So here is the final cut. I made slight changes, and I think it turned out fairly decent. But I guess we'll see what others think tomorrow:
You can see everyone's videos here: http://www.spinearth.tv/feature/Killerscontest
I must say this whole experience has been great! I've never made a video before, so staying up night after night, and working on it with my sister was a blast! I've also got to see a whole batch of people who love the same band that I love, and there's nothing like it. The people (for the most part) have been really great and supportive of eachother, which is something you don't see all the time. There are no fans like Killers fans, FO SHO! So thanks, everyone! You guys have been great, and regardless of who wins, we are going to all have a great weekend seeing what the band is up to for 3 days!
Ahhhh Las Vegas....CA.....can.not.wait.
Good luck, you guys! And thanks for the support...you guys have been great. We know whats up!
Now we ANXIOUSLY wait it out...for who knows how long. At least we will DEFINITELY know by tomorrow...sometime.
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MOVING ON:
Brandon Flowers to pair up with Kanye: possibly on "Sweet Talk".
Phil Spector: Guilty
Mars Volta to be out June 23
Oh, and download "San Jacinto" by Peter Gabriel. That man is a genious, and anyone who thinks differently is clueless.
Toodles!
Showing posts with label Brandon Flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brandon Flowers. Show all posts
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
THE Tour Year
This is the year in which I tear up the tours! Yep. Traveling a lot in 2009.
May is going to be one of the busiest months, for sure. Sunday, May 5th I am heading to Poniac to rock with Franz Ferdinand. Monday is work, then Tuesday I head down to Columbus for some Killers lovin'. For a few weeks I will attack my finals (psh...s.i.m.p.l.e) before I head to Cleveland to make magical music love with Keane.
What?? It's only just about March???....lame.
Later this year I have plans to head to NYC, Tampa, FL, only to end it with Vegassss. While I'm there? Mucho music happenings.
I can't really explain how excited I am for this year. New music, amazing tours, and finsihing my B.A degree are all in store, and I'm mothereffing ecstaticccccc (who says that??...).
ANYWAY
Kings Of Leon to come out with new album 2010
Keane announces N.American Tour (dur)
Yeah Yeah Yeah's out with new Zero
Bruce Springsteen headlining Glastonbury
Tis allll for now.
Toodles
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EDIT!
Starsailor Feat. Brandon Flowers Tell Me It's Not Over
Oh yeah.
May is going to be one of the busiest months, for sure. Sunday, May 5th I am heading to Poniac to rock with Franz Ferdinand. Monday is work, then Tuesday I head down to Columbus for some Killers lovin'. For a few weeks I will attack my finals (psh...s.i.m.p.l.e) before I head to Cleveland to make magical music love with Keane.
What?? It's only just about March???....lame.
Later this year I have plans to head to NYC, Tampa, FL, only to end it with Vegassss. While I'm there? Mucho music happenings.
I can't really explain how excited I am for this year. New music, amazing tours, and finsihing my B.A degree are all in store, and I'm mothereffing ecstaticccccc (who says that??...).
ANYWAY
Kings Of Leon to come out with new album 2010
Keane announces N.American Tour (dur)
Yeah Yeah Yeah's out with new Zero
Bruce Springsteen headlining Glastonbury
Tis allll for now.
Toodles
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EDIT!
Starsailor Feat. Brandon Flowers Tell Me It's Not Over
Oh yeah.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Brit Awards 2009
The Brit Awards were Wednesday night, and I must say...why is the US slacking in the music department?? That's a whole nother post, I guess!
Anyway, here are your winners:
Duffy (biggest winner of the night!)- Best Album, Best British Female, Best British Breakthrough
Elbow- Best British Group
Iron Maiden- Best Live Group
Kanye West- Best International Male
Katy Perry- Best International Female
Kings Of Leon- Best International Group, Best International Album
Coldplay, nominated for 4 awards, went home with zipppppoooo, and my loves, The Killers, also went home empty handed. But I've learned to take award shows lightly. Whatev. Kings of Leon do rock my socks though.
