Musical Edits to Josh's "Play of the Year"

[WotAGuy]

3 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

.... what? I guess if you take one line and ignore literally everything else:

 

"Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine
Gotta, gotta be down, because I want it all
It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head, but she's touching his

Chest now, he takes off her
Dress now, let me go
And I just can't look, it's killing me
They're taking control

Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies, choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay, destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes, 'cause I'm Mr. Brightside

I'm coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine
Gotta, gotta be down, because I want it all
It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head, but she's touching his

Chest now, he takes off her
Dress now, let me go
'Cause I just can't look, it's killing me
They're taking control

Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies, choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay, destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes, 'cause I'm Mr. Brightside

I never...
I never...
I never...
I never..."

Well, it has 2 BILLION plays on Spotify, so it’s pretty much beloved and the crowd enjoys it even if the lyrics aren’t “We Will Rock You”. 🤣🤣

[BillsFanForever19]

2 minutes ago, Motorin' said:

 

Or you could just ignore the title of the song.

 

But it's just the price I pay, destiny is calling me

Open up my eager eyes, 'cause I'm Mr. Brightside

 

My dude - google the song meaning. Or look at the Wikipedia for the song itself:

 

"Lyrically, "Mr. Brightside" depicts a true story of Flowers' jealousy and paranoia when he walked into a bar in Las Vegas and found his girlfriend cheating on him. "I was asleep and I knew something was wrong," he said. "I have these instincts. I went to the Crown and Anchor, a bar in Vegas, and my girlfriend was there with another guy."

[TheyCallMeAndy]

Dubbing it to the Deadpool version of “Like a Prayer” would be epic sauce as well.

[BillsFanForever19]

3 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

Well, it has 2 BILLION plays on Spotify, so it’s pretty much beloved and the crowd enjoys it even if the lyrics aren’t “We Will Rock You”. 🤣🤣

 

It's an awesome song. I like it and clearly the Bills and the fanbase too.

 

But the message of the song is clearly about infidelity and paranoia. To argue that it has nothing to do with that is just factually wrong.

[Motorin']

7 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

It's an awesome song. I like it and clearly the Bills and the fanbase too.

 

But the message of the song is clearly about infidelity and paranoia. To argue that it has nothing to do with that is just factually wrong.

 

The message of the song is promoting infidelity and paranoia? And not about overcoming it? If you've done research you should know the songwriter is also Christian and infuses his spirituality into his music. 

 

There's a clear parallel to Bills fans always assuming the worse. I remember a poster in early 2020, after an INT, literally saying that drafting Josh Allen will be end of the franchise. 

 

I can't think of a better anthem for paranoid and pervasively negative Bills fans than the overly infectious positivity of Mr. Brightside. 

 

Maybe focus on what destiny is calling you!

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 03:35 AM by Motorin'

[WotAGuy]

Seems an odd choice as a wedding song as well. 🤣🤣

[ColoradoBills]

5 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

My dude - google the song meaning. Or look at the Wikipedia for the song itself:

 

"Lyrically, "Mr. Brightside" depicts a true story of Flowers' jealousy and paranoia when he walked into a bar in Las Vegas and found his girlfriend cheating on him. "I was asleep and I knew something was wrong," he said. "I have these instincts. I went to the Crown and Anchor, a bar in Vegas, and my girlfriend was there with another guy."

 

The song ends up with him not letting both of them "take control" of his life with their actions.

He opens his eyes about the reality of the girl, and he moves on.

 

Dodging that dysfunctional relationship, he now looks at the "Mr. Brightside" of life.

[Goin Breakdown]

9 hours ago, Motorin' said:

 

You're clearly smarter than 100k+ Bills fans, as well as the players who love it as an anthem. 

The Killers Vocalist, brandon Flowers says it's about how his girl cheated on him and he caught her. That doesn't make me smart it just proves I know how to read an article. I'll take the word of the guy who wrote the song over 100k drunk football fans. 

