With Maroon 5 scoring their ninth US top 10 hit in Maps (from their upcoming fifth LP V), I thought it was about time to address my three main feelings about this band: #1: Adam Levine should stop needlessly swearing in songs that sound like sing-alongs for the kids i.e. Payphone (“one more stupid /…
Tag: The Killers
When A Great Band Gets A Good Album’s First Single Wrong #U2 #TheKillers
Apologies for the hashtags in the headline, but two of my favourite bands have erred in recent times with their new album’s first single and somebody needs to come forward and tell them. Pick me! Today I was at JB HiFi and was reminded of just how brilliant and inspirational U2 can be. Lots of…
Check Out Daryl Hall’s Hilari-Awesome Sunglasses On TOTP In 1977! Hall & Oates Song Of The Day, Day 2 – Countdown To Their NZ Concert
For day two in my Hall & Oates countdown before their Auckland concert on Sunday night, I’ve decided to go for the song Brandon Flowers from the Killers once described as “everything you need to know in writing a hit song.” Rich Girl is perfect pop: two and a half minutes of punchy, hooktastic ear-candy which…
Brandon Flowers’ Ode To The Bee Gees & Vangelis On His Stunning Solo Song ‘Only The Young’
Life at Club Med in the Whitsundays has been a hectic combination of dodging torrential rain (November had five times the average rainfall and well over double the record for this part of Queensland), playing tennis, killing cockroaches, kayaking to tiny islands, dealing with tropical mold, doing the sound for the nightly shows, shooing wild…
