wayy overdue, I know, but I just dug out my notes from my desk last night.
I have major denial issues when someone warns me that one of my favourite bands are horrible live. I therefore proceeded not to heed the numerous warnings which I had received about the Killers, and went enthusiastically to their December 12th Warfield show.
I was so disheartened by the performance, I immediately listened to Hot Fuss on my mp3 player right after the concert to remind myself why I love them so much.
It’s hard, sometimes, to be objective when it comes to bands that you personally adore.
But, I’ll say it.
The Killers suck live.
Let’s recap the pleasant parts of the evening:
1. Mark sang surprisingly pleasant background vocals on “For Reasons Unknown”.
2. Dave busted out impressive guitar work on “When You Were Young”.
3. Ronnie was the best of the four, which isn’t really saying anything, because his performance was decent at best. Actually, come to think of it, the best of the performers was actually the guy playing sax in the background.
Brandon, oh Brandon,
You should have been a dancer, with all of that fancy footwork which you displayed on stage. What happened to your voice? Horrid, horrid.
The least appalling song of the set was “Losing Touch”, which Brandon sang decently, and the band managed to actually capture that excellent, powerful, soaring sound which can be found on record.
Brandon ruined “Mr. Brightside” for me. He barely sung it, letting the audience screech the entire thing. Doesn’t that song mean anything to you, sir? Am I the only one who thinks that it is a significant stride in art and should be displayed proper respect?
Mr. Flowers abandoned his strangely high-yet-flat vocals and went for a more subtle, touching approach by playing “Smile Like You mean It” on piano and singing in an ostensibly sincere way that just came off as another epic failure on his part as a performer. I wasn’t moved at all.
The worst part of the show? The crowd ate the entire thing up.
Oh, the glories of commercialism.
1.5/5
Do yourself a favour. Save your money. Don't be stupid and blindly unwilling to face the truth like I was. Do not go see the Killers live. It may just ruin them for you, permanently. At least I can still listen to their albums without being angry. I can look past their shitty performance, but I don't know if you can.
Set List:
Human
Neon Tiger
For Reasons Unknown
Somebody Told Me
Losing Touch
Spaceman
Read My Mind
Joy ride
Smile Like You Mean It
Sam’s Town
Bones
Mr. Brightside
All These Things That I have Done
ENCORE:
Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
Sweet Talk
When You Were Young
8 comments:
I saw them at frequency, with lack of their newer songs, and they were not awful. Just incredibly boring. INCREDIBLY.
Thanks for the tip, but I'm sorry The Killers didn't deliver. It's probably best to scope out shows at smaller venues or ones that are not promoted as much, because they tend to cater to fans.
My main qualm would probably have been them not covering Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, honestly. That song is the jam.
forwardmusic, yes, the boring thing was a major issue. I was bored out of my mind. I equate that with awfulness.
Murphey, I go to small venue shows about once a week, larger concerts once every 2 months maybe. sometimes, the big concerts are good (Arctic Monkeys at the Warfield), but usually it's the smaller, relatively unknown bands that blow my mind and then are courteous enough to talk to me after the show
WOW. When Hot Fuss came out and I was still in high school, no one understood why I didn't like The Killers. It wasn't because they suck or anything. I had seen them perform on a TV show and I was shocked at how bad they sounded live. So I never got into them. But recently I decided to give them a chance, and I love their music, but I guess they still haven't improved their sound live just yet.
I don't think it's a matter of time, I think the very nature of their music is too grounded in synth, and they rely too much on production to make their records sound good.
I'm not complaining, not all bands can be good live and on record (actually, most of my favourite live acts have records that don't measure up to their powerful live sound)
I'm glad you're getting into their music though. Day and Age is pure genius.
Protip: I got into Coheed and Cambria in high school (Good Apollo Volume I, then moved backwards and liked NFTW because I like pop music that rawks, seen them twice live) and I still love them soooooooooo hard. Oh man do they love their fans. See: Neverender concerts
Coheed and Cambria are one of the more talented and under rated bands out there. I got into them early sophomore year, still listen to them quite regularly
dude tell me that you were there? because your answer is negative, you don't know all that you missed, this was a incredible concert, all the songs, the sound, lights, all the spectacle was awesome.
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