
Kaiser Chiefs are going to perform as part of Brixton Academy's livestream gig series
The show will take place later this month.
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A three-minute rush of infatuation, 'Ruby' strips romance down to its most basic component: the overwhelming effect of another person's presence. The song moves through a series of declarations of indifference to everything else, each one undercut by the obsessive repetition of a single name. Romance, the opening suggests, is not dead; it is simply all-consuming, leaving room for nothing but the function to breathe and the space between moments with this person. The track builds its momentum through repetition and directness. A name becomes a chant, a question ("do ya know what you're doing to me?") loops without resolution, and the possibility that this might all be a joke hangs uneasily in the final verses. There is no grand declaration here, no metaphor or elaborate sentiment. Just the simple, insistent fact of desire and the uncertainty that comes with it.
"Ruby" is a single by Kaiser Chiefs, from the album Yours Truly, Angry Mob (Deluxe), released 2007. The track is 3:24 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Kaiser Chiefs.
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