The Killers play phenomenal set at Merriweather
Taylor DeBoer
Issue date: 9/8/09 Section: Arts & Society
However, the heart aching For Reasons Unknown and the acoustic version of Smile Like You Mean were a few of the night's gems. The decision to play the very rarely seen Change Your Mind and Believe Me Natalie was a nice treat for 15,000 fans.
Flowers mumbling monologues were as contrived as the band's plastic palm trees and pyrotechnics, but it was nothing short of marvelous. The Killers are as calculated as Queen was in the 1980s, but during a time of shredded skinny jeans and Chuck Taylors, the glitz and glimmer of the Vegas quartet is refreshing.
Flowers make up, feather lapels, and short crew cut are a stark contrast to the shaggy look of the majority of the indie rock scene.
The high light of the night came in the encore, the very last song of the set. When You Were Young, Sam's Town's first single, is in my opinion the band's most defining song. It's catchy arena rock guitar riffs and fist pumping lyrics make the song a decade defining anthem.
And besides the fact that Flowers whimsical lyrics are often hard to decipher, the song-like so many of The Killers songs-makes so many clear cut statements about life in the past decade.
The Killers are the weirdest mainstream band in America as they constantly re invent their style and seem un fazed by their decreasing popularity, confident that true fans with stick around. I've been a victim since 2004 and I plan on staying on the band wagon.
Flowers and crew have saved mainstream rock-at least for the time being. Along with Coldplay and The White Stripes, The Killers have kept classic rock fans of 70s and 80s bands like Bruce Springsteen, U2, and The Police hopeful that MTV doesn't completely dominate the music world.
Flowers mumbling monologues were as contrived as the band's plastic palm trees and pyrotechnics, but it was nothing short of marvelous. The Killers are as calculated as Queen was in the 1980s, but during a time of shredded skinny jeans and Chuck Taylors, the glitz and glimmer of the Vegas quartet is refreshing.
Flowers make up, feather lapels, and short crew cut are a stark contrast to the shaggy look of the majority of the indie rock scene.
The high light of the night came in the encore, the very last song of the set. When You Were Young, Sam's Town's first single, is in my opinion the band's most defining song. It's catchy arena rock guitar riffs and fist pumping lyrics make the song a decade defining anthem.
And besides the fact that Flowers whimsical lyrics are often hard to decipher, the song-like so many of The Killers songs-makes so many clear cut statements about life in the past decade.
The Killers are the weirdest mainstream band in America as they constantly re invent their style and seem un fazed by their decreasing popularity, confident that true fans with stick around. I've been a victim since 2004 and I plan on staying on the band wagon.
Flowers and crew have saved mainstream rock-at least for the time being. Along with Coldplay and The White Stripes, The Killers have kept classic rock fans of 70s and 80s bands like Bruce Springsteen, U2, and The Police hopeful that MTV doesn't completely dominate the music world.
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Josea
posted 9/09/09 @ 9:25 PM EST
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Washington DC Movers
posted 9/10/09 @ 12:07 PM EST
The Killers always put on a great show and I'm glad to see that this time was no different. It's too bad I missed this one, I would have loved to see Wolfmother as well. (Continued…)
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