The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers has released a video for new song 'Lonely Town', from his much-anticipated sophomore solo album, 'The Desired Effect'...
It's a synth-heavy pop song with a decidedly retro feel. The video even features a young lass prancing about listening to a cassette tape on her eighties Walkman...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=54&v=jcZ-0o53md8
But it reminds us of Peter Gabriel's classic late-seventies hit 'Solsbury Hill'. A ditty synonymous with rom-coms and movie trailers. Judge for yourselves...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OO2PuGz-H8
The chords are so iconic and the similarities so clear that we're sure it's an homage rather than creative borrowing.
