first album: raw and best, second album: nice`n`tight, third album: had its moments, everything that came after this: suck my balls... im not against progression , but in this case progression suxXx man...
my ipod broke about six months ago.....I have youth and young manhood in my cd player in my car... basically I want ppl next to me at stoplights to hear that album, just so they hear real music before they die..... on day at work I swore I heard a car playing happy alone well I was right, I ran to the front of the building and looked at the car and waved the guy looked and I yelled youth and yyoung manhood forever and he saluted me. so happy for that moment
"There is no way you can compete with your early records if they've resonated with people because they have time to seep into people's lives, and a new record is immediate. Something immediate will never have the same set of emotions with something that has been able to accumulate emotions over a long period of time. So I've kind of resigned myself to the idea of thats just the way it is." - Jeff Tweedy
Used to be a great band. To bad they sold their souls to the devil and got a bad deal.The first two albums are classics and always will be but at the 3rd album the cracks started to show and at the fourth the end was in sight. Don,t get me wrong sex on fire is a great commercial crossover song. But it's still commercial . If i did,nt already know something was wrong i knew it was when some idiot asked me to play use somebody after they had heard it covered on x factor .
compared to their old stuff ( the two first albums), their new stuff IS TERRIBLE. i can only listen to Youth and Young Manhood and Aha Shake Heartbreak. its incredible how they changed, and got worse
dude fuck people who say they sold out. their new shit is tits. So what that they got nice new clothes, guitars, cars, and haircuts. Thats what happens when you become succesesful, shitloads of money? Not that i dont love how they look like fuckin csn in this shit, thats awesome. But if you cant appreciate a bands progression then you werent that big of a fan to begin with. And hypocracy is disgusting, what would you do.
@420teemoney You said it brother... People think every band sells out... That's not the case a lot of the time. That's just what happens when you become a rock star. You have money :O
@420teemoney thats true, but recently they have been playing like 3 or 4 songs from their first 2 albums, which are the best ones. Its because most fans now are Shit on fire fans, they just play all their more commercial songs, instead of playing their amazing songs from '03 and '04
@420teemoney DUDE fuck you Sex on Fire has 43 million views and this brilliant song has less than half a million, damn it Trani has 1 million views i would be surprised if you can compare Trani to Sex on Fire or Use Somebody and i would be especially surprised if you can understand what i'm sayin.Also i dont agree that this is progression they should have taken the example of Beatles and firstplay songs which would guarantee you 43 million views on youtube and then make the music you like.
@420teemoney If you ask Caleb for example which song he would sing before his final breath do you think he will choose Sex on Fire or he will choose song such as Trani, yeah he will choose sex on fire only in your shitloaded dreams.
@420teemoney I dont think they sold out I think they lost whaat gained them their main audience (awful production fast guitars) and replaced it with over produced adult contemporary music but if its what they want then they can do it
@420teemoney Say whatever you want, man, but their new stuff is rubbish, 100% commercial pop shit for girls. Progression is one thing, changing your style completely to appeal to a wider audience is another. That's called selling out, whether you're ok with that or not.
And to be honest it doesn't matter if I liked them back then, I'll be someone's fan as long as I appreciate their work. Which I don't anymore.
@420teemoney you must have just recently started listening to them and then went into their back catalog and said to yourself "Wow, I can appreciate all of this." It's nearly impossible for it to have been the other way around because everyone I know, including myself, was heartbroken when they heard Only By The Night.
I love kings of Leon, old and new, I understand why a lot of people dislike the latest albums because there very different, but there not inferior in my opinion. Very different mood and maturity compared to when they were younger and raw. I believe if songs like be somebody, no money, cold desert etc had appeared on YAYM everyone would love them
look ....making music and finding an audience is hard....this lame ass group has found 5 million and I was intriged ...but what I heard did not merrit this...there music is horrible...dry bland and pretensious...lame at best with no color or life ....listen to stone temple piolets or godsmack or even the black keys hell listen to george thoughrogood and compare....these guys do not merrit this ...they have not earned there status and in my opinion. do not deserve this...why?
@bozo47p your name suits you dumbass. godsmack? stone temple pilots? no one's listened to them since like '97 bro. get a life and some actual musical taste.
