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Flamingo is the debut studio album by American singer/songwriter and The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers, which is set to be released on September 6 in the UK and September 14, 2010 in the US. The album is named after the Flamingo Casino & Flamingo Road. The album was produced by Stuart Price, Daniel Lanois and Brendan O'Brien.
1. "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" 2. "Only the Young" 3. "Hard Enough (featuring Jenny Lewis)" 4. "Jilted Lovers & Broken Hearts" 5. "Playing with Fire" 6. "Was It Something I Said?" 7. "From Nogales to Magdalena" 8. "Crossfire" 9. "On the Floor" 10. "Right Behind You"
― Bee OK, Saturday, 31 July 2010 06:23 (thirteen years ago) link
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/Flamingo_cover.jpg
― Bee OK, Saturday, 31 July 2010 06:24 (thirteen years ago) link
i think the single is AWFUL
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 31 July 2010 06:25 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD5I7lVMmLo
― Bee OK, Saturday, 31 July 2010 06:28 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, that was horrible
― Bee OK, Saturday, 31 July 2010 06:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't like the Killers but i will listen to them.
i won't even download this album based on that song.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 31 July 2010 06:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I am going to barf. What a waste of a perfectly decent singing voice.
― Shut Up. Kenny G. Etc. (u s steel), Saturday, 31 July 2010 07:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I think he should be sent to an internment camp and flogged every day with a knotted rope
― wd kiss Sunset pig (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 31 July 2010 08:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Bee OK, if you don't like the Killers and hate this single (otm but whatever) what is the purpose of starting still another one-sheet rehash thread?
― underwater, please (bear, bear, bear), Saturday, 31 July 2010 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Flowers and Train are competing for worst single of the year, although I can easily imagine Flowers singing "Hey Soul Sister."
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 July 2010 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Its not horrible, but its not very good either.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 31 July 2010 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
this should be an electro album or something.
― mizzell, Saturday, 31 July 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
the killers -- and brandon flowers -- began to be terrible pretty fast (like starting with half of that one sort of good disc they had).
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 31 July 2010 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I love Sam's Town because it is melody and bombast and overreach and I am naturally attracted to collisions like that, but yeah, wow, this is bland.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Saturday, 31 July 2010 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i just can't stand most "bombastic, bar-band-vibe" springsteen homages.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh good, a fellow Arcade Fire hater.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link
not hater, really. more like, indifferent-er.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
That's more accurate with me as well come to think of it. But anyway, back to trashing Brandon!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
man he sucks
― what if "middlebrow" is pubes? (Matt P), Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
although really, who gives a shit
― what if "middlebrow" is pubes? (Matt P), Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
His agent?
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― what if "middlebrow" is pubes? (Matt P), Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
children by the millions wait for brandon flowers to come around.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
probably more people than i realize x-post
I can only suppose that the burden of growing a mustache, Mormonism, wearing bolo ties, supporting three bandmates uglier than you, and thinking the Pet Shop Boys adore you has been hell on his voice and sensibilities.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
brandon flowers may be terrible but this thread sure isn't!
― what if "middlebrow" is pubes? (Matt P), Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll ruin it.
I expect several of these songs to be awesome. The Killers are dope!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GJn2aeX-ZI
― I have an iTunes playlist called "That Feeling" (Tape Store), Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:48 (thirteen years ago) link
lol like you mean it
― markers, Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
apparently "Spaceman" is a recurrent favorite on KROQ.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
He really has moved into the "And now the new single from Howard Jones, 'Everlasting Love!'" phase of his career.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 31 July 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Sure it's not this HoJo song, Ned?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgxW0tBKqOw
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 July 2010 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
When I first heard "Crossfire," I remarked on my twitter feed thusly:
"Congrats, Brandon Flowers. You're now the owner of John Parr's long-vacated solo career."
"Imagining Brandon sitting around saying "Can I commit fully to this 1985 thing I have going on?" Then a Tom Cochrane lp fell from the sky."
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 31 July 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Did the other 3 guys want a vacation or something? I don't get why the next Killers album had to be marketed as a solo record.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 1 August 2010 02:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't get why the next Killers album had to be marketed as a solo record.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Sunday, 1 August 2010 03:35 (thirteen years ago) link
and has leaked
― Bee OK, Friday, 3 September 2010 04:51 (thirteen years ago) link
and has been officially released
Caught a brief clip of another song on the radio last night and it sounded way better than the single. Mildly curious now, given my love for his main band.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
HI I'M BRANDON FLOWERS
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f308/sotoalf/spin-brandon-flowers.jpg
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 02:24 (thirteen years ago) link
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, July 31, 2010 5:42 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
a+
― friends don't understand us, adults don't understand us (zorn_bond.mp3), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 02:25 (thirteen years ago) link
so he has two album cover, here is the second one:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514knXUSUPL._SS500_.jpg
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks like he's got plenty to think baout there.
