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  • ozsmalltowngirl
    ozsmalltowngirl Posts: 14,362
    yellowled24 wrote:
    I think you mean...Mayan-hattay-uhn ;):D

    Getting my tix on wednesday *claps*
    Which gig have you decided to go to?
  • DonJon
    DonJon Posts: 5,089
    Ive given the new album a pretty good listen....plus I hear it on commercials, in lifts, on the radio :rolleyes:

    As much as I think its great...I still like Y&YM and Aha albums better so far. Maybe this will change. I like the old raw sound but not to say I dont like the new 'polish/radio friendly' stuff.

    Let the Good Times Roll
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • PilatesBetterman
    PilatesBetterman Posts: 306
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    I haven't heard Aha shake yet, but out of the three albums I've heard Only By the Night is probably my favorite. Joe's Head is my favorite song though.
    had ta put a bullet into his head then i lit up a cigarette
    "So forget the other boys because my love is real.
    Come off your battlefield."
  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    it is amazing how big they have become in Australia, especially in the last year.
    i remember seeing them supporting the strokes here at a small venue years back

    at the start of this year they played 2 sydney shows at a 4000 person venue
    in march next year, they have sold out 2 shows at a 12000 person venue with a third on sale at a 20000 person venue!

    and jacked the prices up a lot as well ;) which sucks a lot!
    2003 - Sydney x3,
    2006 - Reading Festival,
    2007 - Katowice, London, Nijmegen, Rock Werchter,
    2008 - MSG x2, Hartford, Mansfield x2, Beacon Theater,
    2009 - Melbourne, Sydney,
    2010 - I watched it go to fire!
    2011 - EV Brisbane x3, Newcastle, Sydney x3,
    2012 - Manchester x 2, Amsterdam x2, Prague, Berlin x2, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
    2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

    I wave to all my Friends... Yeah!
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    I would have probably got into them more if i didn't hear 'sex is on fire' every second for a few weeks.
  • DonJon
    DonJon Posts: 5,089
    vedder_soup wrote:
    it is amazing how big they have become in Australia, especially in the last year.
    i remember seeing them supporting the strokes here at a small venue years back

    at the start of this year they played 2 sydney shows at a 4000 person venue
    in march next year, they have sold out 2 shows at a 12000 person venue with a third on sale at a 20000 person venue!

    and jacked the prices up a lot as well ;) which sucks a lot!

    I thought they only played one at Hordern this year?

    Amasing numbers there. . Even putting on a 3rd at acer...they are not far behind Pearl Jam in relation to sales.......unbelievable
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • ozsmalltowngirl
    ozsmalltowngirl Posts: 14,362
    DonJon wrote:
    they are not far behind Pearl Jam in relation to sales.......unbelievable
    VERY unbelievable! :confused:
  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    DonJon wrote:
    I thought they only played one at Hordern this year?

    Amasing numbers there. . Even putting on a 3rd at acer...they are not far behind Pearl Jam in relation to sales.......unbelievable

    not sure!!

    i was not in the counrty at the time!
    you might be right
    2003 - Sydney x3,
    2006 - Reading Festival,
    2007 - Katowice, London, Nijmegen, Rock Werchter,
    2008 - MSG x2, Hartford, Mansfield x2, Beacon Theater,
    2009 - Melbourne, Sydney,
    2010 - I watched it go to fire!
    2011 - EV Brisbane x3, Newcastle, Sydney x3,
    2012 - Manchester x 2, Amsterdam x2, Prague, Berlin x2, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
    2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

    I wave to all my Friends... Yeah!
  • Paint Ed Big 10
    Paint Ed Big 10 Posts: 198
    EPOTTSIII wrote:
    Ok, been a hardcore PJ fan since TEN hit. I saw kings of Leon a few times and thought they were good. Never thought of buying their shit though...
    I obviously knew that they opened for Pearl Jam a lot in the past tours and still nothing. There is a station 104.5 in Philly and they play all the "popular"
    Kings of Leon stuff and I started to like it. Found out they had a new CD out and bought it. THAT CD IS AMAZING!
    Seriously.....ANYONE..??

    Well.. I have all the old CD's now and its still true, the new CD is worth why they are big now. I WANT THAT VIRGINIA BEACH POSTER SOOOO BAD NOW!!

    2 reasons : The BEST LOOKING poster of '08 and it's F'n Pearl Jam and Kings of Leon!!!

    AGREED???

    YES! Only By The Night is amazing! They are so great live that I cried at the Webster Hall show in September. You need to listen to all of their albums though because each album is different, which makes them such a great band...they keep growing as artists.
    "Music could provide the light you cannot resist" -R.E.M., "I'm Gonna DJ"

    "My relationship with the band began as a love affair on the phone with Jeff." -Eddie Vedder, Rolling Stone, 10/28/93
  • EPOTTSIII
    EPOTTSIII Posts: 190
    Paint Ed Big 10 wrote:
    YES! Only By The Night is amazing! They are so great live that I cried at the Webster Hall show in September. You need to listen to all of their albums though because each album is different, which makes them such a great band...they keep growing as artists.

    Agreed... I do have all their old CDs and I do like them. They are all different too like you say. I just seriously think Only by the Night is a great start to finish cd.