@bozo47p i completely agree with you they are a mediocre band at best and do not deserve the success when there are so many better and more creative bands that would be much more deserving. however i dont agree stp and godsmack are examples of this lol :)
@bozo47p I completely disagree. Even though I really dislike most of their newer stuff, I think some of the tunes of their first three albums are nothing short of amazing. Trani is a personal favorite of mine. A song doesnt need to have a hundred chords and an amazing 5 minutes solo to convey emotion. The bit on trani that goes " Cops on the call, beating up the freaks, Fingers in the dirt, Spitting out his teeth" is amazing. You should really LISTEN to it.
@IndieFolkRocker this is in scotland my friend. t in the park, t stands for our home made beer Tennents. check out the're latest visits to t on you tube.
Why the fuck did they have to change that much? I´m so missing this KOL era... now it`s just music for couples to make out. Did anyone notice they do not even sweat while playing live? Fucking sad!
fuck everyone on this planet who cant appreciate a band exploring a new style of music, there has never been a single bad song written by this band. whats wrong with getting recognized for your talents, just because you cant consider these guys your "pocket band" anymore doesnt mean they suck, they are as great now as they were at the beginning. hard work should get you recognized which it has for kol they are finally getting the credit they diserve....so FUCK ALL THE HATERS AND KEEP ON ROCKIN!
fuck all the selling out stuff, I loved their first two albums, but not their new stuff it's as simple as that, although i was a bit gutted about the direction they took because i was really looking foward too their new album and when it came out i personally thought it was shit
@vogellwhatever your fatal flaw in your argunent is that those bands progressed with age. KOL are regressing with age. Creativly they are moving backword. Big time. It`s basically to appeal to teenage girls and gay guys.
I love the whole "they didn`t sell out, just more people like them now" bit. History will show KOL the classic sell-out. The fact some of you post on a video like Joe`s Head, proclaiming KOL innocence (of selling out) makes you fucking stupid.
They didnt sell out, they just got more popular and done better for them self?
a sell out can only be called a sell out if they say they are only in it for the music etc and then go sign a big record deal, and stuff along the lines of that.
they never said anything like that, they've always had a big record label just more people have discovered them recently
Kol at their best. Shame they changed. Last 2 albums have been poor. More or less a boyband now. Sellouts. What is a sell out? When your favourite garage rocknroll band from 2003-2007 decides to completely change their music and image to make more money FACT. That is what a sellout is.
@calebsmoustache the thing is, once something fits into our perception or taste, we want it to stay forever. in this case, a band. we want them to stay the same but we may have forgotten a simple fact of life which is: people change! there is no need for a band to continue fitting into the same genre except when they themselves choose to do so. I personally like the older KOL stuff, but this doesn't mean that I have to impose my ideas upon them so that they fit in to my perception. peace!
New material is just as good as old, if not better in some ways. (not as raw) You people are just pissed off that they aren't the band no one knows about, but when you turn someone on to them, people are stunned at the find. I first heard Molly's Chamber the same way you all did, from the VW commercial. So, whoever at that ad agency put it in there, they trump you all.
I'm an old dude, and I would compare early KOL to early Byrds or other mid-60's bands. Great bands emulate but not copy their heroes/influences, then move on to find their own identity. That's what these guys have done well. There is no mistaking them for someone else. Still liking what they do, still inventive.
i wouldn't call them sell outs. thats a cliche and just plain wrong. the thing is the first two albums are quite different from each other but still really great and unique. now they just sound like U2 with an old country singer. their creativity just seems to have left them.
The differnce between The Beatles and KOL is, The Beatles were so big, no one could actually hear the band at their live gigs, so they stopped touring. Although KOL could soon get to that point, they played hyde park, stadiums are just the next step.
I love all four of KOL CD's but Only by the Night is by far the BEST. Every song on that album has 4 or 5 stars on my iPod. I saw them in concert last night in Atlanta and it was AMAZING. They sounded awesome LIVE. It was my first KOL concert. I'm going again on the 25th in St. Louis. It's the last concert of this tour. I can't wait!! If you get the chance to see them live, do it. It's well worth the money. Caleb's voice is amazing and every member of the band is great!
@TurboSS7423 i love all the albums too man , my fav is prolly Because of the times tho , Seems like everyone has a different KOL album that is their fav , thats the mark of a great band.
I just had an idea. In the studio version during the last chorus a piano comes in I am sure. Recently KOL have had a 5th member on stage playing extra guitar/piano parts, it would be great if they started playing this again and got some piano in there at the end.
