tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206417783425267042.post90835984241021379..comments2023-11-02T05:24:48.512-04:00Comments on the anxiety of influence: Kings of LeonIanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873955154027525756noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206417783425267042.post-33987659253762877962008-11-14T11:46:00.000-05:002008-11-14T11:46:00.000-05:00I wasn't really turned off by their fashion sense,...I wasn't really turned off by their fashion sense, but more by my feeling that they were dressed like a group of friends who decided to go to a Halloween party dressed like a rock band. But you go and enjoy them as much as you want Jennie. <BR/>You won't catch me hating on what you like. Me, I can't stop listening to Lil Wayne even though I feel a little bit of musical goodness slipping out of my brain each time a hear his smug little giggle between phrases. You may hate on me all you want.Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16873955154027525756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206417783425267042.post-68654826576478542962008-11-14T08:50:00.000-05:002008-11-14T08:50:00.000-05:00Jason, don't be a hater. I love their most recent ...Jason, don't be a hater. I love their most recent album, but I unashamedly like pop alternative which admittedly KoL is leaning towards now. So get hydrated, JBall, because you're going to be hearing more of them if I can help it.<BR/><BR/>All that being said, I'll admit that their look is odd and maybe doesn't work in a way that we'd like to expect from a rock group. I don't know much about fashion (as I'm reminded every day in NY), but I like odd-looking things that are almost on the verge of the grotesque. I think they are much more interesting than things that are beautifully conceived. That's another conversation, though, isn't it? Sorry.<BR/><BR/>All this to say: POO on you both (that's right, I said it). I'm going to relish every moment of their concert in January. I will not succumb to your cultural imperialism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206417783425267042.post-14107036025500285982008-11-13T17:21:00.000-05:002008-11-13T17:21:00.000-05:00yeah, i really hated KoL on SNL too. primarily, i...yeah, i really hated KoL on SNL too. primarily, i think, b/c i saw them a number of years back, right after their 1st album (i win jennie), when they actually looked like they should and made decent music. the songs they played on SNL made me want to vomit (not to mention the lead singer's mullet-turned-on-its-axis-160-degrees)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17864034909318546793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206417783425267042.post-72655161068055691512008-11-13T10:41:00.000-05:002008-11-13T10:41:00.000-05:00I'm glad you like them! Like I said, I enjoy their...I'm glad you like them! Like I said, I enjoy their sound and I like hearing them on the radio, but I don't think I can be a big fan because of the way they look (really, I'm very very musically shallow). I sure wish I'd known their story before seeing them. I might have been a bit more forgiving.Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16873955154027525756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206417783425267042.post-52959766175707518902008-11-12T18:15:00.000-05:002008-11-12T18:15:00.000-05:00I cannot get enough of KoL. I fell in love with th...I cannot get enough of KoL. I fell in love with them after hearing their second album and have loved them since. <BR/><BR/>I actually like their look, but its probably because it's most fitting to their personal histories: they are 3 brothers and a fist cousin from Tennessee, from a very conservative family (the father of the 3 brothers was a traveling Pentecostal preacher and most of their childhood, I think, was spent roaming the countryside attending gospel revivals of some sort). I feel like their look is reminiscent of some kind of old-time, Appalachian fashions (mixed with attempts at being urban/hipster). And I hear a lot of that in their music.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's just me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com