead single from his third album Harry’s House, “As It Was” sees Styles singing in a somewhat sorrowful voice about his bittersweet feelings of loneliness and the past, masking
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