<p id=”par-1_40″>Some <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/classic-rock/”>classic rock</a> stars have had an influence that spans decades and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-beatles-twist-and-shout-inspired-david-bowies-lets-dance.html/”>David Bowie is one of them</a>. The Killers admitted that one of their songs is a Bowie rip-off. It also drew from another rock star from Bowie’s era.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-david-bowie-and-lou-reed-inspired-1-of-the-killers-songs”>David Bowie and Lou Reed inspired 1 of The Killers’ songs</h2>
<p id=”par-2_68″>During a 2013 interview with <a href=”https://ew.com/article/2013/11/14/brandon-flowers-stories-behind-songs/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Entertainment Weekly</a>, The Killers’ Brandon Flowers discussed the origin of “All These Things That I’ve Done.” “I worked at a casino called the Gold Coast as a bellman,” he recalled. “This was back when there weren’t cell phones yet, so I used to call the guys and tell them I was gonna call them back and leave an idea on their answering machines. </p>
<p id=”par-3_76″>“I was very <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/riff-queen-david-bowies-under-pressure-almost-lost-forever.html/”>heavily into glam rock</a> at the time, and I felt like [Lou Reed’s] <em>Transformer</em> and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/david-bowies-ziggy-stardust-inspired-this-disney-character.html/”>[Bowie’s] <em>Ziggy Stardust</em></a><em> — </em>the delivery of those records, sometimes it was almost talking to you, especially Lou,” he said. “The lines’ Help me out, yeah yeah, you gotta help me out/Don’t you put me on the back burner, you gotta help me out’? I was just trying to be Lou Reed funneled through the Las Vegas Strip.”</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-david-bowie-song-that-inspired-all-these-things-that-i-ve-done”>The David Bowie song that inspired ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’ </h2>
<p id=”par-4_42″>Flowers implied that the track took even more inspiration from Bowie. “And the bass line is a direct rip-off of a Bowie track called ‘Slow Burn,’” he said. “I can say it now because I don’t think he’s gonna come after us.”</p>
<p id=”par-5_109″>It’s interesting that Flowers said he was into <em>The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars</em> when he penned “All These Things That I’ve Done.” “Slow Burn” was not on that album. It was part of the album Heathen. While <em>Heathen </em>did well critically, it doesn’t have the same cultural cache as <em>The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars</em>. In fairness, <em>The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars </em>is one of the most important and beloved albums of all time, up there with Michael Jackson’s <em>Thriller </em>and The Beatles’ <em><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/david-bowie-copied-part-ziggy-stardust-song-the-beatles-sgt-pepper.html/”>Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band</a></em>.</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-killers-all-these-things-that-i-ve-done-became-a-cross-cultural-hit”>The Killers’ ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’ became a cross-cultural hit</h2>
<p id=”par-6_91″>“All These Things That I’ve Done” didn’t become a massive hit in the United States, but it did pretty well for an indie rock song. That tune climbed to No. 74 on the <a href=”https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-killers/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Billboard Hot 100</a>, lasting on the chart for 14 weeks. The track appeared on the album <em>Hot Fuss</em>, which reached No. 7 on the Billboard 200 and lasted on the Billboard 200 for 98 weeks. <em>Hot Fuss</em> became the band’s longest-charting album in the U.S. and critics widely considered it one of the best albums of the 2000s.</p>
<p id=”par-7_59″><a href=”https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/23332/killers/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The Official Charts Company</a> reports that “All These Things That I’ve Done” was arguably more popular in the United Kingdom. There, the tune peaked at No. 18 and charted for four weeks. <em>Hot Fuss</em> was No. 1 for two of its 256 weeks on the U.K. chart, making it the band’s most popular record in the U.K. as well.</p>
<p id=”par-8_20″>“All These Things That I’ve Done” is a great song even if it takes a lot of inspiration from Bowie.</p>