# Which of these 2 songs do you prefer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [April 2, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731 "2024-04-02T11:09:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/1 "2024-04-02T11:09:43Z")
Over in the mmm-song polls arena we are at a deadlock in selecting the best song that begins with the letter M. I don’t like ties (but never mind about my neckwear preferences). I thought it would be interesting to create a specific thread to resolve this pressing issue. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/1))_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gGdGFtwCNBE/maxresdefault.jpg "The Killers - Mr. Brightside (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PEHKBckBcr4/hqdefault.jpg "Hamilton cast performs "My Shot" at White House") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEHKBckBcr4) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/2 "2024-04-02T12:20:26Z")
I’ve heard so many people sing [sic] the praises of “Mr Brightside” and I’ve really tried to get into it, but it still does nothing for me. Oh well… ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/3 "2024-04-02T13:03:18Z")
I will abstain from this one. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/4 "2024-04-02T13:26:20Z")
I have an irrational hatred for “Mr. Brightside” and have a general annoyance with most of the Killers output, so I voted the other song, whatever it is. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/5 "2024-04-02T14:37:52Z")
I like “All These Things That I’ve Done” by The Killers despite Bill Bailey tainting it for me with his rendition of “I’ve got ham, but I’m not a hamster.” But still not “Mr Brightside”. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/6 "2024-04-02T14:50:10Z")
I don’t think there is a single song from Hamilton I like and this one is especially terrible to my ears. So easy vote for Mr. Brightside, that I never heard before. It seems mostly harmless. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/7 "2024-04-02T14:50:45Z")
“Mr Brightside” is generic post-punk pop. “My Shot” is brilliant songwriting and performing. Funny, I’d usually choose rock over a musical, but most of the songs from Hamilton are a cut above. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/8 "2024-04-02T14:56:39Z")
I voted “Mr Brightside” because I like it better, but I think the other song is better art. I like both. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/9 "2024-04-02T16:32:06Z")
Criminy, here we are 20 votes in and each song has 10. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/10 "2024-04-02T17:00:22Z")
In the interests of scrupulous fairness I listened to that Hamilton thing. All of it. Then voted for Mr Brightside. j ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/11 "2024-04-02T17:10:34Z")
Oh wow. I usually don’t vote in these polls, because i don’t know enough music to make an informed choice. But this is two songs i know pretty well, and have opinions about. I like them both. But i voted for Mr. Brightside, because it’s nicer to listen to. As poetry i would probably give the nod to My shot, because the lyrics are a lot more interesting. But the music of Mr Brightside gives it the edge in this contest. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/12 "2024-04-02T17:49:13Z")
I enjoyed Hamilton but wouldn’t pluck a single song out to listen to on its lonesome. Mr. Brightside, it is. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/13 "2024-04-02T17:55:34Z")
Really? You liked Mr. Brightside better than, say, You’ll Be Back? [You’ll Be Back Lyrics (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GnBhxuWYJA) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/14 "2024-04-02T18:43:58Z")
I like both but only one would work for me in rotation as a single on my mp3 USB stick out of context from its album. So, as a stand alone product, voted for Mr Brightside. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/15 "2024-04-02T19:12:54Z")
I like a number of Killers songs, but I’ve never really enjoyed listening to Mr. Brightside. And “My Shot” is a great song. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/16 "2024-04-02T19:23:19Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Criminy, here we are 20 votes in and each song has 10. If you end up with a tie, I’d suggest reading through the comments, rating the severity of each poster’s feelings (with your own metric, of course…). Oh, wait, you could always be the deciding vote! > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > mmm (I wasn’t sure if I should keep this when I quoted you. Is it part of your post? Or a signature? Or, as I can’t keep from hearing it, a sound effect?) ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/17 "2024-04-02T19:32:03Z")
mmm = Mean Mr. Mustard. As for the severity of the comments, I really hate the style of rapping in My Shot. Ugh. I like Somebody Told Me better than Mr. Brightside, and it’s less played out, but I would definitely take either over that terrible rapping style. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/18 "2024-04-02T21:53:16Z")
So far, Mr. Brightside seems to have pulled away in the stretch. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/19 "2024-04-03T06:52:45Z")
> [@digs](#): > > “Mr Brightside” is generic post-punk pop You say this like that automatically precludes it from having “brilliant songwriting and performing”. I can speak from experience when I say it fulfills its actual function superbly: it still packs the dancefloor in an alternative dance club like very few modern tracks do. So I disagree on the “generic” part. It’s brilliant. Me, I don’t really like _Hamilton_, even though I can recognize the talent on display, so this was an easy vote. For music , it’s feets over brain, every time. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731/20 "2024-04-03T12:14:03Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I can speak from experience when I say it fulfills its actual function superbly: it still packs the dancefloor in an alternative dance club like very few modern tracks do. So I disagree on the “generic” part. It’s brilliant. As someone who hasn’t been at a dance club since the 1980s, I can’t really take that into account. For me, it’s just a song I hear from time to time on the radio, and for me anyway, it’s long since worn out its welcome. And I say that as someone who really likes a number of songs by The Killers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-2-songs-do-you-prefer/999731.md?page=2)