holy shit. that emotion.

GOD DAMN! This man is so fucking talented. Everything he writes and every song he covers is sung so beautifully and with such emotion. There is no such thing as "a cover by Frank Turner." It's "Frank Turners version of." said song. Keep doing what you do, Frank. You're fucking amazing.

there i so much fucking emotion that it is actually hard to breathe while listening to this

i love this so much like honestly there aren't enough words to describe how pure the emotion in this is

"And she's 'something' his head." Haha. Nicely done, Frank. Love it!!

I love the emotion he puts into everything he sings, you really feel it as a listener 3

Presuming they are all fans of The Killers who hate hearing their songs being covered. For the record, as a fan of both of these artists, I think Frank Turner does it justice. He's an outstanding musician and this is incredible.

sent shivers down my spine.

Finally, someone that understands the raw emotion that this song has! So many covers of this song are sung "happy" the character in the song is either a stalker or having his heart torn out. Either way he is tormented.

Are you joking? This moved me more than the Killers ever could.

Started off a bit unsure but after the first verse it really kicked in. Love it!

I love the passion with which he sings this. You can hear the anguish within the lyrics. I, for one, think he did an awesome job.

"I SCREWED UP THE WORDS!" ❤

Anything Frank does, he when he gets lyrics wrong, is perfect

He has a particular... youthful punk attitude about him which most of his fans relate to. He also gives off an aura of genuineness and kindness in both his music and his interviews etc. That is why he has such an amazing, loyal fanbase. Yes, this isn't his best... but I love it. Because I love Frank, (I've decided we're on first names basis) so this cover is epic.

Frank Turner, what a lad.

this is just incredible

This gave me goosebumps. That is is the single highest compliment i can give to a piece of music.

PS. I was there for this. His management put up a bunch of songs on his facebook page, what ever one got more votes was the one he played. He learnt this song on the car journey to the NME office and also had to bring the lyrics with him. That's why he's looking down at the floor as that's where his piece of paper was.

Absolutely love this!

Gets better with every listen.

I love the fact that this is about the 3rd time he's ever played the song. Musical genius.

No, it's not as slick as the original. But I can't help thinking, given the subject matter, that being ragged and heartbroken works better for this song

So much emotion. Love Frank Turner.

I uh... Cried. And I'm not exactly sure why... Goddamnit, Frank.

Frank is the man!

Oh merlin it's one of my favourite songs sung of by one of my favourite artists! PERFECTION!

All the people fighting about this video, and saying things like "rubbish" and "terrible" don't realize that he had learned the words and how to play the entire thing the day that he made this video. NME had his fans vote what song he should cover. This song won, so he had to learn the words and chords and decide he wanted to play it when he arrived in the morning. This video was made later that same afternoon.

MC, my thoughts exactly. I wasn't gonna voice my opinion though because world has enough critics, but now I'll do it so that you won't feel like you're the only one

I love The Killers and this truly touched me. Thanks, Frank.

Mr.brightside is my favourite song of all time and god I thought I wouldn't like or even love a cover of it, but god. Frank u can sing and I love this, I'm so glad I've found a great artist like you to listen to c:

gives me chills!

Possibly two of the best combinations,ever.

this is seriously amazing, the sound f emotion in his voice is truly beautiful

Note for all those haters: This was literally the first time he'd ever played this song.

My favourite artist and my favourite song... Combined together!

I LOVE THIS.

i think this is fantastic, he's conveying so many feelings.

so effen good, my gosh

This is a reason why hes so good. Everyone is saying its of pitch, or hes playing it in the wrong key...If you look at the title it says "cover", its his own version and i like it and so does a lot of other people.

you can tell he meant every word he's singing, beautiful (and i love his tattoo) (:

He makes every cover is own, and he then goes on to make them amazing

nothing can ever be better than the original, I love the killers andhim

He's making me appreciate this song much more

well now i know what i'll be listening to on repeat for the rest of the day

True talent like this is when someone like Frank can make just his voice an acoustic guitar sound just a big as a full band

Oh god this is amazing

Killed it!

Superb!

This is actually crazy good. A lot of people are saying they're disappointed but hey, HE LEARNED EVERYTHING IN ONE DAY, and put his own spin on it. NME had a poll for what song he should do. When he showed up in the morning, they told him that this song won, so he quick learned it and sang it that afternoon.

