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The Killers - Day And Age

muppetmuppet Posts: 980
edited November 2008 in Other Music
Holy shit, what a disspointment. I absoutely loved Hot Fuss, and I think I was one of the few who loved Sam's Town as well. But there's none of the catchy stuff from the first album or big epic rock from the second. It just goes nowhere and it sounds boring.
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  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    is it out?
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    never did like em.
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    did you just say Killers and 'big epic rock' in the same sentence?
  • muppetmuppet Posts: 980
    I BrisK I wrote:
    did you just say Killers and 'big epic rock' in the same sentence?
    Holy shit, what a disspointment. I absoutely loved Hot Fuss, and I think I was one of the few who loved Sam's Town as well. But there's none of the catchy stuff from the first album or big epic rock from the second. It just goes nowhere and it sounds boring.

    Yeah. They made so secret they were trying to remake Born To Run. When You Were Young basically has the same chords.
  • se7v7ense7v7en Philadelphia, PA Posts: 329
    I like Hot Fuss and love Sam's Town. In fact I think it blows hot fuss out of the water.

    And im looking forward to getting Day And Age when it comes out Nov. 24th...?...
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,285
    Actually their best album was the B-side & cover collection 'Saw Dust.' And 'Sam's Town' sounds absolutely nothing like 'Born To Run.' It's a shame this band turned into such a "nitch band" when they started out with a lot of talent & promise - Just another band full of their own bullshit.
  • muppetmuppet Posts: 980
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Actually their best album was the B-side & cover collection 'Saw Dust.' And 'Sam's Town' sounds absolutely nothing like 'Born To Run.' It's a shame this band turned into such a "nitch band" when they started out with a lot of talent & promise - Just another band full of their own bullshit.

    Yeah it doesn't sound like Born To Run (although in places it does, I think), but they made kept saying it was their 'Born To Run' record. So I assume that meant they wanted to match it in ambition and scope.
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,285
    muppet wrote:
    Yeah it doesn't sound like Born To Run (although in places it does, I think), but they made kept saying it was their 'Born To Run' record. So I assume that meant they wanted to match it in ambition and scope.

    I guess, but that's what I mean by them believing their own bullshit.
  • muppetmuppet Posts: 980
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    I guess, but that's what I mean by them believing their own bullshit.

    Lol definately, I always thought Brandon Flowers was a bit of an arse. Sams Town certinally wasn't "the best album in 20 years" but I still love that album.
  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    'Human' is the catchiest and most euphoric unashamedly 80's sounding rock song I've heard in ages.....


    Fuck the fact they're unpopular.....I gave up caring about what people think of my music taste a long time ago.....

    The Killers make great pop rock.....
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  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,285
    Cropduster84 wrote:
    'Human' is the catchiest and most euphoric unashamedly 80's sounding rock song I've heard in ages.....


    Fuck the fact they're unpopular.....I gave up caring about what people think of my music taste a long time ago.....

    The Killers make great pop rock.....

    Unpopular? They're everything but that.
  • deadmosquitodeadmosquito Posts: 729
    i haven't heard anything from the album yet besides the single and if the rest of it sounds anything like "human" then i will be definitely skipping out on it. that song is such awful garbage i can't believe it's from the same band. i really liked the first two records a lot but "human" is a snore-fest. and what the hell does "are we human, or are we dancer?" mean anyway? garbage.
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Cropduster84 wrote:
    'Human' is the catchiest and most euphoric unashamedly 80's sounding rock song I've heard in ages.....


    Fuck the fact they're unpopular.....I gave up caring about what people think of my music taste a long time ago.....

    The Killers make great pop rock.....

    Its an awful song
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  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Its an awful song


    Not if you're a fan of 80's sounding stuff like U2 and Delays it's not.....
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  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Unpopular? They're everything but that.

    Unpopular with music snobs.....


    It happens to every band that makes it big.....

    It's cool to knock bands like the Killers.....



    To me the Killers are a strong pop rock band with their own distinctive sound.....
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  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    I like em...they're fun and they makes the misses happy
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  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,285
    Cropduster84 wrote:
    Unpopular with music snobs.....


    It happens to every band that makes it big.....

    It's cool to knock bands like the Killers.....



    To me the Killers are a strong pop rock band with their own distinctive sound.....

