― Mark G, Friday, 25 February 2005 12:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― coco, Friday, 25 February 2005 13:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― AdrianB (AdrianB), Friday, 25 February 2005 13:18 (nineteen years ago) link
This isn't the best anything, but it isn't the worst either. It is avarage.
― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Friday, 25 February 2005 13:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― mrjosh (mrjosh), Friday, 25 February 2005 13:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Zarr, Friday, 25 February 2005 14:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mickey (modestmickey), Friday, 25 February 2005 14:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Ten years is pushing it, tho, it wasn't even in the top 20 songs of last year.
― stephen morris (stephen morris), Friday, 25 February 2005 14:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 25 February 2005 14:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Friday, 25 February 2005 14:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Zarr, Friday, 25 February 2005 14:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Friday, 25 February 2005 14:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― the other kate (ffs!) (papa november), Friday, 25 February 2005 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Friday, 25 February 2005 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― zappi (joni), Friday, 25 February 2005 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link
Great.
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:01 (nineteen years ago) link
So, yes, Duran Duran..
except the lead singer is better looking.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― the other kate (ffs!) (papa november), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:04 (nineteen years ago) link
They're very slick. They look nice. They're pointless.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― markG, Friday, 25 February 2005 15:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― the other kate (ffs!) (papa november), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link
"I proudly endorse this nu-wave band."
― miccio (miccio), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh, I mean "Smile like you mean it" silly...
― MG, Friday, 25 February 2005 15:09 (nineteen years ago) link
HS
― Hector Savage, Friday, 25 February 2005 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― 57 7th (calstars), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― dmun, Friday, 25 February 2005 15:22 (nineteen years ago) link
Morning - gets me outta bed.Evening - great to switch on.Night club - brings the floor alive.
― Zarr, Friday, 25 February 2005 15:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― the other kate (ffs!) (papa november), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― -the-night-watch- (-the-night-watch-), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link
(This is how many people already feel)
― mike h. (mike h.), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― the other kate (ffs!) (papa november), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― coco, Friday, 25 February 2005 15:52 (nineteen years ago) link
-- the other kate (ffs!) (kate@eyecandyforthebrokenhearted.com), February 25th, 2005.
long time no see? I'm here all the time!
― Al (sitcom), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:53 (nineteen years ago) link
plus i think i may potentially know you from some time back. Did you ever post on SSQ?
― the other kate (ffs!) (papa november), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fat Anarchy on Airtube (ex machina), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:58 (nineteen years ago) link
PRETEND YOU'VE NEVER HEARD THE SONG AND FINISH THE OBVIOUS RHYMENow they're going to bed, and my stomach is sickAnd it's all in my head, but she's touching his ______
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Friday, 25 February 2005 16:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― the other kate (ffs!) (papa november), Friday, 25 February 2005 16:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Keith Harris mentioned it in a blog post a couple days ago. I never thought of it before then.
― miccio (miccio), Friday, 25 February 2005 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link
oh! yeah! so right, it has been a while.
― Al (sitcom), Friday, 25 February 2005 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link
I've probably heard this song at least fifty times in the last couple of months, but I don't remember ever thinking about this. Strange.
And yeah, rock single of the year so far, obv.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 25 February 2005 16:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Friday, 25 February 2005 16:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― MG, Friday, 25 February 2005 16:20 (nineteen 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
"all my friends" is so boring. do not get the hype/hoopla at all.
"mr brighside" isn't as good as "read my mind," "when you were young," or "somebody told me"
― The Brainwasher, Saturday, 19 January 2008 08:04 (sixteen years ago) link
ppl kept writing about "read my mind" as sam's town's brightside and when i heard it i was pretty underwhelmed. it doesn't have nearly the chorus of their other songs you mentioned
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 19 January 2008 08:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Conversation I had..
Friend, singing: I got SOUL, but I'm not a SOLDIER
Me: You know what's funny? That's the only part of that song I remember AT ALL
Friend: haha, me too
Me: And it had a video where they dressed as cowboys and threw boomerangs at hotties
Friend: You have summarized that video well
― The Reverend, Saturday, 19 January 2008 08:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I rather like their cover of "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town"
― Bimble, Saturday, 19 January 2008 08:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow, this record is 2 years old already :(
It's still awful.
― Pashmina, Saturday, 19 January 2008 10:08 (sixteen years ago) link
three years moar liek pash, and yup still awful.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 19 January 2008 11:45 (sixteen years ago) link
It's the only song of theirs I unreservedly dig.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 19 January 2008 11:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I never understood the love for Mr. Brightside. It's okay, but sounds so clumsy and hamfisted to me. By contrast, there are a few total gems on that debut disc: Jenny Was A Friend, Smile Like You Mean It, and On Top being the best of them (with Somebody Told Me and Mr. B being okay, and the rest being awful).
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 19 January 2008 12:25 (sixteen years ago) link
"Smile Like You Mean It" I think is pretty good. For a while when it was current I actually thought it was a different band. Everything else I've heard by them has been rotten, as in actively bad, not mediocre.
