My little brother's listening to The Killers and half the time I hear it from a distance I keep thinking he's got The Chameleons.

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I've been listening to them all day (The Chameleons), so maybe it's enhancing that perception?

― Ian Riese-Moraine's Plateau Rouge! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

i dont think i like the 80s very much

― charltonlido (gareth), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 21:45 (twenty-one years ago)

i've been listening to the chameleons all day!

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Hopefully this thread can serve as a reminder to you that he is not actually listening to the Chameleons.

― Community Cornerstone (deangulberry), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, I was listening to The Sun & The Moon for a bit...

― hector savage, Tuesday, 24 May 2005 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

don't listen to Interpol then

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 21:50 (twenty-one years ago)

So much I could say. But won't.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 21:50 (twenty-one years ago)

people said that adorable sounded like the chameleons

adorable dont sound like the killers, i know that much

i havent heard the chameleons before. or gang of four (but that is another thread, about 3 threads down i think, just below that one about bloc party)

― charltonlido (gareth), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Adorable sounded like Echo B-sides. This was a good thing.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 21:53 (twenty-one years ago)

The way half of the songs on Hot Fuss start (before the drums/vocals kick in) sound like The Chameleons, so maybe that's where I'm becoming perplexed/unnerved.

― Ian Riese-Moraine's Plateau Rouge! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 21:59 (twenty-one years ago)

the good Mr Raggett influenced my first Chameleons purchase!

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 21:59 (twenty-one years ago)

:-D

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

don't listen to Interpol then
Haha! I don't think Interpol sound like The Chameleons, though. Josef K transplanted from 80's Edinburgh to 00's NYC with all the necessary changes one would expect from such a transition, more like it.

― Ian Riese-Moraine's Plateau Rouge! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Fuck, the very end of "Mr. Brightside" (where the instruments drop out and the music fades) sounds like the beginning of "In Answer" in reverse!

― Ian Riese-Moraine's Plateau Rouge! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 22:03 (twenty-one years ago)

the good Mr Raggett influenced my first Chameleons purchase!

Seconded!

The very idea that anything by the Killers--much less the vomitous "Mr. Brightside"--could sound like the brilliant "In Answer" gives me a headache.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 24 May 2005 22:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Ain't it creepy?

― Ian Riese-Moraine's Plateau Rouge! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 22:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the singers are a bit similar - they've both got a grand declamatory style, although Burgess is a bit lower and maybe a bit less affected.

I could easily imagine The Killers doing a brighter, synthier version of "In Shreds" - it could be great! Or it could be awful.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

"Inside Out" might fit their style pretty well.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 24 May 2005 22:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I have this feeling I've inspired a crop of disciples. Bless you, go in peace...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

My roommate started playing a Killer's song ("Smile Like You Mean It"?) and before I recognized it I thought it funny how the intro sounded vaguely like "Up the Down Escalator" (the drumming especially). Glad other people notice the similarities.

― Cunga, Sunday, 30 September 2007 19:22 (eighteen years ago)

the good Mr Raggett influenced my first ~~Chameleons~~ Walkabouts purchase!

― stephen, Sunday, 30 September 2007 20:22 (eighteen years ago)

Now we're talking.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 30 September 2007 20:30 (eighteen years ago)

so Ned, I bought and really enjoy New West Motel a couple months ago. also have the Watermarks collection which is very nice. what do you recommend i check out next, among the following that are available (used) in my local store: Setting the Woods on Fire, Scavenger, Where the Deep Water Goes.

― stephen, Sunday, 30 September 2007 23:12 (eighteen years ago)

"Where the Deep Water Goes" is a single and you can get its tracks on B-side comps. Go for either of the first two.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 30 September 2007 23:14 (eighteen years ago)

okay thanks!

― stephen, Sunday, 30 September 2007 23:41 (eighteen years ago)

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