Home› Other Music

help out a "new" Kings of Leon fan

Still In HidingStill In Hiding Posts: 370
edited August 2010 in Other Music
hey guys! i was never really that into Kings of Leon (I only have Only By The Night), but I was talked into getting tix for their July 24th show in Chicago. My question is, what songs/albums do you recommend to get me ready for the show? I've often heard the earlier stuff is better
Post edited by Unknown User on
«13

Comments

  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,070
    My favorite album is Because Of The Times - every song is killer on it.

    Followed closely by Aha Shake Heartbreak and Youth and Young Manhood.

    Actually the album that gets the most played by them for me is their live album: Day Old Belgian Blues EP
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
    2024: Baltimore

    Upcoming: 2025 Hollywood, FL Night 2
  • Drop1The0LeashDrop1The0Leash Posts: 954
    Check out their album Because of the Times and Aha Shake Heartbreak. Every song on those albums are great. Because of the Times is their best album IMO. Enjoy the concert!
    2006: Albany
    2008: MSG I, MSG II, Newark(EV)
    2009: Albany 1-2(EV), Philly 3
    2010: Boston, MSG I
    2013: Buffalo, Brooklyn II, Hartford
    2016: MSG 1, MSG II, Fenway 1
  • Drop1The0LeashDrop1The0Leash Posts: 954
    LukinFan wrote:
    My favorite album is Because Of The Times - every song is killer on it.

    You beat me to it.
    2006: Albany
    2008: MSG I, MSG II, Newark(EV)
    2009: Albany 1-2(EV), Philly 3
    2010: Boston, MSG I
    2013: Buffalo, Brooklyn II, Hartford
    2016: MSG 1, MSG II, Fenway 1
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,070
    Drop1The0Leash wrote:
    LukinFan wrote:
    My favorite album is Because Of The Times - every song is killer on it.

    You beat me to it.
    such a damn good album - really hope they go back to this sound on their upcoming album
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
    2024: Baltimore

    Upcoming: 2025 Hollywood, FL Night 2
  • Drop1The0LeashDrop1The0Leash Posts: 954
    LukinFan wrote:
    Drop1The0Leash wrote:
    LukinFan wrote:
    My favorite album is Because Of The Times - every song is killer on it.

    You beat me to it.
    such a damn good album - really hope they go back to this sound on their upcoming album

    I hope so too but someone posted an article on here saying the new album has a beachy sound. I don't think that fits with the Because of the TImes sound unfortunately. A beachy sounding record intrigues me though.
    2006: Albany
    2008: MSG I, MSG II, Newark(EV)
    2009: Albany 1-2(EV), Philly 3
    2010: Boston, MSG I
    2013: Buffalo, Brooklyn II, Hartford
    2016: MSG 1, MSG II, Fenway 1
  • Fight to get it back againFight to get it back again Posts: 27
    Youth and Young Manhood...Nothing like the double combo of Spiral Staircase and Molly's Chambers. If you're driving, be careful. You'll be doing 80mph in no time with these on.
  • mavimavi Posts: 941
    BB148952 wrote:
    Youth and Young Manhood.

    +1 Every single track on this album will make you spin!
    "He who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once" R. Browning
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,276
    Just get every album before Only By The Night. Sooo much better, and not as douched up.

    I had a friend's sister who thinks she's a "supposed" huge KOL fan put on her Facebook status, "Listening to old school Kings of Leon." Are you kidding me???
  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Just get every album before Only By The Night. Sooo much better, and not as douched up.

    Agreed. You can find some of their new songs on You Tube from recent shows. They're rocking and also lack the douche rinse.
    BrowserPreview_tmp_zps26eff4aa.gif

    Don't fuck sheep. -EV 7/11/11
    You can never have enough Neil in the mix. -EV 10/24/10
    There's only one commandment: Don't be an asshole. -EV 5/6/10
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Just get every album before Only By The Night. Sooo much better, and not as douched up.

    I had a friend's sister who thinks she's a "supposed" huge KOL fan put on her Facebook status, "Listening to old school Kings of Leon." Are you kidding me???
    This.

    Minus yesterday's Decemberists/HeartlessBastards discussion Jearl, it seems you and I are on very similar wavelengths musically. Very well put my friend.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,413
    Because Of The Times is my person fav album from them, followed by Youth & Young Manhood then Aha Shake, then Only By The Night.

    Fav Songs:
    Black Thumbnail
    Fans
    Molly's Chambers
    Slow Night, So Long
    Taper Jean Girl
    Crawl
    Velvet Snow
    McFearless
    Camaro
    Spiral Staircase
    Holy Roller Novacaine
    Manhattan
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • CantKeepmedownCantKeepmedown Portland, Maine Posts: 3,057
    You can't go wrong with any album before Only By The Night.

    I think I like Aha Shake a bit more than the other 2, but Because Of The Times is tremendous.

    They're playing about 4 new songs on tour this year. Looking forward to hearing them. The Hyde Park setlist was nice.


    Crawl
    Taper Jean Girl
    My Party
    Be Somebody
    Immortals*
    Molly's Chambers
    Fans
    Milk
    Closer
    Mary*
    Wasted Time
    Four Kicks
    The Bucket
    Radioactive*
    Charmer
    Where Is My Mind (The Pixies cover)
    Sex On Fire
    Notion
    On Call
    Southbound*
    Trani

    Encore:
    Knocked Up
    Manhattan
    Use Somebody
    Black Thumbnail

    *new songs
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    because of the times and youth and young manhood. it's already been said, can't be said enough. : :lol:

    sorry I'm late to this thread and couldn't resist.
    PJ: 10/14/00 06/09/03 10/4/09 11/15/13 11/16/13 10/08/14
    EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,070
    I find it hilarious that everyone keeps telling the OP that everything is great by them before Only by the Night - and that is the one album that he owns by them! :lol::lol::lol::lol:
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
    2024: Baltimore

    Upcoming: 2025 Hollywood, FL Night 2
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,276
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Just get every album before Only By The Night. Sooo much better, and not as douched up.

