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Post by kingofkingsofleon on Mar 5, 2007 14:49:47 GMT
The album is good. If you don't like it, that's lame.
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Post by shonnie on Mar 5, 2007 17:35:26 GMT
the album is GREAT!! i think it's innovative. like they said in interviews, they're not being intimidated by anyone anymore. they're not being timid and letting the label call all the shots. they're doing the music they want to do... and i think it's bloody brilliant!!! bring it on!!! bring on the new shit... dont do the same shit you've done before (not that it was shit). but, come on!! you have to grow, you have to progress. i think they should be proud of this album. it's in my skin now, this album. i'm one of the biggest music fans that ever lived (self professed haha) and for an album to be this effective on me is rare (think jeff buckley's grace, the arcade fire's funeral, bright eyes' lifted). open your minds people... dont think you have to feed into it the same old stuff over and over again.
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Post by thezoostation on Mar 5, 2007 18:49:44 GMT
When I first heard KoL on the radio, I was kind of dreading them opening for U2. Live, though, they were ok but didn't impress me too much. The problem was that a few weeks later I found that I was still humming their songs, even though I'd only heard them at the two U2 shows. So, I bought A-ha Shake and found it out it was pretty damned good. I wasn't quite as taken with Youth but the more I listened to them, the more I really started to love their work. At this point I'd say they've moved up to one of my top 5 bands.
I got BOTT today and, near as I can tell, this is the album where they've come into their own. It's like all the ideas and concepts buzzing around them on the first two albums are coalescing and truly taking shape. McFearless and Knocked Up are really amazing tracks, two of the best songs I've heard in quite awhile. Fans is up there as well. I'm still on my first listen to the album and haven't quite finished it yet but if they're going to break the US, I suspect this is the album that's going to do the trick. This is some really good shit.
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Post by stoneisland1983 on Mar 5, 2007 19:31:17 GMT
Camaro is amazing like every other song, if you are a true Kings Of Leon fan then you will love every second of every song on every album. I dont even think they have one bad song. Yeah What He Said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by sunshowers on Mar 5, 2007 23:09:05 GMT
Nomatter how good the album turns out to be, we know that Pitchforkmedia.com will give it a bad review because they hate them.
I'm gonna say that the lower the score is, the better it actually is.
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Post by nadius on Mar 5, 2007 23:19:04 GMT
I was a bit afraid to hear it because of what I've read here, but I have today and I think it's very good. I have to listen to it more, but still there are some songs which have instantly made a click on me, and the lyrics as usual are great. I think that maybe... like with every new record that comes out you get the feeling that something's wrong or odd just because it's new to your ears, and of course it has to do with taste, I mean, if you like it you do and if you don't well, there's nothing more to say, you just don't and that's ok too; it's different from the other two, yes, but that doesn't make it bad at all, at least that's what I think.
PS: Arizona is one mother fucker great song!
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Post by keithrichards on Mar 6, 2007 3:12:04 GMT
I'm going to have to agree with electricrussia and say the albums is pretty bad, I agree with pretty much everything you've said and it's what I've been thinking all along, it's really a bit creepy.
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Post by genericnewalbum on Mar 6, 2007 11:39:07 GMT
these songs are generic radio hits that they wrote to get airplay and make more money. i question why any of you used to like this band if you do indeed like this tripe. i'm guessing your favourite song is"the bucket" and maybe "california waiting" which are they're most genericly simple songs and attractive to the musically naiive.
how can anyone who liked "velvet snow", "genius", "spiral staircase", "wasted time' or any of their good/older material like this new album?
