Kings of Leon: The Paradise, Boston MA 7.31.07
I discovered Kings of Leon a few months ago, and they have
since become one of my new favorite bands. They sound like they’re an edgy Brit-rock band, but I was surprised to
find out that the quartet is from Nashville. The band was supposed to be one of the
headliners in local radio mini-festival about a month ago, but cancelled their appearance
at the last minute; I had been thisclose to buying tickets just to see them at
this show, but luckily I didn’t. To make
it up to the fans that missed them, they played a free show at the
After waiting an hour over the scheduled start time, the
opening band finally took the stage – Cassavettes. Although their vocals were sometimes drowned
out by the volume of their instruments (which may be skewed by the fact that my
ears were about half an inch away from the speakers), this
When Kings of Leon finally took the stage, the crowd was
noticeably relieved and very excited. Personally, I was disoriented – I had never seen a live performance of
theirs before, and I had apparently always thought that the wrong member was
the lead singer, so I was shocked when the band came out and someone other than
who I had pictured was singing. They
wasted no time and went right into their set, starting off with “Four Kicks” from
one of their older albums. The rest of
the set consisted mostly of the following:
“Taper Jean Girl”
“Pistol of Fire”
“King of the Rodeo”
“Razz”
“My Party”
“Soft”
“Fans”
“Molly’s Chambers”
“The Bucket”
“Milk”
If you didn’t know the lyrics to their songs, you weren’t going to figure them out from hearing them live, but most of the audience was singing along the entire time. Caleb has an extremely unique voice that suits the band’s overall sound perfectly, but tends to slur a lot of the words. The band’s edgy rock-and-roll sound was in full force during the time they actually played, and they sounded great. However, it was completely disappointing to see so many big fans of the band let down; when Kings of Leon come back to Boston in a few months, hopefully they will try to make it up to them… again.
this is glenn from cassavettes. thanks for the kind words! we appreciate it!
Posted by: glenn | August 04, 2007 at 07:20 PM
Glad to see that you call 'm as you see 'm. Bands aren't always there for their audience as you saw with Kings of Leon. It's totally disappointing. But Cassavettes sound worth looking into! Keep up the good work!
Posted by: Sharon | August 08, 2007 at 06:47 PM
Ha, I thought that Nathan sang originally. I bought Aha Shake Heartbreak first and the picture of them on the album led me to believe that Nathan fit that voice better, I was also surprised to find Caleb as the singer. Now it seems perfect however.
That is disappointing to hear about their lack of enthusiasm toward the crowd and no encore. Really sucks, yeah hopefully they can redeem themselves!
Can't believe Caleb got his hair cut! It was nice before, but change is always good.
Posted by: Fool For Real Rock | August 12, 2007 at 09:36 AM
to bad about the kinds of leon but thats awesome thats cassavettes put on a good show! ill have to check them out!
Posted by: Michael | August 13, 2007 at 08:57 AM
don't think i'd bother to see the kings if they come back to boston, or anywhere. not very professional
Posted by: David | August 13, 2007 at 08:33 PM
Heard thery were a downer that night, boo to the kings, agree with david, but if you do go again or i do, i hope they have some better personality and energy!
Posted by: DiZ | August 19, 2007 at 01:36 PM
Yeah I saw them in NYC same attitude good music bad not exciting to see!!
Posted by: Marcus | August 20, 2007 at 01:01 PM
Even if not a great show, great pictures!! Are you a professional photographer?
Posted by: Michael | August 27, 2007 at 04:41 PM
great introduction to the kings of leon!!! good writing & great review
Posted by: dee | September 11, 2007 at 06:08 PM
the paradise is such a tight venue i bet the show was great
Posted by: jake | September 12, 2007 at 02:24 AM
geez you were soo close!! great job.
Posted by: lauren | September 12, 2007 at 06:17 PM
Kings of Leon are awesome! To bad they put on a bad show give them another chance!!
Posted by: RaYmOnD | September 13, 2007 at 10:58 AM
Kings of Leon are awesome! To bad they put on a bad show give them another chance!!
Posted by: RaYmOnD | September 13, 2007 at 10:59 AM
Sweet PicS!! Sorry to hear they where the best performers
Posted by: Michael | September 14, 2007 at 10:06 AM
Sweet PicS!! Sorry to hear they where the best performers
Posted by: Michael | September 14, 2007 at 10:06 AM
still cant believe theyre from Nashville
Posted by: chris | September 14, 2007 at 10:26 AM
Thought these guys were from england~!
Posted by: Marcus | September 14, 2007 at 04:32 PM
Thought these guys were from england~!
Posted by: Marcus | September 14, 2007 at 04:32 PM
agreed thought these guys were english
Posted by: RaYmOnD | September 14, 2007 at 04:47 PM
agreed thought these guys were english
Posted by: RaYmOnD | September 14, 2007 at 04:48 PM
Glad to find out about Cassavettes. Too bad the kings don't rule!
Posted by: Marie | September 14, 2007 at 05:47 PM
Glad I missed this one.
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