Schadenfreude
He doesn’t look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagine when you were young
Bring the pain.
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagine when you were young
Bring the pain.
posted by d l wright at 10/03/2006 01:17:00 PM
4 Comments:
"Aggressively skyward songs are overstuffed with operatic female choirs, multitracked vocals and jolly, out-of-place horns."
Mormons have always been plagued by those pesky out-of-place horns. . . .
Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review is hilarious:
"One of the chief proponents of the belief that the Killers are important is the band itself, which has succumbed to that dreaded temptation for any promising band on its sophomore album: they've gone and grown beards."
"True, this album has little of the pop hooks of "Mr. Brightside," but in its own misguided way, it's utterly unique. Yes, it's cobbled together from elements shamelessly stolen from Springsteen, U2, Echo & the Bunnymen, Bowie, Queen, Duran Duran, and New Order, but nobody on earth would have thought of throwing these heroes of 1985 together, because they would have instinctively known that it wouldn't work. But not the Killers! They didn't let anything stop their monumental misconception; they were able to indulge to their hearts' content -- even hiring U2/Depeche Mode producers Alan Moulder and Flood to help construct their monstrosity, which gives their half-baked ideas a grandeur to which they aspire but don't deserve. "
It's true though:
1) he's got soul even though he's not a soldier
AND
2) he doesn't look a thing like Jesus.
I won't argue with those two points.
Killers lyrics make me want to punch a wall.
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