Sunday, November 2, 2008

a furry fiasco!

Looks like The Killers have done it again! But not neccessarily in a positive way...Not too long ago, (well, October 4th to be exact.) The Killers made an appearance on Saturday Night Live (SNL) to perform their new debut single entitled, Human. Brandon Flowers appeared on stage, wearing a jacket with feathery attatchments adorned on the shoulders. Yeah, it definetly sounds odd. In a matter of fact, I actually got to see their performance through the t.v screen! So yes, this "statement" jacket believe it or not, does exist. I found this jacket to be very different. It reminded me of something seen in the chronicles of narnia!
Not long before their performance was even finished, people began to question whether or not this jacket was humain. (no, thats not a typo! Look it up!!) By humain, I mean whether the jacket was "Animal Safe". Pretty soon a little animal rights group by the name P.E.T.A (some of you may have heard of this. P.E.T.A is actually a HUGE animal rights group. Some other celebrities that P.E.T.A has accused for wearing fur, are Beyonce' and even J-Lo!) got word of the furry incident! Of course P.E.T.A was furious. Like they always are when fur is involved. P.E.T.A was demanding an explanation, But the killers reps. surely werent speaking.
In the meantime, The music video to Human was released shortly after the "fur scandal". You might think that having a mob of animal rights activists after you, would surely scare you. And you would probably learn your lesson? In the Human music video, Brandon Flowers is again seen wearing the controversial jacket! Gutsy move there! More and more people were asking questions, and they werent answering them!
To add insult to injury, lately The Killers have been posing poshly wearing non other than fur. But this time its not Brandon-Its their guitarist Dave! See, with Brandon and Dave its a '"monkey see-monkey do" relationship. They are basicly irrseperable. Both Ronnie and Mark arent pictured wearing fur, But dont think they will be getting off the hook easily. They are now guilty by association! Hmm...why else would that be? I have seen the photos, Im not going to lie I find them to be very nice!!
Now it looks like the tables have turned. The Killers are now speaking. On their website Brandon has happily answered by saing "No animal was butchered to make my jacket." Well, there ya have it! In the end everyone has left the scene without being harmed. If you want a better visual of the jacket, watch the Human music video! I also have these spectacular photos if you would like to have a peep at them! ;)
-meggers.

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