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Post by fran182 on May 24, 2009 9:33:29 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 40 on Mediabase Alternative:
48 39 KINGS OF LEON Notion 225 184 41 1.130
36 stations playing.
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Post by Taylor. on Jun 2, 2009 15:48:59 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2009 9:06:21 GMT -5
35 29 KINGS OF LEON Notion RCA/RMG 2008 447 282 165
2nd biggest bullet after "21 Guns".
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jun 11, 2009 2:31:57 GMT -5
I thought I'd be "used" to Kings of Leon being in the mainstream enough by now that I'd be more receptive to a new single they put out. The first listen of this I got today didn't take, though.
I did, however, see merit in "Use Somebody" the first time I heard it, though it's not like I love that song, or anything.
Furthermore, I don't know why in their recent Rolling Stone cover story their A&R guy made such a fuss over "California Waiting." Sure it's got a memorable riff and a decent enough chorus, but then Caleb just ruins it toward the end with all that jabbery screaming. Surely that part wasn't in the song when they first played it for RCA. Also, the writer and band make a big deal about how "Fans" could have been their breakthrough single off Because of the Times two years ago, had they only released it, but I didn't hear anything special in that song and rank it halfway down the album, among my favorites. It's just weird to me that they're such a big deal now, when right after Only by the Night came out, they were still only packing mid-size theaters.
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Post by crash46 on Jun 11, 2009 12:55:09 GMT -5
^And they're just announcing a stadium tour now. Am I really underestimating these guys that badly???
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Jun 11, 2009 14:16:58 GMT -5
...and I couldn't be happier. Can't wait to see them in September, a week after The Killers. Although, Killers are playing The Garden and KOL are playing Comcast Center. I think they switched booking agents by accident or the booking agent of KOL lost a bet to that of The Killers...
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jun 12, 2009 1:06:01 GMT -5
...and I couldn't be happier. Can't wait to see them in September, a week after The Killers. Although, Killers are playing The Garden and KOL are playing Comcast Center. I think they switched booking agents by accident or the booking agent of KOL lost a bet to that of The Killers... But KOL already played the Garden. I don't understand why they couldn't play it again.
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Post by fran182 on Jun 23, 2009 16:36:29 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 20 on Mediabase Alternative:
27 20 KINGS OF LEON Notion 680 530 150 3.276
49 stations playing.
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Post by Cody on Jul 3, 2009 12:12:12 GMT -5
This is actually growing on me :o now my fav KoL song by a longshot
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Post by fran182 on Jul 3, 2009 12:40:02 GMT -5
This is actually growing on me :o now my fav KoL song by a longshot Yeah, the same happened with me. Digging this song! :) Not sure if it's already my favorite KOL song though but it's in the top 5 for sure.
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Post by blurple on Jul 3, 2009 21:15:14 GMT -5
This song is definitely a grower.
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Post by Cody on Jul 3, 2009 21:33:22 GMT -5
This is actually growing on me :o now my fav KoL song by a longshot Yeah, the same happened with me. Digging this song! :) Not sure if it's already my favorite KOL song though but it's in the top 5 for sure. well its saying alot for me because I had boredom issues with the last two singles
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Post by pen on Jul 3, 2009 21:40:43 GMT -5
I actually really like Kings of Leon's album, but "Notion" is my favorite single.
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Post by fran182 on Jul 4, 2009 5:48:36 GMT -5
Never got into their past stuff, however, I love Only By The Night.
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Post by American Idiot on Jul 4, 2009 12:47:29 GMT -5
I never really loved "Sex On Fire" or "Use Somebody," but I liked "Notion" more than the other two, so I decided to give "Only By The Night" a try. I think it's a decent album. The singles are probably the best songs on it. However, "Closer" & "Crawl" are pretty good, and I'm hoping for one of those to be the fourth single, assuming they're going to have one.
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Post by Matt4319 on Jul 4, 2009 14:12:17 GMT -5
Yep, I think it's time to pull out the album ranker.
1. Closer: A 2. Use Somebody: A- 3. Be Somebody 4. Sex On Fire: B+ 5. Manhattan 6. Notion 7. Crawl: B 8. I Want You 9. Revelry: B- 10. Cold Desert 11. 17
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Post by erzo01 on Jul 5, 2009 7:50:41 GMT -5
This has overtaken "Sex on Fire" in Alternative!
17 14 KINGS OF LEON Notion 803 744 59 3.469 16 15 KINGS OF LEON Sex On Fire 759 784 -25 4.294
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Post by Cody on Jul 5, 2009 8:34:30 GMT -5
yeah, unfortunately it'll take awhile to overtake Use Somebody as well
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Post by fran182 on Jul 8, 2009 15:47:43 GMT -5
I don't think anyone was referenced the fact that they are one the few bands with 3 songs in the Modern Rock Chart top 20, at the same time. I believe that only Foo Fighters, R.E.M., U2 and Red Hot Chili Peppers did it before.
And this week, it will be third consecutive. Don't know if any of the above mentioned bands maintained that for so long...
Jesus, it's crazy to see this band becoming so huge...
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Post by Cody on Jul 8, 2009 16:24:02 GMT -5
Im fairly sure Linkin Park has done it, no?
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Post by American Idiot on Jul 8, 2009 18:35:28 GMT -5
Im fairly sure Linkin Park has done it, no? That's a very good looking question. I'd assume they would have had to done it as well. I mean their singles usually have hella longevity on the charts too.
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Post by Cody on Jul 8, 2009 23:42:00 GMT -5
well Im thinking that one of the trios of Somewhere I Belong/Faint/Numb or Faint/Numb/Lying From You had to have done it
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Post by Cody on Jul 8, 2009 23:44:42 GMT -5
oh here it is, they didnt do it with Meteora, but they;ve done it with What I've Done/Bleed It Out/Shadow Of The Day
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Post by pen on Jul 8, 2009 23:51:06 GMT -5
Im fairly sure Linkin Park has done it, no? That's a very good looking question. I want to f**k that question in the ass.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Jul 9, 2009 19:04:13 GMT -5
That's a very good looking question. I want to f**k that question in the ass. "Its taking the normal and making it abnormal by fucking it" "Don't do that , little dogs don't like that." "I like that guy....but if he's tries to fuck that little dog tonight for real....I'm calling the humane society"
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Post by erzo01 on Jul 11, 2009 9:32:46 GMT -5
Almost Top 10 in Alternative!
14 11 KINGS OF LEON Notion 877 804 73 4.104
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Post by Matt4319 on Jul 14, 2009 12:32:41 GMT -5
Really? Even when you... and quite possibly the most popular alternative band on the planet right now is Slowly but surely heading up top ?
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Post by lockebox on Jul 14, 2009 12:44:37 GMT -5
Hahaha. I remember him saying "21 Guns" would be Green Day's biggest hit ever and then awhile later saying he was suprised that it got into the top 40 on both formats.
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Post by pen on Jul 14, 2009 17:07:03 GMT -5
You think Artie is consistent?
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Post by fran182 on Jul 14, 2009 17:37:53 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 10 on Mediabase Alternative:
14 10 KINGS OF LEON Notion 966 788 +178 4.765
66 stations playing.
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