Kings Of Leon @ Letterman (HQ)

[Fiddez12]

Reminds me of Swedish band "Goliath and the Giants".. Simply amazing!

[Burnsengine]

I've been on stage since I was a little kid... and if there was one person I could switch voices with... it would be him. No doubt.

[TheSirajlyons]

herpes?

[phoffidelrio]

Matthew looks like elvis!

[jazzyde2]

caleb has the most beautiful, sexy, amazing, sexy, voice ive ever heard

[leahlilach]

מהמם..אין דברים כאלה...

[fuquayisthebest]

david letterman knows wats up

[scottmrdoch]

love the bit were caleb sings" get head while im driving" then you see a cheeky grin lol

[nono14123]

the most of the video Jared is doing something with his mouth or with his legs , fucking hilarious . Love the kings of leon .

[valerianatorres]

i wish i could be the strings of that guitar vocal

[Manuel11756]

I honestly think those boys came from heaven to play for us, so we can have piece of heaven on earth

[jarrethcutestory]

they played Christchurch, NZ, which is pretty rare for such a big band. They were amazing.

[Manuel11756]

I've listen to all type of music from old soul, seventies rock & hated eighties rock & thank God grunge came in to kick the crap the crap out of eighties hair rock, & don't care for screaming distorted new rock, but if there was an award show for the best band ever, it would be Kings of Leon, the best musician ever & there's no voice like Calebs & the most amazing thing is their all brothers, their performance brings chills down my spine

[ImMarciful]

this song just makes you go woooohooooooo! LOL

[avzeolla]

Dam what an amazing voice !! Yeah this is now very mainstream. But what an incredibly unique voice.....

Do what i do. Don't listen to the radio and don't watch tv!!! This way u can use the ipod and watch stuff on youtube. Total control and no more "mainstream!"

[DaffyvTaffy]

this song is too mainstream

[Hurplepaze]

Look at Matthew att 0:48 he's like "Fuck yeah....."

[spl9360]

at 2:37 does he say just like Jizz on fire? I guess its not too far off from the rest of the song

[Addicted2OILau]

what a fucking performance, oh my god.

[RPJunky]

there so talented and the singer has a fantastic singing voice. awesome guys.

[WeHeartKatamari]

@1Llew This song is actually not about an STI. The "on fire" part is supposed to relay passion, not disease. lol

[BornWithTeethBWT]

BORN

WITH

LILILILI

 LILILI

indie/rock

[hbicgirl04]

i love kings of leon! they are soo great and caleb's face at 1:25 is great! danggg! all i can say is his voice is sexy.

[abbsy34]

there is a tremendous amount of people on youtube commenting on these videos claiming to know of them when they were unpopular....haha shut up hipster wannabes.

[f9telnino08]

Can't believe it took the yanks so long to hear about kol, ive been listenin to them since 2002-2003 ish i always knew they'd hit the big time, they are the only band whove inspired me to go an purchase my first ever guitar an learn it, i now cover most of there songs in a band :o)

[reinert012]

@f9telnino08 UKs music scene is 1000000% better than America's. I envy you guys.

[littlesisofthepoor]

@reinert012 undeniably true. our kick ass bands are celebrated more overseas, fukn indulged people

[willeesmith1]

@f9telnino08 They played Molly's Chambers on this show years ago. Don't be hatin'

[NiallGuitarDude]

Great performance of a great song! not 'over rated' people say KOL sold out, bands change, its been nearly 10 years, you expect them to stay the same? Then if they have 'sold out' then so did The Beatles, listen to they're first record and they're last and Led Zepilin, bands change, Kings Of Leons music is amazing at the start, and still is today, they have changed for the better.

[CHICKMAGNET66666]

Oh god i was really hoping it wouldnt be this song

[breachmania]

Badda badda badda badda!

[musiclover51ok]

r u kidding? Over rated? The sound is awesome to say the least. It's not hiphop shit for sure..lmao

[bonnettecj]

This was a great album, but overall, I think KOL is slightly overrated. Good performance of a very good song.