And even though he didn't win anything, Brandon Flowers DID introduce the Outstanding Contribution to Music award to Pet Shop Boys where he later joined them for a medley along with good 'ol fashiontastic Lady GaGa:
After the awards, The Killers, Coldplay, Bono, and Gary Barlow got together to do a gig for War Child.
Epic. All. These. Things. That. I've. Done.
Freaking Bono...WTF, mate??? Otherwise, AMAZING!
Yes?
mmmk.
Anyway, here are your winners:
Duffy (biggest winner of the night!)- Best Album, Best British Female, Best British Breakthrough
Elbow- Best British Group
Iron Maiden- Best Live Group
Kanye West- Best International Male
Katy Perry- Best International Female
Kings Of Leon- Best International Group, Best International Album
Coldplay, nominated for 4 awards, went home with zipppppoooo, and my loves, The Killers, also went home empty handed. But I've learned to take award shows lightly. Whatev. Kings of Leon do rock my socks though.
And even though he didn't win anything, Brandon Flowers DID introduce the Outstanding Contribution to Music award to Pet Shop Boys where he later joined them for a medley along with good 'ol fashiontastic Lady GaGa:
After the awards, The Killers, Coldplay, Bono, and Gary Barlow got together to do a gig for War Child.
Epic. All. These. Things. That. I've. Done.
Freaking Bono...WTF, mate??? Otherwise, AMAZING!
Yes?
mmmk.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Brandon Flowers; Our Generations Bruce
So here is the link to an article discussing the need for our generation to recognize new bands, and giving Brandon the title of our "Boss".
http://www.dailyfreepress.com/remmert_the_boss%2C_the_bible_and_sam_s_town-1.1355751
I got this from The Victims site, which is The Killers official fan club, and I was surprised at the reaction by many of the Victims. A lot of them really disliked the comparison on Brandon to Bruce, but they were missing the writers point.
For one, no where in the article does the writer actually say that Brandon Flowers is equal to Bruce Springsteen. This whole article is about what my blog is trying to be about; the fact that new rock music is being missed out on, ignored. Our future "classics"...what are they going to be? If we play our cards right, and give notice and credit to our generations rock music, it WILL be songs by The Killers, Coldplay, Keane, Kings of Leon, Franz Ferdinand, etc...
But we are MISSING IT.
I think fans of The Killers still have the critics words about Sam's Town in mind when they read this article, which is not what he's doing. Critics compared Sam's Town to a Springsteen album, which I always hated, for sure. When You Were Young may have a Born To Run sound to it, but no other song on that album sounds Bruceish. Sam's Town is unlike any other album out there, and I agree with Flowers when he said it is one the the greats of the past 20 years (which he got slammed for. Well, he's right, so SHUT IT). For that to CONSTANTLY be compared to Springsteen was ridiculous. I think that critics were too busy reading other critics' reviews to really listen to Sam's Town, and see it's uniqueness and it's genius.
But this article isn't doing that. The writer asks, "Who's our generations Springsteen?", not "Who is equivalent to Springsteen?". He says Brandon wants to be one of the greats in rock and roll, and that The Killers aim to be one of the biggest bands, which is no secret to any music fan. How many times have you heard The Killers say that exact thing? All the writer is doing is lining up our generations musical greats, naming Brandon Flowers as one of them.
I think he's right. We will see Brandon Flowers (and hopefully The Killers!) for years and years to come. Brandon has such a passion for music that makes him unable to stop making great music, and I really don't see that happening any time soon. Brandon will make music until he dies, I'm pretty sure, and I only hope that's the truth. A lot of "pop" bands like Nickleback, and Buck Cherry are missing A LOT. They aren't going to be here for the Super Bowl 30 years from now, promise. They don't have what The Killers have when it comes to song writing. I always like The Beatles and The Who, etc. for a long long time, afraid that no bands of my generation could measure up to their greatness. Then I heard Hot Fuss and Sam's Town, and found a new radio station.
