Even at the beginning of their career, I didn't think he was a good vocalist. He's actually one of the best vocalists in rock these days. He just needed time and work.
dave idmarx Saying Mr Brightside is just meh it’s like saying Nickelback has some redeemable quality... Mr Brightside is a great song, it has passion , it’s melodic , it’s a perfect Song
dave idmarx You might not like it but It’s a pretty succesful song.It was the most streamed song of any track released before 2010.And it never leaves the charts.Also Its close to 1billion on spotify.Its just not your taste but most people like it.With a success like that It would be fair to say this is a rock anthem from this century.
It's pretty amazing how Brandon Flowers basically learned how to sing over the course of their career. You can hear the progression from here to Hot Fuss (which was still a little rough).
@@adamdziedzinski6646ou’re 100% correct. He did and continues to take voice lessons. He got way better and his range got bigger. From 2012 to now, he actually sings the songs and stopped yelling so much for notes. He’s a great singer live
Wow, it's great to see an early performance of this super song unpolished. Just like we have the earliest film of The Beatles at the Cavern in Liverpool when they were starting out.
if only all those people realized how lucky they were. anytime i see a local band live i always get pictures with them just in case they get famous. good on this person for filming this. great piece of Killers' history.
This was ten years old when it was uploaded and it's been another ten years since then... Time never stops and we can only hold onto the moments that make us who we are. So many of those moments i was listening to this song.
It's funny how now when they play this song every one looses their mind. And in this video people are just standing there talking to each other, but its the EXACT same song.
it just sounds shittier tho. maybe part from the old ass camera that is recording the video, maybe part from some crap mixing. i dont know. brandon's vocals sound way loud and his singing has gotten way better since lol
I love the Killers - and this outstanding early track. Fantastic to see the "primitive" but still Killers authentic setup. It brougth tears to my eyes. Thanks.....
I love the idea of Brandon putting on the full eyeliner fantasy to play at an all ages club with kids wandering around. 😂 This is so nostalgic! Can't thank you enough for sharing. 💖
What kind of all-ages club, given that it's Vegas? Is it mostly locals or, this being when they were promoting it as a family destination someone realized there's a whole decade of being too old for cartoon-mascot animatronics and too young to be on the casino floor so they squeezed this into their hotel?
Lots of rehearsal and time dedicating to improving themselves in every aspect of playing their music, that's what it took. The raw talent is there, but it sure is raw, lol.
Absolutely. Hearing this is so powerful. Show this to anyone who ever says "you've got real talent" or calls you an overnight success. How many Mr Brightsides had as much potential but never got practiced to the brilliance we hear today?
What’s crazy is this is clearly a singer who doesn’t know how to sing, but somehow, undocumented managed to produce a top notch debut album of great songs with great singing and melodies
i just saw them live and seeing how far they’ve come in 20 years is amazing! also i was literally 3 when this performance happened so knowing their popularity spans generations is wack 🤯
This is a gem of a video; I think you should share it with the band so they can have a laugh at themselves LOL Thank God a producer took this raw material and elevated the song to a rock anthem
always wondered what some of the killers first gigs were like. now i know! :D even though this kinda sounds bad, i cant do nothing but love it! thanks for uploading!
All the idiots going "wow this sucks" are hilarious Yeah, Brandon has come out and said the he sucked at singing when the band started, and he wasn't even the original vocalist. Hot Fuss used a boatload of effects on his voice, and he put in a lot of effort and training to hone his talent. Go listen to any of their live shows post-2004, and especially the more recent live shows, and you'll see that he's a great singer. The voice is an instrument, and like with any instrument, you improve on it the more you practice and use it.
Wow..... they didn't sound very good live back then. I'm sure they were still finding themselves and Brandon was still gaining his confidence as a vocalist as I've seen other live performances from them in later eras of the band and they're very good live. Just not so much here.
the answer to brandon's 'poor' vocals is back then they were a raw punk band, which requires messy, grunge vocals rather than focusing vocals to be on key, people are only saying its bad now since they evolved in styles and improved , compared to a few established new wave, punk bands nowadays this still holds up!
Oh come on... that's bs. As if he wasn't trying to sing in key on his own song!? Lol They're not some abrasive punk band or noise rock by any stretch. You can tell he's trying but just struggling at this point. Everyone has to start somewhere and he improved as a vocalist and performer drastically over a very short period of time, so massive props to him. Just stop trying to spread bs...
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Cómo uno progresa hasta la acutualidad. Ahora esa banda hace unos conciertos increíbles con sonidos excelentes y ahora Brandon tiene una voz mucho más entrenada y afinada en vivo. Este es un claro ejemplo de que puedes empezar con temas sencillos e instrumentos de bajo presupuesto y seguir escalando infinitamente.
