Video Of The Week: The Killers

Christmas has come and past, the Holidays weren't meant to last, but here's a remnant with a bit of a twist, to be added to the original yuletide hit list, Don't Shoot Me Santa by The Killers, featuring Ryan Pardey in the role of a murderous Las Vegas-area Santa:

It was directed by actor Matthew Gray Gubler (of Criminal Minds fame).

Other Vegas staples in the video include digging a hole to bury a body in the Mohave, an old red convertible that Hunter S. Thompson would have loved, and a shitload of sand and dirt.

Happy Holidays!

Video Of The Week: The Killers Feat. Lou Reed

Ok. So I know The Killers from their pop radio hits - Somebody Told Me and Mr. Brightside being from and center. And while I'll admit they're catchy and well-written tunes any day, they reek of opportunistic douchebaggery for jumping on the dance-rock ''craze'' (post-punk my ass - The Killers have about as much in common with The Cure and Public Image Ltd. as me and Oprah do) that pretty much left the garage rock revival bands on the side (The Strokes, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Kills, and many more) and relegated them to ''indie darling'' status with up-and-coming bands like Arcade Fire and Wolf Parade.

But still... that Brandon Flowers character has read and understood the book on how to write songs. And when Grade-A collaborators such as Lou Reed come in with their own magic to add to a tune, you'd pretty much have to not be alive to not be moved by it.

And although Tranquilize is, technically, the lead-off track off a B-sides compilation, it very well could be The Killers' best song. Reed adds an aura of mystique, danger, spookiness and greatness to the whole thing, and the video does the song justice - despite not much happening in that empty house.

Direct link here. Embedded below.