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Post by shonnie on Mar 6, 2007 13:30:20 GMT
these songs are generic radio hits that they wrote to get airplay and make more money. i question why any of you used to like this band if you do indeed like this tripe. i'm guessing your favourite song is"the bucket" and maybe "california waiting" which are they're most genericly simple songs and attractive to the musically naiive. how can anyone who liked "velvet snow", "genius", "spiral staircase", "wasted time' or any of their good/older material like this new album? well, i have to say i loved most of the older material. (i hate "california waiting" but i do like "the bucket" just so you know)... and i do LOVE this new album. your pics for the "good material" are laughable to me. not even close to the best songs on those albums. what are you listening for is what i'd like to know?? i am FAR from being musically naive. your comment itself reeks of naivete. what about milk?? what about soft?? joes head? trani??? talahina sky with the piano?? come on!!! those are the most brilliant songs on those albums... but you pick the ones that are the most "rockin" with the fastest beats... what does that say?? if you're a real music fan, you'd see that the music itself is far more intricate and all around better played than on the other albums. nate's drumming is superb on this album, as is jared's bass and the lyrics are fantastic!! the background stuff is genius and almost haunting. if you're a "real music fan" i pose the question... how can you NOT like this new album?? |
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Post by hunnybee on Mar 6, 2007 22:26:35 GMT
personally, i think this album is pretty kick ass, and you can't compare it to the past 2 albums because they are SO COMPLETELY different. If you do start comparing the albums, you won't get the right understanding of whether you like it or not. the past 2 albums, i bet, everyone is in love with and now that something so different has come along no one's being as "accepting", as weird as that may sound.
The past two albums were less mature and kind of like whiskey, whereas the new album is more grown up and like wine...if anyone gets what i'm saying... so it's not a bad album, i just think you guys aren't ready to accept the kings of leon as mature artists now.
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Post by Viscera Eyes on Mar 6, 2007 23:19:52 GMT
these songs are generic radio hits that they wrote to get airplay and make more money. i question why any of you used to like this band if you do indeed like this tripe. i'm guessing your favourite song is"the bucket" and maybe "california waiting" which are they're most genericly simple songs and attractive to the musically naiive. how can anyone who liked "velvet snow", "genius", "spiral staircase", "wasted time' or any of their good/older material like this new album? Have you taken into consideration what else the people that like the new album listen to? I mean, we're not musically naive, we don't just listen to KOL. Its very easy to like the new album. Its either you like it or don't, nobody is forcing you to like it at all. If you don't like it theres nothing you can do about it. Thats what they released, its too late now. |
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Post by keithrichards on Mar 7, 2007 1:28:07 GMT
these songs are generic radio hits that they wrote to get airplay and make more money. i question why any of you used to like this band if you do indeed like this tripe. i'm guessing your favourite song is"the bucket" and maybe "california waiting" which are they're most genericly simple songs and attractive to the musically naiive. how can anyone who liked "velvet snow", "genius", "spiral staircase", "wasted time' or any of their good/older material like this new album? well, i have to say i loved most of the older material. (i hate "california waiting" but i do like "the bucket" just so you know)... and i do LOVE this new album. your pics for the "good material" are laughable to me. not even close to the best songs on those albums. what are you listening for is what i'd like to know?? i am FAR from being musically naive. your comment itself reeks of naivete. what about milk?? what about soft?? joes head? trani??? talahina sky with the piano?? come on!!! those are the most brilliant songs on those albums... but you pick the ones that are the most "rockin" with the fastest beats... what does that say?? if you're a real music fan, you'd see that the music itself is far more intricate and all around better played than on the other albums. nate's drumming is superb on this album, as is jared's bass and the lyrics are fantastic!! the background stuff is genius and almost haunting. if you're a "real music fan" i pose the question... how can you NOT like this new album?? I can agree with Nathan and Jared's playing being better but can you honestly say the lyrics are better? I found they took a HUGE dive from the last album. One only needs to listen to On Call for an example of this. |
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Post by nadius on Mar 7, 2007 2:57:51 GMT
I have to agree that the new album is more mature musically speaking. It just sounds different if you listen to it from the engineering point of view. And I think we are taking it too far, it's not the end of the fucking world and when it comes to likes and dislikes we're always gonna have different points of view, I mean, there's no need in being so plural and say that most of us wouldn't like the album if we prefeer the "non comercial" side of the Kings, I mean, people, they're comercial since they sold albumn n° 1, so let's get that out of the discussion and talk about music if you may, 'cause of course they want to sell reacords and that's good and I don't think the songs they have made in this last one are "radio hits", they have a 7 minute song for christ sake and the lyrics as we all know are quite raw, one more time, you can like it or not, but let's not mix what we think of the album with what truly is, because it's a good one, well done, well mixed, well edited with great music skills.
