New collaborative single, part of a greatest hits album (yikes) the Killers are doing.
Wow, this screams late 80's movie soundtrack. I like it for that reason. I feel like Anthony Michael Hall or Ralph Macchio should appear at any moment in their video.
Greatest Hits? I'm a firm believer that Greatest Hits collections should only be issued once an artist's career is over. Not that The Killers have enough bona fide hits to compromise a Greatest Hits collection. Anyways, this song isn't too bad. I hope I hear it on Top 40 radio. Oh, and here's the video for the song.
I feel like a person is missing out if they only ever listen to a band's greatest hits album. The songs make much more sense and you understand the artist better when you take the time to listen to their whole discography.
A lot of the time it also comes down to understanding the album, rather than just the artist. I believe that a good band will vary their sound from album to album. For example, if you listen to the Killer's first album Hot Fuss, it screams British indie rock, but their next album sounded like they were channeling a Bruce Springsteen-esque Americana vibe. Then the next album was like they were channeling the Americana vibe, but from space. Now their latest album Battle Born feels like an amalgamation of all those things.
I think if you're understanding the album, you're understanding the artist. By understanding the different "feels" of their various albums, you're seeing how the band is changing, what they're being influenced by, what they see as important.