Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)

Canadian epic indie rockers Arcade Fire  released this single in 2005. Rebellion (Lies) is a track of theirs you'll most likely know. it starts off all epic, then halfway through goes all motown and is awesome. You'll have heard it in the background on loads of telly programmes. I've already got this track on their album "Funeral" though...

The B-Side on his one is fairly interesting though, A cover of the 1939 song "Brazil" originally by Ary Barroso and subsequently covered by everyone from Django Reinhardt to The Vengaboys (Seriously!). It'll  be familiar to most people for featuring in Terry Gilliams 1985 movie "Brazil" and also because it's currently on the cadburys advert with the bubblecars and the airships. Arcade Fire's take on the song is somehow both faithful to the classic versions of the song but also sounding like one of their own. here it is...

 

oops, just realised this should have been before arctic monkeys, sorry bout that, fell through a wormhole in time and space...