New "Kings Of Leon" track "Radioactivity"

Xavi6 · 10-09-2010 04:45AM

A V A wrote: »

i like the new song , its beats the sh*t out of the crap they brought out with only by the night , the main stream fans will disagree with me , but who cares

Why would they disagree? That song IS mainstream.

DOC09UNAM · 10-09-2010 04:52AM

If the kids in the video were white there wouldn't be a problem with it at all.

Racists.

Joe_Dull · 10-09-2010 11:03AM

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

If the kids in the video were white there wouldn't be a problem with it at all.

Racists.

If they were down in council estates with a bunch of disadvantaged white children that video would be just as awful.

red_ice · 10-09-2010 01:45PM

A V A wrote: »

i like the new song , its beats the sh*t out of the crap they brought out with only by the night , the main stream fans will disagree with me , but who cares

I agree, i dont think its their worst stuff tbh, its better than anything on the last 2 albums.. if anything it sounds a bit more like the original sound of the band imo

NoQuarter · 10-09-2010 11:28PM

You "real" fans are idiots!! blah blah blah a band cant change their sound because they leave the roots etc etc, what kind of bullsh1t is that???

Theres songs i love and songs i wont listen to on all 4 albums, look at AHA, pistol of fire...terrible!! YAYM - joes head? terrible! their last 2 albums were really good i think, yes a bit more stadium rock type sound but since when is that a bad thing?? They are producing great songs on every album they do, OBTN had some crackers and some not so good songs, every song cant please everyone!

Its just music snobs attempt at being old skool! pathetic!

On topic: the song isnt bad, the video is terrible but i wouldnt hold that against the band!

nommm · 11-09-2010 12:55AM

Oh yes. Obviously the only reason I don't like the song is because I'm trying to be cool.

Seriously? :pac: It's called an opinion.

Carcharodon · 11-09-2010 05:54AM

Kings of Leon are one of those bands that are easy to hate. You have the people that just don't like popular bands and all that mainstream stuff, bla bla bla, it is apparently cool to not like them and make jokes about how bad they are, music snobs !

For me, I loved their first two albums, must of listened to Aha at least a million times but after those albums it went a bit down hill for me, there have been some decent songs but nothing that came close to the quality of their previous albums in my opinion.

That song will not be on my download list but my god it was hard to concentrate on the song when watching that video :eek:

xOxSinéadxOx · 11-09-2010 06:11AM

hahahaha this song is so ****!

Daisy03 · 11-09-2010 08:42PM

I have been a KOL fans for years and love their older albums. I wasn't sold on OBTN but it had some good songs... Crawl and Cold Desert come to mind. I saw them play some songs from their upcoming album in Hyde Park in June and Radioactive was one of them. I have to say it sounds MUCH better live. It has been completely overproduced which is such a shame. The video is completely cringeworthy... But they are the sons of a preacher so if anyone can get away with it, it's them!

Creamy Goodness · 12-09-2010 12:25PM

have to say i like it. it's better than anything off the last two albums.

was a massive fan of them for the first two albums, and just didn't like the sound of the next two. i didn't go round saying they were **** or sold out or whatever just they didn't' grab me by the balls like the first two albums did.

time will tell if this is a good album though so far the signs are more promising than what i had been expecting.

Shryke · 12-09-2010 12:33PM

Honestly its an improvement. Not great but better than the last stuff they put out.

12-09-2010 11:55PM

king-stew wrote: »

You "real" fans are idiots!! blah blah blah a band cant change their sound because they leave the roots etc etc, what kind of bullsh1t is that???

Theres songs i love and songs i wont listen to on all 4 albums, look at AHA, pistol of fire...terrible!! YAYM - joes head? terrible! their last 2 albums were really good i think, yes a bit more stadium rock type sound but since when is that a bad thing?? They are producing great songs on every album they do, OBTN had some crackers and some not so good songs, every song cant please everyone!

Its just music snobs attempt at being old skool! pathetic!

On topic: the song isnt bad, the video is terrible but i wouldnt hold that against the band!

Joes head!! Its a legend of a tune...one of my fav kings songs. I thought everyone loved it! And I love Pistol to.

Looking forward to hearing the new album, theres bound to be a few crackers on it.

Gregsor · 13-09-2010 12:02AM

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

hahahaha this song is so ****!

You go girl

A V A · 13-09-2010 01:58AM

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

hahahaha this song is so ****!

probably someone who coped on to kings after the choon sex on fire came on

judas101 · 13-09-2010 08:39PM

I'm not, and never was a big KOL but this is about as good as they've always been.

The 'I only like the first album' brigade wont like it though.

Corholio · 13-09-2010 10:25PM

This thread has nearly swung from "the song is crap" to "it's not really too bad, better than the last album"

For what it's worth I think it's a shocking song and an even worse video, on par or even worse then the last album.

