Does anyone actually like The Killers?

OK, they have a couple of good songs (the first album was 30% good and a waste of money IMHO, 'WhenWeWereYoung' is OKish but very EMO... 'Bones' is a bit ropey), but the perpetual glory wanking over their suppoused immense and eternal greatness is pissing me off somewhat!

Yeah, i like them.

(waits to be flamed, but doesnt care :)

They are overrated pap!

I think someone in zeigeist central confused the band names 'muse' with 'the killers' when preparing a very important memo...

Yes,i kind of like them.

i do, the hot fuss was a great album. Nowadays enjoy listening to the sam's town album...read my mind is a good tune!

No. They should be strung up.

I despise them with all my passion and soul.

So no, I don't like them...

sam's town has 3 good songs, black holes and revelations is 100% genius.

yes i like the killers but it is obvious they have limitations, i like interpol to.

"post punk" is the style and even though it feels warmed over i will continue to support.

Debut album was very good, can't comment on Sam's Town as i haven't heard it.

Craig W wrote: OK, they have a couple of good songs (the first album was 30% good and a waste of money IMHO, 'WhenWeWereYoung' is OKish but very EMO... 'Bones' is a bit ropey), but the perpetual glory wanking over their suppoused immense and eternal greatness is pissing me off somewhat!

Indeed. It worries me slightly that New Order buy into this hype!

I have sensitive sausage like ears,that bleed when exposed to the Killers..

They're slightly less irritating and shit than Depeche Mode,aye

oldmonkey wrote:

Craig W wrote: OK, they have a couple of good songs (the first album was 30% good and a waste of money IMHO, 'WhenWeWereYoung' is OKish but very EMO... 'Bones' is a bit ropey), but the perpetual glory wanking over their suppoused immense and eternal greatness is pissing me off somewhat!

Indeed. It worries me slightly that New Order buy into this hype!

They actually seemed to take that Godlike Moneymaking Award seriously, didn't they?

Guilty!

Yes, I do, and they are quite good live too.

I love them.

Not sure about their cover of Shadowplay though.

Their first album is pretty good, but just dumb pop fluff. I stayed away from it for a long time because of all the New Order comparisons, but it's a fun album. From what little I've heard of their second album, it's complete ass.

oldmonkey wrote:

Craig W wrote: OK, they have a couple of good songs (the first album was 30% good and a waste of money IMHO, 'WhenWeWereYoung' is OKish but very EMO... 'Bones' is a bit ropey), but the perpetual glory wanking over their suppoused immense and eternal greatness is pissing me off somewhat!

Indeed. It worries me slightly that New Order buy into this hype!

Same here--I remember a TV interview with NO in 2005 in which Bernard said that the Killers were his favourite band at the moment. *facepalm* I outgrew their music a while back, and after Stephen's referring to "new New Orders" (probably the Killers) in the interview back in November, I like them even less. But I think I've mentioned that here.

Their first album was a lot of fun and I liked it, but then they changed their sound and went Springsteen...crap. They should stick to what they do best.

Aries wrote: They should stick to what they do best.

cleaning the streets...

They have a few good songs and could potentially break out with something exceptional someday as they mature as a group. I wouldn't say they stink, I wouldn't say they're outstanding either.

The Killers are probably the most hilarious [rock/pop] band in the charts right now. Just look at the state of them. And all their singles are so bloody overproduced and pompous sounding. They probably want to be like U2 or summat, but then again they have some sort of identity crisis because the foghorn singer also wants to be like Robert Smith at times as well as Bruce Springsteen and Bono.... plus, they have lyrics which are even worse than New Order's.

So to sum up, they are indeed an easy target for ridicule. Nobody told them to grow such ridiculous moustaches.

Liked the 90 odd second part of All These Things...

"I got soul,but im not a soldier..." thats it.

Steve One wrote: Liked the 90 odd second part of All These Things...

"I got soul,but im not a soldier..." thats it.

that's the bit i hate. rest of the song is ok though. imagine being chased down the street, by a bunch of 'esses in white vicar's clobber, screeching I got Soul blah blah. fuck that!!

Not a big fan though I like their cover version of Morrissey's "Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself"

First album = good

Second album = suck

I was in the campus bookstore and saw an actual book about the Killers. This band has been around all of two, maybe three years...and there's a biography of them?

Officially count me out as a potential Killers fan, that's just too much

their ok, i deal with it....since my sister likes them

First album, I liked "Jenny Was A Friend of Mine", "Mr. Brightside", "Somebody Told Me" & "Midnight Show"

Seconds album: "When You Were Young"
That's it..

The definition of a one-trick pony.