Why Did The Killers Remake Shadowplay?

✌➬ · 02.19.2008, 02:02 AM

This is an amazing song by Joy Division, why did they go and do that?

Death & the Maiden · 02.19.2008, 02:14 AM

It was for the Control film wasn't it?

✌➬ · 02.19.2008, 02:16 AM

Yeah, it was, but come on.

pbradley · 02.19.2008, 02:29 AM

Sounds exactly like The Killers covering Shadowplay. Nothing more.

02.19.2008, 04:46 AM

Ask them.

the ikara cult · 02.19.2008, 06:16 AM

Its the worst thing in the history of everything, ever.
when it came on during the credits Control i almost hit the ceiling.

atsonicpark · 02.19.2008, 06:26 AM

I do find it funny that I always said that every Interpol song sounds like a shitty cover of Shadowplay, and then Killers (who belong in the same genre) go ahead and cover it...

PAULYBEE2656 · 02.19.2008, 06:29 AM

they were commissioned to do it for the film control, which ive bought but yet to watch, you cant blame them for doing it. you can blame them for being a piss poor band tho! as for the interpol/killers comparison... interpol made one great album, the killers may have played one great chord!

atsonicpark · 02.19.2008, 06:36 AM

Agreed.

I don't know if turn on the bright lights is great, but I do really enjoy some of the songs on there. The generous guitar layering is friendly to my ears.

The Killers are just awful.

PAULYBEE2656 · 02.19.2008, 06:45 AM

bright lights is not quite great, it aint no surfer rosa...
antics is good, half of it is good.
our love to admire is awful....

the killers are just todays answer to the alarm!

█████████ · 02.19.2008, 06:48 AM

didnt they made something with lou reed? i remember something like that, probably awful as well, though.

Stijn · 02.19.2008, 07:31 AM

yeah I think they recorded a track with Lou,
and When You Were Young is a fantastic song
the rest is kinda awful

su x* · 02.19.2008, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ✌➬

This is an amazing song by Joy Division, why did they go and do that?

hey, evanescence covered nirvana

the ikara cult · 02.19.2008, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PAULYBEE2656

they were commissioned to do it for the film control, which ive bought but yet to watch, you cant blame them for doing it. you can blame them for being a piss poor band tho! as for the interpol/killers comparison... interpol made one great album, the killers may have played one great chord!

No excuse, if they had any sense of their own inadequacy theydve said no. I dont get why they couldnt use the original in the film, they used Atmosphere not to mention all the performances.
I dont want to spoil the film for you though (He Kills Himself)

nicfit · 02.19.2008, 07:47 AM

aaaaah fuck! it took me ages to notice that you're talking about the killers and not the kills!!!

gmku · 02.19.2008, 08:27 AM

Probably because they wanted to make money for whomever receives royalties from Joy Division's songs these days. I'm sure it was entirely a selfless act.

Danny Himself · 02.19.2008, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by PAULYBEE2656

the killers may have played one great chord!

"all these things i have done" or whatever is great..

Everyneurotic · 02.19.2008, 11:03 AM

what a pathetic excuse for a song, that one they did with lou reed.

Trasher02 · 02.19.2008, 02:43 PM

Horrible song indeed, especially the "Oooh oooh ooh" part. It's amazing how one band can fuck up a masterpiece so badly!

About the Interpol stuff, Turn on the bright lighs is a great album. Good lyrics, great song structures, just plain great! Antics is complete bollocks and Our love to admire has some good tracks on it but overall a very dull album.

Rob Instigator · 02.19.2008, 02:53 PM

anyone have a link to where I may hear the killers do this unmentionable thing?

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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	they were commissioned to do it for the film control, which ive bought but yet to watch, you cant blame them for doing it. you can blame them for being a piss poor band tho! as for the interpol/killers comparison... interpol made one great album, the killers may have played one great chord! __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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02.19.2008, 06:36 AM	#9
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Agreed. I don't know if turn on the bright lights is great, but I do really enjoy some of the songs on there. The generous guitar layering is friendly to my ears. The Killers are just awful. __________________
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	bright lights is not quite great, it aint no surfer rosa... antics is good, half of it is good. our love to admire is awful.... the killers are just todays answer to the alarm! __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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█████████ expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,736	didnt they made something with lou reed? i remember something like that, probably awful as well, though.
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02.19.2008, 07:31 AM	#12
Stijn bad moon rising Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 126	yeah I think they recorded a track with Lou, and When You Were Young is a fantastic song the rest is kinda awful
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Probably because they wanted to make money for whomever receives royalties from Joy Division's songs these days. I'm sure it was entirely a selfless act. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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Trasher02 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6,356	Horrible song indeed, especially the "Oooh oooh ooh" part. It's amazing how one band can fuck up a masterpiece so badly! About the Interpol stuff, Turn on the bright lighs is a great album. Good lyrics, great song structures, just plain great! Antics is complete bollocks and Our love to admire has some good tracks on it but overall a very dull album. __________________ 666
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