Arcade Fire - In the Backseat (Live)

Arcade Fire performing on Morning Becomes Eclectic radio show in Santa Monica, USA

Category:

Music

Tags:

• arcade
• fire
• live
• eclectic
• morning
• back
• seat
• backseat

[mrpopenfresh]

Is this a song about backseat fucking?

[bluelightalarm]

@mrpopenfresh No, it's about Régine's mother dying

[mrsbjayden]

She definitely doesn't have a strong voice, but for this song, that vulnerability works for me. It's sort of a childlike thing, and it makes sense.

[senormojorisin]

Great song. Ghostly. Sends chills down my spine every time I listen to it.

[zzhamstring]

@pianod00d I think your ears are right on that one.

[pianod00d]

Is it just me or does she sound better in this version than she does on the record?

[tashious]

@Andykun713 that really does happen eh? that made me smile

[Hog4n]

@williamgag Wow, that's weird :O Maybe she was her aunt? :)

[williamgag]

@Hog4n That's kinda weird because last week I met this very nice lady at a dinner at my grandparent's house in Longueuil a retired english teacher that lived in Haiti and has "Chassagne" as a last name and that has the same fucking face like Regine xD

[Hog4n]

@williamgag I made a mistake, the Alice in the song is actually Régine's grandmother. But her mother is also dead, as she wrote to her blog "When I was growing up, we never had the money to return (to Haiti). Even if we had, my mother never could go back. Until she died, she would have nightmares about people coming to “take her away”. My mum passed away before she could meet my future husband, or see our band perform and start to have success"

[williamgag]

@Hog4n well, her mom retired from that high school in St Lambert in 2000 or something xS

[Hog4n]

@williamgag Nah, it's her mom, she died when Régine was 11 I think. She's the Alice referred in the lyrics.

[williamgag]

It must be about her dad cause her mom is not dead.