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Video: No Cars Go by Arcade Fire

This is the second to last song off of Arcade Fire's Album Neon Bible and if there is one thing that I enjoy about Arcade Fire it is their ability to really just make you feel and think at the same time. Their music woos and soothes at the same time combining in a seemingly effortless manner to create an abstract synthesis of truly amazing caliber. Their band truly lacks nothing combining anywhere from seven to thirteen musician and a strange variety of instrumentation. Including the "normal instruments" such as guitar and drums they also incorporate many stringed instruments and an accordian as well as soaring choir-like vocals.

As their music rises and peaks in complete harmony it seems to bring out feelings that you may have never thought yourself capable of experiencing. With sometimes haunting organs in the background Arcade Fire is quite proficient in changing the tone and overall mood of their music in an instant which is something that is felt almost immediately once one slips their head phones on and dives into the music. Arcade Fire would be one of those bands that cannot be fully explained even after having listened to their entire album. Each time I listen to their music something new jumps out at me that I had not noticed before. And each time I listen to their music I truly feel something unique and I am glad that I am not just listening to another rap song.

The last and perhaps most important thing about Arcade Fire is the diversity of their lyrics. Singing about all manners of subjects ranging from dream worlds to strange songs about politics mixed with religion. (I would love a complete explanation for Antichrist Television Blues) Arcade Fire manages to include strikingly beautiful lyrics with even more astounding music. Without a doubt Arcade Fire should be among any music lover's top 10 bands.

As an edit to this post I would like to apologize for originally putting up the video of Rebellion(lies)...sorry for the confusion. Sorry for any possible disrespect for Arcade Fire, it was not intended, human nature is to err.

Essay on an essay quote

"If someone writes something though and they edit and revise their paper it does not matter how many times they do it because if they do not care about the paper than the chances of the writing being successful is slim to none." -Drew Placek

I agree with Drew here and I'll say that a person can make endless changes to their essay from start to finish and although each revision is important...the revisions are only important if you truly care about the changes that you are making. There seems to be no point to revise an essay about which one has nothing invested. If you were to sit there in front of the computer with a blank stare on your face showing that you have no emotion whatsoever regarding what you are typing (or revising) then there is perhaps no greater waste of your time. I believe that pretending to invest yourself into something that you have no care for the outcome is one of the greatest wastes of a person's time that they can achieve. Therefore, careful thought and deliberation must be put forth into everything that we do, and everything would include writing an essay for their English 001 class. A successful writing is something to be considered. What exactly makes writing successful? Is it that the person who reads it learns something or comes to a conclusion that they would have previously been unable to attain? Or perhaps it is that the author learns something new about themself that would have been unattainable had they not written their essay. In either case, a successful writing most likely requires careful thought and consideration and I believe a true revision is one of the easiest ways to attain both of those things.

Perhaps one method of revision could be through monk-like devotion to the revisions. Now it must be known that I am not attempting to advertise any sort of religion or philosophy upon to potential readers. Rather I am merely stating that similar to the ways in which monks attain their reputations (through diligence, repetition of traditions, and above all discipline) we, as writers, could attain a reputation for spectacular writing due to our unrelenting discipline to revision.