Originally posted by Solo
It's quite a bit different, a bit of a more mature album. It's not as much of a dance/pop album as Hot Fuss, as many people have been saying, Sam's Town has a huge Bruce Springsteen feel to it. Quality wise, though, I'd say it's the same, if not better. However, I've only listened to it maybe five times, so I wouldn't know how much replay value it will have in the future. But at the moment, it's very catchy, and it's staying with me. It'll definitely be a change for most Killers fans. Some critics are taking their change in genre, and thinking that they're making a huge statement. Which they're not, and the critics are taking it way too seriously. An artist can't just make different music? The critics are nonsense. But, it's not like Hot Fuss was critically acclaimed. I didn't think When You Were Young was a very good single, therefore I had very low expectations. I was very surprised, each song improves from the last. For all of those who dislike The Killers, I think they're stay will last longer than one would have thought.I find myself listening to For Reasons Unknown the most.
I kinda' thought there was a little bit of Boss influence on the album itself. Thought it was just me. Heh. Music critics are the most fickle bunch of people I've ever seen. I don't pay too much attention to them. Although, I did like "When You Were Young".
They're a really good band. I've only heard a few of their songs but they're really good. Switch_07 sent me this video/song yesterday and I was addicted immediately, thought I'd share it.
Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Could someone sum up the appeal of The Killers?Out of interest.
"Derivative easy listening with questionable lyrical quality, i.e. "I got soul but i'm not a soldier" meaningless. The appeal is that they are a corpporately packaged and sanitised kind of pseudo indie/garage rock aimed at the MTV generation. A generation where packaging always triumphs over content." (in the style of someone in the music business)
Anyone else dig my pretentious music paper cliches?
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They make harmless pop which is sometimes pretty catchy