Arcade Fire Does As We Say

Huh. A month ago, we offered a list of suggestions as to which Peter Gabriel song each artist he covered on his song-swap project Scratch My Back should cover in return. Today we learn that the dutiful Canadians in Arcade Fire have indeed gone with our pick, and are currently working on a version of Gabriel’s 1980 hit “Games Without Frontiers.” The Magnetic Fields’ Stephen Merritt had apparently already recorded “Not One of Us” before hearing he was assigned “Don’t Give Up.” And it seems Paul Simon simply DISOBEYED US (?!) choosing to try his hand at “Biko” instead of “Solsbury Hill” as we’d recommended. (Jeez, “Biko.” For a little guy, Simon’s got balls the size of Garfunkel’s hair. I guess you gotta give him credit. But this one has Capeman written all over it.)