Rebellion (Lies) (track)
by Arcade Fire
Rebellion (Lies) appears on the following album(s) by Arcade Fire:
- Funeral (track #9) (this album) (2004)
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| ! | 08/11/2025 08:51 |  nextorgd | 308 | 96/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2025 15:20 |  BroknsocialShawn | 1,693 | 85/100 |
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The track where I came to the realization that Funeral is on the Mount Rushmore of albums.
LukasAntoine00s 03/24/2021 15:59 | #267691
100/100
JODER. Definitivamente es de las mejores canciones indie que he escuchado. Antes, mi favorita del album era Neighborhood #1 y lo fue por varias semanas (y la sigo amando), pero luego llegué a escuchar múltiples veces seguidas esta canción y hasta el día de hoy sigo escuchándola unas 5 veces por día mínimo. Transmite demasiadas vibes. Sirve para todos los sentimientos que existen. Estar feliz, triste, angustiado, satisfecho, etc., etc., todo se siente bien cuando escuchas Rebellion (Lies). Una de mis favoritas de toda la vida. El segundo coro después que Win canta Every time you close your eyes, y Régine canta (LIES!! LIES!!) UF, qué hermoso, hermano. Hermosas armonías. Esto sí es buena música carajo.
Flay 06/06/2018 13:45 | #216217
Their best song, along with Neighbourhood #1. Neighbourhood is probably better in most objective ways; it has better lyrics, a more interesting structure, and is more ambitious overall. Rebellion, on the other hand, is relatively simple in both structure and lyrics, but, partly because of this, manages to be as close to pop perfection as I've ever heard. It's not something which can easily be explained, obviously the song is very well made, and I wouldn't be able to identify any weaknesses, but above and beyond all that this song manages to be flawless.
The one moment which elevates the song to these heights is, in my mind, key change in the last refrain. I will never understand how something so simple can be so transcendental.
That bass line, those lyrics...
.....hoooooooo every time you close your eyes hoooooooo....
corenfro 08/03/2017 03:06 | #195401
It's that one chord change around "everytime you close your eyes" that gives this thing a different emotion torwards the end and makes it really kick ass.
Their very, very best. One of my favourite songs by anyone.
Behrus58 01/21/2017 07:40 | #183655
Sometimes I feel like this is the best Music piece ever written.
Awesome song!
The violin outro melody remains one of the best melodies in history of popular music, or at least one of the most purposeful, if you get what I mean.
The key change has no comparison either.
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