Kings Of Leon Are Ancient History

Or not... I feel like it was a bajillion years ago that Billy & I were rocking out to Youth & Young Manhood & then Aha Shake Heartbreak, which were both so fresh & energetic. By the time Because Of The Times rolled around, to be honest, we were kinda over it. Not that that album and the subsequent Only By The Night were bad, it's just that they started to sound a little too slick. I guess we just like stuff better when it's raw. So, it's really weird now & kinda seems like a delayed reaction to see them finally coming to prominence in the mainstream. I mean, it doesn't get more mainstream than a morning performance on the Today show...

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KOSHi Luvs... Lykke Li

I've really been feeling Lykke Li this year. I keep checking YouTube to see if anyone's posted the insane version of Kings Of Leon's "Knocked Up" that she did for Carson Daly's covers week, but, alas, no one has. And quite unfortunately, the sound quality on the other live footage of her doing this song is just not up to par. Oh wellz. I still really enjoy her other stuff like this very simple video for "Tonight" and, ironically, the cut of her doing "I'm Good I'm Gone" for Carson, which, I believe, was shot during the same show as that take of "Knocked Up" that I'd like to post.



The embed code has been disabled for the official video for "I'm Good I'm Gone", but I highly recommend you check it out. It's pretty special.