I have been listening to the new Kings Of Leon album the last two days, and I am completely underwhelmed by it. The songs & production are so simple and plain. I was happy to get my hands on some new kings and thought that this would take me away from the new PJ and give me a chance to let everything sink in. After just 3 listens of that album, I'm bored. There honestly isnt that "lets keep listening and get a better grasp on it,". Its boring and there is nothing to grasp. It is simple... I honestly keep going back to Sirens and am blown away by the sound of the song. Its just in another galaxy. Lyrically, musically, the production.. Everything. To me its 100x better. Im probably close to 30 listens already on sirens , and i still cant remember all the lyrics by heart.. Im not trying to put Kings down, bc i do still like them, but after listening to the two, the new PJ makes Kings of Leon look like a bunch of little kids playing in a highschool band. TY PJ for everything you have given us!
I have been listening to the new Kings Of Leon album the last two days, and I am completely underwhelmed by it. The songs & production are so simple and plain. I was happy to get my hands on some new kings and thought that this would take me away from the new PJ and give me a chance to let everything sink in. After just 3 listens of that album, I'm bored. There honestly isnt that "lets keep listening and get a better grasp on it,". Its boring and there is nothing to grasp. It is simple... I honestly keep going back to Sirens and am blown away by the sound of the song. Its just in another galaxy. Lyrically, musically, the production.. Everything. To me its 100x better. Im probably close to 30 listens already on sirens , and i still cant remember all the lyrics by heart.. Im not trying to put Kings down, bc i do still like them, but after listening to the two, the new PJ makes Kings of Leon look like a bunch of little kids playing in a highschool band. TY PJ for everything you have given us!
How funny as I have not heard the whole KOL yet but was hoping that it would be good as the reviews have been good but the new single Supersoaker just sounds like more of the same? I'm sure many fans will be delighted but I get bored easily and like the fact that PJ do to.
I am seriously not sure if this is supposed to be a joke or what. Someone please tell me so that I know if I should laugh or cry.
Oh dear, it made me laugh, especially the a-ha o-ho part. But you know, even if I don't like Sirens at all, still I think PJ are fantastic and the comparison – a part from this weird extrapolation – actually doesn't hold water :-)
She holds the hand that holds her down...
She will... rise above...
I wish they would have played this at Wrigley Field. Would have been perfect after the rain.
Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked... in the head... with an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does. It never happens. Sorry, Ted, that's a dumb question... skip that.
almost 1.3 million views on youtube in less than a week. mym has 1.7m (for the first video they put out 2 months ago)....little surprised. is this kind of turning into a hit? anyone have any numbers on radio plays/downloads etc?
We used to have polls on the Westerberg "Man Without Ties" fan site all the time. They're easy to make on that particular ProBoards site which has an "Add Poll" button leading to a simple format. I've never seen that here.
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
We used to have polls on the Westerberg "Man Without Ties" fan site all the time. They're easy to make on that particular ProBoards site which has an "Add Poll" button leading to a simple format. I've never seen that here.
almost 1.3 million views on youtube in less than a week. mym has 1.7m (for the first video they put out 2 months ago)....little surprised. is this kind of turning into a hit? anyone have any numbers on radio plays/downloads etc?
MYM was released first without a video, which has 1.7 million views and the its video has close to a million.
Sirens has a better video though and it seems it will be "bigger" than MYM was/is/will become.
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almost 1.3 million views on youtube in less than a week. mym has 1.7m (for the first video they put out 2 months ago)....little surprised. is this kind of turning into a hit? anyone have any numbers on radio plays/downloads etc?
only 25,000 unique views tho ... with everyone watching in on repeat! ...
I have been listening to the new Kings Of Leon album the last two days, and I am completely underwhelmed by it. The songs & production are so simple and plain. I was happy to get my hands on some new kings and thought that this would take me away from the new PJ and give me a chance to let everything sink in. After just 3 listens of that album, I'm bored. There honestly isnt that "lets keep listening and get a better grasp on it,". Its boring and there is nothing to grasp. It is simple... I honestly keep going back to Sirens and am blown away by the sound of the song. Its just in another galaxy. Lyrically, musically, the production.. Everything. To me its 100x better. Im probably close to 30 listens already on sirens , and i still cant remember all the lyrics by heart.. Im not trying to put Kings down, bc i do still like them, but after listening to the two, the new PJ makes Kings of Leon look like a bunch of little kids playing in a highschool band. TY PJ for everything you have given us!
Not surprised at all. Well put. This is the reason we are all for this band because of the richness of the music and the wealth that is Eddie Vedder. Nothing compares...
I go back and forth between really loving this song, and thinking....did this start over? because it seems so long.