I like it emotions captured perfectly

Now that's how you attach emotion to a song!

whoaaaaaa nice.~

its his style, after all he did play punk, i think its great and filled with emotion

Freaking awesome cover...

goosebumps xxxx

Frank learnt this song on the way there, it was a poll for what song he would do and the one with the highest amount of votes was the one that he did. That's why he's looking down because he's got the paper infront of him with the lyrics on. I have to say though, he did an amazing job regardless... kudos to you, Mr Turner!

they are just different. they just can't be compared

Wow, working at NME you'd literally look forward to every day at work. Amazing!

I was watching this videos months ago and I thought "wow, this guy is good! Is he one of that youtube artists? Let me search about him" and then I discouvered a poet genius called Frank Fucking Turner! Thanks!

See you all in Charlottesville in October! Love this guy

He wasn't trying to sounds like Brandon Flowers. He's being original...putting his own flair to an already amazing song. I think this sounds really nice :)

He put a bunch of songs on a list and slung em' on Facebook. Some he knew some he didn't. People voted for him to cover this song. He had to learn the song and lyrics in about 2 hours while traveling.

Good cover, it's good that he admits to forgetting the words but it was a good cover

to this day, I find myself coming back to this.

My God he really puts the emotion in, unlike most singers especially these days

I just like watching him and knowing he loves what he's doing

Damn straight, he was awesome :D

I JUST WANT TO LOVE HIM

That was such a great day

He starts out a lil rough.. But by time he hit that chorus... Myy fucking lord

❤❤❤

He is not just your god. He is THE god.

Brutal.

I couldn't care if he screwed up the words, Frank is simply, God!!!!

Wow

Eric You are a FUCKING LEGEND!!! been waiting for this to come on youtube for a long time :D

I can hear the screaming and crying in his voice. It makes me feel like I'm doing the same.

Not his best, but it sounded pretty much unrehearsed, so. Well done nevertheless. Also, it takes lots of guts to get so emotional in front of people - and so few especially, it's actually easier with an anonymous, bigger crowd. Not everybody can do that.

He did do amazingly, even more impressive now I know how it went down. People saying about "he changed how it's supposed to feel" clearly can't comprehend how hard it'd be to just get a song and work it out in a fucking car journey!

honestly i expected something a lot worse after reading your comment. i actually like this cover :)

He seems to get more and more comfortable as the video progresses, and it's incredible by the end. I bet half the dislikes didn't give the video more 20 seconds. I would like to think that Brandon Flowers would be honored to see this.

Cool

The Killers would be proud

if you change your perspective this is perfection

why do I find myself repeating this out loud

I'm a big Killers fans so I really do love the original of this song, but I do have to say, this was definitely an interesting take on the song. I get a very different feeling from this one. Almost like they're two completely different songs. Good job Frank :)

your spirit

AWESOME cover... considering, and I think some people forget (or just didn't know) that he learnt the music and lyrics on the same day he recorded this video. Would love to hear a proper version of Mr Birghtside by frank done in a studio. That would kick ass!

First time I heard this, being a long-time fan of frank, I didn't like it that much. But the more I listen to it the better it gets. Mister Turner does it again.

@Alk3ohol both of those are a relief when i hear others say them out loud

oh yeah btw this cover is sick as well

@VIVALAJERK you can get the tab from Ultimate Guitar, the highest rated one for Mr Brightside is slimier to the way Frank plays it, just work out the finger picking bit at the start and its almost exactly the same, except he doesn't use a capo

Frank if you ever started youtube guitar lessons you could start an empire.

dude!!!!

He just had a sold-out Wembley show which I went to, trust me, he had got what it takes to cut it.

Anyone talking shit about Frank- if you have nothing POSITIVE to say, don't say anything at all. No one's forcing you to watch it. This man just sold out Wembley Arena- doesn't that say something about his obvious talent? I understand that you have your own opinion and that this really isn't his best song ever, but he'd never played it properly before and it wasn't a song he chose to cover, so please give him so credit.

Who the heck knows man, maybe he hasnt played it alot, maybe is voice is off that day. Maybe he had too many pints the night before and can't get in the rythym. Frank has proved himself already and it should be taken at face value, he did a fine job. Better than alot of the haters.

If i want an angry but sorrowful song from Frank then the only way to go is "worse things happen at sea".