the killers - are they killer?

If he worked out a bit more and lost the bland roundness of his face, he'd be hawt.

Are we human or are we dancer? WHAT?

Tune's not terrible though.

is he supposed to be saying "denser"?

Danza.

I know! I was watching this, wondering if he just forgot the "s" the first time, but no. "Are we human, or are we dancer", singular, for the entire song. I've defended their horrible lyrics in the past, but uh, not this time. Wow. I liked the second song much better.

'Are we human or are we dancers' wouldn't be a vast improvement, seeing as you have to be human to be a dancer (unless there's some kind of monkey that dances).

I'd have thought Flowers would be sporting some pretentious facial hair by now, but overall the band has exactly the correct amount of hair to indicate they're ready for album #3. Love the Brian May look.

Let's not ask for too much from Flowers' lyric-writing. Still, I think "dancers" would make the awkward lyric less blindingly obvious. The shitty lyrics on "Mr. Brightside" were easy enough to ignore if you wanted.

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I love the single. The treated guitar arpeggio is a great hook.

Does this obviously sound like JLC produced it?

If he didn't, it draws heavily from his "Mr Brightside" remix.

it's "denser"

Don't see any problem with the roundness of his face above, it just looks hawt. Though working out a bit rarely hurt anyone.

I interpret the chorus lyric as: "Are we 'Human' or are we 'Dancer'?"

Which i imagine tells the story of a community of robots trying to determine what their current functional settings are.

Which doesn't make it less ridiculous, but does it make it kinda scan.

Pretty good song anyways.

This song is waiting for the right remix for liftoff.

i love his salute. he's an intense frontman in this performance.

i'm always on the verge of liking this band but something is always wrong. their songs are kind of shapeless. i agree that he's a great frontman, tho

He's so awkward. They're so awkward. Every song, even the ones I like, teeters on the edge of collapse as a result of a misplaced guitar riff or Flowers' pinched vocals. To me it's endearing; they're trying hard to combine the daftness of "Hold Back the Rain"-"New Religion"-era Duran Duran with a glossy mirrorball pulse.

I still stand by my "new wave Meatloaf" comparison.

is there gravy on this New Wave meatloaf?

I kind of agree with Alfred on a musical level: there's something slightly off-sounding about even their best works (probably my favourite of their originals is "When You Were Young" and even that doesn't escape this, it's just too powerful to deny).

A small part of the magic of JLC's remix of "Mr. Brightside" lies in how it calmly fixes everything, not just about that song, but about the band itself. JLC's that realtor who comes in and straightens the mirror and the paintings before casually declaring the place open for inspection.

I have hopes for the new album but it's checked by the fact that these will still be "originals". It's difficult to imagine it coming out sounding as pre-remixed as the best stuff on Confessions on a Dancefloor.

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Not yet, but I give them one more album before they do something like "I'd Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)".

Somebody Told Me is their best song.

Got a feeling JLC might actually do a better job with the Keane album because he'll be less constrained by the band themselves.

the keane album sounds like the killers.

LC's that realtor who comes in and straightens the mirror and the paintings before casually declaring the place open for inspection.

He also polished the brass, installed new fixtures and a pedestal sink, replaced the wall unit A/C with central air, and serves the wine in stemless glasses.

i want it to be "denser" but i still think it's "dancer" which he rhymes with "answer"

http://intensities.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/omgwtflol-the-killers-human-2008/

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This is actually pretty great. It's got a sleekness they've never really had, the surfaces are shinier and the melody has a great way of glancing off the chord changes.

http://cdn.stereogum.com/img/killers-press08.jpg

what is with all the fur with this band

it's that dude on the right that's a fucking choad.

No, the drummer is the choad. The drawback to watching SNL in HD? Having that Jason Lee looking mook making his ridiculous faces in plain view.

I like almost anything by the Killers, but this new song comes across flat and insincere. I don't really want to see them go in this dancey direction, either. And yeah "Are we human or are we dancer"? Yikes, it's hard to get past the outright rongness of that lyric.

As for Brandon, he isn't really all that hawt after all. I couldn't remember what he looked like until now.

The singer from the Killers looks like a miniature Ben Affleck.

I just noticed this.

that picture up above is affecting my brain. it's like people from 3 different bands - none of them particularly good - just put together.

i love the red pants though. he obv knows that whatever gets people to instantly look at his crotch = good for the band

I think one of these dudes who isn't the singer has some side project thing called Big Talk and I think I'm enjoying it. Strangely enough, the production makes it sound exactly like The Killers.

lolla: http://bit.ly/13CgCgq

They're back! Except, they're not.

https://www.alternativenation.net/the-killers-guitarist-backs-out-of-tour/

it's all the rage

https://image-ticketfly.imgix.net/00/02/11/96/99-og.jpg

Hahah is that really their current lineup. What the hell.

i know right..

How are we feeling about the new one? I loved the singles but it's sounding a little thin to me at the moment.

Well, I caught them playing one of their new tracks on BBC Four last night and thought it sucked.

The singles really grew on me. Production seems kind of oppressive but all of their albums kind of grow on me. Flowers last solo record was pretty immediate and classic imo though.

Flowers seems to be looking the best he ever has been since ever.

new one's weird but then again i hated battle born the first time i heard it and now it's my favorite killers record

Fans of the I Love AFL board will be excited about them playing at the AFL Grand Final.

It sounds orright, btw.

Flowers seems to be looking the best he ever has been since ever.

― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Sunday, September 24, 2017 1:35 AM

Dangerously so.