So my blog is "Mr Brightside's Version"...
If it isn't immediately obvious to some, that title was inspired by my favourite song of all time... Mr Brightside, by The Killers :)
And while it may seem cliched, The Killers are more than just a band to me... they're a piece of my life because I've been listening to their music for what I consider to be the most important years of my life...
See, before they became famous through a featured song on The O.C soundtrack (Somebody Told Me and Mr Brightside), I had already found their music and connected with their thoughts and feelings.
The year was 2005, I was 15 years old and in grade 10 of high school. And I was madly obssessed with Mtv's 'Rock Chart' and after enjoying a usual Tuesday evening watching the Rock Chart, I left Mtv playing softly in the background... and then a scene caught my eye...
It was a crazy parade of colours, melodramatic make-up and outrageous costumes. It was a familiar story to me - boy loves girl, girl has obligations to love superior man, but girl and boy are in love, girl is breaking boy's heart...
And the story was familiar, not because I watch a lot of Hollywood's recycled RomCom's... it was familiar because that is exactly how my life goes. And as I watched the scenes of the music video flash past, I knew I had finally found something special... something that made me feel understood, something that would be a part of my life for many more years come...
And so began my love affair with the crazy cool boys of The Killers :)
They quickly became 'my' band, I watched Mtv CONSTANTLY, looking out for their videos and spent R300 on Hot Fuss, because it had to specifically imported from Las Vegas, all the way to Johannesburg! But it was all worth it, I played that cd from beginning to end, and it felt like home. I had loved every guitar rift, every poetic line, every tangled metaphor and all the colourful tones of Brandon's melodic voice...
This was what good music was meant to be. I had found a gem and they have NEVER disappointed me since then... Look - Day and Age was HUGELY successful ;)
So, the next few posts will be the start of my shrine to The Killers. This was inspired by the brilliance of their new album and the fact that they're coming to play two concerts in South Africa in December this year...
The Killers... in my little corner of the world... REALLY???
WOW... words can't describe how quickly I bought my tickets and how excited I feel every time I realise it's only months away!!!
65 days and counting... =)
To my boys, thank you, I love you, and I can't wait to see you!