I've found this pattern...if I'm really listening to the song, intentional listening, I can hardly keep tears from welling up in my eyes. There's definitely a power and what sound to me like a different purity in Ed's voice. And the guitar solo, just hitting the ground running, that's so awesome to me. The piano work in the song, imho, is kinda like the rug... just ties the whole song together (lame Big Lebowski reference). It weaves in and out at all the right times. I had to pause it the first time I listened because I didn't want to be crying at my desk in the middle of the work day.
On the other hand...if it's just sort of on in my itunes and I'm doing other stuff, I don't seem to enjoy it very much. I don't skip it either. But the long passages between verse/chorus etc, make it wash away, doesn't hold my interest. I actually dropped the song into some software I have and sped it up...not drastically, and it is a bit more palatable when casually listening.
No lyric interpretation here...just the music and structure....
It's amazing what you hear when you take time to listen.
I have been listening to the new Kings Of Leon album the last two days, and I am completely underwhelmed by it. The songs & production are so simple and plain. I was happy to get my hands on some new kings and thought that this would take me away from the new PJ and give me a chance to let everything sink in. After just 3 listens of that album, I'm bored. There honestly isnt that "lets keep listening and get a better grasp on it,". Its boring and there is nothing to grasp. It is simple... I honestly keep going back to Sirens and am blown away by the sound of the song. Its just in another galaxy. Lyrically, musically, the production.. Everything. To me its 100x better. Im probably close to 30 listens already on sirens , and i still cant remember all the lyrics by heart.. Im not trying to put Kings down, bc i do still like them, but after listening to the two, the new PJ makes Kings of Leon look like a bunch of little kids playing in a highschool band. TY PJ for everything you have given us!
Frustrated with these comments about KoL, was kind of hopeful about it.
But you seem to set the bar very high. Comparison with PJ is just unfair to them.
Wait till the PJ album comes out. It will make all look like highschool band.
(Except for QoTSA maybe who put out a badass album earlier)
What's your part, who you are?
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
2016: NY MSG 1
almost 1.3 million views on youtube in less than a week. mym has 1.7m (for the first video they put out 2 months ago)....little surprised. is this kind of turning into a hit? anyone have any numbers on radio plays/downloads etc?
MYM was released first without a video, which has 1.7 million views and the its video has close to a million.
Sirens has a better video though and it seems it will be "bigger" than MYM was/is/will become.
I really like the MYM video! Way more than the Sirens one. Not that I mind the Sirens vid (what's not to like? .... and what's to really love?). But the MYM vid is way more interesting and creative.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
didnt listen Sirens.. for 14 hours 27 min and 12 seconds..
its a fuckin record!!!woot!!!
playing now again nonstop Bitches!!!
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
I see everyone is still carrying on about this song..lol
I think the dynamic will change BIGTIME when they play this live. With the energy of the crowd and the vibe it's gonna give off. It'll probably turn into something incredible.
Now that I've had time to stew on it, I think it just touches a place I'm not willing to go just yet.
With so many problems in the world, I guess it just brings me down a bit and reminds me of it when I want to try and not think about it, keep it covered up, not talk about it. Maybe someday...
Oh dear dad
Can you see me now
I am myself
Like you somehow
I'll ride the wave
Where it takes me
I'll hold the pain
Release me
Also...I want to apologize for ever comparing this to a "Nickleback" or "Bon Jovi" song. However it may be structured like one musically. Lyrically it is definitely more intelligent, real and heartfelt.
Oh dear dad
Can you see me now
I am myself
Like you somehow
I'll ride the wave
Where it takes me
I'll hold the pain
Release me
Also...I want to apologize for ever comparing this to a "Nickleback" or "Bon Jovi" song. However it may be structured like one musically. Lyrically it is definitely more intelligent, real and heartfelt.
you'll be apologizing for calling it musically the same as well ...
Also...I want to apologize for ever comparing this to a "Nickleback" or "Bon Jovi" song. However it may be structured like one musically. Lyrically it is definitely more intelligent, real and heartfelt.
you'll be apologizing for calling it musically the same as well ...
Structured was what I meant, sorry, in no way would I ever compare any PJ members playing ability to the likes of BJ or NB. That'd be plain silly! :shock:
Oh dear dad
Can you see me now
I am myself
Like you somehow
I'll ride the wave
Where it takes me
I'll hold the pain
Release me
Wasn't quite sure at first listen and I've only listened to it about a Hundred times since then, but I think it might have grown on me. I do believe this will be a huge Sing along live, especially the end and I for sure have been practicing
I wasn't sure also, started listening on lap top to head phones then to book shelf speakers. The song grew the louder I played it. Great song been 4 years an excited to see the guys charged up. I agree this will be a sing along at the end.