@FooKing93 thats not a fifth member its just there their support acts who stay on stage with them for some reason. i'm pretty sure they dont actually play anything
I think its fair to not like a band's new album because its not to your taste, but if you don't like a band because they "sold out", that seems kinda stupid. :\
KOl is on a level not many other bands are. Every single one of the songs. Yes their old stuff is more authentic and grungy, but the new stuff is just as emotional. ITS ALL AMAZING and I've seen them 4 times and feel like I could see them 100 times more.
A couple months ago I posted a comment on here to everyone who said kol were sellouts with obtn. Regardless if you agree with me on that or not, if anyone's heard stuff from their new album, ( the song southbound inparticular) I think it's safe to say they've completely sold out. The new album looks like a dissapointment, as expected.
Probably my favorite KOL song. I wish i could say i liked them (or even knew who they were) back when it came out, but the fact is that i might not have ever known who they were with out their "sell out" cds.
There are a lot of independent films I like which most people would've never even heard of. They are not always necessarily better than mainstream movies though for the simple fact that they are low budget. I have also seen a lot of indy films that are absolute shit, which many people would rave about their quality simply because they are "different." Different and/or unconventional does not always mean better quality.
@TwanBeezy that philosophy is all fine and well but does nothing to explain how bad they've gotten. caleb's voice isn't unique at all now. it's all so BORING now. omit the word 'sellout' from your dictionary and focus on the music itself. the music before was different, raw, passionate- mumbled and bluesy. now it's overproduced and boring. boringboringboring
I mean, if you don't like mainstream music because of the way it sounds (assuming you think it all sounds the same), then that's fine. But if you dislike mainstream music for the simple fact that it's mainstream and/or popular, then you're entering into this whole other area of anti-mainstream just because "everybody else likes it" and the snobbery is ridiculous.
The point is, even those people who claim to be "anti-commercialism" are, in their own rights, a sellout. For example, people that feel a need to dress different than the norm to assert their anti-conformist beliefs. So, they get together with all their other friends who share the same identity, everybody TRYING to be different, ends up being the same. Like what you like because of how it looks or sounds, and drop the undertone bullshit.
first album: raw and best, second album: nice`n`tight, third album: had its moments, everything that came after this: suck my balls... im not against progression , but in this case progression suxXx man...
STVCZU 12 hours ago
Love the old Kings!
MaggotKeanu 1 week ago
Retro
EDeery2011 3 weeks ago
I farted.
krakenkrakerkrak 1 month ago 3
i like that fucking shirt...
javier12345698 1 month ago 2
mister crabs im bleeding!!!
iluvtr33s 2 months ago
Perhaps the worst rock and roll hairstyles since Flock of Seagulls.
mommadillo 2 months ago
I see midriff O.o haha love it!! Great song
SljB89 2 months ago
he has a weird mustache
ROCKFREAKcruz 3 months ago
this can't be real. this is too perfect to be real.
macynole3 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Kings of Leon
Is it just me or does caleb look absolutely ridiculous in this video?
krakenkrakerkrak 4 months ago
@krakenkrakerkrak its just you, he looks cool
Pagra101 4 months ago 3
@krakenkrakerkrak Just you.
Squalla1 1 month ago
Well he said fred i just killed a man!
haha fucking awesome
OzBooger 4 months ago
why'd they have to turn gay, the YAYMH was the greatest rock and roll album of the 21st century!
onbradley 4 months ago 2
poor...joe:(
JohNNyBcOoL17 4 months ago
Great song, rewind me of the Byrds :-)
marthaymydear 4 months ago
As much as I love Kings of Leon now, their hair was just better in the beginning :)
widdersternchen 4 months ago in playlist Kings Of Leon
IMMA SAY IT: EVERYTHING BEFORE "Because of The Times" I dont like.....sorry....and how were they like the strokes????
AndysMouseRatBand 4 months ago
@AndysMouseRatBand you suck
OzBooger 4 months ago
my ipod broke about six months ago.....I have youth and young manhood in my cd player in my car... basically I want ppl next to me at stoplights to hear that album, just so they hear real music before they die..... on day at work I swore I heard a car playing happy alone well I was right, I ran to the front of the building and looked at the car and waved the guy looked and I yelled youth and yyoung manhood forever and he saluted me. so happy for that moment
01superduty89 4 months ago
Old school Kings :)
EDeery2011 5 months ago
Its sad that Use Somebody is the only reason i found these goodies.
