I have come to the conclusion that Mr Brightside by The Killers might just be the best song of the past ten years

Morning - gets me outta bed.
Evening - great to switch on.
Night club - brings the floor alive.

(This is how many people already feel)

-- the other kate (ffs!) (kate@eyecandyforthebrokenhearted.com), February 25th, 2005.

long time no see? I'm here all the time!

plus i think i may potentially know you from some time back. Did you ever post on SSQ?

PRETEND YOU'VE NEVER HEARD THE SONG AND FINISH THE OBVIOUS RHYME
Now they're going to bed, and my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head, but she's touching his ______

Keith Harris mentioned it in a blog post a couple days ago. I never thought of it before then.

plus i think i may potentially know you from some time back. Did you ever post on SSQ?

-- the other kate (ffs!) (kate@eyecandyforthebrokenhearted.com), February 25th, 2005.

oh! yeah! so right, it has been a while.

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.

this is like my husband's favorite part of his favorite album (next to daft punk's discovery, lately anyway). We have dubbed this trick the 'miss susie' school of lyric-writing. I think this is a really fun album, I don't get all the hate.

Silly me I thought that was a girl.

The Killers suck complete balls.

As opposed to...sucking stray bits of balls?

Yes, but *not good* -- there are (completely individual and biased) standards to be upheld here.

It's a nice pop song, I don't know why some of you guys are all bent out of shape over it!

As opposed to...sucking stray bits of balls?

Well it was a joke, fans of the killers aren't good with those by the looks.

THIS EXISTS?!?!??!?!

Utterly fecking mega

-- Indie Innes (iindi...), January 27th, 2005.

Zarr = Indie Innes

beyond that, i wonder why the killers got so huge, in general.
what about that crappy 'imarobot' band, why didn't they get big?
were they like six months ahead of the trend?
pop culture is so fucked.

i also wonder if hot hot heat sell a lot this time 'round...
any predictions on them?

Cancel culture is out of control!

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!"

"I listen to both kinds of music! Gary glitter *and* l0stpr0phets!"

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...

my recollection is that this song was basically inescapable for at least a few months ... am i wrong?

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.

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

Of course it was huge in 2005. I karaoked it then and my version went top ten in 14 countries

I also heard Somebody Told Me first. It was definitely an omnipresent single for a while before I first heard Mr. Brightside.