What is Wrong With the World?

Well, with the recent events going on it's given me a lovely chance to have a nice rant about life and things in general. And in the firing line in this edition of me ripping the piss out of something is :

Swagger Jagger being number 1 and The UK Riots, Personally I think they may be connected.

So, Where to start. Well, This week we saw the scum of the UK plastered all over the TV and Radio. Yes! Cher/Shit Lloyd has managed to bag itself a number one. What is wrong with the UK public! I have previously discuss my pure hatred for this disgrace for this noise (It's not allowed the classification of song) yet the retarded people that now buy the music that makes up the majority of chart music 99% of which is all  repetitive,boring crap have propeled Lloyd's disgrace to godlike status and dizzying heights for the train-wreck of a song and artist involved. Now if it had charted at a deserved position of about 38 then fair enough that was to be expected due to the type of audience she attracts (They're currently out on the streets rioting) that wouldn't be too bad but now with Lloyd getting the  number one spot we the knowledgeable people who listen to decent music will be forced to put up with the girl all over our TVs, papers and radios. Godhelp us no wander people want to Riot. Which leads me onto my next point.

As you all know the UK is currently in a state. Simple as that. All because a few chavs have felt the need to jump onto what began as a peaceful protest about the death of a man shot dead by police. One thing is clear and needs to be confirmed. The people currently roaming the streets and looting our shops are not protesting about anything. Too often are so called experts or youth workers are appearing on Sky News claiming that this is all a fightback about the cuts and rise in finances. This is Bollocks. Pure and simple, chances are that many of the delinquents have no intention of going to higher education let alone be protesting about the cuts if any of them knew about them. These are just people willing to take a chance to get some free loot and unfortunatly many are getting away with it due to the laxness of the police. Now don't get me wrong, the police have done brilliantly with the tasks facing them with many working non-stop for numerous hours but I personally feel that a more forceful approach needs to be taken. After the promise of 'robust' policing there wasn't that much difference from the tactics that had been used the previous night. Let us hope for the safety of our cities and the other chains of Foot Asylum and suprisingly Carpet Right that these police can step it up and step out the scum invading our city.

RANT OVER!

Album Review - Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Arcade Fire appear to be music's very own version of Marmite. You either love them or hate them or in many circumstances the reply you will get is "Arcade Who?" Following the Montreal Based band winning Album of the Year at the Grammys, it was met with online disapproval with people not knowing who they are. Quite simply this shocks me as The Suburbs was number one in both the UK and US charts.

The Suburbs is the bands third album and for me is my personal favorite of the lot. The Suburbs has no stand out vocal point such as Funeral's 'Wake up' and 'Rebellion' or Neon Bible's 'Keep the Car Running' and 'No Cars Go'

The Suburbs rightly begins with a song of the same name. The song rightly starts with the ongoing themes of what would be expected in suburban life that weaves itself throughout the album. 'Ready to Start' explodes with lyrics portraying disappointment and anguish balanced with an air of triumph thrown in for good measure. The first two songs set the scene for what is to follow and without a doubt are two of the best songs on the album. 'Modern Man' brings a more relaxed feel from Ready to start and gently caresses the listener. 'Rococo' is a seeming live anthem with it's booming chorus and explosion from a relatively relaxed start. This is Arcade Fire at their grandiose best pounding drums and catchy chorus. 'Half Light'  is the first of two, two part songs on the album. Part one takes the more soft approach and easy on the ears with the main portion of the singing being done by Regine (Arcade Fire's second vocalist and Lead singer Win's wife.) Part two offers more guitars and vocals by Win. 'Month of May' returns to the upbeat tempo from 'Ready to Start' and is the main frantic song in The Suburbs. Both 'Wasted Hours' and 'Deep Blue' gives the listener a more gentle break before the album picks up again with the brilliant 'We Used To Wait' The plinking pianos begin this song and continue throughout the song with Win lamenting about writing letters to a true love and waiting for a reply. This song is one of the gems that gets uncovered as the album continues and rightly is the song used for the interactive experiment 'The Wilderness Downtown' (Link Below). The penultimate songs are Sprawl I & II the first being a gentle piano song with the latter being a synth filled poppy tune being sang by Regine. The Album ends where it began with Win and Regine singing acapella the chorus of Suburbs.

All in all The Suburbs is a brilliant album no two ways about it. Sure there are some filler songs but even these remain at a consistantly high standards. No doubt about it, Arcade Fire are getting better, there are not many bands who can consistantly make brilliant albums one after the other. Arcade Fire are doing this and with The Suburbs they are finally getting the recognition they deserve.