They're the first half-decent commercial-friendly band since The White Stripes in the last 10 years. They're pretty good, nothing spectacular, but nothing else in the last decade on the radio has really been even close to being respectable. There's a lot of good bands, but nothing with widespread appeal like them.
It seems like a lot of their fanbase is split between liking either their first two or last two records, which makes sense because they completely overhauled their sound to go from playing in clubs to headlining arenas.
I get why a lot of the newer fans have a hard time getting into their earlier stuff, it sounds nothing like their current record.
I guess I'm in the minority then. I think the best albums are the middle two. Aha, and BOTT
They're the first half-decent commercial-friendly band since The White Stripes in the last 10 years. They're pretty good, nothing spectacular, but nothing else in the last decade on the radio has really been even close to being respectable. There's a lot of good bands, but nothing with widespread appeal like them.
They're the first half-decent commercial-friendly band since The White Stripes in the last 10 years. They're pretty good, nothing spectacular, but nothing else in the last decade on the radio has really been even close to being respectable. There's a lot of good bands, but nothing with widespread appeal like them.
The Strokes beg to differ
The Strokes are/were nowhere near the level of WS or KoL. They had a ton more hype, maybe.
KOL imo are a O.K band never be a great band... all you got to do is compair the music to any other great band, and you see how weak the singer is and the band around tbh...
KOL imo are a O.K band never be a great band... all you got to do is compair the music to any other great band, and you see how weak the singer is and the band around tbh...
Hey, I respect your right to an opinion, but I think you're talking rubbish. Caleb Followill has one of the most distinct and recognisable voices around. What great bands are you comparing them to? I mean the Rolling Stones are considered a great band, but as a singer Mick Jagger has never been technically impressive. I'm not knocking Jagger, because rock and roll isn't about being perfect, it's about playing with passion and conviction.
Check out KOL's song Closer - in no way could the vocals be considered "weak", I get it if you just don't really appreciate his voice, I know a lot of people feel the same, but that doesn't mean he's a bad singer - I mean Celine Dion's technically an impressive singer, but I'd rather cut my ears off than listen to her music!
KOL imo are a O.K band never be a great band... all you got to do is compair the music to any other great band, and you see how weak the singer is and the band around tbh...
Hey, I respect your right to an opinion, but I think you're talking rubbish. Caleb Followill has one of the most distinct and recognisable voices around. What great bands are you comparing them to? I mean the Rolling Stones are considered a great band, but as a singer Mick Jagger has never been technically impressive. I'm not knocking Jagger, because rock and roll isn't about being perfect, it's about playing with passion and conviction.
Check out KOL's song Closer - in no way could the vocals be considered "weak", I get it if you just don't really appreciate his voice, I know a lot of people feel the same, but that doesn't mean he's a bad singer - I mean Celine Dion's technically an impressive singer, but I'd rather cut my ears off than listen to her music!
i see what your saying about Celine Dion thing, but its just my opinion but its not just about the singing (tho i his voice just dont catch my ear i guess) i mean if i said i think Paul roger has a good voice i rekon alot will disagree with that, its all about taste i guess :P, but my fav voice has to be Robert Plant... always where was i xD losing myself... "its not just about the singing" i just dont feel a connection with the band when i listen to them, i listen to PJ and i can just close my eyes and drift of to another world and the same with alot of band i love, but KOL imo for me just dont do it. Again just saying how i feel All around
i see what your saying about Celine Dion thing, but its just my opinion but its not just about the singing (tho i his voice just dont catch my ear i guess) i mean if i said i think Paul roger has a good voice i rekon alot will disagree with that, its all about taste i guess :P, but my fav voice has to be Robert Plant... always where was i xD losing myself... "its not just about the singing" i just dont feel a connection with the band when i listen to them, i listen to PJ and i can just close my eyes and drift of to another world and the same with alot of band i love, but KOL imo for me just dont do it. Again just saying how i feel All around
Yeah I see where you are coming from, I just don't think that equates to weak vocals. I wouldn't say all their songs hit me on a particularly emotional level, but I think songs like Arizona and Cold Desert are totally mining the same vein as bands like Pearl Jam.
I just got finished reading an interview with the band and it's funny because they totally get why a lot of people don't like them particularly after their most recent record sent them stratospheric. Apparently they didn't even want to put Sex on Fire and Use Somebody on the record because they knew they would be perceived as sell outs and what not. I think the next record is gonna be quite different.
Aha Shake Heartbreak and Because of the Times are my favorites of theirs, just incredible. I agree that they've changed a lot over the past few years, and have a much different image. But as mad as I get at them for becoming something so completely different and much less hardcore than what they started as, I cannot stop listening to their old stuff. Their music is like crack.
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their first 2 albums are fantastic...2nd two are pretty lame.