[illidan10]

funny how people compare this live show to molly's chambers back in the 2003 lol ... stupid 80s rock lovers... where at 2011, live with it retards... rollin stones album sound like he has been recorded with computer microphone

[alexworksfromhome99]

whos the hot chick on drums?

[LiamoMacDeadly]

Meh

Could do better

[sebastianvonhacht]

live, amazing,  thumbs up !

[mish1020]

they sound just as awesome as the recording. Calebs voice is to die for

[twitter0418]

1:24-1:28 was way too sexy! how could u caleb!!!!!

[Midnightpitbull2]

they were so much more lively and raw in there performance on letterman back in 99' they look tired and bored here

[DexiPawnz]

@Midnightpitbull2 Hm... strangely, Kings of Leon weren't formed as a band in '99, let alone have the opportunity to play at Letterman's...

[Midnightpitbull2]

@DexiPawnz i meant 2003. eat a dick

[breachmania]

Can some PLEASE tell me how Matthew gets his sound?

[alex11f11]

i think the drummer is depressed thinking about the good times on that stage.

At least he still has the hair.

[DRUMKIND]

drummer looks like slim mike teutul.....

[masterspeed94]

Just F***king awesome xD

[KelbysKorner]

lol ohh nathan and his bubblegum... :D

[tahjeadavon]

I love Kings of Leon!

[Cockel100]

Good album....other 3 were better! BOTT was there best in my opinion!!

[TAMUCLASS16]

Their guitarist has got some serious tone cranking out of that Gibson!!!

[calebkid75]

@TAMUCLASS16 If you're talking about the frontman Caleb, he smashed the 325 on stage a month or something ago. Dick move. But yeah, sounds great.

[maydecember513]

@calebkid75 again? he had smashed once but repaired it.

[klingelingelingk]

David: "Get rid of your gum!"

Last night (Radioactive).... there were bubbles : ))

[Dealit707]

KOL+++++++++SUPERSTARS!!

[Rodchillnano]

If you watch any Kings of Leon performance on Letterman, you can see the admiration in Dave when its over.. They can knock you over with the greatness of their live performance. No Auto-Tude Dumbass fake emotion. Word to pure rock and roll.

[gisli01]

fuck these fucks. i knew i shouldn't have clicked away from the BLACK KEYS video. now THEY are a rock'nroll band.. i dunno what this shit is

[mariorockz911]

This song sucks.... SOOO annoying

[Dealit707]

@mariorockz911 fuck off!!...........LOSER.

[1Llew]

"sex on fire"....this song is clearly about herpes

[pballinstar]

calebs performance was a little off that night =(

[adamnfoool]

dont like the "clap" ...cheesy

[BambooShadowGER]

@adamnfoool i like it... its a bit softer than the snare so the drive towards the chorus is longer...

[Queensvultures]

dude this band sucks. and looks gay. sounds like teenage rock wanna bes

[mjkucharski]

@Queensvultures your comments show who you are.

[pballinstar]

@Queensvultures haha dude to each is own but ur makin urself sound like an idiot right now

[mariorockz911]

@Queensvultures I would SOOO agree with you, man. Your ON THE SPOT.

[92guinness08]

gettin head while im drivin, im drivin - cheeky cheeky caleb ;)

[HumanJarv]

Caleb recently said he thinks Sex On Fire is a 'piece of shit'. It was definitely a conscious attempt at a mainstream record, but I still think it's a quality record. The Kings can do no wrong.

[DTitz331]

@HumanJarv He didnt even want it on the album, mostly cuz he didnt see where it fit and he always writes off the singles as b-sides at first. probly someone talked him into puttin it on OBTN and now theyre famous for 2 of their not as good as the restsongs

[HumanJarv]

@DTitz331 That's a good point, thematically it doesn't make a great deal of sense on the album. Oh, how different their next album would've been...

