The Killers - Quiet Town
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Lyrics:
A couple of kids got hit by a Union Pacific train
Carrying sheet metal and household appliances
Through the pouring rain
They were planning on getting married
After graduation
Had a little baby girl
Trouble came and shut it down
Things like that ain’t supposed to happen
In this quiet town
Families are tight
Good people
They still don’t deadbolt their doors at night
In this quiet town
When we first heard opioid stories
They were always in whispering tones
Now banners of sorrow
Mark the front steps of childhood homes
Parents wept through daddy’s girl eulogies
And merit badge milestones
With their daughters and sons
Laying there lifeless in their suits and gowns
Somebody’s been keepin’ secrets
In this quiet town
They know how to live
Good people who lean on Jesus
They’re quick to forgive
In this quiet town
Now whenever I’m near the town
I’ll find some reason to give
And I will walk with the dead and the living
Where I used to live
And every time I see my parents
In the prime of their lives
Offering their son
The kind of love he could never put down
Well part of me is still that stainless kid
Lucky
In this quiet town
Salt of the land
Hard-working people
If you’re in trouble
They’ll lend you a hand
Here in this quiet town
The first crop of hay is up
School let out
And the sun beats down
Smoke billows from a Sunday train
That cries away from a quiet town
Music video by The Killers performing Quiet Town. © 2021 The Killers, under exclusive license to Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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I went to high school with Brandon. He was in our class and worked at taco time. When the train killed Raymond and Tiffany it was devastating. I love the respect and the story Brandon told. Their story. Nephi was a great place to grow up!! Great little town ❤️
Amanda....That is very touching. I am so sorry for the loss of your friends. Brandon truly does a wonderful tribute. I hope it helps you persevere.
thanks for sharing
That's so lovely they did a tribute. Puts into perspective- these guys have been all over the world yet still those early memories hit their souls. Also, didnt realize Utah had taco time, thought it was just PNW lol
I have just read your message and it a beautiful song and made me cry
It also hit hard
Listening to new Killers songs is like opening Christmas presents.
This isn’t just a song, it’s a straight up emotionally driven, masterpiece.
This song should of been Huge.🌞
I need all my friends and family to validate this song so badly. I'm going through an unwanted divorce and i'm currently renovating my new place for 5 hours every night after work. This whole album is blasting at all times as i cry, laugh, dance, drink beer, scrape popcorn and remove old carpet. Its healing and connects me to myself and my creator and this land. Its just magic.
This song touched my soul. I owned a business in Nephi and lived in Mona. My kids went to school with Brandon, including my 16 year old son Jacob who was killed by a train a few years after Raymond and Tiffany were killed. The community wrapped their arms around us and grieved right along beside us.
I am so sorry for your loss.
Hey Jeff, you probably don't remember me, Matt Adams and my brother Johnny, but we both called each other and reminisced about Jacob and boxing matches with Jesse in the yard after listening to this song. Hope all is well! Jacob was a really cool guy.
@@matta.4816 I believe I do remember you. Wasn't your brother Sam Adams? If so I have a picture I would like to share with you. I actually tried to figure out how to track your mother down to share the picture with her and was unable to. Find me on messenger.
Thank you for the kind words and the memories of Jacob. He was a good kid. And he is truly missed.
@@jeffboyd7780 yes sir! Thank you! thank you!
@@jeffboyd7780 this is the type of connection that this song is talking about....how awesome to see this. a huge puzzle piece solved by the music. god bless bro. be well.
After all those years, the Springsteenzation of the Killers is finally complete.
Well said.
Just what I was thinking. I do miss the 80s inspired Hot Fuss days though.
Unfortunately all the way through. Sam’s Town (previously most compared work) had Springsteen threads but was still very unique in their own sound and lyrical context.
Oh yes you are right that's why it was familiar, totally a Springsteen ripoff.
not sure if i like it
I’d say The Killers have, more than any other group, soundtracked my life. I fell in love for the first time to “Runaways.” My dad and I would listen to cuts from Hot Fuss on our way to the DQ in middle school. Sam’s Town was blaring in my headphones while I visited colleges. As a grown actor, The Man has been my go to pump up song before auditions and job interviews. In all these years of looking up to Brandon Flowers, this is the most vulnerable I’ve ever heard him. The album is gorgeous boys. Feeling blessed to be a Killers fan.