Edited Tuesday at 12:35 PM by Goin Breakdown

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

8 hours ago, WotAGuy said:

Seems an odd choice as a wedding song as well. 🤣🤣

Not quite as bad as Puddle of Mud’s “She Fuggin Hates Me” 

[WotAGuy]

8 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

The song ends up with him not letting both of them "take control" of his life with their actions.

He opens his eyes about the reality of the girl, and he moves on.

 

Dodging that dysfunctional relationship, he now looks at the "Mr. Brightside" of life.

If there was a second verse where he shoots them both, THEN looks at the brightside, I think the song would work much better. 

[Goin Breakdown]

11 hours ago, Motorin' said:

 

The message of the song is promoting infidelity and paranoia? And not about overcoming it? If you've done research you should know the songwriter is also Christian and infuses his spirituality into his music. 

 

There's a clear parallel to Bills fans always assuming the worse. I remember a poster in early 2020, after an INT, literally saying that drafting Josh Allen will be end of the franchise. 

 

I can't think of a better anthem for paranoid and pervasively negative Bills fans than the overly infectious positivity of Mr. Brightside. 

 

Maybe focus on what destiny is calling you!

 

 

Being "about" and "promoting" are two different things. The poster said "it's about". Flowers is a Morman not a Christian there's a difference there, but that's neither here nor there. You are right it's about overcoming and being "Mr brightside". Michigans football team Has been using this song for a long time now and it didn't make sense then either. But just because it doesn't make sense doesn't mean it can't pump you up musically. I'm a metalhead and I love the song. It's probably one of the most catchy songs written (promoted) in the last couple decades. I'm not knocking the song, or you. Please don't take any analyzing this topic as anything personal. Go bills. 

Edited Tuesday at 02:45 PM by Goin Breakdown

[Motorin']

10 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

The song ends up with him not letting both of them "take control" of his life with their actions.

He opens his eyes about the reality of the girl, and he moves on.

 

Dodging that dysfunctional relationship, he now looks at the "Mr. Brightside" of life.

 

I still say it's perfect for Bills fans. Don't let past disappointments take control. We have Josh Allen. 

[BillsFanForever19]

18 hours ago, Motorin' said:

 

The message of the song is promoting infidelity and paranoia? And not about overcoming it? If you've done research you should know the songwriter is also Christian and infuses his spirituality into his music. 

 

There's a clear parallel to Bills fans always assuming the worse. I remember a poster in early 2020, after an INT, literally saying that drafting Josh Allen will be end of the franchise. 

 

I can't think of a better anthem for paranoid and pervasively negative Bills fans than the overly infectious positivity of Mr. Brightside. 

 

Maybe focus on what destiny is calling you!

 

 

 

18 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

The song ends up with him not letting both of them "take control" of his life with their actions.

He opens his eyes about the reality of the girl, and he moves on.

 

Dodging that dysfunctional relationship, he now looks at the "Mr. Brightside" of life.

 

8 hours ago, Goin Breakdown said:

Being "about" and "promoting" are two different things. The poster said "it's about". Flowers is a Morman not a Christian there's a difference there, but that's neither here nor there. You are right it's about overcoming and being "Mr brightside". Michigans football team Has been using this song for a long time now and it didn't make sense then either. But just because it doesn't make sense doesn't mean it can't pump you up musically. I'm a metalhead and I love the song. It's probably one of the most catchy songs written (promoted) in the last couple decades. I'm not knocking the song, or you. Please don't take any analyzing this topic as anything personal. Go bills. 

 

Yes - that's where the disconnect and argument is. I loved the Killers when I was younger. I own most of their albums. Again, I don't have a problem with the team and fans enjoying the song - singing and dancing to it. It doesn't have to make sense. It's catchy and pumps people up.

 

But to say steadfast that the song *isn't* about "someone banging your chick" as OP put it and is only about "reaching your ultimate destiny" is just factually incorrect. Is there other messages in the song - such as getting past it? Yes. But the lyrical content of 75% of the song is about that and Brandon Flowers himself has said that's what it's about and getting cheated on was the sole reason he wrote the song. Even if you argue it's about "looking at the brightside" and overcoming someone "banging your chick" - it's still about someone "banging your chick".

