If you plan on singing along to The Killers at V Festival 2009, frontman Brandon Flowers wants to make sure you get the words right. He has responded to confusion over the chorus of the band’s new single Human, in which he sings, “Are we human, or are we dancer?” As your year three schoolteacher will tell you, that last word should be a plural – which has led people to think the lyric is in fact “denser”. This makes Flowers antsy. “That sucks a bit. I don’t like, �Are we denser?’ as an alternative,” the man told Rolling Stone. “I really care what people think but people don’t seem to understand Human. They think it’s nonsense. But I was aching over those lyrics for a very
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This b-sides-and-rarities comp is split between glammy synth-pop like “Sweet Talk” and straighter, heavier rock like “Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf.” The cover of Joy Division’s “Shadowplay” should have stayed in the vaults, but it’s hard to deny Brandon Flowers’ melodic gifts, which fuel catchy uptempos like “Under the Gun” and “Where the White Boys Dance,” an eerie thing that sounds like it could have come from some great lost post-punk band.
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The Killers plan to release an album of b-ides and rarities before the end of the year because lead singer Brandon Flowers claims their American fans have not heard them. Despite online file sharing, Flowers told Billboard that fans have not heard the likes of ‘All the Pretty Faces’ and ‘Move Away’ because the band do not release singles in America. Other tracks set to be included are the band cover version of Joy Division’s ‘Shadowplay’, a cover of Mel Tillis’ ‘Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town’ along with one or two new ones.
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