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  • 70s Leon please come back. 

  • He looks like a 70s porn star.. this music is below nightclub standard lol

  • @MrGreenjuice That's why its awesome

  • 1:30 come on muthafucka, made my day.

  • youth and young manhood is by far their greatest album! they should stop putting out radio hits an return to that rawdog sound!!d

  • They looked hilariously awesome before they went mainstream

  • thanks for uploading it, great material!

  • @1:31 "Ahh Cmon Mother Fucker"

  • Fifa 2004! haha.

  • Very cool.

  • 1:09 - the beggining of the chorus, absolutely love the way way that les paul sounds bouncing along to the rythym... anyone know what setup hes using?

  • Sunglasses inside? Really? Come on dude!

  • @Fredistheocean maybe hes stoned or something

  • @lovewhitsnikkers but stoned people are supposed to be easy going hippies!

  • Red Morning Light HAS to be my Favourite Kings song EVER! And Youth and Young Manhood and Aha Shake Heartbreak my fav albums!

  • I can agree with your anger for hipsters, but Black Keys and Arcade Fire!!! there ain't nothing wrong with them, black keys supported the kings at hyde park, I've seen em both. Bloody fantastic bands, and arcade fire are fuckin quality as well. Viva Brother! are fucking shit mate. aha

  • So they got enough money to make music like they wanted to...big whoop. These guys are great and I enjoy ALL of their albums.

  • who is shitting on the black keys? They opened for these guys here in cincinnati and stole the whole show. So fuck off whoever!!!!

  • They didnt sell out, they kept making music just as authentically, however their older stuff is just better. Thats the case for most bands

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  • Fifa.. And ronaldinho dominates! Henry has got the balll!

  • Kings of leon are hipsters,face it you fucking youtube nerd cunts,get outside for fucks sake :D

  • Shitting on The Black Keys? Really? Fuck you, sir. Fuck you.

  • Ahh, hott. lol

  • FIFA!!!

  • All you people saying they "sold out" and "suck now" are idiots. Bands evolve. It's just common sense. If you're a normal human being and have been doing something for years, you're going to want to explore more things either because you're bored or you got older. I'm a musician in a band myself and I'm certain that any of you would do the same thing in their shoes. Besides, their changing style is what makes the old stuff more meaningful and if they stayed the same, everyone would still bitch.

  • please, play this kind of music again.

  • This was when they were good.

  • like some wise man said: get wasted and music will come to you :D

  • who cares if they sold out? get over it fan boys. You can't say if someone walked up to you and said. "you can be the biggest band in the world, just write a more poppy album" that you would refuse. Only by the night still has some really good songs on it. Is it as good as Youth and Young Manhood? no.... If you expect you favorite artist's to stick to the same formula just to please you well that makes you a shitty fan. Monotony is the death of creativity friends...

  • Bottom line is when someone hits it big, their life is not the same anymore and their music isn't coming from the same place. It's not fun but that's how it goes. Only the truly great bands can keep producing great music album after album.

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  • Why compare the old to the new? Just enjoy both. KoL is progressing. This is just another stage in the progression. Would anyone like the Beatles if they just kept playing "She Loves You"?

  • Kings of Leon did not sell out, use somebody was almost not even put on only by the night. "Oh ya they totally sold out because they put out pixies-esque ambient music with pop-hooks" give me a break. I don't like their new stuff as much as their old music either but the fact of the matter is that they became successful doing the music that they wanted to do, and that music happened to grab people's attention

  • Yeah they make different music now, but they still play their old stuff live and it's still here for you to listen to... so the olf KoL hasn't gone, theres just more variety now... If you like their old stuff, listen to it.... Don't hate them for doing something different for a bit just cos they enjoy it!!

  • Before anyone says i jumped on kings of leon's band wagon, i've been a big KOL fan since about 2004ish and i prefer their older stuff and my least favorite album is Come Around Sundown.... But it's so wrong to say they sold out... They just grew up! they were like between 17 and 20 or something when they released this song... So how could you not think the music they like writing what they enjoy playing is gonna change in nearly 10 years of recording and touring?! It happens!!

  • Acually IT WAS, skip to 02:13 in "Kings of Leon - Glastonbury 2004 - Red Morning Light"

    This was the amp used on tour & in the Youth and Young Manhood recordings.

    I actually travelled from Ireland for this gig (and to see Paul McCartney & Oasis) but KOL blew them off the stage

    I was turned on to KOL at that stage & went to 4-5 gigs across the UK so I'm not your average "hater"

    Was at Hyde Pk 2011 (mainly to see Weller as he wasn't touring in 2011) & thought Weller blew KOL of stage!!

  • i don't care what people say but whatever KOL does, they sound good doing. if you don't like it, well thats your problem. they're doing what they wanna do.

