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National News. Politics News. Sports News. World News. In Crisis News. S2N Test Feed. Jun 04 It captures the pop music zeitgeist and there is just enough lyrical thought behind the analogy of the volcanic destruction of Pompeii by Mount Vesuvius and a relationship in ruins, that it does make the listener think just enough to make a moment of pop brilliance. Dan Smith and his band Bastille may never quite reach these heights again, but they have created their pop-rock masterpiece.

That massive vocal chorus sound that kicks off "Pompeii" certainly grabs our attention and sounds like nothing else on current pop radio. It is soon joined by a percussive electronic bass line that reminds us of the long shadow of electronic music pioneers New Order.

Finally, Dan Smith's own voice, heavily reminiscent of the upper range yearning of Coldplay's Chris Martin, kicks in and you are likely smiling already. He delivers the song's key line, "And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we lo-o-ove," and the listeners swoon. The darkness descends on a broken relationship just like the lava from Mt. Vesuvius overwhelmed Italy's ancient city of Pompeii. The vocals admit that it can feel like nothing has changed if the threat is ignored. However, soon everything will be rubble.

The song's other truly great line, the question, "How am I going to be an optimist about this? It is difficult indeed to be an optimist in the face of utter destruction. From the grand choral backing to the martial sounding drums, the arrangement of "Pompeii" is brilliant.

Alternative pop-rock has not experienced such a grand sound since Coldplay's "Viva La Vida," and "Pompeii" is nearly as intelligent. Oh oh where do we begin? And the walls kept tumbling down oh where do we begin? In the city that we love the rubble or our sins? Great clouds roll over the hills oh where do we begin? Bringing darkness from above the rubble or our sins? But if you close your eyes, Does it almost feel like Nothing changed at all?

If you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? Bastille Wiki Explore. Doom Days Bad Taste More Bad Blood Tour. Gregory Nolan Coop Mark Crew. Bastille find their success 'weird'. BBC Music: Bastille. BBC Music: Passenger. Image source, Getty Images. Pompeii now sit below two other UK tracks.

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