'Hot Fuss'

Here's how I explain The Killers' success.

They are the Bon Jovi of the 2000s. Bon Jovi got mistakenly labeled as "metal" in the 1980s when they were clearly closer to being Loverboy than Judas Priest.

The Killers are considered rock -- and even indie or whatever -- when they are straight radio pop. It's really mindless, melodic gobbledegook. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

So that makes "Hot Fuss" the "Slippery When Wet" of the modern age.