UK tv spots for this have a voiceover which is meant to sound like yr typical american Rock FM DJ, spouting some real bs:
"Do you like this music? I love this music, it's become my favourite song....almost. Well I ermm, well I'm not gonna go into it, but you should go out and get it, that's my recommendation. It's the debut solo album from Brandon Flowers, who I love, he's my favourite singer, called 'Flamingo'. Wonderful album, Brandon Flowers, great singer, 'Flamingo', brilliant. Out now."
― Bill A, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 07:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I was about to mention that advert - it sounds like it's actively supposed to be taking the piss.
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I heard that, sounded like Jeff Goldblum? Sounding a little flustered after being unexpectedly told to gush about Brandon Flowers, for some reason.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i53.tinypic.com/23rrh4o.jpg
― markers, Sunday, 10 October 2010 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
this song is still good
― markers, Thursday, 27 March 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
So many copies of this album were still on the racks in the final days of Borders "Going Out Of Business" sales in 2011.
― Interior. Ibiza Bar (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:01 (ten years ago) link
hahaha. a lot but this track is solid
― markers, Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:04 (ten years ago) link
markers which of the ten songs on this album are you referring to
― Many American citizens are literally paralyzed by (bernard snowy), Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:38 (ten years ago) link
the picture of those four guys above is from the old cnn crossfire
― markers, Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
so: crossfire
not sure if i've listened to anything else, and if i have it certainly wasn't the whole record. this was more of a thing i heard a lot in my car in 2010
― markers, Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:40 (ten years ago) link
i can't stop listening to "never get you right", my lord
― J0rdan S., Friday, 15 May 2015 18:50 (eight years ago) link
I have to review this officially and am literally trembling w/anticipation.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 May 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link
This album is far better than I would have expected it to be, probably better than it has any right to be.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 15 May 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
"between me and you" is fantastic, wow
― ufo, Monday, 18 May 2015 12:38 (eight years ago) link
the album would be a fraction better if the title track were the closer
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 01:41 (eight years ago) link
there's even a lyric about dogs and bones
"Diggin' Up the Heart" is the best Kenny Loggins tribute in years
― jamiesummerz, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 11:45 (eight years ago) link
Diggin' Up the Heart is my favorite after a cursory listen
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link
so I reviewed it: http://www.spin.com/2015/05/review-brandon-flowers-the-desired-effect/?utm_source=share-fb&utm_medium=button
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 16:21 (eight years ago) link
pitchfork is dumb #535980982743
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Wednesday, 20 May 2015 05:56 (eight years ago) link
must admit I LOLed at the bruce springsteen ebooks zing
p4k's committed to a hard stance of dismissing the killers/flowers (which tbf was understandable in numerous instances), so they're not gonna walk back on that now, regardless of the fact that if twin shadow had released this album it'd be BNMed 0 to 100 real quick
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 12:05 (eight years ago) link
also funny that the hyperlink to their 5.2 review of hot fuss happens to use the text "still-terrific debut album"
anyhoo, liked this a lot, didn't really expect to, song construction and production are great, his voice is made for this sappy synth-crooner shit, the lyrics are silly at best/atrocious at worst but it doesn't really damage the songs' overall effect
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 12:09 (eight years ago) link
this album is great
― franklin, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 14:43 (eight years ago) link
next up please: brandon flowers/daniel lopatin collab
― franklin, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 14:44 (eight years ago) link
...because you want to make something real. You want to make a Phil Collins record.
― goole, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 21:53 (eight years ago) link
i'm into this
This album is wonderful. Still Want You is my current favourite. Those backing vocals in the second verse are just everything.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 23:07 (eight years ago) link
"between me and you" destroyed me― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:05 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinki'm gonna just lie down and die with "between me + you" on repeat― uberweiss, Tuesday, May 12, 2015 7:11 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkAND THERE'S A POWER IN LETTING GO― uberweiss, Tuesday, May 12, 2015 8:23 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:05 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'm gonna just lie down and die with "between me + you" on repeat
― uberweiss, Tuesday, May 12, 2015 7:11 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
AND THERE'S A POWER IN LETTING GO
― uberweiss, Tuesday, May 12, 2015 8:23 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Spottie, Friday, 31 July 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link
otm
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 31 July 2015 23:11 (eight years ago) link
i had just texted those lyrics to my sister in all caps then came here to post them and saw uberweiss had things under control.