Same here. I would listen to Mr. Brightside as loud as I could every day on the way to high school. Then Sam’s Town in college, and so on and so on. Finally, Imploding the Mirage came at the end of my spiritual awakening. It’s been a synchronistic ride.
Congrats on being average af
Straight up
I’m from Nephi City, and this song is about a couple of amazing people who are truly missed. This is such a good song
Amen!
I know Tiffany’s brother. He said their family sat down to listen to the song and cried the whole time. He said he didn’t think so much of the song would actually be about her, at first he thought just a quick line referencing it. Their mom still can’t bring herself to listen to it. Really nice family.
Hi, can you please explain how these accidents came to happen?
@@geoborgreece sounds like the first lyrics describes the collision. Wet rain and a train. For primary collision factor (speed, turning movement or fail to stop) I don’t know
Thanks for sharing
@@geoborgreece I don’t really know about the second couple but Tiffany and her boyfriend got pregnant in high school and planned to get married once they graduated. 6 months later they were driving late at night and got hit by a train and died.
@@scarlettrussell1977 wasn’t late at night. It’s was on school lunch break. 12:15 pm. They had the radio on or something at least that’s what the cops said. Small towns don’t have railway arms that block the road so you have to watch the lights and listen for the trains whistle.
It’s insane how under rated this song is.
not by you or I @maroku007
holy god, the youtube comments section ‘underrated’ fetish/pathology simply will not be denied. what causes this psychologically?
This song makes me nostalgic for a place I've never been.
Parents weep through daddy’s girl eulogies and merit badge milestones/ with their daughters and sons lying there lifeless in their suits and gowns…..just as heartbreaking a lyric as I’ve ever heard. This album is a masterpiece. Thank you guys!
we live in such haunting times ~
Seriously. I first heard this song in my car and when I heard that lyric I literally had to pull off the road to compose myself. Such a powerful piece of music.
this song hits a parent in two ways: first, that brief yet deeply moving image about losing children to opioids - adult children, brandon's age, who were lost to addiction but for their parents they will always be in their hearts as daddy's girls and boy scouts
Isn't that how all parents think of their children when they're grown? But that's all they have left of them now.
And then at the end, he sings of walking with the living and the dead through a visit to his hometown, thinking of his parents raising him there
giving him the kind of love he could never put down (in words), and how part of him is still that stainless, lucky kid
So he can think of himself that way, too
Like those lifeless daddy's girls and merit badge earning boys surely once were, too. Stainless and loved, but not so lucky.
Just amazing well written.
That crushed my heart
I am a 60 year old man who only recently heard about The Killers. Liandra, my oldest daughter turned me onto their music and I’ve been mesmerized ever since. The words. The mix. The pain and the hope that I hear in the lyrics has made me a believer in goodness born from pain and truth. It’s a hard but real blend. When I die, I want some of The Killers music to be played at my service. God and The Killers understand judgement and joy.
You have got loads of their music to catch up on. Lucky you it's all great.
By the way I am 67.
Beautifully said. I do too.
Very good sir, I'm 55 ditto.
You’ve definitely tapped into some good stuff. They’ve been making great records for about twenty years.
I grew up in Nephi, where this is set. My friends and I would replay the Killers records over and over, knowing Brandon was from there too, hoping to one day make it out of the small town just like he did. I've since moved and for a long time was ashamed to tell people I was from this 'converted truck stop' of town. Now, looking back, I hold those memories of all those people so close and realize that those people are part of who I am today. For all the negatives a small town can bring as far as lack of diversity and ideals, they have a story to tell.
Well said brother. Cheers
Well said and it's time for that quiet town to honor Brandon and the rest of the killers.
Never understood people wanting to leave a tight knit community. For what? To each his own I guess.
@@Katya_Lastochka to be fair, one can live in a tight knit community within an urbanized landscape. We live in the 7th largest city in the country, but within our section of the city lies a young & vibrant micro community - and with all the amenities & attainable items one needs within a 4 mile radius.
Still, I do get the draw of small town America and there is something to be said about being removed from the rat race social elements that cities tend to have.
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Brandon Flowers and The Killers are one of those unique set ups that don't settle for a standard verse chorus verse chorus end. The songs have something different from beginning to end, whether its a coda, an extended chorus or something else, but you can't leave the song before it's done. And as for evolution, no other band has done it better, somehow sounding exactly as they did 20 years ago yet sounding so different with every album.
