Brandon Flowers orders five Killers tracks in blind ranking, including ‘Mr Brightside’
Brandon Flowers took part in an NME feature where he ordered five songs from The Killers' catalogue without knowing which track would appear next. The selections included 'When You Were Young', 'Human', 'The Man', 'Read My Mind' and 'Mr Brightside'. He also explained that 'Mr Brightside' was written after seeing Oasis perform 'Don't Look Back In Anger' in Las Vegas, and he is set to begin a solo tour in the UK and Ireland.
... No extra. Need maybe no bullet. Plain text. Ensure no source phrasing copied? We have "When You Were Young", "Human", etc titles. "Hot Fuss", "Sam's Town", "Wonderful Wonderful", "All These Things That I've Done", "Mr Brightside", "Oasis Las Vegas show" okay. "UK/Ireland" okay. "Bournemouth", "Dublin". "NME" okay. "blind-ranking" maybe source phrase? It's in headline. Fine. "without knowing what came next" source says without knowing which track would appear next. We paraphrased. "reassured the band after worries their second album might not match Hot Fuss" source: grateful, worried second album wouldn't live up to success of debut. Fine. "worked on in London during Sam's Town touring" source: worked on in London, while touring for Sam's Town. Fine. "helped that album" source: sort of saved Wonderful Wonderful. Fine. "placed high" source: ranked high. Fine. "sometimes privately prefers" source: secretly, in my heart think might be better sometimes. Fine. "was shaped by an Oasis Las