Tag: synth
The Killers have ‘twins’
by Niki N. Phaser on Jun.25, 2009, under Music News
Las Vegas alternative outfit of ‘electric horsedudes’, The Killers, have added two more singles to their respectable collection: The World We Live In and A Dustland Fairytale, both from their 2008 breakthrough release, Day & Age. The first is for Europe, while the dusty ballad is for their native land and the rest of the non-European world. It’s quite fascinating that the songs have a similar gentle dynamic, so we can’t really blame them for having a double-standard approach with their twin singles. One thing that we might impute is that The World We Live In does not hold the advantage of such a well crafted video, like the American single. Director Anthony Mandler surpassed himself with the ‘rebel without a cause in his seventies’ drama set to The Killers’ track. It has all the chances and surely deserves to become one the classic movie-videos. Of course, the secret lies in Flowers’ lyrics who are supposedly inspired by his folks’ story. The song is not about what happens in the video persay, but it surely creates the image of a romance in a God-forsaken desert place. In a way, it’s something genuine American, that only a non-American would truly grasp.
