Kings Of Leon – Playlist & Wallpaper

Kings Of Leon

I apologize for the lack of updates, there was an urgent emergency that occured Saturday evening: I went to see the Kings of Leon show at o2 World and ever since I haven’t been able to listen to anything else (which is a blatant lie if you check out my last.fm profile, but let’s just pretend for the sake of it). See, I know there should’ve been an MJ update of some sort, but I thought: why bother? Let the kids get their info somewhere else. Besides- I mean come on. You don’t come here for news and gossip.

I’d been thinking about doing a posting about the Kings, I think now is the time. First of all: the show was amazing! They hit every chord right and I still dream of Caleb Followill (the singer) at nights. He used to look like total crap, but with that haircut he’s sporting these days.. oh my, I haven’t felt so alive in a while as I did at the concert. The crowd was great, many people of all kinds, freaks, rockers, parents, kids, grandparents, teenagers- and then there’s me, somewhere in the middle of it all. Calebs voice carried our minds to another place of magic and energy. Despite him getting drunk as fuck, and despite Mew, the opening act, being the shittiest act I’ve ever witnessed (seriously, I just wanted someone to rip my ears off so I’d never hear that shrill voice of the lead singer again), I think this concert was just one of the best concert I’ve ever seen (even better than Red Hot Chili Peppers!).

Whenever I hear Only By The Night, I remember the drive to Berlin when I moved here. Five hours with my best friend, last year, who kept getting on my nerves because she hated Kings Of Leon, especially Calebs voice, which I think is the best part of it all. I get goosebumpy even now, because these moments in the car induced a paradigm shift for my whole life. I was growing up, listening to “Closer” and “Be Somebody” made me realize that then and there. Good lord, it just means so much to me, somehow. And I’m glad it was the Kings of Leon album on rotation back then, not some other shit, so I’d always conserve these feelings and open up to them every time their songs are played…

Anyway. I believe that Only By The Night is pretty much their best album so far. That doesn’t imply though that I did not love their older albums. I especially like Aha Shake Heartbreak, which I think was their debut (but correct me if I’m wrong). Now there are two things I want to share with you: First of, my personal favourite’s playlist, which includes pretty much every known song and some gems here and there. The second thing is a wallpaper of Caleb Followill. It’s not very special and even kinda ugly, but since I couldn’t find a nice one on the web (that I could dress my desktop at work in), this had to do.

Caleb Followill Wallpaper

Kings of Leon – Be Somebody (from Only By The Night)

Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire (from Only By The Night)

Kings of Leon – Use Somebody (from Only By The Night)

Kings of Leon – King Of The Rodeo (from Aha Shake Heartbreak)

Kings of Leon – The Bucket (from Aha Shake Heartbreak)

Kings of Leon – My Party (from Because Of The Times)

Kings of Leon – On Call (from Because Of The Times)

These don’t really belong to my favorites, but consider them a bonus for your KoL loyality:

Kings of Leon – Notion (from Only By The Night)

Kings of Leon – Knocked Up (from Only By The Night)

Kings of Leon – Closer (from Only By The Night)

Kings of Leon – Camaro (from Because Of The Times)

Hooked on Katy Perry

Katy Perry (also unconventionally hot for a pop chick)

One of my favourite (German speaking) music commentary blogs just gave me a heads up on a new Katy Perry cover. Okay, hold your breath about Katy Perry – yes, I’ve heard better music. I know her from her “old days” where she tried to pull an Alanis Morrissette rather than a Christina Aguilera, but I like her much better that way. She just didn’t convince me of her indie roots, but she does produce pop at it’s finest. So alright, it’s still pop music, but what the hell.

Anyway, Katy Perry has me hooked on her songs. They’re so easy to sing a long, you can’t blame me!  Like in the case of Mr. West, I prefer her remixes and covers over her original songs (with exception of “I Kissed A Girl”, which is pretty much a good reason to go back into my 13-year old state of mind where it was fun to be bisexual;  and in any case, it’s just a fun song). So here’s a collection of my favourites:

Katy Perry – Hot’nCold (Yelle Remix)

Katy Perry – Electric Feel (MGMT Cover)

Katy Perry – Use Your Love (The Outfield Cover)

Katy Perry – Waking Up In Vegas (Calvin Harris Remix)

Katy Perry – Black and Gold (Sam Sparro Cover)

Speaking of Sam Sparro: That dude is just awesome. He makes the finest synthpop music you’ve ever heard, I promise. Whenever I hear that song – Black & Gold – I shiver from excitement. Also, because I think he’s gay and I have an uncertain attraction to gay guys. Err.

Well, one for the record:

(That video is blocked on YouTube for copyright restrictions. You say limit, I say piracy!) On another note: A heads up for Drop Box, one of the coolest services in the history of the web. Synchronizing was never easier. If you’re considering a Drop Box account, please use my referral link, it will get me more storage, which ultimately gives you more music (and unless I am mistaken, all very legal).

Cave Singers

I’ll be quick and honest with you: I know crap about Cave Singers. I do know that they remind me of that Fleet Foxes stuff that’s being hyped so much. I don’t like the folksy music thing, really. It reminds me too much of young people who pretend to be old and a last leftover of the hippy regime.

Anyway, Cave Singers have produced a song of such a beautiful magnitude, it makes me want to curl up and die because I can’t be in that place, in that glorious beach house, in that life they’re singing of.

And with that said, download.

Cave Singers – Beach House (from Stereogum)

Daniel & Bees

Found a new love for the weekend. I’ve tried my best so far to ignore the hype around Bat For Lashes, which I thought was just another hipster indie thing to avoid. Turns out, I was wrong.

I stumbled upon a video of “Daniel”, one of the newer songs (I guess?), and there you go, it is amazing music. I got the whole album half an hour later and what can ya say, it was my greatest mistake not giving this more attention.

Download Bat For Lashes – Daniel

 
There is yet another track that got me swooning in soon-to-be-summer thoughts, Mr. Hurricane by BEAST. I haven’t heard of this artist before and I’m looking forward to finding more of their stuf. It’s exquisitely delightful. And also, I like the bee concept of the video.

Übrigens: Auf nfon.net gibt es die skalierbare, virtuelle Telefonanlage als Teil der Bürotechnik. Auf Nfon bin ich über Käuferportal gestoßen, wo man Anfragen stellen kann (auch zu Bürotechnik; halt sowas wie Telefonanlagen oder Plotter oder auch so ganz ganz andere Sachen, wie z.B. der Koffeinschub durch den Kaffeevollautomaten oder ‘ne Werbeagentur wenn man mal wieder ein bisschen Promo braucht; ist ja auch super für Musiker!).