  • oalright - I don't mean to be offensive, but if you did really know what good music is it wouldn't take any explaining... but I'll try (in 339 characters)

    2003 - Orange Rocaverb amplifiers with an ibinez tube screamer = edgy sound

    2011 - pop music

    2003 - Vocals are raspy and in your face using delay to give edge

    2011 - Vocals are clean cut and border line boy band.

    Not to mention the image change - retro > boyband haircut transition.

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  • @anthonywrobb seems like you have a good understanding of the equipment>>>you know what setup the guy with the les paul has? cant get enough of that sound coming out of his amp

  • KoL rocked.Now,they suck.

  • There were cool as F**k back then. Now they're just a bunch of fakes!

    Ever notice how the people who comment on how they've sold out are grown ups who have a decent knowlegde of music?

  • Ever notice the people who defend their new comercial direction are female fans? "Oh Caleb looks so fit now" - yeah, he's got the look of one of those Back Street Boys...

    ... and as for the boys (and I choses the word intentionally) - they are WWE fans and students "wwe sweet chin music" as a user name - says it all really. I guess there is a running theme there - you like "FAKES".

    I will always respect KOL because of their first two albums but after that they did sell out.

  • @anthonywrobb Please explain to me how they sold out. I really can't understand. I know what good music is and I don't get that opinion. There may be a debate after all.

  • I will always respect KOL because of their first two albums but after that they did sell out.People who say other bands (Oasis were mentioned) again miss the point - Oasis actually got less comercial because they made music they belived in until the end (not going with trends just because they were popular) and didn't change their image to sell records. Yet to see Liam Gallagher wearing his hair in a fruity side-shade to appeal to the ladies.

    KOL did sell out - there is no debate.

  • Thank God they grew out of this phase.

  • Fuck yeh their best song so badly underrated!!! I don't even know if they like it themselves they never play it at their concerts! Go kol!

  • Every KoL video on youtube has the same tedious argument regarding selling out etc. Tiresome. If you don't like it then go someplace else.

  • haters

  • I absolutely love that they change their sound with every album while still keeping that trademark Kings sound. Love these boys!

  • 10 people gave all there cinnamon away

  • Love it when it's just the drums and bass and then everything else kicks in!!!

  • LOS AUTENTICOS KINGS OF LEON !!!!!!!!!!

  • @MrStrokesrock And will always be.

  • wie gut die mal waren, wie schlecht sie jetzt sind...

  • Would you please shut the fuck up? KOL has only gotten better with time so quit being little bitches and actually give the new stuff a chance

  • @CoverRob KOL have only sold out with time!! I givin it a chance, even PAID for there new album. couldnt even get through one song, they are amazing musicians..who should stick to their old shit..cause this new shit is WEAK!

  • @TiffanyAnn26 I guess The Beatles, Led Zepplin, Coldplay, Radiohead, Metallica, Hootie and the Blowfish, Third Eye Blind, Oasis, and every other band that's lasted more than 2 albums also sold out right? Just face the fact that you're a hipster and can't stand it when bands don't make the same shit for 4 albums in a row, and go back to your Black Keys and Arcade Fire. The Kings of Leon always have been, and always will be, kick-ass.

  • @CourageousJohn No, all of those old bands still continued to make awesome music while being popular, and still kept they're original style. KOL used to look cool as fuck, and were original, now they're just abiding by their label and making mediocre pop-rock and look like douchebags.

    PS- You're dissing the Black Keys and Arcade Fire, yet you name Hootie and the Blowfish and Third Eye Blind in your first list? HAHA.

  • @Hockeyevan9992 I know,he didn't even write Led Zeppelin right

  • @CourageousJohn Why hate on the Black Keys?

  • @kdruble black keys suck but arcade fire is awesome

  • @mazedog1 Arcade Fire is awesome, but so are the Keys.

  • @kdruble Haha! I was thinking the same thing. Dude just slipped that Black Keys diss in there like it's no big deal.

  • @kdruble Because he's apparently courageous. Lmao.

  • @CourageousJohn i agree without a doubt just because bands take on a new sounds doesnt mean they've sold out i for one love the Black Keys lets not hate on them :) ha have a good one

  • @CourageousJohn black keys and arcade fire are great bands.

  • @CourageousJohn First of all the black keys are a fucking great band; if you can't see that, you're a fucking idiot. Secondly, wake up and smell the coffee, the kings of leon sold out to fill arenas and get number one hits and I'm sure Caleb would tell you the same thing; if you can't see that, you're a fucking idiot. Early Kings of Leon was fucking great, but they made their sound more accessible as a lot of great bands do - even the great Captain Beefheart sort of tried it for a bit.

  • @spinnact You probably haven't even bought the last 2 kings albums despite the fact that the only thing different in them is a little bit of reverb. But then again, you're stupid as fuck hipster logic doesn't allow for you to see things in a different light because your scarf and beanie are on too tight.

