This is a really interesting track. Probably the best lyrics they've delivered to date. What I find especially interesting is that they seem to have made good on their promise for the album on this track. I think the rest of it is good, but this track really hits the mark. It IS a little Springsteen (especially the blatant Springsteen rip off at the end when it goes soft with lyrics about the fair ground, Mary, etc...nothing wrong with a little homage!), but there's something I'm surprised no one's noticed yet- by taking cues from Springsteen, Oasis, U2, New Order etc. and mashing them all up, they sound strikingly like Ryan Adams tracks like "So Alive" or "Tonight" (Cold Roses bonus track) right down to the explosively vibrating vocal, the guitar that comes in playing arpeggios in the 3rd verse, the soft/cracked vocal at the piano section...really everything. Tons of Ryan Adams similarities on "When You Were Young," too. I'm not sure if this is because of a direct influence or because The Killers and Ryan Adams basically share influences now, but it's interesting either way.
This is a really interesting track. Probably the best lyrics they've delivered to date. What I find especially interesting is that they seem to have made good on their promise for the album on this track. I think the rest of it is good, but this track really hits the mark. It IS a little Springsteen (especially the blatant Springsteen rip off at the end when it goes soft with lyrics about the fair ground, Mary, etc...nothing wrong with a little homage!), but there's something I'm surprised no one's noticed yet- by taking cues from Springsteen, Oasis, U2, New Order etc. and mashing them all up, they sound strikingly like Ryan Adams tracks like "So Alive" or "Tonight" (Cold Roses bonus track) right down to the explosively vibrating vocal, the guitar that comes in playing arpeggios in the 3rd verse, the soft/cracked vocal at the piano section...really everything. Tons of Ryan Adams similarities on "When You Were Young," too. I'm not sure if this is because of a direct influence or because The Killers and Ryan Adams basically share influences now, but it's interesting either way.