The Killers Release Spaghetti Western Style Video For “Cowboys’ Christmas Ball”
Two staples that signal the beginning of the holiday season: a new Miss Double D-cember, and The Killers releasing a Christmas song for charity.
The Vegas band’s Christmas single have been a welcome addition to the holiday song canon. “Don’t Shoot Me Santa” — when Brandon Flowers was still in his strange, “When You Were Young” vocal/pitch phase? Classic.
The video for the latest annual holiday jingle, “Cowboy Christmas Ball” was released Friday, and despite the Kevin & Bean Show’s resentment towards the Springsteen-meets-country holiday tune, I think the retro-kitsch and hilariously cheesy Spaghetti Western vibe of the video will soften even the hardest of Grinch-able hearts.
Director Robert Schober does a remarkable job pulling off the knock-off color saturation and Technicolor tint of early Western films. “Cowboy Christmas Ball” also features dancing Sheriff robots and aliens. Take notes, Jon Favreau.
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Matt
December 5, 2011 10:27 am
I like it…….not sure what Kevin and Bean’s problem is. Maybe because it doesn’t sound like The Black Keys?
Reverend Justito
December 5, 2011 10:41 am
This song is terrible. How drunk on egg nog were they when they went down to the local mall and recorded this at a kiosk?
Jessica
December 7, 2011 10:54 pm
I loved the vid.
OneLove
December 14, 2011 11:18 pm
~Dayumn Brandon Flowers is Sexy!! I love his ass!!
(in general, I haven’t even checked his ass out yet but now that I think about it, I should!! LOL =) ~love the video its cute, kinda hez going a lil country or something, kinda like his solo album! But hez so talented as a poet, ya gotta love anyting he does, regardless of his style of the month!! I say ~ WOOOT!!! XXXOOOO
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