Talk:Mr. Brightside

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Contents 1 Xbox 360 Unveiling 2 Connection to Bowie's Queen Bitch? 3 title Mr Brightside 4 Lyric Link 5 Beethoven? 6 Saints into the sea 7 Regarding a Paragraph 8 Plagiarism 9 "The Killers" song 10 Majour WTF moment.

[edit] Xbox 360 Unveiling

This song was performed by The Killers at the unveiling of the 360. Relevant? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.75.198.128 (talk) 08:38, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Connection to Bowie's Queen Bitch?

has anyone notices lyrical/thematic and also some melodic similarities(in parts)to queen bitch by david bowie? Is it possible that that song had some influence on mr. brightside? ~~Robberex —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robberex (talk • contribs) 05:20, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] title Mr Brightside

It's called Mr Brightside because he is an optimist?? it's complete sarcasm, isn't it? He is picturing all these things in his head that haven't even happened, he's the exact opposite of an optimist. Unless someone can provide a source for that, I'm taking it out. Oreo man 17:05, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree - he says "it's all in my head", so he's probably bing pessimistic. However if it is based real life and his girlfriend was cheating on him then maybe he is being optimistic and hoping that he's imagining it. Zabdiel 14:11, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

It's more of a declaration of restlessness & madness. The thin white duke remix does it better justice I think... 24.148.118.190 08:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately I cannot give you a source, but it's called Mr. Brightside because he IS optimistic about his girlfriend cheating on him. He's Mr. Brightside because they are the one who have the problem, not him. It was written by The Killer's drummer for Brandon Flowers(the singer) after his grilfriend cheated on him Peeto87 (talk) 10:25, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lyric Link

The link doesn't seem to work - if it's not just a temp thing it should be removed Zabdiel 14:11, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beethoven?

Is it worth mentioning that the closing melody of the song is pretty much a direct lift of the "Ode to Joy" movement of Beethoven's Ninth? 143.252.80.100 14:36, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saints into the sea

Does anyone know the origin of this lyric? It stands out on it's own from the rest of the song and appears to be a 'saying' of some kind?

I think it makes reference to the Legend of Saint John of Nepomuk. "King Wenceslaus suspected his wife, who was accustomed to confess to Magister John, and called upon the latter to declare the name of her paramour. On John's refusal to say anything, the king ordered him to be drowned."--Espazolano 16:25, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding a Paragraph

"The lyrics refer to the overpowering emotions of jealousy one experiences when of the belief that his partner is cheating on him, or envy when one sees someone he desires with somebody else. Brandon Flowers, lead singer of The Killers, has openly admitted the song is based on a real life situation where he caught his ex-girlfriend with another man. Fellow Las Vegas native Matthew Gray Gubler is the song's real- life antagonist. The song is titled "Mr. Brightside", however, because he is trying to remain an optimist."

This is almost all original research, and unless somebody can find some sources in 5 days, then I'll take it out of the article. Original research and uncitable facts have no place on Wikipedia. That is all. SuperDT 06:15, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

However it would be nice for some kind of substantiated explanation of the lyrics to be provided; removing this means the article now lacks one. I really missed some kind of account of where the song-writer was coming from when viewing this page for the first time, as the song seems very melancholic and begs an explanation. Can anyone help with this? 81.141.48.52 (talk) 16:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Plagiarism

Where is a source for the line saying that this song has been accused of plagiarising Dreaming by Blondie? I cant see any correlation between these songs and unless there is any evidence to the contrary this should be removed. JonEastham 11:14, 14 November 2006

More likely than not, it was vandalism, or rather an anon user doing a "Can I Really Edit Here?" kind of edit. I can't find anything on this, and the two songs are nothing alike... SuperDT 06:29, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "The Killers" song

I'm almost certain that the song does not exist as the single "Mr. Brightside / The Killers" does not exist... I've looked all over on http://www.thekillersuk.com and cannot find the song... Just throwing it out there. It made me go on a wild goose chase to try to find the song... Wasakithis 06:56, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

It's been over a week now and no ones responded. I'm deleting that single since there is no evidence the song exists...Wasakithis 17:07, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Majour WTF moment.

Look under critical response. How is "This song is about a man who lost a girl to another guy, and he's talking about how he wishes she was his again." acceptable at all, let alone in the section about critical response? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.12.134.148 (talk) 21:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)