    Well, I do consider myself a music snob, but that's my own problem I'm trying to deal with. My problem is when you start spouting off comparisons of yourself to Bruce. I'm not saying I like 'Saw Dust' the most because I'm some snob that HAS to like something different, but because songs like "Shadowplay" are perfect for them. And that's what they're more like - they're more of a Joy Division than they are a Bruce & E Street.
  • pearljamchrispearljamchris Posts: 282
    well i heard the song spaceman from the new album the other day n that sounded half decent 2 be fair, im gonna buy the album n c wat its like. i thought sams town was a pretty awesome album!
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Cropduster84 wrote:
    Not if you're a fan of 80's sounding stuff like U2 and Delays it's not.....

    I love 80's music but this just sounds like Abercrombie and Fitch store music. The chorus has some of the dumbest lyrics I have ever heard as well.
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  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    I love 80's music but this just sounds like Abercrombie and Fitch store music. The chorus has some of the dumbest lyrics I have ever heard as well.


    Oh yeah, I'm not saying it's a work of genius or anything, and to be honest I can't believe I'm spending so much time on here defending a band I merely 'like' rather than 'love', I just think they get an unfair rap off people.....
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  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Well, I do consider myself a music snob, but that's my own problem I'm trying to deal with. My problem is when you start spouting off comparisons of yourself to Bruce. I'm not saying I like 'Saw Dust' the most because I'm some snob that HAS to like something different, but because songs like "Shadowplay" are perfect for them. And that's what they're more like - they're more of a Joy Division than they are a Bruce & E Street.


    I agree.

    I personally think the album 'Sam's Town' sounds NOTHING like Bruce Springsteen....
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  • muppetmuppet Posts: 980
    I don't think 'Human' is a very good song either. Sounds like a remix that should have been on Sawdust (wasn't that the original plan?).

    Shame I don't like the new songs becuase I'm seeing them in March, so no doubt they'll be putting them into heavy rotation.

    Honestly though, for all the stick they get on here, one of the greatest concert going moments of my life was been in a crowd singing "I got soul but I'm not a soldier."
  • edigerediger Posts: 308
    muppet wrote:
    Lol definately, I always thought Brandon Flowers was a bit of an arse. Sams Town certinally wasn't "the best album in 20 years" but I still love that album.

    He definitely seems to buy into all the hype about him (which I personally have never understood in the first place). One of the worst things that could happen to a musician. Once you buy into your own hype, you're bound to release some really arrogant sounding music.

    On a side note, I can't stand it when band say stuff like "This album is our Born To Run". Now I'm no Springsteen fan, but where do you get off making comparisons like that?

    Oh and by the way, my band's new album is kinda like Abbey Road, only better. :p
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  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,285
    ediger wrote:
    He definitely seems to buy into all the hype about him (which I personally have never understood in the first place). One of the worst things that could happen to a musician. Once you buy into your own hype, you're bound to release some really arrogant sounding music.

    On a side note, I can't stand it when band say stuff like "This album is our Born To Run". Now I'm no Springsteen fan, but where do you get off making comparisons like that?

    Oh and by the way, my band's new album is kinda like Abbey Road, only better. :p


    Yeah, I feel like I'm watching Spinal Tap when bands make these kind of statements.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    i really like The Killers and i am really looking forward to this new record. granted the new single DOES sound like a remix but i like it nonetheless.

    When You Were Young does sorta sound like BTR and Sam's Town as a whole does sound like the band were listening to some Boss while they were writing it but that's all. i think Sam's Town had some sequencing problems and some of the songs on Sawdust shoulda been on there... plus that unreleased song "Where Is She?". that's a gem right there!

    like i said, looking forward to the new record.
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    OK I listened to this last night...its not as good as Sams Town but its good
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  • IgottagoIgottago Posts: 483
    Killers...a great band according to a generation of "music lovers" who know nothing about great bands. They have and will always be a terrible band. Glad many people are starting to realize that.
  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,096
    Cropduster84 wrote:
    'Human' is the catchiest and most euphoric unashamedly 80's sounding rock song I've heard in ages.....


    Fuck the fact they're unpopular.....I gave up caring about what people think of my music taste a long time ago.....

    The Killers make great pop rock.....

    a very valid comment,

    Heres to hoping the NME dont like it, fair chance I might do if that happens
  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    pdalowsky wrote:

    Heres to hoping the NME dont like it, fair chance I might do if that happens


    Yeah, I tend to like everything NME don't......


    and vice versa, if NME rave about it, with a few occasional exceptions, it tends to be a steaming pile of turd.....
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  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    I have listened to it 3 times so far and I like it. It's very retro sounding if that makes sense. I love Spaceman. Human was a terrible choice for first single.
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