Shine a light.
You know, it's not really common to be posting people's comments from another blog/website on your own page and the like, but this one got me. So I'mma push it along, and help get this out to the masses. Why? Cause it's an sentiment worth echoing.
From commenter Kyle over at Stereogum:
"I know a lot of people on these blogs love to bag on their once-favorite bands, calling them sell-outs and cheap incarnations of their former selves...but sometimes, bands evolve and it's great to see (I'm looking at you, My Morning Jacket). Kings of Leon is in the latter category. I know everyone is going to piss and moan that they're not making another YY&M or Aha Shake, that BCOT was too "arena"... too bad. These guys rock, as anyone who's seen them live knows full well. Why do people want bands to keep making the same sh*t over and over? I love the fact that they've taken their sound and expanded it, made it louder and bigger - all while keeping those Southern roots-rock influences in the drum fills, the vocals and the guitar lines.
People sit on these blogs all day and whine that someone didn't replicate their favorite song from a previous album... then turn and whine about how an album is too much of a "departure". You can't have it both ways.
Methinks snobbery is afoot, and from people who don't know any better. So, just listen and enjoy. I know I will."
That's what's up Kyle. That's what's up. Oh, and peep that new Kings of Leon track too.
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