"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it!"
comment of the year. I don't think half the ppl in this thread get the reference
@@GilandSarahSolano I highly doubt that.
Best comment ever!!!!!!!
@@GilandSarahSolano From Back to the Future
Jamilet was here
"Anyway, here's a song that's gonna top the charts for the next 30 years."
Wow Brandon has come a loooooooeng way as a vocalist
I really loved the sing-talk version of this, but its clear he did it because he needed more vocal work.
Even at the beginning of their career, I didn't think he was a good vocalist. He's actually one of the best vocalists in rock these days. He just needed time and work.
Wonder how he got bettwr
@@thehumblewolf he did the only thing that anyone has ever done that made them better at something lol
@@wimbusbert1249 Correct -- auto-tune
If they only knew this was gonna be one of the biggest rock anthems of all time...They witnessed the birth of a legend.
Oh come on🙈
@@jensmoller6999 come on what? It IS one of the biggest rock anthems of all time
dave idmarx Saying Mr Brightside is just meh it’s like saying Nickelback has some redeemable quality... Mr Brightside is a great song, it has passion , it’s melodic , it’s a perfect Song
dave idmarx You might not like it but It’s a pretty succesful song.It was the most streamed song of any track released before 2010.And it never leaves the charts.Also Its close to 1billion on spotify.Its just not your taste but most people like it.With a success like that It would be fair to say this is a rock anthem from this century.
Laugh out loud at calling this rock.
These guys have potential, I hope they make it.
@For Parsing thought it was the assassins
@@rrobrr Maybe... I don't know, Slayer? No, wait, that's someone else...
Don't rush around with accusations like that man. Your gonna let a rumor ruin the moonlight
If I was a music scout I would've walked out the door. Luckily I'm not!
@@inessa5923 The Slayers?
It's pretty amazing how Brandon Flowers basically learned how to sing over the course of their career. You can hear the progression from here to Hot Fuss (which was still a little rough).
Usually when they are signed, under developed singers are sent for training
Kind of giving me Tom Delonge vibes here except Brandon Flowers got WAY better with time and Tom stayed at the same level but just changed.
He was going for that Ian Curtis vibe but didn’t work out of course 😂
I've played music for decades and I have a good sense of pitch and harmony, but I still sound exactly like this when I sing haha
@@adamdziedzinski6646ou’re 100% correct. He did and continues to take voice lessons. He got way better and his range got bigger. From 2012 to now, he actually sings the songs and stopped yelling so much for notes. He’s a great singer live
The fact that you recorded this is incredible
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One of the few times recording a live performance on your phone isn't total crap
@@HyzerFlexOnYou considering when this was recorded, I don't think this is in a phone.
@@boneman1982 good point that's very true and I'm old enough to know that too. My point still stands though!
Fr. He must've been from the future and knew what was up
It's so bizarre to see the crowd not flip out and jam to the song.
no one knew this song and that one part near the end probably gave them headaches
Hello from the future, totally agreed, there's not even any head nodding, is this at a wake or is everyone on ket or something?
Why? They sound like shit.
Prolly cause it was a terrible performance.
To be fair the pitch and timing is pretty rough here lol
The crowd has no idea...
kindakoolio they never do .
@zodrhi
In another song at this gig, a girl in the crowd mutters 'Wannabe band!'
every star starts somewhere
Wow, it's great to see an early performance of this super song unpolished. Just like we have the earliest film of The Beatles at the Cavern in Liverpool when they were starting out.
You can clearly sea that Ian Curtis influence here.. Beautiful
And drummer trying to hit cymbals like Moon 😂
If I was a time traveler this is the shit I would do. I'd scare the shit out of The Killer's by knowing every damn word of Mr. Brightside.
Lol omg yes.
I now want the time machine to be invented just for you crazy man to use it this way
lmao brandon that was rough....
but man oh man, if only the crowd knew years later you would get to be that lucky!
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Proof everyone starts somewhere. Just awesome in a completely different way;)
Not hearing the "it was only a kiss, IT WAS ONLY A KISS" screamed by the audience at Brandon is SO weird!
So raw still. It’s so close. You can see it’s almost something.
That drum beat break down in the pre chorus is awesome
This show was not more than 8 dollars.
i wouldn’t pay a penny for this it gave me a headache
Well it’s in my aunts backyard sooo. Hahahh.
Love the synth solo at the end which is now the "I never" part
i hate it it sounded like he just smashed down every key
What was he even doing was he just smashing the keyboard
if only all those people realized how lucky they were. anytime i see a local band live i always get pictures with them just in case they get famous. good on this person for filming this. great piece of Killers' history.
