Brandon Flowers wishes he'd written The Waterboys' 'Whole of the Moon'. The Killers frontman admitted he's often "flustered" when he gets asked which tracks he wishes he'd penned himself but having had the time to ponder the question, he opted for the 1998 track and treated fans at London's The O2 on Sunday (07.07.
24) night to the band's take on the song. He told the audience: "People ask me all the time 'What song do you wish you had written' and I always sort of get flusterd in the moment, there's so much information going on, so many songs that you love, but I have an answer now, it's 'The Whole of the Moon' by the Waterboys" "We love performing it and we're gonna play it for you tonight." Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.
The band had initially planned to cover The Kinks' 'Come Dancing' after Brandon "stole" a line from the song for the group's own hit 'Bones', but performing it earlier on their 'Rebel Diamonds' tour had fallen flat. He explained: "I was stealing [a line] from Ray Davies and a Kinks song, 'Come Dancing'. "I think it was bigger in American than in the UK, definitely in Ireland.
We found that out the hard way because we were going to play 'Bones' and then 'Come Dancing' and I thought it was gonna go off but it was...
crickets. "Everyone write down on your phones, go home and check out 'Come Dancing' by The Kinks, the legendary Kinks. "So when I sing 'It's only natural' [in 'Bones'], I stole that, I'm a thi.
