tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005301383612329749.post126237594370464161..comments2015-05-05T17:20:39.429-07:00Comments on The Suburbs: "It's Not Dark Yet, but It's Getting There"Jerome Langguthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11232771961596244247noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005301383612329749.post-77434094955093570282015-02-04T15:04:36.919-08:002015-02-04T15:04:36.919-08:00I also found "Not Dark Yet" to be very r...I also found "Not Dark Yet" to be very reminiscent of the feelings that Smith describes in his book. The recurring line of "It's not dark yet, but it's getting there" describes the sense of being overwhelmed by the secular world perfectly. It would not be hard to imagine that this song could have been written as a response to the feelings described by Smith if the song had not been written a decade before Taylor's masterwork. The fact that it was written so much earlier than Taylor's work is certainly interesting given the overall mood and message of the song. It certainly shows how pervasive this feeling of disenchantment is in the contemporary world when it can easily be heard in numerous songs by artists of various genres. Reading Smith's book has certainly prompted me to want to more closely examine the feeling of disenchantment in music. Tyler Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00577758151226241516noreply@blogger.com