They got soft and changed their image...such a shame
The third is easily their most consistent, in my opinion.
I was going to say their first 3 are great, their last one is very easy to pass up.
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the are probably the biggest band in the world right now or at least one of the top 5 or so. unreal to think a few years ago they were opening for PJ, and were a small indie band.
I was going to say their first 3 are great, their last one is very easy to pass up.
You say that, but it does contain three of their best songs: Closer, Manhattan and Cold Desert
Yeah, I guess that's the beauty of opinions, eh? :P
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6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
I agree that their last album was their weakest. That being said I still do like it. Poppy but good. PJ turned me on to KOL a few years ago and I'm glad they did. They are one of my favorite bands now, and BOTT is one of my favorite albums of all time. Just got tickets to the Toronto show on Friday and I can't wait to see them.
I think they should have made one album out of Only By the Night and Because of the Times. If you took the fillers out of the two and combined the good songs you would have a pretty solid album.
Back to the Hyde Park issue, I don't know that I'm buying they sold that place out. I know they’re huge right now but damn! Any chance this is just a gimmick to sell more tickets? Say its sold out, wait a few days or weeks, tell people they are releasing more tickets and they have one more chance to buy. I don’t know, just a thought.
I was going to say their first 3 are great, their last one is very easy to pass up.
You say that, but it does contain three of their best songs: Closer, Manhattan and Cold Desert
Yeah, I guess that's the beauty of opinions, eh? :P
Well I take your point, but I think Manhattan and Cold Desert are pretty much struck from the same cloth as songs like Arizona and Fans from their third record, they would both easily fit on that record. I wouldn't disagree with you about the rest of the record though - I mean three good songs and a couple of alright ones isn't really my idea of a strong record, and on that basis I would say it's my least favourite record of theirs, but it's not all bad.
I think they should have made one album out of Only By the Night and Because of the Times. If you took the fillers out of the two and combined the good songs you would have a pretty solid album.
Back to the Hyde Park issue, I don't know that I'm buying they sold that place out. I know they’re huge right now but damn! Any chance this is just a gimmick to sell more tickets? Say its sold out, wait a few days or weeks, tell people they are releasing more tickets and they have one more chance to buy. I don’t know, just a thought.
No chance, KOL are ridiculously massive in the UK, all of their shows sell out in minutes. They've had such massive cross-over success that they attract a really diverse crowd. I haven't seen them since 2008, just before their last album was released, and their audience had really changed, it had gone from the usual rock crowd to mostly band-wagon jumpers who just want to be a part of the next big thing - or obnoxious wankers as I like to call them!
i love all their albums but i find because of the times to honestly be a modern masterpiece. i every song is excellent. only by the night may be more commercial but i think it still has phenomenal moments. aha shake is great, but i feel like his vocals and the depth of their music has grown alot since then, whether it's gotten more commercial or not.
2006: Hartford
2008: MSG 1, Hartford, Mansfield 2, Ed Solo NYC 1
2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
2011: Ed Solo Hartford
2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
i love all their albums but i find because of the times to honestly be a modern masterpiece. i every song is excellent. only by the night may be more commercial but i think it still has phenomenal moments. aha shake is great, but i feel like his vocals and the depth of their music has grown alot since then, whether it's gotten more commercial or not.
i'm am very late coming to the party, but i;ve recently really have gotten into kol. saw them oepn for pj @ nijmegen which really piqued my interest, and hubby DLed an album for me then, can't remember which, but i liked and enjoyed it. that was that. then after seeing the ACL special with pj and kol, interesated me again, so hubby got me the rest of their albums, all from itunes, so no idea which came first or what have you, but i have to say, overall...i really like em!
i would be curious to know the dates of each album, just to see....
i would be curious to know the dates of each album, just to see....
Youth And Young Manhood - 2003
Aha Shake Heartbreak - 2004
Because Of The Times - 2007
Only By The Night - 2008
They've achieved quite a lot in seven years, and the oldest member is only 30 - the youngest being about 22. These guys are only going to get better, four albums in (and another out this year) and it feels like they're only just warming up, I think they're in it for the long haul.
at first I have all their albums in mp3 and played those songs a lot in the recents years, have seen them in Nijmegen and I have to say ...they are ridiculously overrated and their huge worldwide popularity proves taste in music is worse than in the 80's! Just my two cents...
Budapest.Budapest.Arnhem.Antwerpen.Vienna.Madrid.Katowice.Nova_rock.Nijmegen.Rotterdam.Berlin.Dublin.Belfast.London.Venice.Prague.Stockholm.Copenhagen.Vienna.Leeds.Milton_keynes.Padova.Prague.Seattle1.Seattle2.Chicago1.Budapest.Cracow.Vienna..>>>LONDON.BERLIN1.BERLIN2 Eddie: Dublin & London
This is as far as I could read:
...the rest got cut off.... :roll:
I know I'll take shit for that one, it's ok, I can take it.
