As I got a card for the
“Médiathèque” here in Belgium, I could rent old and new Cds and
different genres to then eventually download on my computer. I rented
a bunch of albums of different styles from reggae (eg. Musical Youth,
Bob Marley, UB40) to rock (eg. The Killers, The Offspring, Sex
Pistol, Biffy Clyro), DJ music (eg. Swedish House Mafia, Example)and
pop (eg. Noah and the Whale, Carly Ray Jepsen).
I came across this 2004 album
“Hot Fuss” by The Killers which I remember listening to a few
songs from that album when I was younger: “Somebody Told Me” and
“Mr. Brightside”. I used to really like them, and I still really
enjoy them but having listened to the album for quite a few times, I
now have a new favourite: “Jenny was a friend of mine”. I has
just the catchiest bass riff ever that really stays on your mind. I
like the fact that for ones the bass plays a big role in the piece as
very often the bass is just something that is important but is
usually one doesn't really pay a lot of attention to it. The
keyboards add an interesting layer to this piece as it has an “outer
space” sound to it. What I mean by this it's that it uses high
notes and keeps them held. Also the use of the syntetic sound makes
me thinks this way. I really like the voice of the singer in general
and I especially like the use of his voice in this song, it's very
pleasent to listen to and makes you want to sing along. About the
drumming, I like the fast snare-drum hits he does and how he uses his
hi-hat is very cool. All in all the whole piece is great and actually
the whole album is great as I never get bored my it, honestly I think
I've listened to it about 50 times. I would give a 10/10 for this
wonderful art-work. Everyone should listen to this album because every song is special in its own way.
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