Comments on: The Killers Would Like You To Raise Your Hands http://idolator.com/5052959/the-killers-would-like-you-to-raise-your-hands Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:56:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: victor http://idolator.com/5052959/the-killers-would-like-you-to-raise-your-hands/comment-page-1#comment-7379322 victor Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:07:48 +0000 25f29f035e32e820bde212937d852c89#comment-7379322 the grandeur of it. But <a href="http://zennoposter.ucoz.ru" rel="nofollow">Buy Zennoposter</a> secret crushes are<a href="http://zennoposter.ucoz.ru" rel="nofollow">Zennoposter Pro</a> meant for <a href="http://zennoposter.ucoz.ru" rel="nofollow">Zennoposter video</a> these kind of songs. I’m not supposed to have a secret crush on a <a href="http://zennoposter.ucoz.ru" rel="nofollow">Zennoposter</a> fcd <a href="http://zennoposter.ucoz.ru" rel="nofollow">Zennoposter</a>Killers song. It’s a weird, uncomfortable feeling when they juxtapose the grandeur of it. But Buy Zennoposter secret crushes areZennoposter Pro meant for Zennoposter video these kind of songs. I’m not supposed to have a secret crush on a Zennoposter fcd
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]]> By: MrStarhead http://idolator.com/5052959/the-killers-would-like-you-to-raise-your-hands/comment-page-1#comment-714102 MrStarhead Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:56:23 +0000 25f29f035e32e820bde212937d852c89#comment-714102 <p>Sounds like Alphabeat. But I like it.</p> Sounds like Alphabeat. But I like it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5052959/the-killers-would-like-you-to-raise-your-hands/comment-page-1#comment-714112 Anonymous Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:19:39 +0000 25f29f035e32e820bde212937d852c89#comment-714112 <p>We're human Brandon. You know I always secretly strangely enjoyed Cher's "believe." I think it's the grandeur of it. But secret crushes are meant for these kind of songs. I'm not supposed to have a secret crush on a Killers song. It's a weird, uncomfortable feeling when they juxtapose.</p> We’re human Brandon. You know I always secretly strangely enjoyed Cher’s “believe.” I think it’s the grandeur of it. But secret crushes are meant for these kind of songs. I’m not supposed to have a secret crush on a Killers song. It’s a weird, uncomfortable feeling when they juxtapose.

]]> By: Bob Loblaw http://idolator.com/5052959/the-killers-would-like-you-to-raise-your-hands/comment-page-1#comment-714122 Bob Loblaw Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:08:05 +0000 25f29f035e32e820bde212937d852c89#comment-714122 <p>Those lyrics are wallflowers, and it's almost cruel to spotlight them in the mix. Otherwise, this is some good radio-ready stuff.</p> Those lyrics are wallflowers, and it’s almost cruel to spotlight them in the mix. Otherwise, this is some good radio-ready stuff.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5052959/the-killers-would-like-you-to-raise-your-hands/comment-page-1#comment-714132 Anonymous Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:21:49 +0000 25f29f035e32e820bde212937d852c89#comment-714132 <p>@<a href="#c7891213">Audif Jackson Winters III</a>:</p> <p>my thoughts exactly.</p> <p>this song sounds awful. brandon flowers remains one of the worst lyricists of our time.</p> @Audif Jackson Winters III:

my thoughts exactly.

this song sounds awful. brandon flowers remains one of the worst lyricists of our time.

]]> By: Audif Jackson Winters III http://idolator.com/5052959/the-killers-would-like-you-to-raise-your-hands/comment-page-1#comment-714142 Audif Jackson Winters III Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:14:40 +0000 25f29f035e32e820bde212937d852c89#comment-714142 <P>So when did Paul Van Dyk and/or Tiesto join the Killers?</P> So when did Paul Van Dyk and/or Tiesto join the Killers?

]]> By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/5052959/the-killers-would-like-you-to-raise-your-hands/comment-page-1#comment-714152 Chris Molanphy Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:18:53 +0000 25f29f035e32e820bde212937d852c89#comment-714152 <p>I'd say the most soothing part of this track is also the weakest: Flowers's voice. Were this the first-ever Killers single, I'd be impressed by the heartfelt sound of the whole thing, particularly the vocal.</p> <p>But part of what made "Mr. Brightside" one of the greatest pop singles of the decade (you heard me) was the band's ability to make synth-rock sound <b>big</b>, and that includes Flowers's voice. There's something wonderfully shrill about it (he pulls it off again on "When You Were Young," which despite the second album's suckiness I still enjoy) that adds one more story to their tower of sound.</p> <p>To be fair, this bigness is what led the band to mistake themselves for the next Springsteen/U2. So I suppose I can't fault them, or producer Stuart Price, for retreating back to a more contemplative '80s When in Rome/mid-period New Order sound. They had to right the ship after the '06 disaster.</p> <p>Still, the Killers will be fully "back" when they produce a song that's this empirically strong (great hook!) but they don't feel the need to neuter themselves.</p> I’d say the most soothing part of this track is also the weakest: Flowers’s voice. Were this the first-ever Killers single, I’d be impressed by the heartfelt sound of the whole thing, particularly the vocal.

But part of what made “Mr. Brightside” one of the greatest pop singles of the decade (you heard me) was the band’s ability to make synth-rock sound big, and that includes Flowers’s voice. There’s something wonderfully shrill about it (he pulls it off again on “When You Were Young,” which despite the second album’s suckiness I still enjoy) that adds one more story to their tower of sound.

To be fair, this bigness is what led the band to mistake themselves for the next Springsteen/U2. So I suppose I can’t fault them, or producer Stuart Price, for retreating back to a more contemplative ’80s When in Rome/mid-period New Order sound. They had to right the ship after the ‘06 disaster.

Still, the Killers will be fully “back” when they produce a song that’s this empirically strong (great hook!) but they don’t feel the need to neuter themselves.

]]> By: Lax Danja House http://idolator.com/5052959/the-killers-would-like-you-to-raise-your-hands/comment-page-1#comment-714162 Lax Danja House Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:56:08 +0000 25f29f035e32e820bde212937d852c89#comment-714162 <p>This tune is absolutely immense. 19/10.</p> This tune is absolutely immense. 19/10.

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