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If you follow the blog, then you know I am a fan of the Killers and can’t help it. For this remix, they release a different version of their song “Joy Ride” on their latest album Day & Age and it is a monster clocking in at over 7 minutes long. They go off on some extended tangents during this jam (as you can imagine that will happen with 7 minutes to work with) and during the few points I think they are about to lose me they rope me right back into the song. After the first 1:25 of building off the drum beat (which is strange at first but then you get into it) the guitar comes in and that is when my favorite parts of the song begin. The vocals are soft and very few and far between as everything continues to progress around the drum groove until it mutates into a great pop song in the end. Definitely not the typical style of rock song that I like but I keep finding myself playing it over and over again so it is definitely worth the listen.

Spotted @ PMA