 

Again, go nuts. If fans and the team like it as an anthem, cool. But it is funny when you consider the lyrical content, inspiration for the song, and general interpretation of the meaning. Which is all OP and I were saying.

Edited Tuesday at 09:58 PM by BillsFanForever19

[Goin Breakdown]

51 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

 

 

Yes - that's where the disconnect and argument is. I loved the Killers when I was younger. I own most of their albums. Again, I don't have a problem with the team and fans enjoying the song - singing and dancing to it. It doesn't have to make sense. It's catchy and pumps people up.

 

But to say steadfast that the song *isn't* about "someone banging your chick" as OP put it and is only about "reaching your ultimate destiny" is just factually incorrect. Is there other messages in the song - such as getting past it? Yes. But the lyrical content of 75% of the song is about that and Brandon Flowers himself has said that's what it's about and getting cheated on was the sole reason he wrote the song. Even if you argue it's about "looking at the brightside" and overcoming someone "banging your chick" - it's still about someone "banging your chick".

 

Again, go nuts. If fans and the team like it as an anthem, cool. But it is funny when you consider the lyrical content, inspiration for the song, and general interpretation of the meaning. Which is all OP and I were saying.

Funny thing. I've actually listened to podcasts dedicated to this song. I'm a huge music nerd. 
fun song. It's for sure about being cheated or another divide banging you chick as I lazily put it before. But it's the gist lol. 
Doninget chills hearing the stadium and the Bills sing "Destiny is calling me"? Yep. That's a great line and gets the blood pumping. But when considering what the song is about....

id love to keep talking about this song or others. Maybe I'll get an off the wall chat going. Go Bills. 

[BillsFanForever19]

42 minutes ago, Goin Breakdown said:

Funny thing. I've actually listened to podcasts dedicated to this song. I'm a huge music nerd. 
fun song. It's for sure about being cheated or another divide banging you chick as I lazily put it before. But it's the gist lol. 
Doninget chills hearing the stadium and the Bills sing "Destiny is calling me"? Yep. That's a great line and gets the blood pumping. But when considering what the song is about....

id love to keep talking about this song or others. Maybe I'll get an off the wall chat going. Go Bills. 

 

Fellow music nerd myself. I was actually working in a Record Store when the song came out. Funny thing is much like Warren Beatty to Carly Simon's "You're so Vain" and Dave Coulier to Alanis Morissette's "You Oughtta Know" - there is a very strong urban legend that Matthew Gray Gubler (Criminal Minds' Dr. Spencer Reid) is the guy that was hooking up with Brandon Flowers' girl lol 

 

It's probably that music "nerd" in me that won't let someone say "you're wrong, the song isn't about that and is actually about this". Got me all...

 

Edited Tuesday at 11:35 PM by BillsFanForever19

[Goin Breakdown]

30 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

Fellow music nerd myself. I was actually working in a Record Store when the song came out. Funny thing is much like Warren Beatty to Carly Simon's "You're so Vain" and Dave Coulier to Alanis Morissette's "You Oughtta Know" - there is a very strong urban legend that Matthew Gray Gubler (Criminal Minds' Dr. Spencer Reid) is the guy that was hooking up with Brandon Flowers' girl lol 

That's some deep diving right there. I just finished a whole 4 hour cast in Alice In Chains. Very cool and also sad. Laynes final days and such. 

[Beast]

We’re just so lucky to have this guy as our QB.

[zevo]

On 11/18/2024 at 7:51 PM, Sojourner said:

That creed one is wicked. 
 

“Let’s make our escape…come on…” as Josh is escaping out the pocket. 
 

Perfect!

 

 

Also, the more I watch of that play, Mack Hollins reaction on the other side of the field is epic!

 

EDIT:

 

I think his reaction is the first down was made. funny either way

[Maynard]

23 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

The funniest thing to me about the "Mr. Brightside" thing is i'd bet a lot of the team, being so young, thinks of that song like an 'Oldie'.

I know. It makes me feel so old……

[psuscott16]

22 hours ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

Dubbing it to the Deadpool version of “Like a Prayer” would be epic sauce as well.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8LVqn2V/