Who are the real fans???

[kmoore24]

i'm just curious.... cause alot of people on this board are, and i hate to say it...just here because the kings are "sexy".... this is somewhat of a reply to the thread in the site stuff section titled "What in the Hell???" so please be honest.. i dont bite

[interestingtrash]

by "what do you own" are you asking what we actually paid for? cuz i have all of the albums and singles and b-sides and some live tracks, but i didn't buy all of it. i'll admit some of the goods were results of my downloading disease.

[alexa]

I own what I've found without searching too hard. Albums, Day Old Belgian Blues, Holy Roller Novacaine... and I think I have another single somewhere.

I've got all the songs though. Just not on EPs.

[kmoore24]

yeah i pretty much just mean like what do you have.. haha i guess that would have been better to say... i have no problem with downloading.. but i personally like to have the hard copy!

[rosalee123]

yeah, I'm a nerd. I own all the singles, all the albums, along with the EP'S and LP'S and the rarities as well. The EP'S bought in Tennessee, but most of the rarities I got were just given to me for free by local record stores before the band was even signed yet, but this was when I still lived back home in Tennessee. They're like promotional cd's. The singles I bought from Amazon. I'm not posting this to prove how much of a fan I am or not. I'm just stating what I own...

[dayoldblues]

I have everything but only bought all the cds. I'm very poor, but a huge fan and bought all i could (like KOL shirts for my girlfriend ect.) thats why I'm broke now, lol.

Get this

I bought the first two albums twice, because I left the first two (this was before BOTT came out) on my car infront of my house and went inside and then when I went back out they were gone! SOMEONE STOLE MY KINGS OF LEON CDS! I was so pissed, so I have to buy them again.

[interestingtrash]

hell, if i saw kings of leon stuff lying around, i'd probably steal it, too

but yeah, sorry, that does suck

[kingjuddy]

Not sure what you mean by 'own'. I voted 'all albums', as that's all I have physical copies of, but I have all the EP and B-side tracks on my computer - but I downloaded them, and thus saying I 'own' them sounds a bit dubious.

[dannyboypipe]

Bought them all, not one to download - as I like to have the original & check out the artwork.

[captainsplashy]

It's hard to avoid the whole "they're sexy" thing, because they are, and I'm pretty sure they know it, too. Although the whole crazy/jealous/mean to their girlfriends/"he's so hot" stuff does get to me at times, I try to ignore it.

But I can confidently say that I'm not a fan for that reason. I stole YAYM from an ex (compensation for pain and suffering), and went nuts for the KOL sound overnight. That was all I had to go on at the start. I didn't pay that much attention to videos or articles at that point, and I don't think I really knew what they looked like until around Aha Shake, and by then I was already demented for KOL. As for what I own, now I buy or find as much KOL stuff as I can. I'm a nerd too, I like to have full collections of all my favourite bands.

Anyway (why do I write really long posts? ), they're seriously talented, and the fact that they're good looking is just a fringe benefit - the way it should be.

[sovietkitsch]

I only have Aha Shake Heartbreak and Because of the Times on CD. The only reason I didn't buy YAYM is that I can't find it anywhere in the local stores. Their Cd's are just really hard to find here.

[groupielove]

i own all three albums- and wat an excellent investment they were! ; so worth the money!!

hmmmm "real fand"- oh thats nasty! lol...but i voted anyway

i am the type of fan that would buy stuff that has no purpose, yes i get obsessed and often carried away (e.g. records wen i dont have a record player. i forgot the technical name for those thingys)... but i havent..i live in sydney... not too much out there to get my hands on!!

[myblackthumbnail]

I don't think a "Pissing Contest" about who's the better fans of the band really means much. I say we get as many people recruited as fans as we can, rich, poor, black, white, etc. Who cares if someone has the cds, and/or regularly goes to the concerts. I sure don't. I can't tell you how many cds I've burned and given away to people who have not heard of the band, in the hopes of changing their opinion. Are they less of a "fan" because they got the music for free? I doubt it.

Any, now I'll just sit back and watch my Karma plummet.

[kmoore24]

myblackthumbnail said:

I don't think a "Pissing Contest" about who's the better fans of the band really means much. I say we get as many people recruited as fans as we can, rich, poor, black, white, etc. Who cares if someone has the cds, and/or regularly goes to the concerts. I sure don't. I can't tell you how many cds I've burned and given away to people who have not heard of the band, in the hopes of changing their opinion. Are they less of a "fan" because they got the music for free? I doubt it.

Any, now I'll just sit back and watch my Karma plummet.

karma for you thats true..... i know i started this thread but looking at it i can see that just what you own doesnt mean you dont really dig the kings.. . for example, saving silverman is my favorite movie.... but i dont own it..

therefore:

sorry for this thread. i guess its more of a survey than a thread that determines "real fans"..... i would smite myself if i could.

[amycakes]

i'm trying to prove anything but i did get into KOL way before i saw a pic of them. then i saw one and i was all like "eww they're hairy and chubby!!!", and then they lost the puppy fat and i was all like "my! haven't they grown!" and it made listening to them even easier. i love it when good bands turn into pleasant surprises.

[quelquefois]

As much as I love you, amycakes-- I'm giving that one a no comment.

[ArizonA]

I heard the cd's before i saw them and wasn't all that impressed when I did see them I have issues with facial hair (Calebs more than Nathan) but have since grown to love the look although sometimes it's hard to believe there the same guy's esp Caleb.
I digress(?) I have a few extra's downloaded but am now on a mission to get the full back catalogue because I am also a geek.

[psychedelicsquid]

groupielove said:

i own all three albums- and wat an excellent investment they were! ; so worth the money!!

hmmmm "real fand"- oh thats nasty! lol...but i voted anyway

i am the type of fan that would buy stuff that has no purpose, yes i get obsessed and often carried away (e.g. records wen i dont have a record player. i forgot the technical name for those thingys)... but i havent..i live in sydney... not too much out there to get my hands on!!

haha! yeah i bought the fans single on record and then when i got it i remembered i don't own a working record player. but luckily it has very cool cover art.

[evilincarnate]

I'm certainly not here because they are sexy...haha, true story: The first time I went to see them I yelled at my sister for wanting to get there early to get a good spot. I honestly told her, "Why do we need to be close? It's not like they are anything to look at." I had only seen the pictures provided on the album art, and it hadn't thrilled me...I pictured grizzly, scrawny boys, and while I liked there music this wasn't enough for me to go gaga for them. Anyway, we got to the show, I took one look at them and took back my earlier comment. But I was a fan of the music before their pretty faces, let it be known.

[groupielove]

lmao... wen i first heard the band it was on the radio station JJJ...
you know how wen u hear a song of band that u havent seen before?? well naturally u think up an image of the band.. at least the lead singer...dont ask..but wen i fisrt heard KOL's songs on that station i honestly pictured an african american male singing... yes, wen i tell my sister that (she isnt a "fan", she does jog to them tho) she laughs... i dunno why that image came to my head...

but i definately thought caleb sang like an absoute idiot (ASH days wen u couldnt understand the lyrics)... although i some how still loved it!! the way caleb sand on the first two records was so damn unique!!!!!! lol. now we can actually understand him!!