Kings of Leon...

ozsmalltowngirl wrote:

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.

Its pretty embarrassing when your 6 year old starts to sing it at the shops...doesnt sound good :rolleyes:

"This SEX is on fiii-iihur"

Also, on that subject, when that friggen Veronicas song was played to death "Take Me On The Floor", my son would sing along....

"I wanna kiss a boy, I wanna kiss a boy"......he IS a boy and was singing that :eek:

SOLAT319 wrote:

How could you not have heard of Pearl Jam? Seriously! I mean we're all fanboys here so our views are "slightly" biased. But even without that, how can someone not have heard Pearl Jam? Who or Zep I'd kinda understand depending on the person's age but Pearl Jam? Come on! Really?

You'd be amazed the amount of people I speak to that haven't heard of them :eek: I quite often find out from someone commenting on a PJ shirt I'm wearing at the time. I have to do everything in my power not to slap them around a bit

12345AGNST1 wrote:

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.

That's crazy, which is better is your own opinion, but there's no way aha shake has more pop/rock then only by the night. The new one is an unashamed stab at making popular music, especially lyrically, and theres so many times where you know they would have jammed a bit before, but hold back on the new one

KOL RULE!! They are my new fav. band beside PJ of course.

not for me? wrote:

I have been listening to KOL for the past couple weeks, and it seems as if they have sold out. :( They turned from a hard rocking raw riff driven band to poppy music. The lead singer has completely changed his voice. He ads those gay little gasps a lot that singer from My Chemical Romance does. There aren't many solos and it seems that they have completely left their bluesy roots behind to become popular. Maybe it is harder to see for people who have been fans for a few years, but for a first time listener the differences are clear. Really, this band truly sold out. I have never really said that about a band before.

Or maybe they did all this just to get popular, then on their next album they are going to kick some serious ass and throw they whole pop scene into disarray. Then maybe real rock might become popular again. That is my dream, and I have always wanted one of these new bands to do that.

I find Their new cd to be MUCH less poppy then Aha Shake. I think that one is pretty basic and unoriginal pop/rock music. Only By Night is much more mature IMO.

lots of australians on this thread huh?

what do you say we put another shrimp on the barbi

Seems like where PJ goes, KOL follows.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMGEt_k643Q

Guys, that's the age range you're going to come across at the shows!

I missed their whole set list waiting for a f@%&!^* ames print at the columbia show back in june and by the time it was my turn to get 1 theysold out man was I pissed.I have to agree there sound and their look is like 2 totally different bands now,but I still like their music though.

Their new album is a little more radio friendly, but I still think its great. They totally deserve recognition in the states and if changing their sound slightly for this album so be it. Hey, the did get nominated for 3 grammy's. I would not at all be surprised if their next album is more rockin', especially after expanding their fan base. Lets face it though, they will always have a few radio friendly songs.

what i like most about this thread is the talk about how "big" KOL have become, and how they have "Sold Out"

now sold out is a term i never really understood, well in this context mainly. i understand that if a band start giving their music to Mcdonald's, car companies, ect. to use for advertising they have "Sold Out" but really, who doesn't want a free car?


but anyway, so a band grows, changes their sound, whatever, and they become more popular or mainstream, they have sold out?

i don't get it, isn't it basically everyone's goal to become successfully? whether you are in a band or you have a normal regular type job. your goal is to have a successful career, and make money and not get fired. so the better at your job, the more money you make, the less chance to get your arse fired.

now, to relate it all back to KOL, or music in general, isn't it every kids dream who ever picked up a guitar or drumsticks, whatever, to become a fucking rockstar? or at least to make music that gets heard? now to do this successfully you gotta get you music heard by the masses. i don't believe any band or artist who says it's just about making music, if that was the case you'd be making music in your garage and giving your cds to your mates.

in regards to KOL becoming huge, i would much rather have the kids who listen to mainstream radio or watch the music video programs to be hearing a KOL song, or similar, then rocking out to the new britney spears.


hell if more bands like KOL made it big, maybe all the manufactured pop crap would fuck off and die.

/Rant.