The Killer’s call Las Vegas their home, and this song is the title track of their second album, released in 2006. Sam’s town refer’s to Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall in Las Vegas. The above video is taken from the television series, Live From Abbey Road, one of my favorite series that airs from time to time. This cut-back and personal version of the song has Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” written all over it. Lead singer Brandon Flowers’ rusty voice and the laid back piano riff is a huge difference to the loud modern-disco-beat version on the studio album. It’s a major improvement over the album track, in my opinion. For anyone interested in the album version, you can watch and listen to the video here.

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