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The Killers plan release of all-covers album
Jun 26, 2009, 04:37 PM | by Aly Semigran
Words seldom seem to fail the always-chatty Brandon Flowers, but now the Killers frontman is opting to put other people's in his mouth. Well, their lyrics, really.
Flowers and his fellow bandmate Ronnie Vanucci announced to NME.com that they are planning to record a covers album sometime this year. So who will boys give their synth-rock sound a tweaking to?
The duo cited The Cars, Fleet Foxes, Cyndi Lauper, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Genesis, and -- believe it -- Neil Diamond as possibilities.
Flowers, whose band is set to headline today's Hard Rock Calling in London, said of narrowing down the options of who to cover, "It's difficult for each of us to pick songs that represent us as individuals. I mean, I have a lot of personalities myself!" What do you think of this idea, MusicMixers? Should, and can, The Killers pull of a covers album? If so, which songs and artists would you love to hear them take on?
http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/06/the-...his-year-.html
They need to have a break. The last album was awful.
The last album was FABULOUS
cat, hat; in French, chat, chapeau in Spanish, el gato in a sombrero.
TRUE STORY PIPO
Blake's comment made me blast out This is the world we live OUT OF SHEER ANGER
cat, hat; in French, chat, chapeau in Spanish, el gato in a sombrero.
I am doing quite well to brainwash myself into loving Day & Age. I can now enjoy 5 whole songs off it.
I'm definitely up for a covers album. I read mention of it a few months ago and dismissed it as hot aired nonsense, but the fact that my god Brandon Flowers is bringing it up again makes me think it will in fact happen.
All the covers they've done so far have gone down well with me, though i do wish they'd retire from doing Shadowplay live. It makes me die inside that I've seen them do it 3 times live, yet i've never seen Andy You're A Star.
Don't be RIDICULOUS. I know I was quiet about it at first but it was one of the best albums of '08, far better than that over-hyped Kings of Leone shiz.Originally Posted by Blake
(although I do quite like KOL)
And I hope the Cyndi cover isn't "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", how IRONIC and CHEEKY of them.
NOT
I hope it's something more obscure like Change of heart or The Goonies R Good Enough
cat, hat; in French, chat, chapeau in Spanish, el gato in a sombrero.
Oh Pipo, I didn't realize you knew your Cyndi stuff... I could see them doing something really bold and dramatic like "I Drove All Night". Actually that would be PERFECT for them, imagine it with Brandon's vocal and topped with SYNTHS
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I've only know her early material because the place I used to work 2 years ago had some Digital Satellite Radio system fomr the US and it was STUCK in the 80's station so I'm familiar with a load of old shit cause obviously they played the same songs over and over until I finally convinced the manager to change the station. He then changed it to some Hot AC pop radio or something which was a relief cause at least I could listen to some of the newer stuff because I swear you can only listen to the Ghostbuster's song and One night in Bangkok SO many times.
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cat, hat; in French, chat, chapeau in Spanish, el gato in a sombrero.
Sorry Pop, it probably would be -
Yeah I was aware they did it live but still hopeful they wouldn't put it to record. The fact that the original singer is still releasing remixes, re-recordings of it to this day is bad enough.
Miley Cyrus current single in my country is a horrible version of Girls just wanna have fun, they should just ban it from being covered EVER AGAIN
cat, hat; in French, chat, chapeau in Spanish, el gato in a sombrero.
Let's face it they're just NOT THAT GOOD
i have seen andy
IT WAS AMAZING
Oh I think this will be brilliant. Covers so far have been brilliant - "Shadowplay" and "Romeo and Juliet" are awesome.I imagine it will have the right mix of cool, subversive Tom Waits/Joy Division esque tracks and camp, fun PSB/Cyndi moments. Just as a filler album, why not?
Let us not forget the genius of Four Winds
Well looks like The Killers aren't the only ones getting in on some 'cover action'
Potentially one of the most RIDICULOUS ideas EVERNoisettes, Pixie Lott and VV Brown are among the acts recording a cover of The Killers' All These Things That I've Done - re-titled as I've Got Soul - in aid of War Child. Using the name Young Soul Rebels and out in August, it also features N-Dubz, Tinchy Stryder, Mpho, Ironik, Kid British and Chipmunk.
I GOT SOUL
BUT I'M NOT A SOLDIER
(FLEEF)
I'm sorry but that is fucking disgusting. They may as well just go to birmingham and beat up my mum while they're at it, it couldn't make me more livid.
Those first scrags are my three least favourite chart acts of the year by quite some measure, i hope they all die or lose their voices before they can get into that studio. Oh and N-Dubz too? Fucking hell. It takes a lot to make me angry but blood is literally boiling.
oh my god
RAGE SHAKES
FUCK OFF ALL OF YOU, YOU'RE ALL SHIT GO TO HELL
vv PISSING BROWN?
The time has finally come Moonbaby, you must kill VV Brown.
Christ I fancy that sexy mormon.
i'm on it
bitch already owes me THREE HOURS after I had to listen to her album at work
Also - quick review from last night? Was it the same set list as the Hyde PArk show?
Turns out an awful old uni friend who i don't like and she realised it a year or so back was there with the company filming it.If only i had been a fairweather friend to her.
SET LIST INCLUDED
Human
For Reasons Unknown (extended)
Bones
Spaceman
Joyride
This Is Your Life
I Can't Stay
Dustland
The World We Live In
Losing Touch
Shadowplay
Sweet Talk
Mr Brightside
Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
Somebody Told Me
Smile Like You Mean It
When You Were Young
All These Things That I've Done
Sam's Town (Abbey Road Version)
Bling (Confessions Of A King)
Read My Mind
This River Is Wild
I THINK THAT WAS IT
"From Reasons Unknown" to "Sweet Talk" would be the biggest toilet break ever for me
Good job you weren't there then.
That setlist isn't in the right order, just as I remember the songs.
Thank God they include Bling, they should have released it as a single instead of Read my mind or Bones I love them still but they've got NOTHING on BLING
cat, hat; in French, chat, chapeau in Spanish, el gato in a sombrero.
he climbed up onto the organ at the royal albert hall and was crawling around in the audience during the HIGHER AND HIGHER bit, it was amazing
I hope you don't mean the choir seats by 'in the audience', because i will kill my mate for talking me out of getting us last minute tickets for there.
Oh i would have liked the River is Wild, since i'm not sure they did that when i saw them in the Sam's Town era. Sweet Talk is also a Sawdust favourite, not that i ever play it anymore (FUCK OFF SAWDUST).
yes, choir seats
Today keeps being very cruel to me.
At least i've got my health.
*finds a lump*
HELLO
EXCITING NEWS
I can confirm this is going to be released at the end of the year, at the moment. GET READY FOR CHRISTMAS.
OMG I HOPE IT HAS A LIMITED EDITION VERSION WITH A CD OF CHRISTMAS SONGS
YAY. What songs do folk want them to cover? I will have a think.
If we get a bonus christmas cd I hope it's also covers, which i'm sure it would be. I think they were planning to keep doing an original christmas single every year and then releasing an album of them all together when they had ten or so. That doesn't massively excite me yet because I've only liked (LOVED) Great Big Sled.
it's a SIN, please
also i have loved all of the christmas songs, clearly TP isn't trying hard enough to like them
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