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Rococo by Arcade Fire

TRACK

Arcade Fire

Rococo

Release date: 2nd July 2010

From The Suburbs
Track 4
3:57
AlternativeMusicRockAdult Alternative
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About This Track

Arcade Fire train their gaze on the modern young in 'Rococo', a track that oscillates between fascination and contempt. The song watches kids downtown, parroting grand words they don't grasp, moving in uniform despite their apparent wildness. There's a sharpness to the observation: they're tame beneath the surface, hungry to own you without understanding the rules of their own game. The band repeats the word "rococo" like a mantra, a label applied to something hollow and decorative. They build things up only to burn them down, leaving ashes scattered by the wind. It's a portrait of youth culture as spectacle, performed and empty, caught between aspiration and meaninglessness.

"Rococo" is a track by Arcade Fire, from the album The Suburbs, released 2nd July 2010. The track is 3:57 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Arcade Fire.

About the Artist

Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire

Lyrics

Rococo

Let's go downtown and watch the modern kids
Let's go downtown and talk to the modern kids
They will eat right out of your hand
Using great big words that they don't understand
They singing

Rococo, rococo, rococo, rococo
Rococo, rococo, rococo, rococo

They build it up just to burn it back down
They build it up just to burn it back down
The wind is blowing all the ashes around
Oh my dear god what is that horrible song they're singing

Rococo, rococo, rococo, rococo
Rococo, rococo, rococo, rococo
Rococo, rococo, rococo, rococo
Rococo, rococo, rococo, rococo
Rococo, rococo!
Rococo!

They seem wild but they are so tame
They seem wild but they are so tame
They're moving towards you with their colors all the same
They want to own you but they don't know what game they're playing

Rococo, rococo, rococo, rococo
Rococo!
Rococo!

(Rococo)
(Rococo)
Rococo!
Rococo!

(Rococo)
(Rococo)
Rococo!

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Track details

From The Suburbs

3:572010
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Album
The Suburbs
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
3rd July 2010
Track number
4
Release year
2010
  1. 1The Suburbs
    5:15
  2. 2Ready to Start
    4:16
  3. 3Modern Man
    4:40
  4. 4Rococo
    3:57

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5Empty Room
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    2:54
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  • 16The Suburbs (Continued)
    1:28
  • —Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
    5:26
  • —Ready To Start
    4:16
  • —The Suburbs
    5:15
  • —Modern Man
    4:40
  • —Rococo
    3:57
  • —Empty Room
    2:52
  • —City With No Children
    3:12
  • —Half Light I
    4:14
  • —Half Light II (No Celebration)
    4:27
  • —Suburban War
    4:41
  • —Month Of May
    3:51
  • —Wasted Hours
    3:21
  • —Deep Blue
    4:28
  • —We Used To Wait
    5:01
  • —Sprawl I (Flatland)
    2:54
  • —Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
    5:18
  • —The Suburbs (Continued)
    1:28
  • —The Suburbs
    5:15

    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Arcade Fire
    Producer
    Arcade Fire, Markus Dravs
    Vocals
    Régine Chassagne, Win Butler
    Mixing Engineer
    Arcade Fire, Craig Silvey, Nick Launay
    Recording Engineer
    Don Murnaghan, Marcus Paquin, Mark Lawson, Noah Goldstein
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