― Spottie, Friday, 31 July 2015 23:23 (eight years ago) link
http://i61.tinypic.com/28hpobp.jpg
― Spottie, Friday, 31 July 2015 23:24 (eight years ago) link
I go see the man tonight!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 3 August 2015 19:04 (eight years ago) link
listened to "Can't Deny My Love" for the first time since early May
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 August 2015 19:08 (eight years ago) link
Love "Lonely Town", especially the middle section " do you hear the thud when I fall" etc. The whole record is ace
― the article don, Monday, 3 August 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
<autotune>now i'm standingoutside your house
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 3 August 2015 21:14 (eight years ago) link
mr veg was on board with the new album on paper - we listened to it in the car & as I'mswooning & flailing he says "Its uh, a bit ~dancier~ than I thought"
:D
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 3 August 2015 21:51 (eight years ago) link
I was weirded out by that injection of autotune at first but I think without it that part just sounds too creepy
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Monday, 3 August 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link
I can bendI can breakI can shiftI can shapeBlaze a trail through the driving rainGirl, I can change for youI can change for you
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 August 2015 21:57 (eight years ago) link
GUYS IT WAS SO GOOD
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 13:08 (eight years ago) link
did he dance
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 13:09 (eight years ago) link
1) I haven't danced that much at a show in a long time. 2) He's such a good frontman*3) At one point he said that it was the part of the show where the audience could chose a cover from a couple they'd been rehearing. He started to list off the covers and for the first he said, "A great song called "Don't Change" by INXS" which received p much no reaction from anyone in the crowd except me who literally yelp/screamed and jumped with excitement (which made people turn around and stare at me) because that's one of the best songs ever. Sadly, they didn't play that or any of the others he listed but opted for an older song instead. I'd prob have passed out if they had done it so it's ok.4) He did a cover of a Buster Poindexter Song.5) Did I mention that he was totally fucking amazing and engaging and great?
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 13:12 (eight years ago) link
x-post - Oh yes he did. He is the cutest dancer!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 13:13 (eight years ago) link
*I'm sure I've probably told this before somewhere on here but I saw The Killers open up for Stellastarr* at the Electric Ballroom in London in 2004 a couple months before Hot Fuss was released. I had no idea who they were at the time but after watching them I said, "Whoever that band is they're going to be huge - the lead singer was fucking amazing.". It's the only time I've ever been blown away by an opening act I had never even heard of. A couple months later they were on the cover of the NME etc and I was like holy shit it's that dude!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 13:15 (eight years ago) link
at what point did he take his clothes off?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 13:25 (eight years ago) link
xp yeah i saw them on that tour too, i remember thinking they felt like a one-song band (that song being 'mr brightside') but they definitely had a special ~something~ (unlike e.g. stellastarr*)
― Merdeyeux, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 13:27 (eight years ago) link
x-post - Sadly never. He really is so beautiful. Gah.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 13:44 (eight years ago) link
Anyway, Al, he probably wears the magic mormon underpants ;_;.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 13:50 (eight years ago) link
Though I'm not sure how they'd fit under jeans that tight. huh.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 13:52 (eight years ago) link
he can change!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 13:56 (eight years ago) link
lol!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 13:59 (eight years ago) link
3) At one point he said that it was the part of the show where the audience could chose a cover from a couple they'd been rehearing. He started to list off the covers and for the first he said, "A great song called "Don't Change" by INXS" which received p much no reaction from anyone in the crowd except me who literally yelp/screamed and jumped with excitement (which made people turn around and stare at me) because that's one of the best songs ever. Sadly, they didn't play that or any of the others he listed but opted for an older song instead. I'd prob have passed out if they had done it so it's ok.
Appear's he's played it at other gigs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJtPIUsYHFA
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:38 (eight years ago) link
(unlike e.g. stellastarr*)
I always get a simultaneous feeling of LOL/AWW! whenever someone brings up Stellastar*.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:43 (eight years ago) link
holy shit i just peed my pants a little
he even sounds a little like Michael fuuuuck
now if only he would strip off a la Hutchence we'd be getting somewhere
omg omg
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:45 (eight years ago) link
Ban the audience at ENBB's Brandon Flowers show. What a bunch of doofs.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:52 (eight years ago) link
right!?
he should have been all "that one cool gal is otm, i will play this for her & the rest of you are fired"
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link
lol YES
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:56 (eight years ago) link
joined by Tennant and Lowe behind synths
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:18 (eight years ago) link
something about Ariel Rechtshaid's production/mixing bugs me. pretty harsh. Haim/Sky/Flowers albums can't really be cranked too loud.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 22:26 (eight years ago) link
Ban the audience at ENBB's Brandon Flowers show. What a bunch of doofs.― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, August 4, 2015 4:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkright!?he should have been all "that one cool gal is otm, i will play this for her & the rest of you are fired"― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, August 4, 2015 4:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinklol YES― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, August 4, 2015 4:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, August 4, 2015 4:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, August 4, 2015 4:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, August 4, 2015 4:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Aw, you guys are cute. And OTM. ;)
Thanks for the link, GP. I wound up finding that last night and swooning a little. Dreamy.
I had therapy last night and I told my therapist that I'd gone to the show and she was like, "You're the fifth person I've seen today that has mentioned being there last night!". So weird.
Also, fwiw, I still really like the 1st Stellastarr*'s first album.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 13:25 (eight years ago) link
Love the Cure shout-out that kicks off the album, like 'oh, you wanna talk about the 80s?'.
― campreverb, Saturday, 8 August 2015 11:34 (eight years ago) link