Falou tudo!
I'm not from Nephi, but I'm from the next town down the highway. These songs could've been about any of these rural Utah towns. It's so cool to hear one of my favorite bands singing about where I grew up. This song and album feel like a personal gift.
I played high school baseball games in Nephi. If I wanted to go "up north", I would drive through Nephi and across those train tracks. It was the halfway point between college and home, where my brothers would generously fill up my car with gas as we headed back home from my mom's house.
"The first crop of hay is up, school let out and the sun beats down.
Smoke billows from a sunday train, that cries away from a quiet town."
I know what that hay smells like, and I know what those trains sound like.
I think this will resonate with a lot more people than we think, rural America will resonate to this deeply.
Well said Russ! Many memories for sure. I’ve crossed that train track so many times. I even fell asleep at the wheel and went down the ravine in the nephi hills. With my two little kids. We all survived miraculously. My heart goes out to the ones this song is about and anyone else who has lost a loved one. What a tragedy! I also love the killers. They were the first concert I ever attended. Thanks again.
Thanks for sharing this :)
I am Italian, when I heard this song the first few times I did not understand the meaning of the text, I went to read it and I was shocked by the story behind the song told by Brandon. If you reflect on it you understand the value of life.
I've always felt it in the gym, the first few times I imagined it was a nostalgic re-enactment of American landscapes in John Denver's Country Road style collective imagination. When I discovered the true meaning of the song, I suddenly changed the way I received it.
The same for me, from France !
This song makes me think how similar we are as humans. I grew up in a small town in South America and I identify with many aspects of this piece. It's funny that sometimes we focus on the differences, but I think in the end we are so similar. Thanks to music for reminding us where we came from. It does not matter that you are on the other side of the planet, in the end we are on the same train.
You can really hear the Springsteen in this song. So far what I'm getting from this album is a look at the "classic Americana", both the good and bad. Looking forward to it!
Huge fan of this ! Goosebump album.. can’t wait for the concert ! Got it digital And two signed CDS..LOOKING FWD TO IT ?? Dude it came out a few hours ago lol.. join the party
He’s becoming more and more obvious as the years go on. Though Sam’s Town had some nods to the Boss as well… the production on this is killer (not intending puns)
@@nighthawkin__ Yup lots of nods to Springsteen and Fleetwood Mac on Imploding the Mirage
It only remained to mention New Jersey
My very first impression as well!
In tears
"Good people who lean on Jesus
Are quick to Forgive"
Same
no doubt that Brandon Flowers is one of the best lyricists of the last 20 years !! Touching song
the killers is the only band that make me wonder who are the people on the song, where it happen, why he choose it, and them the whole album is about it, feels complete to me.
Siempre Latinoamérica fiel a The Killers. Saludos desde México a mis hermanos de Argentina, Brasil, Perú, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay y los que me faltan.
Panamá 🤗❤
🇵🇪 Perú
Brasil
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
@@sejaeterno_ somzera né? 🇧🇷🥰
I love how people in Brandon’s small town are connecting through these comments. So sweet
This is one of the best songs ever written in the history of music!
I don't know if I would've made it through college if it weren't for ITM and Pressure Machine. This band is literally what keeps me going everyday, I just can't express how much they've done for me. Got one more semester and I'll be home free all thanks to these guys.
Congrats and good luck!
You can do it! Almost there.
You hang in there and take care of business. You are strong and you got this! Music is everything to me. Has been since I was about 2 years old... my Daddy loved music and back in tha day we would cruise around listening to Changes ONE Bowie HOT ROCKS Rolling Stones and everything by George Thorogood... we also listen to an incredible singer song writer STEVE FORBERT... I am giving away my age but if I may recommend you check Steve Forbert... he kinda wrote the soundtrack to my childhood...
"... Offering their son the kind of love he could never put down." Love this line. This is the kind of parent I want to be. Thank you for the inspiration. It reminds me of the lyrics from their previous song, "Be Still." Still one of my favorites!
are we sure that is an actual positive line? it seems he is being ironic at times
it's not ironic, he is LDS.
I am from a small town in West Texas and this song reminded me of who I am and of all the friends I had in high school who died tragic deaths , may they rest in peace . And may God continue to bless your work Killers ! I am loving every note and every sweet sigh sung from the ❤ ! Gracias !!
Being that kind of parent is the only way, rewarding but over the years,
can be difficult. All the best.
