Kings of Leon = Massively Overrated

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  • Brainofdz
    Brainofdz Posts: 1,617
    trappedinmyradio wrote:
    if you don't think that a band can deliver on record then you shouldn't waste your time with their live set...

    I completely disagree. I've had several experiences of not being crazy about a bands recordings but loving them live. Phish, Mogwai, and Blur come to mind but there are many more.
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  • chrisopalooza
    chrisopalooza Posts: 347
    Brainofdz wrote:
    I completely disagree. I've had several experiences of not being crazy about a bands recordings but loving them live. Phish, Mogwai, and Blur come to mind but there are many more.

    mogwai's dope. good call.
  • catefrances
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    Brainofdz wrote:
    I completely disagree. I've had several experiences of not being crazy about a bands recordings but loving them live. Phish, Mogwai, and Blur come to mind but there are many more.

    agree. one of my fave live bands is crap on record. which imo is a damn shame. :)
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  • PJ & Bompton
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    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    you do not open for pearl jam and U2 if you are a shit band, i am sorry to those that dislike them

    Dont forget Bob Dylan haha

    And I saw them tonight, went in only knowing On Call and Knocked Up...had a sick ass time they were real good
  • bharQ
    bharQ Posts: 1,201
    I used to consider them some kind of strokes rip off but that changed when i heard the new album.... after a few listens i really really loved it.. and now like a lot of their older stuff as well.. lookin forward to them at lolla
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  • catefrances
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    bharQ wrote:
    I used to consider them some kind of strokes rip off but that changed when i heard the new album.... after a few listens i really really loved it.. and now like a lot of their older stuff as well.. lookin forward to them at lolla

    funnily enough the first time i saw the kings of leon live in 04, they were supporting the strokes. i was beyond thrilled.
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  • reeferchief
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    Got to say I love all three albums, certainly not overrated, especially given the mammoth amount of dog turd around these days.
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  • Zoso
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    searchlightsoul wrote:
    If they hadn't been a PJ support band no body would mention them.

    1. king of leon are big in the UK much bigger than the US

    2. they are of the better bands going round making better new music than possibly pj is right now

    3. who says they had help writing their songs? I doubt ths VERY MUCH...
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  • catefrances
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    Zoso wrote:
    3. who says they had help writing their songs? I doubt ths VERY MUCH...


    same people that say they were put together by a record company i imagine. ;):)
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  • DeetroitBaasketball
    DeetroitBaasketball Posts: 379
    Zoso wrote:
    3. who says they had help writing their songs? I doubt ths VERY MUCH...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_leon

    Most of the early work was co-written with Angelo Petraglia (producer). Pretty sure no producer in the history of rock has ever helped a band out with writing, clearly these guys are pretty weak.

    And catefrances, I asked a question about that too and haven't gotten a response. How could a record label put together people who are related? Didn't their parents already do that?
  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    DeetroitBaasketball wrote:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_leon

    Most of the early work was co-written with Angelo Petraglia (producer). Pretty sure no producer in the history of rock has ever helped a band out with writing, clearly these guys are pretty weak.

    And catefrances, I asked a question about that too and haven't gotten a response. How could a record label put together people who are related? Didn't their parents already do that?

    Maybe week when they started, but we all grow, I look back at the stuff poetry/lyrics/philosophy I used to write when I was between the age of 16 and 23 and compared to the stuff I write now it is amazing the difference, the maturity and the growth that has happened as I have got older.
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  • DeetroitBaasketball
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    reeferchief wrote:
    Maybe week when they started, but we all grow, I look back at the stuff poetry/lyrics/philosophy I used to write when I was between the age of 16 and 23 and compared to the stuff I write now it is amazing the difference, the maturity and the growth that has happened as I have got older.

    Yeah, I was being sarcastic...
  • reeferchief
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    DeetroitBaasketball wrote:
    Yeah, I was being sarcastic...

    Sorry, sometimes sarcasm wizzes by me on the pit.:)
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Cornell is overrated... KOL are just one of the 3 best bands currently strumming instruments.

    great sound, songs, beats, jeans, genes and Caleb has a marmite voice... i love it but others hate it...

    if you dont get KOL then thats fine... :):)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Alex_Coe
    Alex_Coe Posts: 762
    Zoso wrote:
    1. king of leon are big in the UK much bigger than the US

    2. they are of the better bands going round making better new music than possibly pj is right now

    3. who says they had help writing their songs? I doubt ths VERY MUCH...


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  • pjhabit
    pjhabit Posts: 211
    Mike Renzella wrote:
    I have been turned on to a number of great bands thanks to this forum, including My Morning Jacket, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and am always willing to give a new band a listen
    So is this "hype" coming from us or are they all over MTV & the radio now?... (Thats a serious quesion, i don't have cable & never listen to radio.) Anyway, maybe you should catch them on this tour. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is opening for them so I wouldn't be a complet waist. And I'd bet you'd come out a KOL fan too. I just don't get how you could dig BRMC & just so easily wright off KOL. Well at the very least go give Because of the Times anouther listen. ~Peace
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  • Keller
    Keller Posts: 177
    They have to be my favorite band making music right now. The new cd is amazing. Although i was a bit disappointed in the live show. Don't get me wrong it was a hell of a show but i just think they could have done alot more with their songs, especialy the new ones. I would like to see them jam them out a bit more.
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  • ?ing my education
    ?ing my education Posts: 313
    Its kind of hard to get a discussion going when the title says "massively overrated". Not much to talk about then, you have pretty much made up your mind.

    I personally think they are one of the best bands out in the last 4 years. So what if they had a little help writing songs in the beginning? I think they continue to mature and I feel their albums reflect that. Their shows have great energy. And to open up for Bob Dylan, U2, and Pearl Jam, doesn't seem overrated to me. And people were definitely talking about them well before they opened up for any of these bands.

    But good for you stating your opinion.
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  • Mike Renzella
    Mike Renzella Posts: 55
    PJ Habit wrote:
    So is this "hype" coming from us or are they all over MTV & the radio now?... (Thats a serious quesion, i don't have cable & never listen to radio.) Anyway, maybe you should catch them on this tour. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is opening for them so I wouldn't be a complet waist. And I'd bet you'd come out a KOL fan too. I just don't get how you could dig BRMC & just so easily wright off KOL. Well at the very least go give Because of the Times anouther listen. ~Peace

    The "hype" definetely came from the boards for me. I don't watch MTV at all, and rarely ever listen to the radio either. I had never even heard of KOL before reading about them on here, but same goes for MMJ. I don't know, perhaps seeing them live would help, I guess I just did not connect with Because of the Times, and I have listened to it several times, as I kept thinking 'this will click', but it just hasn't. Can't really explain why, like I said, the music isn't terrible, I just find it rather annoying personally.
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  • Milestone
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    off_the_record wrote:
    meh, so are stone temple pilots, the police, tom petty, chris cornell, the doors, ccr, rush, and the list goes on....

    doesnt mean i'm going to make a thread to state thats what i think.


    Kings of Leon are a current band....hence the reason the thread is relevant.
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