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
I rather like their cover of "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town"
-- 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