This was ten years old when it was uploaded and it's been another ten years since then... Time never stops and we can only hold onto the moments that make us who we are. So many of those moments i was listening to this song.
I've made a lot of mistakes.
Why would you do this to me?
Watching this feels as if we´d come across footage of The Beatles in Hamburg...baby steps indeed...
Imagine time traveling and just going ham in the audience
He is confused as you sing every lyric perfectly
This is amazing. The crowd is literally wandering about discussing where they’ll get a bite while trying to work out what this band’s up to 🤣
Probably because this is fucking terrible.
@@michaelkeller5927 that was an objectively bad performance, I don't blame people for being kinda snoozed on it.
Who would have guessed this would have become one of the most popular songs of all time eh? :')
It's funny how now when they play this song every one looses their mind. And in this video people are just standing there talking to each other, but its the EXACT same song.
I think it's because they're Americans, they're so boring.
it just sounds shittier tho. maybe part from the old ass camera that is recording the video, maybe part from some crap mixing. i dont know. brandon's vocals sound way loud and his singing has gotten way better since lol
That’s because this performance is way before the band and song got big, you dopes.
Well this version is so early and sounds like crap compared to the polished sound they have now.
Yeh but you can tell they reworked the song arrangement into the much popular masterpiece that we now know as Mr.
Brightside.
I love the Killers - and this outstanding early track. Fantastic to see the "primitive" but still Killers authentic setup. It brougth tears to my eyes. Thanks.....
I love how the video quality makes it look like it happened in the 70s. ^^;
I LOVE the half time grove the drummer plays in the pre-chorus! Would be super cool to see them do that live now these days.
I love the idea of Brandon putting on the full eyeliner fantasy to play at an all ages club with kids wandering around. 😂 This is so nostalgic! Can't thank you enough for sharing. 💖
What kind of all-ages club, given that it's Vegas? Is it mostly locals or, this being when they were promoting it as a family destination someone realized there's a whole decade of being too old for cartoon-mascot animatronics and too young to be on the casino floor so they squeezed this into their hotel?
Plot twist: this was recorded at Chuck E Cheese.
@@nlpnt Most of the show venues in Vegas are just 18 or over. Some of them I got into under 18 as well.
They've literally been performing this for over 21 years!
i like that breakdown at @00:42. it's cool to hear the song played differently
Loved the instrumental bit at the end, made for a very different but equally awesome experience.
Lots of rehearsal and time dedicating to improving themselves in every aspect of playing their music, that's what it took. The raw talent is there, but it sure is raw, lol.
Absolutely. Hearing this is so powerful. Show this to anyone who ever says "you've got real talent" or calls you an overnight success. How many Mr Brightsides had as much potential but never got practiced to the brilliance we hear today?
What’s crazy is this is clearly a singer who doesn’t know how to sing, but somehow, undocumented managed to produce a top notch debut album of great songs with great singing and melodies
Hope they keep it up.
Same tbh.
i just saw them live and seeing how far they’ve come in 20 years is amazing! also i was literally 3 when this performance happened so knowing their popularity spans generations is wack 🤯
Talk about being at the right place at the right time! Thanks for sharing this!!!
A rapaziada assistindo um dos primeiros shows de uma das maiores bandas da atualidade..
This is a gem of a video; I think you should share it with the band so they can have a laugh at themselves LOL
Thank God a producer took this raw material and elevated the song to a rock anthem
wow theyve come so far since this! its amazing!!
The Castle in Henderson, NV. Wow some great memories at that little joint, I think the last show I saw there was Atmosphere.
Even like this, it's still the best song ever.
M.J. Cruz terrible voice
@@jensmoller6999 nah
@@RikkaTadakara yeah
omg, the audience are just standing there, and does not understand that this is going to be one of the biggest songs ever made in 2000.
That crowd doesn't know what they are hearing when the opening riff hits
I was there. I remember it like yesterday. Met my late wife that night..
vintage Killers = my heart's exploding!
I love that outro. So chaotic then bam.
always wondered what some of the killers first gigs were like. now i know! :D even though this kinda sounds bad, i cant do nothing but love it! thanks for uploading!
Amazing. Take me back there please.
i bet you weren’t there
omg! today this song is 2nd in NME poll "100 greatest songs of NME's lifetime" love you for sharing!!!! by the way: september 17!!!!!
All the idiots going "wow this sucks" are hilarious
Yeah, Brandon has come out and said the he sucked at singing when the band started, and he wasn't even the original vocalist. Hot Fuss used a boatload of effects on his voice, and he put in a lot of effort and training to hone his talent.
