The song “Paris” by the Friendly Fires has been remixed by ‘the next heir to the authentic remixing throne’ Aeroplane.
The song is a powerful one. It’s a love song. It’s about wanting to grow with some one. It’s about envisioning a perfect life in a perfect city and doing your best to get there. It’s about the dream. It’s about being in authentic love.
I <3 2 post meaningful post-metaphorical lyrics that put alternative ideals into words so perfectly. Wish I got to do it more often
One day we’re gonna live in Paris
I promise
I’m on it
When I’m bringing in the money
I promise
I’m on it
I’m gonna take you out to club showcase
We’re gonna live it up
I promise
Just hold on a little moreAnd every night we’ll watch the stars
They’ll be out for us
They’ll be out for us
And every night, the city lights
They’ll be out for us
They’ll be out for usOne day we’re gonna live in Paris
I promise
I’m on it
I’ll find you that French boy,
You’ll find me that French girl
I promise
I’m on itSo go and pack your bags
For the long haul
We’re gonna lose ourselves
I promise
This time next year will be forevermore
The remix is kinda ‘ridiculous/epic.’ I feel like it is the right sound for an epic alternative love anthem, though.
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[MP3]
Friendly Fires Paris (Aeroplane Remix Featuring Au Revoir Simone)
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I think the original version is relatively conceptually satisfying in a ‘mainstreamish’ post-Rapture Cowbell Percussion kinda way. I feel like if I wuz still an entrylevelalt circa 2k4, I would have listened to this song a lot. (not sure if that’s good or bad).
(Would probably put this on a mix CD for an entrylevel alt girl who u want 2 tug u off.)
Also, the Aeroplane remix strengthens the ‘Au Revoir Simone is better when they aren’t singing their own songs’ theory. Luved them on the “Star Guitar” cover/remix by Shinichi Osawa.
I just hope one day I get to move to a major metropolitan city with an HRO reader. We will live a meaningfully alternative life together.
“One Day We’re Going to live in _______. I promise. I’m on it.”
-CRLS
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‘Au Revoir Simone is better when they aren’t singing their own songs’ theory
w0rd
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Au Revoir Simone is boring
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Carles you stole this from me didnt you. i think you are getting kinda mainstream in your old age.
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//////////Reply by ootz ootz
//////////Posted October 29th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
@Doinmusic.com,
Why do you insist HRO stole this from your blog? It’s been oh the Hype Machines popular list for like 2 weeks now. Get over yrself.
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//////////Reply by Doinmusic.com
//////////Posted October 29th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
@ootz ootz,
Hahahahahaha.
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//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted October 29th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
@Doinmusic.com, what is “hypemachine”????
//////////Reply by Hemaly
//////////Posted October 30th, 2008 at 8:27 am
@ootz ootz, True, that’s where I found this song before HRO posted it.
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This is quite poor really isn’t it? All the joy has been ripped away from the original and it’s become a technical exercise is disaffected so-called cool
it’s pooh
Also, it was the most recent posting on hypem when I pressed played – by the time the track had ended 10 more fresh blog morsels had been scooped up by the great blog trawler and deposited into my browser – thus making Velvet Underground’s – I’m Waiting for my Man more hip than you
Oh wait 4 more songs since I started writing this comment – now it seems that Ben Lee Tucker’s cover of Float On is hippest
no wait there’s a new one
*sigh*
when will it all end?
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sorry for the typos – I was racing against the zeitgeist
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//////////Reply by anonnie
//////////Posted October 29th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
@Fellatio Nelson,
LOL
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You’r welcome in Paris M8 !!!
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i wanna move to a small town to be “urban by living in the midwest or something” ya kno like how ure being a good musician by being a bad musician? or is that just not trying? dont you feel like todays musicians could be so much better if they did more coke? or in uffies case, less coke..
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//////////Reply by MOAR c0k3
//////////Posted October 29th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
@anony,
More coke is always the answer.
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Remember that Chemical Bro’s song with Au Revoir Simone that got remixed by Shinichi Osawa?
“You should feel what I feel, You should take what I take.”
Pure genius.
