Long heralded as the front man for the resurgence of the New Wave movement at the beginning of the 2000's, the clean cut lead singer of The Killers, Mr Brandon Flowers has that certain ability to connect the dots on three important elements,
a) Catchy Tunes
b) Image
c) Thought provoking lyrics
Jealousy, turning saints into the seaSwimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibi
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr. Brightside
Inspired and ready to face the musical world head on, with her first Solo live Show being the Killers at WAMU Theater in Seattle 22nd April 2009.
Inspiration, destination or just lyrical thought in the times we live in, the question was posed as to what the song "Human" really addresses .
I enjoy a good crowd pleaser and have been privileged to have sung along with sometimes 100's or thousands be it Pressed up against the stage realizing that Lola was not what she seamed or really wanting to take the weather with me at a Crowded House Show...
Human is one such song I have not had the chance to see done live unlike the aforementioned Philly....
Though I reckon I could do justice to the opening lines....
When the call came down the line
So I closed my eyes for a moment, paced myself and played the song once more.
OK, so the obvious are we human or are we dancer, dancers do everything in Choreographic form, we as Human kind do our own thing...
Then there is the giving away of things that make us Human, the likes of Virtue, Grace and Romance...
Take these away and we become less Human, so interestingly i'm now seeing a pattern, the giving up of individualism and stepping in line, wow, in the times we are living in it becomes more and more relevant as the youth of today are being asked to give up freedoms in favor of Socialism, what a dangerously slippery slope..
I think Brandon is addressing the youth of now, to wake up and listen before they succumb to do everything they are told, saying goodbye to everything you know, wondering if you'll be home tonight, its even got that George Orwell vibe of believing you are being guided by some non spiritual force, ending up cold to each other and our surroundings but ending on our knees begging for what we used to know... though as older generations die off, there is a lot less history around and even as young as America is, the millennial's are being forced into line by technology even though they wont admit it, not being able to see over the tops of their i phones etc. I do realize how ironic this sounds as i hit this missive out over the blog-esphere... am i part of the problem or part of the solution, am i Human or am I dancer, ouch....
Having turned to the Man from Vegas, brought up as a devotee of the church of Jesus Christ of the latter day saints, i wondered in deed what Brandon Flowers was thinking as he wrote this and i was interested to find out i was not far off
Based on a Quote from Hunter S Thompson himself "We are raising a generation of dancers" implying that the youth of today are soft and easily swayed..
If you really examine history you'll see times were people have been swayed and bad things have happened, its a social commentary on things of the past and warning against a Dystopian future...
On the other hand its just a catchy Pop Song...
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