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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: kosmo vinyl on February 24, 2005, 11:32:00 am
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Anyone going to the now sold out show? I'm DJing which means 60's Rock and Soul, 70's boogie, etc. Swagger served up tastic style...
This show would have been better had The Features stayed on the bill. Rumblings on that interweb thingy indicate the new KOL album is improvement over the last. Guess I'm gonna find out...
Vagenius appears to be an odd opener, seeing as they are a LA synthpop group. I predict that the low rise jeans wearing KOL fans will eat them up.
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Vagenius appears to be an odd opener, seeing as they are a LA synthpop group. I predict that the low rise jeans wearing KOL fans will eat them up. [/QB]
Just getting mine out of the dryer...I will be there. KOL is one example of why the accusation of me liking only beautiful looking bands is SOOO unfair. Getting ready to practice "shakin' my thang" for your playlist. See you there!
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Kings of Leon are models playing ugly.
Originally posted by Sheik Urass:
Vagenius appears to be an odd opener, seeing as they are a LA synthpop group. I predict that the low rise jeans wearing KOL fans will eat them up. [/b]
Just getting mine out of the dryer...I will be there. KOL is one example of why the accusation of me liking only beautiful looking bands is SOOO unfair. Getting ready to practice "shakin' my thang" for your playlist. See you there! [/QB]
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Man, are you including the drummer in that statement?
Originally posted by Sam Pulsize:
Kings of Leon are models playing ugly.
Originally posted by Sheik Urass:
Vagenius appears to be an odd opener, seeing as they are a LA synthpop group. I predict that the low rise jeans wearing KOL fans will eat them up. [/b]
Just getting mine out of the dryer...I will be there. KOL is one example of why the accusation of me liking only beautiful looking bands is SOOO unfair. Getting ready to practice "shakin' my thang" for your playlist. See you there! [/b]
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I personally found the second album to be much worse than the first. I loved their debut, and saw them at the black cat last summer. They played some tracks from their then forthcoming album to extremely lackluster response. I listened to the whole thing when nme.com hosted a stream of it, and my suspicions were confirmed. It's just monotonous and boring. The Features opened and I loved them. Full of energy and eccentric enough to have their own style.
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well not everything one reads on the internet is true, of course I have no idea where i saw that now... doesn't really matter.
the features will be featured for sure sat night, wonder how "the night gg allin came to town" or "too much sex" by the drive by truckers would go over :)
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Well he is the brother of the singer and bass player. How much uglier could he be than his brothers?
Originally posted by Sheik Urass:
Man, are you including the drummer in that statement?
Originally posted by Sam Pulsize:
Kings of Leon are models playing ugly.
Originally posted by Sheik Urass:
Vagenius appears to be an odd opener, seeing as they are a LA synthpop group. I predict that the low rise jeans wearing KOL fans will eat them up. [/b]
Just getting mine out of the dryer...I will be there. KOL is one example of why the accusation of me liking only beautiful looking bands is SOOO unfair. Getting ready to practice "shakin' my thang" for your playlist. See you there! [/b]
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i love this band. the new album is really great. and hey, even david fricke thinks so, too. (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/6962455/kingsofleon?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=triple1) he has sort of good taste, right? many years ago? anyone?
but i missed out on getting tickets. oh well. three sold out shows in four nites would probably be a bit much, anyway.
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Sounds like another case of the dj playing better music than the bands onstage.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
the features will be featured for sure sat night, wonder how "the night gg allin came to town" or "too much sex" by the drive by truckers would go over :)
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Kosmo, be very careful with when you announce the opening act... :D
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I noticed that while listening to one of the few KOL tracks laying around Lab Swagger, that the rubbery basslines sound alot like early Joe Jackson, and the guitar work of early Pretenders. hmmm....
With "Little Green Bag", "Spooky", The Small Faces, Brenden Benson, The Hiss, etc being considered for Saturday, I have a feeling my set is going to turn out like a Tarentino soundtrack mashup...
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THE HISS; holy cow! They were one of my most fav. bands - I listen to their cd Panic Movement all the time. Any particular song you're considering? Too bad they've disbanded; have you heard any buzz about a reunion? I'd take a road trip for that!!
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The band has been on my radar since the beginning of last year, but just got around to buying the CD. Shame they broke up, I'll bet they put a sweaty show. Leaning towards the singles "Clever Kicks", "Back on the Radio".
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Kosmo; your dj'ing was perfect! You bridged about five decades, and it was all enjoyable! My only complaint: volume. Downstairs between the opening/headliners - you could hardly hear. I came back up to the AARP floor to hear better! (Maybe you "boost"
it up there for us seniors...) I think I missed the HISS.
Secondly, you sure forecasted correctly: The KOL crowd did not take kindly to Vegenius...they were unique and I like that these days. They are really nice people - very sociable - and appeared to being having fun hanging out with fans at the back bar.
I thought the KOL were great. I caught their show at the Black Cat some six months ago; when the BC was only half full. I can't believe how packed last night's show was - and how many people were singing along with the stuff from the new CD. Man, I thought they were on fire, and I'm impressed with how they've tightened up their playing - back to back touring has really paid off. Even tho Caleb was apparently fighting laryngitis, he still managed all his signature slightly odd vocal styles.