That new Lightening Bolt video has thrown fresh insight into what this song is about - turns out its to do with the fear being in LA evokes in a surfer who is used to living in a beach house...funny after hearing people talk about this song in the same breath as GnR...its now like the flip side to Welcome To The Jungle!
That new Lightening Bolt video has thrown fresh insight into what this song is about - turns out its to do with the fear being in LA evokes in a surfer who is used to living in a beach house...funny after hearing people talk about this song in the same breath as GnR...its now like the flip side to Welcome To The Jungle!
Wait was Welcome to the Jungle a "power ballad"???? :shock:
That new Lightening Bolt video has thrown fresh insight into what this song is about - turns out its to do with the fear being in LA evokes in a surfer who is used to living in a beach house...funny after hearing people talk about this song in the same breath as GnR...its now like the flip side to Welcome To The Jungle!
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
How Fuggin good this song is! Twice to work, Twice on way home every day since day 1.. I honestly dont remember listening this much to a single song like this since... I cant remember when....
For me, this is song is on another planet compared to anything else out there. I dont think you can fully understand the song until your able to sing along and put the story of it into perspective. Its beautiful.
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I would say no. It looks like there are just a few people that don't like it but boy do they want to make it known.
How funny as I have not heard the whole KOL yet but was hoping that it would be good as the reviews have been good but the new single Supersoaker just sounds like more of the same? I'm sure many fans will be delighted but I get bored easily and like the fact that PJ do to.
She will... rise above...
To YOU. Your opinion carries exactly the same weight as every other fan. You do not speak for PJ fans.
We used to have polls on the Westerberg "Man Without Ties" fan site all the time. They're easy to make on that particular ProBoards site which has an "Add Poll" button leading to a simple format. I've never seen that here.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
there were polls here back around 2004
Sirens has a better video though and it seems it will be "bigger" than MYM was/is/will become.
only 25,000 unique views tho ... with everyone watching in on repeat! ...
Not surprised at all. Well put. This is the reason we are all for this band because of the richness of the music and the wealth that is Eddie Vedder. Nothing compares...
I've found this pattern...if I'm really listening to the song, intentional listening, I can hardly keep tears from welling up in my eyes. There's definitely a power and what sound to me like a different purity in Ed's voice. And the guitar solo, just hitting the ground running, that's so awesome to me. The piano work in the song, imho, is kinda like the rug... just ties the whole song together (lame Big Lebowski reference). It weaves in and out at all the right times. I had to pause it the first time I listened because I didn't want to be crying at my desk in the middle of the work day.
On the other hand...if it's just sort of on in my itunes and I'm doing other stuff, I don't seem to enjoy it very much. I don't skip it either. But the long passages between verse/chorus etc, make it wash away, doesn't hold my interest. I actually dropped the song into some software I have and sped it up...not drastically, and it is a bit more palatable when casually listening.
No lyric interpretation here...just the music and structure....
Frustrated with these comments about KoL, was kind of hopeful about it.
But you seem to set the bar very high.
Wait till the PJ album comes out. It will make all look like highschool band.
(Except for QoTSA maybe who put out a badass album earlier)
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
2016: NY MSG 1
its a fuckin record!!!woot!!!
playing now again nonstop Bitches!!!
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
who are you calling bitches?
Hey, he capitalized it at least!
I think the dynamic will change BIGTIME when they play this live. With the energy of the crowd and the vibe it's gonna give off. It'll probably turn into something incredible.
Now that I've had time to stew on it, I think it just touches a place I'm not willing to go just yet.
With so many problems in the world, I guess it just brings me down a bit and reminds me of it when I want to try and not think about it, keep it covered up, not talk about it. Maybe someday...
Can you see me now
I am myself
Like you somehow
I'll ride the wave
Where it takes me
I'll hold the pain
Release me
Can you see me now
I am myself
Like you somehow
I'll ride the wave
Where it takes me
I'll hold the pain
Release me
you'll be apologizing for calling it musically the same as well ...
Structured was what I meant, sorry, in no way would I ever compare any PJ members playing ability to the likes of BJ or NB. That'd be plain silly! :shock:
Can you see me now
I am myself
Like you somehow
I'll ride the wave
Where it takes me
I'll hold the pain
Release me
Wait was Welcome to the Jungle a "power ballad"???? :shock:
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
How Fuggin good this song is! Twice to work, Twice on way home every day since day 1.. I honestly dont remember listening this much to a single song like this since... I cant remember when....
For me, this is song is on another planet compared to anything else out there. I dont think you can fully understand the song until your able to sing along and put the story of it into perspective. Its beautiful.