The Suburbs - Turn The Radio On (Live on 89.3 The Current)

Опубликовано 30 августа 2013, 12:30

The Suburbs perform "Turn The Radio On" live in the studios of 89.3 The Current.

In 2013, Chan Poling spoke with Andrea Swensson about the the meaning behind “Turn the Radio On,” which he says is about dancing around his kitchen to the radio with his late wife, Eleanor Mondale Poling.

“The storyline is melancholy, but it’s hopeful, too,” he reflected. “It’s about happiness. It’s really one of the simplest songs. One thing I keep doing is, ‘Can I just say something as simply as possible? And will it be sincere, and come across?’ There’s a kind of art to that, I think. So I kind of held it back for a while. Can I really just say, ‘Turn the radio on and we’ll dance around the kitchen’? Is it too corny, or too disingenuous? But, you know… The sincerity level is never going to get to the Hallmark card kind of level. People will always understand that we come from an edgier place. And maybe that’s why ‘Turn the Radio On’ works. It’s a nice blend.”

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