Re Arranging Song based on Workshop

As I was inspired by the arranging workshop I wanted to take a popular song and arrange it to make it different and so I chose Mr Brightside by The Killers (TheKillersVEVO 2009). This song is normally fast and upbeat, but similar to I Will Survive that we arranged during the workshop, it has quite serious lyrics and meaning behind them. I feel that the seriousness of the lyrics is often missed with the original song and because of the popularity of the song but I really wanted to emphasise the meaning behind them. I did this through slowing the song right down, and adapting my vocal tone, making it simplistic and pure. I also musically adapted the melody at points, going against the unexpected, for example going down in pitch where normally the song would go up. I felt it was important to make the piano not the important part, so for the majority of the song just played sustained chords and let it build slightly by playing broken chords and making the piano higher as this keeps in interesting and varied. I used this piano accompaniment  to enhance the lyrics and not detract from them.