The first verse is fine but man does it go downhill fast after that. The rest of the song is just naming off current events.
I would guess Some Kind of Love and Life to Come... but those are still better than Land of the Free.
I had to go back and listen to "Have All The Songs Been Written?" because I had deleted it a few days after Wonderful, Wonderful came out and never went back to listen to it. I'd have to agree that "Land of the Free" might be a better song, but to me it's kind of a toss-up. Basically my only postive thoughts musically for either of the songs are "Mark Knopfler is good at guitar" and "Ronnie Vannucci is good at drums", but I suppose LOTF gets the edge because I respect what he's saying and the overall message... I love "Out of My Mind", "Life To Come" & "Some Kind of Love", but I think I actually like Wonderful, Wonderful a lot more than most Killers fans I talk to. To me the weakest track (after HATSBW?) is "The Calling" but even then I enjoy it a lot and think it absolutely belongs on the album. "Some Kind of Love" is gorgeous. The other ones I can see the critique of them being a little generic maybe, but not that one .
Some Kind of Love is the best song on Wonderful Wonderful and one of the best songs they’ve ever done. Saying his kids ruin that song is a take I can’t abide.
I agree, that's kind of rough. I never particularly noticed anything about the back up singing. It never stood out to me at all as something odd or that didn't fit. I do remember reading that it's his children, but I feel like they did an amazing job and whole thing sounds so natural and organic. To me it's pretty much exactly how to do a slower song perfectly. I have it as my closer.
Some Kind of Love & Out of My Mind are mostly interchangeable for me. SKOL edges it out though with the line about the truck which I totally get is not everyone's bag.
Yeahhhhh. Battle Born is a great album to listen to while driving. Never done that before until now. Thanks, Matt Skiba.