The Killers - Pressure Machine (8.13.21) Album • Page 52

I appreciate the hell out of this

 

it's called rebel diamonds lol idk why anyone didn't expect a greatest hits

 

If you're going to do a greatest hits, at least try to present the songs in a new way. I've always loved the Counting Crows best of for how it puts the songs into this cool new mixtape sequence that shows off neat transitions, allows different songs to serve the opening/closing track roles, etc. I get why it happens all the time, but chronological order is such a dull way to present a compilation.

 

Man, it's a bummer they scrapped the new album and went this route instead. All three of these songs are (pun intended) killer.

 

I dig them all, but if it's because they want to get an album made with all four original members, as mentioned in the Zane Lowe interview, I'm all for that.

 

That's a long interview, do you know where it was in the interview?

 

I listened yesterday, but I think it’s in the last four or five minutes?

 

Thank you kindly!

Brandon is so charming and kind. It's refreshing.

 

Yeah he’s a lot more candid and open in this interview than he typically is, it’s worth a watch/listen.

And I skimmed it again, that comment about all four of them comes around 57:40.

 

Nice letter/spoken intro about Rebel Diamonds from Brandon.

 

I get why people are bummed by “another” greatest hits album and consider it totally unnecessary in these times, but I’m glad for a few reasons.

It’s a far better testament to their career than Direct Hits was, which came too early, was padded out with remixes (and some meh song choices tbh - I think most of us can agree on Dustland Fairytale being an improvement over Miss Atomic Bomb) and two bonus tracks that are only in the “quite good” territory (have never been crazy about Shot At The Night, probably the most out-of-step I am with the band). Love that on Rebel Diamonds, Be Still is highlighted closing the first disc on vinyl, as the beauty of that one has made itself apparent with time. Boy, Your Side of Town and Spirit are all killer too.

Overall the tracklist contains:
-9 songs from the 2000s
-3 songs from the 2010s
-8 songs from the 2020s
which is honestly a fair reflection of the quality of their output. I maintain that the best Killers-related record from the 2010s is The Desired Effect!

The Killers themselves seem more invested in it - all those trailer clips, the quality of the album art, how Brandon and Ronnie have been talking in interviews).

I’ve personally ordered the vinyl and keen to add it to my collection (the only other Killers LP I have is the Sam’s Town picture disc), and folks checking the band out on Spotify will have a good place to start with this compilation, even if competing with artist radios etc.

 

Very mad that they’re touring this and not a Hot Fuss 20th anniversary.

 

Bones not being on Direct Hits OR Rebel Diamonds is a travesty, plain and simple.

Maybe they’ll get it right on the third try.

 

I like the new songs from Direct Hits better than the new songs from this one.

 

Did Zane Lowe do his usual "these are the best songs you've ever written!" in this interview lol

 

I love Shot At The Night….

 

The Killers' Greatest Hits Album Just 20 Versions of "Mr. Brightside" (thehardtimes.net)

 

It’s crazy when I was a kid When We Were Young and Somebody Told Me felt equally popular but Mr Brightside has insane legs

 

it hit the meme zeitgeist and went to another level

 

It truly is the white people party anthem and that's okay.

But yeah I def remember When You Were Young being MASSIVE. It was the debut single from their follow up to a huge hit of an album, and it was a really good song. That was getting played everywhere for a long time. I remember downloading a rip of it from I think KROQ and it having that deep "KROQ" sound at the start and end of the song lol

 

I also remember Somebody Told Me being everywhere in 2004/2005, and Mr. Brightside being the more “minor” of the two songs.

 

i really enjoy MIW cover of somebody told me

 

I'm pretty sure the first song I heard was "Smile Like You Mean It" (which was a random iTunes download), but "Somebody Told Me" felt like the big one in the moment, even if "Mr. Brightside" seemed almost immediately more enduring.

 

I remember reading this stat a few years ago. Crazy.

 

I remember Somebody Told Me and Mr. Brightside being EVERYWHERE but I actually don't remember hearing When You Were Young until Guitar Hero III