Saturday, October 14, 2006

Not Just Any Hot Fuss

After all my hot fuss about The Killers' new album, it's almost...uh...humiliating (?) that I'm doing a 180. Turns out I now recognize and think this new album is huge. It *does* have that certain je ne sais quoi that I so thought it didn't. Strangely, I think it largely has to do with his struggles as a Mormon, to come to terms with what is right and what he wants as a rock star, and how this is communicated through his music. I just read an interview that told so much about his character, which I thought was very, *very* interesting.

I have a lot of sympathy for him, despite his difficulties:

'With any religion there are do's and don'ts,' says Flowers. 'A lot of people think polygamy is involved and it's not. [Or that] you can't drink Coke - that we think we're gonna go to hell if we drink Pepsi. You're not supposed to drink alcohol.'

But you do.

Flowers grins. 'I try not to.'

Anyway, about that 180—I can't place my finger on it entirely, but I could tie it to another trend that I keep meaning to blog on: a return to what we've lost, as expressed through the Western. (That's simplistic; maybe someday I'll get around to explaining what I mean.)

Update 10/18: The video. (Be warned though: there is some sensuality midway through.) Also, another here.

posted by Rhapsidiomite @ 11:18 AM
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