The Killers (Day & Age)

[Deeman]

The Killers recently released a new single for their upcoming album, Day & Age. The single is titled Human. The song can be heard on the band's official site, or if you think you're cool you can go buy it on iTunes. We all know the cool people actually download the song, though.
Wait what? Did he just say download? Noo sir. Must have been a typo.

Anyway, feel free to discuss The Killers new direction in music here from their new single, and also their music in general.

 

[E.J.]

The Killers sucked on their song Banquet. I doubt ill listen to their music ever again.

 

[Deeman]

The Killers do not have the song "Banquet" on their discography. I believe you are thinking of Bloc Party's Banquet.

 

[Massive Attack]

The Killers sucked on their song Banquet. I doubt ill listen to their music ever again.

The Killers do not have the song "Banquet" on their discography. I believe you are thinking of Bloc Party's Banquet.

bahaha.

The Killers are decent.

 

[Szayel Aporro]

I love the Killers. I loved their first album.
Hated their second.
Liked their cover.
And I like their new song.

Though, I got used to the second. I like it now.

 

[Space Cowboy]

They went downhill after 'Hot Fuss' that was a great album.

Now I really don't care for them.

 

[Szayel Aporro]

Hotfuss was their best. Hands down.

 

[The Lionheart]

the killers were good.

i'm pretty impartial about human. I dont not like it, but i'm not gonna spend money on it.

we will see

 

[Informal Gluttony]

The killers are honestly one of my favorite bands. Ever.

Uh, Human decent, not their best. I think that I like Spaceman better.

But, no doubt, Hot Fuss is the best. I didn't like Sam's Town at first, but now I do. Sawdust was good, but, you know, B-side collections.

Pretty pumped for their Day And Age release.

 

[Daniel Faraday]

Sam's Town made me vomit. It sounded like The Killers having a colossal orgy with U2, Blur, and essentially every Brit-pop band ever. And god did it sound awful.

I recall Human being a noted improvement, but I was only half listening when I heard it, so ehhh.

 

[Constellations]

I like the Killers, and yeah I agree Hot Fuss was their best. their second album wasn't the greatest, and I only liked a few of their songs from it, not many.

I havn't heard "Human" yet, but I'll def get around to hearing it.

 

[Daniel Faraday]

Went back and listened to Human, and although the overall sound is better, good christ have the lyrics gone even farther down the shitter.

"Are we human, or are we dancer?" is probably the single worst line I've ever heard, right after pretty much all of Coldplay's 42, or Muse's Glorious ._.

 

[Informal Gluttony]

Went back and listened to Human, and although the overall sound is better, good christ have the lyrics gone even farther down the shitter.

"Are we human, or are we dancer?" is probably the single worst line I've ever heard, right after pretty much all of Coldplay's 42, or Muse's Glorious ._.

It's debatable whether he's saying "Dancer" or "Denser".

I think, I heard that somewhere.

Uh, still, it sounds a whole hell of a lot like Dancer. Which is...

Yeah.

 

[Darkslayers]

You kidding me? I love the Killers. This song is great!:thumbsup:

 

[Daniel Faraday]

It's alright. Again, a definite improvement over the radio fodder that was Hot Fuss and the 90's rehash that was Sam's Town, but the lyrics are still god awful.

 

[Deeman]

After a bit of web surfing, I've come to the conclusion that Human's lyrics do indeed read, "Are we human, or are we dancer?"

Apparently Brandon Flowers had announced this prior to the release of the single.

I also found an interesting "interpretation" of these somewhat... odd, lyrics:

In my opinion, I see how dancer would make sense.

Think about it: dancers are referred to as being living works of art.

It's almost as if he's asking if we're living organisms, or simply odd works of art.

It's an interesting concept, sure, but it makes sense to me.

Denser would also make sense, but it just doesn't sound like that's what he's saying to me.

Still, I'm not 100% certain that the lyrics are "dancer" or "denser." I'm waiting until I see something official before coming to a firm, solid conclusion.

 

[Wehrmacht]

My cousin is very fond of them, but I've only ever heard one song. Can't remember exactly what it was called, but it wasn't too bad.

 

[snowdog]

I quite like them, but I get irritated by Hot Fuss sometimes. Somebody Told Me was overplayed. T.T

<3

 

[Deeman]

Somebody Told Me was overplayed. T.T

Agreed. As good as the song is, it was overplayed here; and you know what that does to music.

 

[Daniel Faraday]

After listening to Hot Fuss again, I've come to the conclusion that it's all just mindless radio fodder. I'm sorry to the fans, but the more and more I listen to The Killers the more I dislike them.

Still, I'm not 100% certain that the lyrics are "dancer" or "denser." I'm waiting until I see something official before coming to a firm, solid conclusion.

I'm not sure Flowers really put that much thought into it, it'd be safer to assume he just wanted a nice, safe, club metaphor that rhymed.