Go listen to any of their live shows post-2004, and especially the more recent live shows, and you'll see that he's a great singer.
The voice is an instrument, and like with any instrument, you improve on it the more you practice and use it.
🥺🥺🥺🥺 omg ellos ni siquiera sabían que iban a triunfar como una gran Banda tiempo después eran unos niños aún 🥺
oh my god these made my day so much better holy shit
actually kind of like the energetic raw punk rock feel of the chorus in this version
Just LOVE.
Greatness In the Making!
Wow..... they didn't sound very good live back then. I'm sure they were still finding themselves and Brandon was still gaining his confidence as a vocalist as I've seen other live performances from them in later eras of the band and they're very good live. Just not so much here.
Even in their prime I don't think they're a great live band
@@shoonseiki i guess you haven't seen their performance at the Royal Albert Hall? Or countless music festivals in the UK? 🤷
@@shoonseiki Seen them twice, awful live.
@@shoonseiki Agreed. I saw them back in their glory days and Brandon treated the performance like it was another day at the office.
Have you done much watching of not famous bands in small venues? Yeah this is fine.
This band doesn't sound too bad. I think they've got a chance
The delivery of the second verse is absolutely wild , as a huge killers fan that is ... yeesh
Wow, this song sounds really good, I wonder whatever happened to these guys? Does anybody know?
the answer to brandon's 'poor' vocals is back then they were a raw punk band, which requires messy, grunge vocals rather than focusing vocals to be on key,
people are only saying its bad now since they evolved in styles and improved , compared to a few established new wave, punk bands nowadays this still holds up!
Its still strange to see such a drastic difference between this and 2004
No, they weren't, stop making shit up, their vocals were shit and he just got better, a lot better.
Oh come on... that's bs.
As if he wasn't trying to sing in key on his own song!? Lol
They're not some abrasive punk band or noise rock by any stretch.
You can tell he's trying but just struggling at this point.
Everyone has to start somewhere and he improved as a vocalist and performer drastically over a very short period of time, so massive props to him.
Just stop trying to spread bs...
@@MB20978 yep
Brandon that was rough.
Just shows how much they have come since then
also wtf was that part near the end it
Definitely needed some time to get it sorted out haha but this is legendary
That outro thoooo was fire
im amazed that the crowd does not give one single fuck. this is mind blowing
Forever a fucking banger.
Classic. OMG. This made my whole fucking day.
Listening to Brandon Flowers singing here vs him singing flawless angelic falsetto in Pressure Machine damn
I got the chills...
Great to see this!...thanks for uploading!! :)
Ronnie with the half time groove
this is the purest killers essence! what a change! they were always the best! what a great band!
That was... rough. Still, who'd have thought this would become one of the biggest rock anthems of all time?
Not rock, its indie
@@purplepiss5481 yeah it's indie...rock
@@matthewrednor8640 nah nah, there’s a difference, this is indie not indie rock
indie rock´n´roll perhaps :P@@purplepiss5481
who was playing after them because clearly this crowd was there for someone else
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haha oh sweet! makes sense
Everyone has to start somewhere; I prefer this gritty version better than the radio release.
ROCKSTAR! born NOW!
YEARRR! THE KILLER!
Cómo uno progresa hasta la acutualidad. Ahora esa banda hace unos conciertos increíbles con sonidos excelentes y ahora Brandon tiene una voz mucho más entrenada y afinada en vivo. Este es un claro ejemplo de que puedes empezar con temas sencillos e instrumentos de bajo presupuesto y seguir escalando infinitamente.
sometimes i get jealous of tana but now i can think of the secondhand embarrassment she had to go through while watching this
They had no idea they were witnessing history
That's comforting knowing I just paid 232 dollars more for my ticket on 8/1/13
Was that from a tout? It was £85 for our tickets this past June.
I actually really like the drummer
These people didn’t even know this song would be in Fortnite
Wow they've really come a long way since this
Sings this live like I sing this after about 20 beers
The only cell phone footage of a show anyone ever watched
this was before cell phones had video even
Producers... God bless them.
Shot horizontally😀👍
It was a simpler time...
That's a good cover of Mr Brightside, I wonder if the killers have ever seen it.
On this day, 10 years ago.
now 22 years ago
weird that the greatest rock song of all time sounded like absolute shit back then
Wow, imagine all the other videos that are out there!
If I had been at this literally everyone who met me would hear about it haha
They play it so fast in parts!
I quite like this arrangement.
This was in a Denny's
Humble beginnings
somebody must've whipped them in shape honestly
jeaaaaalloouuusssyyyy