There is no official video for this song, as it was never released as a single, so this is a live performance recording from a gig in Toronto.
Background information: the song appeared on The Killers debut album "Hot Fuss" in america, however was left out of the UK and Australian CDs. It was then added as a track to "Sawdust", a compilation album that they released, featuring other B-sides and cover versions to songs.
This video, A Dustland Fairytale (a song from their third studio album, Day & Age, has a clear meaning to the song - but the narrative in the video does not directly correspond with the lyrics in the song. I enjoy this aspect of the video, because it highlights perfectly that there are the two different methods of getting across the meaning of the song - through the audio and and he visuals. This video was directed by the director Anthony Mandler, who has oddly done a lot of work with Rihanna, but also did other videos for The Killers; "Tranquilize" and "When You Were Young".
As entertaining and memorable music videos go, "Spaceman" by The Killers is one of the best:
Because of the bizarre nature of the song, the video (directed by Ray Tintori, who has become a very well established music video director for strange and unique videos) the video needed to have a strange, close to surprising impact on viewers. This is achieved by location/situation, and especially by the costume, with singer Brandon Flowers wearing a red, feathery, loud outfit, which is very difficult to describe, so here is a screenshot:
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