East Hastings (song)

"East Hastings" is a 1997 song by the Canadian rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor from their debut album F♯ A♯ ∞ and is perhaps best known for its use in the film 28 Days Later in an edited version.^[2][3]

The song is named after East Hastings Street in Vancouver's blighted Downtown Eastside.^[4] While the west of Hastings Street has historic buildings and landmarks, East Hastings is a warehouse area leading to the outskirts of town, considered a run-down skid row, suggesting that the dystopian future described in the opening monologue of F♯ A♯ ∞'s opener "The Dead Flag Blues" is actually our present.^[5]

During an interview with The Guardian, 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle explained, "I always try to have a soundtrack in my mind [when creating a film]. Like when we did Trainspotting, it was Underworld. For me, the soundtrack to 28 Days Later was Godspeed. The whole film was cut to Godspeed in my head."^[2]

The song does not appear on 28 Days Later: The Soundtrack Album because the rights to the song could not be obtained.^[2]

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