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I had a Three Tune Tuesday in mind for this week after I found a singer while I was researching Three Tune Tuesday but I will keep Henning Mai for next week. Any German on Hive will know who this guy is or as my German friend likes to call him "A talented George Ezra.
But when I found out the news that Win Butler was leaving Arcade Fire then I had to change my Three Tunes in honour of this great band. Arcade Fire. But how can Win Butler leave. He bloody is Arcade Fire. Well it leaves 6 other band members who can play around 160 instruments but it just won't be the same.
I spent my 20's listening to Arcade Fire and I am a fan of all their albums bar the last one which was somewhat of a let down. However their new single off their new album which will be released soon is rather good. Here it is below.
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We won't include this in our three tunes though until it grows on me more.
Afterlife
My favourite song by a mile. I just love it. There is a very famous singer on backing vocals on this song?? Any guesses to who it is? I think he was credited on their album also. It's a long one this but it's a great. I find the song very powerful for some reason. As I said to Boom last week. I bloody love a good sad song. But I wouldn't say this is sad as such. I don't really know how to describe it. The backing is just brilliant and it makes me happy to know that the guy I asked the question about thought the song was so good that he just did backing vocals. He was originally meant to do backing on Reflector which he did but he did Afterlife as well.
The Well and the Lighthouse.
I love this song because of Regine Cassagne. She sounds like some kind of mystical elf from Lord of the Rings. I was big into this song when I was 24. I was lying on a beach in Ayia Napa with all my friends, the sun was shining, we were having a great time. Bikini clad models all around us. The hangover had subsided. My friend asked the question if anyone anywhere in the world right now was having more fun than us. I was laughing at what he just said. It was just the perfect day. I put on the headphones and listened to this song and life during that 3 minutes could not get any better. So the Well and the Lighthouse will always have a place in my heart.
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The third song is the song directly after it. Whether it just played after that beach moment I do not know but it is another one of my favourites. I always like this song live because it is one of those songs that everyone loves at them.
I have seen Arcade Fire in Ireland a good few times but I once went to them and The Pixies which proved to be one of my favourite ever concerts. I decided I would bring my Italian friend for a different experience as Antonio is slightly unhinged and proved to be perfect company at a concert. I could really leave myself go and some of the Irish fraternity were a bit wooden.
I made a Steem post about Antonio back in the day. His girlfriend told me the funniest story. He loved U2 so much that it was the reason he moved to Ireland. So he booked tickets to a U2 concert in Ireland as a holiday. When he got off the plane he was planning on travelling to Bono's house in Dalkey to meet him and have a chat. Now this guy is stone cold nuts. So he got the bus into the city centre in Dublin. As he was crossing the Ha'penny bridge between O Connell Street and Templebar, who was walking towards him on the bridge.
Mutha fucking Bono
So he did what every normal Italian did. Cry uncontrollably on Bono's shoulder which muttering "Madre dio". Bono was nice to him and he gave him a photo and an autograph to which he cherishes to this day. After the meeting Antonio told his dad he was staying in Ireland forever and after 15 years he is still here and he is getting married to a Derry girl. Isn't that just the best.
He got his photo taken with another famous dude recently but not sure if he was happy about it. Height of Covid as well.
HAHAHA.
Well that's it for my three tune Tuesday. Hopefully Win changes his mind and goes back to the band. Thanks to the hostess with the mostess 