But I think its terrible. Beyond terrible. Terrible. As if The Killers, and their producer got over excited on too many smarties - cramming every available fucking musical trick in possible... here's the orchestrated bit.. oh wait, no, there it is on everything, here's the Coldplay sounding guitar solo bit.. oh wait, its used all over the place.. .. every single bar of music tries to out do itself, until it just sounds ridiculous.
And the lyrics. "He doesn't look a thing like Jeeeee-sus, but he talks just like a gentlemen.." it's bad without Jesus being Jeeeeeeeee-suussssss.
Plus, brandon flowers singing -
"They say the devil's water, it ain't so sweet
You don't have to drink right now
But you can dip your feet
Every once in a little while"
- in a rather emotional heartfelt style falls flat on its face.. an emotional plea to avoid dubious looking water?! The lyrics really do get worse.. "Avoid those mucky puddles.." - would sound less ridiculous.
.. and I thought "I got soul but I'm not a soldier" was a meaningless lyric, at least that works as a cheery sing-along. Not this song. Nope, Its just too ridiculous for me.
Sounds Like: Ego's being stroked. The Killers taking the piss out of themselves.
Released: 18-9-2006
Hear it on:
Album: "Sam's Town"
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/thekillers
What did you think?
1 comment:
It's a guilty pleasure song. Now I was going to buy this album straight for the shops but heard another track off it yesterday. It was very OTT and sounded like The Killers trying to out ''Queen'' Muse.
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