AT LEAST THEY'RE NOT CALLED THE GRISLY KILLERS

Doubtless their intentions in writing a song from the perspective of Jodi Jones' mother are good, and perhaps two years after she was killed (apparently because of Marilyn Manson, if we followed the court case properly) it's no longer so raw as to be untouchable by art. But... The Killers? Didn't you think that your name might not be the most subtle one for the subject?

Where Is She is already getting people's backs up in Scotland. A band spokesperson has tried to calm things down:

"We know it was a huge case in Scotland and it's not the band's intention to do or say anything that causes offence.

"We don't want the family to think the band are cashing in on it or commenting about what happened. They don't want to drag it up again and create bad memories for her family."

So... if they're not commenting on the case, nor wanting to make money out of it, what exactly was the point of writing the song? Indeed, how can you write a song about something and not comment on it? Much less with a song written from the perspective of the murdered girl's mother. And even if you don't want to cause upset, isn't writing a song in the character of a mother whose daughter has been murdered certainly going to cause a degree of anxiety, if nothing else?

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