[DTitz331]

@HumanJarv I don't think they are not good anymore. I think it's more of them experimenting with what kind of sounds they can do and making every song different. I'd love to see them go back to their Youth and Young Manhood and Aha style and I think they will eventually, but until then we should just enjoy the great songs that they've given us so far and not really compare albums, just listen to the songs

[HumanJarv]

@DTitz331 Wouldn't going back to that style be a little bit odd? I don't know, it just doesn't make a lot of sense. I'd like an artistic compromise, myself. A bit of that rawness, badass riffs and monster bassliens with some of their more 'experimental' stuff, as you put it... they've done so much, I'd love to see a true blend of their styles. Will always love them. :)

[RJP7093]

caleb & jared are so f'ing sexy!!!!

[onlyoneguy09]

they're one of the few bands that sound GREAT live...but its just all the same. iv never heard them switch up songs like make em go longer or change up the bridges or something, dont get me wrong, i love these guys! just like everyone else in the world i have a use somebody cover lol, i just cant really see me payin to go see them, if i could put they're cd on

[wheredoyougetoff1]

@onlyoneguy09 well like whats the point in you, you might aswell go die?

[stankler]

white guy tries to get funky. "ba la bal la" ..letterman ..back in the day would have been owned a slaveowner.now he jigs down to latest crop of podunks

[whiteboy41092]

the lead singer sounds like a whiney little bitch in all of their songs

[ashleycorbettjah]

sound stupid but that cd was green when it was relised in th uk lol they sound so good live

[srbird]

God ....Music is such a gift! These guys smoke.......they got the gift

[melovedisney1492]

@Barthez099 I have no idea what my comment had to do with yours, but, since you suggested it, I searched the O2 video. If Caleb is pissed that America is jumping on board, that's his own damn problem. I don't understand what sort of person would rather his home country not become fans of his music. He needs to lose that chip on his shoulder. It's not attractive.

[TPower2k8]

@melovedisney1492 america never really gave KOL much of a chance back in the youth and young manhood days

they were sorta frowned upon because they weren't like fall out boy or green day and all these sorta bands

[Barthez099]

search ,use somebody o2 dublin, he cleary doesnt like the way america jumped on board

[SweetCinema]

Letterman irritates me but KOL...sigh.

[cobz12]

zzzzzzzzz boring

[hassamdaudi]

Kings Of Leon... Wasssupp!!!!..... LMFAO... that still has me laughing...

[dreadbet]

they got old, rich and genious.

[Timeconsumer9]

Whats this song called? I like it!!! gonna see them and the black keys in a couple months!!!!!!

[willisaboss]

@Timeconsumer9 You don't know what this song is called, but you're going to see them in concert? Fucker

[Timeconsumer9]

@willisaboss Yes i know its sex on fire..... im just now getting into them. there fucking epic....

[funkytomtom]

@willisaboss yeah because being an expert on a band is always a prerequisite to being able to enjoy their music...

[Stewbossmusic]

WOW!! See the new Stewboss video "No One" on youtube!! Stewboss . com

[MCKinnon023]

dont like the clap at all and caleb's guitar is way too loud. over rides everything else in the song.

[moggieman10]

@MCKinnon023 no doubt...and he's playing reeeeeeeally sloppy.

[candigirl321]

They make me smile... :D

[blasketboy]

Plastic setting, great fuckin band and song though! Oh ya I hate this new "YOU"tube layout, anyone miss the old one???

[grascons]

@blasketboy i hate it as well, and the song is great too

[xStarsKOL]

Ah, nothing can take away the love I have for this band.

[alextbuck7]

That electronic clap gets on my nerves -.- Otherwise a great a performance :) Love this band.

[DANGG46]

My 19 year old son got me into the Kings.I'm 48. I love music!! Elvis-The Beatles-Aerosmith-Prince-Kings­ of Leon. I have a wide varity.These guys are by far the best thing out there right now.Its all i'm listening to.Gonna go back to some of the older stuff,and check it out.4 MONTHS AGO I WAS GOING WHO!! THEY Fricken Rock!!

[spacemeddle]

@DANGG46 hey im 14 but also a giant 60's and 70's rock fan (I LOVE PINK FLOYD) but yeah another really awesome newer band out there is My Morning Jacket go check them out

[Smokehn12]

@spacemeddle YES. My Morning Jacket is probably the best live band currently active in the U.S. as in, they have the best live act i've ever seen.