    They're also breaking up because you stupid fucks keep asking for the same 5 songs to be played over and over and they're tired of it. That's from Matthew's grandpa and mom personally.

  • @CourageousJohn blah blah blah. you don't have an argument so you go for the standard internet ad hominem 'hipster' attack. if you don't mind the move towards accessibility i could sort of take you seriously, but the fact that you refuse to even acknowledge it is ridiculous. if the reason that the band is breaking up is because fans are paying them a lot of money to play their biggest hits live (as does every band/musician of a certain caliber) they have some serious problems. keep rockin'.

  • @CourageousJohn you know your stuff my man! well said :)

  • @CourageousJohn LOL at arcade fire--->SHIT!

  • @CourageousJohn this shit owns the fuck out of anything they've done for a few years. and i'm not mad at them for changing. i'm sad at them.

  • @CourageousJohn Arcade Fire are so uncool but Black Keys are Amazing, but not as good as KOL

  • @CourageousJohn apart from when they suck ass ;)

  • @CourageousJohn the Black Keys kick ass

  • @CourageousJohn KoL are amazing, never a question. im just hoping they come a little back to where they started. for the exception of coldplay and hooite (not personally a fan), i believe all those other band are amazing. haha calm down a bit.

    and there is NOTHING wrong with The Black Keys and you know it.

  • @CourageousJohn its not that they sold out, this is just better..

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  • @CourageousJohn Completely agree with you on everything except the part you hate on the Black Keys. Also putting Third Eye Blind and Hootie and The Blowfish in the same level as the other bands you said is a bit too much don't you think? I do.

  • @CourageousJohn I guess Im a hipster if you call it that lol. But Im not a hipster lol

  • @CourageousJohn

    Agree brother.

    I was in a band for 15 years... and believe me; styles change... ideas change... philosophies change.. desires change... there's nothing wrong with that. All of these things influence your music. Anger influences it one way... love influences it another direction... pain influences your music in dark melodramatic ways... All combine to "change" the sound, texture, timing and emotions. Of course, fans hate it. But real musicians are true to themselves - not fans.

  • @CourageousJohn First off never compare The Black Keys and Arcade Fire...Arcade Fire blows...also they are called Kings of Leon not The Kings of Leon

  • @TheGoulet89 I think I speak for Montreal when I say : "you are such an asshat".

  • @CourageousJohn

    Are you putting Arcade Fire down or something?

  • @TiffanyAnn26 die in a hole you fat fuckin nerd cunt

  • @MaaaarrJ who the fuck are you. chill.

  • nice glasses caleb :)! I love kol and all the albums rock etc etc they might be sell outs but still rock my speakers.

  • This was the Kings of Leon I loved and admired. For me, Kings of Leon died after Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004). Those first 2 albums shall forever remain as my favourites.

  • dear 9 people not liking this, u are retarted!

    sincirely,

    a person with good taste in music.

  • I understand how they lost their roots. They spent all their time in Europe where they were super successful all the while being virtually nobodies in North America. Maybe they picked up influences while out there. It changed them. 

  • haha jesus on the drums

  • @lukeh1055 hahahahahahahahahahahahhh!! amem

  • kings of leon are just sellouts, nothing else.

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  • @wwesweetchinmusicisy shut up fag, and everyone else calling them sellouts, they are good at what they do, would you care if people hated you for getting a promotion at work? no, they dont care what you think, they are rich as hell, and all of their music is good. so if i had the opprotunity to get paid to drink a diet pepsi/play a gibson, i would too, so shut your mouth, cuz you would also.

  • @Bradtabs924 i never said they weren't good anymore, but when a band like kings of leon starts out as one certain type of music and then gives into this pop culture we are living in it's the definition of sell out's. So don't call me a fag for stating the truth.

  • 0:20 BLAZED

  • A great vid from back in the day when, well...you know.

  • @cubsfan891 No worries :)

  • @cubsfan891 What? im from england and people say "taking pot" all the fucking time?

  • @cubsfan891 Lol? what? its a well known fact that most of their songs from their 1st album were done from the influence of pot. So before you start calling people dumb do your research.

  • People all debating why they're not as good as before "oh they've given into producers" or "oh they're trying to appeal to the mainstream" when you don't see the obvious reason

    which is: They stopped taking pot.

  • It would be annoying if everyone kept telling you that they liked your hair or fashion sense or voice better 7 years ago. Wouldn't it?

  • ...yeah but they decided not to make the same album over and over again since 2003. Probably a better career move.

  • So tired of the same old comments about how the newer albums are not as blah blah blah. Good thing these videos are here for you to reminisce.

  • The face Jared makes at 1:33 is the usual face I have when listening to Youth and Young Manhood. Come on mothafucka!!

