fun. "Some Nights"

Sunday, August 19, 2012

I was turned on to these guys by the amazing Random Michelle. They remind me a bit of Queen in the way their voices blend, although I'm not yet convinced that Nate Ruess has quite the vocal chops that Freddie Mercury enjoyed. We'll see how he shapes up. In the meantime, I bought both their albums based on the strength of this one song.

3 comments:

Random Michelle K said...

I'm still gobsmacked by that video, even though it's not even my favorite song on that album.

Steve Buchheit said...

Heard them on the Colbert Report and the next day a friend asked, "WTF is this song about." Which I then had to take a closer look. Yeah, they seem to be an interesting pop group. And if the singer keeps belting it out like that, unless he's been getting training on how to control his voice, he's going to blow his pipes out.

And I have to admit, I don't like the video. While there's the lines that says, "This is it, this is war," the song isn't about war. It's another "band on the road" song. Doesn't make it any less a good song.

Janiece said...

Steve, the rest of the albums aren't pop. I would describe them as "light alternative."