Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Father John Misty cover)

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[cbcmusic]

What other covers would you love to see Father John Misty perform?

[mariocosta]

For some reason this version of the song made me realize how dang good the lyrics are.

[jameslatin]

Eulogy to the past, prologue to a dystopian future. The song tears me apart every time.

[Pippy]

"I want to hold her hand and show her some beauty before all this damage is done." This crushes my soul....

[zedigan]

4 chords have never had such an impact on my life.

[DoctorSleep_]

How am I the only one here in the past 4 years? This song is worth a return.

[brrrgin]

When he sings "In my dreams we're still screaming" I get chills

[joshnicholls]

I think I have watched this 50, 000 times

[isaitorcates]

I was thinking about his whistle at the end today and had to come back for the 100th time

[mideff]

just when i think it can't get better he starts to whistle.

[gedsonsanti]

his smooth alternance from Falsette to normal voice is amazing !

[TheOilBurner]

Surely a candidate for best cover version ever. Still floors me every time I hear it. It’s just perfect.

[jschlesinger]

Hats off to CBC Music for such a crisp recording. You do his voice justice.

[kevinwaldrop]

After having a daughter during covid and my wife miscarrying a second daughter last night, the line about showing her some beauty before all this damage is done just resonates so much.

Edit: I found out my wife was pregnant again a little over a month after I made this comment, something that wasn’t supposed to be medically possible (our first daughter was an ivf baby). We now have 2 girls 4(almost 5) and 2. We love them everyday. We’ve since had 2 more miscarriages but I’m so thankful for my girls and my wife. This song still makes me sentimental for what could have been and what will be. Thank you all for the kind words.

[kurtnoble]

Father John Misty should write a song with Arcade Fire that'd be really awesome.

[tsukiji_wasabi]

this made me cry like a baby
damn you president jesus and your beautiful whistling

[mike]

He recreates all the nuances and feeling of the original song with just his voice and a guitar. Super talented.

[StillOnTrack]

This friggin guy, I swear. Gotta love that voice.

[Lemuis]

Listening to this during the Coronavirus outbreak, March 2020.

[MGFTM]

A surprising number of Arcade Fire songs are now proving to be quite prophetic