Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) - (5 of 10)

[buddythecow]

I do not think I've encountered an Arcade Fire song that I didnt like...

[squeezeslemons]

0:26 always scares the shit out of me....

[fretnice]

Great for studying :)

[fancybrit93]

This song is amazing. I go to sleep to it every night.

[Nimials]

amo esta canción, es mi vida

[RobertRayawordup]

This is my favorite song on Funeral. I think its incredibly underrated. Fucking beautiful.

[jewishninja2]

@tehsuperepicpwnzor underknown, for sure, but far from underrated

[djth3t4ank]

Amazing song.

[LostThaErection]

The neighborhood songs are AMAZING!

[JoyGrenade]

I daresay this is the most beautiful song of the last decade.

[LuisLabastida]

May someone please explain the meaning of the chorus??

"They say a watched pot will never boil. Well i closed my eyes, and nothing changed. Just some water getting hotter in the flame"

[WhimsicalNightmares]

@LuisLabastida I haven't listened to all the lyrics, so I could be totally off-mark about what it means, but I think he's saying that even though people with close their eyes and hopes things are different, nothing changes..

[AmandaXxXPlease]

@LuisLabastida well that saying "a watched pot won't boil" means that if you're watching it time won't move any faster so it seems like an eternity before it finally boils. He closed his eyes and even that didn't speed up the process, so the water never actually boiled it just got hotter.

[SuperPicaresque]

@AmandaXxXPlease To me, he's referring to how often people tell you to stop worrying about things, and just let your life happen without thinking too much, you'll eventually find what you're looking for. The line "a watched pot won't ever boil" refers to that, his worrying about his life. When he closed his eyes and "nothing changed," he means that not thinking about it didn't help: his life is exactly where he left it, and he's unable to bring back the feeling "drowned out by the radio."

[SuperPicaresque]

@AmandaXxXPlease In continuation, this ties into the line about his eyes being "covered by the hands of my unborn kids". Now that the narrator has grown up after Neighborhoods 1,2,3, and Une Annee, ("Time keeps creeping through the Neighborhood") he feels the pressure most adults feel, the pressure to find a wife and have kids, and he's trying; but nothing is happening, which leads into the "watched pot" line.

[ironlion7800]

@SuperPicaresque Im pretty sure the song like most on the album is about death. They went through several family deaths when they made this album. The song is most likely a highly emotional outlook on time, life, and death. He is a young person and death often brings a very real perspective on things. You lose your parents, and you start thinking about your "unborn kids". I think the song ultimately shows a young man at a crossroads with losing family, and moving forward thinking about his own

[ironlion7800]

@SuperPicaresque (cont) family. However you look at it really is what defines it. How does it make you feel is what true art is all about. Arcade fire is amazing i think we can agree on that :)

[williamgag]

Windowsill #1 xD

[ozzy89ful]

If you do one thing today look up the lyrics to this song and read through them with the song. Ive had this album since it came out and always overlooked this song untill i did this. 

[PaperMonocles]

Beautiful.

[josanne510]

I love this song.

And I love that I came here to listen and I could read through the comments without seeing any pointless idiotic arguments. Good job AF fans.

[tehsuperepicpwnzor]

Arcade Fire is one of the most underrated bands of all time. 

[daconor91]

@tehsuperepicpwnzor They're not underrated at all, they headline festivals and are consistently voted as the best band in the world

[enjoisf]

This album does wonderful things for the mind, soul, and heart.

[106willgetme]

Saw them on SNL and thought, "Augh! They suck!" And just a week later, I saw No Cars Go on YouTube.

I am now obsessed :D

[RSRatornra]

@106willgetme I know a place where no cars go

[musicandWriting77]

Arcade Fire sings a lot about "old folks." I love old people. I think it's a sign. <3

[Kettles147]

KETTLES :D:D

[tashious]

this song makes me cry like a baby, I'm not depressed or anything. It just touches my soul for whatever reason

[Unremarkable1000]

Definitely one of the best albums I've ever heard, and I've only heard it once. Not sure whether it's one of my favourites yet though, takes time to achieve that.

[gogolplex74]

weakest from neighbourhood, but still very powerful

[TheBurritoTaster]

the arcade fire tasted my burritos

[tervivjerbry]

THIS IS WHY ARCADE FIRE IS THE BAND OF THE CENTURY!!!

[MaxClarkso]

@tervivjerbry We're about a tenth of the way through the century, bud.

[tervivjerbry]

yep now the world knows just how good hey!!!!

[BingleBanner]

best band of all time, no question.

[gaswuzhere]

@BingleBanner lolwut? any band might as well be then, these guys don't think they are the best

[MyBeautifulZygote]

@BingleBanner Yeah dude, I love Arcade Fire so much, they might even be my favorite band, but, to be honest, they probably wouldn't even be in the top 50 bands of all time...sorry.

[IAmTheNightingale]

The stuff of magic.

[markthesharkk]

i love this song. arcade fire says all the things i can never come up with words to say.

[corncornrocks]

0 people are justin bei---o wait

[Thexxman123456]

Anyone realize how absolutely incredible the lyrics to this song are? I used to just think it was a beautiful song...then I gave the lyrics some thought, and now I appreciate it even more.

[AltoCat1]

A+ Song.

Nothing less.

[bexoxo3815]

Sometimes I feel like we don't deserve Arcade Fire. 

[of10jl]

@bexoxo3815 They're not gods, their music is just really moving.. I'm glad I can listen to their music

[BowlboKhabra92]

@bexoxo3815 but we totally do in this world of terrible music. like a shining beacon

[amberlover678]

@bexoxo3815 wow, best comment ever

[GenesisTree]

*69 likes

lol

[merting]

"My eyes are covered by the hands of my unborn kids". Sounds like facial.

[hopfenschorle]

@merting you sir just made my day :P

[golfklubbaren]

I never thought a song could procure so much feelings. It is simply amazing.

[megakilroywashere]

i can die a little happier hearing this song

[kikleen28]

You've just got to smile when this comes on shuffle :)

[frstevefr]

Just great... Arcade Fire are jut amazing...

[Sydnayyomg]

i adore this album so much; every time i listen to it, it gets better and better.

[corncornrocks]

one of the greatest songs ever written

'nuff said.

[BehindTheSea29]

This song really, really gets me somtimes..

[joorster]

the arcade fire saved my life

[Shika511]

@joorster Same here. Well they had some help from a certain person too :)

[OutlawdPipes]

@joorster glad ur still with us my friend

[TheMirrorNoir]

@joorster me too...i was so depressed before i started listening to them+they turned my entire life around.... 

[scott123456789098765]

arcade fires songs are beautiful some of them just make u bring a tear to your eye

[Gandaleon]

Absolutely beautiful music. I adore their music.

[corncornrocks]

2nd best neighborhood

[watchedpotneverboils]

I want this song to play at my wedding.

[donutvideo]

amazing quality! thank you so much.

[MelanieOdwyer]

brilliant .

[thriftesfai]

Amazing.

[noxiousfetus]

=D!!!!