Animation is a masterpiece. Beautiful story for a beautiful song. Making the deceased kids turn into Angels! The innocence taken away from them still exists in our memories.
A similar thing happened in my hometown to a friend except it was speeding drunk driver that hit her and her boyfriend. Saddest I have ever been and then I became numb like my joy and innocence died. And I was "keeping secrets" of my own pain pill usage. Stolen from my father because that sad day made me not care about life. "Things like that ain't supposed to happen" line came and it broke me. This video gave me an image of my friends still holding hands and living on, even if it is just in my memory. I want them to live in this video. After seeing the imagery here I can think of my best friend without breaking down for the first time since high school 3 years ago. This song and video mean a lot to me. Thanks Killers! wow. some part of me is set free! Hopefully I feel this way tomorrow! I might bring their view count up to 1 million!
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Beautiful ❤️ I hope you continue to feel better
God bless you Ryan, my brother when you have The Killers and God in your heart and soul you just know it's going to be OK. The heart I have today isn't the one I was born with, I was given a better one a couple of years back, as my one had run its course, and man I'm so grateful to be alive and to be able to hear soul and heart cleansing music like this. Keep on fighting the good fight Ryan, you're a champion my brother.
Continue your healing journey, Ryan - life can be hard - but it can be beautiful too - hold on to those moments. Sending you love from South Africa
As you so clearly pointed out, this town represents MANY (in fact, most) places where we all call home - and that’s why it touches our hearts! That said, I did grow up in this specific town - and the animation includes just enough detail that it brought me to tears ... and made me recall another girl who couldn’t (or wouldn’t, we’ll never know in this life) get her car off the tracks!! Horrifying experience even for the living who weren’t there with her! Also another two boys on motorcycles in an even smaller town about 7 miles up the road! We’ll never know why these accidents happen, but I do hope and pray it adds resolve in our own souls to appreciate and use that time we have and not waste it while we still have a life to live - while continuing to respect and honor and love our fallen friends!! Bless you for caring and sharing. Keep finding the light!!
'And every time I see my parents in the prime of their lives,
Offering their son the kind of love he could never put down'
These lyrics just broke me.
In fact this album just tore me down emotionally.
What a band.
Me too, man, me too.
The Killers are one of the most consistent bands I've ever listened too.
The Killers never disappoint! Wow... This has a Springsteen/Mellencamp (or maybe...dare I say The Traveling Willburys) 80s vibe. Love the harmonica and a song that tells a sad story. Can't wait to see The Killers in concert in 2022. Peace & Love.
Im glad you said that i got mellencamp jack and dianne vibes immediately
Sounds like he's trying to sound like Bruce Springsteen.
@@wheelbite14 The New Mini Boss? I don't think so. Brandon said he admires and always looked up to Bruce. Imitation is the strongest form of flattery.
Ever been so early to a killers upload and all you see are the amazing fans that the killers have all across the world, no matter what time it is, they're still here supporting them.
I live in Nephi and have been here almost my whole, minus a few years after I graduated. I went to school with a few of Brandon's nieces and nephews and know his family. I love this song and seeing all the things I grew up with in this video.
Just hoping the Killers never grow old…their songs are just simply beautiful and inspirational. Listened to all their songs…12 years and counting 🔥 😃
Jesus Man! I wasn’t expecting to shed a tear like that tonight. That was beautiful 🥲
holy shit what a MASTERPIECE the Killers never miss man
except wonderful wonderful... sometimes they miss...
@@Greendogblue hey bud, I liked Wonderful Wonderful
@@Laughy-Flaaffy yeah it was fine I guess. It wasn't what I was really hoping for though. Fortunately Imploding the Mirage was fucking fantastic and blew basically everything they've done since Sam's Town out of the water
Sam's Town is one of the greatest albums of all time! This album is absolutely incredible
every song on this album breaks me and I love it and i need it
I did a little research after hearing this song and seeing a comment that it was a true story. Brandon would have been around 13 at the time.
The song is about "Tiffany JaNae Taylor and Raymond Leo Newton, both 17, sweethearts since the eighth grade, were laid to rest side by side in Mona City Cemetery as their baby daughter, TaKelle JaNae Newton, was held by her aunt, Jamie Garrett.Taylor, who lived in Levan, and Newton, of Mona, were killed on Thursday, Nov. 3, when their car was struck by a Union Pacific train at a railroad crossing in northwest Nephi during a school lunch break.
