the killers - are they killer?

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.

they is written about

https://www.spin.com/featured/killers-wonderful-wonderful-cover-story-sept-2017/

fuckin Mormon

Are we killer or are we dancer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtF7_oZ65bw

featuring lindsey buckingham

instantly one of their best songs ever?????

fuuuuuck

simon!!!!!

listening now. KD lang and Weyes Blood and Blake Mills are slso on this album?!

*also lol

and yes this rules

i know he's credited with the solo but those quick acoustic strums in the chorus are soooo lindsey

nothing against Johnny Marr but I wish the Manics were the North American openers :( I'd consider going, assuming gigs start happening again by...October

i have listened to this six times in a row

also the lyrics are ABSOLUTE NONSENSE never change brandon flowers

fond memories of playing "Spaceman" for a songwriter friend of mine and asking her to interpret the lyrics, by the end we were almost teary with laughter

I had fun assembling this lil reverse chronological all-deep-cuts playlist for ppl who only know them as a (mostly pretty great) singles act

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QuvM3HibuCLu9etFakXrE?si=ZMTSGlDYTASXBnvnsZBhTg

Yes!! That wee guitar strum sounds like She Sells Sanctuary

oh my god this song lmao

i love it when this ridiculous band hits the mark so well, this is one of their best

Simon you forgot “Spaceship Adventure” from Yo Gabba Gabba