If You Love The Killers, You Need To See This!

Shaun — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:42 +0000

The video below is quite possibly the best live performance of any track i’ve ever seen by any band/artist.

I love The Killers, a lot, I saw them twice on the same tour in the space of 4 months this year (pic opposite is from Manchester) and Dustland Fairytale is by far my favourite track from the latest album Day & Age. When I heard about this performance I was intriguied but really didn’t expect it to ‘work’.

Well I was VERY wrong! It seriously works, it takes the song to another level!

Full Orchestra

So you’re booked to appear on Letterman and perform your latest single? How do you improve on an already amazing track? Bring a 20+ piece orchestra with you of course! Including a harp!

I honestly can’t say how much I was blown away by this performance the first few times I saw it and i’ve seen it 100s of times since and still love it! The harp at the start is stunning and the when the violins are really going for it in the breakdown is just amazing.

Watch the video below and let me know what you think in the comments!

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Help Hallelujah To Number One

Shaun — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:17:29 +0000

Today I did something that I almost never do.. Pay for something that I already own!

That something was a track called Hallelujah, but no, it wasn’t that horrendous high pitched screeching you may have heard lately or seen on that silly singing show The X-Factor.

RIP Jeff Buckley

It was the truly amazing version of the track by the late Jeff Buckley (RIP). I’m actually a fan of the original Leonard Cohen track too but Buckley takes it to another level and it’s genuinely one of my favourite tracks of all time. According to Last.FM i’ve played it 9 times since April this year, and that was long before Alex whatshername had even thought about it i’m sure!

Unfortunately it’s become tradition for the X-Factor winner to also become the Christmas Number One. Peter Kay is having a go at stopping Alexdifjdif but wouldn’t it be great it we could beat the crap Hallelujah with the Jeff Buckley version?

Power Of The Internet

It’s possible this can happen thanks to the power of the internet! Buckley’s version of the song entered the UK charts at #49 on November 30 and by December 15 it had reached #30 in spite the fact that it had not been released in a physical format. As of this morning (December 16th 2008) Buckleys version of Hallelujah was at #3 in the UK chart on downloads alone.

You Can Help!

Please help by downloading the track (legally), if you like what you hear why not get the album! It’s just 79p from iTunes so there’s no excuse! ;)

DOWNLOAD JEFF BUCKLEY – HALLELUJAH

Thanks to @harbonaut for inspiring this post. Also please support this Facebook group (although it seems to be down at the moment..)

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