Speakers at the funeral remembered two young people who were unselfish, good-humored and an asset to the school." This was in 1994, the website I looked at also said they had been planning on getting married after graduation aswell. It's utterly heartbreaking listening to the song knowing the story behind it and so sad that so many people have lost their lives on train tracks.
I also documented what happened in 1994, according to the testimonies of other people (including users here in the comments) many fatal accidents involved the Union Pacific train, the death of Tiffany and Raymond was therefore not the only one. The story of opiate drug abuse among the Nephi population is also true, and that the drama never ended.
I live in southern Europe, so I initially believed that the song was a nostalgic re-enactment of American landscapes and its musical culture, like Denver's Country Roads, when I realized that instead the song was actually a tribute to two unjustly broken lives I was dismayed . I had never been so moved by a song ... and made me reflect on the value of life.
Tantos años y seguimos aquí, adorando sus canciones.
Cuánta razón 🥰
son el soundtrack de mi vida. :')
acaba de comenzar ,que paza,no es los beatles
@@lenny632 Acaba de comenzar??
Ya we do❣️
I love the comments by all of the fans from Central and South America. They truly make up a dedicated fan base.
So do I. Just spent a few minutes going through and giving them all a thumbs up...
Unlike most of the comments beneath, I do not come from this part of the world, but I do know enough to recognise magickal evocation when I hear or see it. I have been listening to The Killers since 2004, and this has to be the most powerful personal statement I've heard them make. I live in the UK, but I see and hear the information that reveals the struggles and desparation of ordinary people in the US on a regular basis. So long as places like this have ambassadors like Brandon, they will not be forgotten by the wider world. God bless.
Well written. I am from Norway and in some ways I can relate to the song. What an album this is. Just amazing.
That was lovely to read Richard, I too share your sentiments. I’m from the UK but definitely feel connected and have an appreciation for their struggles. The killers rock.
Quiet time for the humanity!!
The Killers love you!!!!
Have this album on repeat!! Been a fan since hot fuss, I'm 30 now! This album is amazing!!! Love from Sacramento CA!!!
I didn't think the album was out yet?
Go KINGS
Same with me 👍
Same here. I'm just older :D
Same, 1990
Saw the killers play on their first tour in Australia in a small venue! That night I turned to my mate and said they will be biggest band on the planet! 22 years later they gave it a nudge.
Heard this for the first time on CBS Mornings. A couple days ago I attended a funeral for a 25 year old who died by a self inflicted gunshot wound. Some say suicide but I believe it was an accident. The family is shattered and so are we as close friends. The death of children is unfathomable. Grief is unlimited and unending and this song speaks to that. I write this while sobbing.
Best song ever - BRAZIL NEEDS YOU GUYS
Old mo
OLD
Calma bicho kkkkk
Old que sim
En estos momentos tan difíciles de Pandemia veo esto como un rayo de esperanza, gracias por regalarnos magia!🥺🖤❤️
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Bien dicho
asi es
mariana Bauga the killers siempre da magia
asi es
mariana Bauga the killers siempre da magia
"And I will walk with the dead and the living where I used to live". This line got me goosebumps. Remembering my passed mother and I feel grateful for what I had.
The Waterboys. Lovely and more than a little bit of The Waterboys. No insult intended. Charming.
Brandon is a fan of the waterboys,the killers performed whole of the moon in dublin in 2018 and Brandon dedicated it to Mike Scott who said he was an honanary irish man.
Can't stop listening to this!
What a great song I'm retired Railroad Conductor. I lived in a very small quiet town. Everything you sing about is so true.
The miracle of this song is that even though he/they obviously wrote it with Nephi in mind, it seriously takes me right back to the quiet town where I grew up. The verse about his parents hits straight to the heart. RIP, Dad.
The Killers have been the soundtrack of my life. Every album has marked a significant, pivotal moment in my life. Gave me strength to keep going. Breathed life and happiness in me. From jail, marriage, divorce, serious car accident, covid and my love having a heart attack. Thank you Killers. You are the greatest.
I am here before 100 views. This is the best birthday gift I received. Thank you, The Killers.
I've been listening to the Killers for years and i love each and everyone of there albums, this song is amazing. The Imploding of Mirage album helped me through my cancer recovery.