They also hung out after the show, and it's always surprising to find the rock gods are really just nice, slightly shy, totally humble guys, who still seem amazed at what's happening to them. Nice night - and well behaved crowd too.
The lighting was - as usual - incredible. Chris played off a KOL white canvas backdrape for some awesome special effects, many of which aren't possible with the usual dark background. As an artist, I enjoy the visual effects as much as the audio: KOL and their managers all came by to compliment Chris after the show. Obviously, they dug it too!
For me: Another enjoyable 930 evening. (Sorry, no setlist. It was floating around downstairs, but then mysteriously disappeared.) :D
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FYI the DJ does not control the volume level in the house, the sound engineer does. If it's one of the staff engineers then the DJ is on right after the band set is over, at an audible level. If it's one of the band's engineers, they don't always remember to turn the house DJ on after the set, much less adjust the volume. All they'e thinking about is packing up and loading out.
If one of the house engineers isn't in the sound booth at the end of the show to deal with it, it means there are more important things demanding their attention elsewhere.
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It was the KOL sound engineer in attendance; I heard him ask about the center of the board last night; then he forgot to turn it up at the end. No big deal; thanks for the answer! Complicated business, yours.
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It was also a case of it being a Sat night and everyone was socializing and the chatter level was pretty high. As a DJ I would have liked a smidge more volume, but then as a person hanging out I hate having to shout over a loud DJ. Which is in part why I do a mix of familiar and kinda of familiar tracks to provide a nice background.
I did play The Hiss, it was the one CD that decided to skip on me... Setlist on it's way
Vargenius was an 80's tribute act, that decided they could write some orginials. Lots of 80s fashion errors on stage...
I suspect that a keyboard and lead guitar playing cousin will soon be added to KOL lineup. The lead lines were pretty weak... For a band so deeply "influenced" by the 60s and 70s there is a whole lot of Tom Petty peeking out in the songs. Some will disagree, but it's not very rock and roll to tune one guitars before the last song of the evening. Out of tune and a bit sloppy is what it's all about sometimes...
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Setlist from the DJ booth...
Kings of Leon / Vargenius 2/26/05
The Dears ?? ??Season of Protest?
Cliff Hillis ?? ??All These Memories?
Driveblind ?? ??The Fool Rides Again?
Brendan Benson ?? ??What I??m Looking For?
Drive-By Truckers ?? ??Zoloft?
Mason Ruffner ?? ??Back in the Alley?
Little Barrie ?? ??Buy My Style?
The Birds ?? ??Living Here?
George Baker Selection ?? ??Little Green Bag?
Isley Brothers ?? ??It??s Your Thing?
The Jam ?? ??Pity Poor Alfie/Fever?
The Equals ?? ??Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys?
Grand Funk Railroad ?? ??Some Kind of Wonderful?
Georgia Satellites ?? ??Keep Your Hands to Yourself?
The Hiss ?? ??Clever Kicks?
The Black Velvets ?? ??Get On Your Life?
The Features ?? ??Way It's Meant to Be?
The Beltways ?? ??Tran Sister?
Bloc Party ??
Gloria Jones ?? ??Tainted Love?
De Novo Dahl ?? ??Monday Morning?
Dusty Springfield ?? ??Spooky?
Smoky Robinson & The Miracles ?? ??I Send That Emotion?
Vargenius
Splitsville ?? California
Do Me Bad Things ?? ??Molly??s Wood?
The Go ?? ??Time For Moon?
Reigning Sound ?? ??Hummin?? ??
Small Faces ?? ??Grow Your Own?
The Jay Jays ?? ??Cruncher?
Guided By Voices ?? ??Glad Girls?
John Fogerty ?? ??Déjà vu (All over again)
Love ?? ??Your Mind and We Belong?
* Sloan was played at some point but didn??t make my notepad.
Kings of Leon
Lucinda Williams ?? ??Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Guitar Strings?
James Gang ?? Funk #49
It gets a bit murky at this point but the following were played but not in this order
Brownsville Station ?? ??Smoking in the Boys Room?
Mott the Hoople ?? ??All The Way To Memphis?
The Replacements ?? ??Bastards of Young?
George Thorogood
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setlist with links on my other website :p
http://www.hi-fipop.com/p16.html (http://www.hi-fipop.com/p16.html)
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...just another reason to like Sean Daly:
Kings Of Leon, Down From The Mountains
By Sean Daly
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, February 28, 2005; Page C01
After a childhood spent traveling the path to salvation with their evangelist father, the three Followill brothers (plus a cousin) in the rock band Kings of Leon hit their late teens, opted for fun over fundamentalism and took a turn down Damnation Lane. Sex, drugs, etc., have proved a profitable detour for these fallen Tennessee angels, who fine-tuned their original brand of hellbilly boogie at a sold-out 9:30 club Saturday in preparation for their upcoming gig as U2's opening act.
