Based on that video alone, if I were looking to hire a drummer, I'd go with Wolf over Alex. Granted, Alex wrote those parts, but Wolf's kit sounds far better and frankly I like the toughness of his groove more.
Yeah, things got better. I probably attributed some things to the band that were out of their control. Ultimately the tour went off well and the bands are now buddies.
My only caveat with "new" music is that what you hear on the recording might be a highly sterilized and optimized version of what the artist can really pull off. More than ever, the live show is where you really get to see what they can do.
I'm not going to suggest you shold like the others, but "Monkey Wrench" is a bitch of a song to write. Those little hooks seemingly came out of nowhere. Show me another song prior to that which had those litle riffs and then the melodic hook. It's just an amazing, super original rock tune. HOF worthy on its own.
It's astonishing. Just the heavyweight 1-2 punch of "Monkey Wrench" and "Everlong" puts it in, oh, maybe top 100 rock albums of all time? Then you have "My Hero". Is it "Nevermind"? Nope, and you alluded to that. In MY world, The Killers have never made a record close to that, but that's why we all get to buy what we buy and think what we think.
Yes Rob, the reason Mark Ruffalo can get work as an actor and you can't has nothing to do with the fact that he is truly gifted and you are a C-level hack. It's all politics.
And not to diminish the Chicks, they are awesome musicians, but any session musicians in the room might have thrown out that option for the descending chord progression out of "wine". Those guys live that stuff. When you hear it it's hair-raising, like the chaser after the shot. I have to force myself to write with those changes, and it almost always ends up sounding forced.
I'm not sure the question. It's pretty standard I-IV-V country, with the minor 6th and the major 3rd thrown in passing (to their credit). Is it the chord they hit in the chorus coming down from 6m to 5 to ? that's puzzling? This is what I love about great pop (Beatles) and country (a zillion examples). The deviation from 1-4-5 to include 4m and 2 and 3 etc. If the writer doesn't have the ear all those chords are nonsense. The greats make them work. Anyway, the question again?