This is such an unbelievably good song that recaptures so many feelings and what small town America is really like
So much soul in in this song. It brings soul to the world that needs to remember that we can have a simple life and still be fulfilled and happy.. Brandon's voice suits the blues and his beautiful soul is certainly transmitted to this song/album. It brought me memories of a life that I didn't live while listening to this song I imagine how life would be in this quite town. This song certainly a beautiful story telling. . . .
Amazing how Brandon tols this sad story. With such empathy and hope. It's really touching and makes everyone reconsider their lives, homes, parents. And feel gratitude and love for their families and close people. We are all united ❤ The animation is also great, especially I liked the idea with the halos. Beautiful, thank you The Killers
No se que dice pero la chica esta guapa
Also the colours and the smoke from the train..
Shelly Elder was one of my dads (Melvin Jess Bennetts) very BEST friends. I loved him so. I used to babysit for them. They too had a daughter named Chelsea and my dad has a daughter named Shelley. He was such a kind and thoughtful man. It was the hardest thing watching my dad say goodbye. I cried and cried for days and couldn't bring myself to go to his viewing until my mom said dad could really use our support and I would regret not saying goodbye for myself. I am so grateful I did. He was such an inspiration in my young life. Still miss that gentle soul 💔
I know I’m 16 but man my generation is missing out on such great music. It’s sad really. Huge fan of their music, can’t stop listening!!!
I'm glad to see a comment like yours...you are special ❤
I'm not from Nephi, but I lived in Spanish Fork as a kid, which is another rural Utah town. This song fills me with nostialga for those simpler times, back before I had to worry about things
This whole album is so cohesive and complete. Great storytelling.
No saben lo que me alegra escuchar esta música. He estado haciendo un recorrido por toda la discografia
Los necesito con su nueva música
Gracias The Killers
This song gets a lot of air play on 101,7 the wolf, Elsberry, MO. I listen to this station a lot. There are songs, that have seen me through tough times. This is one of those songs. I lost my youngest son to a fentanyl overdose i Sept 2020. I plan to listen to the rest of their music. Thank you for sharing this song. I am so sorry you lost your friends.
My deepest sympathy to you and your family. Unfortunately I know your pain. This song reminded me of my son also. Peace and light to you on your journey.
This song move the fibers of my soul... Thanks The Killers ♥⚡
Very strong Springsteen influence is present in this song's sound. I also hear a little bit of The Cure with the beginning instrumental.
México los ama!
This song reminds me of a time longer on when I was a kid I miss those days he helps me remember God how I miss those days youth is a beautiful thing
This town is Nephi, Utah, a train hit a couple of teenagers in a fatal incident. 1:15 is main street, 3:01 is the Motel on the south side of town, 3:18 is mount nebo the end of a mountain range the J stands for JUAB and the trees in these frames is the neighborhood of Nebo Heights , 3:40 is the Ute Stampede at the south east side of town, it comes every summer.
What I love about the killers is they are inspired by so much music and appreciate it, and yet they are their own band and have a sound that isn't all the same. There are songs on every album that are amazing. Although I tend towards the more dance-y ones that challenge you to sit still while they play, for example, I can never ever tire of any mix of Mr. Brightside, this is a great song, and learning it's a true story, well, it's a great tribute to his town and the families, and many of us can relate to growing up planning your escape from your hometown only to be nostalgic looking back on how you grew up and the people you grew up with and how they influenced you.
The Killers do music that goes in all kinds of directions - yes, there's a Springsteen influence along the road, but also all kinds of other musical influences, most of which I also like and appreciate. Although I know most of us will gravitate to a sound that most appeals to us, I hate the idea that you can only like one genre of music and everything else is crap or that other idea that only a certain era is "good" and all new music "sucks" people can have when they get to a certain age - if that ever happens to me, that's my sign that I've lost my zest for life. I especially hate that idea that you're an original true fan and that anyone who didn't discover a particular band or sound as soon as you did is a poser or that any band that is influenced later by a sound is a a copycat and must be shunned - there's nothing more exciting than hearing a great musician for the first time no matter if they are brand new and you heard of them first, or they are from 50 years ago and you weren't alive when they came out. You miss out on so much fun, cool and just plain good music that way. Every so often a friend will mention liking such and such band and I wonder how that could be because I didn't like it, so I'll go back and have a listen only to discover they're right - So much of it is personal and what you connect with most at certain times in your life. Besides, I just don't get why Springsteen is so polarizing, he tells stories about American life that are pretty spot on and moving. Although his music wasn't the main music I listened to growing up, I never wanted to change the station when he came on, he tells good stories set to music - Good lyrics & good musical composition. Same for the Killers, they just tend to mix up their sound a lot more than other bands, but I don't think that's a bad thing - all of what they do seems authentic to the Killers as musicians, I think it keeps them interesting.
