Mik 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 It's grown on me every time I listened to it, but it's still pretty ehhhh... Link Thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted July 18, 2006 I'm 16, and I'm having a good clean fun time with my friends cruising around the suburbs on a Friday night! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 Yeah, I'm kinda getting that vibe too. Along with a little Springsteen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 ha, I was about to post Springsteen. This is terrible. I never liked the Killers, mind you, but yeesh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted July 18, 2006 MIK, LET'S GO TO DENNY'S!! IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S DENNY'S! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 Wait, I just started uncontrollably pumping my fist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted July 18, 2006 Wait, I just started uncontrollably pumping my fist. "Experimental Film" by They Might Be Giants does that for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivalaultra 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 To avoid catching shit, I won't mention that I found myself tapping my foot and bobbing my head during the chorus. And I won't mention that I did so in a non-ironic fashion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted July 18, 2006 I find the whole thing to be pretty generic. I don't care for the Killers at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivalaultra 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 I don't either. But they're not unlistenably bad. On the whole, they're pretty bland, but nice enough to do some foot-tapping. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted July 18, 2006 Yeah, Fall Out Boy is flat out bad. The Killers are just thoroughly acceptable background music. I'm not sure which is worse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annabelle 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 i like a fall out boy song. and i dont care what anyone says. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted July 18, 2006 You can tell Pete Wentz really, really, really likes the Smiths--he wrote a book called The Boy With A Thorn In His Side and their song nomenclature is obviously a Moz tribute--and for some reason, this really irritates me. He obviously wants them to be the Smiths of this generation, but God, they're terrible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 Sue me, I like it. Definitely did catch some Springsteen vibe with some of the phrases, but I like Springsteen, and enjoyed the Killers' first album, so this sounds perfectly good to me. Also, I've heard the "this is what teenagers listen to driving to Denny's at night" comments before, but I don't see it. Their music, to me, doesn't sound like teeny bopper music. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AboveAverage484 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 Yeah, I got the Springsteen vibe too. Not terrible or anything, but Bruce has fifty songs with better lyrics and music than this so I'll just listen to them. Inc. was right when he said that there hasn't been a great American rock band since Hüsker Dü broke up. Where's the innovation, the originality? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 For a band that thinks they've reinvented the use of synthsizers (they didn't, btw) their music sure is uninspiring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Floyd 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 Sue me, I like it. Definitely did catch some Springsteen vibe with some of the phrases, but I like Springsteen, and enjoyed the Killers' first album, so this sounds perfectly good to me. Also, I've heard the "this is what teenagers listen to driving to Denny's at night" comments before, but I don't see it. Their music, to me, doesn't sound like teeny bopper music. I dug it, though they are a guilty pleasure to me. It's fun, inoffensive pop, and there's nothing wrong with a bit of that. I do hate Fall Out Boy though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivalaultra 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 Talking to my girlfriend today, I found out that she likes the song "Dance, Dance" by Fall Out Boy. She also likes that band She Wants Revenge, which is a good example of a band in pretty much the same genre as The Killers, but making music that isn't inoffensive as much as it is actively bad. I mean, I'd go to a Killers concert, but only if I were given the ticket as a gift or won it in some wacky radio promotion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 She Wants Revenge totally seem like Joy Division rip offs, except they're just basically two guys. Hell, I think they even used to be a Joy Division cover band. I mean, I love Joy Division, but She Wants Revenge's lyrics are just too copy-catish. Husker Du was awesome, but I don't really know anyone who's in to them. Their music is too harsh for a lot of people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivalaultra 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 From what I know of She Wants Revenge, I think it's two guys who used to be producers who have tried numerous different gimmicks to become successful recording artists, including doing a hip-hop project, before deciding to cash in on the retro/new wave/80s synth music thing. Yeah, I like Husker Du. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 Husker Du was awesome, but I don't really know anyone who's in to them. Their music is too harsh for a lot of people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AboveAverage484 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 Husker Du was awesome, but I don't really know anyone who's in to them. Their music is too harsh for a lot of people. Really? Their last three albums plus a few selected songs from their early work aren't too harsh. Maybe you should listen to Warehouse: Songs and Stories for some good power pop/alt rock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 I didn't add anything because the quote took me aback so. A lot of people must be pretty fucking limp wristed. Not that Mould, Hart and the other one didn't utterly rock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Floyd 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 Not a fan of She Wants Revenge. It's obviously a Joy Division rip off, and a shitty one at that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AboveAverage484 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 Not a fan of She Wants Revenge. It's obviously a Joy Division rip off, and a shitty one at that. So I've never heard much of Joy Division, but I dig the Cure and the Smiths and other "big-name" 80s indy rock bands, so should I like them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2006 To some, Joy Division started the whole "proto-punk" new wave thing. Besides when Ian Curtis died, the rest of the band started New Order. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted July 19, 2006 Chances are, if you like the Cure, you should enjoy Joy Division. At least listen to "Love Will Tear Us Apart." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