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//////////Reply by fghg AZN
//////////Posted October 30th, 2008 at 12:36 am
@anonnie,
i 2nd the motion \m/
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//////////Reply by anonnie
//////////Posted October 30th, 2008 at 12:52 am
@fghg AZN,
wow I should really start reading these posts before i comment huh?
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//////////Reply by fghg AZN
//////////Posted October 30th, 2008 at 1:45 am
@anonnie,
whotever werkz.
when did the commenters get all GHEY?
SRSLY (is this a post about justice?)
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//////////Reply by THACHTER
//////////Posted October 30th, 2008 at 1:45 am
@anonymous,
srsly bro, cmmtrs use 2 ask deepv questions about memes and their personal brands and what 2 do at parties. but now it seems like evry body is just trying to be ‘hip’. their 4got about what being hip is all about, what authenticity is and about what a real alt is searching 4
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yeah this is a personal song fantasy post. id post about Solid Gold. or the Violet Hour
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finally a good bngr!!!!! p0st m0re good songs. i don’t even read ur blg n e more. i just scan for good muusik. crles acts as a hype machine filter….
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i still have no idea whether this blog is serious or not
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//////////Reply by Jesse
//////////Posted October 30th, 2008 at 6:42 am
@hmm,
I still have no idea if I’m ghey or just a lil bi. Crls…what does ‘kum’ taste lykke?
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the lyrics is nice but i’m not digging the sound (remix or orig). there’s no post-rapture anthem in there too. my ears don’t get it. at all.
if i want meaningful songs, i’d rather go back to 1977 by ash and listen to angel interceptor and darkside lightside. or like your feature on the postage fockin’ service blog days ago is more relatable. and i’m sick of having so many newer artist come out with so many krappy musik.
young folks. happy together. her space holiday, mew songz. are simpler. the stone rozez.
crls, u fggt. xoxo.
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i skimmed through the song pretty quick, was it a banger? the parts i heard weren’t bangin too hard. did i miss something?
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If i push the alt key on my laptop enough times, will it make me more alt?
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//////////Reply by Mechrobioticon
//////////Posted October 30th, 2008 at 10:39 am
This was like watching James Earl Jones sowing sequins on his panties.
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not banging
scoff
/scorn
dismissive sounds
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so i saw jousteece live tonight.
it sucked balls.
im kind of on the fence about if electro will forever define my personal brand.
sigh. im so bent up & out of shape. :(
identity crisisisisisis
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//////////Reply by glamrockonabudget
//////////Posted October 30th, 2008 at 11:57 am
@skam, sooo understandABLE. will i make it to 35 and realize i dont care? will i eventually decide i have a favorite band just so they can make a “good news for people who love bad news” blunder? will electro take us into the new genre of buttdisco? will the small town i live in always be full of thugs? will i ever get called a FGGT just for my cashmere>? will aids ever make a musical contribution to society? will gaspard and xavier date some models publicly just to walk down the red carpet making out with eachother? will the day i dont have to question an alts legitimate authenticity ever come?
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Come to Paris whenever you want ;)
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this is a really great remix of a TERRIBLE song. all credit to “aeroplane” for turning the trite piece of shit original into something really interesting and funnnn.
(obvi not a banger though. duh, fggts.)
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heyz, i just checked my massive library of free downloaded mp3s yall
this rmx
is totally like, uh, “inspired by”
todd terje EURODANSE
which was like, 5 million, blog years ago (2006, did they even have blogs back then?)
actually that’s so long ago who cares…
anyway it’s boring
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im going to Paris 4 Xmas with teh family, yay!
what’s the altest thing 2 do there?
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This song is beautiful…the beat…the lyrics…the sexy voice. Mint!
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(Would probably put this on a mix CD for an entrylevel alt girl who u want 2 tug u off.) <—- hilarious!
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Your song is not bad, but I don t agree with you.
I am french from Paris, and is far to be the perfect city, Tha parisian are not comunicative, they have a face like if they going to comite suicide tomorrow and they are pretty agressive. There is a lot of crinimalites here.
I prefer so much more New York where people have been prety nice with me, open, and there is a lot of good band every where, it s another spirit another energy.
but if you want to become depress live in Paris
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Bright pink comment forms make my eyes bleed
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