I’ve just attempted
to read the review of ‘David Comes To Life’ on Pitchfork…They use big words. This
‘rock opera’ of an album was one of the best records of 2011. Double LP with
each side being an act in the story. Everything comes together perfectly.
Here’s what
the plot of the story is according to Wikipedia:
“David
Eliade is a worker at a light bulb factory in late 70's, early 80's England. David
meets Veronica Boisson, an activist, and the two fall in love. Though David
enjoys being in a relationship with Veronica, David starts to worry that
something wrong is going to happen. The two build a bomb as a form protest and
attempt to bomb the factory. The bomb fails to destroy the factory, however,
and ends up killing Veronica in the process. David feels sorrow for spending
time with Veronica, thinking that it was all a waste, something the narrator
agrees on. David also feels guilty for causing Veronica's death.
The story
then introduces an acquaintance of David named Vivian Benson, who tells David
to not trust narration. David then realizes that he is a character in a story,
being controlled by Octavio St. Laurent, the story's narrator. David and
Octavio fight for control over the plot, but David loses the fight and comes
out feeling worse.
Vivian then
reveals to David that she witnessed the bomb blast, and that Octavio was the
cause of Veronica's death. Octavio accepts that having Veronica die was wrong.
However, Octavio defends his action, saying that because he was cast as a
villain, he was merely doing his job and should not be blamed. Veronica's spirit
returns to David and David realizes his time with Veronica was worthwhile.
David, glad with his experience, returns to the factory to relive everything
again.”
This is
good. Buy this now (if you haven’t already).
FFO: Hüsker
Dü
Website: http://davidcomestolife.com/
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