The Killers Are Covering the Basics

Posted: July 8th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Articles About Music | Tags: , , , | 5 Comments »

The KillersAccording to Paste Magazine, the Killers have plans to record a covers album by the end of the year. I think this album could either be really great for the killers and for the genre of cover albums, or I think it could really bomb.    The Killers have tried their hand at cover songs a few times already.  They’ve recorded a couple really great covers, and some not so great.  I think it will all come down to the song selection.  As far as what could get covered for this album, I think the list is wide open.   Some names that are already being thrown around are Genesis, Cyndi Lauper, Tom Waits, and Fleet Foxes.  Oddly enough, I feel like they have a better chance of pulling it off with the more outlandish pop songs than with the indie rock stuff. But who knows.  Here’s some of what they have done so far. Which one do you think is the best?

5 Comments on “The Killers Are Covering the Basics”

  1. 1 Sonny-D said at 10:10 am on July 8th, 2009:

    Their version of ‘Four Winds’ is awful! The original is great, but this…

    Shadowplay isn’t too bad but that’s older (it was on the Control soundtrack) – making Joy Division sound like New Order? Quite interesting…
    Still, nowhere near the original.

  2. 2 Dom said at 12:02 pm on July 8th, 2009:

    Disagree. Four winds, as a cover, is okay. But I think the best covers make the song their own, and The Killers deliver there.

  3. 3 a-bra-ham said at 1:55 pm on July 8th, 2009:

    i love the morriseey cover.

    the other too…i’d rather they didn’t exist.

  4. 4 acericardo said at 12:57 pm on July 13th, 2009:

    Their version of Shadowplay sounds too cheery for my liking, not liking the drums either.

  5. 5 Tom said at 5:35 pm on July 27th, 2009:

    It’s not here, but I like their “Romeo and Juliet” cover pretty well. It’s less ‘big’ if you will.