As I was walking out of the theatre Saturday from seeing Spider-Man 3<\/i>, I caught a few bars of the song that played across the film’s closing credits.<\/p>\n
I said to my sister, “Is that Snow Patrol? It sounds like Snow Patrol.”<\/p>\n
“I like it,” she said. “I don’t know who it is.”<\/p>\n
I couldn’t catch the song clearly. Yes, it definitely<\/i> sounded like Snow Patrol.<\/p>\n
Ah, Snow Patrol. One of those bands I felt like was “mine” before everyone else discovered them. Thank you so<\/i> much, Grey’s Anatomy<\/i>. :\/<\/p>\n
Yes, it was<\/i> Snow Patrol on the closing credits of Spider-Man 3<\/i>. The song is called “Signal Fire.”<\/p>\n
And it’s not that good.<\/p>\n
It sounds more like a pastiche<\/i> of a Snow Patrol song than a new, authentic Snow Patrol song. It’s a facsimile, a simulacrum. I’ve heard this song before. It’s had other names, but I know this song. It’s called “Chasing Cars.” It’s called “Open Your Eyes.” There’s nothing new about “Signal Fire.” It’s all formula.<\/p>\n
It’s a pastiche. Snow Patrol pastiched themselves.<\/p>\n
Bleh. :\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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