I saw them play this live and I looked over to my friend and said "Man, this new song is fucking amazing!"
Then I went home and saw that it was 'Shadowplay' by Joy Division, a band whose music I listen to often. What I'm trying to say (other than feeling really stupid for not catching that) is that it sounds nothing like the original..they really twisted it, and got rid of the darkness of the original. And the fact that Brandon Flowers doesn't try to re-do Ian Curtis's voice makes all the difference. They just made it sound like a Killers song, not a Joy Division cover.
Good on The Killers for this version. It's going to be on the soundtrack to "Closer," the movie about Ian Curtis.
I saw them play this live and I looked over to my friend and said "Man, this new song is fucking amazing!"
Then I went home and saw that it was 'Shadowplay' by Joy Division, a band whose music I listen to often. What I'm trying to say (other than feeling really stupid for not catching that) is that it sounds nothing like the original..they really twisted it, and got rid of the darkness of the original. And the fact that Brandon Flowers doesn't try to re-do Ian Curtis's voice makes all the difference. They just made it sound like a Killers song, not a Joy Division cover.
Good on The Killers for this version. It's going to be on the soundtrack to "Closer," the movie about Ian Curtis.
It's actually "Control" and you're right their version is fucking amazing
It's actually "Control" and you're right their version is fucking amazing