I would have loved for KoL to stay dirty, but given the rest of the rock on the radio, a song like “Use Somebody” is a great one to have in rotation.

Add to that a lot of fantastic hooks (See: “Molly’s Chambers,” “Taper Jean Girl,” “The Bucket”) and you’ve got a band that provided me endless listens without growing too stale.Ī lot of the group’s fans object to their newer, shinier sound, but I don’t mind it. They perfected a sort of dirty, Southern rock n’ roll sound that was both vintage and modern at the same time. I love pretty much every one of KoL’s albums. “Sex On Fire,” on the other hand, is grittier and more signature KoL- but still with a more produced edge. The only thing that confirms it is, in fact, a Kings of Leon song, is frontman Caleb Followill’s signature growl, which is in fine form. “Use Somebody” is an anthemic song, full of soaring choruses and polished, driving rhythm.

Makes sense.”īoth “Use Somebody” and “Sex On Fire,” the two singles from the newest Kings of Leon album, “Only by the Night,” are veritable hits, which have propelled the album into the Top 10 on iTunes. If you had told me five years ago that in 2009 Kings of Leon would have not one but TWO singles in rotation on both rock and Top 40 radio I would have been like “WHAAA?!?”īut then if you had said, “Yeah, they get a lot more U2-y.” I would have been like, “Oh ok. In this weekly feature Nina ( a real live breathing 17 year old-ed) will examine whatever song is currently at the top end of the charts and defend its “musical merits” to the best of her ability talk about it.

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