The Kings of Leon, ranging in age from 18 to 25 and all in need of a sandwich, some sun and a trip to the Hair Cuttery, are an odd story and an even odder band. Although U2's Bono, a plethora of music snobs and a good chunk of the U.K. would surely disagree, the shaggy group (named after their father and grandfather) aren't the easiest dudes to fall in love with.
Sure, their 2003 debut, "Youth & Young Manhood," went multiplatinum across the pond. The follow-up, "Aha Shake Heartbreak," was released to much fanfare last week. And the gig with U2 certainly won't hurt.
Nonetheless, the Kings have yet to make a major splash in the United States. There are understandable reasons for that. First of all, twang-rich singer Caleb Followill's garbled delivery -- especially on such new tunes as the arty, obtuse ballad "Milk" -- is often reminiscent of Jodie Foster in "Nell." Oh, you remember that cinematic squirmfest from 1994, don't you? Foster played an orphaned mountain woman who created her own language: "Chicka, chicka chickabee" and so on and on with the backwater gibberish. To Caleb, who likes to coo and yodel over his family's swaggering arrangements, Nell probably made perfect sense. This is not a good thing. Their albums take some getting used to.
Also, perhaps because the Kings were for so long sheltered from popular music, they often sound on record as if they're still figuring out what rock music is supposed to sound like. Yes, this makes them a fine sociological experiment, but many of their songs feature clunky rhythms and jarring tempo changes that don't always mesh. And as for lyrics, well, 50 Cent is more subtle. The typical Kings tune is a violent coming-out party of cocaine, loose women and gunplay -- church-ditching kids in a carnal candy store who know the good Lord gonna get 'em. It can get almighty silly.
But now let's get to the good stuff. The Followills have said that if "Manhood" was an all-night party, then "Heartbreak" is all about the next-day hangover. Indeed, their sophomore effort deals with conquests and consequences, especially on the sublime "Soft." As heard on the album, "Soft" -- built on vaguely Latin rhythms à la Talking Heads and a furious Pixies-style break -- is a stuttering, stop-and-start song about manly frustrations. It's good -- but it could be better.
Live, it was truly great. In performance on Saturday night, "Soft" was as blistering and loud as they come, a celebratory shotgun blast of sexual dysfunction that had the guy-strong crowd singing along, "I'm passed out in your garden!" Hallelujah and pass the Viagra!
That's why the Kings of Leon just might conquer America after all. When playing live, the band is deliciously unrepentant, completely unrestrained, with God left off the guest list and the Devil dancing all night. During the hour set, the quirky nuances and bouts of uncertainty found on the band's albums were replaced with jackhammer power chords and garage-rock swagger; if there was once a message, now there was only mayhem. Let there be rock.
Out of the studio and in front of a crowd, Matthew Followill, cousin and lead guitarist, is a bluesy metalhead at heart, and he could make his one guitar sound like a drunken bar fight of thousands. Drummer Nathan and bassist Jared formed a frantic, double-timing rhythm section. If the Kings ever want to cover that rambunctious surf classic "Wipeout" -- or at least schedule time for a '70s-style drum solo -- they certainly have the young guns to pull it off. And as for Caleb: "I'm kind of losing my voice tonight, but I'm doing my best," said the tall, thin frontman, who was forced to ditch the loopy Nell impression and rely on ragged, punk-style howls instead, a much better fit with his family band's garage-rock approach.
Such glorious, tinnitus-inducing new jams as "King of the Rodeo" and "Slow Night, So Long" -- sounding like Dixiefied Iggy Pop or perhaps Tom Petty fronting an AC/DC cover band -- had the jampacked crowd pumping their fists. And the Kings achieved full revival mania with an encore version of band anthem "Holy Roller Novocaine," a sinister gallop from "Manhood" about a preacher's son seducing a groupie and daring God to stop him. Ooh, it's a sinner's swing for sure, but going to Hell has never sounded like so much fun.
The Followills' preaching papa may not approve of his kin's wicked ways, but a part of him has to be proud. After all, if there were any doubters at the start of the show, the Kings of Leon made sure only true believers left the building -- sweaty, smiling and far too tired to go to church the next morning.
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Gosh darn it... I was putting away my CDs today and realized I forgot to spin Stillwater, the secret ingredient on Saturday.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Gosh darn it... I was putting away my CDs today and realized I forgot to spin Stillwater, the secret ingredient on Saturday.
Fever Dog!!!
that guitar solo was incendiary!
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The Kings of Leon show can be downloadedhere (http://www.easytree.org/torrents-details.php?id=30677)
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Gosh darn it... I was putting away my CDs today and realized I forgot to spin Stillwater, the secret ingredient on Saturday.
Fever Dog!!!
that guitar solo was incendiary! [/b]
i saw the red house painters in san francisco sometime after that movie, and they played it. . .quite a highlight. i can't remember if it was a mark solo or the entire band though. . methinks it was the entire band.
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Originally posted by ggw?:
The Kings of Leon show can be downloadedhere (http://www.easytree.org/torrents-details.php?id=30677)
Does anyone have a username/pass for this, because I want to download it but it's not accepting new members because apparently its at its max of 100,000. Any help in downloading these tracks would be greatly appreciated