    So funny update. I had dinner over my moms house the other night and poped in the cd. She likes a lot of the bands I listen to and she said that she likes them. So I get a phone call and she tells me that she got me lower level tickets for the MSG show on 1/29 for my bday which is the 28th!
    9/29/1996 NY
    9/1&2/2000 Camden
    7/6/2003 Camden
    5/27/2006 Camden 6/1&3/2006 NJ
    6/19/2008 Camden, 6/22/2008 Washington DC, 6/25/2008 NY
    8/7/2008 Eddie Vedder NJ, 6/11/2008 Eddie Vedder Philly (3rd Row! Thanks 10c!!)
    10/28,30&31/2009 Philly
  • whgarrett
    whgarrett Posts: 574
    I am really not liking the sex single. Catchy but almost like they r selling themselves short. Of course it does SELL don't it.
  • Zoso
    Zoso Posts: 6,425
    whgarrett wrote:
    I am really not liking the sex single. Catchy but almost like they r selling themselves short. Of course it does SELL don't it.

    I think they are selling themselves short on the whole new album and their new sound is refined down to something that is way too clean and nova pop/rock.
    I'm just flying around the other side of the world to say I love you

    Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl

    I love you forever and forever :)

    Adel 03 Melb 1 03 LA 2 06 Santa Barbara 06 Gorge 1 06 Gorge 2 06 Adel 1 06 Adel 2 06 Camden 1 08 Camden 2 08 Washington DC 08 Hartford 08
  • vital5
    vital5 Posts: 5,486
    DonJon wrote:
    Ive given the new album a pretty good listen....plus I hear it on commercials, in lifts, on the radio :rolleyes:
    which makes me glad i don't listen to the radio.. but every fucker is covering sex on fire.. even buskers on Melbs Southbank as filmed by my parents on their holiday ha

    i played the album at their place... and my dad recognised it...
    the new album adds to their greatness indeed
  • vital5
    vital5 Posts: 5,486
    vedder_soup wrote:
    it is amazing how big they have become in Australia, especially in the last year.

    at the start of this year they played 2 sydney shows at a 4000 person venue
    in march next year, they have sold out 2 shows at a 12000 person venue with a third on sale at a 20000 person venue!

    and jacked the prices up a lot as well ;) which sucks a lot!
    they deserve it...

    i was at both sydney shows last time :eek: heh
    they were $74 each at hordern... not much of a rise.
  • vital5
    vital5 Posts: 5,486
    Zoso wrote:
    I think they are selling themselves short on the whole new album and their new sound is refined down to something that is way too clean and nova pop/rock.
    with fame comes more money to refine production :) better equipment....
  • Paint Ed Big 10
    Paint Ed Big 10 Posts: 198
    EPOTTSIII wrote:
    Agreed... I do have all their old CDs and I do like them. They are all different too like you say. I just seriously think Only by the Night is a great start to finish cd.

    So funny update. I had dinner over my moms house the other night and poped in the cd. She likes a lot of the bands I listen to and she said that she likes them. So I get a phone call and she tells me that she got me lower level tickets for the MSG show on 1/29 for my bday which is the 28th!

    My mom likes KOL too! She also loves The Who so I guess I get my musical tastes from her :)
    Anyway that's so exciting that you got tickets to MSG for your b-day! I'm going too. I can't wait. I hope the pit isn't too crazy.
    "Music could provide the light you cannot resist" -R.E.M., "I'm Gonna DJ"

    "My relationship with the band began as a love affair on the phone with Jeff." -Eddie Vedder, Rolling Stone, 10/28/93
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Zoso wrote:
    I think they are selling themselves short on the whole new album and their new sound is refined down to something that is way too clean and nova pop/rock.

    Maybe the production but certainly not the music. I just got aha shake heartbreak and that album sounds much more like pop/rock then Only By Night. Only By Night IMO is a much better record.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • yellowled24
    yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    bettermanofthehour wrote:
    sorry but pearl jam is mainstream too. are you sick of them now?
    I dont agree with this....the only songs of PJ that I ever hear on the radio is Last Kiss and Alive...

    They never play the new stuff.

    I have never, EVER heard the radio play anything off the last 4 albums.

    KOL on the other hand are commercial now, which is good for them if they want it - but bad for me coz I look like im trying to be cool, haha :D
    "....and was very surprised to see that he didnt actually have a recipe for anus-ankle soup." - Big Ed
  • DonJon
    DonJon Posts: 5,089
    vital5 wrote:
    which makes me glad i don't listen to the radio.. but every fucker is covering sex on fire.. even buskers on Melbs Southbank as filmed by my parents on their holiday ha

    i played the album at their place... and my dad recognised it...
    the new album adds to their greatness indeed

    My flatmate even knew Use Somebody and SOF when I put it on the other week.

    This is coming from an individual that has never heard of Pearl Jam, The Who or Led Zep. She did know Foo Fighters tho
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • ozsmalltowngirl
    ozsmalltowngirl Posts: 14,362
    DonJon wrote:
    My flatmate even new Use Somebody and SOF when I put it on the other week.

    This is coming from an individual that has never heard of Pearl Jam, The Who or Led Zep. She did know Foo Fighters tho
    If there's anyone in Aus that hasn't heard those songs - they must be living in a cave :rolleyes:
    Even my kids are getting sick of them.

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