Anyway, thank goodness for RUclips during the pandemic, I can't live without music --Love the history, the old, the new, the experimental - and you can find it on RUclips (with video!) so you could feel kinda like you were going to a show when there weren't any shows...
Killers, you saved my life. Seriously. Love you ALL. Thank you so much for this álbum.
I'm from a small town in Texas and I feel this so much. I lost a friend in highschool. Not to a train but to an overdose on pills... The other topic in this song. So for me it's a double punch talking about loss and drug issues in rural towns. I mean
"They still don't deadbolt their doors at night" is 100% the town I went to highschool in. And this album made me both reconsider my experience in my Small Town and take a drive to leave flowers on my friend's grave
I am from the Northwoods Inn upper most Wisconsin I haven’t taken the keys out of my car in the 20 years I’ve lived here can relate My kids went to the same schools as all their friends all the way through till high school and I have to say I wouldn’t trade it for the world nor will I leave
the most beautiful song of all time. I listen to it 100 times a day
Magic song
It's like Battle Born+Imploding the Mirage= Pressure Machine~
This song is really beautiful. I love the bridge at the end. Such gorgeous melodies.
Back in fall 2021 I heard this song on the radio during a time that I really needed hope. It kind of became my theme song in getting out of the hole I was in. On New Year's Eve, the radio station that I'd listened to it on was doing a countdown of the best alternative music that year. I listened as I waited for midnight, not knowing if this song would be on the list. When it started playing, I got so excited, and I scrambled to record it with the little MP3 player / radio I had. Later, this song helped me process some tragic and life-changing things that my close friend did. Thank you to the Killers for writing this song.
I’m from Mona, Utah (suburb of Nephi). It’s so meaningful seeing how these Nephite cultural icons of the J, Starlite Motel, Ute Stampede, and of course the train can paint such a vivid story: the story of the man that made it out of our two-Star town and really, really made his mark on the world stage. The story that every kid in our quiet corner of the world keeps in their heart.
Great to hear Dave Keuning’s rock guitar back on a Killers record
Thoughts upon first listening:
These are my people. I understand the mindset, the culture. I'm in tears.
Every lyric is written on the clay tablets of my heart from my own life lived. This song echoes familiarity.
"Hard working people, if you're in trouble, they'll lend you a hand." I brought that with me to every place I've lived and have been surprised at times to find it is not part of the cultural fabric of all other cities and towns. I have sorely missed casseroles passed over fences and people figuring out how to help a troubled neighbor get through a tough time. "They know how to live. Good people who lean on Jesus , they're quick to forgive." Seeing the good in others, doing your best to do your best in all the places of your life, remembering there is more to this life than only this life. Forgiving so quickly you'll be called foolish by the rest of the world. You're not naïve, because you have felt the heat of the refiner's fire.
Even so, there is a dark side to those places and those people hold their troubles deep inside, with the stain of shame. "Somebody's been keeping secrets". So many secrets, the shame that demands the secrets be hidden and preserved is an inherent weakness in Quiet Town.
"And I will walk with the dead and the living" Our dead are among us. *Our dead are never dead, until we have forgotten them*. That belief is at the nucleus of the faith that moves the feet of those who walk in Quiet Town.
Beautiful experience, this song. Nostalgia, and my long held memories swirling around me. Thank you for this song.
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The letter on the hill made me smile... because that's a familiar sight in these small towns :)
And
That first audio story clip ... the train is a way out of this life. Train going nowhere. One way train. Train outta town. Sometimes being from Quiet Town, you feel like you've got to get out, away. But a small part of you will ache for it for the rest of your life.
ETA: those fireworks at the end, that's a celebration on July 24 :)
Hey Lotus what is that letter on the mountain, can't make it out?
@@anthonybreakey9437 It’s a “J” for Juab county
@@Mamahendu3 Thanks Kara, I thought maybe it was one of the train victims initials. Appreciate you clearing that up.