Carcharodon · 14-09-2010 04:32AM

judas101 wrote: »

I'm not, and never was a big KOL but this is about as good as they've always been.

The 'I only like the first album' brigade wont like it though.

It is actually more like, The 'I only like the first two albums' brigade.
Which makes sense since there was a distinct change after their first two albums but I am sure since you have listened to all their albums consecutively that you know this.

Dave1711 · 14-09-2010 05:57AM

Love the song:)

pickarooney · 14-09-2010 10:53AM

Hating the Kings of Leon is the new liking the Kings of Leon.
Nothing wrong with the song; don't really care about the video.

Orando Broom · 14-09-2010 12:08PM

The more you hate the Kings of Leon the skinnier your jeans become. FACT.

red_ice · 14-09-2010 12:15PM

Orando Broom wrote: »

The more you hate the Kings of Leon the skinnier your jeans become. FACT.

not at all. I like them and mine are skin tight.

Orando Broom · 14-09-2010 01:38PM

red_ice wrote: »

not at all. I like them and mine are skin tight.

You're probably offsetting with Johanna Newsome.

Stompbox · 15-09-2010 12:47PM

Orando Broom wrote: »

The more you hate the Kings of Leon the skinnier your jeans become. FACT.

Should that not be the other way around? KOL's jeans are impossibly tight!

As previously mentioned, nothing wrong with the song. Catchy, radio-friendly,seems like an offshoot following OBTN as opposed to an extension of that sound.I don't see attempt at retackling their Southern roots which the band had hinted at prior to its release. I think KOL has just lost the grit and the rawness that endeared them to us in the first place and in doing so have undergone a paradigm shift in the development of their sound, alienating the previous fanbase and facilitating a new one. Not necessarily a bad thing for them, I mean, as musicians they are entitled to complete artistic license over their output regardless of how it affects their listenership.

I dunno, for me, while a solid enough song (perhaps not a completely solid lead-single?) it slightly lacks the edge and urgency that made the band important for me.

Orando Broom · 15-09-2010 03:15PM

Sweet wrote: »

Should that not be the other way around? KOL's jeans are impossibly tight!

As previously mentioned, nothing wrong with the song. Catchy, radio-friendly,seems like an offshoot following OBTN as opposed to an extension of that sound.I don't see attempt at retackling their Southern roots which the band had hinted at prior to its release. I think KOL has just lost the grit and the rawness that endeared them to us in the first place and in doing so have undergone a paradigm shift in the development of their sound, alienating the previous fanbase and facilitating a new one. Not necessarily a bad thing for them, I mean, as musicians they are entitled to complete artistic license over their output regardless of how it affects their listenership.

I dunno, for me, while a solid enough song (perhaps not a completely solid lead-single?) it slightly lacks the edge and urgency that made the band important for me.

It's more a comment on trends. It's now uber cool to slate the KoL. Liking them is anathema to the hipster.

People should concern themsleves less with what other people say is cool and find their own groove. You'd have a better, more varied music scene.

Stompbox · 15-09-2010 03:47PM

Orando Broom wrote: »

It's more a comment on trends. It's now uber cool to slate the KoL. Liking them is anathema to the hipster.

People should concern themsleves less with what other people say is cool and find their own groove. You'd have a better, more varied music scene.

Ah yes, I see what you mean now! Yeah, you're right, but you will always have pretentiousness in music, I wouldn't think KOL are too concerned.

nxbyveromdwjpg · 16-09-2010 07:15AM

They're ****e now and they were ****e then, they've always been ****e.

DOC09UNAM · 16-09-2010 07:36AM

nm wrote: »

They're ****e now and they were ****e then, they've always been ****e.

Tell us how you really feel?

Damian Duffy · 16-09-2010 11:31AM

judas101 wrote: »

I'm not, and never was a big KOL but this is about as good as they've always been.

The 'I only like the first album' brigade wont like it though.

I prefer to be thrown into the "first two album brigade". Their last two albums have been ****. Not helped by how much they were overplayed everywhere. They were a good band, you might not like them but they had a huge amount of talent and promise.

This new song is dreadful, I mean really really dreadful. I didn't expect much so I'm not disappointed but it is just ****e.

Joe_Dull · 16-09-2010 12:51PM

nm wrote: »

They're ****e now and they were ****e then, they've always been ****e.

QFT

DOC09UNAM · 16-09-2010 01:06PM

nm wrote: »

They're ****e now and they were ****e then, they've always been ****e.

Joe_Dull wrote: »

QFT

Right, so just so i'm not mistaken, this is the thread title

"New "Kings Of Leon" track "Radioactivity""

Yet the two of ye both came in to say the band are shíte and always have been, without even referencing the song, a song you probably haven't even listened to, can I ask a question?

What's the f*cking point?

New "Kings Of Leon" track "Radioactivity"

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