  • is it 70s revival show or rio carneval?he looks so fake, led zep-wanna-be

  • @zebelboy1 omfg don't be an asshole!! Led Zeppelin is my favorite band and trust me...He wasn't a "led zep-wanna-be"

  • @zebelboy1 is it just me or did you see a completely different led zeppelin to the rest of us coz the led zep i know dont look like this :D haha tit

  • at there best the ablum after the 1st was ok but the rest are not great at all

  • At lmx1212 l know dude now theyre like fucking falloutboy or some shit like that l remember l saw them in like 2004 whith the strokes fuck l miss those days!!!

  • That time..... when been hipster was so fucking cool.

  • their best song...i remember it in fifa 04's intro video...good times

  • caleb looks like a french fashion designer

  • caleb loojs proper gay there

  • Before they were sell outs!

  • @lmx1212 how are kol sellouts?

  • they will allways Rock..its a process..evolution...if you are a true fan you will love them no matter what..get with it ppl..one love...)O(

  • when they had styl... aaaa porke ya conservaron eso

  • I can't even say enough about the brilliance of the way Caleb is dressed.

  • These are the real KIngs Of Leon

  • @jlowe59 o my gosh thats hilarious! i love jared lol

  • why is caleb wearing kabuki girl shades?

  • @gahhhhhhhhhh2310

    Who knows, but now i want a pair.

  • 1:31 "COME ON MOTHAFUCKA!" -Jared

  • @jlowe59 o my gosh thats hilarious! i love jared lol

  • @jlowe59 hahaa

  • @jlowe59 Just happened to see that too. awesome!!!!! i miss this band. i wish they would come back to us.

  • such a good video quality in 1974

  • this is when they were good.

    i'm still good.

    listen to my shit.

  • no they're really not. unless you think U2 are cool too. I saw them back then too, they could only play for 45 minutes because that's all they had, and they played Red Morning Light twice during their set.

  • Ohhh, Those really was the best days of KOL... I love this wonderful sounds

  • that dude is the coolest mofo ive ever seen

  • OMG! 7 years ago! i was 7! lol

    My dad loves this song and i always need to translate what caleb is saying because he cant understand him!

  • @jazzyde2 good lad ! Im 30 and my mum is the same - can't understand a word ! KoL are a FINE band and their early stuff is proper rock and roll.

  • @DJStuHirst Yah! its good because kol has such good lyrics too! I LOVE THEM!

  • finally! a video where people aren't defending their clear lack of creativity. usually bands start off by copying their idols and then do their own thing once they've made a name for themselves. KOL have done the opposite.

  • I love their old stuff. I also love what they have polished up to. They're a great band I have watched grow up.

  • Oh, my dear Kings of Leon, whatever happened to your mojo?

  • @warrdv13 they lost their mojo! :S

  • @warrdv13 What are u talking about, they still got it!

  • @warrdv13 Just evolved.

  • there sound is still the same....now there looks thats a different story...KOL are amazing and ever changing.....Thank GOD we have the option of CHOICE...if you don't like them don't listen, but to sit and bitch about it....really c'mon we have more important things to worry about!!!!

  • 1:30 I think Jared yells 'Yeah. Come on, motherfuckers!' or something along that line.

  • True fans progress with their fav band not jump on the wagon years later and tout how much they've changed in a negative way. The music has progressed but listening to all of it you can see it is all still KOL. BTW Come Around Sundown is amazing!!!!!!!!!!

  • PLAIN AND SIMPLE FOLKS...KINGS OF LEON ARE THE GREATEST BAND THEN AND NOW....THEY ARE STILL SO FAR FROM BEING COMMERCIAL. ALL OF US TRUE FANS REALIZE THIS AND ALL YOU NEW FANS LATE TO THE GAME (WHAT 3 ALBUMS AND 6 YEARS LATE) PLEASE PICK UP THE OLD STUFF AND HAVE YOUR EARS BLOWN AWAY.

  • aww the lead singer is so cute lol, cute little hair cut and cute little (kinda big) sunglasses =)

  • you're all making comments about them changing because they've now got money, if you were an actual fan, you'd be happy that they went from fuck all to what they are now. Yes they made songs like sex on fire and use somebody, but it got every kind of person liking there music so fair play to them.

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  • they were so much better like this

  • they became less cool when they could afford to buy their clothes brand new

  • Look! Kings of Leon aren't looking like fags! Bummer, man.

  • those were the days before the fame of sex on fire got to them

  • Alot of the fans they have these days wont even like this kind of track but to me........ this is when KOL were at their best man!

  • hahaha never realised this before look at 1 30 to 1 34 jared in the background hes mouthing the words oh yeh come on motherrfucker... about to go fucking nuts lol soo cool

  • Paha! Jared from 1:32-1:35.

  • How fuckin cool is caleb.

  • @letshakehands *was

  • @akaBanKsy Why isn't he cool anymore, dude? Cause he's on tv?