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Cinderella in a party dress

June 20, 2021 By Jordan

…”A Dustland Fairytale,” track number five (and my personal favorite) from The Killers‘ 2008 album, Day & Age, performed as a poetically arranged duet with The Boss.

Springsteen’s appearance with The Wallflowers at the 1997 MTV VMAs is still his most legendary on-stage collaboration. And part of me wishes deeply that he’d barreled up to share the same mic with Brandon Flowers. But the intergenerational overlaid image of the two frontmen at 2:49…yeah, that’s enough…and it makes this performance of this unique song even more of a wonder.

Filed Under: Hip tunage Tagged With: A Dustland Fairytale, Bruce Springsteen, Day & Age, The Killers, The Wallflowers

When you read my mind…

July 30, 2014 By Jordan

The stars are blazing like rebel diamonds cut out of the sun…

…from Read My Mind, track #6 off The Killers‘ incomparable, dang near perfect, iconic sophomore album, Sam’s Town. In 2009, a UK radio station named it the 57th greatest song of all time. Which may be a stretch, considering that it’s no better than the 3rd best song on the album. But that line. Hooooooo-boy. Top 10 all time? Maybe.

 

Filed Under: Hip tunage, Things I wish I'd written Tagged With: Read My Mind, Sam's Town, The Killers