When I was living in San Telmo, one of my roommates heard me listening to some of my rockin’ tunes, and wanted in on the action. “What’s the name of this song?” she asked.

I told her it was “Human” by The Killers. (It’s their new single, and it’s great. The new album should be awesome.)

Her response:

“The who?”

That, my friends, is an inexcusable response for these two reasons:

1. The Killers are easily my favorite band right now.
2. The Killers are most people’s favorite band right now.

I suggested that she listen to the following playlist, which I’m calling“Music Lessons for Meghan”.

The first part of the mix is most of The Killers’ hits (excluding “Read My Mind”, “All These Things That I’ve Done”, and “Bones”, which I’ve put on previous playlists), then it goes into some stuff that’s kind of like The Killers, and then it gets mellow, just in case The Killers turned out not to be her cup of tea. (An unfounded fear, as it happened. The Killers are everyone’s cup of tea.)

The iMixis ready, and the only song not available at iTunes is “Escapar (Slipping Away)” by Moby and Eva Amaral, which is replaced on the mix by the original English version of “Slipping Away” by Moby (alone).

1. “Human” by The Killers
2. “When You Were Young” by The Killers
3. “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers
4. “Somebody Told Me” by The Killers
5. “Jenny Was a Friend of Mine” by The Killers
6. “Smile Like You Mean It” by The Killers
7. “Sam’s Town” by The Killers
8. “Take Me Out” by Franz Ferdinand
9. “Auf Achse” by Franz Ferdinand
10. “Well That Was Easy” by Franz Ferdinand
11. “So Alive” by Ryan Adams
12. “Angels of the Silences” by Counting Crows
13. “The Sound of Settling” by Death Cab for Cutie
14. “I’m a Cuckoo” by Belle & Sebastian
15. “Close to Me” by The Cure
16. “The Rescue Blues” by Ryan Adams
17. “Do You Realize?” by The Flaming Lips
18. “Escapar (Slipping Away)” by Moby and Eva Amaral

You can watch the video for the Spanish version of that last track here, but to buy it in the U.S. (for $9.50!), you’ll have to go here.