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Jeremiah said:
I feel like the Joker in Dark Knight except instead of asking the criminals why they suck nowadays, I’m asking Kings of L, “What Happened”? The video and the band look like Stone Sour or Creed or some shitty rock band. No, actually, the drummer and singer look like they are from some hardcore wannabe band and the other guitarists look like they got kidnapped from some emo band. And speaking of the drummer, when did he get his hands on some ‘roids and become a drummer for Pantera or Danzig?
# 29 August 2008 at 11:56 am

Brian (author) said:
Yeah there was so many bad things to say, I just felt too overwhelmed and couldn’t get them all out.
# 29 August 2008 at 12:21 pm

Betsy said:
I heard this song is about STDs. And there is nothing wrong with KOL. Weren’t they in Esquire awhile ago, they looked cool in that. People change, but STDs are forever.
# 29 August 2008 at 12:23 pm

dex said:
the song might be about std’s or not either way, i feel dirty now for having there albums in my ipod… what happened to the shaggy haired unpretentious boys that werent afraid to go a little off key
# 29 August 2008 at 8:25 pm

michelle said:
Ironically there is an ad in the sidebar as I type this for this exact band and song. Shame on you SRO!
# 29 August 2008 at 11:05 pm

dollaman said:
KOL suck so hard now. This is what happens when you run out of originality and start taking notes from the label bosses. Utter crap. And what happened to all that off key singing, that was the best thing they had going for them!
# 29 August 2008 at 11:13 pm

meli said:
The video is a joke. We all agree on that I think. Very disappointing of Sophie Muller who usually makes some very inspired videos.
And to whoever mentioned the fact of being ashamed, then I think it’s a bit stupid. I don’t really like the direction they are taking with this song but I’ll never feel ashamed of having their firsts albums on my iPod cause they are bloody brilliant!
# 30 August 2008 at 6:27 am

Steven said:
As everyone before me posted. The video was not all that great. It might amaze one of the SRO’s writers but I seen a lot of Sophie Muller’s videos. I believe she has done around 100 videos and this one I must say is in the bottom third. Plus I just didn’t feel what they were trying to do in this video. As for the song being about STD’s.. I have no clue. Keep up the excellent work SRO!!!
# 2 September 2008 at 11:30 am

Xander said:
Well, I will be the other half of the argument.
This song ROCKS!
And so does KOL.
It has excellent vocals, great guitar riff, and wonderful melody.
Don’t know what sort of “style” you all think music is, but, if it’s just loud, annoying guitars with screeching vocals, then either you are seriously disturbed and need help OR you simply are ignorant to what music is.
Either way, KOL is awesome and so is this song.
TEN STARS!!
# 11 January 2009 at 4:10 am

Bridget Bushell said:
I don’t know what these people are talking about!! I have only just heard of the King’s of Leon and did some listening to their old albums on youtube and “Only by the Night” has got to be their best and greatest album. Haven’t heard anything like this for sometime (we are talking maybe 20 years), keep it up and can’t wait to see you guys in June and your next album. Keep it up, can’t get enough!!!! In addition the album cover is smashin.!!!
# 19 January 2009 at 12:11 pm

Bird said:
Where on earth do they get that Sex on Fire is about STD’S???!!! This young generation would know anything about lyrics, ie poetry if it smacked them in the face. Have another read of the words and see what you can come up with?!
# 19 January 2009 at 12:14 pm

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