{"id":2399,"date":"2017-10-06T04:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=2399"},"modified":"2024-08-04T14:54:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T21:54:23","slug":"the-killers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/the-killers","title":{"rendered":"Episode 119: The Killers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Rut&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SongExploder119-TheKillers-600x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SongExploder119-TheKillers.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SongExploder119-TheKillers-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=prx_93_844b10d1-36b2-42f1-a848-d2d024b48472\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/844b10d1-36b2-42f1-a848-d2d024b48472\/SongExploder119_TheKillers_DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOWNLOAD MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thekillersmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Killers<\/a> formed in Las Vegas in 2001. Since then, they\u2019ve released five records. Their newest album, <em>Wonderful Wonderful<\/em>, came out in September 2017. In this episode, singer Brandon Flowers and drummer Ronnie Vannucci break down the song &#8220;Rut&#8221; from that album.<\/p>\n<p>You can get <a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/rut\/id1263608918?i=1263609830&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cRut\u201d on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/the-killers-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Desired_Effect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Desired Effect<\/em><\/a> (Brandon Flowers&#8217; Solo Album)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacknife_Lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacknife Lee<\/a> (producer)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Rut&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 DOWNLOAD MP3 The Killers formed in Las Vegas in 2001. Since then, they\u2019ve released five records. Their newest album, Wonderful Wonderful, came out in September 2017. In this episode, singer Brandon Flowers and drummer Ronnie Vannucci break down the song &#8220;Rut&#8221; from that album. You can get \u201cRut\u201d on iTunes. 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