[spacemeddle]

@Smokehn12 Definitely, I haven't seen them live but I sure as hell want to

[Jonahguitar1995]

Wish Caleb wud turn his guitar up

[akam0neyy]

@ chilltortoise... i laughed out loud! hahaha. too funny!

[pikkisworld]

i love the face caleb made after saying "head while im driving"

[umphreys93]

not diggin the clap that nathan is using

[breachmania]

@umphreys93 As if haha

[DownSouthable]

very tight!

[daverecor]

you're sex is on fire whhooooo love KOL

[cucharachiquita]

I think letterman had his first public orgasm after this... look at his face.

[orbittka123]

one thing is missing, singing crowd

[stdjgb16]

one of the few bands that sounds just as good live as they do in a studio

[LosKimos]

Love KoL!

[harlin14]

The killers are awesome too, btw.

Have you listened to Sam's town'

[harlin14]

Skwerly169

Contrary to what you said, kings of leon is one of the actually good bands who put out music today..and theyre just as great when theyre live

It's a very good thing to be able to listen to music that doesn't always have sex, drugs as their subjects..

K.o.l. Is one of the greatest bands arou d, you should give them another listen

[cudpug]

''It's a very good thing to be able to listen to music that doesn't always have sex, drugs as their subjects..''

...Uhh...this song is about exactly that. Sex. Also listen to '17' and a bunch of the other tracks on Only by the Night. Sex dominates most of their lyrics.

Yup, Kings of Leon are overrated and people comparing them to The Beatles are out of their minds. They're an average group; not terrible but there are far better bands.

[bre366]

the kings can never be "overrated"

[nivek0270]

@bre366 yes they can and are be....

[willissippi]

The term "Rock and Roll" is old 50's slang implying sex. Most rockers, whether stars or not, are deviants. Musicians are usually insecure people so they write about their problems and pain in attempt to self-heal.  It's cathartic. Before I get bashed for saying that, I'm glad musicians and artists are tortured souls, because they make the best art. It helps us non-super talented folk get through our dreary lives. It's a cyclical exchange of energy and soul, and why music/art is so special.

[willissippi]

this song was born out of a fight between Caleb and Nathan, the singer and drummer respectively. It's about pain, love, sex, power and redemption. Basically relationships between close people, whether sexual or not. Fucking awesome song, even though I have heard it 18,000 times. These guys rock.

[oldchilltortoise]

this song was written after 2 bandmates received an STD that caused their piss to burn from the same groupie. hence "sex on fire"

[ivann182]

@oldchilltortoise really?? hhahaha is that true or?

[willissippi]

@oldchilltortoise No it wasn't. They said in an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine they got into a fight at their Nashville home and Caleb left and wrote "Sex on Fire.

[skwerly169]

wow, people. Kings of Leon suck!!! I checked this video out to confirm it and sure enough, this is just one of those mindless American rock songs from another mindless American rock band. watch Grizzly bear or Animal Collective if you want good current indie rock type music. even would be Phoenix be better this garbage.

[thekillers1stfan]

go fuck yourself and listen to your faux indie music instead of the good stuff you little pussy

[switchleg9]

ur a fag bro

[Jonahguitar1995]

You have something wrong with you If you think this song sucks I mean why else wud they be the biggest band in the world rite now? They wer good wen they had their whole southern rock thing goin but they got famous because of only by the night and because of the times

[Wampiroh]

LOL! The way that Michael throws the pick.

[Jonahguitar1995]

This is a perfect example of how these guys saved rock!!they're the best band around and I hope it stays that way for a long time

[chapter24]

@Jonahguitar1995 They're a bunch of wankers and they should be banished to Afghanistan for making such garbage.

[darthvaderdans]

Holy shit....  now I know why you are posting so much, you're jealous. sad

[Bigtime1998]

@Jonahguitar1995

I agree, they are one of the best bands around, pure rock!!

