Smile Like You Mean It

Band: The Killers
Album: Hot Fuss
Genre: Indie Rock

I started thinking about this band a lot this week. I don't know why, honestly. It could be because of the fact that my friend and I had gone to a party and danced our hearts out to a song by them or maybe I was just in the mood for their sound. It's about time I do a post on this group either way since they've become pretty influential on modern day rock music and are an incredible band. The Killers is a band that formed in 2001 and came out with their debut album Hot Fuss in 2004. It topped the charts all around the world and is still to this day their best selling album.

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Brandon Flowers is the frontman of the group and he is from one of the larger cities in Nevada. He's an extremely charismatic frontman that charms any audience he steps in front of; when he gets on stage the audience roars in excitement and he feeds off of the energy they bring. He jumps around on stage to really rope the audience into his performance which is something every great frontman has to have the talent and ability to do. Brandon also plays bass guitar whenever necessary for the band, so he is multitalented as well!

There are three other members that make up this wonderful band! Dave Keuning is the lead guitarist and backing vocals, Ronnie Vannucci, Jr. is the drummer, and Mark Stoermer is the bass guitarist who also does rhythm guitar when it is needed. Now I'm going to be honest here, I really don't know all too much about the members of this band. What I do know about this band though is that they make some incredible music and that's really what I'm here for.

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I remember the first time I heard a song by this band; I was much younger and didn't really care to give it a good listen at the time. The first song I heard was the ever popular "Mr. Brightside". If you don't know this song, where have you been? This is probably the band's most well known song and, honestly, one of their most fun to listen to. I get so excited whenever it comes on, I jam out to it whenever it comes on.

Overall, Hot Fuss is such a phenomenal album. Giving it a chance allowed me to find more music from this band which was one of the best things that could have happened since they are one of my absolute favorites to this day. Hot Fuss is still my favorite album by the band to this day and still holds my favorite songs by the group, as well! The two best songs off of the album, in my humble opinion, are "Believe Me Natalie" and "Smile Like You Mean It".

"Believe Me Natalie" is a song I will always scream about whenever it comes on; it is about a girl with AIDS that only has one more chance to have the best night of her life. Although the song sounds so upbeat, the lyrics themselves are very downtrodden and depressing. Honestly, give it a listen. The song is so good and powerful, Brandon's vocals on this song kill me. "Smile Like You Mean It" is accepting the choices that one's made in life with a smile on one's face. The song just makes me happy, honestly I love it.

The Killers are such a great band and will always be the best album that they have ever made. Let me know what you think of this band! If you've ever heard of them or don't know much of anything about them!