The other day while driving with Dh, I was complaining about the grammar in The Killers' new song, Human as I am wont to do. The line is “Are we human, or are we dancer”* and while I love the Killers, and love the song, it still grates. I finished my rant with, “not that it will stop me from going to see them on Tuesday, I’m really excited about that...”

Dh’s reply? “What is that line, 'I smell like I sound**’” Oh touché. Good point. Grin.

So, Tuesday has come and gone, and Dh and I went to Seattle to see a local radio station’s “Deck the Hall Ball” with The Killers as headliners, and Death Cab for Cutie (they also had Cold War Kids and Shiny Toy Guns, which made explaining to my boss where I was going sound like I was a homicidal maniac).

Dh and I were discussing that there needs to be height segregation at concerts – this area for people under 5’, this for people under 5’6”, etc as especially during the Killers, we spent a ridiculous amount of time behind really tall people.

Anyway, I really like Death Cab, and in fact contemplated going to see them this summer, but they were opening for Neil Young, who I don’t particularly like (sorry Mom). They are relatively local, so that adds a nice level, and also affords a lot of opportunity to see them, but this was the first time I did. Their set opened with about five slower songs, which was an odd way to open, but enjoyable all the same. The lead singer kept having problems with his guitar, and swapping them out trying to get one that worked well for him, which totally botched the beginning of “Crooked Teeth” (botched so badly that, if I were them, I would have restarted the song). They finished up their fairly short set with Dh’s favorite song “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” and then mine “I Will Possess Your Heart” - because we all know that a good bass line will counterbalance stalker lyrics.

The Killers’ set was very good, I really enjoy their style, and even though there's that grammar thing, the opening song of “Human” did set the stage nicely for their set. One thing that I noticed, and I don’t know if it was the concert set up, or their normal stage presence, is that I like to have that banter between songs and none of the groups really did that. But, Brandon Flowers did wear feathers on his jacket, which I guess counts for something, and really, their drummer stole the show. I also have to give a good shout out for their playing of, perhaps, but there are a lot of competing songs for this title, my favorite Killers song, “All These Things I’ve Done” - in the car afterwards, Dh mentioned that he actually doesn’t like that song, and then admitted that he was actually much more into Death Cab than The Killers. Apparently our Venn Diagram is out of whack again.

Anyway, the radio station streamed it, so hopefully this link works. It was a lovely time out for Dh and I, and I really love listening to live music and dancing. Even if that makes me not human.




*I realize it is a Hunter S. Thompson reference . It is still bad grammar.
**The Xman, who was in the backseat piped up with, “that totally makes sense. You want to smell good and you want to sound good”. It warmed the cockles of my heart, my work as a mom is done, my son “gets” Simon LeBon. Sigh.