The Killers single-How U2 should have sounded.

[dietcokeofevil]

I feel sorry for the Killers. A couple of decades down the road their fans are gonna start telling them what bands they should be sounding like too.

 

[ladywithspinninghead]

reminds me of The Cars for some weird reason. Know what I mean sorta?

that was my exact thought too

 

[discothequeLP]

the new killers album will kick everybody's ass. if only their message board was as good as blue crack . . . and allowed setlist parties

 

[discothequeLP]

proof that the album will be awesome:

Enterlude and When You Were Young, from the MTV VMAs last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNQ58iPgbOI

 

[angelordevil]

proof that the album will be awesome:

Enterlude and When You Were Young, from the MTV VMAs last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNQ58iPgbOI

Great performance. Much better than the two songs you posted earlier, which sounded a little clunky and under-rehearsed.

 

[xaviMF22]

proof that the album will be awesome:

Enterlude and When You Were Young, from the MTV VMAs last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNQ58iPgbOI

can't wait

 

[roy]

can't wait

Still sounds completely bland and unoriginal to me.

 

[gherman]

The song is ok

 

[Yahweh]

Sounds like Franz Ferdinand to me.

 

[Yahweh]

Good Vertigo things going on in the background.

 

[ozeeko]

Song blows in my opinion. Sounds like every other alternative act out there right now wearing that 80's influence on their sleeves.

 

[Aygo]

Song blows in my opinion. Sounds like every other alternative act out there right now wearing that 80's influence on their sleeves.

I agree. That's why almost no new band fascinates me. All of them want to be alternative rock or a pseudo-post-punk thing, dress like they were a few decades ago in the beggining of something new and acting weird.
I insist that new bands (mostly those who are breakingthrough now) haven't been bringing nothing really new to the listener and to the viewer.

 

[the tourist]

I'll buy it the day it comes out.

 

[gherman]

Their first album sounds much more original. It still sounds good.

 

[nuke126]

i'm going insane waiting for Sam's Town. i can't wait. I LOVE THE KILLERS!

 

[bono_man2002]

i'm going insane waiting for Sam's Town. i can't wait. I LOVE THE KILLERS!

I keep waiting for it to leak!, I'm quite excited about this, and I'm not that big a killers fan.

(Dont worry, i'll be buying two copies to make for my leak download )

 

[Utoo]

I like the Killers, but I have to say I'm only half impressed with When You Were Young. It has its moments, but I'm not overwhelmed by the song as a whole. I'll keep my ears out for the album, though

 

[tomtom]

I really wanted to like WYWY, but it is completely cookie-cutter Killers. It sounds exactly how you'd expect them to sound - big synth hook, 4/4 bass, huge snare drums, affecting voice, ringing guitar except that unlike the best stuff on Hot Fuss, it is rather unmemorable.

The hooks are ear candy - theyre short and very sweet and stick in your head for the first few days, but are mediocre compared to, say, Smile Like You Mean It, a song that has far better hooks as well as atmosphere and emotion. It also has NO attention span - it shifts from one part to the next (the slow bridge, which has real promise, lasts maybe 10 seconds and we're off into the disposable chorus section again) - its like a 3 minute sample of what to expect from the band.

Based on the hype, I was expecting great things, a jump in maturity, lyrics, atmoshpere, and songwriting skills combined with their already fine eye for a hook. What I got was cut-and-paste confection, a step in the backward direction. My words seem harsh, but this is only because I expected good things. I sincerely hope the rest of the album has more substance.

Do I want U2 to sound like this? Rather, I'd play this video to U2, and at the end, have a huge red X splattered all over it, with the instructions "HOW NOT TO MAKE YOUR NEXT ALBUM".

 

[Utoo]

"HOW NOT TO MAKE YOUR NEXT ALBUM".

The next album title...?

 

[Zoomerang96]

not sure why u2 should sound like anyone else.

i thought that's why u2 was always admired... cause they DIDN'T sound like anyone else?

u2 should do their own thing, and they'll be fine.

 

[discothequeLP]

you can check out clips of 2 new songs ('Bones' and 'Bling') here at the Virgin Mobile ringotne page:

http://www.virginmobileusa.com/stuff/ringtones/list.do


search by keyword "The Killers"

 

[toscano]

"
Based on the hype, I was expecting great things, a jump in maturity, lyrics, atmoshpere, and songwriting skills combined with their already fine eye for a hook. What I got was cut-and-paste confection, a step in the backward direction. My words seem harsh, but this is only because I expected good things. I sincerely hope the next album has more substance. "

Exactly my thoughts. About HTDAAB. Slight paraphrase inserted.