Will the Killers achieve success again?
The noughties were full of anthems that topped the charts and the nightclubs alike. From The Killers to Kaiser Chiefs, the noughties was an age defined by indie classics that are still very much popular today.
Yet a quick look at the current chart sees a distinct lack of such bands making music success. Instead we’re turning to dance, dance and more dance hits from the likes of David Guetta and Rudimental. Are the days for indie record and instrument-playing singer success over?
For anyone who grew up during the noughties, as soon as the first few seconds of Mr Brightside are played it won’t be long before we start bawling out the lyrics.
Other defining songs include I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor, Fluorescent Adolescent, I Predict A Riot, Ruby, Take Me Out and Sex On Fire (if you can’t name the bands here you’re not a true noughties kid!)
I can’t tell whether it’s just my own nostalgia that shuns current hits, but why is it that none of these acts have been able to make a significant breakthrough into the 2010s?
The Killers’ previous album Battle Born barely made a ripple in the singles charts and even Arctic Monkeys’ new hit Do I Wanna Know?, despite being a stunning piece of workmanship, hasn’t broken into the top 10. Who knows what bands like Kaiser Chiefs are doing with themselves these days.
It’s an incredible shame that more authentic artists aren’t an integral part of our current music culture. Instead we’re all succumbing to a more and more synthetic world, despite acknowledging the fantastic talent that a lot of bands and singer songwriters have.
Is it our lack of demand for these song styles or is it simply that the music they are producing just isn’t as good?
Unfortunately, it is quite probably a combination of the two. Take Kings of Leon for example. Their new track, Supersoaker, is infinitely inferior to the likes of Sex On Fire and Use Somebody (although I would argue infinitely superior to most of the chart topping hits seen nowadays).
Not only that but bands like these just aren’t as mainstream anymore. I would much rather listen to a mediocre track by Kaiser Chiefs than a David Guetta song that is meant to be the best in Britain.
The future of the mainstream music industry seems to look increasingly bleak for noughties bands. Will they ever achieve success again? Let us know your thoughts by commenting below or tweeting @FemaleFirst_UK
by Julia Molloy