@@anthonybreakey9437 I'm not from Juab county, but it's not uncommon in Idaho and Utah to put initials on those high desert hills representing the town, county, or local high school/town college :)
Beautifully written and so heart-wrenching, from one small, quiet towner to another. I know what they mean when they say, “you can never truly go home.”
This is one of the best songs I have heard in years.
I hear Bruce Springsteen's influence through and through!
Love it.
Gracias the killers 🙌🏻, Monterrey, los tacos "el primo" y yo los extrañamos. 🇲🇽
This song is truly inceredible. In fact, no, not just this song, all of Pressure Machine. The memories the songs talk about are so specific but you can still put your own experiences in to them. It's just such a beautiful collection, the sorrowful nostalgia crossed with hope and joy just works so, so well
I was born in a quiet town, next to the train tracks. In Portugal. We still don't lock our doors at night. We had our share of loss to drugs. The train there only kills those who choose to take their own lifes, for whatever unbearable reason. This on the other side of the world, in Portugal. When I heard this song for the first time I fell immediatly in love. I'm a big fan of the Killers, and of Springsteen. This song went straight to my heart.
At 1:30 , it's like the Boss is playing harmonica 👍 Love him and the Killers, too !
I didn't know this gent, but grew up in this same town. I know EXACTLY how he feels with the "small town" feel. I moved away, but family still lives there and I visit once in a while. Moved to another "Quiet Town" and wouldn't trade it for the world
YESSSS CAN'T WAIT FOR THE ALBUM DROP!!!
Its out
@@SuperGreyWardens xd
Great lyrics that celebrates the idea of gratitude and homecoming make this song beautiful. The animation only adds to its beauty.
This band is what made me and my bf fall in love. He would sing me their songs and I'll always love this band. Thank you The Killers, for helping me find the love of my life.
And every now and then, modern music throws us a gift. If I had to pick the best band from 2000 onwards it would be head and shoulders Brandon and the boys, well done!
You guys never dissapoint me. What a masterpiece.😍😍😍😍
I’ve always been a The Killers listener, amazing how they keep their style alive but they get more creative every time! Love the story inside the video, fits greatly with the track !
The evolution of their catalog is incredible. What a great song 👏👏👏
I "met" Brandon when he was about 2 years old and in diapers. I knew his family when they lived in our ward (I was their 'Home Teacher'). I worked with one of his sisters when she was a temp at Ethel M Chocolates. His mom, Jean (or Jeanne) was a very nice lady. My wife and I ran into her much later at a wedding reception one night and she told us that Brandon had put out a 4 song CD. First time I ever heard about him being a musician.
He was born in 1981. I became a member of the Church in 1981. I've always wanted to meet him as an adult. Brandon, I'm still in Henderson :)
It's been a while since I've heard a song with such beautiful lyrics.
A sad story that took place in a city as good as almost all of them once were and, unfortunately, are not being anymore.
People from the countryside, even though they had many flaws, cultivated beautiful values, each day they become rarer. Thanks for this magnificent song, "The Killers" !
This song and whole album is amazing, I've been fixated on it since it came out, The Killers are one of the best bands to come around in along time, great musicians, Brandon is an excellent song writer and has the voice of an angel
The Killers are super great, thanks for keeping up the hard work and writing great super great songs. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is waiting on y'all.
That damn Nephi train. My dog howls along with it every night.
The killers mean so much. Nostalgic anthems of my youth. I really like this American roots (the boss influence) Feels right. It's needed. It's important. Thank you.
This is the best music ever....
I can't stop listening. I repeat this song over and over lately. It makes me cry. I love it.
My little family lives right north of this town! He used the skyline and train just like it is! It’s kind of haunting but beautiful♥️
Melhor banda de rock da atualidade, não canso de dizer, não canso de escutar e de contemplar! Obrigada por tanta arte, garotos! The Killers já faz parte da minha vida ❤️ Saudações do Brasil, a todos os meus amigos nordestinos, a todos os meus amigos latino-americanos 🥰
Que alegria encontrar seu comentário aqui! Amo The Killers desde a primeira ouvida. Beijos da Bahia 😘💓
Kkkkkkkk os cara não podem vir uma mina comentando que já ativam o modo gado
@@thetechfilesoficial que bacana!! Também sou de Fortaleza com muito orgulho haha! (:
@@notsoproudmary beijos 🤗😘
Nossa que legal,sou nordestino e amo The killers tbm♥️, parabéns pelo seu bom gosto musical