Guest Blogger: Jason G1

The Killers are a modern rock group that managed to become one of the last famous artists of the rock era. Their songs always manage to have a rock tune but also usually have a story to them making them one of a kind and memorable. The power that gives their music emotion is that their stories are about relationships and their thoughts about those relationships. One of their newer songs from the album Battle Born, Runaways, is about their relationship with someone and how nothing has changed. You can understand when you read the lyrics “She says she might just runaway somewhere else, some place good” nothing has changed because no matter what, getting married or having a kid they are always going to talk about how they could just runaway. Their response to this situation is that they have always tried to keep themselves from doing so because he doesn’t want her to run away from him. The song Runaways is also a little bit different of a rhythm for The Killers; it reminds many people about U2’s rock music, something that would be great for large concerts. This isn’t their only popular song either, and it’s definitely not there most popular, they have so many great songs that when you listen to all have the Killers vibe. Most people and critics, because critics aren’t people, agree that The Killers are one of the best rock groups still around and are proving that they can still be popular even with the evolution in music. The Killers are defiantly worth listening to and if you don’t like one song try another, they start to grow on you as you begin to understand and admire their creative twist on the rock music style.