"are we human or are we dancing"

[rotters]

please explaint to me what this lyric means, i keep hearing this bloody song and it really irritates me as to me it means nothing, it doesnt make sense!

i know theres a music forum but it doesnt deserve to grace the music forum really.

 

[Ben M]

"are we dancers"

 

[InvaderGIR]

They explained it on an interview on Radio1 ages ago...I forget what it means though.

 

[GeForce]

"are we dancers"

It sounds like "are we dancer" to me.

Yours makes far more sense, however.

 

[MikeHunt79]

They explained it on an interview on Radio1 ages ago...I forget what it means though.

Hunter S Thompson reference I think...

 

[Ben M]

It sounds like "are we dancer" to me.

Yours makes far more sense, however.

Ah yes, just listened to it and it is "dancer"

 

[topgun06]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_(The_Killers_song)

 

[Greebo]

It appears that Brandon Flowers, vocalist and keyboard player of the band has stated in an interview that the line “are we human, or are we dancer?” is a reference to a remark once made by the late Hunter S. Thompson, an ascerbic journalist famed for “telling it like it is”, often in offensive terms. He had commented that America is nowadays raising a “generation of dancers”. Thompson committed suicide in 2005.

So basically it refers to whether we are free to make choices in life (human) or whether we are all dancers (we just follow the beat and are afraid of stepping out of line)

 

[rotters]

ok, but still.......if its a reference to something then fair enough, just seems a strange lyric.

 

[Memphis]

Sorta ruined your rant a bit though huh?

 

[Greenlizard0]

Got to say I've listened to some of the remixes of this song and they're not bad at all. Quite boppy, I'm tired of the original too.

 

[Ben M]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_(The_Killers_song)

helpful...

 

[Gilly]

It's a proper gay song. Ignore it, hopefully it'll go away.

 

[MikeHunt79]

Sorta ruined your rant a bit though huh?

Listen to some Mars Volta, makes the killers lyrics seem totally normal...

 

[AfterEffect]

It's a proper gay song. Ignore it, hopefully it'll go away.

I love you

 

[Cosimo]

They explained it on an interview on Radio1 ages ago...I forget what it means though.

It's something about being independent or just going through the motions.

 

[rotters]

Sorta ruined your rant a bit though huh?

yes and no, at least i know now. wasnt a rant really.

 

[bam0]

You mean they aren't singing, "Are you human, Tony Danza"?

 

[AfterEffect]

I love you

hahaha Cheeky

 

[NightSt@lk3r]

Great song.