Why are their songs half decent sub Cure/breakfast club era Enlgish indie 'catchy'? - you can't hate this band in the same way you can say, um, The Darkness etc. Its just base good songwriting innit, regardless of its genre/background/demographic/blah

half decent ?
NO !
hmmm
not sure really. I didn't mind them at first, but I kinda lost interest in them quickly. I mean, some of their songs on their debut I did like, but I wouldn't really listen to them at all now as there are far better bands to listen to really, but that's just my opinion.
Really?
Some of the songs on the first album are good but they're basically very very very bland. The new song is shit.
agreed
although pop by nature, it is indeed good song writing (hot fuss primarily; the new one isn't as well done, but for a 2nd album for a band that is sooooo hyped, it's not utter toss).
Yes ^
there's a lot of Hot Fuss
i'd say i really like because it is just pop with no illusions of being anymore. 'On Top' is a tune.
i like them
I think they're one of those bands that people dislike purely because of who they are and how much NME raves about them, rather than what they sound like. The new album has a 50/50 split between bad songs and really good songs, the good songs are good enough to carry the bad ones overall.
And the new song is ace.
.
Well it's lucky people have got you to tell them why they do and don't like stuff innit?
yes
it is, isn't it.
Eh
I really like the new song. It's got a good time signature.
Catchy. Yes.
Really, really catchy. But pretty rubbish.
i really like that new song of theirs....
yeah... it rawks...
I find I can hate them
in exactly the same way I can hate the Darkness. With a passion, and with a hammer at the ready, just in case I get the chance.
First record
Singles good, album dull.
Second record, single good, album... I don't know. It's just not high on my purchase priority list because of the aforementioned.
I think
Mr Brightside is a brilliant record.
Everything else is shite.
By record,
I really meant song.
I don't like the new album
But the song "Bling" has been in my head for the last couple of weeks. It's brilliant.
I love the Killers..
I didn't really rate their latest single but it's grown on me, I find them totally irresistable on record. I've seen them live twice tho and they were utter toss both times. I think Brandon can be a bit of a rubbish singer.
The Killers
I saw them in concernt--they were pretty dissapointing actually.
Listening to one or two songs by them are all right, but more than that and it just gets a bit repetitive
when i saw them live
i found them very enjoyable, not listened to the new album properly yet
I think they're alright
the singles are all pretty good (except indie rock and roll).
I really like
that soul soldier one. Not really a fan of any of the other stuff.
the new single
gets my vote.
That keyboard riff is dead good.
i don't hate the killers
there was a handful of decent songs on Hot Fuss. Unfortunately they were all cancelled out by Gl*mourous I*die R*ck and R*ll. <shudder>
I like the first song on the new album and When You Were Young
but other than that I can take it or leave it. I think they have a few decent singles though.
The thing that annoys me about The Killers:
Why does he sound like he's constantly running on the spot in his vocals? It pisses me right off, let me tell you.
catchy tunes
strong choruses is the answer.
Hot fuss was a lot of fun..I've heard the new album maybe once and it was OK..there are definite growers on there.
I think
Their sound is unique... I mean, they use a lot of vocal distortion, and they're very interesting to listen to, but I could never compare The Killers to say The Cure or anything like that. They don't really have a genre and I admire bands that can break the MTV Mold.
^^
y'what now?
i <3 the killers
I beg to differ...
Thier sound is unique if you've never heard Shed 7 (first album) or Then Jerico (2nd album)
Hot Fuss
had the potential to be a brilliant pop album. But then you got to the second half, which was all pretty dire
The new single is shit. And his voice has changed. It's now terribly annoying. He's trying too hard to be dramatic and epic. But he's just a small boy. Just one look at his 'moustache' can tell us that much
It don't 'arf get the chicas dancing at indie discos, though
AWFUL SHIT.
^
yep
catchy doesn't always mean
good
Awful lyrics, shite posturing, wanker frontman, awful live (for the ten minutes I saw them before the Pixies came on at Reading) completely follow whatever they think is going to be popular, vacuous little shits, mormons.....
... malleable careerists, lowest common denominator seeking publicity whores,
artless hacks, sloganeering workmanlike faux-everyman bullshit...
.
:)
The new album
is better than Hot Fuss.
I like the Killers.