JapJapJapluanda 5 months ago 3
holy flying pigs jared is playing a fender and they cant get more southern-er than this...what a band which i can call a favorite..
unrated12soloist 5 months ago
2003? HA.
lastofmykind8 5 months ago
"There is no way you can compete with your early records if they've resonated with people because they have time to seep into people's lives, and a new record is immediate. Something immediate will never have the same set of emotions with something that has been able to accumulate emotions over a long period of time. So I've kind of resigned myself to the idea of thats just the way it is." - Jeff Tweedy
Kmartshopper34 5 months ago 3
Their whole lives have been living in one extreme to the next. They are all amazing dudes who can rock a porno stache with the best of them.
dakotagilbert17 6 months ago
Pagra101 this wasn't filmed in the seventies
acefrehley19731973 6 months ago
This is AWESOME!!!
sixstrinngmunky 6 months ago
Close Your Eyes it's the Allman Bothers! Especially that intro haha!
CJMars10 6 months ago
Used to be a great band. To bad they sold their souls to the devil and got a bad deal.The first two albums are classics and always will be but at the 3rd album the cracks started to show and at the fourth the end was in sight. Don,t get me wrong sex on fire is a great commercial crossover song. But it's still commercial . If i did,nt already know something was wrong i knew it was when some idiot asked me to play use somebody after they had heard it covered on x factor .
MrAzdaz 6 months ago
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MrAzdaz 6 months ago
compared to their old stuff ( the two first albums), their new stuff IS TERRIBLE. i can only listen to Youth and Young Manhood and Aha Shake Heartbreak. its incredible how they changed, and got worse
mh1909sci 6 months ago
dude fuck people who say they sold out. their new shit is tits. So what that they got nice new clothes, guitars, cars, and haircuts. Thats what happens when you become succesesful, shitloads of money? Not that i dont love how they look like fuckin csn in this shit, thats awesome. But if you cant appreciate a bands progression then you werent that big of a fan to begin with. And hypocracy is disgusting, what would you do.
420teemoney 7 months ago 28
@420teemoney You said it brother... People think every band sells out... That's not the case a lot of the time. That's just what happens when you become a rock star. You have money :O
jonnayyy 7 months ago
PEOPLE CHANGE. DON'T JUDGE. COCK SUCKERS.
jonnayyy 7 months ago
@420teemoney good coment to all the shite comments well said
jerkoff1231 6 months ago
@420teemoney new guitars? Calebs using a damn 1972 es-325 and matt still uses his sheraton from time to time
01superduty89 6 months ago
@420teemoney thats true, but recently they have been playing like 3 or 4 songs from their first 2 albums, which are the best ones. Its because most fans now are Shit on fire fans, they just play all their more commercial songs, instead of playing their amazing songs from '03 and '04
Pagra101 4 months ago
@420teemoney DUDE fuck you Sex on Fire has 43 million views and this brilliant song has less than half a million, damn it Trani has 1 million views i would be surprised if you can compare Trani to Sex on Fire or Use Somebody and i would be especially surprised if you can understand what i'm sayin.Also i dont agree that this is progression they should have taken the example of Beatles and firstplay songs which would guarantee you 43 million views on youtube and then make the music you like.
TheBars69 3 months ago 8
@420teemoney If you ask Caleb for example which song he would sing before his final breath do you think he will choose Sex on Fire or he will choose song such as Trani, yeah he will choose sex on fire only in your shitloaded dreams.
TheBars69 3 months ago
@420teemoney I dont think they sold out I think they lost whaat gained them their main audience (awful production fast guitars) and replaced it with over produced adult contemporary music but if its what they want then they can do it
themanchild27 2 months ago
@420teemoney Say whatever you want, man, but their new stuff is rubbish, 100% commercial pop shit for girls. Progression is one thing, changing your style completely to appeal to a wider audience is another. That's called selling out, whether you're ok with that or not.
And to be honest it doesn't matter if I liked them back then, I'll be someone's fan as long as I appreciate their work. Which I don't anymore.
