The Killers - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine

Okay, so, here's how the 'Murder Trilogy' goes:

(And for the record, Brandon didn't write this song about his own experience. If it was, he'd be in prison, no? And, Mr. Brightside is NOT part of the Trilogy. For a start a trilogy can't have four part.)

- 'Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf' is the FIRST part:
He drinks himself stupid after Jenny left him ("Shakin' like the Devil when she let me go...") because of his jealousy. He can't get over the fact that she's left him and is seeing someone else. "Jennifer, tell me where I stand/and who's that other boy holdin' your hand?"

- 'Midnight Show' is the SECOND part:
He kills Jenny by suffocating her and throwing her body into the sea. "I took my baby's breath beneath the chandelier of stars in atmosphere and watched her disappear into the midnight show" and "Crashing tide can't hide a guilty girl" (jealousy again).

- 'Jenny Was A Friend of Mine' is the THIRD part:
He's been caught and is defending himself by lying to the police. "There ain't no motive for this crime/Jenny was a friend of mine." He tells the police he wouldn't kill her because she was his friend so he explains with: "She couldn't scream while I held I close/I swore I'd never let her go." but in live versions he sings "She kicked and screamed while I held her throat".

That's a brief explanation of how I see it.

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[rachellochness]

A trilogy can't have 4 parts? Clearly never read Douglas Adams

[rebeldiamonds]

@rachellochness Actually no, a trilogy can't have 4 parts; a trilogy is a set of three linked pieces of work, and The Killers themselves have referenced this set of works as a trilogy, therefore making the notion of further parts redundant. The numerical prefix tri/tetra etc.is used to denote the number of parts.

For the record a set of works with 4 parts is called a Tetralogy: a tetralogy is a compound work that is made up of four distinct works, just as a trilogy is made up of three works.

[WingScarred605]

well the little explanation sorta helps, but how do you explain that midnight show is 9 tracks after jenny was a friend of mine?

[rebeldiamonds]

@WingScarred605 The same way you explain why LTBOTS was released two albums and a whole three years later. They wanted to space it out so it wasn't obvious.

[2nerdsinabucket]

DEFINATELY my favorite song out of the "murder trilogy" (:

[silhouettesusannn]

@TheMehakarp a motive is a reason for doing something. he's saying to the police, "there's no reason why i would have killed jenny, because she was my friend." (:

[UnitedSovietParty]

@2nerdsinabucket def like midnight show way better

[UnitedSovietParty]

@rebeldiamonds clearly never read Douglas Adams

[Widow29]

@TheMehakarp hes saying he has no reason to kill her

[TheMehakarp]

wtf did he mean by their aint no motive for this crime?

[weedolino88]

early killers, true killers!!!

[Maximounknown]

@rebeldiamonds PWND