― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:22 (nineteen years ago) link
No. This song nicks Beethoven, that song nicked Pachelbel.
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:23 (nineteen years ago) link
I agree with Ronan, the 8min version at least is not "dahnce" music really. My reference points when I heard it were The Cure's "Plainsong", Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill", The Blue Nile's "Headlights On The Parade", New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle", and generally speaking extended mixes of 80s pop songs (not to mention prog rock what with the shiny keyboards).
One of the clinchers for me in terms of why the remix seems to work better is the way that the changing backing music for the two verses (identical lyrically and almost identical vocally) seems to give totally different meanings and/or resonances to those lines: the first verse being angry and the second being winsomely wounded stiff-upper-lip fragile.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― stephen morris (stephen morris), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Monday, 2 May 2005 23:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 13 June 2005 13:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 13 June 2005 13:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 13 June 2005 13:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 13 June 2005 13:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 June 2005 14:52 (eighteen years ago) link
The chorus is awful - it sounds so thin and reedy, the OC version of danceable or something - but I really like the verses (excellent adolescent emo tripe) and the overall production isn't quite as edgeless and annoying as the first single.
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Sunday, 28 August 2005 07:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― joe schmoe (joeschmoe), Sunday, 28 August 2005 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link
I still like this song, but man, talk about overexposure..
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Sunday, 28 August 2005 15:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 28 August 2005 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link
having now heard it at a minimum of 200 times, i BEG to differ.
― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 28 August 2005 16:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― richard wood johnson, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 16:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― jxnx (jxnx), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 18:49 (eighteen years ago) link
I increasingly find the singer hottt, though.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 22 September 2005 04:58 (eighteen years ago) link
One music industry source who's had sneak preview of the cover told NME.COM: "It's a fairly faithful cover, but McFly's version strips out the synths, adds some rather weedy vocal harmonies and is more pop punk-lite than The Killers' stomping 80s-tinged arrangement."
They added: "Killers fans will probably cringe, and it won't fill indie disco dancefloors as efficiently as the original."
'I Wanna Hold You' hits the shops on October 17.
― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 6 October 2005 14:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 6 October 2005 14:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baghdad, Friday, 5 May 2006 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Saturday, 6 May 2006 00:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 7 April 2007 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tape Store, Monday, 9 April 2007 03:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― JW, Monday, 9 April 2007 05:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tape Store, Monday, 9 April 2007 05:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Cunga, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― That one guy that quit, Monday, 9 April 2007 10:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― I know, right?, Monday, 9 April 2007 10:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Camenend Bob Dole, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― chrissie_, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― HI DERE, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― A B C, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 06:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Cunga, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 09:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Cunga, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 09:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 20:37 (seventeen years ago) link
I GOT SOUL, BUT I'M NOT A SOLDIER!
(wrong song)
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 02:03 (sixteen years ago) link
i wish the killers didn't make a second album.
― Jordan Sargent, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 03:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I think it will probably be remembered as one of the better mainstream songs of this era.
― Richard Wood Johnson, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 03:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I like "When We Were Young." It almost made it onto my top 10 list last year.
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 03:37 (sixteen years ago) link
when you* were young
"I got soul but I'm not a soldier" made me cringe so hard that I nearly crashed my car when I first heard it
― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 03:53 (sixteen years ago) link
absolutely fuckin shit song. and i don't normally get that animated about sonfs i don't like
― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 04:01 (sixteen years ago) link
STILL AWESOME
― Tape Store, Saturday, 19 January 2008 07:14 (sixteen years ago) link
this vs. "All My Friends"
― Tape Store, Saturday, 19 January 2008 07:15 (sixteen years ago) link
as i was reading this thread i was thinking "what happened to tape store?" and apparently the answer is "only posts to mr brightside thread"
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 19 January 2008 08:00 (sixteen years ago) link
both songs you mention are awesome tho i don't get the connection besides both being good
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 19 January 2008 08:01 (sixteen years ago) link