Squalla1 2 months ago 4
@420teemoney you must have just recently started listening to them and then went into their back catalog and said to yourself "Wow, I can appreciate all of this." It's nearly impossible for it to have been the other way around because everyone I know, including myself, was heartbroken when they heard Only By The Night.
ameliawebber 1 month ago
@420teemoney all that aside, there new music is awful compared to this...and the haircuts too
zpenceretch 2 weeks ago
@zpenceretch Amen brother
STVCZU 12 hours ago
sounds like sex on fire
tomkk311 7 months ago
hahahaha shit man good thing he cut that hair !!!
JG129 7 months ago
miss them
OrvelOfficial 7 months ago
i miss the old look
petercrissisamazing 7 months ago
i love them like this!!
cactusdeluna 7 months ago
i was at this, fell in love with them, saw them several times, then just lost the plot when sex on fire came out, what a load of balls!!
maireadfay 7 months ago
i like there old stuff and new and i think they looked so cool back then but there style has improved alot xxxx
missrachelstewart 7 months ago in playlist Kings of Leon - Live
Youtube wars are like the special olympics, no one really gives a shit, and this was actually filmed in the Summer of '74 not 1976
Pagra101 8 months ago
i wish it was cool for normal folks to look that nasty.
danielbannick 8 months ago
search for "Grateful Dead Truckin live"
diamond1897 8 months ago 4
Jared looks like Jimmy page
CJMars10 8 months ago
when they weren't TOO mainstream..
GCOOPS16X 8 months ago
love watchin jared play the bass!!! ;)
des9323 8 months ago
The only thing different about them now no not really , is they bought more effect pedals! LOL!
AbominableNoMen 9 months ago
"people can be so cold when they're dead." :)
aledmb2 9 months ago 19
@shortstack2091....you wouldn't know good music if it bit you in the ass midget dick
bozo47p 9 months ago
Wow....those are some outfits. I'm losing circulation just watching this.
Rachell23 10 months ago
I would be so pissed overlooking KOL at t in the park 2003/2004 when they have became so big. I'm sure people did back then.
PBJftw94 10 months ago
no they wouldnt
oddoddduck 10 months ago
no they wouldnt
oddoddduck 10 months ago
I love kings of Leon, old and new, I understand why a lot of people dislike the latest albums because there very different, but there not inferior in my opinion. Very different mood and maturity compared to when they were younger and raw. I believe if songs like be somebody, no money, cold desert etc had appeared on YAYM everyone would love them
mrPockets88 10 months ago
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I want that moustache on my pussy
BIANCAX82 10 months ago
look ....making music and finding an audience is hard....this lame ass group has found 5 million and I was intriged ...but what I heard did not merrit this...there music is horrible...dry bland and pretensious...lame at best with no color or life ....listen to stone temple piolets or godsmack or even the black keys hell listen to george thoughrogood and compare....these guys do not merrit this ...they have not earned there status and in my opinion. do not deserve this...why?
bozo47p 10 months ago
@bozo47p
wait stone temple pilots? you gotta be kidding
redchief24 10 months ago
@bozo47p your name suits you dumbass. godsmack? stone temple pilots? no one's listened to them since like '97 bro. get a life and some actual musical taste.
ShortStack2091 10 months ago
@bozo47p i completely agree with you they are a mediocre band at best and do not deserve the success when there are so many better and more creative bands that would be much more deserving. however i dont agree stp and godsmack are examples of this lol :)
Tapicero111 9 months ago
@bozo47p I completely disagree. Even though I really dislike most of their newer stuff, I think some of the tunes of their first three albums are nothing short of amazing. Trani is a personal favorite of mine. A song doesnt need to have a hundred chords and an amazing 5 minutes solo to convey emotion. The bit on trani that goes " Cops on the call, beating up the freaks, Fingers in the dirt, Spitting out his teeth" is amazing. You should really LISTEN to it.
:-)
finallyonenottaken 9 months ago 2
U2 fucked them up
cleg6969 10 months ago
people can be so cold when their dead.... awesome best line ever
cleg6969 10 months ago
people can be so cold when their dead.... awesome best line ever
cleg6969 10 months ago
i want that mustache and musical talent
hinkstar2012 10 months ago
England dang is still at it!
IndieFolkRocker 11 months ago
@IndieFolkRocker this is in scotland my friend. t in the park, t stands for our home made beer Tennents. check out the're latest visits to t on you tube.
ScottishPEACEguy 10 months ago
Back when they were'nt contrived wankers.
I pretend their recent bull-shit didn't happen.
