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  • ozsmalltowngirl
    ozsmalltowngirl Posts: 14,362
    bettermanofthehour wrote:
    sorry but pearl jam is mainstream too. are you sick of them now?
    :confused: Not here in Australia, they aren't.
  • MattyJoe
    MattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    dane wrote:
    It's easier accesable - if that's even a word - than the old albums.

    That's actually how I feel about their third album, Because of the Times. I think that is their best album. It's absolutely amazing.
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    -Reagan
  • Ok
    Ok Posts: 2,146
    KOL are definitely good in concert, but I have to agree that their previous albums are better than the current "radio friendly" stuff (although not all bad). they are definitely one of the best bands to open for PJ (Ted and the Rx are no comparison....)
  • ajedigecko
    ajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    ozsmalltowngirl wrote:
    And WTF is this 'band wagon' everyone's bitchin about ? :rolleyes: Is that the people who might not have paid much attention to KOL before or heard of them and have only recently been introduced to them and like them? Are new fans not 'real' fans or something?
    Isn't that the aim of a music artist.....to gain new fans (as well as keep the existing ones).
    Is it a way for long time fans to act like they're better (for some reason) because they have liked them for longer?

    *coughelitistscough* :rolleyes:
    all of the "band wagon" labels..............come from the pearligious rightwing.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • mavi
    mavi Posts: 941
    I loved their first two albums (Aha Shake is AMAZING), was ok with Because of the Times and am not so crazy about the new one... Talented kids, no doubt, I'm not losing hope ;)

    Shouldn't this thread be in other music?
    "He who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once" R. Browning
  • Hawk123
    Hawk123 Posts: 2,369
    KOL are great, youth and young manhood is such a good album, saw them open for the strokes and they put on quite the show. Aha shake is another great album, because of the times was solid, I am just not into the new album that much. There are some good tunes but as a whole it just doesnt work for me. Anyone who likes the new album definately needs to check out all the older stuff.
  • Gmoney
    Gmoney Posts: 1,618
    racecar wrote:
    Their newest CD actually sounds nothing like the other CDs. The new one definitely has more of an arena rock atmosphere to it. I agree with the earlier post that Aha Shake is their best work; beginning to end, that album is awesome.
    cheers to that!! Aha Shake, one of the best albums ever...
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • pearljgirl2010
    pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    I'm a BIG Kings of Leon fan, since the first time I saw them open for Pearl Jam. I think they're the type of band where people either love 'em or hate 'em...Caleb's voice isn't the norm :-)

    I feel like they're loosening up a bit on stage, but still need to relax--but that's not gonna stop me from seeing them whenever I can!!

    Only By the Night has some awesome songs--Closer, Be Somebody and Crawl are my favorites...have a listen!
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  • southerngarden
    southerngarden Posts: 512
    buy Kings of Leon on vinyl! its awesome!

    aha shake on 12" white vinyl....yummy!

    im glad the kings havent made it huge here in the USA. basically, if youre not R&B or top 40 then you dont make it huge here. fine with me, it means i get to see the Kings of Leon in small clubs still! but in europe they are playing monster stadiums and sold out shows....
    I shit and I stink, I'm real, join the club...
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    I was suckered into them finally after hearing "sex on fire" a million times on the radio. I tried getting into them numerous times and couldn't. I just thought they flat out sucked. Now I downloaded their new cd (couldn't see myself buying something I originally hated) and like it alot. I thought they were terrible, but Only By Night is very good. Closer, Crawl, Sex On Fire, Be Somebody, Use Somebody are all kick ass songs.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
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  • sailboatcaptain
    sailboatcaptain San Juan, Puerto Rico Posts: 251
    saw them in Lolla 07, WPB & Tampa 08 fuc*ing amazing. Have all their albums, being Because of the times my favorite. Have to say that "Crawl" from the new album is my favorite song.


    Don't ever need to 'pologize
    As your lips unfold
    Shaken purple from the cold

    You better learn to crawl
    You better learn to crawl
    Before I walk away
    Before I walk away

    You broke my mouth
    The bloody bits are spitting out
    Is your grave unscathed
    The worm is counting down the days

    He wants to see you crawl
    He wants to see you crawl
    Before I walk away
    Before I walk away

    The reds and the whites and abused
    The crucified USA
    As their depocrisy unfolds
    Oh hell is truly on its way

    As the rat, and the fly
    They're searching for an alibi
    As we await the wrath
    They never went to Sunday Mass

    They want to see us crawl
    They want to see us crawl
    Before they walk away
    Before they walk away

    The reds and the whites and abused
    The crucified USA
    As their depocrisy unfolds
    Oh hell is truly on its way
    a WAVE came crashing like a fist to the jaw !
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  • mavi
    mavi Posts: 941
    southerngarden wrote:
    im glad the kings havent made it huge here in the USA. basically, if youre not R&B or top 40 then you dont make it huge here. fine with me, it means i get to see the Kings of Leon in small clubs still! but in europe they are playing monster stadiums and sold out shows....
    I don't think there's gonna be Kings of Leon in small venues anymore, even in the USA. They're playing MSG in January... and they're climbing up the charts everywhere.
    "He who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once" R. Browning
  • bettermanofthehour
    bettermanofthehour Posts: 355
    mavi wrote:
    I don't think there's gonna be Kings of Leon in small venues anymore, even in the USA. They're playing MSG in January... and they're climbing up the charts everywhere.
    well they just played the rave in milwaukee three weeks ago, which is basically a club. and they the show wasn't sold out.

    i know they sell out clubs in chicago and such. but they do still play clubs
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  • ridewithme
    ridewithme Posts: 72
    im getting my tickets for their rod laver arena show in march tomorrow ^__^

    pumped
    ..how did it come to this?
  • opie1280
    opie1280 Posts: 39
    They may be better than Pearl Jam.
  • not for me?
    not for me? Posts: 501
    I heard some of their old stuff and really did not like it. I'll download the new one ILLEGALLY and check it out. :D I don't buy from bands that I have no respect for.
    Nathan
  • TroubledSoul
    TroubledSoul Posts: 1,374
    Vookie23 wrote:
    On one night the crowd was chanting for them to sing one of there songs but from what I remember Caleb said it wan't on the set list or it wasn't rehearsed.

    that was adelaide 1. the fans up the front were yellin for soft.

    they played it at adelaide 2... who knows if the same people were there the 2nd night though!
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • Hinny
    Hinny Posts: 1,610
    TroubledSoul wrote:
    that was adelaide 1. the fans up the front were yellin for soft.

    they played it at adelaide 2... who knows if the same people were there the 2nd night though!
    Heh, tiny Megan started it.
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  • TroubledSoul
    TroubledSoul Posts: 1,374
    Hinny wrote:
    Heh, tiny Megan started it.

    so at least she and joel were there the 2nd night!
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • ozsmalltowngirl
    ozsmalltowngirl Posts: 14,362
    Hinny wrote:
    Heh, tiny Megan started it.
    Haha...pocket Rocket :D

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