Dear Followers, welcome to our second week of the fresh 2018-2019 season, here at Musica in Extenso. This week is a special presentation - being a classical music blog, for the first time ever - of rock music, through the fascinating music of The Killers.
On of the biggest rock bands of the 21st century, The Killers formed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2001, by the four members: Brandon Flowers, Dave Kreuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci Jr.. The band released five albums: Hot Fuss, Sam’s Town, Day & Age, Battle Born and Wonderful Wonderful in 2017. About the musical style of the band, we consider The Killers a formation that presents various genres, like alternative-rock, indie rock and pop-rock.
They achieved worldwide succes and the band’s musical activity was recognised with several awards and nominations (NME Awards, BRIT Awards, MTV EMA Awards).
This week we will focus on the music of this band, presenting some really great hits. Today on Musica in Extenso:
The Killers
A Dustland Fairytale
(Live on Letterman)
I don’t know, It’s hard to say anything...so emotional, so moving and touching music. The song is focus on the frontman’s parents, referring to "Cinderella" (his mother) and a "slick chrome American prince" (his father). I think that, the best way you can understand the music of the band, is to read the lyrics. I attach to this post also the lyrics of A Dustland Fairytale:
Dustland fairytale beginning
Just another white trash
County kiss
Sixty one
Long brown hair and foolish eyes
He looks just like you want him to
Some kind of slick chrome American prince
A blue jean serenade
And Moon River what'd you do to me
And I don't believe you
Saw Cinderella in a party dress but
She was looking for a night gown
I saw the devil warping up his hands
He's getting ready for the show down
I saw the minute that I turn away
I got my money on a pond tonight
Change came in disguised of revelation
Set his soul on fire
She said she'd always knew he'd come around
And the decades disappear like sinking
Ships we persevere god gives us hope
But we still fear
We don't know
The mind is poison castle in the sky
Sit stranded vandalized
The draw bridge is closing
Saw Cinderella in a party dress but
She was looking for a night gown
I saw the devil warping up his hands
He's getting ready for the show down
I saw the ending were they turned the page
I threw my money and I ran away
Strait to the Vally of the great divide
And were the dreams roll high
And were the wind don't blow
Out here the good girls die
And the sky won't snow
Out here the bird don't sing
Out here the field don't grow
Out here the bell don't ring
Out here the bell don't ring
Out here the good girls die
Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep
Its such a bitter form of refuge
Ah don't you know the kingdoms under siege
And everybody needs you
Is there still magic in the midnight sun
Or did you leave it back in sixty-one
In the of the cadence in the young mans eyes
And were the dreams roll high
The video is a presentation in a live transmission on Letterman Show. So epic and a real tear jerker performance!
Stay tuned for more, to discover the music of The Killers! - Editor-in-Chief
