Song of the Day #1,693: ‘Rococo’ – Arcade Fire

suburbs‘Rococo’ jumps right from the “modern man” of the previous track to the “modern kids” who use “great big words that they don’t understand.”

This song is a rather vicious dissection of hipsters (a popular target based on my experience reading web comment boards). Butler seems to be taking down the same people who looked down on his commercial aspirations in ‘Ready to Start.’

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