SONG OF THE DAY

“Keep the Car Running” by Arcade Fire (Neon Bible, Rough Trade Records/ Merge Records, 2007).

INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)

– This song was #22 on Rolling Stone’s list, The 100 Best Songs of 2007. It peaked on the UK Singles Chart at #56. It peaked at #32 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.

– It is alternatively titled “Keep the Car Running/Broken Window”.

– The song was covered by the Foo Fighters on 17 August and 18 August 2007 during their European Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Tour at the The O2 in London. Dave Grohl announced to the audience that he had played the song earlier in the day but was unhappy with it as he felt he did not perform it well enough, so he felt it was his duty to retry it. He said that he listens to the song every morning when he wakes up. The song can be found on The Foo Fighters’ Let It Die EP.

РIt was also performed live by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, joined by Win Butler and R̩gine Chassagne of Arcade Fire, on October 14, 2007 in Ottawa.