This is the Kings of Leon I know and love -)
craigusss 11 months ago 4
caleb was so much cooler when he just didn't give a shit
louistoledo 11 months ago 3
these guys still suck....they sound like the fucking monkeys...terrible music... even there own bass player hates there early alblums
bozo47p 11 months ago
@bozo47p The early albums are fucking amazing. The new albums are such such such a joke.
gdwhat 10 months ago
Why the fuck did they have to change that much? I´m so missing this KOL era... now it`s just music for couples to make out. Did anyone notice they do not even sweat while playing live? Fucking sad!
MOESYS 11 months ago 3
I wish they kept their hair like that... They were better back then..
WheresMyPimp 11 months ago 3
we were born in the wrong era:[
thiizzkidddd 11 months ago 3
They should've sticked to this attitude instead of becomming a weird coldplay/u2/fuckoff-combo
CaptainCab83 11 months ago 3
was this a bucket hat convention?
NN564 1 year ago
omg, those were the days!
CaptainCab83 1 year ago
bet they don't play this in hyde park in june lol
goldfieldgirl16 1 year ago
@goldfieldgirl16 I hope so, this is one of their best :0)
Superbad1980 11 months ago
bieeen acampaanaaadoos & 5 añoz despues bien entubaados haha yeaah (Y)
EdgarTheWeekends 1 year ago
that haircut and stache is the best.
MySnowmanMelted 1 year ago
Jimmy Page on bass?
succubus92 1 year ago
fuck everyone on this planet who cant appreciate a band exploring a new style of music, there has never been a single bad song written by this band. whats wrong with getting recognized for your talents, just because you cant consider these guys your "pocket band" anymore doesnt mean they suck, they are as great now as they were at the beginning. hard work should get you recognized which it has for kol they are finally getting the credit they diserve....so FUCK ALL THE HATERS AND KEEP ON ROCKIN!
yowatup25 1 year ago 11
@yowatup25
hear ye hear ye!! Well put!!
PFarren 1 year ago
That VHS tracking at 2:48 is awesome! HAHA! Was that intentional? Awesome.
Musicmonk84 1 year ago 2
i love jareds bassline
Midnightpitbull2 1 year ago
God, they have changed. But i love the new look and music as well. But i loved this too.
TheMh91 1 year ago
the new Ccr
MrChadraefortoday 1 year ago 2
The styling is...interesting
RochilMuse 1 year ago
@jimmyboiment
Why are we the sellouts? Because we don't want to listen to their shitty music?
Mikeyski4 1 year ago
this band was good, now they are onions!
ludvik199t 1 year ago
fuck all the selling out stuff, I loved their first two albums, but not their new stuff it's as simple as that, although i was a bit gutted about the direction they took because i was really looking foward too their new album and when it came out i personally thought it was shit
stendeb 1 year ago 2
Dude I love this song more than hey Joe by Hendrix lol
ele523 1 year ago
@vogellwhatever your fatal flaw in your argunent is that those bands progressed with age. KOL are regressing with age. Creativly they are moving backword. Big time. It`s basically to appeal to teenage girls and gay guys.
edgazda 1 year ago 2
Yeah those fucking sell out bands, such as:
The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Nirvana, Metallica, Slayer, Hendrix Experience, The Doors, .... ... ...
Vogelfrei777 1 year ago
I love the whole "they didn`t sell out, just more people like them now" bit. History will show KOL the classic sell-out. The fact some of you post on a video like Joe`s Head, proclaiming KOL innocence (of selling out) makes you fucking stupid.
edgazda 1 year ago
They didnt sell out, they just got more popular and done better for them self?
a sell out can only be called a sell out if they say they are only in it for the music etc and then go sign a big record deal, and stuff along the lines of that.
they never said anything like that, they've always had a big record label just more people have discovered them recently
VxRhys 1 year ago
Why is it when unknown bands and artists finally make it big, they're automatically labeled "sellouts" by the same people who used to love the band?
joegar317 1 year ago 3
Hearing the new stuff we can say that their garage sound is really dead....
ogtotes 1 year ago
Kol at their best. Shame they changed. Last 2 albums have been poor. More or less a boyband now. Sellouts. What is a sell out? When your favourite garage rocknroll band from 2003-2007 decides to completely change their music and image to make more money FACT. That is what a sellout is.
calebsmoustache 1 year ago 2
@calebsmoustache the thing is, once something fits into our perception or taste, we want it to stay forever. in this case, a band. we want them to stay the same but we may have forgotten a simple fact of life which is: people change! there is no need for a band to continue fitting into the same genre except when they themselves choose to do so. I personally like the older KOL stuff, but this doesn't mean that I have to impose my ideas upon them so that they fit in to my perception. peace!
bhumimanusha 1 year ago
@calebsmoustache You'd do the same so shut the fuck up.
