― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 2 May 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 2 May 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 2 May 2005 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Monday, 2 May 2005 18:35 (nineteen years ago) link
The slow buildup of the 'I neverrrrrr' bit until the bass comes back in blows the original out of the water.
― Fergal (Ferg), Monday, 2 May 2005 18:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― jellybean (jellybean), Monday, 2 May 2005 18:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― elwisty (elwisty), Monday, 2 May 2005 18:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― stephen morris (stephen morris), Monday, 2 May 2005 18:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:22 (nineteen years ago) link
No. This song nicks Beethoven, that song nicked Pachelbel.
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:23 (nineteen years ago) link
I agree with Ronan, the 8min version at least is not "dahnce" music really. My reference points when I heard it were The Cure's "Plainsong", Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill", The Blue Nile's "Headlights On The Parade", New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle", and generally speaking extended mixes of 80s pop songs (not to mention prog rock what with the shiny keyboards).
One of the clinchers for me in terms of why the remix seems to work better is the way that the changing backing music for the two verses (identical lyrically and almost identical vocally) seems to give totally different meanings and/or resonances to those lines: the first verse being angry and the second being winsomely wounded stiff-upper-lip fragile.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― stephen morris (stephen morris), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Monday, 2 May 2005 23:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 13 June 2005 13:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 13 June 2005 13:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 13 June 2005 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 13 June 2005 13:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 June 2005 14:52 (nineteen years ago) link
The chorus is awful - it sounds so thin and reedy, the OC version of danceable or something - but I really like the verses (excellent adolescent emo tripe) and the overall production isn't quite as edgeless and annoying as the first single.
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Sunday, 28 August 2005 07:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― joe schmoe (joeschmoe), Sunday, 28 August 2005 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link
I still like this song, but man, talk about overexposure..
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Sunday, 28 August 2005 15:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 28 August 2005 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link
having now heard it at a minimum of 200 times, i BEG to differ.
― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 28 August 2005 16:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― richard wood johnson, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 16:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― jxnx (jxnx), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 18:49 (eighteen years ago) link
I increasingly find the singer hottt, though.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 22 September 2005 04:58 (eighteen years ago) link
One music industry source who's had sneak preview of the cover told NME.COM: "It's a fairly faithful cover, but McFly's version strips out the synths, adds some rather weedy vocal harmonies and is more pop punk-lite than The Killers' stomping 80s-tinged arrangement."
They added: "Killers fans will probably cringe, and it won't fill indie disco dancefloors as efficiently as the original."
'I Wanna Hold You' hits the shops on October 17.
― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 6 October 2005 14:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 6 October 2005 14:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baghdad, Friday, 5 May 2006 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Tape Store, Monday, 9 April 2007 03:17 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Tape Store, Monday, 9 April 2007 05:59 (seventeen years ago) link
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― That one guy that quit, Monday, 9 April 2007 10:09 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― A B C, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 06:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Cunga, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 09:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Cunga, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 09:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 20:37 (seventeen years ago) link
I GOT SOUL, BUT I'M NOT A SOLDIER!
(wrong song)
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 02:03 (sixteen years ago) link
i wish the killers didn't make a second album.
― Jordan Sargent, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 03:13 (sixteen years ago) link