By the way, nobody is fucking perfect, and of course not all of the songs are "perfect" but why should they be? Rock and roll it's not about that at all, and it's not certainly about pleasing anybody. I think some of us want to believe that the Kings "sold themselves to the industry" or some kind of shit like that, and I really don't think they have, rock and roll it's not about that as well.
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Post by sarah on Mar 7, 2007 9:00:26 GMT
these songs are generic radio hits that they wrote to get airplay and make more money. i question why any of you used to like this band if you do indeed like this tripe. i'm guessing your favourite song is"the bucket" and maybe "california waiting" which are they're most genericly simple songs and attractive to the musically naiive. don't you think it's naive to think they should keep churning out the same kind of music every record? fair enough you might not lke it but i wouldn't say they're writing stuff like this to make money. if anything it's more of a gamble coz they've done so well in the UK and Europe on the older rawer stuff. yeah they've supported some huge stadium bands and you can definately hear that on this record but i'd rather they experimented with new sounds than made yaym part 2, 3, 4 etc to please people. and i think some of the lyrics on this record are good, they might not be as complex as on the other records but the feeling behind them is wonderful eg. fans just my opinion. |
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Post by shonnie on Mar 7, 2007 16:40:30 GMT
I can agree with Nathan and Jared's playing being better but can you honestly say the lyrics are better? I found they took a HUGE dive from the last album. One only needs to listen to On Call for an example of this. on call is only one song that may not have the deepest lyrics, but listen to mcfearless... hello!!! my party, ragoo, fans... you can't judge an album's lyrics by one song... the first single no less. as for the guy who said something about nate's drums taking over, i dont agree. they add a tremendous amount to the songs. once again my example is mcfearless. but seriously, if you're as talented as he is, why not show it a little!!! he's brilliant on the drums!! one of the best i think it's safe to say. |
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Post by hoppy78 on Mar 7, 2007 16:48:02 GMT
hey
ive only heard 'on call' so far as my pc at home is broken and my pc in work wont allow sound. i couldnt wait to hear the new single and on first hearing it i thought it was really great, thought calebs voice sounded excellent but the more i hear it i kind of feel they have changed their sound too much and im kind of worried to be honest! i hope they dont become mainstream and radio friendly cause we all know radio kills good music!
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Post by albert on Mar 7, 2007 18:41:44 GMT
How can you say this album is dissapointing?! At least 7 of the songs on it are their best songs to date easily, especially mcfearless. I don't think album maintains its brilliance from about track 10 onwards, but the remaining songs are still great. It's definately on parr with yaym and ash, no doubt.
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Post by electricrussia on Mar 7, 2007 19:39:50 GMT
I'm going to have to agree with electricrussia and say the albums is pretty bad, I agree with pretty much everything you've said and it's what I've been thinking all along, it's really a bit creepy. I go away for a week and i come back and my post has become a towering behemoth. Ive been listening to it for a couple of weeks and still no change of opinion. |
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Post by electricrussia on Mar 7, 2007 19:44:17 GMT
How can you say this album is dissapointing?! At least 7 of the songs on it are their best songs to date easily, especially mcfearless. I don't think album maintains its brilliance from about track 10 onwards, but the remaining songs are still great. It's definately on parr with yaym and ash, no doubt. "7 best songs to date" a little dramatic, eh? Nothing can convince me that any of those first 10 tracks combined into an ambrosia salad of kol could hold a candle to any one of the songs from ash. And even though yaym is maybe not as good as ash in some ways, it still eclipses anything on bott. |
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Post by albert on Mar 7, 2007 20:40:33 GMT
Back me up here people, because of the times is just as good ash, electricrussia is wrong.
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