The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful (September 30, 2017) Album • Page 9

Knowing it's addressing Brandon's wife briefly being suicidal, and those are his kids singing the last couple verses with him, definitely elevates it from pretty to heartbreaking for me, haha.

 

Welp I'm an asshole haha. I had no idea.

 

Haha, no! I've just pored over every detail about this album available, it's not something that's made totally obvious by the song itself. So the different reactions are really interesting.

The Brian Eno sample is used beautifully, though.

 

Not feeling the new one (yet)

I was 3 out 3 till now...

I'll give it a few more listens.

 

The Killers 'Wonderful Wonderful' Review

I'm obviously biased, but this is pretty bad.

 

General rule: if a music review uses the phrase "cultural relevance" in the first sentence, it's bad.

 

Woof, this Stereogum piece is like everything I hate about modern music writing in one neat package. This person should never be allowed to write about music again.

 

Am I the only one who loves Battle Born? I think it's a great album haha. Even the band hates it but I always enjoyed it

 

Battle Born is the best Killers record.

 

Was scratching my head at the Finger Eleven and Weezer comparisons in the Stereogum piece.

 

Just seemed like the writer was trying to be snarky for most of the piece. Lazy comparisons, cheap shots, random use of the indefinite you to act like these opinions are universal. It was a bad piece of writing, plain and simple. Actually made me more excited for this record, because if the critics still hate The Killers, then I'll probably still love The Killers.

 

Preach

 

Tops by them for me. I've learned to pretty much ignore Brandon. Love the guy, tend to ignore whatever he says about the band.

 

Like when he said that Sam's Town was the best record of the last 10 years when it came out?

 

He's not wrong haha

 

Let's not sell him short, it was twenty years.

 

Ha. Even though I'm sure many are inclined to agree, pretty much. In general, I put little emphasis on what artists have to say about their own art, I'd rather form my own opinions. Thus why I think Battle Born is their best.

 

WHat? You think that was the best record of the last 20 years?!

 

I don't get the Battle Born love. It's fine but it's completely inessential.

 

I hated Battle Born initially. Then every single song grew on me and it still is today my favorite or at least 2nd favorite Killers album.

 

this is worse than anything in that piece

 

Song previews are up on iTunes, trying to resist outside the bonus tracks. Money on Straight lyrically sounds like My Best Was Never Good Enough by Springsteen, haha.

 

That review isn't as inaccurate as it'll be perceived to be around these parts. Part of the Killer's charm has always been their faux-bravado - Flowers sings almost every verse like its his dying breath. They're the Third Eye Blind of the 00's - half the population has only ever heard "Mr. Brightside" and wouldn't even know Battle Born exists, so yeah, that's gonna chop into their "cultural relevance" a ton. I'm not sure what that review says that everyone disagrees with.

I greatly enjoy the Killers but lest it be forgotten that this band thought "Human" would make a great lead single at one point

 

Human was a great lead single. Among people I know, they all know and like the song.

 

I'm 3/4 on what I've heard. Run For Cover was a little too middle of the road for me. I was really truly blown away by Wonderful, Wonderful though.