    I had a friend's sister who thinks she's a "supposed" huge KOL fan put on her Facebook status, "Listening to old school Kings of Leon." Are you kidding me???
    This.

    Minus yesterday's Decemberists/HeartlessBastards discussion Jearl, it seems you and I are on very similar wavelengths musically. Very well put my friend.

    And I still stand my ground on the discussion. But yes, I like your jive, turkey.

    Where do you stand with The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs? Never been a big fan, but as of late, 'Blitz!', is growing on me...
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,276
    Oh, and if I hear "Use Somebody" one more time, I'm gonna shoot sooooomebodayyy.
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Where do you stand with The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs? Never been a big fan, but as of late, 'Blitz!', is growing on me...
    That album is really cool. Karen O has something about her that I like too.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Oh, and if I hear "Use Somebody" one more time, I'm gonna shoot sooooomebodayyy.
    :lol:
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,952
    Alright, I am drunk and have been trying to hold off on posting this comment.

    My only advice for a new Kings of Leon fan is.....stop listening to Kings of Leon.
  • mookiemoochie16mookiemoochie16 Posts: 521
    Aha Shake Heartbreak. If you don't think the first six songs are completely brilliant, you deserve to be taken away in a straightjacket. Followed by Because of the Times. Those two are so close in my mind. They are both excellent albums but I just love Aha Shake Heartbreak. For me the entire album tells a story; it puts perfect images in my head of what's happening, what he's going through. Really though, it's great.

    Only By The Night, however...that's a different story. :roll: Stick with the first three albums and you're good. :thumbup:
    The oceans made me, but who came up with love?

    "You put some udder cream on that shit?" ~EV 5/17/10
  • OkOk Posts: 2,144
    LukinFan wrote:
    I find it hilarious that everyone keeps telling the OP that everything is great by them before Only by the Night - and that is the one album that he owns by them! :lol::lol::lol::lol:

    That is funny! :D
  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    Aha Shake Heartbreak and Youth and Young Manhood are both great albums. Because of the Times is OK. and their latest is pretty shitty (save for Closer and Crawl).

    They're decent live as long as you're not subjected to too many new songs. Acoustic version of Tranni is really cool
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    The new album is pretty cool to hate, but it's actually pretty decent. The singles are fuckin dynamite no matter how you slice it. Yeah it's shitty they got played everywhere all the time, but that doesn't mean the songs are bad.

    Cold Desert, Closer, Crawl and Revelry are all solid.
  • Drop1The0LeashDrop1The0Leash Posts: 954
    DewieCox wrote:
    The new album is pretty cool to hate, but it's actually pretty decent. The singles are fuckin dynamite no matter how you slice it. Yeah it's shitty they got played everywhere all the time, but that doesn't mean the songs are bad.

    Cold Desert, Closer, Crawl and Revelry are all solid.

    +1 for all of that. OBTN has some really good songs. Agree with Closer, Crawl, and Revelry and Ill also add Manhattan.
    2006: Albany
    2008: MSG I, MSG II, Newark(EV)
    2009: Albany 1-2(EV), Philly 3
    2010: Boston, MSG I
    2013: Buffalo, Brooklyn II, Hartford
    2016: MSG 1, MSG II, Fenway 1
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,276
    DewieCox wrote:
    The new album is pretty cool to hate, but it's actually pretty decent. The singles are fuckin dynamite no matter how you slice it. Yeah it's shitty they got played everywhere all the time, but that doesn't mean the songs are bad.

    Cold Desert, Closer, Crawl and Revelry are all solid.

    Yes, they are.

    Closer and Crawl are the only solid tracks on there.
  • The P.T.The P.T. Posts: 141
    DewieCox wrote:
    The new album is pretty cool to hate, but it's actually pretty decent. The singles are fuckin dynamite no matter how you slice it. Yeah it's shitty they got played everywhere all the time, but that doesn't mean the songs are bad.

    Cold Desert, Closer, Crawl and Revelry are all solid.

    I tend to agree with this. But I'm also on the side of everyone else who says any album before this one is better.

    I think my issue goes more to the record company getting to the band and it's music. They are no longer the same live band they were with the first 3 albums. They act different. They dress different. It even looks like they aren't having nearly as much fun up there. Personally, I can't stand this new 'arena rock' image they are tending to have vs. the gritty/loose rock band they were a few years ago. I would attribute this to a push from others outside the band to commercialize them a bit more.

    I will say this... I probably won't pay to see them again until I've heard they've taken a different path.
  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    The P.T. wrote:
    DewieCox wrote:
    The new album is pretty cool to hate, but it's actually pretty decent. The singles are fuckin dynamite no matter how you slice it. Yeah it's shitty they got played everywhere all the time, but that doesn't mean the songs are bad.

    Cold Desert, Closer, Crawl and Revelry are all solid.

    I will say this... I probably won't pay to see them again until I've heard they've taken a different path.

    saw them 3 times last fall...and I completely agree with this.

    They also need to stop playing charmer live...especially in their encores. those vocals make my skin crawl
  • slightlystonedslightlystoned Posts: 229
    They are extremely overrated, but to each his own.
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Alright, I am drunk and have been trying to hold off on posting this comment.

    My only advice for a new Kings of Leon fan is.....stop listening to Kings of Leon.
  • supersonicyearssupersonicyears Posts: 2,619
    Everything.
    You guys with the lists forgot Arizona http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PzRpe36Qls
    "In the age of darkness
    want to be enlightened"
Sign In or Register to comment.