The Killers And Lou Reed Leave Us At A Loss For Words
The video for “Tranquilize,” the agita-inducing collaboration between the Killers and Lou Reed, doesn’t even hew to the good kind of embarassing melodrama, or even the kind the band alienated half its fanbase with on Sam’s Town, trading chest-thumping Meatloaf/Springsteen pomp for bargain basement bleakness. Candelabras, poor lighting, and a children’s choir? And I still can’t quite figure out what this moany malarkey reminds me of. “Toy Soldiers”? “Silent Lucidity”? The lesser work of Peter Gabriel? There’s a bit of each in there, but none of them are quite right either. The comparison is right on the tip of my tongue and yet it eludes me. Maybe you can help.
Tranquilize (Video) – The Killers (WORLD PREMIERE) [YouTube]