The thing is I used to LOVE this band and it was sad to let go after the crap they put out on the fourth album and the evident direction they wanted to head towards, so humor is the best I can muster now.
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This is as far as I could read:
...the rest got cut off.... :roll:
I know I'll take shit for that one, it's ok, I can take it.
The thing is I used to LOVE this band and it was sad to let go after the crap they put out on the fourth album and the evident direction they wanted to head towards, so humor is the best I can muster now.
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I guess I'm in the minority then. I think the best albums are the middle two. Aha, and BOTT
I was turned on to KOL a few years back by a neighbor living here in the states who is from England.
He can' get enough of them.
My feelings let Europe have them.
I can take the lead singers voice for about 1/2 a song before hit another artist.
I guess it's much like U2 here.
The Strokes are/were nowhere near the level of WS or KoL. They had a ton more hype, maybe.
London Hyde Park 25~06~2010
Hey, I respect your right to an opinion, but I think you're talking rubbish. Caleb Followill has one of the most distinct and recognisable voices around. What great bands are you comparing them to? I mean the Rolling Stones are considered a great band, but as a singer Mick Jagger has never been technically impressive. I'm not knocking Jagger, because rock and roll isn't about being perfect, it's about playing with passion and conviction.
Check out KOL's song Closer - in no way could the vocals be considered "weak", I get it if you just don't really appreciate his voice, I know a lot of people feel the same, but that doesn't mean he's a bad singer - I mean Celine Dion's technically an impressive singer, but I'd rather cut my ears off than listen to her music!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkGhDHP093M
In fact this might be an even better example of what a decent singer he is - Cold Desert (live at the O2):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMfP4Ps_M8c
London Hyde Park 25~06~2010
Yeah I see where you are coming from, I just don't think that equates to weak vocals. I wouldn't say all their songs hit me on a particularly emotional level, but I think songs like Arizona and Cold Desert are totally mining the same vein as bands like Pearl Jam.
I just got finished reading an interview with the band and it's funny because they totally get why a lot of people don't like them particularly after their most recent record sent them stratospheric. Apparently they didn't even want to put Sex on Fire and Use Somebody on the record because they knew they would be perceived as sell outs and what not. I think the next record is gonna be quite different.
"You put some udder cream on that shit?" ~EV 5/17/10
I was going to say their first 3 are great, their last one is very easy to pass up.
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You say that, but it does contain three of their best songs: Closer, Manhattan and Cold Desert
Yeah, I guess that's the beauty of opinions, eh? :P
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Back to the Hyde Park issue, I don't know that I'm buying they sold that place out. I know they’re huge right now but damn! Any chance this is just a gimmick to sell more tickets? Say its sold out, wait a few days or weeks, tell people they are releasing more tickets and they have one more chance to buy. I don’t know, just a thought.
Well I take your point, but I think Manhattan and Cold Desert are pretty much struck from the same cloth as songs like Arizona and Fans from their third record, they would both easily fit on that record. I wouldn't disagree with you about the rest of the record though - I mean three good songs and a couple of alright ones isn't really my idea of a strong record, and on that basis I would say it's my least favourite record of theirs, but it's not all bad.
No chance, KOL are ridiculously massive in the UK, all of their shows sell out in minutes. They've had such massive cross-over success that they attract a really diverse crowd. I haven't seen them since 2008, just before their last album was released, and their audience had really changed, it had gone from the usual rock crowd to mostly band-wagon jumpers who just want to be a part of the next big thing - or obnoxious wankers as I like to call them!
2008: MSG 1, Hartford, Mansfield 2, Ed Solo NYC 1
2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
2011: Ed Solo Hartford
2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
i'm am very late coming to the party, but i;ve recently really have gotten into kol. saw them oepn for pj @ nijmegen which really piqued my interest, and hubby DLed an album for me then, can't remember which, but i liked and enjoyed it. that was that. then after seeing the ACL special with pj and kol, interesated me again, so hubby got me the rest of their albums, all from itunes, so no idea which came first or what have you, but i have to say, overall...i really like em!
i would be curious to know the dates of each album, just to see....
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Youth And Young Manhood - 2003
Aha Shake Heartbreak - 2004
Because Of The Times - 2007
Only By The Night - 2008
They've achieved quite a lot in seven years, and the oldest member is only 30 - the youngest being about 22. These guys are only going to get better, four albums in (and another out this year) and it feels like they're only just warming up, I think they're in it for the long haul.
Eddie: Dublin & London
...the rest got cut off.... :roll:
The thing is I used to LOVE this band and it was sad to let go after the crap they put out on the fourth album and the evident direction they wanted to head towards, so humor is the best I can muster now.