There ARE greats out there, we are just missing them. The writer is trying to make people acknowledge that, is all. He is NOT comparing Brandon Flowers to Bruce Springsteen. He is comparing what Brandon is about to what Bruce has always been about; a great love for making music, and being great about it, and one who is not afraid to go out there and push it on you.
It's a complement. And it's a shame that us fans had to hear the comparisons of The Killers to Bruce Springsteen when it came to Sam's Town that we missed the point of what this writer is trying to say.
So I say, he's right. Brandon Flowers is one of our generation's greats, and I can't wait to see what he has to say when my kids and I sit down and watch the Pre Game show for the Super Bowl 30 years from now.
http://www.dailyfreepress.com/remmert_the_boss%2C_the_bible_and_sam_s_town-1.1355751
I got this from The Victims site, which is The Killers official fan club, and I was surprised at the reaction by many of the Victims. A lot of them really disliked the comparison on Brandon to Bruce, but they were missing the writers point.
For one, no where in the article does the writer actually say that Brandon Flowers is equal to Bruce Springsteen. This whole article is about what my blog is trying to be about; the fact that new rock music is being missed out on, ignored. Our future "classics"...what are they going to be? If we play our cards right, and give notice and credit to our generations rock music, it WILL be songs by The Killers, Coldplay, Keane, Kings of Leon, Franz Ferdinand, etc...
But we are MISSING IT.
I think fans of The Killers still have the critics words about Sam's Town in mind when they read this article, which is not what he's doing. Critics compared Sam's Town to a Springsteen album, which I always hated, for sure. When You Were Young may have a Born To Run sound to it, but no other song on that album sounds Bruceish. Sam's Town is unlike any other album out there, and I agree with Flowers when he said it is one the the greats of the past 20 years (which he got slammed for. Well, he's right, so SHUT IT). For that to CONSTANTLY be compared to Springsteen was ridiculous. I think that critics were too busy reading other critics' reviews to really listen to Sam's Town, and see it's uniqueness and it's genius.
But this article isn't doing that. The writer asks, "Who's our generations Springsteen?", not "Who is equivalent to Springsteen?". He says Brandon wants to be one of the greats in rock and roll, and that The Killers aim to be one of the biggest bands, which is no secret to any music fan. How many times have you heard The Killers say that exact thing? All the writer is doing is lining up our generations musical greats, naming Brandon Flowers as one of them.
I think he's right. We will see Brandon Flowers (and hopefully The Killers!) for years and years to come. Brandon has such a passion for music that makes him unable to stop making great music, and I really don't see that happening any time soon. Brandon will make music until he dies, I'm pretty sure, and I only hope that's the truth. A lot of "pop" bands like Nickleback, and Buck Cherry are missing A LOT. They aren't going to be here for the Super Bowl 30 years from now, promise. They don't have what The Killers have when it comes to song writing. I always like The Beatles and The Who, etc. for a long long time, afraid that no bands of my generation could measure up to their greatness. Then I heard Hot Fuss and Sam's Town, and found a new radio station.
There ARE greats out there, we are just missing them. The writer is trying to make people acknowledge that, is all. He is NOT comparing Brandon Flowers to Bruce Springsteen. He is comparing what Brandon is about to what Bruce has always been about; a great love for making music, and being great about it, and one who is not afraid to go out there and push it on you.
It's a complement. And it's a shame that us fans had to hear the comparisons of The Killers to Bruce Springsteen when it came to Sam's Town that we missed the point of what this writer is trying to say.
So I say, he's right. Brandon Flowers is one of our generation's greats, and I can't wait to see what he has to say when my kids and I sit down and watch the Pre Game show for the Super Bowl 30 years from now.
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