SuperFurryWalrus 1 year ago
@SuperFurryWalrus He's just mad because they ditched the mustaches.
joegar317 1 year ago
@joegar317 I miss the moustaches. They made them the band they are today.
SuperFurryWalrus 1 year ago
they went from the allman brothers to the jonas brothers
43KingLion 1 year ago
This was filmed in 1976.
ToolshedEd3TF 1 year ago 217
@ToolshedEd3TF nice one,lol
1jcaven 1 year ago
@ToolshedEd3TF
Hahaha... yes, it seems to!! The band and their songs are the best for me... but they're always strange dressed and hairstyle!!
tomberni 1 year ago
Youth and Young Manhood is so good, and this song is so under-appreciated.
upjd5y 1 year ago
@upjd5y toatally agree wi u man!! some album
Cathal263 1 year ago
Now these guys get pampered in top hair salons and live in Hollywood style cribs.
Grow your hair guys and get rootsy again.
welshcasual 1 year ago
@welshcasual i hear ya but the cribs arent hollywood style thier 200,000 dollar country homes..theres people her that pay that much for horses..lol
KoLMagrinoM83 1 year ago
New material is just as good as old, if not better in some ways. (not as raw) You people are just pissed off that they aren't the band no one knows about, but when you turn someone on to them, people are stunned at the find. I first heard Molly's Chamber the same way you all did, from the VW commercial. So, whoever at that ad agency put it in there, they trump you all.
dufushipster 1 year ago
@dufushipster i really doubt most people on here first heard mollys chambers in a volkswagen advert
zacd14 1 year ago 3
they really really look like they are in the '70s and its pretty badass
also their new stuff isnt terrible its just not as good
gartho187 1 year ago 61
@gartho187 I cannot stand Only by the Night, but yes. they had a lot of Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones influence
ABurr333 1 year ago
they really really look like they are in the '70s and its pretty badass
gartho187 1 year ago
2003??? wow they look like theyre from the 60's LOL ILY KOL!!!!
NarleyTV1 1 year ago
I'm an old dude, and I would compare early KOL to early Byrds or other mid-60's bands. Great bands emulate but not copy their heroes/influences, then move on to find their own identity. That's what these guys have done well. There is no mistaking them for someone else. Still liking what they do, still inventive.
knobdragon 1 year ago 2
@knobdragon really? to me, the last 2 albums sound like they're copying other bands. their unique sound seems to have completely gone.
thisnotmyname 1 year ago
i wouldn't call them sell outs. thats a cliche and just plain wrong. the thing is the first two albums are quite different from each other but still really great and unique. now they just sound like U2 with an old country singer. their creativity just seems to have left them.
thisnotmyname 1 year ago
The differnce between The Beatles and KOL is, The Beatles were so big, no one could actually hear the band at their live gigs, so they stopped touring. Although KOL could soon get to that point, they played hyde park, stadiums are just the next step.
joydivision1988 1 year ago
wow.... he was really ugly.... thanks God for the personal style......
Joezema 1 year ago
@Joezema
ugly?? its just hair =)
hrvatinja 1 year ago 2
the bassist wuz like 15 here
ventor11225 1 year ago
in the end, its like they are the open band for Led Zep or something, fucking awesome!
toniopeic 1 year ago
I love all four of KOL CD's but Only by the Night is by far the BEST. Every song on that album has 4 or 5 stars on my iPod. I saw them in concert last night in Atlanta and it was AMAZING. They sounded awesome LIVE. It was my first KOL concert. I'm going again on the 25th in St. Louis. It's the last concert of this tour. I can't wait!! If you get the chance to see them live, do it. It's well worth the money. Caleb's voice is amazing and every member of the band is great!
