Alex Cameron, "Runnin' Outta Luck"
I’ve seen Alex Cameron play live twice now, and I think he’s a magnetic performer. Imagine a cross between his countryman Nick Cave and Brandon Flowers (this song’s co-writer): louche, seedy, swaggering, strutting, but just on the verge of camp. (He also looks at least ten years older onstage than he does in this video).
Some of Cameron’s songs deconstruct machismo, like live favorite “Marlon Brando,” which he needs to release as a single, even if it does include the word “faggot” in the lyrics. Others revel in it ironically—and “Runnin' Outta Luck,” with its “I’m a man on a mission/ You’re a stripper out of luck” chorus, makes a nice companion piece to The Killers’ excellent recent single “The Man.”
And as a bonus, here's a live version of "Marlon Brando":
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