Arcade Fire- The Suburbs Analysed

This video brings about a lot of questions that you want answering, making you want to carry on watching to find out the answers to. For example you can hear sirens, and see a boy in an apron, and want to know what's going on. This is clever because anyone that hasn't seen the video, or heard the song before would be enticed to carry on watching, making them (like me) enjoy the song and want to listen to more. The message of the song is clearly shown in the video, especially the line 'moving past the feeling' which is shown by the small group of friends having fun riding their bikes together despite the chaos going on around them. You get the feeling that they don't care about the danger or consequences of doing what they are, maybe because the army that is in their area doesn't either. The friends are very protective of one another, as if they are their own army, protecting their friends from the real army and the dangers they hold. The last part of the song/video shows one of the group at work (which explains the apron) when another boy comes in and begins hitting him. It made me think about the way people release their anger at the army being in their area, either by having fun and protecting your friends, or taking it out on other people like what was going on in this scene. For such a short video i felt as though it really explains things you overlook, like the importance of friends and how to deal with situations that might arise, and for that reason it's a very interesting video.