― Pashmina, Saturday, 19 January 2008 13:21 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Bimble, Saturday, January 19, 2008 9:46 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Link
Fuck that. THE version of Ruby is "Oh, Ruby, nechtěj mi lásku brát" by Pavel Bobek.
http://www.pavelbobek.cz/albums/008_Antologie/Ruby.mp3
Fades out before the chorus :((
― MRZBW, Saturday, 19 January 2008 15:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Seems a lot of people agree withe op, https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-killers-mr-brightside-claims-record-breaking-260th-week-exactly-five-years-on-the-official-singles-chart-top-100__32800/
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 2 April 2021 06:15 (three years ago) link
Wow, that is quite something. I actually heard "Somebody Told Me" about an hour ago on LA radio, hardly ever on the radio these days.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 3 April 2021 03:52 (three years ago) link
The Brits love it. Good drinking song, I guess.
― HuskerDoolittle, Saturday, 3 April 2021 05:55 (three years ago) link
It's so ubiquitous that I often forget it's not by a British band
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Saturday, 3 April 2021 09:34 (three years ago) link
― HuskerDoolittle
Yes, quite satisfying to holler along to while pissed, filling in any gaps in the lyrics with "da-da-dah!".
― chap, Saturday, 3 April 2021 11:53 (three years ago) link
*huge bongrip*
What if...
You replaced the cocaine 16th hi-hat note 00s drum style with...
an original semi-improvised drumming from Megadeth's (since 2016) drummer (who seems like a nice Belgian dude who'd never heard the song before):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbUYVcaF_l0
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 20 July 2023 16:55 (nine months ago) link
Happy 20th anniversary. It will never leave. It is eternal. It is "Louie Louie." It is "Sweet Caroline."
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 September 2023 17:31 (six months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/9c7sM5P/IMG-4336.jpg
― 龜, Friday, 29 September 2023 17:51 (six months ago) link
big michigan football fan here, and playing "mr. brightside" between the 3rd and 4th quarters has become a tradition. it might have replaced otis redding's "i can turn you loose" (famously used in the blues brothers), though they might still play that one in addition to mr. brightside, i haven't been to a game since the tradition started
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Friday, 29 September 2023 19:14 (six months ago) link
Went to a Twins game this summer and they played it, huge pop from the crowd
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 September 2023 19:18 (six months ago) link
Twenty years of madness. Gift link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/arts/music/mr-brightside-killers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D00.pIAN.UFJKJ9aB0xMF&smid=url-share
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 19:20 (four months ago) link
beautiful thread arc
I was struck on relisten how it reminds me of born sloppy and also sex by the 1975… real bridge to the 21st century type shit
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Thursday, 7 December 2023 14:30 (four months ago) link
When Rock N Roll Pt 2 finally got struck from sports stadium rotations, it left a bit of a void, so just in case any Gary Glitter-esque scandals come to light from the Killers crowd, I nominate Buzzcocks' Thunder of Hearts as a drop-in replacement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRVHV_QsMZo
Similar themes and chorus, and less smarmy and preening, though I guess smarmy and preening is exactly the attitude you'd want when your team scores a goal -- on the other hand I'd argue "Okay, right, you win, but always remember / Don't say you've not heard, when you die, you're dead forever" is an even better one for when the opposing team is ahead.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 7 December 2023 18:23 (four months ago) link
When Rock N Roll Pt 2 finally got struck from sports stadium rotations
i've heard it in u.s. stadiums/arenas well past the allegations, though i think hardly anyone here even knows who gary glitter is, it's just the "hey!" song
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 December 2023 18:27 (four months ago) link
just had a look at the top youtube upload for "The Hey Song" and 95% of comments are wistful nostalgic memories.
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 7 December 2023 19:45 (four months ago) link
a few comments are about "heard he did some bad things but he made some great music so it's not all bad!"
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 7 December 2023 19:46 (four months ago) link
Cancel culture is out of control!
― omar little, Thursday, 7 December 2023 20:39 (four months ago) link
saw one that was like "rock stars have all done terrible things! if you don't listen to anyone who's been cancelled then you can't listen to anyone! and anyway there are plenty that have done worse!"
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 7 December 2023 20:45 (four months ago) link
"I listen to both kinds of music! Gary glitter *and* l0stpr0phets!"
― omar little, Thursday, 7 December 2023 20:49 (four months ago) link
The Killers released “Mr. Brightside” 20 years ago and hardly anybody cared.
sometimes you read a story and it feels like the first line invents a version of reality in order to facilitate the thesis, and this is one of those times...
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 7 December 2023 20:56 (four months ago) link
my recollection is that this song was basically inescapable for at least a few months ... am i wrong?
― alpine static, Thursday, 7 December 2023 21:02 (four months ago) link
I guess it was, but several months after release ...
The premise of this song becoming a "Don't Stop Believin'" or "Sweet Caroline" for a younger generation is interesting enough ... you really don't need that lead to make it work.
― alpine static, Thursday, 7 December 2023 21:11 (four months ago) link
i remember hearing "somebody told me" first and then "mr. brightside" coming along in its wake. didn't realize that "brightside" was actually released first.
but yeah, as the article points out, it became a massive hot 100 hit and was an alt rock radio hit for some time beforehand
― kissinger on my list (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 December 2023 21:11 (four months ago) link
Of course it was huge in 2005. I karaoked it then and my version went top ten in 14 countries
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 December 2023 21:33 (four months ago) link
I also heard Somebody Told Me first. It was definitely an omnipresent single for a while before I first heard Mr. Brightside.
― peace, man, Thursday, 7 December 2023 21:57 (four months ago) link