Katsuro said:
Sorry Oni, I didn't want to compare completely different things, it's just that I dunno which one to buy.
Because I only have money for one with Animal Cross: WW coming out =X
It's okay... it's just bizzare to compare them.
But yeah... I know Green Day fans would recommend Green Day... but sometimes can't explain why (lest, they use the word "awesome")... but here's why you should go for Hot Fuss:
I would go for The Killers for sounding so unique, and I love albums with a dominant theme and motif (name motif for the album). Oh, not to mention murder songs. I love murder songs (Watch out for the "Murder Trilogy" in the album. There are two songs in the album that fit together and the first part of the story, "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf", isn't relseased yet). Oh, yeah... the Limited Edition of Hot Fuss has two songs added to it. One of which is my favorite song next to Mr. Brightside and Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine. Under the Gun = Awesome.
But the overall factor to why one would like Hot Fuss: Brandon Flowers' singing. When people sing songs, they place emotions in the song. But when Brandon Flowers sings, he puts emotions AND the mood. His singing is different from every song, from "Jenny", to "Andy, You're A Star", to "Everything Will Be Alright". It's quite amazing how he can easily sing and throw in a visual picture of the singer. For example: "Brightside"'s singing gives you a picture of a tormented person who is in the pangs of jealousy and mental vouyerism. You can feel and imagine his desperation to get that image off his mind when he sings: "But it's just the price I pay/ Destiny is calling me/ Open up my eager eyes." And you can sense the anxiety and tensions in "Jenny" and Brandon Flowers really knows how to portray as if he was actually being interrogated, as told in the song. And the ambiguity of "Andy, You're A Star" is just so vividly portrayed and just hands down, you know what's happening between the two persons in the song without reading the lyrics. And as you listen along through the whole album, it's like a happy little trip while you go through "Belive Me, Natalie", and heading for "Midnight Show", one of the hidden jewels of the album.
And yeah... I'll stop ranting now... XD