[melovedisney1492]

Some of you don't know anything at all. There were no "super-producers" on OBTN. They used the same producers they used on their previous three albums. In addition, they did the record at home, and, to them, it's their best so far. I agree that Sex On Fire is nowhere near their best song, but it still beats the rest of the crap out there right now by a mile.

[DANGG46]

@melovedisney1492 I agree,but there are a rew others.3 DAYS GRACE and Breakin Benjumen.I'm near Detroit,never hear any KINGS OF LEON,on the radio??

[Barthez099]

search ,use somebody o2 dublin, he cleary dosent like america jumping on board

[fernfern9]

@melovedisney1492 i think they actually used ethan johns for the first 3 records

[melovedisney1492]

@fernfern9 They did use Ethan Johns on the first three, but they also used Angelo Petraglia on all four and now five records.

[theachtungtree]

@melovedisney1492 yeah...fuck em haters, they didnt used super producers or even expensive videos lige laga or whatever, same old dudes and the new album is awesome....even better in my opinion

[Clipickler]

Fun fact:

This song was written after the lead singer caught an STD from a groupie.

[chapter24]

@Clipickler That's indeed funny, because I thought they only wanked each other off to pictures of themselves.

[darthvaderdans]

More idiotic statements! silly ass

[darthvaderdans]

lies.... you are the worst troll ever.

[Kultbert]

love matts hair. still a sucky KOL song.

[chapter24]

This sucks huge donkey balls.

[darthvaderdans]

well.... maybe you should stick to that emo garbage that everyone else thinks is cool.

[chapter24]

@darthvaderdans Well maybe you should get you fist out your ass and start listening to real music you two faced fag wanker.

Anyway, I'm not listening to emo garbage and I don't now where you got that from. But maybe you should stop insulting black people on my PM by calling them chimney sweepers, cotton pluckers and saying they stick their head too far up their arses.

SO fuck you you racist piece of crap.

[darthvaderdans]

LOL! Thats some funny shit... post some more outlandish garbage! When did I insult black people? LOL! Sounds like you're the racist! Wow! You make it too easy kid.

[darthvaderdans]

LOL... then why post or listen to it if you think it sucks? I hate country music, but you wont see me leaving idiotic comments on any country songs.... get like me.

[imdarb]

possibly one of the most overplayed songs this year. what happened to raw sound of aha shake heartbreak and because of the times?

[generation5why]

because of the times wasnt raw....youth and young manhood was fuckin raw

[marvelboy04]

amazing vocals

[bignoah87]

what's with that stupid clap effect that nathans using? super gay and super lame. also, they look like panzees. this performance is average with nothing notable.

a once great band has now sold out.......

[CeeStyleDj]

I think they sound great, professional and powerful. They've evolved. To each his own.

[gothamfoodie]

@bignoah87 yeah, that gay clap sound is a super-producer making this album 'more commercial'. they suck so bad now. sad.

[morohardware]

yahh hand claps ¿? wtf..

progressive

[PortugalTheAccount]

hand claps?!

really, KOL?

[Uncfan0991]

cold desert is the best song on that album

[nigeemac999]

agree totally

[nivek2001]

I have heard On Call, it did very well ein the UK, KOL is one of the best bands right now.

[TheNoonelikeme]

"thats it right there" lmao, love you letterman.

[nivek2001]

okay, maybe you are right, use somebody is another quite good song, notion is good too, it has to be between those three, all were singles. But sex on fire was the first and it did very well.

[lindseylovesKOL]

use sombody, sex on fire, and notion are not the best songs. go listen to their old stuff thhats good shit

[SoFarAreWe]

k mart

[lindseylovesKOL]

3:09/3:10 that was intenseee

[nivek2001]

sex on fire is the best song in only by the night, use somebody is right there, but sex on fire is truly on fire...

[lindseylovesKOL]

sex on fire is deff not the best song on the album, have you heard any of the other songs?!?!?!?!

[Shariiif]

Awesome performance, awesome song!

[Killmesomepenguins]

"Get rid of your gum, for God's sakes". Lol.

[fernfern9]

everybody shutup its all preference

[sharona1238]

good song !!!

[natalieeeeeeexo]

i want caleb followill so god damn much.