TurboSS7423 1 year ago
@TurboSS7423 i love all the albums too man , my fav is prolly Because of the times tho , Seems like everyone has a different KOL album that is their fav , thats the mark of a great band.
idrinkalotmorethanu 1 year ago
What happened to king of leon? have changed, the previous record was brutal, now they are half emos
mexux 1 year ago
wtf? how's this guy have 0 videos?
thnelement 1 year ago
This song reminds me of the allman brothers
43KingLion 1 year ago
I just had an idea. In the studio version during the last chorus a piano comes in I am sure. Recently KOL have had a 5th member on stage playing extra guitar/piano parts, it would be great if they started playing this again and got some piano in there at the end.
FooKing93 1 year ago
@FooKing93 thats not a fifth member its just there their support acts who stay on stage with them for some reason. i'm pretty sure they dont actually play anything
akaBanKsy 1 year ago
Wonder if the moustache will make a reappearance lol
InsomniacParanoiac 1 year ago
@rybrun1 same here mate. This is the best album by far but I would have never heard it without the last one. And no I don't suck dick.
gibbo909 1 year ago
nice song i like it
pane2010rock 1 year ago
0:00 - 0:10 seconds " Mario Bros" lol
nuudelchin 1 year ago
Best KOL song!
KillerBeesAttack 1 year ago
best band in history? A song is great is when it "blows your hair back" This one does
Raiderfn31 1 year ago
Joe's Head is EPIC...!!!!!!!
hassamdaudi 1 year ago
I think its fair to not like a band's new album because its not to your taste, but if you don't like a band because they "sold out", that seems kinda stupid. :\
correip 1 year ago 4
I wonder if any of the band members got hit by pigeon shit at this show?
Bd1ddy1 1 year ago
this is before they started sucking dick
Posterharpua 1 year ago
@Posterharpua they have never sucked dick my friend.
ohdoshutit 1 year ago
@Posterharpua
Got it one brother
wilkesfalcon 1 year ago
YEAHH!!!!!!
biaely89 1 year ago
back when they were good
thisnotmyname 1 year ago
god damn, great version. love his phrasing in this one.
patchmack2 1 year ago
caleb he looks totally fucking awesome
canibaldance 1 year ago 4
good buzz.....this song
Raiderfn31 1 year ago
KOl is on a level not many other bands are. Every single one of the songs. Yes their old stuff is more authentic and grungy, but the new stuff is just as emotional. ITS ALL AMAZING and I've seen them 4 times and feel like I could see them 100 times more.
fonzi300 1 year ago
A couple months ago I posted a comment on here to everyone who said kol were sellouts with obtn. Regardless if you agree with me on that or not, if anyone's heard stuff from their new album, ( the song southbound inparticular) I think it's safe to say they've completely sold out. The new album looks like a dissapointment, as expected.
SGplayer87 1 year ago
@SGplayer87 oh suck my ass
djrodz69 1 year ago
Probably my favorite KOL song. I wish i could say i liked them (or even knew who they were) back when it came out, but the fact is that i might not have ever known who they were with out their "sell out" cds.
rybrun1 1 year ago
Their whole style reminds me so much of the Allman bros.. I like it
GrahamAW2001 1 year ago
There are a lot of independent films I like which most people would've never even heard of. They are not always necessarily better than mainstream movies though for the simple fact that they are low budget. I have also seen a lot of indy films that are absolute shit, which many people would rave about their quality simply because they are "different." Different and/or unconventional does not always mean better quality.
TwanBeezy 1 year ago 2
@TwanBeezy that philosophy is all fine and well but does nothing to explain how bad they've gotten. caleb's voice isn't unique at all now. it's all so BORING now. omit the word 'sellout' from your dictionary and focus on the music itself. the music before was different, raw, passionate- mumbled and bluesy. now it's overproduced and boring. boringboringboring
stayoncue 1 year ago
I mean, if you don't like mainstream music because of the way it sounds (assuming you think it all sounds the same), then that's fine. But if you dislike mainstream music for the simple fact that it's mainstream and/or popular, then you're entering into this whole other area of anti-mainstream just because "everybody else likes it" and the snobbery is ridiculous.
TwanBeezy 1 year ago
The point is, even those people who claim to be "anti-commercialism" are, in their own rights, a sellout. For example, people that feel a need to dress different than the norm to assert their anti-conformist beliefs. So, they get together with all their other friends who share the same identity, everybody TRYING to be different, ends up being the same. Like what you like because of how it looks or sounds, and drop the undertone bullshit.
TwanBeezy 1 year ago