Kings of Leon sell out Hyde park

mookiemoochie16

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.

dcfaithful

facepollution wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

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.

facepollution

dcfaithful wrote:

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

musicismylife78

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.

dcfaithful

facepollution wrote:

dcfaithful wrote:

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

CTD10

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.

PJGARDEN

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.

facepollution

dcfaithful wrote:

facepollution wrote:

dcfaithful wrote:

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.

facepollution

PJGARDEN wrote:

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!

DiRtyFranK38

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.

decides2dream

DiRtyFranK38 wrote:

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....

facepollution

decides2dream wrote:

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.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

i like their first two albums more than the other two, but they are all pretty good.

The Porch is full of overweight jobless geeks

i was a big fan until the 3rd album, molly's chamber woke me up but the sex is on fire turned me off :(

Ricsard

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...

mavi

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.

The Porch is full of overweight jobless geeks

mavi wrote:

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.

ComeToTX

I don't get their massive draw either. They have some good songs but nothing amazing. The Whigs are opening and they rule.