Killers To Release 'Hotel California' Single

The Killers’ much-talked-about covers album might be on the backburner for now, but the band has reminded everyone why they’re quickly becoming recognised as the best covers band on the planet.

Brandon’s boys are set to release their brilliant version of The Eagles’ utter-classic, “Hotel California”. The track will be out as a single on November 30.

This version originally appeared on the Rhythms Del Mundo charity album, Classics, which came out a couple of months back. The record, which mixes the best of the West with musos from Cuba, was recorded to raise money and awareness for the climate change and natural disaster support charity, Artists Project Earth [APE].

Other artist featured on the album included The Rolling Stones, Fall Out Boy & John Mayer [covering “Beat It”], Keane, Kaiser Chiefs and Jack Johnson.

Of course, earlier this week we told you The Killers will be back in Oz next February to headline the dance music festival, Good Vibrations. Is there any style of music these boys can’t tackle?

Comments

[mattant250]

as much as I like the Killers, I doubt they will successfully pull off a classic like this. Hope they do, and if they do, fair play to them, but I can't see it.

[Zeebraa]

I think that The killer's lead singer has a too unique voice to be able to pull this song off. He sounds much too different. but yeh, if he can actually pull it off, then great. It's very unlikely though.

[zapatista89]

in the words of the internets greatest philosophers:

"oh noes"

[Trecion]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GofU7vDurk

[Guitarfreak777]

If the link that Trecion posted is the same version as the single they are releasing then it wasn't half bad.

I mean no cover of that song will ever amount to the original but I like the different feel of this version.

[Comeback Kiddd]

i loved hot fuss. everything after that just seemed bad :[

[Paramore.]

Sounds interesting... wonder how it turns out .

[colm c]

They really shouldn't...

[xiempie]

They've already made a great cover of Dire Strait's Romeo & Juliet, so I think they can pull this one of as well

[Jazeblaze]

As much as I like them, I really don't want them to ruin this song!!!!

[BrixDK]

subjective article ehh?

[matt169]

xiempie wrote:

They've already made a great cover of Dire Strait's Romeo & Juliet, so I think they can pull this one of as well

It wasn't great. It was awful. Mark Knopfler's voice is the only voice that suits that song.

Also this Eagles cover is awful. It sounds like a Ricky Martin song. o_0

[Stone Agean]

best covers band on the planet

What other covers have they done? I'm not flaming, just curious.

[vandertramps]

Stone Agean wrote:

best covers band on the planet

What other covers have they done? I'm not flaming, just curious.

joy division's shadowplay, first edition's ruby dont take your love to town, and dire straits' romeo and juliet

[ZeGuitarist]

Checked.

[paddypadman]

Really like it!
Good to have a unique twist on a cover!

[Minkaro]

"Is there any style of music these boys can’t tackle?"

Scandinavian death polka.

Looking forward to this. Doubt it will touch the original, but it'll be worth the listen.

[GenerationKILL]

I've heard the cover, the production is really lame, infact the whole album of covers that this version was on sounded really "canned"

You can't expect a lame song to be redone very much better than the original.

"i've had a long night and i ****in' hate the eagles, man..."

[PauloLeyundo]

wouldn't say their version of Shadowplay was that good tbh, but it's better than this. Love the original but just something about the Killers annoys me about all the stuff they've done after Sams Town. >:-(